Introducing Synth Sounds - An Online Repository of Synth Demos

Synth Oli, maker of the massive SYNTH EVOLUTION poster and matching coffee mugs, previously featured here on MATRIXSYNTH, has launched Synth Sounds, a new site dedicated to the daunting goal of capturing demos of every synth manufactured. He is currently 10% complete (about 40 samples of the 400 synths on there so far), and looking for user contributions for the rest. "All contributors will get a credit on the site so a bit of fame is there for the taking!"

Currently the site features vintage synths between 1960-1990, but future updates will include drum machines and later synths.

www.synthsounds.net

A History of Polyphony: Part 6- The Warbo Formant Orgel

Part 6 added here.

Eurorack Modular J3RK Mirror Core VCO in PLL configuration (sort of...)

Published on May 5, 2014 encrust1

Watch your volume levels on this one.

"Just a bit of fun...

My newly constructed J3RK Mirror Core VCO kit from Synthcube. (Not quite finished - a switch needs wiring in and a knob adding.)

The only external module doing anything relevant is a Doepfer LFO.

The left side VCO is producing a reference frequency which the right side should lock to - although this frequency is very low for much of the video. This would be a classic PLL (with divider on the right VCO output, phase comparator XOR gate, and integrator controlling the right VCO voltage input) except that the Lockhart folder is inserted in the PLL loop. This is configured as VCA + single fold. The control voltage for the VCA comes from the external LFO.

The result is that the loop never really 'locks' but meanders around a few attractors which are heavily based on the left VCO frequency. The video camera doesn't capture it well, but this set up produces a lot of bass at times.

I also have the FM input of the left VCO controlled by a second phase comparator output.

I am looking forward to completing the module and getting it into my main rack with filters.

Sorry for the shaky video."

Polyend Seq, Eurorack, Mother 32, Digitakt, Digitone, XTk, Ableton Wavetable

Published on Jul 15, 2018 junklight

"In a 'why do I have all this hardware - I should probably sell it' kind of mood today. Not sure if this helps one way or the other but I enjoyed making it........

The Xkey is playing one of the digitone channels - the Keystep is playing the Ableton Wavetable"

Frequency Central System 700 filter (Roland clone) Eurorack modular

Published on Jul 15, 2018 DreamsOfWires

"I wanted a bit of classic Roland sound in my Eurorack modular, hence the System 700 filter and other Frequency Central System X modules. Here it's being played via an Arturia Keystep, and I'm using the Make Noise Pressure Points as a kind of patch memory for filter cutoff settings, which I also 'play' in the first part to demonstrate this. In the middle is a verion of something I recorded/uploaded a couple of times with my old Roland SH-1, first in 2012, along with some of the original video from it. See links in video.


In the final part I overdub the first sound over the second.

Recorded into AUM on an iPad, with Audio Damage EOS2 reverb.

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Moog Grandmother, Digitone, Digitakt & Peak - A 45 minute set

Published on Jul 15, 2018 Ehsan Gelsi

Waldorf Quantum Synthesizer Sound Design & Beta Testing P03

Published on Jul 15, 2018 Jürgen Driessen

"Waldorf Quantum Synthesizer Sound Design & Beta Testing P03"

THE LOST TIMBRE - Syncalvier II Release G

Published on Jul 15, 2018 100 Things I Do

"I thought I would do another sound exploration and Timbre clip for the Synclaver.

The tile of the clip comes from dialling in a really nice patch only through my own loose thinking forgetting to ensure I had a writable floppy in the drive to start with! Oh well, live and learn! For some reason my Synclavier gets a bit grumpy when It wants to write to a disk and it can't (possible I don't know a key combination to recover the CPU without blowing everything away also)."

Synth Stuff Ep. 46 - E-mu Emax II

Published on Jul 15, 2018 tritonrecordings

"The Emax line was the most affordable range of samplers, especially compared to the famed Emulator series. The Emax II differs from the 1 primarily in that is has digital filters instead of analog. I've made a couple samples from Silent Hill (the first two sounds) and it's pretty easy to figure out how to get them in and modify them. If anyone knows how to get the Alan Wilder/Depeche Mode sounds on here, let me know! I suspect Depeche Mode fans are the main reason why Emulator prices stay high, but I've been wrong before. I see loads of sounds online but I'm still unsure how to get them on here. Pointers welcome!"

Sequential Circuits Prophet T8 Synthesizer SN 000155

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"This beautiful Prophet T8 has just been serviced by David Sesnak at Wine Country Sequential and is fully functional, running the latest OS version 3.8. I have cared well for it in my smoke-free studio for many years. Will ship in the same carefully padded box that Wine Country sent it in. Comes with original manual and dual foot pedal. Cosmetically in good condition - the wood is in good shape save for one noticeable scratch on the right wood cheek, and some scratches on the metal top cover (see photos).

The T8, Sequential Circuits' legendary powerful flagship poly-aftertouch synth, was introduced in 1983. It was Sequential's answer to the CS-80, and is well-known for its excellent hammer-action keyboard that offers polyphonic aftertouch, attack and release velocity. It was so well-designed that the same keyboard was incorporated into the Synclavier II, one of the most high-end synthesizers ever made.

One little-known fact about the T8 is that starting with OS v3.5, it can be switched to act as an MPE / Channel-Per-Note controller (MIDI Mode 4), which basically means you can control MPE-compatible synths with per-note aftertouch. It is like polyphonic aftertouch (but only for MPE / channel-per-note compatible synths or multitimbral synths that can receive aftertouch on 8 separate channels)"

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