Mellow Sunday | Mellotron Micro + Soma Cosmos

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"I recorded four jams today. Four. This one was the best, so I'll post this one. So now I have a few 'backups' which makes it easier to relax when there's a 'writers block' day. #jamuary2024 is not limited to modulars so today I decided to use one of my favorite creative combo's, the vintage Mellotron and the 21st century Soma Cosmos. I am using the R1.5 'rhythmic firmware' which is basically a looper. It has 7 modes with different timings and pitch shifts. There are three additional modes with delay, verb and grains from the original firmware. There are two versions, one with drive, and one with drive remapped to pitch shift. I always want to bring an orchestra to a gig, but leave the VST laptop at home. Mellotron is a perfect machine to add polyphonic samples while keeping the 1960's vibe and it's great to process with a modular synth. Happy Sunday!"

Unusual Modular Synth Experiments - Patch Notes

video upload by Hack Modular

http://hundredyearsgallery.co.uk/exhi...

moog sirin / mf-104m / norns awake

video upload by studio snippets

"Norns moog"

Bizarre Jezabel Chloe stereo Tube inside

video upload by ivan krasnov

bizarre jezabel blossom ブロッサム

video upload by ivan krasnov

"Three Linked Filters
filter for spectral mix and morphing
independently input and out
FREQ pushes all three, traveling together, while SPAN moves all three filters relative to each other"

#jamuary2024 05 ZOA (Game of Life seq) & Aparillo

video upload by SynthAddict

""More iOS fun...

ZOA - a 'Game of Life' sequencer (cellular automata) with limited native timbre settings, but it's great for MIDI output goodness, very fun to explore

Aparillo - an amazing synth/sound design tool

Just another fun improv noodle, so plenty of errors and happy accidents. :-)
I went a bit long as I got carried away..."

Ambient Electronica Waldorf Iridium & Maschine +

video upload by Crybo Synth Sounds

"As usual the only way to use the Maschine + is in standalone! Not really but its the way I enjoy it the most. This time using it with the Waldorf Iridium. Lots of FX, 3 instances of Massive and 1 of Monark. There is a arp of Massive which took up a big chunk of CPU, did'nt want to re-sample it though. Re-sampling of the Iridium.

Soundpacks available for the Novation Peak, Korg Minilogue XD, Waldorf Iridium, Hydrasynth & UDO Super 6 https://crybosynthsounds.gumroad.com"

Dual Audio Mixer - Low-Gain Electronics | 4U Modular - Serge Modular

video upload by LowGainElectronics

"Dual Audio Mixer pcb is a go! Just need panels to arrive!
In this patch I’m just mixing 4 negative slews, and one ‘73 vcf in vco mode.. totaling a 6 voice drone. Because the mix bus is passive (buffered output of course) the signals fight against each other creating some really rich timbres!"

OP-X PRO-3 vs. Oberheim OB-X | Jupiter-8 | Prophet-5

video upload by SonicProjects

"SonicProjects OP-X PRO-3 comparison to Oberheim OB-X as well as Jupiter-8 and Prophet-5. Includes A:B tweaking as well as comparing cloned presets.

Setup:
Upper keyboard: Oberheim OB-X Rev.2 vintage built in 1980 equipped with 6 voices. The stereo output goes directly to input 1 and 2 of an RME Fireface UC which has very clean and neutral sounding converters. Signal directly recorded to disk.

Lower keyboard: E-MU Xboard 61 MIDI keyboard attached via USB to a MacBook Pro M1 2020 with macOS Ventura 13.4. The MIDI signal is driving OP-X PRO-3 which is hosted in Logic Pro. The stereo output of OP-X PRO-3 is directly recorded to disk.

Blue skin installed.

Parts:
00:00 A:B tweaking
10:51 Comparing presets
23:35 Jupiter-8
29:05 Prophet-5

Since no Jupiter-8 and and Prophet-5 were available this part of the comparison uses the excellent original factory presets recordings of Synthmania:

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Priming PCMCIA SRAM Cards for the Korg Wavestation SR & 01/W Series Synths

The following, in via Neil Hetrick, is a more detailed update to this earlier post. via Neil: "I wanted to post this information regarding use of PCMCIA SRAM cards with the Korg Wavestation SR (and presumably also with the Korg 01/W series) in case it proves helpful for others trying to use custom waveform data with their synth.

It turns out that the synth requires that the PC Card be dual-mode, auto-switching 8-bit/16-bit. Currently-available (in 2023) PCMCIA SRAM cards are all single-mode, 16-bit only or 8-bit only, due to a specific chip no longer being available. After having trouble with a modern, 16-bit-only SRAM card, I received a tip-off from a kind fellow at Voice Crystal (they used to make custom soundware for many vintage Korg synths of that era) suggesting that the auto-switching functionality may be an important factor in getting a card to work with the synth. I subsequently found some forum info online relating a similar issue with PCMCIA cards in the Alesis Andromeda: About the 8-bit/16-bit dual-mode PCMCIA SRAM cards

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DRUM MINT 83

video uploads by HOME BAKE INSTRUMENTS

via HOME BAKE INSTRUMENTS

DRUM MINT is a micro rhythm machine with 7 rhythm parts. It is also equipped with functions such as a hybrid sound source of analog modeling and PCM, a sequencer with 16 steps and 8 patterns, pattern chain playback, a flam function, and pattern muting. The DRUM MINT 83 not only improves sound quality thanks to a more powerful CPU, but also reconfigures it to make it easier to use for acid and house music. In addition, the built-in stereo delay makes it possible to express a wide range of expressions.