Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with MARKUS LANGE

You can find the interview on Sequential's website here.

"Ostblockschlampen, also known as Eastblock Bitches, are a German DJ and producer duo consisting of Sophie Schaefer and Markus Lange, which has existed and been active since 2009. Their music is a mix of Bass House, EDM, Trap and Moombahton, and their releases have reached over 20,000,000 streams.

Markus Lange has been a producer since 2003 and has released on labels such as Great Stuff Records. Sophie Schäfer has also worked as a DJ and producer since 2007.


We chatted with Markus on how he’s been using Sequential instruments in their productions."

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Endorphin.es Co-Founder Julia Bondar's Compact Techno Eurorack/MIDI Rig and Performance

video by loopop

►https://juliabondar.com/

TIMELINE:
0:00​ Intro
1:45​ Studio tour
4:45​ Live setup overview
7:45​ Patch from scratch
10:05​ Mixer setup
11:00​ Drums, MIDI to CV
13:20​ Samples, delay
17:35​ Melodic layer
18:50​ Velocity-to-loop trick
20:05​ Tuning & lead voice
28:40​ Recording vs live
29:50​ Secondary sequencer
33:55​ Performance demo
46:55​ Sequencing plan
49:10​ Building tension
51:50​ Track transitions
53:00​ Mixing and sidechain
53:55​ Reverb on bass
55:40​ Conducting the patch
57:00​ Live mixing
57:50​ Composing
58:50​ Polyrhythms/meters
1:04:10​ Recording setup
1:08:15​ Mixing, mastering
1:10:30​ Outro, more tips

Dark Noisy & Glitchy Drone Texture with DIY Neutral Labs Elmyra Synthesizer (Feat Empress Zoia)

video by Sound Provider

"On this small demo I did an Ambient Drone with the Elmyra from Neutral Labs, the Elmyra is a quite noisy but fun and cheap Diy digital/analog hybrid drone synthesizer with a digital delay.

Elmyra is based on the Adafruit ItsyBitsy M0 Express microcontroller. Its 10-bit audio resolution already gives it a wonderfully gritty sound, and this circuit adds some nasty analog distortion to it.

For the video in addition to the delay included in the Synth, I also added a bit of reverb with the Zoia From Empress Effects , the patch I used is the "1978 plate A" from Christopher H. M. Jacques which you can download for free here if you have the Zoia : https://patchstorage.com/1978-plate-a...​

Voila
Leonard de Leonard"

You can find additional Elmyra posts here.

Baseck - “Up for Air” - Make Noise Strega & Morphagene

video by baseck

"In this piece all sound is sourced from Make Noise’s Strega. No external fx.

The percussion was made from putting an envelope into Strega and sampled into the Morphagene, then a melodic line was added over that. The percussion trigger sequence was mult’d and sent to Maths. An envelope from Maths is ran into Morphagenes SOS cv input crossfading between the melodic line of Strega and the percussive samples which created a side chain like effect.

Sequenced from Varigate 8+ and Voltage Block."

Erica Synths New CARBON FIBER TRAVEL CASE

via Erica Synths:

We believe soon it will be possible to travel & now lighter than ever!

Erica Synths gives you one of the lightest and most durable eurorack travelcases available – the Carbon Fiber Travelcase! Weighing just 3,2kg it houses 2x104HP of eurorack modules and the lid is deep enough to transport your modular with a patch ready for performance. The Erica Synths Carbon Fiber Travelcase will be a reliable companion when traveling to gigs and to keep your precious system protected.

Features
The case comes with built in universal PSU, that provides 2,5A@+12V, 2,5A@-12V, 1A@+5V and eurorack distribution boards with 60 module connectors.
RRP: 660 EUR (VAT excl.)

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VECTOR Get's a Firmware Update

via VECTOR SYNTH:

Dear Operators,

Some say we live in a golden age of hardware synthesizers. So many opportunities to play exciting new devices with different concepts, such incredible, ever growing communities enabling and creating the right environment for experimentation, discovery and innovation.

Five years ago, we embarked on a journey to build a different synthesizer. A synthesizer to break comfort zones. A synthesizer which doesn’t use a touch interface and fluid visuals as gimmicks, but has them right at the core — a true bridge between the theater of the mind and sound waves.

Along the way we tried to question many assumptions. Many of those turned out to be useful customary conveniences, but many others simply obstacles of the past. We believe it is time to cherish the old, and embrace the new.

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System80 Introduces 860 MK2

via System80

"The System80 860MK2 is a 10 HP updated version of our popular JOVE filter. It is a Eurorack interpretation of the multi-mode filter found in the Roland Jupiter-6, a 1980s analogue polysynth.

The 860 MK2 replaces both the 14 HP JOVE and the 8 HP 860 MK1. It has been updated and improved in several ways, including memory recall of the filter mode, a quad OTA filter core, internal voltage references, a fully attenuated 2 input audio mixer, and a steel back cover.

Features

4 modes: 24 dB low pass, 12 dB low pass, band pass and high pass
Filter mode recalled between power cycles
2 input audio mixer
2 frequency CV inputs, one bipolar and one unipolar
1 resonance CV input, non-attenuated"

Analogue Solutions Colossus and Vintage Synth Jamming

video by

"I connected Colossus to a few vintage synth friends and this was the first little spontaneous live jam. This isn't a mixed track, but a live recorded, improvised, dawless session.

Colossus is sequencing and clocking the other synths (ARP 2600 kick, Roland 100m noise sequence, Pro-One bass) and is providing the remainder of the sound palette.

Colossus loves to interface with other CV gear (Eurorack modular, vintage synths, modern CV synths, CV sequencers and interfaces, etc.) and is a lovely hands-on console, providing you tight musical control of your other gear

I may make another one of these, we'll see. ⚡️

🎧 Recommended!"

New Gear Testdrive - Korg, TC, Strymon, Roland

video by verstaerker

"Got some new gear to test out, so I made this little track
first Sequence made with the Korg NTS-1, sequenced on the Korg Sq-64 and added some delay with the Strymon Volante

Drums made with the Yocto 8080 send through the Sherman 2x2 with some reverb on the Snare added from the TC-M3000

The later appearing sequence is from the Roland Cloud System-100, wich sounds really analog …also added Sherman Drive and Tape-Echo

The Strymon Volante is really the best Tape-Simulation out there.
The Korg Sq-64 is a quite capable sequencer . I’m not so happy that saving projects requires additionally a proper shutdown of the device. And creating/changing longer notes is a bit complicated … considering they call it polyphonic sequencer.

I love the TC-M3000 .. the reverb sounds very natural. It’s great for everything where you want to recognize the original sound and don’t smear everything with a cloud of reverb.

I was very surprised how well the Roland Cloud plugins sound. Especially the SH-2 and System-100."

Testing new live rig with plinky itération 3

video by Meska

"Juste quick & raw preview of the new live rig i build, this time chessy acide ! :
welcome to the new module added: Typhoon
elektron octatrack mixing and EQ
gotharman ld3 all the drum (no sample) , sub and sidechain
plinky arpegio and sequencing the sub via CV
and some euro module : razmasynth unknow pleasures, 4ms rcd and MI grids..

Thank you for watching.
My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly "dark and expérimental" music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with.
i'm tattooist at day jobs and you can found my work here : www.meska.fr

You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/

If you'd like to support the channel​ consider buying music from bandcamp ;)"