Arp Solus - repaired...

video upload by noddyspuncture

"I just repaired this Arp Solus. Many years ago I was loaned an Arp Axxe. I didn't like it... but I think this Solus is quite nice."

Chase Bliss Generation Loss mkii vs Empress Zoia's Shallow Water patch (synth & guitar demo)

video upload by MKDVB

"Shooting out analog warble vibes with the new Chase Bliss Generation Loss mkii vs Empress Zoia's Deep Water patch (a stereo Shallow Water imitation).

Comparing anything vs the Empress Zoia is tricky because it can basically be anything. I've always wanted a stereo Shallow Water so the Deep Water patch on the Zoia intrigued me. And of course, I had to jump all over the Chase Bliss Generation Loss mkii when it was announced.

This video tests these pedals on various synths like the Sequential Prophet Rev 2, Roland Juno 106, and guitar. For this shoot-out, I dropped the signal to proper levels and impedance using Avedis MD7 preamps.

00:00 In Search Of Stereo Shallow Water
01:27 Zoia "Deep Water" + Juno 106
03:47 Chase Bliss Generation Loss mkii + Juno 106
04:30 Audition Tape Models A
08:46 Adding Back Hi End Freqs
09:36 Sequential Prophet Rev 2 + CB GL mkii
10:27 Audition Tape Models B
13:43 CB GL mk ii + Guitar
15:43 Zoia "Deep Water" + Guitar
18:03 Zoia "Deep Water" + Rev 2
20:30 Shootout GL mkii vs Shallow Water?"

Arturia MiniLab 3 | How To Make a Track & How to Control External Device

video upload by Arturia

"Tune in to explore MiniLab 3 music production potential with its awesome software bundle. In this quick video guide, Lena shows you how to use Loopcloud drums, The Gentelman piano, Analog Lab Intro, and finally, MiniLab's 3 features to create your own track from scratch.

_CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:46 Drums from Loopcloud
02:16 Recording pads with Analog Lab
03:13 Recording keys with Analog Lab
04:36 Recording piano with The Gentelman
05:39 Recording bass with Analog Lab
06:22 Recording vocals"

MiniLab 3 | How To Control External Device


"In this video Lena shows you how to control your external synthesizer with MiniLab 3, using its keyboard, faders, and knobs to control pitch and various parameters of your instrument's signal path, as well as exploring how to assign CC values with Midi Control Center.

_CHAPTERS
00:00 Intro
00:36 Basic Setup
00:50 Connection & Settings
01:26 Controlling the pitch
02:21 CC values & sound engine control"

Polyend Play Tutorial // Seven Levels of Randomization

video upload by Polyend

"Here are some different ways to use the Chance/Action settings, from basic to complex. Chance is a unique and deep feature that can do anything from help you breathe new life into your drum beats to create an exciting generative melody.

Read more about the Chance/Action feature on our blog - https://polyend.com/whats-up/polyend-..."

KORG Dipole v2 by Sinevibes - with KORG prologue

video upload by Sinevibes

"Dipole by Sinevibes is a through-zero flanger effect plugin for KORG prologue, minilogue xd and NTS-1. Product page: https://www.sinevibes.com/korgdipole"

KORG Dipole v2 by Sinevibes - with Elektron Digitakt


KORG Dipole v2 by Sinevibes - with Roland SP 404 mkII


"Dipole is a through-zero flanger plugin for KORG prologue, minilogue xd and NTS-1. It combines two delay lines, with one able to run earlier or later in time relatively to the other, plus a switching feedback signal routing. Right around the zero time difference between the delays, this algorithm produces a “jet fly-by” effect with positive feedback – or full sound cancellation with negative feedback. Originally, through-zero flanging was achieved using a pair of tape machines, by playing two copies of the same recording and then manually controlling the difference in tape speed and position. Here, an LFO with a sine waveform is used to periodically sweep the effect’s time difference parameter."

TB-303 redux: GeoSync TB Super-O vs. Acid Rain Chainsaw

video upload by John Schussler

"I got ahold of a couple modules from GeoSync recently, the TB Super-O triple VCO and the TB-EFA filter/VCA. I also have an Acid Rain Chainsaw, and it occurred to me to wonder how the Chainsaw would do as a 303 source for the TB-EFA. How different might they be?

Of course they're different, but y'know, how exactly?

As with so many of my videos, this is just me trying to answer a random question of comparison between two modules.

Sequence from Stochastic IG. Envelope from Zadar.

00:00 Intro
00:20 Super-O saw
03:32 Chainsaw saw
05:06 Square waves
06:57 Drive control
10:00 With Godeater"

Hardware Jams Distortion Challenge

video upload by Dj Puzzle

"It starts out pretty nasty. Give it a minute to develop. I have two distortion pedals in this one. A WMD Geiger Counter and a cheap $20 distortion I found on Amazon.

Running the Korg Volca through the cheap distortion and some drums through the Geiger Counter. Threw this together pretty quick."

Synth Focus: DUNE 3, making generative ambience

video upload by DATABROTH

check out my wavetables and presets at https://gumroad.com/databroth
join my Patreon https://www.patreon.com/databroth

Modular Jam 2022 Nov 12

video upload by O.Z. Hall

"I'm using the Korg ARP 2600 for the main sequence and clock. I have a secondary sequence on the 5U format Modular.

The lead voice is also on the modular. A few specific modules that I'm using:
Electro-Smith CEM3340 VCO
Electro-Smith SSM-2044 OTA filter (Prophet 5, Rev 3).
a Serge Resonant Equalizer
a wave folder
The looping envelope on the Z506 Swiss Daisy DSP, modulating"

Low Pass Gates Reimagined! // Steady State Gate from Steady State Fate

video upload by DivKid

"Here we have the new Steady State Gate Eurorack module from Steady State Fate (SSF). It's a deconstructed and expanded take on the classic 'low pass gate'. It breaks out the VCA and VCF elements of a low pass gate, expands the filtering, cleverly models the vactrol envelope response and 'ring' of classic LPGs and applies adjusted versions of those to the VCA and VCF. PLUS you get a whole Timbre section on the input of the module which offers musical wavefolding, saturation and a unique QAOS mode.

I've managed to filter sine waves with this (yes, really, with the QAOS mode), use the SSG as a standalone kick module, create classic Buchla plucks and bongo sounds, add tape like frequency and saturation shaping to feedback loops and lots more."

via Steady State Fate

"The Steady State Gate is a novel and discrete multi-mode Low Pass Gate including an additional stage of timbre modifying circuitries.

Features:

6db/Oct Bandpass, 6dB/Oct Lowpass and 12dB/Oct Lowpass Filter Modes
Manual Frequency Cutoff Control and CV Input
Manual Resonance (Q-FACTOR) Control and CV Input
Three Timbre Modifying Circuits - Manual Control and CV Input.
Wave Folder
Soft Saturation Overdrive
QAOS (Resonance Character Modifier)
Manual and Voltage Controlled Decay Envelope tailored to Vactrol LPG response curve.
Envelope output for self patching and controlling external modules
EXCITE Input conditions gates and triggers and external envelopes to 'pluck' the Low Pass gate
EXCITE is input level sensitive to control the dynamics and emphasis of plucking effects.
Sensitive to Envelope attack up to about 50mS
The Steady State Gate can also be used as a standalone VCF or as a stand alone VCA with high end roll off - typical of most traditional Low pass gates. With or without Timbre modifiers in play."