::vtol:: rbs-20 - Ruler Based Mechanical Synth

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ruler bass synth, 20 centimeters

more info - https://vtol.cc/filter/works/RBS-20-cm

The device is based on the school experience of imitating bass lines at the desk and a fun way to disturb teachers. The instrument can be classified as an automated plucked contrabass monochord.

The pitch change is implemented by quickly changing how far the ruler is extended relative to the nut. Movements, plucks and presses of the ruler along the nut are driven by powerful and fast motors, which allows to play pretty fast lines. Two pressing motors can work simultaneously or selectively, which allows to choose the register: the range and amplitude of oscillations depends on the place in which the ruler is clamped before the pluck. Motors may not press the ruler at all, leaving the string / ruler "open". Thus, from one position of the ruler, you can get 4 notes that are different in pitch and duration: open (lowest), clamped by the upper motor (highest tone), clamped by the lower motor (low) and clamped by two at once. The sound is picked up by a small piezo element, which is getting hits by a ruler directly (the instrument has no resonator). The instrument is equipped with 12 touch keys, each of which can be reassigned to a specific length of the ruler. A small OLED display is used to select modes, tune notes, and indicate processes and states.

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Oberheim EVS (Eight Voice)

MrFirechild

"The Ultra rare original Oberheim EVS (Eight Voice) from 1977 is used for all sounds (except white noise) in this track called The White Whale. Combine 8 SEM modules with a programmer unit and you have the Dream synth of all synths!
Composed and produced by www.firechild.se
The track can be found on the Firechild album The White Whale (2020)"

【MUSIC】YOKO ONO Voice Performance + nicolai maruhama accompaniment 2020Aug.

nicolai maruhama

"I added my accompaniment on her voice performance 2010.
You will get into Prog and Psychedelic world.
Please Enjoy thanks!
nicolai maruhama"

Massive Modular: Arturia, Metasonix, Waverazor, Make Noise, Volca, Sensel Morph, Qu-Bit, 4ms, More

CatSynth TV

"A massive modular match that also crosses into standalone synthesizers and hardware controllers.

Arturia MicroFreak
Arturia MiniBrute 2
Korg Volca Modular
Metasonix R-54 (VCF) and RK5 (LPG)
MOK Wavewazor
Sputnik Dual Oscillator
Expert Sleepers FH-2 Factotum and ESX-8V
Sensel Morph
Life Is Unfair Joystick
Rossum Electro-Music Morpheus
Strymon Magneto
Qu-Bit Prism
Make Noise Tempi, Rene, Maths
4MS Spectral Multiband Resonator
Malekko Noisering
E350 Morphing Terrarium
Mordax DATA
Pittsburgh Modular VCA and Mixer
2hp VCA
IntelliJ I/O utility modules
Circuit Abbey ADSR-Jr

Sensel Morph (Buchla Overlay) controlling Waverazor and 4MS SMR
Joystick controlling Metasonix R-54 pitch and Sputnik timbre

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Soma Lyra 8 "Discovery"

Jurgen SONICrider

"Saturday August 1 2020 "the organismic synthesizer" Soma Lyra 8" landed at the SONICriderSTUDIO.

Since recent production often touch the industrial experimental ambient style this organismic synthesizer will bring some unpredictable layers to future ambient project.

After going through some knob combinations recorded this "Discovery" video as a time stamp - this Lyra will bring a change to the sound & style for sure.

A little travelogue:
- Hold at 11 o'clock + release for each group "long".
- Switching modulation sources
- Playing with the "group" pitch setting
- Change the LFO setting
- Introducing the "mod delay"
- Altering the "sharp" setting

Although this video doesn't show expert skills it was fun to make it & show some of the Lyra 8 capabilities. This synthesizer will become a welcome travel mate - not only on musical journeys - due to his stand alone possibility.

'Don't Wait To Create'"

Moog Slim Phatty Poly Chain

Pure Ambient Drone

"Moog Slim Phatty Poly Chain X4. A no Talking sound demo of a Moog Slim Phatty Poly Chain four times over! Slim Phatty /Little Phatty is my one of my favorite sound synths and I always wanted to do a poly chain with them. So here it is, enjoy!"

Introduction to Oscilloscopes used with Modular Synths - w/ Bernhard Rasinger (live from PIFcamp)

Bastl Instruments

"In this workshop we are going to focus on basics of visualising waveforms and signals with an oscilloscope and why that is amazing for modular synthesis.

Bernhard Rasinger is know for his modular laser performances as BRLaser or collaborations project Tearing Light From Sound or Laser Bros. In his artistic practice he creates immersitve synaesthetic experiences of visualisation waveforms generated on an analog modular synthesizer.

Workshop streamed live from PIFCamp 2020 in Slovenia"

Orange Mini Roland "JUNIOR-106" - Custom Juno-106 Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer

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"Custom Juno 106 in great condition! all voice chips work and was recently serviced!"

Casio SK-8 SK8 Sampling Keyboard w/ Original Box

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"Includes 1 ROM pack with 5 songs. This keyboard has been sitting unused for over 25 years with batteries removed..."

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Quasimidi Sirius Synthesizer

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"The Sirius is a keyboard groove-synth, featuring a subtractive hybrid-tone-generation synthesizer referred to as DTE ('Difficult To Explain') synthesis introduced in 1997 by Quasimidi. The unit features a both real-time and step sequencer with pattern and song modes, capable of acting basic drum machine, groove-box, or sound-module. The units is 7x multitimbral and has 28-voice polyphony across it's 7 tracks, with track selecting a (track-specific) sound within 96 sounds (per bank) of preset- or user-writeable sounds."

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