THE MOOTS play "Golden" by Jill Scott

Published on Aug 31, 2019 mootbooxle

Full ARP Odyssey on bass demo. The Minimoog doesn't get touched in this one.

"In case you ever wondered what exactly I do, well, here's one of the things! I have a jazz-funk duo called The MOOTS which consists of myself on a pile of keyboards and vocals and effects, and Darrell Nutt on drums and electronics/loops etc.

This was the end of the night and the club was pretty much empty, then Reese 3Piece came and rocked it on a couple. He's a serious piano player himself! Anyway we had fun...we always do in The MOOTS!"

Dreadbox Omikron Aion 904 a Filter Aion ADSR eurorack modules Berlin School like sequence

Published on Aug 31, 2019 Tiefengrund

Dreadbox Omikron through Aion 904 a
Aion ADSR for filter cutoff
Doepfer ADSR for VCA
VCA: Intellijel uVCA
Sequencer: Doepfer Dark Time
Gate to Doepfer Racheting Controller

Goldberg Variations 1 - Modular Synth

Published on Aug 31, 2019 Modular Landing

"This is the second in a series on playing Bach's Goldberg Variations on a modular synth."

Drum Button Eurorack Kit Assembly

Published on Aug 31, 2019 Reckless Experimentation Audio LLC

"Today we are going to build a Drum Button sequencer, if you are unfamiliar with what is does see the link here [posted here]

kit available here"

Patch of the Week 21: microKORG Funk Bass

Published on Aug 31, 2019 Korg

"Basic patches you can follow along at home on your microKORG synth: Funk Bass using 2 oscillators."

Korg Patch of the Week videos

20190831MoogLP gtSound

Published on Aug 31, 2019 ryouichi harada

What's the little action figure? He gets moved around the Little Phatty now and then.

Teenage Engineering OP-Z - Moby Porcelain Cover

Published on Aug 31, 2019 Matt Craven

"This was a bit of a labour of love and there were times when I fell out with the OP-Z, but quite happy with the end result and we're friends again now.

All sounds coming from OP-Z recorded directly into Huawei P30 Pro via Boya 3.5mm TRS to Type-C Connector Audio Cable.
Some stock sounds, some samples from Splice and sampled a bit of the original track for the 'Dey' 'Wobbah' bits!"

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Side note: I think the "Dey" "Wobbah" is actually "Hey" "Woman".

MONTAGE MODX TOOLS - Making a cool arpeggio performance!

Published on Aug 31, 2019 Woody Piano Shack

"We'll use the software editor for MODX and MONTAGE to create a layer and split performance on the YAMAHA MODX6. After we've created the patch I'll do an improvised demo for you.

Sounds covered in this tutorial are bass, pads, synth comp, synth lead, drums and plenty of the interesting arpeggio patterns that come with the MODX powerful arpeggiator.
The editor will give us a nice overview of the architecture and sounds design aspects of the AWM2 and FM-X synth engines when creating patches and sounds.

Montage / MODX Tools - John Melas' Synth Site
► http://www.jmelas.gr/montage/products..."

Synthesizer Soundbath, Second Sundays at VSM

Published on Aug 30, 2019 Vintage Synthesizer Museum

"Bring a pillow, or two, and come relax at VSM while over 20 synthesizers drone and arpeggiate in beautiful harmony for two hours. Feel free to arrive and leave at any point during those two hours.

$5 suggested donation

The next sound bath is Sunday, September 8, 2019
1:00 PM-3:00 PM

Note: the soundbath is aimed at adults 18+ who want to come relax, reflect, meditate, listen, etc…so come prepared to be chill and be quiet. While this is a good opportunity to see and experience VSM, it is not an opportunity to play and touch the synthesizers. If you would like to play the synths, please book an appointment with us during our regular hours. Thanks.

Contact VSM at:
510-859-3558
or
vintagesynthesizermuseum@gmail.com"

Big Synth News Coming From Behringer (& KORG's Hiroaki Nishijima)?

This one was spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child.

Per the description: "I am in beutiful Japan together with Luigi Scarano, our Synthesizer Innovation leader.

Stay tune from some big news - and i mean BIG news.

Uli"


Note who looks like KORG's Hiroaki Nishijima in the back left. I thought that might be Korg's Fumio Mieda on the right, but I'm not sure. You can find a pic and interview with Hiroaki Nishijima and Fumio Mieda here. Some of the other faces look familiar as well, especially the gentleman on the front left. If you can ID them, please comment.

Could this be the Behringer DS80 / CS80, a partnership with KORG, or other?

Behringer meeting with any representatives of another large scale synth company is a big deal. It will be interesting to find out what this is all about.

You can find an interview with Luigi Scarno here.

Update: Announcement below with a new pic, also in via Soviet Space Child. It looks like Hiroaki Nishijima is indeed joining Behringer.

“Synthesizer Icon Hiroaki Nishijima to Lead Behringer’s New Synthesizer Innovation Center in Japan

Behringer announced today that Hiroaki Nishijima, synthesizer icon and inventor of the famous Korg MS-20 Synthesizer, will lead Behringer’s new high-tech innovation center in its Tokyo headquarter.

Behringer’s vision is to build a large research and development center and invite many talented Japanese engineers to focus on flagship synthesizers, samplers and other innovative product designs.

About Hiroaki Nishijima

“Ever since I was a child, I was always excited to disassemble toys and explore how they work. My father and grandfather helped nurture that side of me by teaching me electronics and how to solder while attending third year of elementary school.

During that time, I got into music. I started playing with my brother’s classical guitar and eventually got lessons from an actual classical guitar teacher. I continued to play and improve until I noticed I was becoming better at it than my brother.

As my skills grew more diverse, so did my taste in music. Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Genesis, ELP and I Pooh became my inspirations. In junior high school, I bought an electric guitar and formed a band. That’s when I saw a synthesizer for the first time. It was amazing and I wanted one for myself, but it was just too expensive for a student like me.

When I entered university, I studied electronic engineering and played in a band. While that was going on, I’d also repair my friends’ amps and would design effects on the side. After graduation, I joined Korg to develop synthesizers like the MS-20 series, Sigma, KES and PME-40X series, Z3 and even Korg’s component modeling technology.

Over the past few years I have watched Behringer deliver high-quality synthesizers and pursue a very strong mission to deliver impressive instruments to musicians around the world. I reached out to Uli Behringer because I wanted to be part of his mission and help Behringer design world-class musical instruments. This is my dream, too.

These days, it’s difficult for current Japanese companies to create the types of synths that I used to develop. This is why I joined Behringer because my ambition to create professional analog synthesizers coincides with Uli Behringer’s love of musical instruments and with that I’m very excited to see what we can dream up.

I am currently looking for experienced embedded software leaders and engineers for our new Innovation center in Tokyo. Please can contact us at yuka.ishigami@musictribe.com.”

About Music Tribe

Uli Behringer, Founder of Behringer and Music Tribe commented: “I am extremely proud to have Nishijima San on our team. This man is a legendary synth icon with decades of experience.
Ever since I designed my own synthesizer in 1977, I have always been obsessed with synthesizers and today, Behringer is on a mission to bring back classic synthesizers as well as design completely new instruments and make them available at prices everyone can afford. We at Behringer believe that everyone should have access to the amazing synthesizers and sounds of the 70’s and 80’s.”

Uli continues: “We are currently recruiting experienced synthesizer engineers from all over the world to join us in our synthesizer mission. People interested can directly contact me at uli.behringer@musictribe.com.”