Arturia Augmented Brass: Cinematic Ambient Walkthrough. Demo

video upload by Anton Anru

"Great news by Arturia: the new member of Augmented family has been released. Brass, a big collection of sounds: from natural to experimental.

💾 Presets for hardware synths: https://antonanru.sellfy.store/"

The Secret of Great DX7 Brass: For the DX11 also

video upload by Off The Matrix

"Yamaha's vintage FM synths are capable of amazing emulations of acoustic brass. To get the most out of a brass patch, you'll need to know how it was designed. The dynamic horn was setup for melodic lines but by changing settings it can be used for different phrasings. The video covers using the additional waveforms of the DX11 for creating trombone and trumpet patches. The importance of equalization is also covered.

The patches can be found at: https://www.offthematrix.net/shop"

FLUX prototype demo (SOMA lab)

video upload by Vlad Kreimer

"FLUX brings forth the musicality and expression of classical instruments, such as violin or vocals, enriched by new timbres and the flexibility of postmodern instruments, harnessing the power of current technology.

FLUX is a high end professional synthesizer with expressive possibilities, an innovative interface design with top quality digital-to-analog converters and analog components.

FLUX features a unique continual touchless keyboard that offers seamless control over a number of sound parameters without quantisation.

In many ways, FLUX is inspired by the Theremin, which offers the unique opportunity of controlling sound by moving your hands in the air without touching any object, all of which lends the performance a special plasticity and beauty.

Unlike the Theremin which works by virtue of the capacitive coupling of hands and antennae, FLUX is based on magnetic principles. Two magnetic bows are pressed between your fingers, and the interface is a multipolar magnetic sensor, registering the bows’ positions and movements. The X coordinate of the artist’s right-hand bow controls the note’s pitch, while the Z coordinate controls volume. The left-hand bow’s X, Y and Z coordinates control the various synthesis parameters.

Since a magnet has two poles, FLUX not only detects the bows’ spatial coordinates, but also the bows’ angle. This means that flipping the right-hand bow on the Y-axis changes the octave, which allows a range of six continuous octaves without transposing the keyboard. With transposition you can get a range from sub-bass all the way to ultrasonic. The left-right tilting of the right-hand bow on the X-axis controls two independent modulation parameters.

The left-hand bow controls the timbres. The timbral sensor, placed in the left part, has six poles, and independently registers positive and negative magnetic fields. This lets you change which parameters you control by flipping the bow, allowing you to control up to twelve independent sound parameters. Together with the pitch, volume and two additional tilt parameters on the right-hand bow, you have access to a total of sixteen sonic controls that you can use during performance, without ever touching the surface of the instrument.

Summing up the concept of FLUX: the most direct and immediate way to play with a large number of synthesis parameters in a musical way, creating a dynamic timbre composition. Different synthesis algorithms (engines) will be created as complete musical instruments for direct timbral control. All engines will be available in a single firmware and any engine can be launched in a fraction of a second. Presets will allow the user to save and recall the entire state of the synth including engine and all tunings.

We developed FLUX with the aim to create a modern instrument for academic music, offering powerful sonic tools such as distortion, complex FM and physical modelling of non-existent, surrealistic musical instruments. We invite modern performers and composers to use FLUX in their work.

FLUX works in monophonic, duophonic and polyphonic modes. Staccato-enabling and quantisation modes are available. The quantization function has an adjustment parameter for vibrato. FLUX has a stable, even, and clearly marked note scale. This makes FLUX much easier to learn and to intone cleanly than on the Theremin.

FLUX’s synthesis is DSP-based. It features built-in spatial FX. The digital-to-analog converters and the analog circuit are based on our in-house designs using Hi-End principles.

FLUX is under development. We will inform the community about the progress."

via SOMA Lab

VCV Rack Comes Full Circle Looping Back to Eurorack via 4ms' Meta Module

via Befaco

"Look mum, we are in a @4ms_company module!"

VCV Rack as you know is eurorack in software. It looks like 4ms created a VCV rack module that allows you to load VCV modules for use in hardware.

a Great Technique for Unique Pads

video upload by Omri Cohen

Want to learn Modular Synthesis? have a look here - https://bit.ly/learnmodular
Interested in more patching techniques and ideas? Have a look here - https://bit.ly/3o1Q3Sg

In this video, I experiment with a fun technique for creating beautiful and unique pads. I use the sampler from Sickozell, which is great for something like this, and works well with polyphony. It's available for free, and you can get it here - https://library.vcvrack.com/SickoCV

00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - The main idea
03:01 - Adding layers
08:56 - Creating the pad
11:26 - Adding velocity

SOLAR 42 sound demo part 1

video upload by ELTA music

"Special pre-order price until the end of September 1500 euros + Cartridge pack 12 pieces 100 euros
Pre-orders shipping at the end of October. On sale in November 2023. At a price of 1700-1800 euros. Pre-order at sales@eltamusic.com

SOLAR 42 is a unique experimental electro-music instrument, an analogue microtonal ambient drone machine. It will inspire you to find a new and spontaneous approach to composing music. No midi, no presets.
The instrument is oriented for live performances, creating film soundtracks, theatre soundtracks, atmospheric sounds, microtonal and background music. It is an improved version of the older SOLAR 50 model. The instrument was inspired by early electronic musical instruments of the 1920s and 1950s, notably Leo Theremin's «Harmonium» instrument, as well as science fiction film soundtracks.
The SOLAR 42 does not look like a classic synthesiser, which may confuse the user as it looks very complicated. In fact, it is easy to use. It has 8 voices as separate blocks, a mixer with pan and double effector, and various CV blocks.
FEATURES
Two volt octave morphing VCO voices
Multifunctional touch sensitive keypad controller.
Six drone voices with separate push-button keypad
Two white noise generators,
Two S&H generators
Five LFO generators,
5 step sequencer,
CV Joystick
Preamp for contact mic + envelope follower
Stereo mixer with panoramic left and right channels
Dual POLIVOKS filter
Dual cartridge effector combiner with CV control. Now you can load a different effect on each channel.
Stereo audio output. Dry audio outputs volt octave voices. External audio input.

POWER SUPPLY DC 12V 1A…2A
WEIGHT 5,4 KG (11,9 lb)
SIZE length 49,5 cm x depth 32 cm x height 2,9 cm (5,6 cm height including potentiometer knobs)
SOLAR SET - SOLAR 42, infinity cartridge, DC 12V2A power supply, user manual, 5 minijack patches, sticker pack.

https://www.eltamusic.com"

Olivella GRAVEDAD | Subharmonic sequencing & duophony

video upload by Olivella Modular

"Explore the undertone series and duophony with GRAVEDAD!
Headphones recommended 🎧
With GRAVEDAD's square and MASS outputs set up as two separate voices, the core of this patch is Sport Modulator 2 in a Serge-style random configuration generating an array of gates and voltages then distributed through the patch - most notably triggering envelopes and sequencing the MASS suboscillator up and down the subharmonic series, but also modulating the OCTAVE CV input and IMÁGENES' stereo panning.

Olivella Modular | Eurorack synthesizer modules designed and made in Argentina.
For retailers, contact and more info, visit https://www.olivellamodular.com/

Thanks for watching!"

Serge NTO sequence

video upload by Boele Gerkes

"Simple arpeggio with the Serge NTO and Serge Variable Q filter module.
Reverb: Happy Nerding FX Aid Pro
Delay: 4MS Dual Looping Delay"

SOUNDMIT 13 Synthesizer & Electronic Musical Instrument Expo Set for Nov 11-12 in Turin Italy

Press release follows:

SOUNDMIT 13

International Synthesizers and Electronic Musical Instruments Expo | Turin | 11-12 November 2023

11 and 12 November sees the thirteenth edition of the synthesizers and electronic instruments expo in Turin, an absolute industry reference

Saturday 11 and Sunday 12 November 2023 will see the new edition of the international exhibition of synthesizers, electronic musical instruments, and music technology Soundmit in Turin.

Having reached the milestone of its thirteenth edition, Soundmit in Turin returns for two days of live music, instrument expos, showcases, workshops, and masterclasses of the highest level with international guests. The venue of the event will be the Toolbox Co-working in Via Agostino da Montefeltro 2, already the location of the successful previous edition with over forty international brands on display, numerous talks by the event's partners, and no less than twenty-three concerts.

Soundmit is the Italian trade fair dedicated to synthesizers and new audio and music production technologies. Active from 2011 to 2016 under Torino Synth Meeting, 2017 it became Soundmit - International Sound Summit to expand the offer to the public and participating companies. It speaks the language of synthesizers, pro audio, DJ gear, effects and guitar effects, music production software, daw, plugins, and studio gear.

Over the years, Soundmit has boasted collaborations with major media in the sector and with Italian and foreign institutional partners such as the Italian Trade Agency, Politecnico di Torino, Politecnico di Milano, Università di Roma Tor Vergata, Dams of the University of Turin, Arduino (the new edition will be held at Arduino's headquarters in Turin), London School of Sound, Audio Developer Conference, SynthFest France, and many others. The highlight of the thirteenth edition will be the new partnership with the AES - Audio Engineering Society, which will run some specialized seminars.

Furthermore, Soundmit is a signatory to Keychange.eu. This European project aims to create a more inclusive music industry for present and future generations through a professional development program for underrepresented talent, a commitment to gender balance, and a manifesto to influence policy. This is Soundmit's manifesto for Keychange.

Tickets on sale online on the Ticket.it circuit

Single ticket | https://sndmt.link/LhABI
Subscription | https://sndmt.link/SjSaZ

Macro Temporal (official video)

video upload by nbor

"Macro Temporal from '3', available on Bandcamp. https://nbor.bandcamp.com/album/3
A single take through a single looper...but I augmented the performance by taking large chunks of the 'unlooped' audio from the synthesizer and and re-arranging it in time against the looped audio."