The EML POLY-BOX

video upload by artoftravelogue

"This is a video to demonstrate the EML POLY-BOX. The POLY-BOX was created in the late 70's to allow polyphony and chords to the modular world. It takes an oscillator input and uses phase-lock loops and top octave divide down circuitry to give you all the notes of the western equal-tempered chromatic scale.

Using this as a processor for a Roland SH-101 is shown in this video. However, any synthesizer can be used, and one can even confuse it more when 2 or more oscillators are mixed into the input of the POLY-BOX."

Sonicware ELZ_1 play - My New Patches Demo

video upload by ChrisLody

"Full Disclosure: I occasionally take on freelance work at Sonicware on an hourly rate producing synth & sample sound design, beta testing, checking English text, video manuals etc. This video wasn't paid for directly but as a result of my work with Sonicware it is marked as Paid Promotion

I recently completed some new patches as part of the work I'm doing on the Sonicware ELZ_1 play so I thought it would be nice to demo them here as I've been asked quite a lot about it since it was first announced.

This is still prototype hardware though don't expect any radical changes at this point just refinements. Also this is unfinished firmware too so I'm not sure how many features will be added before release compared to what's shown here, but there are some nice additions like the unison setting that make playing around with the old synth engines fun too. The Super Osc is a one of the new engines so you'll see that throughout the video."

https://ja.sonicware.jp/

Synths + Pedals: Vintage Boss DSD-3 & RV-3 as delay/Reverb w/ analogue MiniMod Eurorack synth

video upload by DreamsOfWires

"Trying out 2 80’s/90’s Boss guitar pedals on simple synth notes using the 3-VCO MiniMod voice from AJH Synth for some fat Minimoog sound. This video was mainly to hear what the delay of the DSD-3 sounds like, but I thought I’d add the RV-3 on the end of the signal for some reverb too, to keep it all-guitar pedal. No post-processing, just the raw output of the pedals.
The 1987 Boss DSD-3 is apparently internally identical to the 1985 DSD-2, and shares the ‘long chip’ of the rack-mount SDE-3000. Here I’m just using it as a delay effect, but I’ll experiment with the sampling function in a future video. Excuse the typo in the on-screen titles - this was an 80's pedal, not 90's.
The 1994 Boss RV-3 however is quite a lot different from the 1987 RV-2 - a later and more advanced processor, so it’s bound to sound a little more modern, although it does seem to have that vintage digital metallic quality to the reverb tails sometimes, at least to my failing ears.
You buy these pedals for their character, not their realism, but for me they’re also pedals I wanted when I was a broke teenage guitarist back in the day, so there’s nostalgia and curiosity in them too.
The Synth: The MiniMod is a Eurorack modular synth system, accurately based on the vintage circuitry of the original R.A. Moog Minimoog. It has that huge, rich, warm sound, but with the open architecture/flexibility that modular offers.

My music is available here: https://tomorrowthecure.bandcamp.com"

TherapSID & ARMSID ASID : 3 x SIDs + FM

video upload by tubesockor

"My latest changes for the Open Source TherapSID firmware includes full ARMSID & ARM2SID support plus other enhancements to ASID and the OS:
* ASID can play & remix C64 songs using up to 3 x SIDs including FM (OPL2, FM-YAM, Sound Expander etc)
* Configuration of ARMxSIDs can be done on the fly, using an updated @twistedelectrons8404 web browser tool
* Turbo MIDI support (using Elektron TM-1 MIDI interface) to handle speeds up to 8x regular MIDI
* DeepSID updates to support the above
* Support for the third ARM2SID SID emulation in the regular synth mode, supporting 9-voice SID polyphony

0:00 Intro & overview
0:35 Playing & remixing SID + FM songs, ASID enhancements
3:34 Multi-SID & multi-speed support with Turbo MIDI
4:20 DeepSID updated
4:32 In-device ARMSID configuration using web tool
5:15 9-voice SID polyphony (over MIDI)
5:50 Improved detune mode (over MIDI)
6:02 Outro"

You can find additional demos of the ThreapSID by tubesockor here.

Synclavier Regen // The 7 stages of ownership

video upload by Starsky Carr

"It's not like other synths... it's part of music history... it's complex.. it's unique... it sounds amazing... it's a thing. I've had this for a few months now, and created a couple of tracks, made a patch bank, tried re synthesis, samples, additive synthesis, single cycle samples... whole sessions and complex partials.

Here's a rundown of my experience, what it is, how it works and how to get the most out of it. We go through a number of phases
Fascination and intrigue, confusion, understanding, discovery, exploration, acceptance before finally landing on enjoyment

https://patreon.com/starskycarr
https://starskycarr.com"

Information from EMS: A Synthetical Engine - Preliminary Notes And User Blurb

PDF document that describes the EMS filter bank.

This one was spotted and sent in via Meska via this thread on Mod Wiggler.

Here's a link to the PDF, although all pages are also captured here in this post. You can click on the images to zoom in.

From the cover:

Electronic Music Studios (London) Limited
277 Putney Bridge Road London SWI5 2PT
Telephone 0l-788 3491/2 Telex 9283 72
New York: 408 East 78th Street NY 10021
Telephone 212 734 7344 Telex42 4033

A Synthetical Engine
(DIGITAL OSCILLATOR BANK OR RATHER A
FREQUENCY DOMAINE SYNTHESIZER)
Preliminary Notes
And User Blurb

CLICK FOR MORE »

physical modeling drone synth "CALTHEMITE"

video uploads by ultra cacophony

Playlist:
CALTHEMITE features
CALTHEMITE external input
physical modeling drone synth "CALTHEMITE"

"Chalthemiteは8ボイスの物理モデリングシンセです。
ホールセンサとマグネットによる特異な操作子を備え、有機的な管楽器音を生成します。"

Googlish:
"Chalthemite is an 8-voice physical modeling synth.
Equipped with unique controls using Hall sensors and magnets, it produces organic wind instrument sounds."

This one is in via Meska.

mutable opt touch synth "LICHEN"

video upload by ultra cacophony

"LICHENは5VCO,4LFO,5VCA、組み替え可能なタッチパッドを備え、光を介したオーディオの伝達を行い一石VCAなどを含む非線形なフルディスクリート回路で構成されたシンセサイザーです

まず初め、ジャック穴のみがあるシンセを作ってみたいと思い立ちました（それはきっと美しいだろう）しかし普通POTが担う定常的な値の設定できないというのはシンセにとってあまりにも大きな縛りであるという壁に突き当たりました

そこで後に「peg」と名付けることになるプラグとLEDを組み合わせた構造を考えました　pegはジャックから供給される電圧に応じた強度で下側を照らす構造です　パネル上には光センサを配置してあり、挿し込んだpegは自由に回転するため、回転位置によってセンサに光の当たる量が変化します

pegは赤外線で信号を伝えますが、信号を視認するため可視光でも光ります(そのため室内明所で使用可能です）光は常に2方向を照らしており、操作による相互干渉を誘発します　光の角度によって3種類(60°,120°,180°）のペグがあり、どのペグをどこに挿すかによって音色が規定されます

pegは光を伝える構造であると同時に、タッチプレートでもあります　上部の金属部に触れることによって身体抵抗を通じて信号を伝えます　

pegの導入によって3.5mmジャックは非常に多くの役割を担うことになりました
・通常通りのパッチングポイントとして
・回転運動により値を設定するPOTのような役割
・組み替え可能なタッチプレート
・オーディオ信号を光に変換して伝える
・5mmLEDを配置する台座
などなど…

このシンセサイザーは3.5mmジャックという一般的なインターフェースの可能性を再考するものです

2022 ulcasiva" Googlish:

"LICHEN is a synthesizer that is equipped with 5VCO, 4LFO, 5VCA, a reconfigurable touchpad, transmits audio via light, and is composed of a nonlinear fully discrete circuit including a single VCA.

First of all , I wanted to make a synth with only a jack hole (I'm sure it would be beautiful), but I ran into the wall that not being able to set constant values, which is normally the responsibility of a POT, was too much of a constraint for a synth.

Therefore, we came up with a structure that combined a plug and an LED, which we later named "peg." A peg is a structure that illuminates the underside with an intensity that corresponds to the voltage supplied from the jack. is equipped with a light sensor, and the inserted peg rotates freely, so the amount of light hitting the sensor changes depending on the rotational position

The peg transmits a signal using infrared rays, but the signal It glows even in visible light (so it can be used indoors in bright places).The light always shines in two directions, causing mutual interference when operated.Depending on the angle of light, there are 3 types (60°, 120°, There are pegs (180°), and the tone is determined by which peg you insert and where.

The peg is a structure that transmits light, and at the same time it is also a touch plate. By touching the metal part on the top, you can It transmits the signal through a resistor.

With the introduction of PEG, the 3.5mm jack has taken on a huge number of roles
・As a regular patching point
・By rotational movement Functions like a POT to set up
・Reconfigurable touch plate
・Converts and transmits audio signals to light
・Pedestal for placing 5mm LED
And so on...

>This synthesizer rethinks the possibilities of the common interface of the 3.5mm jack

2022 ulcasiva"

matrix drone synth "FLOWER"

video upload by ultra cacophony

"16VCO analog discrete synth

この奇妙なシンセの構造は単純で、16個のディスクリート鋸波OSCがそれぞれのピッチで発音しているだけです。ボリュームすらありません。
16個のオシレーターは4x4のマトリクス状に配置され、それぞれのOSCのピッチは行と列のPOT、そして中央の大きな花弁状のマスターピッチの関係性で決定されます。

LEDの明るさは各OSCのピッチを示しています
それぞれのOSCはマトリクス接続によって互いに「しがらみ」に縛られており、個別のチューニングもミュートもできません

温度などでも微小にゆらぎ気ままに振る舞う彼らを奏者は統率し、美しく響く点を探すことになります。
しがらみの中でもがき無理やり協和する点を探っていると、聞き覚えのない美しい和音や突如として現れる完璧な均衡に出会うことができます"

Googlish:

"16VCO analog discrete synth

The structure of this strange synth is simple: 16 discrete sawtooth OSCs each sound at their own pitch. It doesn't even have volume.
The 16 oscillators are arranged in a 4x4 matrix, and the pitch of each OSC is determined by the relationship between the row and column POTs and the large petal-shaped master pitch in the center.

LED brightness indicates the pitch of each OSC
Each OSC is "chained" to each other by matrix connections and cannot be individually tuned or muted.

The player must control the instruments, which fluctuate slightly and behave freely depending on the temperature, etc., and search for the point that will make them resonate beautifully.
As we struggle in the midst of constraints and search for the point of forced harmony, we can come across unfamiliar, beautiful chords and perfect balance that suddenly appears."

Voltage Controlled Knob

video upload by ultra cacophony

"Thin module can control any knobs.
・eurorack
・motion recording
・motion CV IN/OUT
By using multiple modules, you can use it like a macro knob.
2016 ulcasiva"