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Sailing on the Dirac's sea (4 voice polyphonic Doepfer analog modular system)

Published on May 13, 2013 GruithuisenCityMan·442 videos

"Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this video and this music. The music has been made using a 4 voice polyphonic Doepfer analog modular system.
The modules used were :
Doepfer :
4 x VCO A-110
4 x ADSR A-140
2 x VCA A130 + 2x VCA A-131
2 x Mixer A-138
2 x VCF A-120
2 x XP VCF A-106-6
2 x LFO A-145
2 x LFO A-146
Vermona :
1 x Quad MIDI Interface QMI
Plogue Bidule has also been used for the reverb effects and Audacity for some additional improvements of the sound.
Enjoy !"

Gameboy Advance MIDI Synthesizer chiptune (Spritesmod) First test

Published on May 13, 2013 acemonvw·23 videos

"Just started messing around with this. By no means is this an awesome song.

Spritesmod has an 8-track sequencer and records 4 bars. There are 5 MIDI channels:
Channel 1: Duophonic synth
Channe 2: (Forgot)
Channel 3: Sweeping synth
Channel 4: Polyphonic synth
Channel 10: Drum kit... which is basically just noise generation.

Sadly, I can't hook this up to a legitimate sequencer because it doesn't play notes correctly. I tried hooking it up to my Spectralis and my MC-808 and both failed to play back properly. Notes would get stuck and I believe it only really likes an input of 1 MIDI message at a time. I might get better use out of this sequencing one part at a time and recording that and then multitracking it. It could also be that MIDI sequencers are sending a lot of time events which clog the cable... Just a thought I suppose.

Shot using Nikon D5100

More (and hopefully better) to come!"

Harvestman

via Scott Jaeger on Facebook - http://theharvestman.org

The Korg VC-10 Vocoder on Astronauta Pinguim

KORG VC-10 Talking Music Ad via this post on Astronauta Pinguim.  Click through for a review on the VC-10 including videos and pics.

"Produced between 1978 and 1982, the Korg VC-10 vocoder was the most popular among the many vocoder models made in the 70’s by several manufacturers. When the VC-10 came on the market, both the Korg - originally called Keio Electronic Laboratories - as the voice decoder (or vocoder) had some years of existence. What Korg did was attach a synthesizer to something that already existed and that was what made this instrument extremely popular: portability and the convenience of having a vocoder that didn't require external instrument to generate audio signal and modulate the pitch. They created a "self-sufficient” vocoder – you could only plug a microphone into it and was all ready to go!"

via Fabricio Carvalho on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

jam + seals

Published on May 13, 2013 fuckingharpsichord·93 videos

"Very random Elephant seal footage + Octatrack + Juno 60 + Micromoog + Mono/Poly + 808 - all sounds processed by Octatrack"

via Amron Ieleh on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

The Yamaha DX7- Tutorials by Marc Doty aka AutomaticGainsay

The Yamaha DX7- Part One: The Operators

Published on May 13, 2013 AutomaticGainsay·163 videos

Some potentially NSFW language at the beginning.

"Here is a demonstration of the sound and functionality of the operators of the Yamaha DX7.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7CKJj..." embed directly below.

Dem Jamz 4: DX7 Disasters!

Published on May 10, 2013 elmosexwhistle·8 videos

"Time for the 4th installment of DEM JAMZ! This one focuses on the much maligned and misunderstood Yamaha DX7, a synth who's complexity and abilities few ever managed to discover, most people instead relying on it's preset cartridge sounds, including a little electric piano patch...

TRACK LISTING

- The DX7 Song/Black Gold
- TERROR BASE
- Chant Number 3
- The Yamaha DX7 by Marc Doty, Part - The Operators
- A Disconnect
- Hurt (NIИ Cover)"

Casio CZ Series Programming (CZ-101, CZ-1, CZ-1000, CZ-3000, CZ-5000)

Published on Dec 3, 2012 SciFiFunk·98 videos

"How to program the Casio CZ-101, CZ-1, CZ-5000 etc. The series starts with a demo where I am changing parameters of a patch in real time. Please like http://www.facebook.com/scififunk for updates.

The Casio CZ series whilst totally digital has many similarities with traditional analogue synthesis. Indeed the Names of the elements may have changed (DCO, CDW, DCA etc) but essentially It correlates to the VCO,VCF,VCA on an analogue series.

The Casio CZ-101. CZ-1 etc uses 8 basic waveforms which can be "phase distorted" i.e. pulled about a bit to make new sounds. Indeed as they have two oscillators AND the ability to stack voices, you can also think of this as an additive/subtractive synthesizer hybrid."

Part 2: "The Casio CZ-1 has after touch, a built in chorus (which works well with brass and strings). You can also use the Line button to apply phasing and other doubled effects.

Portamento and glide are included as part of the synth. Both are very programmable. I discuss the differences in memory between the CZ-101 and CZ-1.

I look at various sound synthesis handbooks from the series (the CZ-101 is the best one with the most colour), plus magazines from the era that review the machines.

Finally I show the performance elements - solo, bend range and vibrato and octave."

Part 3: "I change combinations of waveforms on both DCOs, and how they interact with Line select. Looking at the 8 stage envelopes we see that you get envelopes for each DCO (pitch), DCW (filter) and DCA (amplitude).

The key stages in the envelopes are the sustain and release, everything revolves around them. Note that these envelopes are better than the traditional ADSR envelopes."

Part 4: "A resonance filled sound is achieved by upping the filter on the DCW on wavefroms 6 to 8, and on a square wave upping the filter gives a lovely solo synth sound.

I go on to look at key follow and the effect it has on the sound (over the range of the keyboard). The CZ-1 can name it's sounds, which was pretty good for 1985/86.

Velocity on the CZ-1 applies velocity sensitivity to the keys - the higher the setting the less velocity applied to the keys changes the sound. So a low setting means all your wonderful playing nuances can be captured during a performance."

Roland SH-101 Programming Tutorial Parts 1 - 4

Published on Nov 27, 2012SciFiFunk·98 videos

"How to program the Roland SH-101. Understand Analogue Synthesis from the ground up. No previous experience necessary. http://www.facebook.com/scififunk for more.

The Roland SH-101 has stood the test of time. Why? Because it is straight forward to program. All the synths attributes can be changed instantly and in real time without stepping through menus.

In part 1 of the guide I play a few little demos before getting stuck into the VCA (Voltage controlled Amplifier), and the many ways it can interact with the rest of the synth."

Part 2: "In this section of the Roland SH-101 Programming Tutorial I look at the Modulator and its 4 basic waveforms. After that I go on to the VCO and we have some fun! http://www.scififunk.com for more."

Part 3: "In part 3 of this Roland SH-101 Tutorial I look at the performance aspects of this mono synth. http://www.facebook.com/scififunk

Specifically I look at programing the tuning, sequencer, arpeggio, the bender, applying portamento, and transposing across a wide range of octaves."

Part 4: "See the Original Roland SH-101 Manual and watch some of the sounds from the manual get created along with a filter sweep sound. http://www.facebook.com/scififunk for more."