025//A Crumbling World - 10 minutes of dark soundscape (Moog DFAM, 2x Mother 32, Eventide Space)

Published on May 26, 2018 Alastair Wilson

"A dark, semi-self-generating modular patch using 2 Mother 32s and a DFAM sent through an Eventide Space hall reverb and an Eventide Timefactor on tape delay setting.

I've continued exploring the DFAM, and next up on my list of 'to-use' sounds is the growly FM bass that you can get from it; add a bit of noise and suddenly you have a dark soundscape to play with! Although its quite repetitive as my patches go, I liked the feel of it, and detuning the M32's note pitches gave the melody an extra bit of much-needed character to round off the patch.

PATCH NOTES:
The DFAM supplies most of this patch; the 'crunchy' noise comes from noise modulating the filter cutoff, while the growl in the bass comes from frequency modulation of VCO 2 by VCO 1. The lower M32 supplies the melodic notes, with each note detuned slightly by a random stepped voltage. The sequencer is stopped and started randomly to make the melody unbalanced and lurching, and is clocked by the DFAM, (glitched so that it runs at 1/12 the DFAM's tempo). The background high-pitched sounds are made by the top M32. Random stepped voltages from the M32s' Assign outputs control various parameters to make the patch unpredictable."

Casio CZ-5000 61-Key Synthesizer

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360 Systems 20/20 Frequency Shifter Guitar Bass Synthesizer Green Retro Vtg 70’s SN 5025

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"This authentic 360 Systems 20/20 Frequency Shifter looks and sounds FANTASTIC! It is an analog pitch changer with a ring modulator. It was made in the 1970’s and is one of the first guitar / bass synthesizers ever created. It also works well with early synths and was used by early electronic pioneers. This is an early model with the “GREEN” face and serial # 5025. It measures 12” x 10” x 5 ½” and weighs 6 lbs. It uses standard 120 volt AC for power."

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Roland JD-800 Programmable Synthesizer

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Technics WSA1R

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Tollollyphop - Triphop Cirklon Patterns for Eurorack Synthesizer

Published on May 26, 2018 Luke Killen

"Today I bashed out some Cirklon patterns and patched some Trip-Hop inspired sounds on the Modular synth."

ST Modular - Yaksha´s Fate (Micro Rings)

Published on May 26, 2018 Stefan Tretau

"Yaksha´s Fate is a smaller version of the Mutable Instruments Rings Resonator. It highlights all tweakable knobs on top and hides those affecting tune and pitch - very handy while playing live."

lucky one - Prepared Jam [Dreadbox Nyx, Moog, Elektron, Novation, Ableton]

Published on May 26, 2018 lucky one

"Here is a new jam with my awesome analog synth. Visit my website for more videos, music and a free sampled instrument made from the Dreadbox Nyx : http://luckyone.be

I prepared a bunch of midi loops in Ableton Live to make a song structure. All synth sounds are played live by my three analog synth:
- Dreadbox Nyx (paraphonic) : lead and solo
- Moog Slim Phatty (monophonic) : bass and solo
- Elektron Analog Keys (polyphonic) : pads

The synth are mostly driven by the midi loops in Ableton Live, using the Ableton Launchpad to switch between loops, except when I use the Novation Circuit to play the melodies.

For the fun, I used many cameras to shoot the jam, including my kids' cameras ;-)

As this is a prepared jam, I am maybe less natural and fluent, but the track structure is more complex and interesting, so I will keep on improving this setup!"

Bugbrand Board Weevils

Published on May 26, 2018 hajimmie

"Noise jam with Board Weevil 2009, 2012 and CrossOver Filter."

SYNTHSPO Moog Grandmother & Mother-32 Videos

Published on May 23, 2018 subfifth recordings

Playlist:

1. Moog Grandmother Patch Demo (5 total, 2 w/ Daft Punk sequences) - SYNTHSPO #004

Moog Grandmother Patches (5 total, 2 w/ Daft Punk sequences) - SYNTHSPO #004
Here are a couple patches I recorded the other day, the latter four of which are from the Grandmother user manual. (I wanted to record the whole set for 14 but also want to move on to some actual music making!) For those of you wanting to hear what this synth can do, I hope this provides a broader sense of its sonic capabilities (even if a bit self-indulgent at times with the Daft Punk...). Strymon El Capistan used a couple times throughout for delay, as well as the TC Electronic Hall of Fame 2 reverb pedal.

To skip around:

00:00 Aerodynamic (patch *not* from the manual)
03:14 Dynasty Plucks
04:53 Funky Robot
06:27 Showdown Guitar
07:32 Haunted Cave

2. Moog Grandmother + Strymon El Capistan (Boards of Canada Sequence) - SYNTHSPO #003
3. Moog Grandmother Semimodular Synth (Stranger Things-inspired Sequence) - SYNTHSPO #002
4. Moog Mother-32, Eventide H9 (Blackhole), and Roland MX-1 - SYNTHSPO #001