Synth Rorschach #73: GEM SPA

Spotted this one on Seth Elgart's Twitter feed, @selgart:

"*heavy sigh* Been going there for probably more than 45 years, since the 1970s. The best egg creams. Period. #gemspa"

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So... This one is pretty nuts. I was curious when the black & white image was taken so I zoomed in and started looked for cues. If you look carefully you will see the synth connection. If you give up see this post for a tip.

P.S. I don't want to give too much away. If you get stuck leave a comment and I'll give you one hint. And if you do get this one, please don't give it directly away in the comments. Just say you got it.

There is a cool reference to synth history here.

A 16-BIT videogame's song made with OP-Z by Teenage Engineering

Published on May 6, 2020 Lo-fi Pask

"I was playing Streets of Rage 4, I felt inspired and wanted to make a song for a videogame. As I'm "an old man", it's obviously thought for a 16-BIT era game! :-) Can't say the genre, maybe a cyberpunk side scrolling platform/action game. I also put some retrogaming consoles in the scene, like the original GameBoy and my first synth/love, the Pocket Operator PO-20 Arcade. Special guest: Gizmo, from Gremlins!
Wish you'll enjoy the video. :-D"

SYNTHR3 goes to Stranger Things Theme (live session), demo 1/3

Published on May 6, 2020 KurtzMindfields

"Great sequence recreate with Synthr3 (seq line), Electribe2(bassdrum), Moog Sub37 (Long bass), Hansy Mister M (choir Mellotron).

The SYNTHR3 is a new analogic semi-modular great synthesizer, with patch memories (no câbles, but stwitch with leds!) , arrpegiator, sequencer ... and 2 filters you can choose from several propositions: ARP 4072, Oberheim SEM, Moog Ladder, Steiner Parker ... an incredible stand alone modular synth for production!

The SYNTHR3 will be deep presented during SYNTHFEST FRANCE (home edition, web videos & interview) the 23 may 2020!
Conceptors: Rémy Wasselin (concept & all analog parts building ), Jean-luc Lartigue (all digital building) and Laurent Cartaux (Woods case building), Artist: Kurtz Mindfields aka Jean-luc Briançon."

BASS STATION 2 GLITCH PARTY

Published on May 6, 2020 Perplex On

"A little compilation of glitched percussive patches on the Bass Station II using the internal sequencer. Served with audioreactive projectionmappings. Enjoy!"

App Sound Korg Minilogue XD Hypnotic Steps

Published on May 6, 2020 APP SOUND

"Get 100 new Programs for the Korg Minilogue XD: "Hypnotic Steps" is a sound pack with animated sequencer phrases for all styles of electronic music.

More infos: www.app-sound.com"

Digitone keys / TT-78 / Arp 2600

Published on May 6, 2020 studio snippets

GRP A-2 // ROME DONES // A2 // 1

Published on May 7, 2020 LESINDES

"My GRP A-2 is broken. The envelopes won't trigger any more. That's a pity but not a catastophe -- Ther is so much synth left -- it is a highly capable synth with a lush sound -- warm and singing but still precise. Sohow about some drones? ROME DRONES to be specific. The result of this emergency performance is published here.
This is PART 1.

PART 1: Pure GRP A-2 singing tibetian monk like overtones etc.
PART 2: GRP A-2 with some analog echo enhancement -- TC ELECTRONIC ECHOBRAIN stomp box.
PART 3: Technoid Ryhthms."

Novation Pays Tribute to Florian Schneider

via @WeAreNovation

"RIP to the extraordinary Florian Schneider, essential electronic music pioneer and a true innovator. As a great inspiration to so many of us at Novation HQ we look back to some of our favourite Kraftwerk tracks >>>" [Spotify playlist here]

The bloopy side of SYNTRX & HAINBACH new Album

Published on May 7, 2020 HAINBACH

"In which I go into more experimental sounds on the Erica Synths Syntrx and Nani Guitierrez shows the beautiful process of creating the cover artwork.

PRE-ORDER NOW: https://hainbach.bandcamp.com/album/a...
Check out Nani's work: https://nanigut.com/"

"Chase Bliss Records presents the physical edition of "Assertion" on high-quality 180gr vinyl with double-printed inner-sleeve. Artwork lovingly crafted by Nani Gutierrez.

Includes digital pre-order of Assertion. You get 1 track now (streaming via the free Bandcamp app and also available as a high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more), plus the complete album the moment it’s released."

New Motas-6 Synthesizer Demos

Published on May 7, 2020 MotasSynth

Previous demos here.

Playlist:

1. Motas-6 phase modulation with arpeggiator

This demo shows the arpeggiator playing with use of the VCO analogue phase modulation features.

2. Motas-6 micro-tuning demo with arpeggiator

This demo shows some of the 32 built-in micro-tunings on the Motas-6 synthesizer with the internal arpeggiator. Motas-6 also allows a further 32 user-defined tunings to be imported using standard MIDI tuning dumps (e.g. using Scala software).

3. Motas-6 synthesizer paraphonic playing demo

This video shows how chords of up to 3-notes can be played on the Motas-6 synthesizer. Motas-6 has 3 analogue VCOs each of which can be set to track independently allowing paraphonic playing.

4. Motas-6 synthesizer phase modulation demo

This video shows some of the phase modulation capabilities of the Motas-6 synthesizer.
Motas-6 allows analogue (or analog) phase modulation of oscillators 2 and 3 to create PM/FM type sounds. Oscillator 3 can be phase modulated by oscillator 2 which can be modulated by oscillator 1 so allowing more complex modulation sounds.

5. Motas-6 synthesizer vector morphing demo

This video shows the vector morphing feature of Motas-6 where 4 patches can be blended in real-time using external controllers such as MIDI control messages or CV inputs. A little external reverb has been applied to the audio output from Motas-6.