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Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Evening Tide - An Ambient Synth Improv (Blofeld, Specular Tempus, Arduino, reface CP)

Published on Mar 17, 2020 Lanthan O'Ide

"A relaxed jam session with FM electric piano sounds, spiced up up a little pitch bending thanks to a DIY-MIDI-controller.
Enjoy! ^^
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For those playing along at home:
The key is G major, the tempo is not fixed and changes during the track.
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For those interested in the wiring:
I'm using the reface CP only as a master keyboard this time. It sends its MIDI-signals to my custom MIDI controller, which passes them on to the Blofeld.
Said controller has an Arduino inside, and also has inputs for sustain and expression pedals. It also feeds MIDI signals to the Blofeld whenever I use the pedals.
In this case, it is translating an epression pedal to pitch bend commands.
This allows me to bend down my sounds without taking my hands of the keys! :D

...and the yellow lights show the position of the pedals, in case you are wondering.
The left one shows the sustain pedal, the four right ones the expression pedal. :)

Anyways, continuing with the setup description:
The audio from the Blofeld is passed through my trusty Specular Tempus, the output of the ST goes straight to my audio interface where it is recorded.
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For those interested in the sound design:
Yes, those are real fm sounds, in that they are created by a sine wave oscillator being frequency modulated.
The amount of frequency modulation is set by the filter envelope.

However, the modulating oscillator uses a wavetable. It is sort of pretending to be a sinewave oscillator that's being frequency modulated.
- which it has to, because the Blofeld doesn't have enough oscillators to emulate the 6 operators of a DX7 ;-)
By changing the position of the wavetable with velocity sensitivity, the overall sound changes dramatically, which allows for this patch to be played quite expressively."

Pico Patches Ep 2 - Classic Subtractive Patch - Preset card fabrication

Published on Mar 16, 2020 Synth Diy Guy

"I turn the Pico3 into a classic East Coast monophonic synth, using the Keystep and a few passive helpers. And then I make a cool preset card with a built in attenuator! Enjoy the video and STAY HOME!

If you want to make your own Pocket Passives, check out my video here"

Tech Talk: In the box with Boris Brejcha (Electronic Beats TV)

Published on Mar 16, 2020 Telekom Electronic Beats

"Boris Brejcha invited Telekom Electronic Beats into his studio for a Tech Talk.
Hailing from the Mannheim area, Boris is one of the most successful German electronic music acts of recent times, maintaining a busy worldwide touring schedule and playing the biggest festivals.
Drawing influence from Techno, Minimal, Trance and Tech house, his music is an amalgam which is greater than the sum of its parts. Join Boris in this Tech Talk, and get to know more about how he produces his trademark sound."

Monday, March 16, 2020

MFB Dominion 1 Review & Tutorial by Dave Mech

Published on Feb 16, 2020 Dave Mech

This one is in via MATRIXSYNTH reader, Dustin.

"Great 2 hour overview of this incredible sounding and feature-packed classic instrument by MFB of Berlin."

Playlist:

1. EPIC Oscillators || Dominion 1 review & tutorial #1

@1:30 Basic waveforms
@8:00 More than one thick OSC together
@10:43 FM
@12:59 OSC Modulation

2. MAGICAL Filter || Dominion 1 review & tutorial #2

3. MAJESTIC Mod Sources || Dominion 1 review & tutorial #3

@0:09 LFO's
@8:27 Aftertouch
@12:34 Glide

4. ADMIRABLE Arp + Velocity mods || Dominion 1 review & tutorial #4

@0:09 Paraphnic articulation
@5:04 The Arpeggiator + Velocity mod
@9:32 Let's add FX and jam
@15:33 Final thoughs

CMS 2500 Euro Rack Module Demo - 12 module system

Published on Mar 16, 2020 Phil Cirocco

"Here is a quick demo of the newly released CMS Euro Rack 2500 modules. This is my personal 12 module system. The audio quality and noise levels are actually superior to the original ARP 2500 system due to better layout of the circuit boards and no matrix switches. The flagship module of the series is the 1047 Colin Multi-mode Filter. Go to discretesynthesizers.com for more info."

Plankton Electronics Ants! Semi-Modular Desktop Synth

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"Good functional and aesthetic condition. Sell with power supply, user manual, midi/jack 3,5 câble, patches câbles and one ninja star."

Cwejman S1 MK2 Semi-Modular Monophonic Analog Synthesizer

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Ensoniq Fizmo Transwave Digital Synth

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"ENSONIQ Fizmo Transwave Digital Synthesizer

Rare 90's wavetable synth!!!

Well maintained, fully functional.
The voltage regulator (weak point of this gear) has been upgraded.
There are some tiny scratches on surface.

Specs:
128 presets
64 performances
with mini mic/line input
22 modulation sources, 8 destinations
LFO with seven waveforms, syncable to arpeggiator or external clock
Digital four-pole resonant low-pass filters, variable key tracking
Three multi-segment envelope generators

Accessory:
Power supply (AC100V to AC9V), User manual"

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