Jewel Bandolero Based on the GEM Rodeo 49

video upload by Soundiron

This might be first post to mention the Rodeo 49. The Rodeo 37 was featured here in a demo.

Also see the Jewel Runner 49 - GEM Sprinter 49 B Soft Synth

"This video takes you through the sounds and features within the newest addition to our Vintage Keys Series, Jewel Bandolero."

*(00:00) - Intro
*(01:27) - Sustains
*(02:57) - Staccatos
*(03:25) - Magic Chords
*(04:06) - Key Up/Down FX
*(04:26) - Drum Loops
*(05:28) - Ambiences
*(08:56) - Sound-Shaping Controls
*(10:37) - Custom FX Presets
*(12:56) - Outro

via Soundiron

"Jewel Bandolero captures the vintage analog sounds of the distinctive Gem Rodeo 49. This Italian synthesizer was introduced to the market by the Galanti Group in the early 1970s. It featured a 49-key keyboard and drum/rhythm machine, as well as a variety of knobs and faders to control layer volume, instrument type, accompaniment, and tempo. Our library includes synth sustains, staccatos, and “Magic Chords” dialed in from the organ, and 41 tempo-syncable drum machine loops. We recorded the instrument articulations in wide stereo and direct line in. After that, we crafted twenty evolving ambient pads from the source content to enhance versatility. Jewel Bandolero offers an exploration of a classic combo organ, complete with warm tonal colors ready to complement any genre of music.

We’ve packed the GUI with lots of great sound-shaping controls that give you the flexibility to warp the sound in many ways. You have control over Volume, Attack, Release, Transient Offset, Vibrato and Octave layering. The "Glide" control slider allows you to play legato and portamento leads. You’ll also find an adaptable LFO system, with selectable LFO shape, modulation target parameter, speed, intensity, tempo-syncing and fade-in time. You can also apply your choice of 13 lowpass, high-pass and FX filter, with assignable modulation control options, including velocity, modwheel, expression, after-touch, key position and step-sequencer table control. You can also use our customizable arpeggiator, with a built-in velocity sequencer table and control over arp direction, note timing, swing, randomization and duration."

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VCS3 + MC4 = VCSMC7

video upload by zack dagoba

"A Roland MC4 controlling an EMS VCS3 and double AKS (the Crystal Machine)"

Making a Full Song with the Model:Cycles

video upload by Gabe Miller Music

"I show the making of a full song with the Elektron Model Cycles and my DAW, including FM drum and synth sound design, presets, and arrangement and mixing in post.

Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:32 Pattern 1 (Cycles)
05:55 Pattern 2 (Cycles)
10:13 Mixing pattern 1 (DAW)
14:35 Mixing pattern 2 (DAW)
17:07 Full song
20:20 More videos

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How to turn the Arturia Buchla Easel into some Experimental Drum Machine (Sound Design Tutorial)

video upload by Jannis Le Wolff

"In this sound design tutorial I want to dive a little deeper into the sound possibilities of the Arturia Buchla Easel and turn it into some organic, experimental and sometimes a little funny drum machine. First you will see which parameters are important in order to get some different layers of drums going. Then I will also show you how you can effectively midi map some important parameters to a midi controller, so that you can create beats and patterns without having to look at the computer screen.

00:00 Introduction
00:47 Sound Design
20:46 Midi Mappings"

A polyphonic synthesizer in 1974???

video upload by AutomaticGainsay



"What if I told you that there was an instrument capable of giving the polyphonic synthesizer sounds that were sought after 1968, but historically weren't provided in a consumer sense until 1975?
Have a listen and see if you are familiar with this common instrument...

In this video, all synthesizer sounds were generated by a readily-available polyphonic instrument from 1974."

Find the answer here.

10-The IK Multimedia UNO Synth Pro- Voice

video upload by AutomaticGainsay

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

The theme music for this demonstration was created entirely with the UNO Synth Pro in combination with rhythm parts assembled out of GarageBand drum loops."

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Tip Top / Buchla 258t fm depth - sine wave carrier test (non musical demo)

video upload by brandon logic

"Just a simple listen to the fm depth on the 258t.

No external modulation or sequencing, just manual tweaking. sine wave carrier."

Ian Helliwell's Tone Generation

[Note: I'm not seeing how to skip episodes in the player above aside from sliding the progress bar to the end to get to the next one.]

You might remember Ian Helliwell mentioned in previous posts on the site here, including his book Tape Leaders. Atomic Shadow wrote in to let us know about his 34-part history of electronic music titled Tone Generation [player above/episode list below], as well has his work on SoundCloud.

The following is a short blurb from his website, http://www.ianhelliwell.co.uk:

"Leaving school and full time education aged 16 armed with six O-levels, Ian is a self-taught and self-funded multi-media artist, working in music, film, animation, analogue electronics, instrument building, collage, installations, live performance, light show projection, graphic design, writing and film programming.

Ian coined the term ‘creative soldering’ to best define his ‘intuitive electronics’ approach, and since the 1990s he has designed and built a unique range of electronic tone generating machines – Hellitrons and Hellisizers – which he uses to realise his compositions."

"The Tone Generation is Ian's audio series looking at the early period of electronic music history, focussing on experimental tracks mostly drawn from his CD and record collection.

TG 34 - Louis & Bebe Barron
TG 33 - Cybernetic Serendipity
TG 32 - Electronics in Space
TG 31 - Synthetic Sound
TG 30 - Beaver & Krause
TG 29 - Electronics in Rock 2
TG 28 - Electronics in Rock 1
TG 27 - Edinburgh Festival Concert 1961
TG 26 - Electronic Odyssey 1967
TG 25 - QEH Concert 1968
TG 24 - Analogue Synthesizers
TG 23 - Electronics for Feature Films
TG 22 - Moog
TG 21 - Buchla
TG 20 - Electronics and Voice
TG 19 - Women in Electronics
TG 18 - Computer Music
TG 17 - EMS
TG 16 - Electronics for Expos
TG 15 - Electronic Music Authors
TG 14 - Electronics for Dance
TG 13 - Electronics in Jazz
TG 12 - The RCA Synthesizer
TG 11 - Expo 58
TG 10 - EM Worldwide
TG 9 - Canada
TG 8 - USA
TG 7 - Soviet Union & E. Bloc
TG 6 - Scandanavia
TG 5 - Holland & Belgium
TG 4 - Italy
TG 3 - Germany
TG 2 - France
TG 1 ..."

Metasonix TM-2 Dual Vacuum Tube BandPass Filter& VCA SN TM2-54

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"Metasonix TM-2 Vacuum Tube Dual Bandpass Filter and VCA. These are rare and highly sought after. This one is SerNum 54. It is also the early gold version before Eric Barbour went to bright yellow. They are rare, some sell for ridiculous prices, this one is fairly priced.

This filter is very raw, It can growl, bark and squeal like a stuck pig. It has CV inputs for Filter and VCA, which means you can rock out with this interacting with your modular synth, or stick in an expression pedal for your guitar.

There are several videos of the TM-2 on Youtube (not mine if you want to hear it.

This one is in great shape, everything works and it has very low hours of use. I'm only selling it because I am downsizing and I'm not using it much. Time for someone else to have fun with it.

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Flight of Harmony QUAD PLAGUEBEARER SN 15/20

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"Not one PlagueBearer, but 4 in a case. This is unit 15 of only 20 made. Version 1.1

As such it has CV for High and Low knobs but not GAIN.

The coolest part of this is that you can feedback from one section to another for some great head ripping effects.


The Plague Bearer is called a filter, but that is just a description of the circuit topology, what it can actually do goes way beyond that. It has been described as a filter, a waveshaper, a mangler, a crusher, and – my favorite – as an “FSU module”.

Calling it a filter may be a bit misleading, but I have no idea what else to call it. It is a filter, but it does more (all at the same time, really) excessive phase shifting, waveforming, ringing, formant generation, and so on. I guess it could be called a waveform modifier or enhancer, but those don’t sound good either. It was named the Plague Bearer for a reason.

All f(h) devices are designed in accordance with how they sound, not to achieve mathematical perfection.

FofH avoided the conventional design approach while designing this circuit, so it’s very problematic to try to describe this filter in the normal terms. The slope is directly tied to the gain of the circuit, making it variable, and the Q is affected by all three filter controls. The setup is actually a combined High- and Low-pass. The corner frequencies are adjusted by the controls and can be overlapped completely, which gives a comb-filtering effect.

Runs on two 9vdc batteries or from included power supply.

Manual is for V2.3 single unit but is applicable to operation."

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