Rhythm Machines III: From Decline To Retro Designs

An update to the original posted here, part three is now available on Amazon here.

"Rhythm Machines 3 - a book featuring the drum machines/drum computers released commercially for use in music recording between 1990-2017. The 1990s saw a noticeable decline in drum machines, as keyboard workstations and samplers negated the need for stand-alone drum machines. By 2000, the high values of the classic 80s units saw the emergence of several companies offering clones of these vintage units. Rhythm Machines - From Decline To Retro Designs contains information on over 80 drum machines, from Akai to Zoom, packed into 150 colour pages. A must-have follow-on book from Rhythm Machines-The Rise And Fall Of The Presets, which features the early dawn of rhythm units up to the emergence of the programmable drum machines."

Music Box // Moog Mother 32 and Make Noise 0 Coast Jam

Published on Mar 13, 2018 Analog Rye

"Moog Mother 32 and Make Noise 0 Coast joined at the hip to make a Music Box type of melody."

Analog Ambient Jam " Nightshift " Roland System 1m & SE-02 vs Rocket and UltraNova / MiniNova

Published on Mar 13, 2018 Denis Polic

"Actually i should go to bed, but i cannot sleep, so what should i do? Lets make a new jam, and its right now 1 o´clock in the morning in Germany, and i do a nightshift video. Recorded in one take, hope you would like and share and subscribe, thanks!!! As usual no DAW or other computer stuff involved in my setup, just me and my hardware.

Gear used: Roland System 1m, Waldorf Rocket, Moog Minitaur, Novation MiniNova, Arturia Microbrute, Roland SE-02, Waldorf Rocket, Novation UltraNova.

Rhythm Section: Roland TR-8, Novation Circuit

Main Sequencer: Arturia BeatStep Pro / Keystep

Korg X3 only as MIDI Controller for Blofeld

FX: Eventide H9, Strymon blueSky, EQD Space Spiral, Strymon DIG, Boss DD7, Supernatural Ambient Verbe

Headphones highly recommended!!!"

Korg Prologue 8 Voices and 16 Voices 1st contact presets played

Published on Mar 13, 2018 Matthias plays

"I had the chance to get to play both versions of the new Korg Prologue Synthesizers. I really enjoyed droping the presets and mangling around with them. The Korg Prologue is a one of its kind I must say. There is so much possible that you really need much more time than I had today. I am looking forward to my personal synth of this series. I will for sure play around with much more intense and individual soundscapes. But for now enjoy this short drop in to some presets and those various soundscapes both synths generate."

Digitone Phases Exercise | Steve Reich

Published on Mar 13, 2018 Luke Sanger

"A simple exercise of sine phases on the Elektron Digitone. Inspired by Steve Reich's early 'phase' works."

Volca FM Freestyle

Published on Mar 13, 2018 RemixSample

"Hello again, this is a demonstration of what you can do with the Volca FM, Valhalla Shimmer, Crystallize Delay and a clumsy set of fingers interrupting the flow lol. The Volca FM only has 3 note polyphony but you can still squeeze a lot out of that. Not being able to adjust velocity on individual notes is a big draw back though since FM patches can sound very different depending on the velocity level."

Korg KingKorg - Custom Patches 76 to 100 - GEOSynths.com

Published on Mar 13, 2018 GEOSynths

"Buy Now - http://www.geosynths.com/kingkorg

So, here we are, the final batch of patches for the Korg KingKorg are completed. I've had lots of fun and a few frustrations making them, but overall it's a great sounding Synth."

All parts here.

Video Patch Notes ~::~ Outside the Village, Near the River

For those interested, patch notes have been added to this post.

NSynth Super - An Open Source Hardware Neural Synthesizer From Google

Published on Mar 13, 2018 Google

[Update: You can now find an order form on Auxren's website here for assembled PCBs minus the case.

Update2 via Koryo Williamson in the comments: "I'll post STEP and STL files for cases that more resemble the active UI version. Xometry, Protolabs, DIY 3D print and such."

Update3: Just a side not for those interested: the neural synthesis brings the Hartmann Neuron to mind, and the resynthesis aspect brings the Technos Axcel and the Axcel2 to mind.]

Playlist for the videos above:
1. Making music with NSynth Super

London-based producer Hector Plimmer, explores new sounds generated by the NSynth machine learning algorithm - using NSynth Super an open source experimental instrument.

2. Making music using new sounds generated with machine learning [featuring Robotspeak]

NSynth Super is an open source experimental instrument. It gives musicians the ability to explore completely new sounds generated by the NSynth machine learning algorithm.

Note NSynth was first mentioned in this post with Andrew Huang.

"NSynth Super is part of an ongoing experiment by Magenta: a research project within Google that explores how machine learning tools can help artists create art and music in new ways.

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Intro To Synthesis Part 6: Modulation and LFO | Reverb Learn to Play

Published on Mar 13, 2018 Reverb

"What is an LFO? Learning how to speak synth language isn't easy, but Justin DeLay is here to help. Today, he's explaining how to use signals generated by your instrument to shape your sound (modulation) and the science of low-frequency oscillators (LFO.)

Read more on Reverb: https://goo.gl/tPYgVS"

All parts here.