Osaka B01

Published on Aug 16, 2015 nedavine

"Another rough jam from my Osaka show."

Rare Analog Delay/Reverb Multivox MDX 5 Demo with Korg Volcas

Published on Aug 16, 2015 Fuzzo Frizzbeebot

"Rare Analog Delay"

Soulsby Synthesizers Atmegatron in 90 seconds

Published on Aug 16, 2015 Soulsby Synthesizers

"The Atmegatron is an 8-bit MIDI synthesizer. This video gives an overview of what it can do.
Music by _ensnare_ and created entirely on the Atmegatron. Hear the full track hear:"



miniAtmegatron posted here.

Update: and the press release:

"London, UK - 24/8/15. Soulsby Synths are relaunching their 8-bit synth The Atmegatron today at the new price of £199 / €299 / $299. They are available from their website and from retailers around the world (see website for full list). They are also launching a new product, the miniAtmegatron, which is an electronics kit shield for the Arduino Uno. It retails at £29 / €39 / $39.

The Atmegatron was first launched in March 2014 and received a fantastic response from magazines and websites. The synth features 32 waveforms, 16 digital filter types, 2 envelopes, 16 LFO shapes, Arpeggiator, crunchy Wavecrusher and much more. As well as having a unique sound, The Atmegatron can shape-shift into other synths by uploading free software from the website. These include a drum machine, duophonic synth and delay synth.

The relaunched Atmegatron features software completely rewritten from the ground up, adding improvements and new features, while retaining it’s classic sound. These include options for exponential envelope shapes, note priority and a more phasey phaser!

The miniAtmegatron is designed for electronics enthusiasts that want to experience the basics of the Atmegatron sound. The kit includes a PCB, all components and instructions. The Arduino Uno is not included. The build time is between 0.5-1 hours depending on soldering experience.

The miniAtmegatron contains a lot of the Atmegatron’s features although some are cutback because of the simpler user interface. The Arduino Uno can be MIDI-hacked, allowing the miniAtmegatron to be controlled via MIDI over USB.

Paul Soulsby, CEO of Soulsby Synthesizers: “It took a lot of hard work, but I am so pleased that we have managed to significantly lower the price of the Atmegatron and still retain classic features like the wooden side panels. I also hope that the miniAtmegatron will introduce Arduino fans to the joyous bleeps of 8-bit music!”

About Soulsby Synthesizers:
Soulsby Synthesizers is run entirely by Paul Soulsby, who started the company in 2013. The Atmegatron is the company’s debut synthesizer and the miniAtmegatron is their second. The company is based in London."

Comparison chart here.

Gear Hospital - 02 - Casio CZ-1 battery replace, tear-down, synth engine review

Published on May 25, 2015 BMR Studio

Interesting video on battery replacement for the Casio CZ-1. Skip to 15:55. Note the CZ-1 slowly recharges the battery so using a non re-chargable battery will kill the battery. The video implied this was due to a design error by Casio. This reminded me of the reverse of the battery drainage issue on the SCI Multi-Trak.

"How You can replace the battery inside of CASIO CZ-1. And more stuffs.
I got a common error with My Casio CZ-1. The battery always die when I use the synth for long time. So let's go deeper into this issue :)
Then a bit of basic adjustments, quick tear-down, and interesting treasure in the chorus effect.
I also will speak about the synth engine why is so unique.
Enjoy :)"

Dub Acid Test Ptn.06

Published on Aug 16, 2015 SERI@ACIDWORX

"Analog Rytm,TT-303&el Capistan"

New AVP Synth HBS-100 Hybrid Bass Synthesizer (Official Demo)

Published on Aug 16, 2015 Avp Synth

"All the synth lines are coming from the HBS-100 - hybrid bass synthesizer to demonstrate it's capabilities and analog features with wavetable forms.
Drums are coming from other sources.
Reverb and delay has been added externally.

AVP Synth is a Russian brand manufacturing synthesizers and drum machines, as well as other audio related products.

In this demo you can see and hear the HBS-100 - a hybrid monophonic bass synthesizer which is capable of reproducing a wide range of aggressive, tight bass sounds.It is simple and quite intuitive to use.

HBS-­‐100 is operated via MIDI. It has9 knobs, 5 switches and 1button,
which allows you to control the parameters of the sound in real time.

Specification
HBS-100 is optimized for producing beautiful and sculptured bass sounds.

- Method of synthesis: Digitally controlled oscillators (DCO)
- Controlled oscillator (DCO): two unique digital oscillators (saw, rectangle, PWM) with Wavetable options
- Controlled filter (VCF): one active, aggressive, 100% analog 12db low-pass filter
- Envelope generator (AR/ASR): one
- Low frequency oscillator (LFO): one; triangle
- MIDI Interface: MIDI In, 4 channels
- Audio output: mono jack 6.3 mm
- Controls: 9 knobs, 5 switches and 1 button
- Power supply: adapter 9 V DC (included)"

Ensoniq VFX Synthesizer Dark Soundscapes & Raw Waveforms

Published on Aug 16, 2015 gstormelectro

"All audio and video by G-Storm Electro c.2015
http://gstormelectronica.blogspot.com

BE WARNED, at 3:24 I start to audition one-shots of the raw waveforms in order to demonstrate the timbral nature of the VFX. This will probably sound disconcerting to most people, again YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED....just tune out at 3:24 if necessary and everything will be ok.

The first half of this demo are some original patches I created on the Ensoniq VFX digital transwave synthesizer. This is not a virtuoso performance, just a quick vignette of what the VFX sounds like as an instrument. As mentioned, during the second half of the video I audition the various raw waveforms, transwaves, and the master wavetable called ALL-WAVES.

0:00 Original Patches of dark soundscapes
At 3:24 I start auditioning basic waveforms,
3:42 transwave type waveforms,
4:47 more of the basic waveforms,
5:26 a one-shot of the ALL-WAVES wavetable"

Pads Of The Blind

"Having a chill Saturday morning jam with the Animoog. Man, this synth rules. Beats from Elastic Drums. All sounds from the iPad."

iTunes:
Animoog - Moog Music Inc.
Elastic Drums - O-G-SUS

Percussa Synthor Digital Modular Synth Demo #1

Published on Aug 16, 2015 Percussa AudioCubes

"Quick demo of the new Synthor digital modular synth for the Percussa AudioCubes.
https://www.percussa.com/2015/08/16/h...

Synthor runs on Macs and PCs as a standalone audio application and communicates wirelessly with the AudioCubes hardware interface. When cubes are placed next to each other, new patch connections are created, and moving cubes closer and further away change parameters such as modulation depth. Synthor is a free download for all AudioCubes users! Learn more at http://www.percussa.com/"

Some additional info via the Percussa News Letter:

"You can see different synth cubes in action: red/orange cubes are wavetable oscillators, purple one is a step sequencer, green ones are LFOs (frequency and amplitude modulation) and the cyan one is a toggle noise cube (white noise with variable frequency). The wavetable oscillator cubes are set to do frequency modulation, the step sequencer does frequency modulation, as well as the noise cube. There is also a waveshaper and state-variable filter (SVF) which are not demo'ed in this video but will be in upcoming videos.

The Synthor synth runs inside MIDIBridge so there is no additional software needed beyond our MIDIBridge software. There is an audio settings control panel now in MIDIBridge which lets you select the sound card driver to use (CoreAudio, ASIO, etc) as well as the sample rate and buffer size to use. The processing in Synthor is all done at audio sample rate, so you have really fast and smooth modulation possibilities and low-latency.

In Synthor, you first assign a synthesizer module to a cube (oscillator, LFO, noise gererator, etc) and decide what other cubes it can modulate. As soon as you’ve done that, you can start putting cubes together to create a modular synth patch.

As soon as cubes are placed next to each other, a connection is made between the synthesizer modules linked to the cubes. So for example, if you configured two cubes to be oscillators, one oscillator will start to modulate the frequency of the other oscillator (you can also set it to modulate amplitude if you prefer). It works the same way when you place multiple cubes together: even if you are only placing one cube next to a group of cubes, you will be creating multiple connections! All without needing real hardware patch cords. Try doing that in a traditional hardware modular synthesizer with only two hands.

Synthor also automatically scales parameters as you move cubes closer together: If you have two oscillator cubes next to each other, the modulation depth will change depending on the distance between the cubes. This is done completely automatic without you having to configure anything. Parameters can also be set using sliders in the Synthor user interface if you need to set them to specific values.

Last but not least, the signal output of each of the synthesizer modules is automatically connected to the brightness of the colours of the cubes. This way you can see how fast your LFOs are running for example, or you can see the steps of the step sequencer as they play back.

I’ve also built a default patch into Synthor / MIDIBridge, such that when you start the software and connect your cubes, they are all set into Synthor mode and a synthesizer processor has been linked to each cube (oscillator, noise, etc). This way you can immediately start making sound with the cubes without having to configure anything (don’t forget to set up your sound card - you only need to do this once). If you customize the default setup of Synthor you can save your settings and load them using the LOAD/SAVE buttons in MIDIBridge.

Bonus tip: if you go play live with Synthor, you can load different settings files for different songs, and each of those settings files can assign the cubes to different synthesizer modules! This is like having 10 different modular synth setups with you which you can instantly switch to within a few seconds. Impossible to do with a traditional hardware modular synth.

I need your feedback on the above video

I’ll be adding more synthesizer modules to Synthor over the next month. I have plans for granular processors, mixers, delays, etc. It’s going to be super exciting working on this. Please reply to this email and send me your feedback about the above video!"

You can contact Percussa at https://percussa.com/contact

New Basestar FV-1: POT3 control & LFO

Published on Aug 16, 2015 pz314

"Basestar FV1 is a part of my new modular DSP development system. Built around the Spinsemi FV-1 and Cypress PSOC4 (Cortex M0) MCU.
It uses a trick to get one more control input on the FV1 at the price of one audio channel. Here i'm testing it with a short loop processed with peaking lowpass filter program."