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Desk Jam No. 2

video upload by Slightly Nasty

"Slighty Nasty Modular and very crusty tape echo.

Felt like doing something a little more primitive this week. Ping-pong tape echo from the Akai 4000DB and some very worn-out tape, all sounds coming from the modular patch."

Wersi CX-5 12 Bit Drum Machine

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video upload by hi there its me

Note this video is from 2019. The listing below is for another. This is the first video of one to be featured on the site. BTW, if you saw this post earlier, that post was lost in an edit. This is a new post. Also see the update in this post for some additional info on the Wersivoice fx cards.

"Vintage drum computer fully programmable
- recorded thru stereo out with preset pan and pad volume
- no effects added
- 8-10bit (?) sound, full pitch with beautiful digital artefacts when playing lower notes
- one analog Sound (Synth Tom)"

via this auction

"German drum machine from the 80s.

very comprehensive and great sounding, in the like of classics like the Oberheim DMX, Sequential Circuis DrumTraks or LinnDrum.

There are 26 sound including one analog synth drum.

You get 8 seperate outputs, midi, tape, sync and a connector to plug drum pads to trigger the sounds.

But most of all there is the fader that enables global control of the pitch.

It’s a nightmare to program but you can simply plug a midi keyboard, pad or computer and you can play the 26 instruments, with velocity.

Unit was serviced and is fully operational."

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Top 3 Favorite Modulation Sources Picked by Our Pals Omri Cohen, Stazma, and The Unperson.

video upload by Perfect Circuit

"Modulation is one of the most important aspects of a modular synthesizer: it's what makes your sounds move and change over time. It's the way that you take control of your sounds. It's the way you bring sounds to life.

So picking the right modulation sources for your music is critical—but there are a LOAD of options out there. We reached out to a few of our friends to hear what THEIR favorite modulation sources are, and how they use them in their music...and this video is what they had to say.

The gear from the video:
Omri's pick—Malekko Voltage Block: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/malekk...
Stazma's pick—Tiptop Buchla 266t: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/tiptop...
The Unperson's pick—Make Noise Maths: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/make-n...

Read more about the gear in the video on our blog, Signal: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/signal...

Intro with Wes 00:00
Omri Cohen's Pick 01:26
Stazma's Pick 06:55
The Unperson's Pick 12:46
Outro with Wes 17:40"

"Resonator network", Preset for Gotharman's LD3

video upload by Meska

"Since the last update and the posibility to modulat the SPAN parameter of the resonant EQ, i make a preset, with 7resonant EQ in series i build a resonator network.
The exiter is noise burst, prodiuce by the clap oscilator models going in to a bandpassfilter.
You can change the sound prodiuce with the folowing knob:
knob 1 : exiter filtering
Knob 2 : attaque of exiter

Knob 4 : feedback of resonator
Knob 5 : Attaque of the filtering envelop

Morph: resonator geometrie

DL the preset here : https://uploadnow.io/f/MGvgGxC
(preset O60, end of the preset list, scroll up )"

What is Modulation? (Modular Synth 101 | Part 9)

video upload by Musical Miscellany (Poorness Studios)

"For the next episode in this introduction to modular synth, I take a closer look at modulation. Everyone always talks about it, but what is it? Modulation is simply using a signal to control another signal. It's a simple concept but it puts the fun in modular synthesis."

Additional posts in the series: Musical Miscellany (Poorness Studios) Modular Synth 101

Meeting An Experimental Music Instrument Designer - Lomond Campbell

video upload by LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER

"A lovely week up in Fort William Scotland! with @lomondcampbell3615"

Melodicer vs. Black Sequencer - one or both?

video upload by John Schussler

"I haven't spent much time with the Erica Synths Black Sequencer, and I noticed in a thread the other day somebody mentioning it serving as a substitute for the Vermona Melodicer.

Say what? I have a Melodicer, and it's the cat's meow. Can it really be supplanted by the Erica Synths offering?

They're big modules, so it's worth asking the question. Which is what you have here...me asking the question of whether I keep both or just one.

Source VCO is an Acid Rain Chainsaw. No envelope, just the output gates from the sequencer’s going to a Bard tube LPG.

00:00 Intro
00:20 Vermona
02:21 Black Sequencer
10:29 Tiebreaker"

Oberheim OB-X8 w/ OB-Xa/OB-8 Style Blue Pin Stripe Overlay

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"Comes as if it were straight from Oberheim factory with one awesome addition, a black and blue synth overlay to give those true 80s oberheim vibes! The synth overlay is merely resting on top under the knobs, not permanent by any means and easily changeable for whatever your needs may be. An absolute killer synth that oozes Oberheim tone for days."

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