Pitch Bend and Mod Wheel - with J3PO

video upload by J3PO

"In this video, Julian 'J3PO' Pollack discusses the pitch bend and mod wheels on synthesizers and how to use them with the most expressive technique.

Video Navigation:
00:00 Intro
01:04 Minimoog Exploration
03:53 Prophet Rev 2 Exploratio
10:49 Outro

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Julian has presets available for the Prophet Rev 2, Prophet 6, OB-6, Prophet 5/10, Omnisphere, Softube Model 84, Model 72, Arturia OB-Xa, Arturia Stage-73 and a free bank of 50 sounds for the free VST synth “OB-Xd” — all available on my website. If you're a Nord Stage 3 user, download my bank from the Nord Keyboards website. I have a sample pack, "J3PO x The Ox" (hip hop and soul keyboard and drum loops) available on Splice.

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Julian “J3PO” Pollack is a Los Angeles-based pianist/keyboardist and producer described by Timeout New York as a musician who “deftly balances virtuosity with tenderness.” Julian is known for his innovative use of keyboards and synthesizers in jazz, fusion, hip-hop, and electronic styles of music. Julian has toured extensively with the legendary artist Marcus Miller, as well as performing with artists such as Talib Kweli, David Sanborn, Michael League, Eric Harland, and others. Julian has worked closely as a sound designer with keyboard/synth companies Nord Keyboards, Sequential, and Oberheim, and has created factory presets for the Prophet 5, the Oberheim OB-X8, Take 5, Nord Stage 3, and Nord Wave 2. In addition to these hardware keyboard companies, Julian also has done sound design for Universal Audio (most recently, Opal, a new wavetable synthesizer), Softube, and Cherry Audio."

Negative Keyboard Tracking on the Waldorf Pulse

video upload by Tim Shoebridge

"This is a very very VERY brief video on the subject of filter keyboard tracking, which is something I think a lot of people new to synths don't spend enough time playing with, it can definitely add life to static sounding patches. And here in this video I demonstrate negative keyboard tracking using the rather wonderful Waldorf Pulse."

BLISTERED / 4 voice eurorack chords / stereo panning with Jolin ASHIKO / jam

video upload by BRiES

"In this patch I created 4 note chords with 4 VCOs. I routed all of them through Ashiko which is 'auto panning' the VCOs so I end up with 4 stereo pairs that's I routed through Cosmix Pro and then through a pair of stereo modulated filters for even more movement.
The VCOs I used are 2 x Generate 3, Even VCO and Moonwalker. The arp sounds are Filter 8 through 2 channels of Agogo. It's not a very complex patch but with routings like this it's important to tune the VCOs before doing anything else."

Best Ambient Synth Shootout #129: Soulsby Atmegatron - Song 1

video upload by Christian's Sonic Spaces

"This is the first song with the Atmegatron. It is a monophonic 8-bit synthesizer based on an Atmel 328P processor. The open source concept allows to install alternative firmware versions that increases the sound possibilities. This song used the alternative firmware Strings.

I used for the recording the following FX chain:
Atmegatron - Zoom MS-70CDR - Pigtronix Echolution 2 Deluxe - GFI System Specular Reverb 2. Depending on the recorded track some FX are deactivated

The signal went through a Presonus StudioLive 16.0.2 into the PC via USB for recording. To create the complete song I recorded consecutively several stereo tracks. The final song was then mastered with a bit EQ and compression on some tracks and some limiting on the master track."

Buchla Seq to Spectral

video upload by Todd Barton

"Big shout out to my Patreon patrons that keep these electrons and ad free tutorials flowing! This is a fun little use of two sequencers into the CV bands of the 296e Spectral Processor.
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd"

OB-X8 Demo

video upload by Justin Carey

"Tom Oberheim's OB-X8 demo. #oberheim. Some synths must go bye bye to make room for this one and done Analog Poly. The Prophet 10 has a spouse."

SynthAddict VEMOM #30 extended modular jam

video upload by SynthAddict

Recovery Effects - The Mystic | FM Synth Sound Explorations

video upload by Sound Isles

"The Mystic is a 2 OP FM synthesizer capable of creating complex tones, alien drones, FM sweeps, machine music, and SFX. With CV control over the carrier frequencies, modulation and delay settings the Mystic is capable of producing some otherworldly sounds.

0:00 Intro to Mysticism
0:51 description/robotic elephant
1:48 CV explorations
3:13 pressure
3:54 alien ship drone
4:37 modular + mystic
5:16 robot dance
5:49 otherworldly sounds
6:06 add reverb
7:00 into the nether

Essentially a drone machine with a dark delay circuit in a beautiful enclosure by Recovery Effects in Seattle."

Arturia MiniFreak - Monster Synth Demo (No Talking)

video upload by Mamotreco

"A long demo playing multiple patches from the new Arturia MiniFreak synthesizer.
The accompanying drum sequences are from the Roland T-8 AIRA Compact Beat Machine.

Initial impressions are good, though I need to dive deeper into all the oscillator shape options. The minikeys are ok once you get used to them, they are a bit cramped though. I have long fingers and I kept on accidently hitting the sequencer or arp button with my finger whilst playing chords with my left hand, so the Minifreak would suddenly jump into sequencer mode!

Also featuring the BBC Acorn Archimedes A3000 with RISC OS 2

#arturia #minifreak #synth

Current channel music compilation: https://mamotreco.bandcamp.com
Previous music releases available here: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com"

ARTURIA KEYSTEP DEMO & REVIEW - 10 Reasons Why This MIDI Controller Is So Popular

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

"Demo and review of ARTURIA KEYSTEP 37 USB MIDI KEYBOARD CONTOLLER, plus comparisons to the original and ARTURIA KEYSTEP PRO. I'll present 10 reasons why this has been such a success for Arturia and also some areas where it falls short.

Discussion and demon of the sequencer, arpeggiator, chord mode, inputs and outputs, modular, eurorack, keys and build quality."

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