V.A.I. 64 - CRB Oberon / CRB Computerband 2000

video upload by Vintage Audio Institute Italia

"Another little video with some neat CRB equipment, the CRB Oberon is a two oscillator monophonic synth from the late 70s.
The CRB Computerband 2000 came out a few years later and is a classic auto accompaniment machine with 4 sections"

Note it's branded Computer Band 2000.

Lavender Sea | Korg Opsix Ambient

video upload by r beny

"Inspired by a dream I recently had.

Hello. It's been a while. Last year was tough, but I am back after a long focus on my mental and physical health.

Recently picked up a Korg Opsix and I have found it to be a sound design dream. The open architecture of the operators creates a semi-modular routing environment, where you can route any oscillator to any oscillator, including themselves for feedback. Because of this and the ability to use tuned comb filters, wave shapers, filters, and other sound shapers as operators, you can take the Opsix beyond FM into other areas such as physical modeling and additive synthesis.

This is a piece heavily utilizing FM feedback (to create textured pads and beds of noise) and physical modeling (karplus strong).

Thanks to those who have stuck around and as always thank you for listening/watching."

The New miniKORG 700FS Synthesizer (Overview & Demo)

video upload by Syntaur

"The latest synthesizer released by Korg is a recreation of the first synthesizer released by Korg - it's the miniKORG 700FS! Syntaur's Sam Mims takes a close look at this unique synth, and the history behind it, then takes it a hundred feet below ground for a special performance."

Double-Baked Mod-Delay | Sound Recipes #16

video upload by Reverb

"In this week's #SoundRecipe, we're adding cool, uneven textures to a synth by using extra chorus on the left channel and extra delay on the right. Get the full recipe and many others here."

UDO Super 6 & Boss pedals.

Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with GENE PAUL GAYOL

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

"Gene Paul Gayol is a songwriter, composer, producer, keyboardist and has participated in Latin Grammy & Golden Globe winning projects. He has also performed or recorded with Platinum & Grammy award-winning recording artists. More recently GP’s keyboards can be heard in the Disney film Encanto.

Avenoir, a band made together with his friends during the pandemic, released their debut record New Year’s Day 2022 and features the Prophet-6 & vintage Prophet-5 synthesizers.

We chatted with GP on how he uses Sequential instruments in his music."
You can find additional posts featuring Sequential's Spotlight series here.

Sequential OB-6

video upload by MYSYNTH

Yamaha DX11 "FM Depths" Soundset 32 Custom Performances

video upload by LFOstore

Yamaha DX11 "FM Depths" Soundset 32 Presets

video upload by

Update: presets demo above added.

"DX-11 from Yamaha is popular keyboard version of rack module TX81Z with all classic fm synthesis capabilities and classic sounds!

And its fully compatible with rack brother with Presets & Performances

But it can do much more & what is really missing in its internal presets are smooth and warm sounds.

We made smooth & creamy sounds for ambient & atmospheric music aswell punchy and razor ones for dance & club music!

Buy Soundset: https://lfo.sellfy.store/p/yamaha-dx-...

'FM Depths' soundset contains 32 custom presets wide by categories & range:

Silky Strings
Evolving Drones
Smooth Pads
Progressive & analog-like basses
Solo leads
Voice-like sounds
Bells, plucks - modern & classic
Moving sequences

Also 32 Performances as a bonus!

Performance demo having Valhalla Supermassive reverb - free vst reverb with a great sound & we are including this presets to this pack.

Instructions of 'how to' are included"

Yamaha DX11 "FM Depths" Soundset

video upload by LFOstore

Yamaha DX11 "FM Depths" Soundset 32 Presets

video upload by

"DX-11 from Yamaha is popular keyboard version of rack module TX81Z with all classic fm synthesis capabilities and classic sounds!

And its fully compatible with rack brother with Presets & Performances

But it can do much more & what is really missing in its internal presets are smooth and warm sounds.

We made smooth & creamy sounds for ambient & atmospheric music aswell punchy and razor ones for dance & club music!

Buy Soundset: https://lfo.sellfy.store/p/yamaha-dx-...

'FM Depths' soundset contains 32 custom presets wide by categories & range:

Silky Strings
Evolving Drones
Smooth Pads
Progressive & analog-like basses
Solo leads
Voice-like sounds
Bells, plucks - modern & classic
Moving sequences

Also 32 Performances as a bonus!

Performance demo having Valhalla Supermassive reverb - free vst reverb with a great sound & we are including this presets to this pack.

Instructions of 'how to' are included"

Ultimate CPC MIDI Card Demo - Line-Out Recording

video upload by Michael Wessel

"A Line Out-recording of the Ultimate CPC MIDI Card - Eye in the Sky.
The X2GS sounds super smooth and offers the best sound quality - you can get one from Serdashop: https://www.serdashop.com/X2GS
Please contact me if you'd like to purchase an Ultimate MIDI Card for the CPC.
https://github.com/lambdamikel/BluePi... The DSK file of this song can be found in the Github repo:
https://github.com/lambdamikel/BluePi... Enjoy!"

Some additional info via Michael:

here is another update from the Ultimate MIDI Card project for the Amstrad CPC!

By now, I have a Python .MID file converter so that I can create MIDI songs for the Ultimate MIDI card on the PC / Mac. Previously, I was recording the complete song .MID MIDI stream in realtime with the CPC. The MIDI message stream was created with a MID file player such as MIDIBAR running on the PC, and then simple fed into the CPC via a USB-2-DIN MIDI cable. For complex multi-track and highly polyphonic MIDI, this was a bit at the limit of what the CPC and BluePill microcontroller can handle, and thus sometimes resulted in dropped or hangind notes for complex MIDI. Hence, a more stable solution was required - the Python-based converter.

Here is a demo of complex converted .MID song played back from CPC memory. Most CPC-users have 512 KBs of extended RAM memory available - the DK'tronics 512 KB RAM expansion is a "standard" even for contemporary CPC RAM expansions. My CPC "converted .MID" player supports 512 KBs of RAM - this is large enough to fit this ~ 96 KBs large BIN song into memory; enjoy the smooth sound of the X2GS sound module plugged into the S2-compatible header at the back of the card."

Soma Lyra-8 ambient drone synthesizer Tutorial lesson 1: Overview

video upload by EthanJamesMusic

"This is a tutorial series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Soma Lyra-8 to its fullest extent. The synth is simply one of the best ambient drone synthesizers and is capable of making some wonderful, beautiful, ugly, complex textures. I've tried to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer. This first video shows an overview of the instrument and gives you a place to start. Please leave a comment with any questions or requests and a like if this was helpful."

EthanJamesMusic Soma Lyra-8 lessons