MATRIXSYNTH

Wednesday, January 31, 2024

video upload by Benjamin Brodie

"Combining deep FM synthesis with a familiar subtractive synthesis signal flow, the Elektron Digitone is an amazingly powerful 8-voice synth. And with Elektron's acclaimed sequencing onboard, your creative potential is practically unlimited. Digitone is ready to create with four independent synth tracks, each with a 4-operator FM synth engine featuring eight different FM algorithms. Those algorithms — along with pretty much everything else — can be locked to different values for each sequence step. Factor in four MIDI tracks, an arpeggiator for each track, two LFOs per synth voice, multimode filtering, and built-in effects, and the Elektron Digitone may just be the FM synth you've always wanted to perform with.

The complex timbres and sonic animation you can create with FM synthesis make it a unique method of sound creation, and Digitone presents it in a welcoming fashion. Each of the four synth tracks features its own 4-operator FM synth engine with eight algorithms. Elektron gave Digitone a familiar subtractive synthesis-style workflow that makes tweaking these voices fun and intuitive. And with the potential to lock a different synth sound into every sequence step, Digitone offers far more sonic potential than most 8-voice synthesizers — or most FM synths in general for that matter.

The elusive song of the desert, caused by grains of sand rubbing against each other, is nature’s own FM synthesizer. Sometimes roaring, sometimes wailing, always enchanting. Enter the alluring dunes of Digitone: a compact synthesizer that fits snugly at home, in the studio, and on stage.

FM synthesis occurs when you modulate the pitch of one oscillator with another, to achieve rich and unexpected timbres. The ratio and rate of modulation impact the resulting sound. Digitone uses four oscillators, or operators, per voice. A particular configuration of operators is called an algorithm. For classical FM synthesis, it ends here.

With the Digitone, you get to shape, enrich and modulate the sound even further, using the powers of subtractive synthesis. Use the multimode filter with its custom envelope to soften or pronounce the wild overtones. Cut off the low, mid, or high frequencies. Sculpt with style and precision. Define the sound decisively using the full-featured amp envelope. Carve the contour of the sound.

You can add more movement to the sound using an LFO or two. Set any sound-shaping parameter in automated, repeated motion. At a very slow or a very fast speed, using a variety of different waveshapes, including a random one. Make your sound sway gently like the ocean, or flutter like a butterfly."

NTDD

video upload by NOYSTOISE

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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Outer Limits of the Akai AX80 | Affordable Alternative to the Roland Jupiter 6?

video upload by Greg Wilder

"Is the Akai AX80 a handsome but BORING instrument? Not so fast. This gorgeous brute has mastered things other synths can't touch.

Simply put, the AX80 has a STRONG personality. But to find it, you'll have to push it to the outer limits of what the engine was built to do. To quote the great WC Olo Garb (https://www.youtube.com/@Jexus)...

'The bass feels not like fresh warm blood pumped into your veins - it feels like getting hit in the head with a large rubber baseball bat. The lead feels not like rubbing your belly with a feather - it feels like having your ribcage ripped open by an electric bread cutter.'"

Seasides

video upload by Happy Noises

"Seasides Emu Emax factory disk song
(Good farewell to this series of videos)
Eventide H90 reverb added"

Exploring the Winter Plankton Zaps eurorack module.

video upload by Markham Synth Society

"A short video of messing with the Winter Plankton Zaps."

Sequential Trigon 6 - Rippin Leads

video upload by Kraft Music

"Adam Berzowski prepares to make some, 'Rippin Leads' on the Sequential Trigon 6."

http://www.kraftmusic.com/...

Repair Prophet X by Sequential/Focusrite

video upload by O.Z. Hall

"This video is a 3 minute recap of the experience that I had while getting my Sequential Prophet X sampler/synth hybrid repaired. Focusrite now owns both Sequential and Oberheim.

Here's the link to the Sequential.com website for openning a support ticket:
https://sequential.com/support/contac..."

Octatrack Remixer 1.2.1: 64 FX, Loopers, and more - Full Demo and Tutorial

video upload by EZBOT

"In today's stream I show you how to use the Ultimate Octatrack Remixer Template. 64 Performance Effects, 8 Bar-Looper, 4-Bar Remix Track, and more..

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Get the Techno Performance 1.0.3 Template among all my other templates and sound designs from patreon.com/ezbot and here: https://ko-fi.com/s/49a309043c"