Playing the Sampler 2

Published on Jun 17, 2019 Unun Septium

"Another derisory effort where I've attempted to wrestle something musical out of the Sample and Hold routine of the Roland SH-3a, and confound the eye with unreformed 'teenager in his bedroom' video-fx."

Part 1 here.

Mathew Jonson Presents His Synthesizer Favourites: Simmons SDS 800 (Electronic Beats TV)

Published on Jun 17, 2019 Telekom Electronic Beats

"In this episode of 'Mathew Jonson’s Synthesizer Favourites' here on Telekom Electronic Beats TV, our resident synth expert explores the Simmons SDS 800 Electronic Drums. Jonson takes a deep look into a classic piece of ‘80s budget gear. The analog drum synthesizer, released in 1984, works with four drum channels: bass, snare and two toms. The SDS 800’s cosmic sounds became a regular feature on countless reggae, disco and boogie tracks throughout the ‘80s and ‘90s."

Soniccouture The Attic 2

Published on Jun 7, 2019 Soniccouture

Available at Soniccouture

"An incredible collection of 18 virtual instruments modelled on rare, quirky vintage synths. This video shows a small selection of the 450+ presets.

Featuring EMS Synthi, Crumar DP-80, Arp Omni2, Moog Minitmoog, Korg Minikorg 700s, Solina String Ensemble, Cheetah MS800, Jennings Univox, Roland RS202, Hammond Solovox, Roland SH2000, Farfisa VIP345, Korg LP10, Philips Philicorda, Suzuki Omnichord, Siel Orechestra 2, Godwin String Concert, Logan Vocalist"

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Make Noise QMMG (Quad Multi Mode Gate) Eurorack Four Channle LPG VCA VCF

Published on Jun 17, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"The Make Noise QMMG is four channels of voltage controlled VCA/VCF combos which are controlled by vactrols. Vactrols are devices that convert and electrical signal to a light and then turn that light back into an electrical signal, this process gives the vactrol an organic decay sound when used as an envelope. The vactrol envelope sound was made famous by Buchla lowpass gates which combined a lowpass filter and a VCA controlled by a vactrol. The QMMG gets you lowpass gate sounds but also adds in feedback and highpass filter options as well as ways to make more complex sounds by routing multiple gates together in different modes.

Make Noise modules available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/make-n..."

Session in studio May 26 2019

Published on Jun 17, 2019 MoonSatellite Lone Wolf

"Moog Taurus 3 / Waldorf Streichfett / Elektron Analog Rytm & Analog Four / Sequential Prophet 6 / DSI OB-6 / Moog GrandMother..."

Electronic Music Laboratories EML-200

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"This beast is the perfect answer to kinder, gentler synths. This thing is nasty. Thick and pokey. Controls are insanely precise and the onboard spring reverb is to die for. You won’t want to miss this."

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Future Sound Systems Brunswick

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Moog Multimoog w/ Clear Blue LED Lit Mod Wheel

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"Seriously the best sounding, best maintained, and most unique Multimoog ever.

You probably already know that there were only 1000 of these produced.

This one has been extensively and meticulously cleaned and discretely upgraded by the one and only Nick Montoya at the Moog factory in NC.

No more faux wood panel sides, this one has walnut sides straight from the wood shop at the aforementioned Moog factory.

Power indicator LED has been replaced with an awesome blue one.

Every single function is perfect, sound is freaking amazing."

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WMD Eurorack Drum machine and Empress Effects Zoia

Published on Jun 17, 2019 WMDevices

"Mixing worlds between guitar pedals and modular synths is a super fun way to get more out of a minimal set up.

In this video, WMD Metron is in control of a 4 channel drum machine. Each of our drum modules, Chimera, Fracture, and Crucible are running through the WMD/SSF Blender 4 channel mixer with 2 drums going to Left and 2 drums to the right.

The ZOIA is receiving CV (gate signals) and Audio from this @wmdevices Eurorack drum machine. The Gate signal from Metron is triggering an ADSR envelope on the ZOIA. This ADSR opens a filter connected to a randomized polyphonic chord on the ZOIA made possible using the new scale options on the ZOIA’s quantizer tied to a single random LFO.

ZOIA is processing 2 separate channels of audio with 2 drum tracks on the Left channel and 2 drum tracks on the right, each channel has separate effects going into the ZOIA’s mixer and lastly into a stereo reverb on the ZOIA."

Five cheap 80s keyboards...

Published on Jun 3, 2019 Alfonse

A new series by ALFONSE. You can find him on Bandcamp, Soundcloud, Twitter, and Instagram.

Playlist:

1 Five cheap 80s keyboards...

Music: "Eight" (C) Copyright 2019 Alfonse

Intro to a new series of videos using sounds from ageing home keyboards together with current production tools. All sounds you hear in the track were made using the Casio SK-1 (a sampling keyboard), Casio MT-52, Yamaha PSS-680, Yamaha PSS-580, and Amstrad CKX100. They were recorded to a DAW, where compression, EQ, reverb, and delay were added as required.

2. Casio SK-1 sampling keyboard demo - "Rapid Rhino"

All sounds you hear in the track were made using the Casio SK-1 sampler or its factory sounds and were recorded to a DAW, where compression, EQ, reverb, delay and chorus were added as required. Individual drum hits were sampled from slowed-down SK-1 rhythms, to allow fresh beats to be built, rather than using the rhythms found on the SK-1 itself. If you hear something in the track and can't quite figure out where it came from, that was probably a vocal sample. It has a great 8-bit / 9.38kHz lo-fi sound; grainy and interesting...

The aim of this series of videos is to see what you can create using sounds from ageing home keyboards together with current production tools. Personally, I'm a fan of playing a vintage keyboard like this in its original state (not circuit bent) - it's more than just a retro toy...

Music: "Rapid Rhino" (C) Copyright 2019 Alfonse

3. Yamaha Portasound PSS-680 FM keyboard demo - "Splendid Larryo"

All sounds you hear in the track were made using the PSS-680 and recorded to a DAW, where compression, EQ, reverb, delay and chorus were added as required. Individual drum hits were sampled from the drum pads and processed (the 680's kick drum is horrible, so that needed some attention for a start...), to allow fresh beats to be built, rather than using the rhythms found on the PSS-680 itself.

The aim of these videos is to see what you can create using sounds from retro classic keyboards together with current production tools. The 680 has a 2 operator FM synth on board, which can be edited via the Digital Synthesizer parameters on the front panel; there are limited editing options, but enough to get a cool range of sounds. It also has Midi In, Out and Thru, allowing for plenty of cool connectivity with controllers, computers and other hardware. It's basically identical to the PSS-780, aside from some different coloured pads and other parts, and has the same sound chips as the PSS-480 and 580, which were the next rung down in the product line.

For those who have a keyboard from that range, here are the parameters for some of the main patches:
First bass: voice 34: 0.63 1.63 2.10 3.15 4.01 5.00 6.06 7.69
Second bass: voice 74: 0.30 1.63 2.22 3.21 4.02 5.01 6.07 7.73
Main lead: voice 60: 0.26 1.47 2.16 3.25 4.04 5.02 6.06 7.73
Bridge lead: voice 91: 6.04 7.99
End lead: voice 02: 0.41 1.63 2.02 3.01 4.01 5.01 6.06 7.91 + portamento 05

Music: "Splendid Larryo" (C) Copyright 2019 Alfonse

More to come! I'll put new posts up to let you know when they come in.