MATRIXSYNTH

Studio Electronics Tonestar 2600 - Full Tutorial by Chris Morgan

Published on Sep 11, 2016 StudioElectronics

Mike playing his Rhodes and Prophet08 at Level 42 soundcheck

Published on Sep 9, 2016 Mike Lindup

"Mike Lindup plays his Fender Rhodes Mk1Stage 73 and Dave Smith Prophet08, demonstrating some of the parts and patches that are signature to the sound of Level 42. Filmed during the RITF 25th anniversary Tour in October 2012"

You Will (for Polsteam Beluga)

Tempest on drums
Korg ex800 on pad
Analog keys on lead
Korg ms20 on noise

DreamsOfWires - Microbrute 'Mass Effect'

Published on Sep 11, 2016 DreamsOfWires

"A re-recording of something I recently put on Soundcloud. It made me think of some old Sci-fi films I saw as a kid, which got me in the mood for playing the Mass Effect games again... for the 5th time :/
Anyway, I recorded some footage of the game to accompany the music, which comprises of a one-take track of the on-board sequencer, and two overdubbed tracks of leads and noises. Recorded into Cubasis on an iPad with AUFX Dub and AltiSpace for delay and reverb."

Knobcon, 2016: Behind the scenes walk through (all gear no people)

Published on Sep 11, 2016 Nathan Hahn

"Knobcon before the doors are unlocked"

Be sure to see the Knobcon channel label below for more coverage from Knobcon!

Introvert live set knobcon 2016

Published on Sep 11, 2016 Flux302 of Fluxwithit.com

Making a DIY noisebox - Sound Experiments 001

Published on Sep 10, 2016 Analog Industries

"A fun little afternoon project to make a piezo springbox noise source for my modular, to do some sound design with. Links below the fold:

I got the original idea for this from here: http://amzn.to/2cAbUgM

Hammond box available here: http://amzn.to/2c6Y8D7

Other parts (springs, bolts, etc.) available at your friendly local hardware store.

CR on Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/chris_randall
CR on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/chris.randall

AI Blog: http://www.analogindustries.com

The camera used in this video: http://amzn.to/2bDoD2g
The lens used in this video: http://amzn.to/2be6DyC"

Voyager Delirium

Published on Sep 10, 2016 Praxis Axis

"I created this music as a kind of challenge and homage: To use a single monosynth as the sound source for an entire tune; that synth being the mighty Moog Voyager.

This synth is sometimes misunderstood. Its preset tones are rich yet very smooth, and this prompts some people to think it's too "vanilla" sounding. But this kind of complex monosynth takes months of messing with to find its full capacity, which is buried somewhere deep in its modulation routing capabilities with the magical third oscillator (which doubles as an LFO - great for complex FM). This video is partly to show the kinds of sounds a Voyager will make when you push it hard - well beyond even the famous Model D (tell me in the comments if you don't agree, but show me a D doing this kinda stuff, lol ;) )

Nonetheless, experienced ears will note that some processing is involved here. I'll fess up to all of it:
* Fabfilter delay on various voices - pretty obvious
* A bit of cheap reverb on some (not all) voices
More controversially:
* A small amount of saturation on *some* of the voices. Contrary to some reports, it's simply *not true* that the Voyager can't make aggressive, abrasive sounds, and though I've relied on a little saturation a few voices, there's plenty of moments when it's pure Voyager (including many of the aggressive or brassy-sounding lines).
* TC Electronics Mojomojo on some of the drums. You can overdrive the Voyager on its own (ie the headphone trick), but using a nice pedal like the Mojomojo is just easier and more versatile.

Drums on the Voyager don't happen very naturally. Here, the kick is still just res + decay + noise etc, etc (you can see me building one in the video actually), but running drums through a pedal helps to control / compress sub bass in a very dependable manner. Generally I haven't used the overdrive pedal on pitched voices - I've tried to show off what the instrument can do (mostly) by itself. The drum sounds are layered, to give them a slightly more "contemporary" sound (I don't really do techno ;) ). The noise generator really helps here, and a bit of gate reverb in the DAW does the rest. Sweeping the noise up with an envelope (or just manually) provides the pre-hit sweep effect.

Any questions about the production are most welcome."