Korg SQ-1 controlling 1969 R.A.Moog IP

Published on Nov 10, 2018 CZRider01

"Test run of Korg SQ-1 controlling a modular Moog. CV1 patched to 901 oscillators, CV2 patched to 904a low pass filter."

(Vermona '14): Pre-Burns Scots Song (Session 1)

Published on Nov 10, 2018 Kris Lennox

"Right. Being an Ayrshire lad, this recording could lead to my waking up dead i.e. playing enemy music (Galloway etc). One has to be careful.

Growing up in Ayrshire = saturated with Burns. I'll get round to recording some Burns, but there's plenty of other Scots repertoire aside from the womaniser's music.

I'm assuming most people reading this won't be Ayrshire: in Ayrshire schools, from the very earliest days there are yearly Burns competitions, where his poems have to be read aloud. For the first 10 years or so it is quite the novelty, but the resentment soon sets in.

Since I'm in a good mood tonight, I'll go so far as to say even foreigners can listen to this recording if they wish (i.e. people from Edinburgh).

Hell, I'm in such a good mood I'll even allow women to listen to it.

On a serious note - all recordings, in fitting with how they would have sounded in their day, are detuned lower than A440. Of course, electricity/limited-run German synths were an issue back then, but one can't be too picky when it comes to matters of history.

I'm hoping this recording/other Scots Song work I do acts as a useful 'internet repository' of Scots Song. Playing the melodies unaccompanied is very useful for instrumentalists/vocalists etc. As such, I'm keeping relatively faithful to the original manuscripts.

Note that on a couple of tracks VCO 1 is pitch-locked i.e. reminiscent of a bagpipe drone.

The Vermona sounds great. The instrument is so direct that creating a new patch for each track doesn't take too long at all. On a synth with lots of menus etc, it is easy to spend forever honing a sound only to realise an entire evening has passed.

It is a great no-nonsense 'get to the point' synth. And, as can probably be heard from the works in this video, very wide tonal/timbral range.

Brilliantly useful in the studio as a product of its quickness to dial in a sound.

Best
Kris"

Just a Minute - Started with Sine & Soundsphere

Published on Nov 10, 2018 Stefan Tretau

Just a Minute - Soundsphere

Slowing Down Time - Oberheim Xpander

Published on Nov 10, 2018 Miguel d'Oliveira

"Soundscape improv exploration on an Oberheim Xpander [1984]"

Sinister synthesis at the house of Hordijk

Published on Nov 10, 2018 BlueWolfSe7en

Behringer Model D Poly-Chain

Published on Nov 10, 2018 Tim Shoebridge

"Poly-chaining multiple Model-D's together has been a dream of mine for a long time and finally I could not resist any longer. In this video I share my experiences and hopefully give a few insights into the Model-D's themselves as well as poly-chaining in general.

Note: This is an edited and improved version of a video I posted about two months ago. It's a bit more streamlined, still rather long at 40 minutes but not as long as the original was!"

Sequential Prophet Rev2 Demos by Synthetic Things

Tempest Hardware jam. live and improvised

Published on Nov 10, 2018 Nuclear Whale

Novation Peak and Yamaha EX5

Published on Nov 10, 2018 Floyd Steinberg

"A short sequence with the Novation Peak and the Yamaha EX5. The latter serves as a hardware sequencer - including timeouts when turning on the drum track ;-) )"

TIPTOP AUDIO FORBIDDEN PLANET WORKOUT - DAY 2

TIPTOP AUDIO FORBIDDEN PLANET WORKOUT - DAY 2 from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"Rehearsal with my (mostly) Tiptop Audio eurorack system with freshly installed 3 forbidden planet multimode filters on Hi-Pass duties.

In this Video:

BD909, Mid Tom 909, RS808 -> Vermona VcDrive -> Forbidden Planet (Hi-Pass) -> Tiptop Audio Z2040 (Low Pass)

Hats909, MA808, ONE with a HH sample going through a VCA (for accents) -> Roland Demora

Tiptop ONE (one shot DOTS sample pitch sequenced from Z8000, gates from Trigger Riot) -> Forbidden Planet (Hi-Pass) -> Z2040 -> R*S Serge ResEQ

Tiptop ONE (V-Hause Chord) -> Forbidden Planet (Hi-Pass) -> Z2040 (Lo-Pass)

TG ONE (playing Glitchmachines sample) -> Doepfer Wasp filter (High Pass)

MA808 noise source -> Toppobrillo High Pass -> VCA

Modulation sources: 3x Z4000 VC ADSR envelopes, Z3000 oscillator (LFO speed)

Sequenced with Circadian Rhythms, Trigger Riot, Z8000 and Launch Codes.

Send FX: Z-DSP (Halls Of Valhalla - Plate), Z-DSP (Tape Delay)"