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xmas modular

zack dagoba

"happy Xmas from Benge"

Roland JD-800 Synthesizer (1991) "Nordic Voices" Frohe Weihnachten - Merry Christmas - С Рождеством

RetroSound

"(c)2007-21 by RetroSound
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С Рождеством!
Frohe Weihnachten!
Merry Christmas!

A crazy year is coming to an end. Many things have changed. Not a good year for artists and people who live from music. It affects me less, but I can feel the effects. I hope that we can leave all of this behind us soon.
And I would like to thank you for your loyalty and for the nice comments.

I wish all my friends here on YouTube a wonderful christmas time, happy holidays and all the best.
Do what you love. 🎹

all synthesizer sounds: Roland JD-800 Digital Synthesizer (1991)
recording: multi-track, played by hand

I took the pictures in the video at the Finnish Bay near Saint Petersburg in Russia.

RetroSound synthesizer demo videos since january 2007.
All is for free. If you like my work, so can you support me with a donation or a purchase of my synth shirts or music albums. Thank you!

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I think it's (christmas), yamaha rm1x live jam x-mas special

rm1xapm

"Happy Holidays"

Frequency Central Seismograf BD and SD

Frequency Central

"A short Seismograf BD and SD jam, just randomly auditioning some of the drum types, and tuning/distort effects. No real plan!"

"Seismograf is a PIC based drum module featuring coding by Jetroid. There is currently a choice of two PICs which may be used with Seismograf, ‘BD‘ and ‘SD‘. As you might expect, BD contains a range of 8 bass drums, while SD contains a range 8 of snare drums. The drum sounds are 10 bit encodings of some of our favourite electronic kits from yesteryear (see chart below). It is not possible for the user to load their own sounds onto Seismograf PICs, but there is a chance that we may release alternative drum sets as the years roll (!) by.

Select

This knob is used to select one of the 8 sounds to be triggered. It has a CV input associated with it, and when a jack is inserted into the CV input, the knob is used to attenuate the incoming control voltage. This CV input responds to 0V to 5V signals.

Tune

This knob may be used to detune the drum sound either upwards or downwards. It has a CV input associated with it, and when a jack is inserted into the CV input, the knob is used to attenuate the incoming control voltage. This CV input responds to 0V to 5V signals.

Distort

This knob may be used to introduce either one of two different types of distortion to your chosen drum sound. When set to the mid position (12 o’clock) no distortion is present. Turning the knob anti-clockwise will cause the sound to be progressively clipped harder, while turning the knob clockwise will cause the sound to be progressively more bitcrushed. This knob has a CV input associated with it, and when a jack is inserted into the CV input, the knob is used to attenuate the incoming control voltage. This CV input responds to 0V to 5V signals.

Secret Sauce

Try running the sawtooth output of an audio rate VCO into Seismograf’s trigger input, then wiggle the Tune knob manually, or apply a control voltage to the Tune input. Wow! What’s happening here then? When I first demo’ed this feature to Jetroid he buffered for a few minutes before performing a cold shutdown, unable to process what was happening to his code. Seismograf is acting kinda like a fliter, right? Well maybe! Probably more akin to oscillator sync really. As the incoming trigger is so fast, Seismograf only gets to play the initial part of it’s waveform, less on high notes, more on low notes. Additionally, there is naturally higher frequency content the higher the note and so forth. Whatever’s going on, we’re sure that you’ll agree that it sounds freaking awesome. More than just a drum module, right?"

(MU) Frequency Central

(MU) Frequency Central feat. Massive Modular Bundle: osc sync, PWM, Keystep histrionics, the works

2 x System X Oscillator
System X Lowpass Filter
System X Dual VCA
System X Dual ADSR

...which together forms our classic MU Massive Modular Bundle!

Well, I was going to program a sequence into the fabulous Arturia Keystep https://www.arturia.com/keystep/overview (accept no imitation), but soon realised that I was having far too much fun just wiggling and jamming out, so I hit record - the rest is history.

The patch is quite interesting, as there are two VCAs available, I've patched sawtooths via VCF and VCA, and pulses directly to the second VCA. There's a negative ADSR output patched to the second VCA, so the PWM'ed sound fades in as the VCF and VCA sound fades out.

As you will already know, these lovely VCOs feature onboard LFOs which I'm making full use of for a bit of vibrato, PWM sweeps, as well as that huge oscillator sync modulation.

Processing is via MU Stasis Leak (off camera) for some huge delay action.

If you have read this far please comment 'Huge Monster!'"

(MU) Frequency Central feat. Little Melody, Raging Bull, System X Oscillator, Stasis Leak and more!

"Finally got around to producing a MU modular video. This one feature the following Frequency Central MU modules:

Wave Runner
Little Melody
System X Envelope
System X Oscillator
Raging Bull
Stasis leak

I'm using the Boss Dr-55 (bottom left) as a master clock only. The clock is patched to Little Melody, System X Envelope, Wave Runner and also Stasis Leak (via a clock divider).

I've set up a little riff on Little Melody which is being played by the System X Oscillator/Raging Bull/System X Envelope synth voice. I'm occasionally toggling between two modes for some variation.

System X Oscillator's sawtooth and pulse waveforms are patched into the audio inputs of Raging Bull. I'm doing some manual tweaking of it's octave rotary switch. There's also a bit of fat creamy PWM going on

To modulate Raging Bull's cutoff, I'm using Wave Runner in it's sample and hold mode to modulate, System X Envelope, the triangle output of System X Oscillator, as well as some manual tweaks and twists.

System X Envelope is patched to Raging Bull's 3rd CV input, thus controlling both VCF cutoff and VCA openess(?!)/closedness(!?).

Stasis Leak is set to long delays, and is synced to the rhythm via a clock divider (off camera).

If you've read this far, please comment 'Fat and creamy'."

NatLife Sounds & Synthmas Sales

Disclaimer: I'm only posting synthmas sales for supporting members of the site as posting everything would overwhelm the site (and me). That said, be sure to see the dealers on the right for any holiday deals as well.

Via https://www.natlifesounds.com:

"NatLife Sounds has announced X-Mass Sales offering 50% off everything, including all new products.

Use coupon: NS_X-Mass2020

The sale includes sounds for: u-he Diva, DUNE 3, FL Studio 20, Korg KingKorg, Korg Krome, Korg Minilogue XD, Korg Prologue, NI Massive X, Europa, Arturia Microfreak, NI Massive, ReDominator, Roland JP-08, Roland Juno, Roland SE-02, Spire, Summit, Peak, Sylenth1, Synthmaster One, TAL-U-No-LX V2, The Legend, Thorn, u-he Hive, u-he Repro, Xfer Serum, Roland JP-8000, Korg iWavestation and Drum Samples.

THNK YOU FOR SUPPORT! AND WISH YOU A GREAT & HEALTHY X-Mass DAYS!!! :)"

Astonishing History of Synthesizers Series

The Light Bulb Is The Origin of The Synthesizer | Astonishing History of Synthesizers EP1
Reverb

"When you think of the birth of the synthesizer, your mind probably recalls people like Bob Moog and Don Buchla. But the real pioneer of synth tech was...Thomas Edison? Watch as we take a closer look into the origin of the modern synthesizer."

The True ARP vs MOOG Lawsuit Story: Astonishing History of Synthesizers EP 2
Reverb

"Anyone with even a casual interest in the history of synthesizers has heard of the titanic struggle that took place in the mid 1970s when all of the companies were infringing on Bob Moog's filter patent. But the real story of what happened with patents and synthesizers in the 1970s is a bit more nuanced than you've probably heard. Watch as we dive into what really happened."

P.S. See the documentaries label below for similar style posts.

See the comments below for a different take.

C.P.E. Bach - Solfeggietto (Synthesized Version)

Digithalis

"Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach (1714-1788) was the most famous musician son of J.S. Bach. He was teacher and composer for key instruments. This piece is well known as a very fluid music, espically for pianists to check their capabilities on keys ;-)

In this version, I arranged 4-Track sounds with the legendary Waldorf Blofeld Synthesizer. Here my used Blofeld preset sounds:
1. B033 - Glockenspiel
2. B035 - Harpsi
3. F126 - Long Wires (Bass)
4. E001 - WideWarmWash (Pad)"

Domówka z Dwójką | Pin Park/kinoMANUAL

Polskie Radio

EMS SYNTHIs live.

Domówka z Dwójką | Pin Park/kinoMANUAL

Muzyka: Pin Park
Oprawa wizualna: kino Manual

Repertuar:

"Autobahnkirche"
"City"
"Milky Medium"
"Doppelganger"

Duet Pin Park tworzą Maciej Polak i Maciej Bączyk – miłośnicy i znawcy dźwięków syntezatorowych i samych maszyn. Muzycy korzystają z nietypowej architektury i niepowtarzalnych brzmień syntezatorów analogowych EMS, wywodzących się z lat 70. Testują potencjał tych instrumentów i poszerzają go o doświadczenia współczesnych nurtów elektronicznych.

Serdecznie zapraszamy do słuchania i oglądania!

Novation Nova Desktop (Laptop) #1 Pads/Strings Sound Demo

Kosmokatze

"Just some of my favorite Patches performed with some Filter sweeps.
No external FX processing.

Still worth in 2020? You decide ;-)"

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Side note: I remember when the Supernova was first released with the initial crop of virtual analog synths. People said it sounded most like a Roland Jupiter-8. I think you can hear some of that character here.