YouTube Published on Jul 12, 2012 by jordanpassmore
"Here is a demo I made of the Akai MPC-60, Kawai K3R, and MFB Synth II. The MPC is loaded with sounds from my old Linndrum and is sequencing all the synths. The Kawai K3R is doing the chords and the MFB Synth II is doing the bass. All the synths were mixed on my Studiomaster Pro-line mixer. I am using an analog delay, analog flanger and a digital reverb on the sends as well. The sum from the mixer then goes to the Roland MMP-2, which acts as a master compressor and A/D, then finally into my soundcard (Allen & Heath Xone DX). I played the sequences manually into the MPC-60 pre-filming.
The MPC-60 does a great Linn impression here. It has a similar feel and sound to it, due probably to the shared involvement of Roger Linn in both units. The MFB excels at gritty/muffled sounds, especially when ran through a delay and that's exactly what I did with this. The K3R's dual detuned waveshapes and on-board chorus plant it firmly in 80's territory, giving the whole track a very italo/french house vibe."
"Echo Destruktor Mk.II with low pass resonant filter and LFO by A.S.M.O Circuit bent Barbie Karaoke Machine. http://asmo23.wordpress.com/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/asmo23/sets/72157630529466206/"
"I haven't messed with this in a while, but dug it out and found some cool sounds on the fast speed settings. This is me holding the camera with one hand and playing the synth with the other. Audio recorded direct - no camera quality audio! Stereo - the talking synth has two sometimes synchronized speakjet pwm synths and each comes out its own channel."
I'm very impressed with the synth, the GUI is a pleasure to use and feels fun to operate, the filters sound great - you can hear a few in the track particularly the formant. The sync sound is particularly organic and the chorus compares well to my Juno 60. Modulation routings are very easy to use and I liked the default routings for 2 of the LFOs to destinations you'd generally route them anyway. All in all a well thought out synth for a pretty amazing intro price if you pre-order. Grab a copy of the demo here: http://www.xils-lab.com/products/Oxium.html"
"What happens when a ’90s analog synth meets an ’80s tape recorder? We sampled a famous Analogue Bass Synth to tape using a new old stock cassette, and boxed it into a Kontakt Instrument. The original synth produced fat basses and sharp leads, but now the raw tape sounds and unstable pitch add perfect elements for “tron” like sounds. Each waveform (Sawtooth, Square, Pulse 5%) was sampled chromatically from C0 to C7 and each sample is more then 6 seconds long. In the custom Performance View a Saturation and Limiter Input Gain are added to the original synth’s parameters.
Specifications
2 Oscillators (Saw, Square, Pulse 5%)
12-24dB/oct filter
1 LFO (Random, Saw, Triangle) for Pitch and Cutoff
2 Envelopes
24 Factory Presets
24 User Presets (save function within the Kontakt GUI)
255 Samples (44.1Khz / 24Bit)
Size: 200 MB installed
Custom performance view"