Joué - Focus on SCALER & STRIPS Modules

Published on Jan 3, 2017 Joué SAS

"Joué, the most expressive and modular MIDI controller is available now on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2gO0R3Q
It is an innovative and evolving instrument simplifying digital music playing. It offers beginners and professional artists a unique level of expressivity and spontaneity.
It comes with 8 modules as first. Here is an introduction to the SCALER module."

Joué - Focus on STRIPS module

Published on Jan 2, 2017

E-mu xl-7 (proteus 2000) acting wavetableish

Published on Jan 2, 2017 Mike Perkowitz

I thought this was pretty interesting as most PCM based synths do not allow you to modulate through oscillator waveshapes like on classic PPG & Waldorf wavetable synths. I reached out to Mike to find out exactly what was going on here. Here's what he had to say:

"It's crossfading through 8 different waveforms in succession. The e-mu doesn't let you modulate actual waveform selection, but you can assign 4 different waves to the 4 layers of a patch, and then set up a thing that lets you sweep through them, crossfading from one to the next (it's called realtime crossfade in the manual). in effect, it's a lot like one of the PPG wavetables where it interpolates from one wave to the next gradually. I have it set up so that one of the knobs is assigned to the crossfade position directly. I also have an LFO assigned to the crossfade position, with knob control over the rate and depth. I also have an AD envelope assigned to the crossfade, with knob control over attack, decay, and depth. Finally, I layered two of these patches, with the crossfades set up so that they cover the entire crossfade range with their combined 8 waves, and I chose some metallic, ppg-sounding waves for part of it. it took some meticulous programming, but now that I have a patch set up, it's fairly easy to try out different waves in the 8 positions and to play with different modulators."

I own a Morpheus myself and was curious if this was possible on it. I know, I know, I should know this owning one, and being mr. matrix and all, but I never got around to it. Mike, however, did know, and had the following to say:

"Aside from the filters, the Morpheus is a lot less sophisticated. You can't do this kind of stuff with a Morpheus -- it only has two layers per patch, and it doesn't have a whole lot in the way of interesting modulation, aside from the function generators. http://blog.perkowitz.net/2015/07/06/the-e-mu-morpheus-review-20-years-later/

The proteus-2000 synths are really, really deep, with a very good collection of waves for making synth sounds (especially if you get the XL-1 rom; I'm guessing the vintage rom is great too). The editing is not great, in various ways, and the very important edit knobs don't seem to hold up well, but it can do a lot if you put in the time."

Some Like It Hard, Tiptop ONE

Some Like It Hard, Tiptop ONE from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"Beta testing Tiptop Audio new module called ONE"

The Schmidt Synthesizer

Published on Jan 3, 2017 MrFirechild

"This track is using sounds only from one of the most unique synthesizers ever made, The Schmidt eight voice polyphonic Synthesizer! Only 50 units will be made. Each voice has 4 oscillators and 7 filters. Flexible routing and also the best looking synthesizer on the planet! Produced and composed by www.firechild.se"

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JUPITER-8, JUNO-60, SH-101, TB-03, MS-20, "Your Precious driveway""

Published on Jan 3, 2017 sloocer106

"'Your precious driveway' ... inspired by the great movie 'Christine'."

tell time

Published on Jan 3, 2017 justin3am

"Live modular synth performance.
I'm starting to get the hang of recording songs this way. Camera angle provides a pretty good shot of my ass. I'll figure out a good angle, eventually."

Funny. :)

Trigger Riot + QuantiZer + Z8000

Trigger Riot + QuantiZer + Z8000 from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"Circadian Rhythms plays BD808 and clocks Trigger Riot from track 1 to swing it and Z8000 (horizontal snake), which is clocked from Trigger Riot with high probability division of one and 100% probability division of three the same clock also triggers 2x Z4000s (filter and VCA) and the Quantizer. One Trigger Riot out resets the snake and one clocks horizontal ch.4 for transpositions. A couple of presets on Trigger Riot to store variations. At some point, I stop transpositions from the TR and manually change scales on the quantizer. I also manually change octaves with the slider.

The high hats sound is a white noise from maracas module aslo sequenced from the Trigger Riot"

32-Coast

Published on Jan 2, 2017 UnkaTom

"This video is about my 0-Coast - Mother 32 combo using the 0-Coast for the conversion in two midi channels. Enjoy!"

Unka's "Todd Barton patch test for iVCS3"

Published on Aug 2, 2016 UnkaTom

"This is me testing out Todd Bartons patch he made a few days ago on a REAL VCS3 (suitcase) in my lowly iVCS3 iPad clone.

He provided a patch diagram but I think real VCOs trounce the tiny capabilities of iVCS3 ... mercilessly. I was quite careful about the settings but clearly the suitcase has a differing patch matrix (you can see it if you check his vid). [posted here]

Anyway, Todd was very generous to share the patch (a true educator) thus I wanted to see if the iVCS3 could come near it.... Bwaaaahahahahahaaaa oh well, it's still fun.

Unlocking synth mysteries is cool!"

iTunes: iVCS3 - apeSoft

Nylon String Guitar + Moog Ring Mod + Eventide H9 + Line 6 Echo Pro

Published on Jan 2, 2017 experimentalsynth

"Electric nylon string guitar played through a Moog MF-102 Ring Modulator, Eventide H9 and Line 6 Echo Pro. Used an Eventide MIXINGLINK as a guitar pre-amp and effects loop controller. Played over a sequence from a DSI Pro 2, with the H9 and Echo Pro synced to the Pro 2 sequencer clock. I mostly recorded this one so I wouldn't forget the riff and effects combination, but you may enjoy it too. Learn more at experimentalsynth.com"