A New Look at the Polyend Play as a DAWless Centrepiece

video upload by Starsky Carr

"A run-through of its main functions with a deep dive into its MIDI capabilities. With 8 CCs to control per channel and 32 channels its no slouch!

0:00 Demo Track #1 Its the Polyend Play and The Blofeld
1:07 Thanks to Perfect Circuit
1:52 Not so 'Brief' overview of what it does
7:35 Demo Track #2 Back to the Old School
9:53 Main Modes
10:41 Let's talk about its MIDI capabilities
13:09 Demo Track #3 As a MIDI Centrepiece
14:48 Ideas for variation
16:16 Demo Track #4 Play Modes
17:02 MIDI CC control - 8 per channel
19:21 Playing Chords
20:33 MIDI Keyboard... It's a controller
21:01 Wrapping Up"

Chill generative synthwave beats w/ Roland J-6 and M8 tracker

video upload by Arman Bohn

"This week’s generative jumble has more of a beat than the last few weeks. Trying to pick up a little energy for the approaching spring.

The M8 is in charge here … sending MIDI note data to the J-6 which is supplying the backup chords."

Cherry Audio Mercury 6 Pet Shop Boys Love Comes Quickly VST Synthesizer Cover

video upload by Rik Marston Official

"Cherry Audio Mercury 6 - Pet Shop Boys - Love Comes Quickly
*Watch in HD* *No Talking!* *Turn It Up!!!*
Cherry Audio Mercury 6 VST ONLY sounds performing a cover
version of Pet Shop Boys hit single "Love Comes Quickly".
This was sequenced & arranged on Ableton LIVE for FUN.
I love this song so much I wondered what I could do with just
using the Cherry Audio Mercury 6 for all tracks except for drums.
End result is a bit muddy but it was so fun to do I had to share it!
I used the RVK-808 for the drums which I made my own drum pattern.
Roland TR-808 sound & vibe rockin' the tempo set at 108 BPM!
Here are some preset sound patches I used:
Bass: Early 80's Bass
Melody: Brassy Lead
ARP: Attitude ARP
Pads: Analog Layers
Thank you for watching!"

MiMa's cover of Airwolf Theme (extended mix)

video upload by mima85

"Here's my cover of the theme of the famous 80ies TV series Airwolf. I choose to cover the extended version, as I found it more interesting. No sequencing used, all played by hand (even bass and arpeggio parts) expect the rythm which I sequenced into my DAW. I also added a personal touch in the central part, where I put a melody (played on the Yamaha DX-7) that is absent in the original. Every time I listened to that section of the song I heard that melody in my head, so I decided to put it in my cover.

Like with the others of my last videos, this is not really a live show, I reconstructed the entire song from scratch part by part, then I filmed myself playing them, this time even from various angles. The audio is all from the rebuilt song, not from the filmed parts.

By the way, three of the four instruments I used this year turn 40, which are the Oberheim OB-8, the Roland Jupiter 6 and the Yamaha DX-7. All of them are from 1983, so this video can be meant as a way to celebrate them :-)"

A4 Revisited | Sound Demos

video upload by Tim Shoebridge

"Here are just a few noodles I put together (and remembered to record!) when I was playing around with the A4's sequencers."

Follow-up to this post.

Random Hordijk

video upload by Todd Barton

"I love the innate feel of Rob Hordijk's random circuits. He was a true treasure."

DX5 Performing Depeche Mode "Stripped"

video upload by DX5

"Instrumental cover. Excerpt of one of my live streamings. Sound is a bit improved over the last uploaded isolated cover of this song (in 2009!).
Gear used:
Emu Emax.
Emu Emax II.
Composed by Martin L. Gore.
Performed by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

Human Nature - @MichaelJackson Cover

video upload by Electric Vibes

"Instrumental cover #vintagesynth"

"Ooh La La" by Goldfrapp, cover with 6 Korg Volcas (Bass/Sample/Kick/Keys/Modular/FM)

video upload by Mattelica

""Ooh La La" by Goldfrapp, cover with 6 Korg Volcas (12 step) Volca Bass, Volca Sample, Volca Kick (2nd bass), Volca Keys, Volca Modular, Volca FM to a Yamaha MG10xu with internal FX (early reflection) to a Canon 6D with a 50mm 1.4 lens."

A4 Revisited

video upload by Tim Shoebridge

"This is my second look at the GRP Synthesiser A4. This time in glorious 4K so you can see a detailed view of the front panel of this wonderful looking instrument!"