MATRIXSYNTH

Unlock complex delay pedals with a MIDI controller

video upload by Richard DeHove

"The Source Audio Nemesis is a classic stereo delay with loads of interesting parameters. Unfortunately most of those parameters are only accessible via the editor software - or as MIDI CC parameters. Meanwhile the Free the Tone Future factory delay makes all the parameters available via the front panel interface, but it's a cumbersome button and encoder process that feels like an old digital synth interface.

To get easy access to most parameters while playing you can use a MIDI controller. The cheap and cheerful option is a Korg NanoKontrol 2. It is handsome, compact, cheap but is USB only which means if you want to use it without a computer then you'll need to go through a MIDI host. Now your slimline controller is starting to get big and messy, especially if you also want to add an external clock.

The best controller option imo is the FaderFox EC-4. Not only does it have MIDI in and out, it can pass through MIDI clock, has multiple scenes available direct from the unit and even lets you create four-character names for every parameter. Of course it also costs about the same (or more) as your expensive stereo delay pedal so you'll want to be sure you'll get good use from it beyond just a delay pedal knob tweak.

So is it worth the time and trouble to add a controller? It can make for some dramatic effects far beyond what is usually possible. It could also be a far quicker and more enjoyable way to program new patches.

0:00 So many options
1:28 FF & Nemesis
2:00 Ergonomics
4:15 NanoKontrol2
6:33 Annoying install
7:18 Future Factory CC list
8:02 More Nano pain
9:11 MIDI Host pain
10:15 FF setup
11:15 FF music*
17:23 Nemesis CC list
19:52 Nemesis setup
23:20 Nemesis music (no more talk)

* In the Future Factory EQ controls I limited the bass EQ boost. The full CC range 0-127 gives a 15dB bass boost. That was so ferocious I limited the range to 0-100. So if you want bass boost it's available.

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Expressive E Mixolydian Osmose ~ Strymon Cloudburst

video upload by Ebotronix

Expressive E Osmose
Haken Audio ContinuuMini ( Bass and Chords)
Doepfer R2m Ribbon Controller to
Mutable Instruments Midipal (Mixolydian Scale Chords) to
Squarp Instruments Hermod to ContinuuMini
Line 6 DL4 MK 2
2x Strymon Cloudburst
mackie the mixer
24.12.2023
video # 2318

The Vast & Unknown | Sequential Take 5

video upload by hvegel

"A brief display of a patch I created on the Take 5, going into my trust Blackhole reverb."

A Tinge of Optimism To Light Your Way | Sequential Take 5

video upload by hvegel

"No additional processing. Take 5 into the Blackhole. Another Rendezvous of a custom patch I have created. This is quite an underrated poly synth, and I have owned some rather massive ones, might I add. This feels no less the machine."

A Tale of Prophets | Take 5 + Prophet 6

video upload by hvegel

"Have been truly enjoying layering pads on my new Take 5 on a borrowed Prophet 6. Sent through the Eventide Blackhole pedal. It's all glorious. Grandmother and Mother-32 are providing the spookyish motor (through the Spring Reverb!)"

MoCM & & Schema Musicalis drone Jam @ EMS Synthi 100

video upload by MOCM (A. Monopolis)

"Andreas Monopolis (MoCM) and Stelios Giannoulakis (Schema Musicalis) caress the mythical EMS Synthi100 synthesiser at KSYME, Athens Conservatory, November 2023"

"Dragonflight" (Dungeon Theme, tribute to Jochen Hippel)

video upload by No Lake

"You've probably never heard of this guy and you've probably never heard the original music either but Mad Max, as we used to call him back then, played a major role in my musical roots, maybe the most impactfull musician before I turned 18 and before I was 100% into my masters Vangelis, JMJ, Klaus Schulze and Harrold Budd. This is just a humble 'Christmas improvised revisited jam-cover blah blah blah' of one of his track. Headphones recommended."

Novation Summit.

Modern Sounds Pluto

video upload by studio snippets

Electrocomp EML-101 meticulously refurbished by experienced vintage synth perfectionists

video upload by tonetweakers

"Electrocomp EML-101, meticulously refurbished to be better than the rest. Just tweaking the filter a bit on this sequence made on the korg sq1 so you can hear it’s overall character. This unit will be for sale in our website soon. Get in touch via the contact form there to reserve. Please comment below to let us know what you think about the EML101. Buy meticulously serviced vintage synths at tonetweakers.com"

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Lunar - Ambient Noise 🎄 (Arp 2600 m // Waldorf M + Red Panda Particle 2 // Arturia Keystep Pro)

video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"For the last video of 2023, I really wanted to spotlight the raw sound of the amazin ARP 2600 M 🤩
So throughout the whole track, you'll only hear the sound coming directly from the ARP 2600 M without any external effects, though I did use its onboard spring reverb (+ a bit of EQ/comp where used for mixing purposes).
Contrary to my previous (which was the first) video featuring the ARP which was an uptempo track, no beats or kick here! Only the ARP and the Waldorf M (+ Particle granular delay).
The same track from the Keystep Pro is sequencing both synths.

As you can see, I use some patching in this one for the ARP:
- The VCF output is going through its preamp input to make the distorted sound you gradually hear (it's being played in parallel of the dry sound coming out from VCF output)
- I also used the LFO to modulate the filter and pulse width of oscillator 2
- I did did some patching as well, in order to play portamento with one of the ARP's oscillator (using the voltage processor "Lag Time")

* Hardware used *

// SYNTH:
- Korg ARP 2600 M (semi modular analog synth) - RAW sound
- Waldorf M (8-voice hybrid digital and analog wavetable) + Red Panda Particle v2 (digital granular delay)

// SEQUENCER:
- Arturia Keystep Pro"