Make Noise Black And Gold Shared System

Published on Jan 9, 2017 Perfect Circuit Audio

"Demo of the Make Noise Black And Gold Shared System eurorack modular synthesizer at Perfect Circuit audio."

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UPDATES TO THE KARPLUS-STRONG SOUND DESIGN TUTORIAL ~ Synthesize This! Ep.07

Published on Jan 9, 2017 once upon a synth

"In this episode we continue with the Karplus-Strong algorithm but this time I make some tweaks as suggested by you guys. This results in accurate pitch tracking as well as a pretty nasty sounding bass fuzz patch which is surprisingly simple to make."

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Improvisation LXXV: Prophet '08 PWM Pad

Published on Jan 8, 2017 Sacred Synthesis

"As often happens when I sit to improvise, I start at the massive eight-voice Poly Evolver Keyboard with the intention of creating both a new patch and a new piece of music. The habitual presumption is that the greater the resources the greater the outcome. Then, at some point, I turn to the much simpler Prophet '08 for a few chords or a little melody, and the next thing I know, I'm thoroughly engrossed with that instrument, both sonically and musically. This is what happened tonight, so here's another piece of Prophet '08 music.

I find two qualities constantly helpful in composing: simplicity and limitation. I find complexity terribly distracting to creativity, like trying to write the next line of a difficult poem in a messy room. So, I would never want the sort of instrument that "does it all." As much as I love working with the fairly sophisticated Poly Evolver and its wide range of tones, I far prefer the simplicity and directness of the Prophet '08. The limitations of its design help to get and keep me focused on music, rather than on other technical tangents. Limitation challenges the mind to work extra hard and doubly search and strive for beauty with a smaller set of resources; and in so exerting itself, the mind achieves a higher good, a nobler beauty.

This piece uses a complex pulse width modulation pad that includes four oscillators of pulse width, each being slowly modulated at different rates. Between the four oscillators and the two P'08 units, there is an immense amount of detuning, making for a rich if slightly nasal end result. As usual, the modulation wheel is set to open the filter.

The musical idea behind this piece is simply contrary stepwise motion - the keyboard lines descending, with the pedal lines often ascending, or vice versa.

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deepforest2017

Published on Jan 9, 2017

"Deep Forest Studio is ready for 2017 collaborations and productions !"

Some synth spotting in Deep Forest Studio.

White Christmas - Buchla Music Easel

Published on Jan 8, 2017 Pianosa

"A take on white christmas with the easel"

And for a slightly different mood:

Industriale - Buchla Music Easel

Published on Jan 8, 2017 Pianosa

"Quick jam with the easel"

Operatore - Buchla Music Easel

Published on Jan 8, 2017 Pianosa

"Live jam with Roland mc202, op-1 and Buchla Music Easel"

Rheyne - Sequenced Jam #11

Published on Jan 9, 2017 Rheyne

"Recorded using Moog and Make Noise synthesizers, with reverb from a Strymon BigSky and TC Hall of Fame. All notes are from the Mother-32 sequencers, and audio is straight from the mixer."

1970 Moog Minimoog D

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Roland CMU-800 with MIDI & Original Box

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Akai AX80 Analog Synthesizer

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Make Noise 0-Coast Jam

Published on Nov 22, 2016 Cave Way

"Bleeps? Bloops? Love 'em. but let's try some Prog with the 0 Coast. Still getting my feet wet with the synth, so I tried to create a track and utilize the 0 Coast for all possible melodic aspects. All the synth parts are from the 0 Coast (controlled via the MFB D1 through midi) with 2 exceptions: 1.) piano (you're shocked I know) 2.) the sweepy/video gamey sound fx are from the D1 (and used to great effect to cover up parts I couldn't stand to do another take....) If someone knows how to make that sound on the 0 Coast, let me know!"