Liven Lofi 12 - Old School Breakbeat Slicing & Stretching

video upload by ChrisLody

0:00 Answering your questions
3:10 Cutting breakbeats into separate hits
7:18 Sample start position automation

"Here's a nice nerdy one about the new Sonicware Liven Lofi-12 sampler. This will seem very familiar to anyone that's watched my Volca Sample video on the same subject because it uses the same method but it's less complex to setup on the Lofi-12

It's equip with a decent set of tools that we can use to create some interesting effects like old school beat slicing, stretching and pitch shifting

Here is the BPM calculator I mentioned:
https://toolstud.io/music/bpm.php
1 bar of 75bpm audio is 3.2 seconds
3.2 seconds / 4 seconds max recording time = 0.8
10000 maximum slice points * 0.8 = 8000
So the end of a 75bpm drum loop is at 8000 in the sample edit mode

128 values / 16 steps = 8
So to spread a sample across 16 steps program the Start setting onto the steps like this:
0, 8, 16, 24, 32, 40, 48, 56, 64, 72, 80, 88, 96, 104, 112, 120"

The Sound of Depeche Mode - Stripped - E-MU Emax SE Sampling Synthesizer

video upload by RetroSound

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One of my favorite songs from Depeche Mode from the album Black Celebration (1986)

I used the E-MU Emax SE Sampling Synthesizer (1986) for all sounds incl. the drums.
Like usual is this not a exact cover. My interpretation of this great track.

The E-MU Emax was one of the most used sampling synthesizers of the late 80s. Here is the full Emax playlist with a lot sampling sound demos, sampling tutorials and one synth demo tracks.
E-MU Emax Playlist:"

Arturia MINI FREAK Demo & Review

video upload by musictrackjp

Sandcastles ( Dirtywave M8 )

video upload by Avrilcadabra

"Little track made entirely on M8's wavesynth.

Hi all, made some sand castle patterns in the oscilloscope fun to sometimes when you are lacking motivation. Square waves are also cool.

Gear used. Dirtywave M8

Avrilcadabra preset packs - https://www.dropbox.com/s/tt22qvn6o4v..."

Sequential Prophet 5 Rev3.2 Owned By Dwayne Goettel Of SKINNY PUPPY

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via this auction

You might remember the recent break-in at Malekko Heavy Industries posted here, and on Malekko.

Joshua Holley is selling his Sequential Prophet-5 Rev3.2 previously owned by the late Dwayne Goettel of Skinny Puppy to recoup funds.

From the lising:

"Ugh, this suuucks...but here we go.

Up for sale is Dwaynes old P5 Rev 3.2 (no MIDI)

I purchased this a while back non functioning and restored it back to playing condition. I left the keyboard chassis and keys with black spots from touring back in the day so it's super cool to see. The keys aren't perfectly level..for some reason I decided to keep it as close to original as possible...just functioning perfectly. cEvin signed it and dated 2003..its still there and puts a smile on my face when I play it. The only reason I'd consider selling this is due to a theft at my shop..there will be lots if instruments up for sale. Read about it in the link below."

malekkoheavyindustry.com/grotw-art/

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Soundtoys 5.3.8 On the Master Bus - Presentation

video upload by sonicstate

Soundtoys Black Friday Sale

"Tony from SoundToys gives us some ideas for processing on the master bus, with Soundtoys 5.3.8 now running in Native Apple Silicon. Of course, there are deals at present with the Black Friday offers running until the 28th November - up to 80% individual plug-ins and 55% off SoundToys 5 (21 plug-ins including Effect Rack) and also upgrades.

00:00:00 Start
00:00:38 M1 native
00:03:06 Effect Rack
00:05:38 Before and after
00:08:55 Decapitator
00:14:43 SIE-Q
00:17:22 Radiator
00:21:41 Recycle control
00:24:01 Echo Boy
00:32:51 After Effect Rack

Exclusive extra content on Patreon
https://patreon.com/sonicstate"

Therevox Ondes VCO + Hakken Continuumini

video upload by John Schussler

"My uCVC module has arrived from Evaton Tech. It's a CV converter that takes the USB output of the Hakken Audio Continuumini (little sibling to the Hakken Continuum keyboard) and breaks it into usable CV outputs.

I got it specifically to use with the Ondes VCO, because the original Ondes Martenot after which the Ondes VCO is modelled used a...well what to me appears to be a ring on a string. So a continuous pitch movement rather than quantized by keys. I already had the Continuumini, so figured it should be a perfect match.

This is me running through the various voices on the Ondes VCO and different pitch ranges on the Continuumini to see what we get.

For a sequencer-based demo, see my earlier video on the Ondes VCO:"

Ondes VCO from Therevox - Ondes Martenot in Eurorack format

video upload by John Schussler

"This is a first look at the Ondes VCO. It just arrived, and I'm so pleasantly surprised by the sound that I figured I'd put a quick video up so others can hear it as well.

It's not a 'standard' VCO. Based on the Ondes Martenot, each of its voices are, on the one hand, traditional (sine, square, triangle), and on the other specifically treated to give a sound that's unique. And because it allows for onboard mixing of waves, all sorts of variety is possible.

I'll dig in deeper later, but for now, have a listen to some of the very particular voices that come out of this module.

Sequence from Stochastic IG. Envelope from Zadar.

00:00 Intro
00:20 Individual voices
01:28 Slow sequence
05:19 Add reverb and delay
09:16 Fast sequence
10:55 Tighter envelope"

New Loops Granular Spheres Pads VPS Avenger Expansion

video upload by New Loops

"New Loops presents Avenger Granular Spheres – a new Avenger expansion pack with one hundred granular pad presets. You’ll find a wide selection of ambient pads, atmospheric soundscapes, cinematic ambiances, and pad textures."

Granular Spheres Atmospheres VPS Avenger Presets

"New Loops releases Avenger Granular Spheres (Avenger Expansion) with 40% off intro offer

New Loops has announced the release of Avenger Granular Spheres (Avenger Expansion).

Here's what they say:

'New Loops presents Avenger Granular Spheres – a new Avenger expansion pack with one hundred granular pad presets. You'll find a wide selection of ambient pads, atmospheric soundscapes, cinematic ambiances, and pad textures. Each one of these Anvenger presets has 5 macros assigned for amp attack, amp release, granular speed, delay, and reverb. The mod wheel controls the lowpass filter, and aftertouch controls the granular grain size. Avenger Granular Spheres is perfect for lush ambient backing pads, mysterious ambiances, cinematic atmospheres, film score textures, game score atmospheres, ethereal pads, and more.'

Intro Price: £14.99 until December 1st 2022 (Reg. £24.99). You can also get an extra 30% off orders over £39 at newloops.com."

Yamaha SY35 FM/AWM Synthesizer - Part 3 - Programming

video upload by Runningonair

Yamaha SY35 FM/AWM Synthesizer Runningonair posts

"In this video I get into the programming and try to come with a few decent sounds.

I also created an accompanying track, which just uses sounds from the SY35 (plus a vocal sample). The majority of effects are from the SY35 too. I have added compression and EQ, as well as doing a basic mastering job.

Let me know what you think of the synth in comments. I've been pleasantly surprised by it!"

Melatonin Sine Machine Additive Synthesizer w/ Hundreds of Oscillators

video uploads by Melatonin

via Melatonin

"Sine Machine is a new kind of additive synth

Sine Machine’s engine delivers an order of magnitude more oscillators than is reasonable for any synthesizer to have.

Hundreds of dots light up as you play. Each dot is an active oscillator. But don’t worry, they’ll only sip CPU…

Want the odd harmonics to fade out faster? Want to delay the upper harmonics? You can sculpt your dream sound with the envelope editor and visualize each change you make to your sound.

Be a control freak

Want to set the release time for Harmonic 14 to exactly 2.9 seconds?

You can do that. Each harmonic has its own amplitude envelope (DADSHR).

Play it by ear

Sometimes you just want to play. Thousands of knobs can be daunting…. especially when half of them don’t seem to change the sound at all!

Sine Machine lets you see and hear every change. There’s no need to remember where the One Knob That Actually Does Something is hiding (currently, there are no knobs at all).

Rooted in psychoacoustics

From the default 1/f amplitude profile of the volume bars to morphing exponential curves of envelopes — each parameter is custom ranged and tuned to help you make beautiful sounds for other humans.

Built from first principles
This is not a kitchen sink collection of off-the-shelf dsp building blocks.

Effects aren’t the same-old audio effects slapped on top. They are an intimate part of the synthesis engine itself. This gives you access to brand new sonic frontiers and per-harmonic effects never before possible.

Just a Microsecond

Sine Machine’s performance tolerances are measured in μs.

The engine is backed by hundreds of automated tests running across dozens of sample rates on MacOS, Windows and Linux.

Cleanest oscillators in town

Digital wavetable and FM synths work hard to filter and hack around noisy aliasing. Sine Machine is in full control of each and every harmonic, so it’s trivial to never produce a frequency over Nyquist."