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Buchla 296e Spectral Processor

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4mS SPECTRAL MULTIBAND RESONATOR // MUTABLE INSTRUMENTS BRAIDS

Published on Apr 15, 2016 LESINDES

"MEDITATIONS OF A STRING MODEL
Stunning 4mS SPECTRAL MULTIBAND RESONATOR with MUTABLE INSTRUMENTS BRAIDS and the final varnish of AKG BX-5 spring reverb.
Help of PITTSBURGH MODULAR ANALOG REPLICATOR, MFB DRUM-07, KILPATRICK K-4815, HEXINVERTER SIMPLESEQ"

DK Synergy Synthesizer Demo

Published on Apr 15, 2016 chris962x

Fender Chroma Polaris Demos

Fender Chroma Polaris, PT. 1

Published on Apr 11, 2016 chris962x

"Chroma Polaris Synthesizer. No effects were used, recorded directly into my Mackie Mixer, Focusrite interface, and from there into Logic Pro X on my Mac. Sometimes it's difficult to tell that I'm sometimes playing the Prophet 600 gligli on the stand above the CP for comparison, though I usually mention it in the video. The comparisons are confined to the first 4 min of the video, and 21:40 to the end of the video. In the second part the P600 is doing a brassy resonance sweep, and then a more plucky sawtooth sound. Sometimes during the comparison periods you will see my left hand is on the CP, and my right jumps between CP and P600, you can usually see my fingers on the far right to give away which I'm playing at a given moment. Sorry this was tightly shot like this, I was trying to make the controls as easy to see as possible."

Fender Chroma Polaris, Part Two

Published on Apr 11, 2016

"Chroma Polaris Synthesizer. It is a little difficult to tell but I'm comparing it to the P600 gligli above it during 8:30-9:30. Otherwise it's all CP. No effects were used, recorded directly into my Mackie Mixer, Focusrite interface, and from there into Logic Pro X on my Mac."

chroma polaris: goodies and cool monosynth!

Published on Apr 15, 2016

"This clip shows why the Chroma Polaris is such an amazing monosynth!Best part of the video starts at 18:35. But first it looks at the oscillator phasing pseudo-effect you can get, then it goes to selective pitch bend. Sorry it's so talky, but wanted to explain the bipolar sliders and how the functions work. 2nd half of the clips is on why it's an amazing monosynth (both alone and especially when put through an external 12db filter!), and the last 5 min is just playing."

Roland MKS-80 Rev 4 Demo

Published on Mar 23, 2016 chris962x

"MKS-80 Rev 4. Played by Midi on a DX7IIFD. Only compression and very light reverb used, no EQ or other effects. It's missing a little of the fullness of the original, I think because Youtube compression when added to that I already used removed some of the midrange, especially on sounds with lots of resonance. Sounded huge in my DAW so I think it is just youtube being youtube, just keep in mind the orig had a fuller midrange. But hopefully this shows a bit what this synth can do when pushed passed presets. Enjoy!"

Prophet 5 Rev 3 Demo

Published on Jul 20, 2015 chris962x

"This video is about Prophet 5 rev 3. First half w/ no effects, second half audio repeats with compression and reverb. Video focuses on filter sweeps with and without resonance."

Multimoog Demo

Published on Jul 11, 2015 chris962x

"The gorgeously smooth and expressive Moog Multimoog lead sound. I didn't have video for this, just a track of it before I sold it, so I'm tweaking the knobs while playing but obviously there's no visual of that. First half of the video is w/o any effects, second half is the same audio with effects."

Korg PolySix Demo

Published on Mar 23, 2015 chris962x

"This video is about Korg PolySix. Video goes out in the last few minutes, but the audio continues. Enjoy!"

Prophet 600 Gligli Demos

Published on Mar 6, 2015 chris962x

Prophet 600 Gligli

ambikademo

Published on Mar 1, 2015 chris962x

"This video is of the Mutable Instruments Ambika, with 5 SMR4 MkII filter cards. Digital oscillators, analog filters. My sense is that its an amazingly flexible wavetable synth, similar in many ways to the Waldorf Microwave, with analog filters like the Microwave to warm things up. I've noticed that it sounds a little bit warmer when recorded on video than when playing live, for what it's worth.

Mutable Instruments has discontinued these, but you can get them built by a trusted builder, just sign into their forum and search for 'trusted builders.' There are also single voice versions of this called a Shruthi which can still be purchased as a kit from Mutable, or with a variety of different filters either used or from a trusted builder.

In this video, I'm still learning how to use the machine, so I'm fumbling a bit with the controls. Audio here was recorded in Logic. I'm mostly going through presets, and showing how the filter impacts them. I also try to check the mod wheel on each present to see how it effects things. While presets often only show a small fraction of what a machine is capable of, it's a start.

The video was recorded dry, no effects, and coming from the mono mixed output (the unit has a mono mixed out put, and single outputs for each voice, but no mixed stereo out). A few times in the video I add effects (reverb/delay), then remove them, just to show what it sounds like, it should be obvious when I'm doing that, as I step away for a second and you hear the sound change.

Enjoy!"