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Oberheim OB-Xa Sound Design Tutorial Foreigner

Published on Apr 16, 2014 RetroSound·271 videos

"(c) 2014 vintage synthesizer sound tutorial series by RetroSound

part one: the haunting pad sound in Foreigners "Waiting For A Girl Like You"

the sound in the original song is made with the huge Oberheim OB-Xa Analog Synthesizer (1981) and layered with a simple OB sweep pad sound.

very important is the filter resonance (12dB/oct) and the pitch modulation."

Data Garden Achieves MIDI Sprout Kickstarter Goal

"Data Garden are pleased to announce that they have reached their Kickstarter goal for the MIDI Sprout, a device that allows people to listen to music from the natural biorhythms of their houseplants through synthesizers, computer and iOS devices. The crowdfunding campaign is live through Sunday April 20th and, for now, is the only opportunity to order a MIDI Sprout.

The campaign which gathered coverage from music and pop culture websites achieved it’s targeted $25,000 on Sunday, 4/13. While this success guarantees that the MIDI Sprout will go into limited production this summer, the campaign is still active for the rest of the week, coming to a close on Sunday, April 20th.

"Data Garden is not a hardware company. We are a group of artists committed to creating opportunities for the public to experience their environment in new ways," says Data Garden Director, Joe Patitucci. "We would like to produce more MIDI Sprouts down the line but the goal right now is to get this technology out there so our friends and fans can experiment. This may be the last opportunity for people to order a MIDI Sprout, so it’s important that they act now and get one while they can."

Many cite the introduction of the MIDI Sprout as the beginning of the DIY Biofeedback movement. The week between achieving the financial goal and the formal close of the Kickstarter campaign allows those interested in the movement to fund the MIDI Sprout beyond this limited run."

Connecting MIDI Sprout to an iOS Device

Published on Apr 1, 2014 Data Garden·14 videos

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Valley of the ARPs

via Richard Devine on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

CMS modular in the middle. CMS stands for Cirocco Modular Synthesizers at discretesynthesizers.com.

CMS has 3 main divisions: CMS Discrete Synthesizers, CMS Technical Services & Upgrades, & The Novachord Restoration Project.

Phil Cirocco is likely the worlds leading ARP tech. I'd say leading expert as well, although I don't know if that would be him or David Friend working on the new KORG ARP Odyssey clone, and of course Alan R Pearlman is still around. Philip Dodds however has passed on.

AHMW 2014

Published on Apr 16, 2014 Andrew Scheidler·40 videos

"The people and gear at the Analogue Heaven Mid-West Get Together on April 5, 2014. Hosted by Andrew Scheidler just west of Angola Indiana. Vintage, modular and DIY synths galore :-)"

Sharooz - Studio Tour

Published on Apr 16, 2014 Future Music Magazine·417 videos

"DJ and producer Sharooz shows FM his amazing London studio. Stacks of synths and drum machines and a full acid synth jam too!"

More studio tours here.

Shifting Sands 'Mac-R/Elements/Godwin

Published on Apr 16, 2014 macbethsynthesizers·113 videos

"Here's a video that I did with the MacBeth Micromac-R (pounding the bass) and some (pre) Elements circuits- basically what will happen in your Elements Synthesizer! Because this was multitracked, and not live, I used some of my recent photos- mostly from Berlin, as a back drop! There's a Godwin String Concert playing it's part on here too!"

Mutable Instruments Yarns (initial test)

Published on Apr 16, 2014 bigcitymusic·325 videos

"The first section of the video demonstrates Yarns (duophonic, 2x monophonic) '2M' mode. Two MIDI to 1V/OCT Pitch CV's are independently tracking 2 D-LFO channels. The Yarns 2x gate messages are patched to the Cwejman CTG-VC's. The MIDI Clock message is used to Clock sync the Cwejman RG-6 which is lightly modulating the Attack and Decay times of a Cwejman CTG-VC, which is enveloping the two D-LFO oscillators in the 4MS VCA Matrix. Both oscillators are run through the Cwejman SPH-2 Spatial Phaser. We manually experimented with switching D-LFO waveforms while the MIDI sequence was running through Yarns.

The second section of the video demonstrates Yarns (monophonic) '1M' mode. A MIDI to 1V/OCT Pitch CV is sequencing the Cwejman D-LFO oscillator 1. The second oscillator of the D-LFO is synced to the first. Both oscillators are run through the 4MS VCA Matrix. The Yarns gate CV is triggering the Mutable Instruments Tides, of which the bipolar output is multed out via stackable and enveloping both channnels of Cwejman D-LFO in the 4MS VCA Matrix. The Yarns Velocity CV is modulating the level of the Tides envelope. By programming dynamic velocity into the MIDI sequence, the Yarns Velocity CV highlights the expressive and rhythmic potential of the Tides envelope. The MIDI Clock message from the Yarns is sent to the 4MS Quad Pingable LFO which is modulating the RATE CV of the second channel of the Cwejman D-LFO (sync ratio modulation)."

Make Noise Teleplexer Routing Audio Feedback

Published on Apr 16, 2014 MAKEN0ISE·46 videos

"This video demonstrates the Teleplexer as a feedback matrix with several sources in the Echophon external feedback loop.

http://www.makenoisemusic.com/teleple..."