A Few User Tributes to Dave Smith

I have a search on Sequential that brings up daily videos. The following are some of what went up today. I thought I'd share them. One thing to remember is Dave brought us MIDI. His influence extends beyond Sequential. I thought it was fitting that someone made a tribute to that. Note some of these are tributes and some aren't. I got a kick out of the kids playing below. It's a reminder that his instruments will touch generations to come. P.S. a big part of this site is sharing what end users are doing out there with the gear we love. This post is a snapshot of some of what went up today.

First a beautiful tribute by lucafrancinimusic:


DSI video upload by lucafrancinimusic

"My humble tribute to Dave Smith. I don't know how many times I've printed a track from Rev2, especially when making retrowave sci-fi music; this synth has a special place in my heart. Sad news."

Sequential Circuit - Another Tribute

video upload by Colin Powell

"We have lost yet another synth pioneer but this time a founding father of synth technology, Dave Smith. Maybe not a familiar name to many but without his developments, including the 'Musical Instrument Digital Interface' (MIDI), electronic music would have been very different today and nowhere near as popular. Here is my tribute, using MIDI and various synths, on my iPad."

Goodbye #davesmithinstruments #sequential #midi #synth

video upload by axs203

“Take on me” Sequential prophet 5 and fender Rhodes cover
video upload by ABE GAN

Music Thing Turing Machine (Plus All Expanders!) Demo/Mega Tutorial

video upload by mylarmelodies

"Sit back and let me show you one of my favourite modules: The Music Thing Turing Machine Eurorack Module. It'll be practical, philosophical, and we'll try all its expanders: Voltages, Volts, Pulses, Vactrol Mix and more!"

▶️ Buy Music Thing module kits: https://www.thonk.co.uk/brand/music-t...
▶️ Music Thing's Site: https://www.musicthing.co.uk/

A Fistful of 3rd Wave Presets

video upload by Groove Synthesis

"These presets give you some idea of its tone and versatility. Contact us: info@groovesynthesis.com for questions or sales@grovesynthesis to pre-order.

And come see the 3rd Wave in person at NAMM ’22, June 3-5!

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 synthesizers at your fingertips.

https://www.instagram.com/groovesynth...
https://www.groovesynthesis.com"

See the Groove Synthesis label below for more.

Novation Peak & Summit: 64 Keys/Synth Presets. Sound Demo, No Talking

video upload by Anton Anru

"'Poly Station' is a collection of 64 Keys and Synths presets for Novation Peak/Summit. It includes: 31 Synths, 25 Keys, 5 Rhythmical, 3 Bells.
💾 Get the soundset: https://antonanru.sellfy.store/novation/

The bank covers a wide range of timbres:
- various keys with acoustic, FM or wavetable, digital or analog flavor...
- vintage/retro synths recreations...
- lo-fi, tape-like, noisy, detuned, flutter/wow colors...
- presets with complex modulations and movement...
- rhythmical sounds that can be synced with tempo...
- sweet and dreamy plucks and bells...
- warm, soft, gentle or cold, distant, distorted tones...

The soundset is suitable for a wide range of genres: ambient, electronica, IDM, trip-hop, lounge, downtempo, chill out, new age, cinematic, trance, deep, progressive, techno, industrial, breakbeat, breaks, jungle, drum and bass, dub and many others.

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The Beehive - 42 Oscillator Drone Synthesizer

video upload by Simon The Magpie

"42 Oscillators and the option to work on a battery. Which might make it the most convinient drone synth?"

https://www.magpiepedals.com/synths

Paraphonic modes, external mutation triggers and more - Extralife Super Sixteen Firmware v1.2

video upload by Extralife

"DOWNLOAD HERE: https://github.com/matthewcieplak/sup...

The latest firmware update for Super Sixteen is now available! Version 1.2 includes these new features:

- 2-voice paraphonic sequencing using CV as 1v/oct pitch output
- smoothed CV "LFO" mode
- use "Reset" input to trigger mutations
- note audition mode
- 4 new mutations - chord, chord (quantized), sub osc, and vibrato

For tech support with installation, please visit the thread on Mod Wiggler to read detailed instructions and post questions: https://www.modwiggler.com/forum/view...

BUY SUPER SIXTEEN: https://store.extralifeinstruments.com
READ THE DOCUMENTS: http://extralifeinstruments.com/docs/...
JOIN MY PATREON: https://patreon.com/extralife

00:00 Intro
00:40 External Mutation Triggers
03:09 Step audition mode
03:56 LFO cv mode
04:47 Paraphonic Interval Mode
06:15 Paraphonic Note Mode
08:42 Chord and Sub Osc Mutations
10:55 Turing mode with paraphonic out
13:13 Vibrato mutation
13:50 Calibrating both pitch outs"

Improv #26 for VCS3, Arp 2600, Fender Rhodes and Gongs.

video upload by R. Reger

A Bunch of Novation Circuit Beats (Tracks & Rhythm)

video upload by Gabe Miller Music

"A bunch of beats in a bunch of different genres on the Novation Circuit Tracks and Novation Circuit Rhythm, both completely standalone. Styles include hip hop / trap, drum and bass, house, and bass music."

Playing with zaTurn #002

video upload by gotharman

"Playing with another preset from the final preset bank.
www.gotharman.dk"

Vector Synth Firmware Update v2.7.5

Vector Synth gets an update.

"Since the beginning of the Vector journey, the firmware has seen big improvements, optimizations and new features. Great care was taken to make sure that all firmware upgrades are compatible with even the earliest versions of hardware, and we are committed to keep this backwards compatibility for all hardware revisions going forward.

Even those super early birds who trusted us with making it all work can enjoy the latest DSP magic.

And so another season brings another firmware update: the focus of v2.7.x is implementing several most requested features, as well as improvements to the Orbiter engine and a new filter.

The two of the three we are most proud of are the new Orbiter shapes: N-Gon and Pulse [pictured in order]. Already existing lissajous-based formulas provide smooth timbre changes, while the new shapes are designed for sharp and intricate thumping rhythms, almost to the point of timbre sequencing.

Another is the introduction of a new Formant filter [bottom pic], which brings us up to 5 filter types, up to 4 filters per voice, in a max concurrent total of 64!

Two brand new Orbiter shapes: N-gon and Pulse

New filter: Formant

Increased available Orbiter speeds

Adjustable knob speed

Adjustable pitch bend range

Added an option to set the default preset and BPM

Better MIDI Bank Select to load patches support

Damper and Sostenuto CC support

MIDI Through support

MIDI Continue support

"Dot" Delay Time added

Double-tap on a preset to load

Added an option to hide incoming MIDI CC popups

Screen brightness adjustment

Various fixes and small improvements"

And an update on production & shipping:

"As we’re going forward with our 6th batch to date, we continue to improve the process, the newest nerdy addition being scannable barcodes assigned to each Vector’s serial number sticker. We’re still in awe how much fun it is to scan a barcode during the QA procedure rather than type serial numbers by hand :)

Over the past half year we also managed to do some small upgrades to the lab, built tool organizers and revamped the place in general. Even though the component situation is still challenging, all required components for the whole batch are stockpiled and ready to be assembled into fresh Vectors."