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Roland SYSTEM-100 MODEL-101 w/ Red Lined Case SN 602483

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Waldorf M Presets by Sonic Freaks

videos upload by Sonic Freaks

"We are proud to present our two new preset libraries for the Waldorf M. For the first library we designed 64 MODERN presets that take advantage of the new features of the Waldorf M. This library also contains beautiful strings, evolving pads with beautiful textures and details, subtle and extreme pluck sounds, basses, leads, bells and much more. Also note the new sounds that use the digital filter derived from the Waldorf XT.

The second library are 64 CLASSIC presets from our original Waldorf Microwave presets that we have accurately converted to the Waldorf M. Expect the same beautiful strings, evolving pads, fat bass and crystal clear bells from our Waldorf Microwave Library.

We also combined these two libraries into one big library of 128 presets called COMPLETE and is available with 20% discount.

• We recorded the Waldorf M directly into Logic Pro X via a Antelope Audio Orion 32 Gen 3. No reverb was added.
• The Waldorf M we used had firmware 1.06.
• For drums we used a Roland TR-808 vintage drum machine.

We like to thank Waldorf Music and especially Vladimir for providing us with a Waldorf M for converting these presets.

Please visit our website for more details: https://sonicfreaks.com"

06- The IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro- LFOs

video upload by AutomaticGainsay

"Here is a demonstration of the sound and functionality of the LFOs found on the IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro."

AutomaticGainsay IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro posts

Roland JD-08 Demo & Review

video upload by musictrackjp

DEMO by Katsunori UJIIE.

Roland JD-08 posts

V.A.I. : CRB Oberon / CRB String Machine

video upload by Vintage Audio Institute Italia

"Another video of the glorious CRB Oberon, a unicorn of a monophonic synth made in Italy in the late 70s.
We wanted to sample the more odd side of the machine, bringing out unusual, harsh and bright sounds.
Sorry for the sloppy playing, we’re not keyboard players and the action on this machine is frankly pretty terrible, we need to take a look at that in a near future.
The grey string machine is also marked CRB - a simple, two sounds (violin and cello) string machine, unusually light weight for the oldie it is.
We’re really digging it for that factor, as well as its sound - not at all bad.
We’ll be looking into a few other rare CRB machines soon, so please subscribe and follow us on Instagram for gear sales."

CRB Oberon posts

Door #2: Bald nun ist Weihnachtszeit (It's Christmas time soon) - Synthmas '21

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First Synthmas post of the year.

"Ho-Ho-Ho! This is Synthmas '21, the virtual calendar presenting a Christmas carol played by synthesizers - every day from 1st to 24th of December.

Door #2: Bald nun ist Weihnachtszeit (It's Christmas time soon)

The song:
'Bald nun ist Weihnachtszeit' is a German Christmas carol from around 1940 written by Karola Wilke (lyrics) and Wolfgang Stumme (melody). Unlike most christmas songs the lyrics have no spiritual relation thus it was willingly played in the former eastern part of Germany (GDR). In the GDR Christmas was celebrated in like manner as in the western part, but the govenment diminished the Christian context or at least they tried.

The gear:
The song is played by two Waldorf synths, Blofeld and Streichfett. Waldorf Blofeld is a digital synth with 3 oscillators, each capable playing square (pulse), sawtooth, triangle and sine wave. Oscillator 1+2 additionally can play wavetables so Blofeld follows the footsteps of the legendary PPG synths or Waldorf Microwave. The synth has many modulation sources, different filter types, complex envelopes and an effect section.

Blofeld plays the bass in this song, lead voice is played by Streichfett. The digital synth imitates the typical sound of 70s string machines. It has - like many of its ancestors - a string and a synth section. Along with different wave forms that can be switched seamlessly the 3-mode chorus is a key for shaping the string machine sound. There is also a phaser effect trying to act like a Smallstone; well it doesn't at all. Someone wrote in a review that you always get a good sounding patch, whatever parameter settings you set and I can completely agree.

Trailer material: Pexels.com (image @seurafrancis99, video @cottonbro)"

Lazy River (Pro 3, Force)

video upload by ToyKeeper

"Just a fun silly bit of synthpop to lighten your day as you drift along on life's lazy river.

Instruments:
- Sequential Pro 3: Everything except drums
- Akai Force: Drums, arrangement

Audio from the Pro 3 is dry, no effects. No mother ducks were harmed in the making of this song. (the Force's sidechain effect is called 'Mother Ducker') However, rubber ducks have been known to enhance the listening experience.

Background image is from Wikipedia's page for 'lazy river'."

TK Karpluck String patch (Sequential Pro 3 tuned feedback, Karplus Strong) demo

video upload by ToyKeeper

"I'm just noodling with Karplus-Strong synthesis on my Pro 3, using a tiny pluck of noise as an exciter to get the tuned feedback circuit started. Basically everything in this example is coming from the feedback, to demonstrate its expressiveness and range while it self-oscillates and evolves. None of the oscillators were used at all; they're completely off.

Apologies for my sloppy, aimless playing. I mostly just wanted to demonstrate the variety of timbres and textures which can be created this way. I'm barely even doing anything; most of the expressiveness comes out on its own just based on how the patch is played.

Sometimes it sounds like an acoustic guitar. Sometimes it sounds like a cello being bowed. Sometimes it's a big angry growl. Sometimes it's a searing lead. Sometimes just a soft hum. All from a single, surprisingly simple, patch.

To tweak the sound, I mostly just play legato or not, to control when a fresh "pluck" happens versus just adjusting the tuning of the feedback circuit. I also used the mod wheel sometimes to add distortion, used the pitch bend wheel occasionally to dampen and detune the feedback, and occasionally bumped the feedback amount up or down by a single notch to control whether sustained notes would slowly build or slowly fade. Oh, and aftertouch for pitch-linked vibrato.

The feedback seems to be quite temperature sensitive, so the amount must be tweaked a bit each time it's used, and the sound isn't ever quite the same. So I recorded and uploaded the first improvised take, with no attempts to correct anything.

Audio is straight out of the Pro 3, dry. This is what it sounds like without any processing.

To make a patch like this, basically just start with an init patch, turn off the oscillators, route a plucky aux envelope to the noise level, and turn on tuned feedback (amount = ~62 to ~64, tuning = 24). The rest is just performance conveniences, like the mod wheel, aftertouch, pitch wheel... and some delay."

Octave Cat analog synthesizer ambient drone

video upload by Jim Alfredson

"This past summer I acquired a non-functioning Octave Cat SRM monophonic analog synthesizer. It was only making slow clicks but the filter and noise circuitry worked. I spent about three weeks troubleshooting it with the help of some folks in the online synth community. Thankfully I was able to bring it back to life. I completely rebuilt the power supply, replaced about half the ICs, and all the capacitors. I also refurbished the Pratt Reed keybed and refinished the wood side panels.

It sounds amazing; like raw voltage surging through wires. This is a little clip I made just messing around. I'm looking forward to adding this little kitty to my music.

Reverb is the Reverb Foundry HD-Cart. Delay is u-he Colour Copy. A bit of FabFilter Pro-L2 on the output and that's it. Edited in DaVinci Resolve."