Sonic LAB: Omnisphere 2.5 Hardware Integration

Published on Oct 18, 2018 sonicstate

"Gaz and Nick pile up the synths and check out the latest Omnisphere 2.5 update which adds hardware synth profiles, recreating 20+ synths structures in software allowing hardware control of each."

Prophet VS Demos & a Look Inside by Dave Bellamy

Published on Oct 18, 2018 Dave Bellamy

Playlist:

1. Prophet VS arpeggiator and lead sound (bight and LOUD).

The pretty unique Prophet VS when it was working.
It had a nice arpeggiator with Assign mode which I find ten times more useful than the standard uop and down modes.
Here is a little string type lead sound on top of the arpeggiator: the same sound as the arpeggio but brighter because the notes are more sustained. This synth could be searing, bright and loud and at other times really quite subdued. The waveform was a strings waveform on all 4 oscillators if I recall correctly.
It' is (was, becaus it's now broken) a bitimbral synth but this is in 8 voice monotimbral mode with notes overlaying the arpeggio.

2. Sequential Prophet VS Curtis filters resonance demo after raspy strings sound.

Sequential really, rather than Sequential Circuits, Prophet VS. Raspy string sound and then crazy filter resonant bubbles sound. Curtis analog filters, digital oscillators playing single cycle sample waves, so this was a hybrid synthesizer in the true sense. Definitely showing the harsher element of the VS sound!

3. Sequential Prophet VS - first look inside this Analog/Digital hybrid vector synthesizer.
Sequential Prophet VS - first look inside this Analog/Digital hybrid vector synthesizer, after most of the dust was cleaned out!
Video file: PA180371.
Similar to the other videos - but this one shows a possible crack developing in the left hand circuit board near the data slider.
4. Sequential Prophet VS electronics: Curtis CEM chipset 3360, 3365, 3379, 5510 & 5530.

Quick tour of the Curtis chip set on the circuit boards of a Sequential Prophet VS synthesizer. Chips shown: CEM 3360 (VCA), 3365 (DAC, x2), 3379 (VCF, x8), and sample and hold ships CEM 5510 (x4) and 5530 (x2).
Synth needs repair, otherwise pretty decent condition (no data slider knob); it worked for 18 years for me.
This is after most of the dust was cleaned out! I couldn't even read the numbers on the chips when I first opened it this morning.
Video file: PA180381

5. Sequential Prophet VS interior electronics inc. VCFs and VCA - synth currently needs repair.

Quick tour of the interior and circuit boards of a Sequential Prophet VS synthesizer, showing various parts including most of the Curtis chip set used in this synth. Synth needs repair, otherwise pretty decent condition (no data slider knob); it worked for 18 years for me.
At around 1:00, I mentioned the 4 CEM 5510 S&H chips; actually that's the right number of those! There are no nice arty designs or illustrations on these boards like there were on the Prophet-10 for instance (see DSI studio and office tour with Carson here on YT).
This is after most of the dust was carefully cleaned out of this synth! I couldn't even read the numbers on the chips when I first opened it this morning.
Video file: PA180375

PolyM Preset Manager Tutorials

Published on Oct 17, 2018 xilslab

Virtual Polymoog soft synth.

1. PolyM Preset Manager Tutorial : saving newly created preset, changing its tags, save and duplicate it. You will also see the Main GUI preset functions.

2. PolyM Preset Manager Tutorial 2 : Browsing, selecting, sorting, managing presets in the one window Preset manager.

Agar Agar - Against The Clock Video Back Online

In case you missed it this morning, the Agar Agar - Against The Clock Video video is back online here.

JX-3P Now Available on Roland Cloud

As you know the JX-3P "Plugout" for the Roland System-8 was released back on 808 day (8/8/18). It is now available on Roland Cloud.

"JX-3P Now Available!

JX-3P UNVEILED AS PART OF ROLAND CLOUD'S LEGENDARY SERIES

Originally released in 1983, the JX-3P was one of the earliest programmable preset polyphonic synthesizers and Roland’s first MIDI-equipped machine. In the decades since, artists like The Future Sound of London, Astral Projection, Vince Clarke, Orbital, and Thomas Dolby have utilized the JX-3P.

VINTAGE '80s SOUNDS REIMAGINED
In the early ‘80s, the synthesizer market was in flux. Spurred by trends in contemporary music, synths began to creep into popular culture. Roland, in lieu of complicated controls, shifted towards inclusive designs. Why not create a keyboard with Roland’s iconic analog warmth but make it accessible? Thus the dawn of the pushbutton interface and the introduction of the JX-3P. The JX-3P condensed the signature Roland sound users had come to expect into 64 stunning presets.

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Roland Jupiter 8 ORGAN.. Something different here!

Published on Oct 17, 2018 synthartist69

"Rarely do I post videos of me playing organ sounds on a vintage synthesizer. As cheesy as it is, I thought I would post it because it is different than most Jupiter 8 videos out there.. if you approve please hit the LIKE button, Share and Subscribe... as always, thank you for watching!"

Oberheim Matrix-12 (with factory individual oscillator out mod)

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"This is a Oberheim Matrix-12 in excellent condition. This unit has been operated and stored in a non-smoking professional studio since it was purchased new. The unit comes with original factory manuals and footswitch. I have included a service record below.

All service work performed by Electronic Innovations.

2018 August

Aftertouch fully repaired
All Diagnostics and calibrations full pass
All Encoders tested and confirmed working
All Caps inspected for leakage
2012 February

2 CEM replaced
2009 May

General Maintenance and Cleaning
All Diagnostics and calibrations full pass
All Encoders tested and confirmed working
Rebuilt Power Supply
Broken Key replaced
3 CEM replaced"

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Roland JD-800 + New Keys / Keyboard

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"New Keyboard - serviced by Roland Music."

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Roland Studio Electronics SE-02 Boutique Designer Analog Synthesizer Module

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Yamaha TX216 / TF1 / DX7

Published on Oct 17, 2018 Nacho Marty Meyer

"this is the awesome Yamaha TX216 from 1984, with two TF1 (one TF1 = one DX7), all sounds are from Yamaha TX216, no extra effects or processes were used"

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