Sneak Peak: Roxsyn Guitar Synthesizer for iOS

Published on Jul 24, 2019 YonacSoftware

"Available soon for iOS!

Introducing a revolutionary new way to turn your guitar or bass into a fully featured polyphonic synth: Roxsyn, the world’s first metamorphic guitar synthesizer.

Unhappy with cold and temperamental guitar-to-MIDI synths that dominate the market, we developed a completely new approach to guitar synthesis. Our all-original technology synthesizes your guitar directly, without the use of MIDI notes. Rescued from being a poor keyboard substitute, your guitar suddenly becomes an integral part of the synth. It's alive!"

Percussa SSP Eurorack Module Adds Multichannel Streaming

Percussa SSP Eurorack Module Part 5 Livestream (COME PATCH WITH ME 15) Published on Jul 24, 2019 MATTHS

via Percussa (screenshots below):

"This time, Matt will give viewers and exclusive tour of a very special software update for the SSP, to be released by Percussa the same day. The update allows the SSP to stream up to 24 channels of audio, CV, trigger, gate and other signals via class compliant USB audio, to and from Mac and Windows computers, at sample rates up to 192kHz.

With this software update from Percussa, the SSP can function as a multichannel USB audio/cv/trigger/gate interface, with 16 physical inputs and 8 physical outputs, DC coupled, while simultaneously being able to run modular synthesis patches and record multichannel audio samples to disk. In his live stream, Matt will be exploring the use of Ableton Live’s new CV Tools and how these can be used in conjunction with the SSP module"

Video description:
"I am back again for Part 5 - looking at the #Percussa #SSP #eurorack module. This time - a very special update which allows the Percussa SSP to stream audio, CV, trigger, gate and other signals via class compliant USB audio, to and from the SSP, using the following channel combinations and sample rates :

24ch @ 48k
16ch @ 96k
8ch @ 192k

This basically allows the SSP to function as a multichannel USB audio/cv/trigger/gate interface, with 16 physical inputs and 8 physical outputs, DC coupled.

I will be exploring the use of Ableton Live’s new CV Tools and how these can be used in conjunction with the SSP module.

The SSP is Possibly the most comprehensive workhorse in the eurorack modular world. The module provides many possibilities from sampling, granular processing, polyphonic and monophonic playback, effects and much much more. This is part five of a series of videos in which I break down the module and what it can do."

MATTHS Percussa SSP Eurorack Module Livestreams

Tara Bush: PATREON VOCAL SAMPLE PACK + FREE TEASER PACK!

Published on Jul 24, 2019 Tara Busch

"Hello all! Join our Patreon from now until the end of August at ANY TIER and get a free limited edition vocal sample pack!! See more above.

Join us www.patreon.com/ispeakmachine

Download a taste of the sample pack here!
https://www.dropbox.com/s/9mo6ors8089..."

Sample pack featuring vocals processed by the Roland SVC 350 vocoder, KORG MS20, and Moog Moogerfoogers.

Sequential Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer (1986) *Stewkey*

Published on Jul 24, 2019 RetroSound

"(c) 2019 vintage synthesizer demo by RetroSound

all synthesizer sounds: #Sequential Circuits #Prophet VS Vector #Synthesizer from the year 1986
drums: LinnDrum (1982)
recording: multi-tracking without midi
fx: delay

For the bassline I used here the internal arpeggiator. All played by hand.

For me is the VS one of the best synthesizers ever. Digital waveforms in combination with an analog filter is the perfect combination for fantastic hybrid sounds."

Synthstrom Deluge - Fever

Published on Jul 24, 2019 Red Means Recording

"A performance on the Synthstrom Deluge.

The Deluge is a groovebox featuring synthesizers, samplers, drum machines, effects, and a robust sequencer. Oh, yeah, and it runs on batteries, if you want."

ARP and Antonus 2600 with Step Brother session 2

Published on Jul 24, 2019 wutierson

"Real time composition and performance with Antonus 2600, Antonus Step Brother Sequencer and original ARP 2600 (grey face).

No more instruments are involved in this recording, just real time with no multitrack and no extra processing. The mix is done using the different patching mix points of each 2600 to finally have a 2 tracks to make the stereo and this stereo signal does directly to the recording sound interface.

Of course is not as polished as a multitrack session production (better mix balance, gain controls, extra effects…) , but the idea is to show the sound as is, direct from the instruments so you can see the performance possibilities of this setup in real time. Very useful was to have analog spring reverb built in each 2600 to adjust every sound with space position in the mix.

The track maybe can be long for some audiences because the intention is to show the manipulation of the parameters so most of the process and techniques can be seen while you’re listening.

In this track the Antonus Step Brother is driving all the sequences, percussion triggers and accents, and also brings extra modulations so there is a strong relation with the ARP and Antonus 2600 in every moment. Also the ARP and Antonus are sharing some patching points to share modulations and processing each with other.

We invite you visit our works with Antonus:
www.antonus-synths.com"

Pittsburgh Modular Documentary Films Presents: Discovering the Microvolt Episode 2

Published on Jul 24, 2019 Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"The second episode in a series documenting features and functionality of the Pittsburgh Modular Microvolt 3900. This episode is an overview of the oscillator and waveforms."

Episode 1 here.

Stranger Things (Eleven's theme & Main title) with Polyend Dreadbox Medusa synth

Published on Jul 24, 2019 Miltos Schimatariotis

"As a follow-up for my Medusa synth covers I decided to do something about the Stranger Things series. Here, instead of just recreating the 'Main title', I added as an intro one of my favorites in the soundtrack, 'Eleven's theme'. All sounds are made with the Medusa only, with the addition of effects and especially Byome which helps a lot in the background atmosphere.

A few words about the process I followed for creating this video:

At first, I decided what parts of the soundtrack I was going to cover and roughly planned the arrangement. Then I started designing the sounds on the Medusa. That was probably the most entertaining part but also the most challenging because for the creation of the original tracks the composers had a lot more gear in their disposal. But since I have decided to restrict myself to only one synth, the Medusa, I ended up just creating sounds that sounded good to me without necessarily replicating the originals. So I would say that this is a free cover and not a replication. (especially Eleven's theme is way different from the original). The other restriction I wanted to add in the process is that I wanted to have as few sounds as possible in order to not over-complicate things and to be able to visualize almost everything in the video.
So, after making a rough version I started the final recordings. I was recording the audio part and the video part simultaneously, the audio in Cubase and the video in my Pocophone F1 smartphone with Filmic Pro app. The difficult part here was that I had to name the takes every time for the video file and the audio clips in order to not lose track of what I was going to use in the final product (I used DaVinci Resolve). So the clips you see in the video are corresponding to the same audio recordings you hear. The only exception is the pad at the intro which was double tracked and panned left right, so there I used only one video clip.
I have mixed/mastered the track in Cubase and I had in mind to not over-process the sounds of Medusa, so I have mostly the necessary EQing and compression. The effects (reverbs-delays) are all routed in parallel. The main effect processor I used was Unfiltered Audio Byome and some patches make use of the beautiful Carmen collection from patchpool/Simon Stockhausen."

Dreadbox Erebus v3 Desktop Duophonic Synthesizer w/ Original Box

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via this auction

Interesting and honest listing description?: "I've had the Erebus for less than a month, and I've spent maybe few hours with it. I spend more time with my other synths, and I just don't get the Erebus (specially the third oscillator). In any case, I rather spend the money on synths that I do enjoy."

OSC 3 looks like where things get interesting with multiple waveforms to chose from, FM, range all the way down to LFO, and a level knob to adjust how much of it you want.

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Cavagnolo Exagone

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"analog synth with accordion keyboard. It comes completly serviced. everything works perfectly exception thing to change on the joystick to control the filter that I did not take the time to do. It is a French brand of the 70s, it was produced a hundred copies. youtube videos are not always representative of the sound this keyboard I think."

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