Modal Electronics Argon8 & Boss DD200 Digital Delay

3rdStoreyChemist

Deckard's Continuum Dream

Christophe Duquesne

"A Deckard's Dream controlled by a Continuum in MPE mode (with some additional help from a Kijimi, a NDLR and Valhalla Supermassive).

I was kindly lent a Deckard's Dream and a Kijimi from Black Corporation: for quite a long time, I wanted to try the Deckard to control it with a Continuum and the result is quite impressive. It's very different from the Eagan Matrix (the internal engine of the Continuum) and brings a very interesting set of colors ... and of course, it has this signature sound that triggers some memories (and, by the way, the Valhalla Supermassive I use here, as all Valhalla DSP effects, is really a must have). The MPE implementation of the Deckard is a bit unusual, but Ok for the Continuum, and a great thing is that, as for the Eagan Matrix, a single control can influence several parameters, each with its specific range, which is highly important for expression, and you manage to get an interesting mix of your own control and the legacy envelopes and LFO (that you usually play with your fingers on a Continuum).

In the video, the Kijimi is controlled by an NDLR by Conductive Labs, also a pretty nice combo."

UDO Audio Super 6 Sound Demo (no talking)

Bonedo Synthesizers

Aquifex - Artiphon Orba 1st Demo - internal sounds and looper

SynthAddict

"Artiphon Orba first demo, internal sounds and looper only, custom set of presets loaded from the Orba iPhone app (several sets come with the app already).

Another video showcasing some MIDI control of iOS apps over Bluetooth coming shortly."

See the Artiphon label below for more.

Update: a couple of screenshots of the iPhone app interface and additional details via SynthAddict:

"Artiphon Orba first demo, internal sounds and looper only, custom set of presets loaded from the Orba iPhone app (several sets come with the app already).

I adjusted the brightness/contrast to show the LEDs better. The red recording LED at around “8 o’clock” on the ring is noticeable but a bit dim in some scenes, and you can see the bright blue LEDs count up as the loop progresses. The center button is like a shift modifier, controlling the device with macros.

Internal looper has control over tempo and octave, but the 4 layer recordings (drum, bass, chord, and lead) aren’t quantized.

The internal gyro and accelerometer allow various changes to modulation or timbre, and a simple bump can trigger another note as well (good for percussion). The 8 velocity pads (keys) in the ring can allow vibrato in one axis and filter cutoff in another. The modulation can be added after the layer is recorded as long as the recorder is still on.

Another video showcasing some MIDI control of iOS apps over Bluetooth coming shortly."

Check out the Artiphon Orba User Group on Facebook for additional info and demos.

Astronauta Pinguim: The most beautiful card in the deck

HKW – Haus der Kulturen der Welt

Part of the video series “The Disappearance of Music”
https://www.hkw.de/disappearanceofmusic

Neat saying about the most beautiful card in the deck. Remember that before you criticize others.

Many of you might remember Astronauta Pinguim from previous posts here, and of course his website featuring interviews with classic experimental electronic musicians.

Yamaha CS-60

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"Yamaha CS-60 Polyphonic synth, a wonderful 8 voice synth in excellent condition, never been gigged. Fully working and sounding amazing, includes original legs, switch pedal, expression pedal and leather gig bag.

A very complete package, the leather gig bag to store the legs and pedals is awesome."

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Prophet Rev2 Arps - Sub Phatty Lead - Sunday Synth Jam

Kamilotomusic

"Sunday Jams are back, baby! 😎
After taking a short summer break from jamming I'm back again for season two! I took some time off to go on vacation and to work on a new EP.
For this jam I started with pad layers from Serum, Omnisphere, ARP2600 + some piano from Labs by Spitfire Audio. The bass is coming from the CS80 plugin and after that I added the Rev2 arps and the lead with the Sub Phatty.
Hope you like this one, let me know what you think ❤️"

Yamaha Ensemble Mixer Owned By Moby

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This one was spotted by @deejayiwan

You can find a demo of one here.

via this auction

"This Yamaha Ensemble Mixer is part of the private legendary drum machine collection of Moby.

A genuine piece of music technology history from the 70s - and very high tech at the time - PA mixer from Yamaha with built in spring reverb and analogue beatbox.

Serial: 4320. Works!

All items in Moby's Drum Machine Collection ship fully insured with delivery confirmation and include a signed and embossed Certificate Of Authenticity from Moby"

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Motor Synth: patches demo (no talking)

Floyd Steinberg

"Just browsing some patches I created on the Motor Synth. Table of contents for fast browsing below! Showing of the acceleration/brake feature, opening and closing the filters, resonance, LFO stuff, envelopes and all those things. There are some instances the microphone audio is on, so you can hear the engines running. The synth was connected to some guitar pedals

Table of contents:

00:06 default patch (saw wave)
00:50 microphone on...
01:14 acceleration/brake demo ("pitch envelope")
02:10 (filter manipulation)
02:25 "arp thing" (arpeggiator can be used on each oscillator seperately)
04:00 (filter eg manipulation)
04:17 "bass drum"
04:25 "brass two"
05:12 "dat bass"
05:57 "first" (slow LFO=arpeggiotar-like effect)
06:23 (filter manipulation)
07:06 "flute" (square waves)
07:45 "fm warble" (frequency modulation)
08:10 (filter manipulation)
08:34 "lead this"
09:13 (filter and lfo manipulation)
09:41 "motor mod" (sound picked up from the motors directly)
10:00 (filter manipulation)
11:00 "pad" (some filter drive, lfo and envelope stuff)
12:10 "pulser" (square wave lfo)
13:06 "rotation"
14:00 "saw arp"
14:30 microphone on...
15:08 "saw pad" (filter sweep pad)
15:34 "saw piano"
15:56 "sine piano"
16:26 "slap base"
16:42 "slide and glide"
17:09 "square arp"
17:20 "square bell"
17:38 "stab"
17:50 "strange pluck"
18:13 "sweet arp" (super fast rpm patch :-) )
18:44 "wah wah" (filter lfo & envelope)
19:05 "warm pad" (filtered saw waves)"

New Open Source CTAG TBD Eurorack Module

Creative Technologies

"CTAG TBD as in 'to be determined' is an open source eurorack audio module. All sounds and effects in this video are CTAG TBD, no extra processing!

It can be easily extended by your own DSP algorithms using a flexible c++ plugin architecture.

It's core feature is control of your plugin parameters through a web application UI and WiFi access. You basically log onto your TBD with a browser, choose your active plugin and modify its parameters. You can store patches per plugin. CTAG TBD recalls the last active plugins and patches upon reboot, so you continue making music where you left off.

All source (hw+sw) are available on https://github.com/ctag-fh-kiel/ctag-tbd

More introductory videos will be available on this channel soon, with specific focus on functionalities and how to add your own code.

If you are interested in beta hardware email contact@instrumentsofthings.com subject "TBD REQUEST"."

Playlist for the videos above:
CTAG TBD open source eurorack synthesizer module
CTAG TBD Walkthrough
CTAG TBD Codewalk
CTAG TBD meets Lyra 8 and Strämpler as insert fx
CTAG TBD pop crackles noise
CTAG TBD to create atmospheres
Rings, Plaits, Sheep algorithms ported to TBD

Additional details via Instruments of Things

"The TBD (i.e. to be determined [by you!]) Eurorack module aims to be a community driven project to provide a flexible platform for easy implementation of your own or to port existing DSP algorithms to Eurorack. TBD comes with a selection of ready-to-use plugins, which can be used as a base for your own plugin development. It offers a web-based user interface for plugin and system configuration accessible through the modules WiFi (wireless computer network).

Key Features

Hardware
– WiFi (802.11b/g/n)
– Stereo audio I/O (16 bit / 44.1 kHz, 1ms latency / buffer size)
– 2x 12 bit CV inputs (configurable -5…5V or 0…5V)
– 2x trigger inputs (0…5V)
– 2x trigger buttons
– 2x CV potentiometers (configurable bi- or unipolar)
– Input audio gain for each channel


Software
– Flexible plugin architecture based on C++
– Web app for plugin configuration and presets based on REST
– Mappable plugin parameters to hardware UI elements and CV inputs
– Automatic UI rendering based on JSON plugin descriptor structure
– Selection of factory plugins based on other open source projects:

– Mutable Instruments Rings
– Mutable Instruments Plaits
– Mutable Instruments Sheeps
– Freeverb
– GVerb"