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Cheetah MS6, 6-voice Polyphonic Synth

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'A Wonderful piece of kit, with outstanding Analog Strings, Pianos, Brass, Organs, Effects, Vox, Bass, Lead, Wave mixes, Percussion effects, Solos etc..."

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Battery Powered Music

Published on Sep 25, 2015 Pierre Fontaine

"I had an music track I made a few months ago but didn't know what to do with it. So I've cobbled together some really old animations done over the past ten years and made a little music video.

The song itself was made using a Korg Volca Keys multitracked to create the lead and counterpoint, a Korg Monotribe for the drums, a Bliptronic for the synth part that starts the song and runs all the way through, and a Nintendo DS game called Jam Sessions that has an awesome acoustic and electric guitar simulation. The Korg Monotron Delay provided the synth swoops towards the end of the song.

The animations were created in Truespace (most of the physics animations), iClone (the dinosaur and some of the nature animations), PD Pro Howler (the opening flybys and more abstract animations) and Canoma (animations that started as photographs but were turned into 3D animations)."

Moog Sub 37 and Maschine: Face the Funk

Published on Mar 1, 2015 Mic Checkmate

"A quick 1 minute video getting into the awesome Moog Sub 37 analog synth with the Maschine Studio. Having a nice time with a funky hip hop beat.

Check me out at http://www.miccheckmate.com/"
http://www.moogmusic.com/products/phattys/sub-37

Prophet-6 synth+Korg M3, PLAY HAVE FUN, Preset 317, Ambient Pop

Published on Sep 25, 2015 Bob I. Gomez

"Here is another original tune of mine on the Prophet-6 synthesizer....it is called, PLAY HAVE FUN.
I kept coming back to Preset-317. It inspired me to write this tune with a Pop Ambient quality. The Korg M3 contributes a piano synth sound & a beat. I add some EQ from my Roland Mixer to the drums & Piano section."

Square Wave Sequencer V1 by mattoverse

Published on Sep 25, 2015 karmacomputer

"http://mattoverse.com
Demonstration of the first completed prototype of the mattoverse Square Wave Sequencer.
8 Step sequencer with selectable step count of 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8
Pitch controls are Bourne multi-turn potentiometers
Fixed resonance sweepable filter
2nd Switchable Oscillator with speed control
Volume, on off swithc
DC9volt Power / 1/4" Mono Output"

Note this is the first mattoverse maker post on the site.

The Greatest Hits of BIOME - 1973 EMS SYNTHI Compositions

"Members of BIOME, a live electronic music ensemble, perform Tactus Tempus by Frank McCarty, live on KPFA on February 22, 1973. The performers are Allen Strange, Frank McCarty, Pat Strange, Boots McCarty, Steve Ruppenthal, and Steve Whealton. Following the piece, which is performed on four Synthi electronic music modules, the players talk with Charles Amirkhanian about the group and their music."

via @jkant, via archive.org.

India's First SynthFest Set for this Weekend, September 26-27 in Andheri East

http://synthfest.in

Their event tagline? Possibly the best ever:

"No Twerking, Only Tweaking"

If anyone attends let us know how it went. Below is a video for the Novation Bass Station II that went up on their YouTube channel. Back in July they posted one for the new KORG Arp Odyssey.

Published on Sep 25, 2015 SynthFest

Patch Jam 6: Live Eurorack Modular Techno

Published on Sep 25, 2015 abstractjuz

"Some cuts from my last live modular jam.
Been spending some time with a borrowed 'Radio Music' - so this jam was all about the vocal samples.
All live, all modular, all audio recorded straight off the rig with no post-processing or effects.
Thanks - enjoy!"

ROLAND JD-XA // All Factory Presets // Bank D // Arpeggios & Other Stuff

Published on Sep 25, 2015 LESINDES

http://www.rolandus.com/products/jd-xa/

"Testing the presets of brandnew ROLAND JD-XA. BANK D: Arpeggios & Other Stuff.

Using arpeggios and preset sequences if there are any preprogrammed. Tweaking occasionally. JD-XA does not contain any drum kits as its smaller and cheaper sibling is providing. If there are any drums to be heard they're mostly programmed from scratch with the internal sound engines -- both digital and analog.

More thoughts about the synth:
Many options. But it is a little bit the JD800 problem: the basic sound is quickly edited but the fine tuning takes hours because you have to step thru hundreds of parameters in a 2-line-display (without dial!!!).

No computer editor!
The sequencer is almost the same as in JD-Xi with the same flaws. It crashes frequently and it DOES NOT TRANSPOSE! I hope Roland will fix and implement this with the next update.

About the integration of digital and analog section: The routing is a bit confusing to me but once you managed to lea a digital sound through the analog section it sounds very nice. The digital waves are also well chosen and sounding. For understanding the concept: There are two synths -- one digital, one analog -- that only share the housing and the FX. As a consequence you cannot choose a digital waveform in your analog synth you can only lead a complete sound of the digital machine through the analog section for sound enhancement.

But all in all it is a versatile well sounding synth!"

Moon 569 Reset + Skip Tests

Published on Sep 25, 2015 John L Rice

"I was getting some interesting patterns by using multiple steps on the 4th row to reset the first row and skipping a couple steps on the first row at the same time.

Just a quick example of how playable and versatile the Moon Modular 569 Quad Sequential Voltage Source truly is! :-)"