Nord Lead A1 Custom & Random Patches by Tillborg

Nord Lead A1 / Custom Patches / Tillborg Published on Nov 28, 2019

"All sounds made from an initialised patch. No external effects or processing."

These are some great patches and textures. They are free and available here.

P.S. Tillborg is a new supporting site member! You can find him on Twitter here. I want to thank him, and all the other supporters of the site. Every single post goes up by hand, and the support makes a huge difference.

Nord Lead A1 / Custom Patches / Part 2 / Tillborg

Published on Dec 5, 2019 Tillborg

"All sounds made from initialised patches. No external effects or processing were used.

Below is the full 50 patch bank...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_ws...

This is my first time uploading patches for download so please let me know if it doesn't work correctly."

Nord Lead A1 / 2 Tracks, 1 Take / Randomize / Tillborg

Published on Dec 1, 2019 Tillborg

"I set myself a little challenge of using the randomize sound feature on the A1 and recording into Ableton. I had to record two tracks and if I messed up the take I had to press the randomize button and try again with a different sound. This was the end result.

No external effects or processing used."

Novation // Launchpad Mini - Jinjé Artist Spotlight

Published on Dec 12, 2019 NovationTV

"We got to hang out with talented multi-instrumentalist Jinjé (aka Lee Malcolm) at his home studio in Leeds. After building and performing a track using the new Launchpad Mini [MK3] and an impressive setup of synths and modular gear, we chatted to Jinjé to uncover a little more about his journey into music production. Discover how he finds his musical inspiration, how he prepares for live performance, and how Launchpad Mini [MK3] fits into his workflow.

Launchpad Mini is our most compact and portable 64 RGB pad MIDI grid controller. It gives you everything you need to start performing in Ableton Live - and it'll fit in your bag. Start making and performing tracks with Ableton Live wherever you are, using the huge array of sounds in the box to get you started. That’s not all, Launchpad Mini includes sounds, instruments and effects from AAS, Softube, XLN Addictive Keys, and Klevgrand R0Verb and DAW Cassette- plus membership to Novation Sound Collective.

Launchpad Mini is portable, lightweight and easy to get started."

Novation Spotlight: Xylo Aria

via Novation where you'll find the full interview.

"We caught up with Xylo Aria after her visit to our Novation London Pop-Up store, to discover a little more about her background in music making, her greatest inspirations and how she has used Launchkey to help with her most recent release, 'My Bandage'.

Xylo Aria is a singer, producer, entrepreneur and true visionary. Born in India, identifying with Australia but residing in the UK, Xylo brings her global perspective into her music and everything she does. In 2017 Xylo took the decision to produce her own music and has since released multiple of her own, self-produced tracks including 'Pig' and 'M.R.I'. Xylo is also the founder and creator of the online education platform MPW - Music Production for Women, which launched in 2019, and created to go beyond the realms of educating women, and become a movement in the music industry which would empower and encourage more women to take their first steps into music technology."

Launchpad X Finger Drumming

Published on Dec 12, 2019 Nular Music

"First test with Novation's new velocity-sensitive pad controller.

I layered two of my go-to drum kits:
1. GGD Invasion
2. FXpansion BFD3 + NI Guitar Rig

I also added an extra kick sample for... the extra kick. =)

#fingerdrumming
#launchpadx
#nularmusic
#novation
#ggd
#bfd3"

Novation Peak Patches for Ambient, IDM and Electronica - "Permafrost"

Published on Dec 12, 2019 Limbic Bits

"Novation Peak Patch Bank. Permafrost contains 128 Presets with a strong focus on Ambient, IDM, (Melodic) Techno and Electronica.
▶ Get it here: https://limbicbits.onfastspring.com/n..."

Ambient poly synth jam with the NDLR, Deckard's Dream, OB-6, Peak, Dreadbox Abyss, Polymoon, Big Sky

Published on Dec 12, 2019 Jay Hosking

"A live, semi-improvised performance, all on hardware, and inspired by winter looming. I've long wanted to make a couple of videos about how the sequencer really determines where the music goes, and I thought there was no better example of this than the NDLR, which is such a beautiful little inspiration device. In my opinion, I think the NDLR thrives at making interesting ambient explorations, and I hope I've demonstrated that here.

I've also wanted to make a "poly synth jam" and show each of the poly synths I currrently have next to each other. Some really interesting things revealed themselves here: 1) the Peak is the clear winner for bass; 2) I like the OB-6 a lot better for plucks or shorter decays than I do for pads; 3) the Abyss holds its own among these bigger names and is a real gem with lots of personality; 4) the Deckard's Dream isn't particularly rich or versatile, but adds the most beauty to the track, and it's a joy to make a patch from scratch.

Conductive Labs NDLR — Sequencing
Black Corporation Deckard's Dream + Meris Polymoon — Pad
Sequential/Oberheim OB-6 — Motif 1 (brighter arp)
Dreadbox Abyss + Strymon Big Sky — Motif 2 (mellower arp)
Novation Peak — Drone (bass monster)

Written and performed within a 24-hour period, and uploaded as is, with only a little compression/limiting on the master.

https://jayhosking.bandcamp.com/"

Carol of the Synths - ARP Odyssey, Axxe, Omni, SCI Prophet 600, Sequential Prophet 6 synthesizers!

Published on Dec 12, 2019 Tom Loncaric

"'Carol of the Synths' based on 'Carol of the Bells'
A little seasonal cheer improvised on analog synthesizers!

Synthesizers used:
ARP Odyssey Mk II (1976)
ARP Axxe (1978)
ARP Omni (1977]
Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 (1983)
Sequential Prophet 6 (2017)

“Carol of the Bells" is a popular christmas song, with music by Ukrainian composer Mykola Leontovych in 1914 and lyrics by Peter J. Wilhousky. The song is based on the Ukrainian folk chant "Shchedryk". The original folk story related in the song was associated with the coming New Year, which, in pre-Christian Ukraine, was celebrated with the coming of spring in April. The original Ukrainian title translates to "the generous one" or is perhaps derived from the Ukrainian word for bountiful (shchedryj), and tells a tale of a swallow flying into a household to proclaim the bountiful year that the family will have."

Moog One does The Shining Main Theme

Published on Dec 12, 2019 Mattelica

"Live take of a Moog One original patch doing a short and simple version of the Shining's Main Theme, to a Yamaha MG10xu mixer to a Canon 6D + 50mm 1.4 lens."

Jurgen Haible - Living Vocoder Custom Build

This one was spotted on Muff's from JanneI and sent in via M Me.

Jurgen Haible started work on the design back in 2009, prototype boards came in 2010, and he unfortunately passed away in 2011. His site is gone, however I was able to find his page on the Living Vocoder at the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine here.

"The Filterbank funktion will have 3 modes:

1) On
The Filterbank will always be mixed with the vocoded sound, acording to how you set the Filterbank sliders.

2) Off
Basic Vocoder function

3) Silence Bridging
The Filterbank function will fade in when there is no speech. So there is always a coloured Excitation signal. While you speak, the colour is set by the speech. When you don't speak, the colour is set by the 20 Filterbank sliders. This allows a seamless blend of ariticulated and non-articulated sound.
You can set the threshold - how many dBs down the speech signal is, before the filterbank is engaged -, and the attack and release time of the filterbank fade in/out, with 3 potentiometers.

Capacitors

I have reduced the expensive, 1% capacitors to two values: 10nF and 47nF.
That way, you can buy them in larger quanities and they won't be that expensive.
You will need about 150 pieces of 47nF 1% and 150 pieces of 10nF 1%.
They are available at www.rs-components.de , order number 169-326 and 166-6421 (These are bags of 10 pieces.)
You'll need a lot of other capacitors as well, of course, butthese can be 5% tolerance - not so hard to source."

You can find additional details and links to schematics here.

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AION MODULAR Developments for 2020

Published on Dec 12, 2019 synthprocess Club of the Knobs Synthesizer

"AION MODULAR systems can now be assembled to the legendary 3 P Synthesizer System! See more at aion-modular.com. Happy 2020 to all analog synth-friends!"