The Voice of Saturn Synth is Back

Published on Jan 12, 2018 Travis Thatcher

"VoS Synthesizer quick demo. Making them again in small batches!"

Behringer Model D playing around

Published on Jan 12, 2018 umusic6

"Some playing around with the new Model D. Showcasing single osc, filter, envelopes, glide, PWM and later on saturation.
Sound quality is somehow not so good, and sorry, I forgot to turn off the reverb."

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BugBrand Chirper

Published on Jan 12, 2018 BugBrand

An overview of Chirper.
Two cross-coupled VC-Oscillators and a VC-Filter.
A simple setup holding diverse sonic surprises.
More info (soon) on www.bugbrand.co.uk

The Chirper was actually first featured here.

French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814 Menuet for Modor NF-1.

Published on Jan 12, 2018 Head Dress

"French Suite No. 3 in B Minor, BWV 814 Menuet for Modor NF-1.

Rough take with my OnePlus 5T shooting video with my left hand. Left my tripod in the car. Stock electronic image stabilization. Video faded out with VSCO X."

ARTURIA V-Collection 6 "What's New" Demo & Review

Published on Jan 11, 2018 musictrackjp

"ARTURIA V-Collection 6 'What's New' Demo & Review
DEMO by Katsunori UJIIE.

English sub-titles available. Click [CC] and choose English from the Settings menu."

ARTURIA V-Collection 6 "The Basics" Demo & Review

KQ Dixie 6-Op FM Synth for iOS Released

Published on Jan 10, 2018 Kira Q Tech

iTunes: KQ Dixie - Ryouta Kira

"KQ Dixie is a 6-Operator FM synthesizer that is modeled on the synthesizer which appeared on the 1980s.

FM synthesizers make sounds with Frequency Modulation.
FM brings rich and brilliant sounds which are impossible to create with analog one.
It makes very complex waves with simple modulations.
The same method is used for a radio.
The synthesizer gained much popularity in the 1980s.

This app lets you make sounds freely with 156 voice parameters.
Almost all parameters are compatible with DX7.

Audio Unit v3 compatible.
Audiobus compatible.
32 algorithms included.
You can manage the hardware DX7 when it is connected with external MIDI cables.
Supports DX7 System Exclusive Messages (SysEx) and syx files.
Supports Zip files.
You may be able to find a lot of patches on the internet.

Yamaha DX7 is a trademark of Yamaha Corporation.
I have no business relations with Yamaha."

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A Quick and Dirty Jam with Microgranny

Published on Jan 11, 2018 Brian Kupferschmid

"Hey folks. Still enjoying the glitchy and distorted sounds of the Microgranny from Bastl Instruments. I thought I'd share a short, unedited play through of some of the preset sounds. I left all the mistakes and poorly timed cues, just because I'm human. I'm hoping I get some time soon, most likely after NAMM, to really dive in and make my own samples, then combine a lot of the other instruments I have, to make a full on performance. I hope you like this and stay tuned for more stuff."

The History Behind the History of Synthesizers: A talk by Tom Whitwell, Music Thing

Published on Jan 11, 2018 mylarmelodies

"Recorded at the CV FREQS event in London, I was excited to be given permission to film the fantastic Tom Whitwell of Music Thing Modular, giving a history lesson on the emergence of technologies that led to the inception of modern synthesizers in the twentieth century (and beyond!).

For more info on Tom and his projects visit:
http://www.musicthing.co.uk/"

Some interesting bits from a reliable source that worked with him:

"Don Buchla worked with NASA in the very early 60s fresh out of school. After this he worked designing optical detection systems for the blind.  In 1965 after meeting Mort and Ramon at the San Francisco Tape Music Centre in 1964, work began on the Buchla 100. The acid trips were in late Jan 1966 and it was around this time that he began to take orders from other people in the scene (Kesey, Owsley etc).    There was a small buchla mixer on Further later in the 60s, more than likely used on the trip to woodstock in 69 and not the earlier trip in 1964."

Also: The Kesey box wasn’t on the original bus, but was put on around 1967 or later.. Not the famous one that preceded it by years. The guy playing the Buchla might actually be Ramon Sender.

DFAM Only the First of Mother Ecosystem of Semi-modular Synthesizers

via @MoogMusic

"DFAM is the first addition to our Mother ecosystem of semi-modular synthesizers. Synchronize multiple #DFAM and #Mother32 #synths together, or fully integrate this analog instrument into a modular #Eurorack production environment."

See the announcement on the DFAM here.

ELEKTRON ANALOG RYTM // analog FM + other WEIRDOS

Published on Jan 11, 2018 LESINDES

"I must admit that I was a bit challenged by the MOOG DFAM announcements and videos. Crazy drum beats, crazy drum sounds. I think this one, ELEKTRON ANALOG RYTM, athough being only the old model does better than the contender!! When you deep into it RYTM shows what it it: a REAL DRUM SYNTHESIZER!"