FM/Subtractive Synths with V-Piano Groove.

video upload by Justin Carey

"Some Friday Night Grooves. Featuring...the Korg OP6!"

Sequential Pro 3 for bass.

REASON STUDIOS FRIKTION - MIDDLE EASTERN CINEMATIC THEME - 1453

video upload by Ares Kalogeropoulos

"This is a short Middle Eastern / Byzantine cinematic theme using only the new Reason Studios Re Friktion."

DIY Modular Synth With Korg Volca Beats After Adding A Spring Reverb

video upload by m655321

"Expanding to an another rack. The reverb tank is now mounted on top of the rack."

Roland JUNO-6 with Tubbutec-66 Mod: Demo of some favorite features

video upload by thesrabbit

"A few months ago I had the Tubbutec-66 mod installed in my Roland JUNO-6. I did the full install, except for the CV input option. The basic install provides MIDI In/Out and some fun voice features like detune, different play modes with oscillator stacking, and portamento among other things. The full install adds three additional filter modulation sources: an audio rate triangle LFO, Sample and Hold (can be sync'd to MIDI clock), and a loopable global envelope. I think the loopable envelope is my favorite, just because the full ADSR (plus hold) makes it easier to dial in the modulation you want.

I used my favorite little effects box, the Audiothingies Doctor A for delay and reverb.

Some parts drag on a bit and may not be that pleasing to the ear. In that case, chapters are your friend.

0:00 Intro and epic slightly detuned stacked saws (3 voices, 2 oscs per voice)
3:13 Triangle LFO at audio rates (mostly annoying bells)
4:32 Arp with global filter envelope (in loop mode)
8:23 Poly portamento
12:02 Unison detune and sample and hold"

Brandon Coleman + Ronald Bruner Jr. : Improvised Groove Session w/ Nord Wave + Drum 3P

video upload by Perfect Circuit

"We've got something a little different for you this fine Friday!

Some of LA's grooviest musicians, Brandon Coleman and Ronald Bruner, stopped by the Burbank showroom a while back and laid down an impromptu jam session on the Nord Wave 2 & Drum 3P

READ MORE : https://bit.ly/3v6yZzC

Watch as these two lay down some of the most fun spontaneous improv we've heard at our shop in quite some time. Check out the linked Signal article above for a look at the long list of accolades these two have under their belts, and keep your eyes out for more...Coleman has a new project emerging soon from Brainfeeder, and no doubt we'll see both his and Bruner's names keep cropping up alongside other amazing and talented artists!

Check out the Nord Synthesizers used in this video HERE : https://bit.ly/38qDk8X"

Event Horizon (DAWless jam, Cinematic Synthwave, Roland MC 707, Sequential Take 5, dreadbox Typhon)

video upload by Space Cheese

"Play loud on good speakers...

A cinematic synthwave experiment with an up tempo ending.

Enjoy...

Best Stephan"

The best polysynth 2022 - Novation Summit 2.0👌

video upload by Mattias Holmgren

"Ok, so the best polysynth 2022 just got a huge update and just crushed the competition. Watch and learn the power of the Novation Summit v2.0!"

NOVATION PEAK - THE SOUND THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE

video upload by Cristian Arghirescu

"NOVATION PEAK - THE SOUND THAT MAKES THE DIFFERENCE 8 VOICE SYNTHESIZER OXFORD OSCILLATORS ANALOG FILTERS"

1982 Nuova Elettronica LX-520 Monophonic Analog Synth

video upload by Enzo Boldrini

via this auction

"Rare monophonic analogue synth LX-520, by Nuova Elettronica, made in Italy, in very good conditions."

This appears to be the first one featured on the site. Nuova Elettronica was an Italian DIY electronic magazine publication. You can find a few pics below and a couple of other projects, one of which was another synth, in previous posts here.

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New BugBrand Drive VCA & Sequence Modules

Interesting side note: BugBrand is entering their 17th year this year, and so is MATRIXSYNTH. This verson of MATRIXSYNTH that is. The original launched in 97. That aside, the new modules:

via BugBrand

The Drive VCA combines most of the features of the Dual Amplifier module into a single space.

It can either be run in Clean (Cln) mode as a regular VCA or switched to a sweepable mix between Zener-Diode Saturation or harmonic Wave-Folding via the Type control.

Control level is a sum of the Initial (Manual) control combined with the two CV inputs – one has a depth control with polarity & mute switch, while the 2nd is full-range unattenuated.

The response can be swept from Exponential to Linear, altering how the VCA responds to control signals.

The VCA is DC-coupled with gain up to unity.

The Sequence module is a powerful sequencing & clocking module with some interestingly different functions that take it away from regular binary approaches. The core builds around a binary logic counter chip, with clocking, reset & direction input options, while on the eight output steps it offers two gate busses and a voltage output with variable Up/Down glide. The rear of the module features several expansion headers allowing it to tie ‘behind the scenes’ to other clocking modules to create an integrated sequencing system.

Have a check of the block diagram image above. Note that control inputs pass through comparators (threshold c.+1V) so can work with almost any signal.

Clocking – the onboard Clock Oscillator goes from approx 0.65Hz/40BPM up to c.140Hz (8400BPM!). The main clock source is switchable between Internal (Clock Osc) or External source, and can clock fine at audio rates (tested up to 20kHz!).

The Clock Output is switchable between Internal or Main – allowing you to send out the Clock Osc & divide it before sending it back in to the External Clocking input (thanks Palle for that suggestion!). The Main option for this switch can also be changed to output the Lengthened clock pulse via a rear header (MAIN_CLK_OUT) which is set to CLK as standard.

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