Noodling with the Erica Synths Black VCO

Published on Jan 23, 2018 Molten Music Technology

"An improvised, live and unedited noodle using just the Erica Synths Black VCO as the sound source. The sequence is random and coming from the Turing Machine. Give it time for me to develop some noises! And it all comes from the monophonic Black VCO - what a great module."

More noodling with the Erica Synths Black VCO

Published on Jan 23, 2018 Molten Music Technology

"Sometimes the simplest patches are the most rewarding. This has the sine output through a Demora delay and the Sub-Mix output through the Black Polivoks VCF. Turing Machine provides the tune - I could listen to this all day without doing a thing."

Zoom: MS-70CDR - "Galactic Spaces" - 50 custom presets

Published on Jan 23, 2018 chronosproject

"50 custom presets made for wonderfull pedal Zoom MS-70 CDR
by Nick Klimenko, www.lfo.store Team.

Using algorhytms like:

Pith Shifters
Shimmer
Black Hole
Delay
Different Types of Reverberation
& Chorusing

You can dive your instrumet (synth or guitar) into cosmic abyss
to create deep ambient landscapes or play live.

All the presets can be easily loaded via usb inside the pedal
using this wondefull resource:
https://g200kg.github.io/zoom-ms-utility/

For this demo we used Korg Monologue synth with its dry initial sound.
So all the fx you hear - are going from Zoom MS-70 CDR, tempo synced.

Buy: https://sellfy.com/p/kDxt/
Coast: 10 $"

Interactive 'harmonic trendline' audition application

Published on Jan 23, 2018 Pi Synth

"Here is my interactive organ pipe auditioner, based on the 'trendline' harmonic fingerprint system described here - http://colinpykett.org.uk/parameter-e...

The usual waveform display, but I have hijacked the metronome to use it to display log/log harmonics.

The idea is that a very small number of parameters can accurately describe the harmonic fingerprint of the sustain phase of a note generated by an organ pipe. This thing - running on the Mac but again, the Pi Synth codebase so it will run trivially on a Pi Zero - lets me twiddle knobs and instantly explore the entire parametric space.

The methodology desribed by Pykett requires 4 floats to describe a pipe. I have modified this to add 2 more parameters that allow an individual harmonic in the fingerprint to be boosted or cut, which lets a single non-trendline outlier harmonic be correctly modelled. Also I have allowed the 'even harmonic cut' to be an 'even harmonic cut/boost'.

The six parameters are mapped to 6 MIDI CCs, and I can sit sit and twiddle. Tunelessly. But allowing A/B listening against a field recording to rapidly converge to an accurate setting for a given rank at a given note. Nice."

Joe Hertz - Access Virus TI2 Synth - Gear Guide

Published on Jan 23, 2018 FACTmagazine

"A must-have synth according to the Brixton producer.

Late last year, electronic R&B rising star Joe Hertz treated us to an excellent Against The Clock at his South London studio. But, we wondered at the time, what's the deal with the Virus TI2 bit of hardware by Access he used during that session?

We asked Joe to give us rundown of that most treasured instrument, explaining to us why the Virus TI2 is one of the most unique synths on the market.

In the video, Joe breaks down its key features and demonstrates how easy, versatile and user-friendly it is. One word: want."

DJ Galactic - "Kingu" live on Roland TR-909

Published on Jan 23, 2018 DJ Galactic

"DJ Galactic - 'Kingu' live Beat Making on Roland TR-909 made in the basement. Project started in 2014 and finally is released under 'Kingu' (Techno / Underground House) with a 9.38 min track."

Emperor DecaDance (JV-1080, JX-03, Analog Keys, ARP Odyssey)

Published on Jan 23, 2018 Alba Ecstasy

"For the last 24 hours this theme was bugging my mind. I looked for the appropriate arrangement, and it came out as you can see.
Using: Roland JV-1080 for Symphonique drums and strings/horns, Roland JX-03 for lead, ARP Odyssey for bass and Analog Keys for drums and sequences. Also, using Zoom MS70CDR and Neunaber Slate for effects. Oh, yes: and Arturia Keystep is sequencing the JV-1080.
ae http://www.albaecstasy.ro"

MoogDFAM! Drummer from another Mother: Audio Rate Clock

Published on Jan 23, 2018 JAkoGreyshire

"Moog DFAMs' sequencer has quite a large range to it. Here is a small example of what the DFAM can do when the sequencer is running at audio rates..
Pitch CV is coming from the Korg SQ-1.
LFO Modulation from the Intellijel Dixie II+, and the Erica PICO RND (LFO and S&H)."

Buchla Flute Feedback Patch clip

Published on Jan 22, 2018 djangosfire

"Late night weirdo patch on the Buchla - featuring the 218e + Grayscale DAO + 230r + 281e + 292e + 206e .... into reverb.

I might experiment and develop this patch, for now though... just a quick clip to help me recall these tones.

218e is massively fun and a deep expressive interface, and so fast to patch!

Thank you for checking out my noise :)
Cheers, - Djangosfire"

Lyra-8 vs 5U Modular Synth Drone Story

Published on Jan 22, 2018 Sequenox

See @ NAMM! PANOPTIGON Prototype - New 2018 Optigan / Orchestron Disc Player

Published on Jan 22, 2018 optigandotcom

"This is a brief run-down of the main features of the PANOPTIGON, a prototype MIDI-controlled Optigan/Orchestron disc player (suitable for stage or studio) built by Robert Becker. Those attending Winter NAMM 2018 can see and play this unit for themselves at Quilter Labs - Booth 15120. Note that this unit is a PROTOTYPE / Proof-of-Concept unit, and does not necessarily reflect the design and/or feature set of any future production model. At this time, we cannot provide any estimates on pricing or availability- the unit is still in the R&D phase.

The Panoptigon will play vintage Optigan/Orchestron discs from the 1970s as well as the new line of discs made by optigan.com since 2008. Our new line of discs provide additional functionality, as they have strobe lines printed on them which allow for automatic tuning, transpose, pitch bend, and even mechanical vibrato. Vintage discs were never printed with such strobe lines, and thus are not compatible with these extended features, but will otherwise play nicely and sound better than ever. All the lo-fi you love, presented in the hi-fi you need!

The unit comes with an onboard DSP effects processor, which provides reverb as well as other basic effects such as flange.

Control is via MIDI- in this case, a basic MIDI controller keyboard.

The audio heard in this demo is direct from the unit, with no additional post-processing applied. The slight distortion you hear when the reverb is turned on is an artifact of Youtube's horrible audio compression.

For more information about the Optigan and Orchestron, please visit http://www.optigan.com"

The PANOPTIGON was first featured here on MATRIXSYNTH.