Bassline and Chords with System Cartesian

Published on Feb 28, 2018 MAKEN0ISE

"Using the tELHARMONIC we can generate diatonic chord progressions pretty easily, while the STO plays a related bassline.

Echoes provided by soundhack ++delay: http://www.soundhack.com/freeware/"

Erica Synths Graphic VCO sound demo

Published on Feb 28, 2018 Erica Synths

"The Graphic VCO is a wavetable oscillator which allows you to draw your own waves, arrange them in wavetables and after that apply different effects to them and then modulate them with internal LFO.

In this demo we play around with some of the snapshots.

00:00 - Creating a snapshot

01:32 - FAT FM (Synced FM modulation applied to FM wavetable)

02:35 - WAVE SURFER (Morphing trough all wavetables in Matrix mode, with some Pico DSP reverb on top)

03:53 - CZ-1997 (Applying phase distortion to Square/Saw octave wavetable)

05:44 - JUST WAVETABLES (Switching trough preset wavetables without any FX applied with some Pico DSP reverb on top)

07:11 - BA DUM TSS (Snare drum sound created with FM wavetable modulated by audio rate FM effect)

07:42 - GRRROWLER (Growl wavetable wavefolded and modulated with ramp LFO)

8:18 - PHASED AWAY (Phase modulated classic wavetable)

9:16 - WAVEFOLDER (Wavefolding FM wavetable)

10:30 - BROWSING SNAPSHOTS (Just browsing trough snapshots and modulating parameters with Octasource with some Pico DSP reverb on top)

More: http://www.ericasynths.lv"

Tardigrain Granular Synthesizer for iOS

Tardigrain - a little drone Published on Feb 28, 2018 humbletune

"Here is a little drone I made using my new app tardigrain. It is a granular synth that runs both standalone and as AU plugin. Best experienced loud and with headphones. Available on the app store.."

iTunes: tardigrain - Erik Sigth">"

"Tardigrain is a granular synthesiser for iOS that runs standalone or as an AU plugin. Sounds are created by taking smaller fragments of a sample and playing them back in a non linear fashion, with settings for grain size, direction, step size and more. Process the sound further through effects like reverb, wave shaper and sample crush. Tardigrain supports connections with AudioCopy, AudioBus, Inter App Audio and AUv3. Plus all audio parameters can be modulated by MIDI, as AU parameters and by aftertouch on the build in keyboard.

Audiobus and Inter App Audio
AUv3
Core MIDI, Inter App Audio MIDI and AUv3 MIDI
Factory presets
Record custom samples or import using AudioCopy
Save and load state and samples
Full modulation of audio parameters"

Digitone & SP404SX jam session

Published on Feb 28, 2018 MiREKO

"Ok so got my Digitone last week, haven't had a chance to really play around on it with work and other commitments..
Finally had a bit of time to jam, this is just one pattern and playing around, not planned or practiced so very sloppy and some Doh! moments with moving sweeps too fast or going into bad areas on the filters. But thought I would post anyway."

How to bring you the famous 70s analog stringensemble sound in a Casio CZ synthesizer

Published on Feb 27, 2018 RetroSound

"(c) 2018 vintage synthesizer demo by RetroSound

part. 3 of the CASIO CZ sound tutorial [more posts here]
The famous 70s stringensemble sound.

Sure the CASIO CZ is no Solina or Logan but the sound very like the Farfisa String Orchestra or Elec String Orchestra.

It´s an experiment that show how can bring expensive sounds in cheap synths. It`s all about good sound programming.

The lush 70s string ensemble sound is one of the most iconic sounds in history of synthesizers with soul. Try it.

I used a bit Lexicon MPX delay and Roland SRV reverb here.

With a EHX small stone phase shifter can you create Jarre soundscapes."

The bells of Nervii

Published on Feb 27, 2018 MIDERA

Accelerator: Bells
Virus TI: Strings

Zen (DSI/Poly Evolver) minimal

Published on Feb 27, 2018 Hitoshi Koizumi

DSI/Poly Evolver Keyboard
Manikin Schrittmacher
Strymon BigSky

Makenoise 0-Coast: Timbre Space 02

Published on Feb 27, 2018 C Nich0lls

"Short, sound exploration of a patch that was used for the 'heartbeat' percussion on the last 0-Coast Ambient video. Just demoing/exploring a sound as I found the patch generated an interesting texture.

Starting with the basic patch, note that the addition of the random generator both affects the sound and also creates an uneven rhythmic cycle. The rhythmic cycle can be adjusted by turning the pot on the voltage math as the 2 outputs are controlling Time on the SLOPE generator and DCY on the CONTOUR generator.

2 pedals are used (off camera). The first is a Strymon TimeLine delay and the second is the Red Panda bitmap. The Red Panda was also used on he previous video.

The patch can be seen at the start of the clip, but most of the fun comes from the random source. It doesn't have to be clocked at audio rates for this patch to work.

Adjusting Balance and Dynamics pots leads to different tones. Also play around with the main pitch to create different 'drums'.

Recorded in single take to Ableton Live. No further processing post guitar pedals."

Part 1 here.

In praise of virtual analog synths

Published on Feb 27, 2018 Seen From Space

"VA synths are not that popular nowadays. Here's why I love 'em."

Focuses on the Novation Nova, KORG MS2000BR, and Access Virus C.

Arturia Farfisa, Organelle Braids, Borderlands

Published on Feb 27, 2018 junklight

"I guess the Farfisa was on a whole load of records from my teens. Either way it has become one of my go to instruments at the moment. love it.

The Organelle is playing a little sequence on the Braids patch made by 'thetechnobear' https://patchstorage.com/brds-mpe/ a port of the Mutable Braids eurorack module"