Sample & Hold In A Eurorack Modular Synth

Published on May 24, 2016 Voltage Control Lab

"An important synthesis technique, Sample & Hold takes a variable or alternating current, such as an LFO or noise, and (as the name suggests) takes a sample of that incoming voltage and holds it.

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

A Buchla Music Easel Cake for Alessandro Cortini

How cool is that!

"It tasted as good as it looked. Thank you Chubby Cheek Cakes! Photos by Dave Tada"

via Emilie, sent my way via Alessandro Cortini who claims to now be vintage at age 40. Vintage but never old!

Happy birthday Alessandro! :)

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Easel Ambient Palette Patch Three

Published on May 24, 2016 Todd Barton

"The third and probably final patch in this series. Be sure to checkout the first patch video for context and orientation [you can find all parts here]

I'm now turning my attention to my blog where there will be additional information on these patches in a few days:
http://toddbarton.com/category/buchla... and finally, for a better audio version of the final piece in the above video:
https://soundcloud.com/user7621213/do..."

Claus Martin - Going Modular - Test 24

Published on May 22, 2016 csmcrckrs

Sequence: Theis Modular Synthesizer
Bass: Moog Voyager
Pads: Roland JX-3P, Creamware Pro 12
Leads: Roland JX-3P, Moog Voyager, Creamware Pro 12
Drums, FX, Arrangement & Mixing done with Ableton Live
Doepfer Sequencer is only included for the blinkenlights ;-

Vintage ARP Odyssey 2800 MKI Whiteface Tonus

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via this auction

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Deep Ambient Stereo Music (w/ OP-1, iPad Crystalline & Eurorack Modular Synth) #TTNM

Published on May 24, 2016 The Tuesday Night Machines

"Got out the OP-1, the awesome Crystalline reverb iPad app and the Bastl Rumburak Eurorack Modular Synth for some deeeeep ambient music.

The Eurorack patch is just two of the Bastl GrandPa's stock samples plus some noise, with stereo modulation from the Errorinstruments Hard Candy and Bastl CV Trinity through the Quattro Figaro VC Panner and ABC stereo mixer.

The OP-1 is also patched into the ABC mixer form where the stereo audio sum goes into the iPad Air 2 Crystalline reverb app, via a Behringer UCA-202 USB audio interface. Using the Audiobus app, I send the audio from the input, through Crystalline to AudioShare, where it's recorded.

Questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! :) Thanks for watching! Check out my channel for more Synthesizer Music.

Audio gear used:
- Teenager Engineering OP-1 digital wonder synth
- Apple iPad Air 2 w/ Audiobus, Crystalline reverb and AudioShare apps
- Bastl Instruments big Rumburak Eurorack modular synth w/ 2x GrandPa, CV Trinity, Quattro Figaro, 2x Cinnamon, Errorinstruments Hard Candy, etc

My always up-to-date modular synths on ModularGrid:
Klangbau Rack: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/v...
Rumburak: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/v...

Filmed with a Canon 500d (Rebel T2i)."

Waldorf MicroWave 1 OS2 Demo by RossT

"This is a demo of some sounds produced with a 1989 Waldorf Microwave synthesizer featuring the OS2 operating system which allows for more extensive waveform options such as speech synthesis, PWM, Karplus Strong, and wave shaping synthesis."

PIXELSYNTH: How sound an image of an Moog Minimoog?

Published on May 24, 2016 Synth Anatomy

"PIXELSYNTH is a free browser Image Synthesizer. With Pixelsynth you can transform any image in sound. I try it out with an image of a vintage Moog Minimoog ;) You can try it out here: https://ojack.github.io/PIXELSYNTH/"

Another Moog Prodigy Restoration (by Synthpro) & New Expansion Pedal in the Works

Published on May 24, 2016 synthpro

Note at 2:40 he mentions a new expansion pedal he is working on.

"Hi everyone,

This is another sick prodigy that now has a new look on life, it was in very rough shape when I got it but now sings great.

The wood was spray painted black and oscillator 2 had a tracking issue.

The oscillator issue was a bad current source, it was holding temp but the actual voltage to current conversion circuits were too weak to deliver the needed current to drive the oscillator correctly.

Now all is well as you can see and really proud with the outcome.

Thanks for watching,
Jareth"

Chiptunes & Preset Keyboard Reviews by 8-bit Keys

Published on Apr 7, 2016 8-Bit Keys

This one in via Soviet Space Child. The above is a playlist of all videos from 8-Bit Keys. He goes over various preset keyboards from Yamaha, Casio and the Commodore 64 along with a few demos. Enjoy the ride!

Playlist:
Square Wave Delight - Yamaha PSS-30 and PSS-130
WarHawk game music remade on Yamaha PSR-36
Restoring and review of the 1983 Yamaha MK-100
Installing dual SID chips in your Commodore 64 with SID 2 SID
The Incredible Musical Keyboard for the Commodore 64
Repairing a FedEx damaged MIDI keyboard Yamaha PSR-36
Yamaha PSS-270 Retro-Keyboard Full Review
Carol of the Toy Keyboards
Techno Music on Vintage Toy Keyboard Yamaha PSS-270
Casio VL-TONE VL-1 Full Review
Commando High Score Music performed on Yamaha PSR-32
Lemmings Music #1 performed on Casio SK-1
Lemmings Music #1 Performed on Casio SA-76
Full Review of the Casio PT-80 keyboard
Creating the Intro music on a Yamaha PSS470
The Miracle Piano hardware restoration and review
Ultima VI Introduction Music performed on vintage Yamaha PS-55