Monday, November 21, 2022
Metunar Live Set - Fresh Paint - Track 04
video upload by Metunar
"Another track of my Modular Synthesizer Live Set from 2022.
Project = Fresh Paint
Song = Track 04
Stile = Some kind of Electro.
Setup = The Dave Rossum sampler Assimil8or plays 8 loops with different length. In the modular i mix these loops live together and add some effects.
This set can also be used with a quadrophonic PA.
http://www.metunar.ch"
Hillwood SY-1800 Analog Synth
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video upload by ohm_studi_ohm
You can find another demo previously posted here.
via this auction
"This is probably the rarest and strangest bird I've met. You may think it's a kind of simple monophonic analog 1 oscillator synth like the Roland SH 2000, but there is more than meets the eye. It took me some time to understand what's going on and to this day I am still not sure exactly how it works but it looks like the oscillator is a kind of very early FM based oscillator. Check the video, especially the "bell" presets and you'll know what I mean.
Tone is shaped by 3 faders labelled "Fundamental", "Overtone" and "Brillance", and these are interconnected.
There is a simple envelope which works as attack decay (labelled "attack" and "sustain") by default but can be switched to attack release by the push of a button ("sustain long"). Funny thing is the attack fader is inverted compared to classic synth topology: when raising the fader the attack gets shorter.
All the presets have their own envelope setting and depending on the presets the attack and decay faders do not behave exactly the same, ie the envelope faders do not totally overide the presets envelope.
You can also have the envelope assigned to the filter by switching on "VCF expand", and control the envelope to VCF amount with the "Expand" fader.
The "Expand Envelope" seems to invert the VCF envelope. It's quite efficient on some presets and not on others.
"Touch portamento" switch is actually a key retrigger option. When activated envelope retriggers on every key stroke (low note priority) otherwise the envelope is legato. So it has nothing to do with the "portamento" fader which is indeed a portamento effect. "Gride" is basically a pitch bend (upwards only).
"Growl" switch adds... growl: it adds a kind of brassy attack to the sound. Not efficient on every preset but can add to the realism of the sound on others.
There is also a LFO which can be delayed (it's more like a slow attack then a proper delay), consisting of either pulse or triangle wave shape, that can be assign to "vibrato", "wow", "chorus", "tremolo", and you can have the envelope repeat on the lfo speed thanx to the "repeat" switch.
And finally there is a noise generator with dedicated fader level and a "Noise only" switch that is self-explanatory.
This makes for a uncommon and interesting monophonic synthesizer. Very expressive in my opinion, once you managed to tame it.
I did service this one as much as I could but without any information and service manual it's hard to be sure it's sounding as it should. There are like 15 trimpots inside to calibrate the synth and you definitely can hear most are changing tone and harmonics.
Anyway it seems to fully function, it's scaled and tuned and it sounds great but again I can not be 100% sure it's sounding as it was intended.
Cosmetic wise the synth is in good condition, especially considering the rather cheap build quality. But of course it has some scuffs here and there."
video upload by ohm_studi_ohm
You can find another demo previously posted here.
via this auction
"This is probably the rarest and strangest bird I've met. You may think it's a kind of simple monophonic analog 1 oscillator synth like the Roland SH 2000, but there is more than meets the eye. It took me some time to understand what's going on and to this day I am still not sure exactly how it works but it looks like the oscillator is a kind of very early FM based oscillator. Check the video, especially the "bell" presets and you'll know what I mean. Tone is shaped by 3 faders labelled "Fundamental", "Overtone" and "Brillance", and these are interconnected.
There is a simple envelope which works as attack decay (labelled "attack" and "sustain") by default but can be switched to attack release by the push of a button ("sustain long"). Funny thing is the attack fader is inverted compared to classic synth topology: when raising the fader the attack gets shorter.
All the presets have their own envelope setting and depending on the presets the attack and decay faders do not behave exactly the same, ie the envelope faders do not totally overide the presets envelope.
You can also have the envelope assigned to the filter by switching on "VCF expand", and control the envelope to VCF amount with the "Expand" fader.
The "Expand Envelope" seems to invert the VCF envelope. It's quite efficient on some presets and not on others.
"Touch portamento" switch is actually a key retrigger option. When activated envelope retriggers on every key stroke (low note priority) otherwise the envelope is legato. So it has nothing to do with the "portamento" fader which is indeed a portamento effect. "Gride" is basically a pitch bend (upwards only).
"Growl" switch adds... growl: it adds a kind of brassy attack to the sound. Not efficient on every preset but can add to the realism of the sound on others.
There is also a LFO which can be delayed (it's more like a slow attack then a proper delay), consisting of either pulse or triangle wave shape, that can be assign to "vibrato", "wow", "chorus", "tremolo", and you can have the envelope repeat on the lfo speed thanx to the "repeat" switch.
And finally there is a noise generator with dedicated fader level and a "Noise only" switch that is self-explanatory.
This makes for a uncommon and interesting monophonic synthesizer. Very expressive in my opinion, once you managed to tame it.
I did service this one as much as I could but without any information and service manual it's hard to be sure it's sounding as it should. There are like 15 trimpots inside to calibrate the synth and you definitely can hear most are changing tone and harmonics.
Anyway it seems to fully function, it's scaled and tuned and it sounds great but again I can not be 100% sure it's sounding as it was intended.
Cosmetic wise the synth is in good condition, especially considering the rather cheap build quality. But of course it has some scuffs here and there."
Teisco Teischord
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via this auction
Video previously posted here.
"Rare all transistor japanese organ from the 60s. Very nice looking and sounding combo organ. Lots of footages for such a small size and lightweight organ."
via this auction
Video previously posted here.
"Rare all transistor japanese organ from the 60s. Very nice looking and sounding combo organ. Lots of footages for such a small size and lightweight organ."
Keynote Auto Rhythm MR-101 Analog Drum Machine
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"All analog japanese drum machine from the 70s. Classic sounds and patterns from this era. Very nice sounds and inspiring patterns (20 in total). There is a balance knob that can fully mute the hi hat and cymbal, very handy for more variations. Also a sustain knob controls decays of the instruments except for cymbals and offers a wider range of sound (from a deeper kick to a very tight one for instance). All in all a very charming box. It has been serviced and is fully working. Like on all those boxes there is a slight hum in the background due to the power transformer but it is not a problem neither on stage nor in the studio."
via this auction
"All analog japanese drum machine from the 70s. Classic sounds and patterns from this era. Very nice sounds and inspiring patterns (20 in total). There is a balance knob that can fully mute the hi hat and cymbal, very handy for more variations. Also a sustain knob controls decays of the instruments except for cymbals and offers a wider range of sound (from a deeper kick to a very tight one for instance). All in all a very charming box. It has been serviced and is fully working. Like on all those boxes there is a slight hum in the background due to the power transformer but it is not a problem neither on stage nor in the studio."
Technics SX-WSA1 1995 Acoustic Modeling Synthesizer
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via this auction
"Technics WSA1, 1 of only 600 in existence. Comes equipped with a Gotek USB floppy emulator filled with a library of sound banks...
Released in 1995 and in addition to classic analog and digital synth sounds, the WSA1 is very unique in its acoustic modeling capability, competing with the tech of the time from the Korg MOSS and Yamaha VL1.
via this auction
"Technics WSA1, 1 of only 600 in existence. Comes equipped with a Gotek USB floppy emulator filled with a library of sound banks...
Released in 1995 and in addition to classic analog and digital synth sounds, the WSA1 is very unique in its acoustic modeling capability, competing with the tech of the time from the Korg MOSS and Yamaha VL1.
Roland RS-505 49-Key Paraphonic Synthesizer
RF Modula analog jam psychedelic techno 128bpm
video upload by Radical Frequencies Modular
"128 bpm psychedelic techno analog jam with the RF Modular . kick - snare and hats are analog and mixed through the transistor mixer.
The hats are made by feeding a noise through 12db multi vcf in bandpass mode and RF Vcadsr envelopes.
The bass is the AD multi Vco saw wave into SH vcf .
The fm lead is the 2 sine waves of dpvco into mixer and transistor out and then into RF waveshaper .
The is a 303 acid line too from cyclone not visible in this video .
Sequences and triggers from Beatstep pro . The RF VC adsr envelopes are voltage controlled in decay and release from RF Lucky Voltages"
Synthesis Basics: How To Ring Mod, FM, and AM
video upload by Patchwerks
"In this video we talk about 3 types of common modulation used in synthesis. Ring modulation, frequency modulation, and amplitude modulation. Learn how to do it and what it sounds like.
Get the Intellijel Ring Modular here: https://bit.ly/ring_mod_int
Get the Sputnik Variable Waveform Generator here: https://bit.ly/sputnik_waveform_gener...
Get the ALA Beehive (Plaits) here: https://bit.ly/ala_beehive
Get the Mordax Data here: https://bit.ly/mordaxDATA
https://patchwerks.com/
Video by: Matthew Piecora ( EZBOT), Steven Ly (Project 32)
https://www.ezbot.live"
LABELS/MORE:
After Later,
eurorack,
Intellibent,
MATRIXSYNTH Members,
Mordax,
Sputnik,
synth tutorials
The Rare Moog Sanctuary
Moog Sanctuary Repair (by synthpro) video upload by synthpro
"This is a look at a very rare synth called the Sanctuary. This is bascially a rebadged Memorymoog Plus that was to be advertised/sold to churches here in the South, it was a push to help get synthesizers used in worship. This may not seem that big of a deal today with all the electronic worship music out there but this was a HUGE step back in this era."
You can find a small handful of posts mentioning the Moog Sanctuary in previous posts here.
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