05 27 22 Serge WAD with MN3207 chips

video upload by batchas

"I am sharing here the all session, without cutting it, so you can discover like I did some sounds produced by the modified WAD.

I send a sinewave from my 258j into the input and the WAD is modulated by DUSG (random voltage from Paperface modulating DUSG and also snt to CV IN on 258j).

The WAD saturates very quickly, this is a bit frustrating and I'm still not 100% satisfied, knowing how much time I spent on trying to get the best out of calibration, but there are also some nice sounds here and there popping out. I'll spend more time anyway on it, that's for sure and I'll record on video like I always do.

The mod:
I had great difficulties calibrating the small board with MN3207, cause there’s no support available after I bought this replacement board. No video of calibration process as it was announced bythe maker/seller either.
The RETICONs on my WAD were working, but I thought I should try this replacement which as I understood it was advertised as being better. A small board to plug into the RETICONS headers.
It sounded indeed better in the demos I heard.
I did regret a bit once I read the instructions that came with the board that several resistors had also to be changed or removed on the original WAD board. I knew then I would not be able to simply swap the board and put back the RETICONs if I wanted, but would have to replace again the resistors.
It appeared then, while trying to decipher the instructions and the schematics, that the references between the instructions/schematics and my STS WAD were not matching. This also was first a source of confusion and frustration. Not only the references, but also the values given were not achieving what the instructions were saying they should. So I had to adapt values. Then after finishing the mod I was quite stressed by the huge hiss at the output, even when the module had nothing plugged in.
I did put it aside for months, not ready to troubleshoot.
Yesterday I decided to go back to the trimmers and set them again as well as possible, having them just in right position not to saturate, including the important A trimmer on the WAD board. Like with the RETICONs, the trimming is very sensitive. On the WAD board you either get no signal, a crappy one, or a decent one. I had already experience with trimming 2 x WADs. So logically I choose to set the trimmers on the position where the sound is decent.
I'm still not sure all the resistors are 100% ok, but I’ll leave it like this for now, I spent enough time on this module. I need now to take good care of the pot settings on the WAD. The settings for input signal, filter and feedback, to have a signal that is not too much destroyed and too noisy.
Also it's important not to have the VCA fully opened on the XFader to avoid the huge noise/hiss.
The B output still saturates too much, even at low volume, but I'm gonna let it go for now.

In this video we hear the direct output of the WAD. No EQ or whatever else.

BTW, I'm just sharing my own personal experience with this replacement board. I guess some advanced users will have better understanding of the modification requirements, maybe even CGS boards which match better than the STS ones when it comes to resistor references and values and will feel ok that there's no support offered after all. It was not my case, but I'm impatient now to focus on making music and have fun with some weird delays, rather then spend hours on technical details or with a soldering iron in my hands."

PWM Malevolent - SUREN'S SOUNDS - Tangerine, Extreme, & Plink

video uploads by PWMusic

#strangerthings Theme Music #shortsmusic

video upload by Luke Million

Update:

Stranger Things Theme

video upload by Luke Million

"A throwback to my cover of the theme from Stranger Things to celebrate the release of Series 4 today. 🎉🎉🎉

The soundtrack also dropped today and you can check it out here - https://StrangerThings.lnk.to/Four

Gear used:

Roland TR-808
Roland Juno 6
Moog Minimoog
Roland Jupiter 6
Oberheim OB8
Roland SH2"

Fatal Error | IDM track featuring Spectralis 2, Virus TI, Machinedrum Juno 6

video upload by MIDERA

"I had been making all sorts of cool music on my newly acquired Squarp Pyramid... but then it gave me 'Fatal Error' and I lost the entire track I had been writing. Sounded lovely, I think. Well, now it's gone and I'm nervous I bought a (used) machine that is faulty. :/ Sigh..........."

https://www.midera-artist.com/

Roland AIRA Compact T-8 + J-6 : First Jam

video upload by Freaky Tweaky

Meet The 3rd Wave - Advanced Wavetable Synthesizer

video upload by Groove Synthesis

"Special thanks to J3PO for the demo (julianpollack.com). The 3rd Wave is a powerhouse wavetable synth with analog filters, 24-voice polyphony, and 4-part multi-timbral performance capability that’s like having four independent 6-voice synthesizers at your fingertips.

Each of its 3 oscillators per voice can be a classic PPG-era wavetable, a modern high-resolution wavetable, or an analog wave shape. Create up to 32 custom wavetables of your own with the 3rd Wave’s Wave Maker tool, which features sample-to-wavetable capability. Connect an audio source to the built-in audio input and generate a wavetable at the touch of a button.

Linear FM, a 6-stage wave envelope per oscillator, 4 envelopes and 4 LFOs with delay, dual effects per part, a pattern/song based sequencer per part, and an easy to use 16-slot mod matrix all make it a sound designer’s dream.

The 3rd Wave — wavetable synthesis that will keep you inspired.

From Groove Synthesis
groovesynthesis.com"

And new close-ups of the front panel in via an anonymous reader. See the Groove Synthesis label for more.

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Andy Fletcher of Depeche Mode Has Passed Away

Andy Fletcher passed away today at the age of 60. I saw Depeche Mode live for the first time as a teenager back on July 14, 1986, at the Irvine Meadows Amphitheter in Irvine, CA. I grew up with their music and still listen to them to this day. They will always be a staple in my life. I have Andy Fletcher and the rest of Depeche Mode to thank for so much magic in my life on so many levels, from being a kid frolicking about in the 80s, to an adult dealing with the trials a tribulations of the day. Depeche Mode is a big part of that and Andy Fletcher was core to the band. He will be sorely missed by so many of us.

This post features two images of Andy. One from Wikipedia, and one from Discogs. The following bio is from Wikipedia. Don't miss the last sentence.

"Andrew John Leonard Fletcher (8 July 1961 – c. 26 May 2022), sometimes known as Fletch, was an English keyboard player, DJ, and a founding member of the electronic band Depeche Mode. In 2020, Fletcher was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Depeche Mode.[1]

In the late 1970s, Fletcher and schoolmate Vince Clarke formed the short-lived band No Romance in China, in which Fletcher played bass guitar. In 1980, Fletcher met Martin Gore at the Van Gogh pub on Paycocke Road in Basildon. With Clarke, the trio, now all on synthesizer, formed another group called Composition of Sound.[2] Clarke served as chief songwriter and also provided lead vocals until singer Dave Gahan was recruited into the band later that year, after which they adopted the name Depeche Mode at Gahan's suggestion.[3] Clarke left the group in late 1981, shortly after the release of their debut album Speak & Spell.[2]

Their 1982 follow-up album, A Broken Frame, was recorded as a trio, with Gore taking over primary songwriting duties.[4] Musician and producer Alan Wilder joined the band in late 1982 and the group continued as a quartet until Wilder's departure in 1995. From then on, the core trio of Gahan, Gore, and Fletcher remained active, up to the release of their 2017 album Spirit and ensuing world tour.[5]

Fletcher's role within Depeche Mode was often a topic of speculation. In early incarnations of the band, he played (electric and later synth) bass. As the band evolved after Vince Clarke's departure in 1981, Fletcher's role changed as each of the band members took to the areas that suited them and benefited the band collectively. In a key scene in D.A. Pennebaker's 1989 documentary film about the band, Fletcher clarified these roles: "Martin's the songwriter, Alan's the good musician, Dave's the vocalist, and I bum around."


Andy Fletcher and Daniel Miller talking about Depeche Mode early days

video upload by Michele Bisceglia

"This interview was shot in november 2015, but never edited and published.
We were in Verbier, Switzerland, for the 3 days happening Audi-o-Rama.
Depeche Mode founding member and keyboardist Fletch & Mute Records boss Miller remember the day they met and discuss other stories about the early days of the band"

A search on the first video to feature Depeche Mode comes up with the following 1981 performance from Top of the Pops. Andy Fletcher is on the Moog Prodigy.

Depeche Mode - Just Can't Get Enough 1981

video upload by memorylane1980s

The following is a live tribue by DX5. If you follow the site you should be familiar with his numerous covers of Depeche Mode. This site is about synths and the people who love synths. This is the first tribute I've seen by a fan of Depeche Mode and I wanted to include it.

Andy (Fletch) Fletcher, has sadly passed away today :( :( Chat and synth tribute to him.

video upload by DX5

Use Syntakt As An 8-Voice Polysynth (Round Robin)

video upload by Digiphex Electronics

"I use a Max device in Ableton to 'round robin' the tracks."

Writing a track for Louis Theroux : Porn's Me Too

video upload by Miguel d'Oliveira

"Brief breakdown of approch and writing a 2 minute track for a documentary on the Forbidden America BBC series.
Louis Theroux: Porn's Me Too

Track written and performed practically on just a Casio CZ-1 (a couple of patches from Omnisphere overlayed) + external FX."

NOVATION MININOVA / ULTRANOVA | ANALOG DREAMS | SOUND LIBRARY

video upload by Synth Cloud

"▬▬▬ Download Link ▬▬▬▬
🚀 ANALOG DREAMS: https://www.synthonia.com/marketplace...
📩 Mail: info@synthonia.com

Welcome to the long awaited analog-type & retro-type sounds for the blue Beauty – Novation Ultranova/Mininova!
'Analog Dreams' contains 52 organic presets useful in various musical genres such as cinematic, electronic, ambient, retrowave...
Every patch of our soundset is musical & can be immediately used in your tracks & production.

Features:

Massive Basses
Edgy Leads
Space Plucks
Silk Pads
Big Strings
Organic Arp’s
Experimental Sounds"