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The Dreadbox Tour and Interview

Published on Sep 2, 2018 ProckGnosis

"Dropped by the Dreadbox Workshop a couple months ago, and Yannis and Dimitra were nice enough to play host and let us bug them and talk about making synths, including the new Erebus v3 and the Medusa. First part of the video is the tour through the shop and the second part is the interview with Yannis and Dimitra.

01:32 - Shop Tour
09:20 - A Little Dreadbox History
10:20 - Interview (with Yannis and Dimitra)

Hadn't intended on doing something this big, and initially it was only supposed to be an interview (and a shorter one at that). Once we got into it though, we were having fun and just went with it, deciding to do the tour as well.

As a side note, all the synth sounds in the video come from the Dreadbox/Polyend Medusa, which I have to say is WAY cool!"

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Arturia MatrixBrute Analog Synthesizer

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Electro Smith 3340 VCO Eurorack Module Build

Published on Sep 2, 2018 Reckless Experimentation Audio LLC

"Today lets look at the 3340 Low VCo board by Electro Smith.

Video begins with a demo of the sound the module makes.

Then talks about how the module is put together."

05-Polyend Dreadbox Medusa-Part 5: The Filter

Part 5 added here.

New ELKA Synthex Coming from Black Corporation - Meet the Xerxes 8 Voice Synthesizer

Just the image for now. Click on it to check out the front panel in more detail. It clearly takes after the ELKA Synthex.

Black corporation of course brought us Deckards Dream, based on the Yamaha CS80, and Kijimi, a poly based on the RSF Kobol.

Black Corporation is run by Roman Filippov, the man behind the original 208r Buchla Music Easel clone. Some consider it closer to the original than the BEMI re-issue.

Xerxes is a suitable name considering the Elka Synthex is considered a king among synths. via Wikipedia:

"Xerxes I (/ˈzɜːrksiːz/; Old Persian: 𐎧𐏁𐎹𐎠𐎼𐏁𐎠 Xšayaṛša (About this sound Khshāyarsha (help·info)) [4] "ruling over heroes",[5] Greek Ξέρξης Xérxēs [ksérksɛːs]; 519–465 BC), called Xerxes the Great, was the fourth king of kings of the Achaemenid dynasty of Persia. Like his predecessor Darius I, he ruled the empire at its territorial apex. He ruled from 486 BC until his assassination in 465 BC at the hands of Artabanus, the commander of the royal bodyguard."

Update: added an image of the original Elka Synthex from this post, where you can find more pics.

Electro Traveller - Pacemaker for an old House

Published on Sep 2, 2018 Metunar

"Live performance with a Manikin Schrittmacher sequencer and a Roland Integra synthesizer in Onsernone valley in Switzerland.
All sounds are form the Integra. I used the motion surround function for a wider stereofield.
This set was used with a Ravpower RP-PB054 powerbank.

No house was harmed in this video.

http://www.metunar.ch"