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PSF Todd Barton

video upload by Todd Barton

"I had a blast at Phoenix Synthesizer Festival yesterday! Thanks to all that made it possible and to all that watched. Here's the brief set and a walkthrough of the performance patch. Wonderfully, in the live stream, Youtube decided to grab a phrase of my voice during the walkthrough, loop it a slowly pitchshift it . . . what a trip! You can hear that here:"

Phoenix Synth Fest YouTube Random Pitchshift

video upload by Todd Barton

"Unsuspected Youtube glitch which spontaneously looped and pitchshifted a single phrase until it turned into a glitch beat. Fascinating! Enjoy . . ."

Patch of The Week: Envelope-Controlled Phaser - with Next Phase, an all-analog module for Eurorack

video upload by AJH Synth Official

"This week I'm using an envelope generator to control the phasing effect of an analogue phaser - the AJH Synth Next Phase, which can be used in a similar way, or as an alternative to a filter/VCF. Phasers are often heard swirling around in answer to their own internal clock, but with the Next Phase's CV control of frequency, this can be controlled by an ADSR in the same way you would control a filter, producing similarly expressive, but also unique results.

The Next Phase can be configured to sound more akin to vintage phasers of the past, with perhaps only 4 stages, less emphasis (resonance), and the colour control to create a darker tone. However, with it's huge range of possible combinations of both stages, and emphasis stages (up to 12 for each), extensive frequency and emphasis range, depth and modulation controls, it can go way beyond famous vintage units and produce some otherworldly modulations, from subtle to extreme.

Next Phase User Guide video coming soon.

Index:
00:00 Start
00:29 Overview & Patching
01:05 Envelope control of Phaser
03:35 Performance Example
05:25 Patch Sheet

Video by DreamsOfWires

Vermona PerFourMer MkII: Dark ambient (no talking)

video upload by Richard DeHove

"Two DB-01s are used to sequence the Vermona PerFourMer MkII. The bottom DB-01 is just a single note sequence sent to channels 3 (bass) and 4 (scream thing) which alternate. The top DB-01 is on random payback and triggers voice 2 which is low rumbly noise. This voice also has the SpaceTime pedal as an insert effect. Voice 1 is played by me on the little Korg keyboard. It uses the B3K pedal as an insert effect. The master stereo outs go direct into the Zen delay which has a good dose of overdrive. With an overdribe through an overdrive it has a bit of a noisefloor which headphones will reveal as soft soothing noise. No other effects or processing.

I was tempted to include the sounds of the DB-01 units, which fit rather well, but thought it was more useful to just have the P4 as the only sound source. Sometimes in demos I find it fristrating if there's too many machines playing since you never know what each machine is doing.

Instead of talking I used captions. Better or worse? Would love some feedback. Some people hate voiceover stuff even if it is a far faster than text and want the audio kept pure. Ob the other hand maybe captions are distracting?

No timestamps since it's all just a big noodle.

My site: https://richarddehove.com/
Lots of downloads for supporters on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richarddehove"

Can Floyd Steinberg Repair This Alesis Micron Synthesiser?

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"I picked up this damaged #AlesisMicron #synthesizer on 'bay for a really good price. The previous owner said it's output is noisy and jittery, so let's take a look under the hood together and see if I can succeed at a #diyrepair ! Table of contents:

00:00 introduction
00:27 what is the Alesis Micron?
00:53 the problem
01:26 why even try?
01:59 diagnostics mode
02:42 local mode off!
02:58 disassembling
04:23 reassembling, but without casing
05:00 narrowing down the cause of the problem
05:32 inspection with a multimeter
06:09 examining the capacitors
06:33 resoldering/reflowing solder
06:50 further narrowing down the problem
07:22 back to the service manual, identifying components
08:39 DISCLAIMER
08:59 a close look at the mainboard
10:08 short sound demo (disassembled Micron without external effects)
12:29 some important considerations to make"

Support: https://www.paypal.me/alexselck

Can I repair this Alesis Micron synthesizer? (Part 2)

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

"Two weeks ago, I posted a video showing my thought process on finding the flaw in a used Alesis #Micron #synthesizer and an attempt at starting a #electronicsrepair. Here's a follow up and a conclusion to that story. No table of contents this time, you well need to watch the whole thing or not at all. ;-) There's a conclusion at 08:54, though, if you're in a hurry."