The Ultimate Groove Box - Modular Eurorack Synthesizer

video upload by clonzee

"Join me in 2023 as I explore the ultimate groove box: This 104hp 7u modular Synth. Modules may come and go, but the goal is to stay self contained to create all my music in this single modular synth.

Modules currently in the case:
Pamela's New Workout
Clank Chaos
After Later Buff Mult
Mutable Instruments Stages
After Later Sum + Inv
Modbap Osiris
Instruo Ts-L v2
After Later uRings
Steady State Fate Steady State Gate
Intellijel Quad VCA
Intellijel Mixup
Noise Engineering Zularic Repititor
4ms QCD
Modbap Trinity
Make Noise Maths
Intellijel Quadrax
Mutable Instruments Beads
Noise Engineering Imitor Versio
Intellijel Triatt
After Later Audio Threads
Intellijel Noise Tools
Intellijel Switch
Intellijel Quadratt
Intellijel Pedal I/o"

Intro to Modular Synthesis – Part 2 of 3: Patch Building

video upload by Robots Are Red

All parts here

"In this video we will look at building patches and all the modules you will need for both a Moog and Buchla style patch.

If you have any questions about anything covered in the video, leave a comment and I will do my best to answer.

Jump to any section of the video:
00:00 - Opening
01:08 - Sequencers/Controllers
02:25 - East Coast Synthesis
03:03 - Oscillator
06:40 - Filter
10:46 - Envelope & VCA
15:45 - West Coast Synthesis
16:34 - Wavefolder
18:32 - Low Pass Gate
21:36 - Pseudo Low Pass Gate

Special Thanks to After Later Audio for providing some modules for this video series!"

230101 - Jamuary 2023 - Lofi-12 & Volca Beats

video upload by ChrisLody

"Happy new year everyone. It's January again and that means it's also Jamuary. Will I be able to jam every day this year? Absolutely not. Every other day then? Probably not even that to be honest. I'll be straight back into being super busy as soon as my holiday is over so i'll just have to use whatever time I can squeeze these jams into.

So here's something I put together while chilling in the studio today. It was originally intended to be a synth exploration of 4 part harmony as the Lofi-12 has 4 tracks but I got a bit distracted and ended up here.

Nothing too fancy tech wise. The Beats is sync'd to the Lofi-12 via the sync sockets and the audio output is running through the Lofi-12 so I can add its reverb to the drums. All the sounds on the Lofi-12 have been made using my recent waveform banks for the Lofi-12."

Gem Equinox & Gem S2 layer control by ZOA sequencer in random play

video upload by VSMI - Vintage Synths Made in Italy

"Last year's day improvisation performance for Gem Equinox and Gem S2 layer in random sequence with ZOA iOS app | for Generalmusic lovers...
Viscount EFX100 reverb
Montarbo DREV 128 echo"

Matriarch and Melodicer

video upload by Tim Shoebridge

"Here is a brief 'typing-no-talking' demonstration of the Vermona Melodicer being used in conjunction with the Moog Matriarch and a collection of Behringer 2500 modules.

The Melodicer is really the star of the show in this video, admittedly it is an expensive module but if you are patient they do come up on the used market for good prices, that's how I bought mine.

And the Matriarch? Even though it's Moog and it sells for a lot of money it is IMHO the Bargain of the Century: Four wonderful sounding VCO's, two beautiful sounding analogue low pass transistor ladder filters in stereo configuration, two gorgeous sounding analogue bucket brigade delays in stereo configuration, and more modular patch points than you can shake a stick at. What's not to like?!"

How to make a Miami Vice inspired high speed, arpeggiated synth bass driven track

video upload by Espen Kraft

"Using the Roland Jupiter-8 to create a Jan Hammer, Miami Vice-inspired bass driven arpeggio part for my album Dreams. By layering a percussive part, with a slow attack string sound, it creates texture the momentum. All sounds in the track comes from the Jupiter-8 classic analog synth.

Album is out on all streaming platforms and Bandcamp.
https://espenkraft.bandcamp.com/album..."

The Sound of Daft Punk with Roland Juno-106 and TR-808

video upload by RetroSound

"(c)2007-23 by RetroSound
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An instrumental track from Daft Punk’s Discovery.

all synthesizer sounds: Roland Juno-106 Analog Synthesizer (1984)
drums: Roland TR-808 (1982)
recording: multi-track

The Roland Juno-106 Synthesizer from the year 1984 is a great analog synth with the typical 80s Roland sound. Often in the shadow of the brother JU-60 but the sound is different. Here can you find the full Juno-106 playlist with single sound demos and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy.
The Juno-106 playlist:"

NYE Modular Techno Livestream

video upload by Extralife

"Let's kick off 2023 with bleeps and bloops"

Exploring the Roland Jupiter 6

Exploring the Roland Jupiter 6 | What did I get myself into? video upload by MIDERA

"I spent too much money on this. I told myself I shouldn't get it. I knew I didn't need it. I knew it wouldn't add anything to my setup. I knew it would be a project... And yet, I bought it. The Jupiter 6.

The Jupiter 6 belonged to someone I know and have bought other things from. When we started our discussion, only 2 issues were known. The Master 2 knob and the ENV2 keytracking weren't working. I figured I could fix this. Then VCO MOD ENV-1 tracking wasn't working. Then, the unit wouldn't power on at all. They managed to get the power working again (the switch itself wasn't working). So I decided to go ahead with the purchase.

I drove an hour to pick it up.

I got it home and, yes, those issues persisted, but I tested it out and decided right then that this was indeed a mistake. My Prophet 10 is a better synth with less issues. Anyway, a few days passed and I decided it was time to open it up. I replaced the power switch. I tore out the 2 faders that weren't working. I cleaned them and fixed them. I cleaned out a few others that seemed to have intermittent issues.

All seemed well... until I made this video. It was at the very end of this video when I realized that Oscillator 2 has one voice that isn't working correctly. The Pulse wave is silent. Digging deeper into this, I've found that IC36C pins 4 and 5 are not receiving any voltage. This is voice C (or 3). Unfortunately, so far this is beyond my skillset to fix, but it seems something (hopefully common between these two pins, both related to Pulse wave and PWM) is not working. It's not a bad chip, because I swapped chips and the issue persists on the same location, i.e., it didn't follow the chip. One possibility is that this location is not soldered properly, and those two aren't receiving any information. I'm not sure. I'd have to delve deeper, but again, I'm just out of my depths here.

So what are my thoughts now? I'm frustrated that I put so much money into something that really needed more work than I originally thought... But then again, I've also learned a lot, like how to repair faders, how to do some basic IC chip testing.

I am shocked by people saying it's 'cold'. I don't know what that is about at all. Doesn't sound cold at all to me. It sounds like a proper Roland synth. But wow it has a ton of range. I didn't properly capture it here, but a few sounds I have made sounded like hitting a stringed instrument... it's like you can feel the electricity, where I don't often feel that way with the Prophet 10. It's really a great sounding synth. To me, it retains everything I liked about my Juno 6 and added a lot more. The only thing I really miss about the Juno 6 is the better feeling faders and the smoother cutoff when modulated.

All I can say is - I can't wait to have this thing back to 100%.

Happy New Year!"

#TS1sequencer plays with #samplers #bassdrum and claps.

video upload by bvr-instruments

"This video is dedicated to a demo with #TS1sequencer with #bassdrum #claps and #STS sample player. Each 2 ways audio are filtered with Boss SP 202 and Zoom St224.
The sampled signals are routed to the bass drum external audio input and thus side chained with the drum envelop...

Audio recorded simply with 2 channels on DSLR, one for bassdrum output and claps for the other one. Mastered with Reaper."