Modal Electronics 002 Spring 2015 Patch Demos [Part 5]

Published on Mar 27, 2015 Modal Electronics

"Sound guru Ben Crosland has been hard at work creating another soundset for the Modal 002 to be released in Spring 2015."

Raspberry Pi Music Synthesis : Virtual Analog oscillator walkthrough & introduction to wavetables

Published on Mar 27, 2015 Pi Synth

"A very quick run through of what the oscillators can do under my Raspberry Pi Virtual Analog synthesis model. Each monosynth has a pair of full-feature oscillators OSCA and OSCB, plus a sub-oscillator OSCC which may be configured as a sinusoidal sub-bass oscillator or as a noise generator. Each full-fat oscillator supports limited Phase Distortion (effectively PWM of any shape wave), smooth morphing of the wave between a pair of endpoints (e.g. sin to square, or saw to sin), and the oscillators' pitch, Phase Distortion, level and morph may be driven by a outputs from the modulation matrix. Modulation outputs are an arithmetic combination of an EG, an LFO, a constant offset, and a continuous controller. The envelope generators take 'Velocity' as a programming parameter to support piano-like vs. organ-like playing, and additionally the Envelope Generators support a 'sustain half-life' parameter, so rather than ADSR they are ADSλRV.

Note that I largely play 'F' throughout. This makes for dull listening but more educational viewing - the global tuning for the synth has been tweaked slightly away from concert pitch. F1 - normally 43.654Hz - is retuned to 43.0664Hz, which is 44100 / 1024, ensuring the waveform remains stationary on screen, at least in the absence of frequency modulation or pitch bends. Also note that this demo only shows one rather than two waveforms on screen - the software auto-detects a mono signal, and pulls back to one wave. As soon as stereo is detected the second waveforms jumps back."

Raspberry Pi Music Synthesis : introduction to wavetables

Published on Mar 27, 2015

"The wavetable synthesis system for the Pi is the newest and the one I have to date explored least. Here's a very quick introduction to what's in place. In brief -
* a wavetable is a single cycle of a waveform, captured via sampling or computed
* 2 oscillators per note
* each oscillator driven by a wavetable trajectory through up to 8 wavetables
* 2 LFOs, one dedicated to pitch modulation via Mod Wheel
* single Envelope Generator for overall level

This is deisgned to be a much simpler, more CPU-light synth than the Virtual Analog engine, and so has none of the rich arithmetic modulation, but is still capable of some very cool sounds, and excels at those glacial early 1980s things - it makes for great beds and pads as a 4-note polyphony chord engine, and 4 notes of wavetable polyphony costs about as much CPU as a single Virtual Analog monosynth, so it's a good trade-off."

In Oblivion - (end of March 2015).

Published on Mar 27, 2015 Michal Patulski

Not a bad way to start the day's posts. A nice track from Michal Patulski with some synth spotting in the studio.

MTS 01: Furisosogu

Published on Mar 26, 2015 Steven Morris

"Furisosogu
Multitracked Synthesizers
by Steven Morris
Feat. DSI MoPho

This tune is based on a Japanese scale called "Hira Joshi" which is a standard tuning for the koto.

I used a Moog Expression Pedal on the filter cutoff and a Yamaha Sustain Pedal, which are not visible in any of the shots. I also used aftertouch on a few of the patches.

Effects Pedals:
Boss DD-6 Digital Delay
Boss PH-3 Phase Shifter
Ken Multi MCH-SS Analog Chorus

Effects:
Vesta Kozo RV-3 Spring Reverb
Ibanez AD-202 Multimode Analog Delay"

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Doepfer A106-5 12 db SEM filter vs. A124 Wasp Filter Pt. 1a LP/HP/Notch

Published on Mar 26, 2015 Raul's World of Synths

"Continuing the Doepfer A106-5 video series. This time we look at a few similarities and differences between the two filters. Sound and Video by Raul Pena"

All parts:

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Reason #36 That You Should Enter the BMF Moog Liberation Raffle! - Demo Video

Published on Mar 26, 2015 moogfoundation

"The Moog Liberation may not be as well-known as the Minimoog, but it packs a wallop in warm, analog, vintage tone. bit.ly/FoundationLiberation"

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 SN 2068

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"Prophet 5 serial # 2068. It is in excellent shape, as I have had it serviced by Wine Country, and the receipt will be sent to the buyer for proof. It has a calzone road case, which has been reformed, as well as both operation manual and technical manual. It is almost perfect cosmetically, except for a couple chips in the case. It gets a 9 out of 10. It does not affect the functionality at all. It is currently loaded with factory patches. It is rev 3.0, and does not have MIDI."

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wholetone clave

Published on Mar 26, 2015 Ebotronix

4ms Peg, QCD /Expander² ,QPLFO, RCD, VCA Matrix
Analogue Systems RS110²², RS 360²,RS 500e²
Bananalogue Serge VCS
Doepfer R2m, A101-2, A114, A118,A134²²,A141, A143-2,
A152, A175²²,A185-2, A138abc, A192-1( 4Vox midi CC ),MCV4
Flame 4 Vox ,Chord Machine², FX 16, Talking Synth Module²
flight of harmony choices
Make Noise Brains ,PP²,Maths²,Moddemix²²,QMMG,
Optomix, René, Wogglebug²
Malekko Anti²², Unkle²²,Jag
Moog Taurus 2, FreqBox²², MP201
Oberheim Sem
Roland SVC-350 Vocoder, System 104 Sequencer
SSL Modulation Orgy
Tip Top Audio Z8000 manual voltage source
Toppobrillo Quantimator²(wholetone),Sportmodulator
Logic masterclock to Kenton Pro 2000
Rocktron Rack Interface²
FX :Alesis 3630, Lexicon MPX100, MX400, Line 6 Echopro ,
TC M one XL, M3000
mackie the mixer³
drums: cv triggered Clavia D Drum 4
vid # 1273

LinnStrument Arpeggiator Demo by Roger Linn

Published on Mar 26, 2015 Roger Linn Design

A quick demo from the man himself.

KORG DSS1 REAL TIME SOUND DESIGN 2

Published on Mar 26, 2015

Another video showing the editing interface of the KORG DSS-1 including its unique ability to draw oscillator waveforms. Organ patch for this one. You'll find a demo below you can pull for sampling.

Korg DSS-1s on eBay

"Real Time Sound Design...2
Diseño De Sonido En Tiempo Real...2
Tempo Reale Sound Design...2
Echtzeit-Sound-Design...2
Design Sonore En Temps Réel...2"

DSS1 REAL TIME SOUND DESIGN 2 SAMPLING SESSION