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Dave Smith Introduces the Mopho SE

Published on Dec 10, 2013 Dave Smith Instruments·25 videos

"Questions? Email support at dave smith instruments dot com.
It's a Bigger Badder Mopho!
Mopho SE is the newest addition to DSI's revered line of analog subtractive synthesizers. Building upon the same award winning voice architecture of the Mopho and Mopho Keyboard, the Mopho SE boasts huge sound in an ideally sized, portable, and elegantly designed package. Use it to create huge basses, creamy leads, and maniacal sequences.

The Mopho Sings!
The Mopho SE voice is composed of two analog oscillators, two sub octave generators, selectable 2- or 4-pole famed Curtis low-pass filter, three 5-stage envelope generators, four LFOs, a re-latchable arpeggiator, and a 16 x 4 step sequencer. Its voice also comes packed with 20 modulation sources and almost 50 destinations!

FM the filter to create metallic bell-like sounds and use the feedback path to add subtle or destructive harmonic content to your sound. Process external audio through the Mopho's voice and add some analog warmth to any source. Mopho SE's 100% analog signal path is powerful, monstrous, and sonically dynamic!"

Original PROPHET5 SALES BROCHURE

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"Original early 1980's Prophet-5 sales brochure from Sequential Circuits in excellent condition, 6-pages unfolded.

This is a rare black & white sales brochure from SCI for the Prophet synthesizer, showings Prophet5 pics and descriptions of:

- Poly-Mod Section
- LFO Section
- Wheel-Mod Section
- Oscillator Section
- Mixer Section
- Programmer Section
- Amplifier Section
- Filter Section
- Back Panel Section

Condition: Original brochure is in excellent condition, no tears, no creases, no writing
- shows a few barely visible creases (3/4"), some edge wear at the folds (see pics)
- has three (3) holes punched for binder (see pics)

Size: Approximately 11" x 5-5/8" folded, 11" x 16-3/4" unfolded"

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The Modular Synthesizer Solstice - Modular Peformances Coming to New York

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"Nathan Cearley and Shawn O'Sullivan present this round of the Modular Synthesizer Solstice.

Vapauteen + Jahiliyya Fields (Shawn O'Sullivan and Matt Morandi, L.I.E.S. Records)

Rosemary Arp (Jacob Knibb, Washington D.C.)

Mark Dwinell (Forma) + Nathan Cearley (LDP)

Dan Snazelle (Snazzy FX) + Tadayuki Hirano

Abby Echiverri (Dream Affair) + Matthew Patterson Curry (Safety Scissors)

Modular Fingernail Art by Arielle Avenia
AftermathSupplies

Yes, its a week early. But, yes, its on Friday the 13th!

Silent Barn
603 Bushwick Ave
J/M/Z to Myrtle and Broadway
L to Morgan or Jefferson
UFO to 40.6942° N, 73.9186° W
$8.00"

Svärm (sound responsive particle swarm)

Published on Dec 10, 2013 humbletune·53 videos

"This is my little christmas present this year. I hope it will be accepted by apple in time. Of course it will be free, it is a gift. But enough about that.

Svärm implements a particle swarm that reacts to sound. All computations are done in real time so both live and recorded music works just as well. As input you can use the mic, line in or load songs from the iPod library. Oh, and it also supports audio bus (input, output).

This example shows one of my own tracks called RE."

Roland Jupiter-8 + TR-808 Trig Seq.

Published on Dec 10, 2013 TheSynthFreq·205 videos

"Hi everyone!
TSF here. :)

This short video is featuring the Jupiter-8 arpeg. clocked to the TR-808 trigger out. I am demonstrating the 808's precise control over the arp in JP-8 using EXT on JP, JP-8s ability to be modified while the 808s triggers are being received and then further in the video after some editing of the patch I plug the 808 AC TRIG OUT directly into my mixer channel strip so you can hear exactly what JP-8 "hears" from the 808. It is a high amplitude signal.
If you do not have an 808 but wish to trigger the JP-8 or JU-6/60 or any other synth that receives trigger in, it CAN be done. There are several other great videos demonstrating this on youtube by other users. Also,, to trigger the JP (or other synth/drum machine) you will need a high amplitude sound or short duration "spike" kind of pulse from another source. Drum sounds seem to work well for JP-8, even a drum sound sent directly into JP from the Yamaha Motif6 triggered JP's arp.
Here is some information on the 808s trigger out:

808 has 3 trigger outs. They are CB, CP, and AC all of which are located on the back of the 808 which I show the camera when I am picking up the 808. Keep in mind these trigger outs will function simultaneously along side the actual (cow bell CB), (clap CP) and the (AC accent) function/sound. If you do not want to hear the sound along side the trigger, you can simply turn down the individual volume for each, a nice feature of the 11 sounds on the 808.

A 'TRIG' or Trigger is a high magnitude voltage or transient spike, 808 provides 3 trigger outs, each trigger signal is a positive 15 volt, 20 millisecond pulse. It is very loud and will peak a mixer channel easily as it did on mine.

Some ENV/ADSR settings to approximate the short trigger of the 808 could be suggested as:

(synth: JP-8) ADSR- A= 1mS-5mS, D=1mS-10mS, S= 0-100%, R= 1mS-10s
(Also keep in mind that the Decay time and Release Time on an analogue synth like JP-8 are the same parameter just placed at different sections of the ADSR or "Shaped control voltage".
A= 0 meaning the attack time of the ENV should be 0 so that there will be a quick instantaneous response once the key or other trig/gate is started/pressed. A- controls the amount of time required for env voltage to reach its max level after a gate signal is received.
D= 0 to 2 or to the setting that works best. The decay time controls the amount of time required for the voltage to fall from its level at the end of the end of the attack time to the level set by the sustain control.
S= 0%. there needs to be no sustain for a short sound. Sustain control determines the level to which the voltage will fall at the end of the decay time.
R= 1mS- release of the gate signal. The amount of time required for the voltage to fall to its minimum level after the release of the gate signal.

Please enjoy this simple arp/808 jam.!
:) TSF"

ARP 2500 Demo

Uploaded on Nov 5, 2010Uploaded on Nov 5, 2010 Jeffrey Bragg·7 videos

"Teaser for a UVA colloquium I gave on the ARP 2500 synthesizer."

KORG Littlebits Synthesizer

Published on Dec 10, 2013 Jeffrey Bragg·7 videos

"Nifty patchable modular synthesizer."

littleBits synth kits on eBay

u-he Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary of Zebra & an Update for Diva

u-he has released new Version of Zebra 2.7 for the 10 year anniversary of the software synth. The update includes a new Distortion module, Howard's anniversary soundset & AAX support for Pro Tools 10 & 11. Pictured above and below is the original version of Zebra.

Some interesting history via u-he:

"It all began with an innocent little synthesizer for Apple's newly introduced Audio Units (AU) platform. Zebra was one of the very first instrument plug-ins available for this format, long before even the biggest companies had those in stock."

"The Performance tab with 4 XY Controls was already in there, and visual artist Cris Pearson snuck a number of bogus advertisements into it. The Synthesis view, however, looked nothing like it does today. Zebra 1.0 had a modular architecture underneath the hood, but there was no user interface to change its signal flow. This happened later, when Version 1.5 came out in 2004."

"It took more than two years until Zebra 2.0 was finally released in October 2006 - this time for both MacOS X and Windows. From then on things went quickly. Howard Scarr discovered Zebra and completely revamped the factory presets. Shortly thereafter, Hans Zimmer decided to make Zebra his go-to soft synth. He asked Howard to co-design Zebra sounds for "The Dark Knight" movie, followed by several more blockbusters over the next few years..."

As for Diva, it has been updated to version 1.3 with the following:

"The Uhbie, a filter modeled after a famous analogue multimode VCF. Our take on this morphs from lowpass to highpass via your choice of notch or bandpass.

The Digital Osc, a dual oscillator with a flexible feature set reminiscent of the synthesizer that started the hardware VA revolution in the 90ies. Not only have we covered its typical waveforms such as the original Super Saw, Feedback and TriangleMod, we even gave both oscillators the full feature set! (we also sneaked in a high quality mode with less aliasing)

An Arpeggiator! - Not to be mistaken with the recent crop of sequencers that also arpeggiate, this one pays tribute to good old analogue style arpeggiators, including some of the lesser known modes such as the "Leap" mode found in rare monophonic synths.

Further improvements include:
60 new factory presets using the new modules
AAX support for Pro Tools 10/11!
vastly accelerated GUI opening
many little niggles fixed"

Curious if the Digital Osc is based on the Roland JP-8000 supersaw. If so, it wasn't the first VA of course. That title goes to the original Nord Lead 1 and to an extent the KORG Prophecy which followed shortly after and included physical modelling. The Access Virus, Yamaha AN1x, Novation Supernova and Roland JP-8000 came in the next wave.

Synthesizer Factory Synth Machine Complete Synth Voice Module

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"The Synth Machine is a fully analogue synthesizer module developed by Michael Schweikard and Thomas Welsch (of Anyware Instruments). it is a Eurorack module made to the standards of Doepfer (meaning +/-12v power, cv and gate connections, cv pitch at 1v/oct., 3.5mm jacks on front etc.).

The Synth Machine is a 100% fully analogue synthesizer handmade in a small village in Germany named "Herborn". The module depth is only 2.8 cm. the width is 42 TE/HP (half a typical rack case). The build and component quality are very high. The 24db lowpass filter works great. It is a classic Moog-style filter. The envelope is more than fast enough to produce percussive sounds. The noise with Sample & Hold is programmed by Tom Wiltshire from Scotland. all modules pass trough a 24 hour test and check before shipping.

Features

High Quality Components
24dB Moog-Style Lowpass Filter w/ Resonance and Keytracking
Fast Envelopes
Mixer for 2 VCOs + Noise/Ring
2 Oscillators w/ Sync, Octave Switches, Shape Switch, Glide, and more
White & Pink Noise + Ring
Sample & Hold
Full Synthesizer Voice: 2 VCOs, ADSR, Filter, LFO, VCA"