The PropSynth D Digital 6 Voice DIY Synth

This one spotted and sent in via swissdoc. You can find the project page in German here [archived here] and a Googlish translation here [archive link]. Some info from that translation:

"Hello to all music fans electronics engineers.

After Hammond and Steicherkeyboard simulations based on a Parallax Propeller step to build a synthesizer was the logical consequence.
This new development is a classic polyphonic 6 voice synthesizer to the universally known model: known oscilator filter VCA, geimein as subtractive sound generation.
This time it was not about to emulate a specific synthesizer, but to develop a "normal" tone generator can not be more than many other synths in me - but with a standard processor - which was not designed for this purpose.


features:

2 Ozillatoren per voice / 6 voice polyphony
10 wavetables for Ozillatoren
Filter, (4-pole lowpass, 2-pole lowpass / highpass / bandpass) with resonance
ADSR generator Filterhülkurve
ADSR generator envelope amplifier (VCA)
LFO to filter modulation
LFO for vibrato
Noise generator
diverse chorus effects
Hall device
3-band EQ
"Half-Analog" operation with potentiometers in a parameter matrix
Preset memory, 32 Programs
LED display
Control via Midi Controller
stereo outputs

Controlled by MIDI propeller than enough for a 6 voice polyphony. The motherboard is only 200 * 100mm in size and contains all components inc. The operating element. The single-sided board and is very selbstbau friendly because only components were used which are easy to obtain, SMD components (which we unfortunately can not do without) are installed via adapter, and leave with 1.27mm pin spacing easily solder by hand."

See the links at the top of this post for additional pics and details.

BAM by OTO Machines

Published on Apr 19, 2016 OTOMACHINES

"BAM is a stereo reverb processor, inspired by the 70s - 80s reverberator units."

More info on their website :

http://www.otomachines.com/portfolio/bam/

Price is 460 euros (excl. VAT) with the release planned for June.

Note this is the first video featuring BAM. Click here for previous posts including some additional audio demos.

Feliz Cumpleaños Senior Buchla!

Today is Don Buchla's Birthday! :)

via @moogfest

"Happy Birthday to inventor and synth pioneer Don #Buchla. Genius that echoes throughout the synth galaxy."

4ms Company - Superbooth16

Published on Apr 19, 2016 DivKidVideo

"Dan from 4ms takes us through the features and updates to the Dual Looping Delay. There's some great stereo resonances/karplus sounds at the end of the video when we switch over from mic and mono audio to stereo modular."

Sequential Circuits Studio 440

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Hawkmoth "Dual Ring Modulation in E Minor"

Published on Apr 19, 2016 SGE

"2 sets of 2 analog sine waves from the PerFourmer ring modulating each other, one panned left, the other panned right. The sequences are offset pendulums in e minor scale. Percussion is noise from a WMD Geiger Counter processed by a Microbrute filter and Wombtone phaser.

Sequencers used: 2x Doepfer MAQ, Future Retro Orb & Swynx. Effects used: Roland RE-20, Eventide Space, Chase Bliss Wombtone. Digital Ring Mods: EHX Ring Thing and Expert Sleepers Disting module (VCA mode)."

Broken Module Diagnosis And Repair

Published on Apr 19, 2016 Voltage Control Lab

"Recently, in one of our weekly Office Hours, we attempted to diagnose and repair a broken Doepfer A-160 Clock Divider module that one of our students had accidentally fried.

http://www.voltagecontrollab.com/2016..."

SuperBooth 2016: Modal Electronics Eurorack

Published on Apr 19, 2016 Synth Anatomy

"I was on SuperBooth this year for creating video content. More gear news will coming soon. Please support me on Patreon if you enjoy my content: https://www.patreon.com/synthanatomy?...

Modal Electronics demonstrated me at SuperBooth 2016 their new lineup of analogue and digital Eurorack Modules for an very cheap price."

Synth Jam - Streichfett Small Stone JP-08 TB-3 Beatstep Pro Volca Sample

Published on Apr 19, 2016 kvfive .

"Live performance with the Waldorf Streichfett & the EHX Small Stone Phaser, with the Beatstep Pro, TB-3, MicroBrute, Volca sample, Aira System-1, MAM MB33 303 clone & the Akai MPX-8.

The Streichfett with the Small Stone Phaser certainly gives this track the Jean Michel Jarre feel :)"

A Synclavier for Max/MSP in the Works

Spotted this one on sequencer.de. Note this appears to be a one man personal project:

"Taymur Streng is working hard on a Synclavier that works on and with Max/MSP. This is still “work in progress” since it is a lot of work for just one person.

Seems like the Synclavier had the following concept on FM, please post if you know it better:

there is one OSC that modulates up to 36 “Harmonics” Oscillators. all of these OSCs have their own frequency and that modulating OSC has a ratio. All of them got an extended 6-parameter-envelope. There are 4 layers available.

there is more synthesis functions like 2 versions of resynthesis (the original has one algorithm). And of course the 36 OSCs are for additive synthesis as well. also there is a simple wavetable concept.

so much for the synth-section (not counting in samples, that are also possible).

I had only a short time on a real Synclavier, so just tell me if there’s something to add or correct. Taymur knows a lot – but we would love input (if helpful).

could take a while,…"