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Friday, May 27, 2022

E-mu Emax II Sampler/Synth SN 09000267B

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Two Analog King Synths - Jupiter-8 and Memorymoog


video upload by Espen Kraft

"Analog synthesizers are sometimes a lot of fun to mess around with. The Roland Jupiter-8 and Memorymoog are two of those that work nicely together. I was going for sort of desert landscape in terms of sound and I think this came out alright.
Everything is played live and it's all ad-libbed. No thought behind much of this. Except for the two overdubs it's all recorded live in one take, both the sound as well as the video.

Support this channel on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/espenkraft

Effects used: Yamaha REV7 'Symphonic' chorus on the Memorymoog as well as a modulated reverb from the Specular Tempus from GFI.
The Jup-8 arpeggiator that runs uninterrupted through the whole track has no effects on it."

Bad Gear - Korg Monotribe - Where’s Version 2???


video upload by AudioPilz

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Korg Monotribe Analogue Ribbon Station. Is the successor to this analog groovebox, bigger sibling of the Monotrons and acid version of a classic Electribe long overdue? Where's Version 2???

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:11 Overview Korg Monotribe
01:49 Oscillator & Filter
02:22 Envelope
02:43 LFO
03:18 Ribbon Controller
03:45 Sequencer
04:52 Drum Section
05:11 What else???
05:41 Hate
06:10 Jam 1
07:05 Jam 2
07:53 Finale
08:21 Verdict
09:31 Patreon Vocoder Shoutout"

05- The Korg ARP 2600M- The ARP filter!


video upload by AutomaticGainsay

"Here is a demonstration of the sound and functionality of the second filter type found on the Korg ARP 2600M. This is patterned after the filter that is most typically found on the 'orange and black' ARP 2600."

AutomaticGainsay Korg ARP 2600M posts

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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