Electribe 2 | Ambient

Published on Jun 17, 2015 r beny

"Ambient exploration/jam (jamsploration?) on the Korg Electribe 2. Was going for a Fennesz-ish sound, but ended up somewhere else. All sounds/effects from Electribe 2."

SWEETWATER - GEARFEST 2015 - The Inventors of Synth (Roger Linn, Dave Smith & Tom Oberheim)

Published on Jun 16, 2015 THE MUSICIAN NETWORK (TMNtv)

"At Sweetwater's GearFest 2015, we were extremely lucky to have attended & filmed a one-of-a-kind seminar & panel discussion with three (3) HUGE contributors (i.e. 'The Inventors') of = The Synthesizer: Mr. Roger Linn, Mr. Dave Smith and Mr. Tom Oberheim. If you are an Electronic Musician and a synth-lover, then you NEED to watch this video, in its' entirety. Great Thanks to Sweetwater for putting this seminar & panel on during GearFest! Sincerely, The Musician Network (TMNtv)"

Update:

Tom Oberheim Interviewed by Sweetwater Sound

Published on Jun 29, 2015 SweetwaterSound

"Mitch Gallagher sits down with synthesizer legend Tom Oberheim for a special interview at Sweetwater's GearFest 2015. A pioneer of the synth and MIDI world, Tom Oberheim co-designed the Synthesizer Expansion Module (SEM), a device that allowed musicians to simultaneously combine live playing and sequenced playback - a concept that pre-dated the MIDI revolution. In 1981, he, along with Roland's Ikutaro Kakehashi and Sequential's Dave Smith, developed the MIDI spec, which changed the course of modern music. Tom recently re-released his famed Two Voice synth."

Dave Smith Interviewed by Sweetwater

Published on Jun 22, 2015 SweetwaterSound

"Mitch Gallagher sits down with synth pioneer Dave Smith here at Sweetwater Sound. Dave was visiting Sweetwater for GearFest '15, featuring a special panel discussion between Dave Smith, Roger Linn, and Tom Oberheim.

Legendary synth designer and Grammy-winner Dave Smith was the founder of Sequential Circuits in the mid-'70s. His Prophet-5, the world's first fully programmable polyphonic synth, was the first musical instrument with an embedded microprocessor. Dave is also known as the driving force behind the development of the MIDI specification. He has continued to innovate, and recently unveiled his latest synth creation, the Sequential Prophet-6."

The first soft synth ever, Seer Systems Reality, gets a mention.

Roger Linn Interviewed by Sweetwater

Published on Jul 10, 2015 SweetwaterSound

"At GearFest '15, synthesizer pioneer Roger Linn sat down with Mitch Gallagher to talk music and electronic instruments. Technical Grammy award-winner Roger Linn invented the LM-1 Drum Computer (the first sample-based drum machine) in 1979. He later designed the Akai MPC60, which combined a sampling drum machine with a real-time MIDI sequencer. His guitar effects unit, AdrenaLinn, has been used on hit recordings by John Mayer and Red Hot Chili Peppers. In 2014 he released the LinnStrument, an expressive MIDI performance controller.

The Sweetwater Minute, Vol. 298"

Roger Linn, Tom Oberheim & Dave Smith on a Jet Video

Gearfest 2015 Published on Jun 16, 2015

Legends on a plane.

Follow-up to this post. Carson Day of DSI holds the camera and makes an appearance at the end. So, who's the dude hiding behind the newspaper?
Little bit of synth history right there.

Roland JDXi Demo by MARK JENKINS author of "Analog Synthesisers"

Published on Jun 16, 2015 Mark Jenkins

"Detailed review of the Roland JDXi - if you're thinking of buying one, this is the review you need to see!"

Sound Diary #1 - ADE-32

Published on Jun 16, 2015 DivKidMusic

http://www.abstractdata.biz/

"I thought about starting a soundcloud for odd bits of audio but it seemed daft to move anything from building up this channel as it continues to grow so hence the new series "Sound Diary". This will be odd bits of audio from studio sessions, testing new modules (I won't be spilling the beans on what new modules are but you'll get hear some things and speculate!), new composition and production projects and whatever else really.

To kick the new series off here's the first video which was a patch that came up from the prototype ADE-32 Octocontroller from Abstract Data. To be blunt ... IT'S WICKED! First off pulses, gates, rhythmic loops, random CV, clocked LFOs, divisions and multiplication of clocks and all it's feature can be taken off the grid and un-synced as well should you wish. You really can control a whole system with it (watch out for a video doing just that in the near future).

Big thanks to Justin from Abstract Data for letting sending me the prototype to play around with, test and get familiar with before the full overview video in my usual comes around the time of release.

The sound source here is a new module prototype and it's going through the Synthrotek DLY. The ADE-32 is clocking a sequencer, sending modulation to the new prototype and the DLY as well as firing out random clocked gates.

Hit like and subscribe for more videos every week and check the Patreon link if you want to support my channel.

http://www.patreon.com/divkid"

Vintage ARP Odyssey Synthesizer MK. 2 Model 2813 SN 1300

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pauk I alone (acid mix)

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Eminent SOLINA Mark I - String Ensemble Demo

Published on Aug 22, 2014 Nicolas Labatut

“Herbie Hancock, George Clinton and Eumir Deodato. Elton John used an ARP String Ensemble on his hit song 'Someone Saved My Life Tonight', The Rolling Stones in their hit Fool To Cry, The Buggles in 'Video Killed the Radio Star' and Rick James used it in his song 'Mary Jane'. In 1975, George Harrison used the ARP on his song 'You' and the same year The Bee Gees played it on their hit 'Nights on Broadway'. Stevie Wonder played the famous string line on Peter Frampton's 1977 ballad 'I'm In You'. The Solina string sound has also been used by Kim/Ricky Wilde, Pink Floyd, The Cure, The Chameleons, Joy Division, Neil Young and Crazy Horse, and Air.”

Korg Poly 800 "Reverse Keys" HD Sound - Rare - Analog Programmable Synth / Keytar - Fast demo

Published on Jun 16, 2015 Nicolas Labatut

Video description is from Wikipedia:

"The Korg Poly-800 is a synthesizer released by Korg in 1983. Its initial list price of $795 made it the first fully programmable synthesizer that sold for less than $1000. It featured a 49 key non-velocity sensitive keyboard, two buttons for data entry, and a joystick controller, which could modulate the DCO pitch or the VCF. Though the Poly-800 had MIDI, it did not feature MIDI sysex functionality, and patches had to be backed up to cassette tape. It had 8-voice polyphony (paraphony) with one DCO per voice. It could be switched into double mode which stacks two DCOs for a fuller sound, but reduces the polyphony to 4 voices. It featured one analog resonant low-pass VCF with 24dB/oct which was shared for all voices. Like a monophonic synthesizer, the filter was switchable between single or multiple modes. In single mode, the first key pressed triggers the filter envelope, and unless all keys are released, the filter does not re-trigger. In multi mode, each key pressed in turn triggers the filter envelope, even if other keys are still pressed down.

Further it had three digital envelope generators, a noise generator, an LFO, and a chorus effect. It also sported a simple built in sequencer. The Poly-800 could be run off batteries and had guitar strap pegs, allowing a performer to wear it like a guitar. It was also available with reversed-colored keys, which gave an appearance similar to a Vox Continental organ.

About a year after the Poly-800 was introduced, a keyboardless, rackmount/tabletop version, called the EX-800, was released, adding limited MIDI sysex capability. After production of the original keyboard ended in 1985, the enhanced Poly-800 MkII was released. It featured a digital delay instead of a chorus effect, and included limited MIDI sysex functionality. It was produced until 1987.

Siel produced an almost identical synthesizer, the DK-70 around the same time period.

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SidTracker 64 vs Waldorf Attack for iPad & SidTracker Engine Specs

Published on Jun 16, 2015 SidTracker 64

A humorous comparison from the maker of SidTracker 64. Enjoy. :) BTW, if you can only afford to buy one at this point in time, get Attack Drums because, umm... SidTracker 64 is not out yet.

"Can't wait for the SidTracker 64 to be released on appstore? Or maybe you think it is a viable alternative. Find out more in this compelling head to head battle!"

SID synthesizer engine specs:
· Fully emulated SID 8580 R5 chip.
· 3 separate voices
· 8 waveforms - tri, saw, pulse with pwm, noise, trisaw, tripulse, sawpulse, nowave
· Wavetable editing
· 3 volume envelopes
· Dedicated vibrato controls
· 1 multimode filter LP/BP/HP (12/6/12db) with sweep envelope
· Filter table editing. Change filter cutoff and modes up to 1/240
· Hard sync and Ringmod per voice
· PWM sweep envelop
· PWM table editing
· Hard restart
· Variable emulation speed from 25-240hz (standard 50)
· 32 instruments per song (copy/paste/rename)

Tracker (sequencer):
· 3 voice patterns
· Mute voices on/off
· Change instrument per step
· FX pattern - change volume/filter/speed per step
· Loop pattern
· Song building
· Live or step recording
· Metronome / count in
· Follow mode
· Note effects (Glide/sustain/vibrato/filter & pulse reset/tie)
· Song mode with transpose

Midi:
· Keyboard input 1-3 voices (mono, duo and polyphonic)
· CC-assignable synth parameteras
· Modulation wheel vibrato
· Pitch bend
· Midi Clock in
· Selectable input channel

Export:
· .s64 - native SidTracker 64 file
· .m4a - audio
· .sid - for use in sidplayer
· .prg - exports play data for a real Commodore 64"