LIVE Miami Vice style old school 80s + Tutorial

Published on Feb 26, 2018 Espen Kraft

"I wanted to make something in the ballpark of Jan Hammers more slow , dark, beautiful and melancholic themes from the show.

I came up with this track called "Sheeba", and I rely heavily on digital synths and samplers from the mid 80s. Some analogs too!

The chords and sections that make up the track is explained in detail after the performance of the track so don't turn it off too soon!

The performance is held together by Roland MC50 sequencer that plays the Emax II Liquid Stack guitars while I play other parts. Half of the track is me playing the Emax live.

Bass is off the Roland S-10 sampler played live as is the Korg DW-8000s fairlight pad/strings.

The Yamaha TX802 is also played live over MIDI on the MiniNova.

Additional pads/strings and Fairlight flute is from the Roland Juno 2 and the Yamaha DX7, sequenced.

The simple but effective drums comes off the Akai S1000.

Strymon BlueSky and TC flashback handles reverb and delays.

Everything is going into a couple of Yamaha 01W digital mixers (a Behringer analog mixer does some of the synths) and piped optically into the Audient ID14 soundcard and into the DAW for recording.

Listen to more of my music on: http://www.espenkraft.com"

Grooves on DIY synth Tokarev Protosynth V1LP sequencer

Published on Feb 26, 2018 Konstantin T

"Making some music and testing stuff on the Protosynth V1LP running the standalone step sequencer with additional MIDI control from the windows remote controller application."

Roland Juno 60 and other Analog Gear Live Jam

Published on Feb 25, 2018 Joey

"Tried to film a little live jam video. Obviously there were some things I recorded I didn't film like some of the synth lead parts and vocal samples. First time trying this, not the best but hopefully can post more in the future.

Instruments used:

Roland Juno 60 - Chords and Arpeggiator
Gibson SG - Guitar
Moog Mother 32 (controlled w Korg Minilogue) - Bass
Dave Smith Tempest - Drums
Access Virus C - Lead Synths
Korg Monopoly - Lead Synths
Teenage Engineering OP-1 - Vocal Samples
Strymon Bigsky - Reverb

Recorded straight into Logic through an Apogee Duet."

Arturia MatrixBrute Patches

Published on Feb 25, 2018 AutomaticGainsay

"Here is an exploration of the sound, construction, and application of some of the patches in a soundbank Marc Doty made for the Arturia MatrixBrute."

OTO Machines BOUM Now Available for Pre-Orders - New Sound Demos

This one in via swissdoc

The third of OTO Machines FX boxesannounced in 2014, the OTO BOUM, is now available for pre-order.

"BOUM is a full analog stereo warming unit, combining an easy-to-use compressor, a versatile distortion generator and a smooth low-pass filter. BOUM is the perfect tool when you need to add warmth, thickness, and character to your sounds, but also apply severe distortion and extreme compression treatments.

BOUM is based on an original and unique circuit, including the following stages :

INPUT GAIN : boost your signal up to +18db to adapt BOUM to various signal levels, and also improve the distortion content and the compression sensitivity.

COMPRESSOR : with a single knob, control the 3 essential parameters of a compressor, threshold, ratio and makeup gain, without thinking about how a compressor works ! The ratio ranges from 1:1 (no compression) to inf. :1 (limiter), but also negative compression up to 1: -1!

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Nyx Analogue Synth (Extended Noodling)

Published on Feb 25, 2018 Jyoti Mishra

"This is a more in-depth follow up to my initial Nyx vid now that I've spent more time with the wee beastie.

It's a fabulous little synth and because of its eminent tweakability, I'll often reach for it first. That being said, I have heard a couple of people saying it's not great for "conventional" sounds which is partly why I made this further vid."

Crumar DS-2 SN 00019

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"**Has some major functional problems** - it will need work: Only one of the VCOs seems to work and the poly section is not outputing, many of the sliders and pots are scratchy, the VCF and filters seem to work correctly, all keys seem to work, the bender bar is hard to move, and the Pitch poly pot is a little warped. Still makes some cool weird sounds, but definitely not in normal working order.

Includes User and Service Manual - which include schematics, parts lists, etc..."

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Frap Tools Fumana - Ambient tone shaping

Published on Feb 25, 2018 Tom Hall

"Not a demo, more some studio experimentation with eh various control points of Fumana, an incredible 16-band Spectral Filter

I cannot sum up how amazing it is to have this level of sound control in modular.

http://frap.tools
@tomhallsonics"

New 2018 Optigan Disc - SAMBA! w/ Marimba on Keyboard

Uploaded on Feb 24, 2018 optigandotcom

"http://optigan.com/shoptigan/new-opti...

From the depths of the Optigan master tape archives comes this previously unreleased SAMBA jam, paired with a Marimba keyboard scale that similarly went unused back in the 70s. Though we have previously released the marimba sound for Orchestron, it's making its first Optigan appearance on this disc. Oddly enough, the Samba session did not include any percussion specials, so rather than using the more generic latin percussion found elsewhere in the master tape archive, we hunted down some nice public domain samba percussion loops which pair nicely with the vintage tapes. So get onboard those jets to Brazil!!

Also: NEW!! iOptigan for iPad/iPhone!! https://www.ioptigan.com/"

And:

"For a very limited one-month time period only, from now until March 25th 2018, we’re offering an opportunity to buy discs from our back-catalog. Normally we’re not able to keep these titles in stock, because historically the vendor that makes the raw discs has required a minimum order of 25 copies of any given title. Since our cost for these copies is quite high, and it’s an extremely niche market, we can’t afford to buy them in large quantities and remain thousands of dollars in the red while the orders slowly trickle in. BUT, over the course of a year we typically reach a point where there are enough total requests for discs across all the various titles that the vendor is willing to take an order without requiring the usual minimum number of copies for each title. This all has to happen in one fell swoop, so we’re limiting the time frame in which folks can place their orders. Once the deadline passes, we’ll order only as many copies as we have actual orders for. It will then take a month or two to get all those copies fabricated and sent out. Your patience is appreciated! Unfortunately, we cannot offer any sort of bulk discounts or other types of custom orders beyond what is offered in our store. In the past we’ve experimented with different bundle pricing schemes, etc, so the prices set for those bundles will remain in effect. All discs will ship with the printed jackets exactly as pictured on the product page for each item.

Shop the store and place your orders here: http://optigan.com/shoptigan/new-optical-discs/"

Why I Love Korg Minilogue by BoBeats

Published on Feb 25, 2018 BoBeats

"Why do I love the Korg Minilogue? Here is a hands on video where I demo some of the features I love about it."