VCS3 (Cloney) and Ventris Dual Reverb goodness

therudyrude

"Sometimes exploring one machine at a time is rewarding to me"

Open Amiga Sampler - NEW Amiga hardware announcement!

Echolevel

"Introducing the Open Amiga Sampler - an affordable, open-source, 8-bit/mono, parallel port sampler for the Commodore Amiga featuring stereo mixdown and an input preamp with physical gain control.

Schematics, documentation, parts list and custom PCB files are available at: http://github.com/echolevel/open-amig...

By mnstrmnch and syphus/Up Rough

Music: syphus/Up Rough"

This one is in via @deejayiwan

via github

"What are Amiga samplers?

Over the course of the Commodore Amiga's active lifespan, a great many samplers (also known variously as sampler carts/cartridges, sound cards, audio digitisers, audio interfaces, etc) were manufactured to exploit audio capabilities that were unmatched by any other home computer of its time. In 1989 an Amiga 500 with a cheap 8bit parallel-port sampler gave you the means to produce professional sounding music in your bedroom for a few hundred pounds - about the same as it cost to hire a recording studio for a few days. Acid house and techno were exploding; hardcore, jungle and drum'n'bass were just around the corner. Even if your sample-based Amiga music wasn't quite professional sounding by the standards of audiophiles and hi-fi enthusiasts and the old-fashioned music industry, it was probably good enough for underground clubs and illegal raves! Countless dance, bass and electronic music superstars got their start with an Amiga and a cheap sampler.

Some samplers back then cost a lot of money and offered advanced features or higher quality than the rest, although there was (and still is) a fundamental limit to the sound quality it's possible to squeeze out of an Amiga. This project is a clone of the typical low-budget sampler design that flooded the market in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They're often referred to as 'carts', but they're actually not cartridges: they're usually small 25-pin parallel port dongles whose circuit boards and connectors are housed in the type of plastic shell that systems like the C64 and the VIC-20 used as cartridge housings. But some manufacturers called them cartridges, and we've been calling them carts for decades, so we'll stick with that. Some live in separate boxes attached by a parallel extension cable to the Amiga's printer port, and some connect to both parallel and serial ports, or even to a joystick port, as a hacky but clever way of getting up to 16bit resolution. Interesting stuff, but out of this project's scope for now!

The common features of these cheap sampler carts were:

8bit sample resolution
Stereo or mono
Typical maximum sampling rate of ~55Khz in mono (~37Khz for stereo)
Usually claimed to feature impressive SNR, anti-aliasing filters, and special ~90Khz frequency modes (sometimes these claims were even true!)
The feature set of the Open Amiga Sampler is:

8bit sample resolution
Mono
Typical maximum sampling rate of ~52Khz
Input amplifier with variable gain"

See github for more.

Send Me An Angel by Real Life COVER performed on an Oberheim OB-8 and Sequential Pro 3 with vocals

Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"Oh how I loved this song and album (Real Life's Heartland) back in the 80's as a teenager, and Send Me An Angel has to be in my top ten pop songs of that entire decade. In fact, I recommend that you buy Heartland if you love this song. Needless to say, I've always wanted to cover this piece and finally got around to it. For synth bass duties I used my Sequential Pro 3 and for everything else synth I used my beloved Oberheim OB-8 which did a fantastic job recreating those 80's synth patches. For drums and guitars I used NI's Kontakt and Battery.

A big thank you to Tim Murphy for providing the lead vocals. Until this cover, Tim has not sang for over 20 years, but with a little coaching from my wife gave us a great performance IMO. Also thank you to my wife, Ann Marie, for providing the "Angel" vocals. I provided additional bass vocals underneath the chorus and 2nd verse.....which luckily for you the listeners isn't too loud. LOL"

And the original followed by the '89 version with a Sequential Circuits Prophet-5

Real Life - Send Me An Angel [HQ/1080p]

Luv Puppy

Real Life - Send Me An Angel '89

reallifeexperience

"Real Life official video for the Australian release of Send Me An Angel '89. The US version was a reworking of the 1983 video where they edited out original keyboardist Richard Zatorski. Real Life had released Send Me An Angel '88 before they remixed and re-released it again in 1989. This version reached No.51 on the Australian Top 100 chart but got as high as No.24 in Melbourne."

Quick Jam: IO Instruments Eurorack Modules

Perfect Circuit

"IO Instruments has some interesting eurorack modules out and some more on the way. We put together this small system with a few of their modules including the Himalia which is a sound source with 5 generators including filtered analog noise, digital noise, a square wave oscillator, sampler with lots of built in drum sounds and a chord generator. IO also has basic modules like the Themisto VCO, Euporie VCF, Pashiphae ring mod, Sinope VCA and Sponde mixer that add clever and useful extra features. All of the IO modules also have colorful knobs and a halftone paint job that makes them look great together.

We added in a Noise Engineering BIA for the kick, Intellijel Quadrax for envelopes and a Malekko Quad VCA for mixing and extra VCAs. Everything is sequenced with the Arturia Keystep Pro.

#PerfectCircuit #Eurorack #Synthesizer"

An overview of new modules and collections in VCV Rack - July 2020

Omri Cohen

You can find additional resources available from Omri Cohen at https://www.patreon.com/omricohen

Here are the patches - https://patchstorage.com/an-overview-...

00:00 - Alright Devices
02:01 - BogAudio
04:51 - Count Modula
07:09 - Iggy Labs
09:14 - RackWindows
13:14 - Squinky Labs
17:23 - Unless
21:22 - Miscellaneous 1
22:39 - Miscellaneous 2

Korg Mono/Poly Monopoly Mp4 Analog Synthesizer SN 37140 w/ Original Gig Bag

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Waldorf Rack Attacks

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Yellow via this auction

Blue w/ updated display via this auction.

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Vintage Roland TB 303 Bass Line Synthesizer SN 242600

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How to create that DX7 harmonica patch on any FM synthesiser (Elektron Digitone)

Floyd Steinberg

"Here's how to create the DX7's "Harmonica" patch on a 4-operator synth like the Elektron #Digitone. Table of contents:

00:00 bla bla
00:38 choosing an algorithm
01:02 X|Y ratio
01:12 FM amount
01:41 operator ratios
02:32 amp envelope
03:06 modulator envelopes
03:52 low pass filter / envelope
04:43 band pass filter
05:00 lfo setup
06:03 operator tuning
06:20 harmonics
06:45 controls setup (pitch bend, aftertouch)
07:46 some ideas on further tweaking and fine-tuning
08:19 overview / demo
08:42 conclusion"

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Practical Patching with After Later Audio's G&T!

EZBOT

"Want to turn your boring old envelope into a cycling envelope? Maybe you want a button to become a toggle? Need your gates delayed? Need to convert triggers into gates or gates into triggers!? Well look no further! Gates and Triggers by After Later Audio has got you covered and in this video I'll show you just what I mean...

If you want more and feel inspired to support me, please visit my Patreon page: ►https://www.patreon.com/ezbot"