Lyra-8 by SOMA synths - First Impressions

Published on Sep 26, 2017 martinjazz78

"Warning: audio track of this video contains very rich harmonic content. It makes no sense to listen to this without good speakers or good headphones. If you are using headphones, please be very careful about the volume level and expect everything to get even worse for your ears towards the end of the video.

These are my very first moments with the one and only Lyra-8 by SOMA synths. Although I am very far from only lightly mastering this mighty instrument, I have to say it's absolutely awesome and incredibly inspiring synth and I am totally woved by the sounds Lyra produces.

For the one interested in logistic details, I got on the waiting list in August last year, so I waited 13 months for my Lyra. My unit was assembled in Poland and I have to say the quality of their is absolutely impeccable and absolutely professional.

Regarding this short video, Lyra-8 plays together with Polivoks Pro (modern reissue of classic Soviet synthesizer). This was of course the must first thing to put these two synths together. Both synths are processed through Strymon Big Sky for reverb. I didn't plan any filming and recording tonight, so camera is my cell phone only. Sound is stereo output from my Motu interface into Ableton Live. Video was edited in Final Cut.

Enjoy and mind your ears ;)"

Circuit Bent Waddingtons Compute-A-Tune

Published on Sep 26, 2017 Simon The Magpie

MITØ + Buchla Music Easel noodle sesh feat. Erin Cooper

Published on Sep 26, 2017 Møffenzeef Mødular

Erin's Music:
https://soundcloud.com/rinprilooper/

For more information visit:
https://www.moffenzeefmodular.com/mito

DPW Design MOG WF-1 // Modular Meets Leeds 2017

Published on Sep 26, 2017 DivKidVideo

"Here's a fantastic wave folder with dual (stereo) PWM outputs, folded outputs, bipolar fold control with extra distortion ... nice! Dan takes us through the waves and we can see them bounce around nicely on the Mordax DATA oscilloscope."

via DPW Design

Novation Circuit v1.6 Update Adds Panning, Dimming, Micro Steps, and More

Published on Sep 26, 2017 NovationTV

Circuit v1.6 is available to download from Components.

via Novation:

"We've created the Circuit v1.6 firmware update using most-requested features, bringing the community’s imagining of the Circuit sequencer, synth and sampler to life.

Our users are awesome, they're always coming up with new ideas. Using the most requested features of the Circuit Owners group and other websites, we bring the community’s imagining of the Circuit sequencer, synth and sampler to life. Circuit v1.6 is the latest firmware update that we've created.

We knew how much people wanted to pan on Circuit, so we listened to our users, and our engineers did everything they could to make it happen. Panning has been the single most requested feature of the community to date. It enables users to create audio landscapes or integrate with their favourite hardware.

While users are making the best of Circuit with music-making, we're pushing boundaries within Novation HQ. From this came Drum Micro Steps. Using Drum Micro Steps as a beat-building tool, Circuit v1.6 adds instant fills and stutter effects to users’ workflows, retriggering a sample up to six times within each step. J Dilla fans should probably board here.

Is Circuit’s brightness intruding when the room darkens? Light Dim will help to set the mood for all sorts of romantic occasions with its brightness setting. The features above are accompanied by FX Mute, which can be used to mute any unwanted FX, making it easier to connect with external hardware processors."

Playlist:

1. Novation // Circuit 1.6 - Overview

"We've created the Circuit v1.6 firmware update using most-requested features, bringing the community’s imagining of the Circuit sequencer, synth and sampler to life. Discover more about Circuit v1.6"

2. Novation // Circuit 1.6 - Settings view

"We've created the Circuit v1.6 firmware update using most-requested features, bringing the community’s imagining of the Circuit sequencer, synth and sampler to life. Light Dim will help to set the mood for all sorts of romantic occasions, and FX Mute makes it easier to connect with external hardware processors."

3. Novation // Circuit 1.6 - Micro Steps

"We've created the Circuit v1.6 firmware update using most-requested features, bringing the community’s imagining of the Circuit sequencer, synth and sampler to life. Using Drum Micro Steps as a beat-building tool, Circuit v1.6 adds instant fills and stutter effects to users’ workflows, retriggering a sample up to six times within each step. Discover more about Circuit v1.6"

4. Novation // Circuit 1.6 - Panning

"We've created the Circuit v1.6 firmware update using most-requested features, bringing the community’s imagining of the Circuit sequencer, synth and sampler to life. Panning enables users to create audio landscapes or integrate with their favourite hardware."

Rephazer ft. Hope - America (Live Jam)

Published on Sep 25, 2017 Rephazer

"A little live jam featuring Hope and her song America.
All rights regarding the vocals belong to their respective owners!

Octatrack: (Midi) Sequencer, Beats, Vocal
Analog Four: All Arps and Bass
OP-1: Background Piano
vPed: Piano+Rhodes, Choir, Violin
System-1: Atmospheric Pads
UMA 25s: Midi Controller
V-Machine: Recording directly to USB-Stick.

Thanks for watching and if you like my stuff feel free to comment/support/ subscribe and check out:

https://rephazer.bandcamp.com
https://soundcloud.com/rephazer"

Polyphonic Aftertouch test on Prophet 6 and Roli Seaboard block

Published on Sep 26, 2017 Paolo Z-Plane

"Polyphonic Aftertouch test on Prophet 6 and Roli Seaboard block"

1982 Sequential Circuits "Choice of the month" Ad

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the full write-up.

"Sequential Circuits "Choice of the month" centrefold colour advertisement featuring the Prophet-10, Prophet-5 and Pro-One from page 42 and 43 in the May 1982 issue of International Musician and Recording World."

A Theremin Lesson with Clara Venice

Published on Oct 4, 2016 CBC Arts

"The theremin is the only instrument played without touching it! Watch this video to get a theramin lesson with electronic pop artist Clara Venice.

The theremin is the oldest electronic instrument that's best known as a science fiction or horror movie sound effect. Clara Venice is an electronic pop artist who can play 72 instruments, including the theremin. In this video, Clara Venice gives CBC Arts a lesson in playing this complex electronic instrument."

Inventions for 3u 104hp Eurorack II

A new release from supporting MATRIXSYNTH Member, Ian Richter. His previous release was featured here.

"my journey into modular synthesis has taken me through another interesting waypoint. there's something about the tactile wires-out rawness of this interface that i can connect to. i manipulate intuitively, i move functionally, i think expressively.

though the eurorack system i own is extremely limited in its capabilities, the more i am forced into corners, the more i enjoy the results. minimal square waves that drone unforgivingly; sine waves that beep along like a morse code machine stuck on a single letter; it's a gas.

this ep, "inventions for 3u 104hp eurorack" was not planned, just like the synth patches that make up its tracks. i found it fitting to place it in series after the previous eurorack album, mainly because of the ambience and approach that was used within the creative process.

You can keep track of Ian Richter on Facebook.

You can find additional posts featuring Ian here on MATRIXSYNTH.