New Tiptop Audio Mantis Cases Coming Soon

Teaser pic for a new line of eurorack cases coming soon from Tiptop Audio.

Luna and a Roland JP-08

Sending some good vibes over to Luna and Amanda of CatSynth. Feel better Luna! Hang in there Amanda!

"Today we have a special treat, as Luna poses for a CatSynth pic with the Roland JP-08 'Boutique' synthesizer. It’s 'cat-sized', but for humans it’s also a good size for an auxiliary synth and easy to carry to gigs alongside the Nord or Moog. It also brings in some Roland Jupiter sound to the repertoire.

As for Luna, she is continuing to do better since her nadir at the beginning of the month. She is eating well and active, though she does still walk with a bit of a limp. Nonetheless, we get to spend some good time together, including in the studio."

Modular Jam 59 'Sex Drive'

Published on Sep 18, 2016 ngarjuna

Borderline NSFW, so all you peeps at work, be warned! Great track though so be sure to check it out later if you can't now.

"Patch Notes:
Drums, bass and modular percussion elements were from an older session (from before I started keeping patch notes unfortunately). Drums were in Patterning processed through Flux and Filtatron and Replicant. The bass patches were all west coast patches made with 258 VCOs, Optomix and Maths. The modular percussion was also made with the same sort of arrangement (probably being modulated by PEG and Wogglebug...sorry it was a while ago)

Acid Patch 1
Standard-ish acid patch:
Seq 1 driving Rubicon sigmoid into VCF-303
303 EGs out (through Maths for mix) to uVCA

Acid Patch 2
There are two variants, Bandpass (A) and Lowpass (3 pole):
Sequencer 1 triggering Maths ch1 and Dual ADSR (Gate) and Minimod EGs (Accent)
Pitch going to Cranial Saw in sawtooth with a tiny bit of sub
Into Polaris modulated by Rubicon sine (via uVCA modulated by PEG OR) at audio rate in FM1, mix of Wogglebug Stepped Out and Maths ch1 envelope (on gate) and an accent envelope from the Minimod (AD)
Wogglebug smooth providing fall modulation to Maths ch1
Dual ADSR ch1 into Minimod VCA (Gate), Minimod EG2 into Minimod VCA (Accent)

Vocals
All made with the TransVocal Discombobulator (my own little monstrosity made from Uhe Diva, Zynaptiq Morph and Cytomic's The Drop)

2016 Acid Coast"

Grenadier drives a Megawave

Published on Sep 19, 2016 SGE

"Patch notes: The master clock and percussion is provided by a Teenage Engineering PO-12 drum machine. It is clocking 2 Korg SQ-1 sequencers that are modulating the Rare Waves Grenadier and also a Malekko/Richter Megawave module. The Grenadier 'osc out' is driving the Megawave in a send/return setup. Delay effect is a Line 6 Echo Pro."

ElectroDynamics in Biological Systems

Published on Sep 19, 2016 j j

Talk MIDI with the Bus Pirate (on Talk Like a Pirate Day)

Published on Sep 19, 2016 Bent-Tronics

Bus Pirate on Amazon: http://amzn.to/2dcZ9uS
Bus Pirate on SparkFun: http://bit.ly/2bKjZfT

Additional details and links at Bent-Tronics.

Ambient Passage #3 with Korg MS2000B + Strymon ElCapistan & BlueSky

Published on Sep 19, 2016 JediSid

"More lush synth pads!

Ambient Passage #3 with Korg MS2000B + Strymon ElCapistan & BlueSky."

Follow-up to this post.

"Hold me tight tonight" - on Roland SH-2000

Published on Sep 19, 2016 organfairy

"... and Roland JX-8P (bass), Korg Poly-800 (pads), Roland D-20 (harmonies), Elka EM44 (guitar), Siel DK-80 (arpeggios), and Yamaha RX-11 (rhythm).

Someone suggested to me that I should do some Italo-disco and at the same time I wanted to use my synthesizers more so I killed two birds with one stone and made this version of the 1980s song "Hold me tight tonight" by Night Society."

Yamaha CS-5 Analog Synth Overview

Published on Sep 19, 2016 ProckGnosis

Note: He says the CS5 is 1/16th of the CS80 as 5 goes into 80 16 times. It's also one voice/mono while the CS80 is 8 voice x 2, so 1/16th again. :)

"CAUTION: this video is for serious synth geeks, who actually like watching or listening to people just screwing around with an old, analog synth for 20 minutes.

This is sort of like a review, only 30-40 years after the product was released. For being a single oscillator, mono synth, this thing really has some punch for bass, especially with the square wave undergoing some pulse width modulation from the single LFO.

As I explain in the video, this is first analog, mono synth I ever bought, and it was playing with this synth a few years ago that piqued my interest in analog mono synths again (the OLD kind that don't require menu diving, and you can't save the patches).

• Oscillators - 1 VCO with pulse or sawtooth waveforms and noise-gen
• LFO - Yes, with sine, sawtooth, sample and hold
• Filter - 1 filter: 12dB/oct High pass or Low pass; 6dB/oct band-pass
• Effects - None
• Keyboard - 37 keys
• Memory - None
• Control - CV / Gate
• Date Produced - 1978-83"

Update:

Yamaha CS-5 Analog Synth Song

Published on Sep 19, 2016

"Song recorded in Propellerhead Reason using only the Yamaha CS-5 synth and Reason's Kong Drums. Skip to 6:57 to hear the clips and sounds (without the drums or any effects). For an analog, one oscillator mono synth, this thing can kick some ass. I admit, the more I play with it, the more I like it, even with its limitations (one oscillator, one EG, etc) being at the low end of the CS family."

Simian Mobile Disco - Full Performance (Live on KEXP)

Published on Oct 30, 2014 KEXP

Eurorack & Sequentix Cirklon sequencers.

"http://KEXP.ORG presents Simian Mobile Disco performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded September 26, 2014.

Songs:
Dandelion Spheres
Nazard
Sun Dogs
Tangents
Calyx

Host: DJ Alex
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Scott Holpainen & Christopher Somerville
Editor: Scott Holpainen

http://simianmobiledisco.co.uk/
http://kexp.org"

Spotted this one on Synth Anatomy. You can find previous posts featuring Simian Mobile Disco here. The earliest post goes all the way back to 2007.