1010music nanobox | battery case + USB MIDI

video upload by 1010music

"Did we forget to mention that the new nanobox | battery case allows pass-through MIDI?

The nanobox battery case protects and powers your nanobox for use while traveling. The hard-shell case with magnetic closure keeps your nanobox safe in your backpack. The embedded battery pack ensures you can use the nanobox along the way and when you get there. Plug in headphones and you can make music along the way.

You Can Take it With You

Nestle any of the four nanoboxes into the injection molded case, connect the built-in battery, and your nanobox is ready to travel with you. When you get to your destination, remove the top of the case and you can connect speakers, MIDI devices and audio inputs through the cut out in the back while powering the nanobox from the battery.

Use the USB C cable that came with your nanobox to charge the battery case so you are ready to take your nanobox on your next musical journey, even if it’s just to the couch."

Elektron Machinedrum MkII sound design exploration#elektron #dawless #dnb

video upload by HANJŌ

"The sound of a drumset played in different environments can vary significantly due to acoustics and the surrounding space. After my visit to Berlin I got inspired by an artist presentation of this kind of studies in the form of audiovisual installations and I decided to use it as a start point for a new release.

Drumset Played Floating in the Air:

Characteristics: When a drumset is played in a vast open space, such as floating in the air with no physical boundaries nearby, the sound tends to be more expansive and diffuse.

Reverberation: The lack of physical surfaces to reflect sound waves means that there is minimal reverberation and echo. As a result, each drum hit may sound isolated and clear without blending into a larger ambient sound.

Transience: The attack and decay of each drum hit are distinct and easily discernible, as there are no surfaces for the sound to bounce off and create overlapping reverberations.

Spatial Perception: The spatial perception of the drumset's sound is more spread out, giving a sense of the individual drum and cymbal sounds existing in their own sonic space without much interference.

Drumset Inside a Cave:

Characteristics: When a drumset is played inside a cave or any enclosed space with reflective surfaces, the sound takes on a different character.

Reverberation: The cave's surfaces, such as walls and ceilings, reflect sound waves, leading to a longer decay time and pronounced reverberation. This can create a rich, immersive sound environment.

Resonance: Certain frequencies may resonate more strongly within the cave, depending on its size and shape, leading to enhanced tonal characteristics for specific drum elements.

Depth and Texture: The reverberant nature of the cave adds depth and texture to the drumset's sound, blending individual hits into a cohesive wash of sound that can be quite dramatic and atmospheric.

Spatial Perception: The spatial perception of the drumset's sound is more compact yet enveloping, with the reverberations filling the space around the listener and creating a sense of being surrounded by the sound.

Overall, these descriptions highlight how the environment can significantly influence the perceived sound of a drumset, with factors such as reverberation, resonance, and spatial perception playing key roles in shaping the sonic experience."

Solar 42 anti-GAS therapy 💸

video upload by Speldosa

"I created this song, that I named 'Drune', as a form of anti-GAS therapy with the respect to the Solar 42, where I set out to create an ambient piece with some form of drone bass together with a layer that used a 5-step sequence (the same number of steps that the Solar 42 sequencer has). I'm pleasantly surprised with how far I could get with the gear I already own.

I play the Expressive E Osmose live (using the factory patch called 'Stellaris') and send it to the Analog Four mkII where I add some reverb. The white noise and bass comes from a single, monophonic patch on the Analog Four mkII, where I play sustained drone notes utilizing all four voices. Everything then gets sent to the Syntakt where the additional elements are added, using a single pattern, before heading to the Analog Heat +FX for mastering. What you hear is recorded directly from the latter."

Sequential Celebrates 50 Years with a Prophet-5 Rev4 Giveaway Competition

Sequential is giving away a Prophet-5 Rev4 for their 50th anniversary!

Click here to enter

Details follow:

"Celebrate 50 Years of Sequential, a name synonymous with innovation, power, and the very sound of music history. And at the heart of it all lies the legendary Prophet-5.

The Prophet-5 is your gateway to iconic sounds that have graced countless hit records. It’s the instrument that revolutionized music with its 5-voice polyphony, preset sound storage, and pioneering use of microprocessors – features that laid the foundation for the synthesizers of today.

Imagine crafting your own sonic masterpieces with the same instrument that has shaped whole genres. Imagine the warmth, the power, the pure analog magic that has defined generations of music.

This is your chance to win a piece of music history – and music future."

Juno-106 Analog Synthesizer: A Complete Overview

video upload by Andy Whitmore

"Analog Synthesizers Rewind: Top 10 Classics!
S1:Ep2 - The second in a series of 11 videos!

Roland Juno-106 Analog Synthesizer (1984) – All the Best Sounds

The Juno-106 is a polyphonic synthesizer with six voices.
It is an analog synthesizer but with digitally controlled oscillators and chorus effects.
Whereas its predecessor, the Juno-60, has 56 patches, the Juno-106 has 128.
It introduced Roland's performance lever for pitch bends and modulation, which became a standard feature of Roland instruments.
It also adds MIDI and was one of the first analog synthesizers to allow users to sequence parameter changes.

00:00 Juno 106 Intro
00:23 Juno-106 Analog Synthesizer: A Complete Overview"

Erica EDU Kick and Hats! - Build and Demo

video upload by Quincas Moreira Music

"Hey! Finally back with some Synth DIY Action! These new Erica Synths and Moritz Klein .EDU modules expand the original system with amazing and powerful percussion sounds! In this video we build both kits and then take them for a groovy spin, come on in!

Stay Noisy!

Index:
INTRO 00:00
Hi Hat Build 01:00
Kick Build 04:31
Demo 06:38
Outro 16:49"

LXR-02 does the DFAM & beyond (5 kits, no talk)

video upload by Richard DeHove

"I recently made the somewhat rash suggestion to try an LXR-02 emulation of the DFAM. Here it is, sort of. At first I thought I'd use only one voice of the LXR. So in all five kits demoed here Voice 1 or 2 tends to claim almost all the LFOs and be a clock-synced complex sound.

But the LXR-02 and DFAM are such very different beasts it seemed odd to be so restrictive. Instead I've gone for a two or three voice 16-step kit and pattern that attempts to capture the flavor of the DFAM rather than strict technical parameters.

The speed of all parts is 73bpm, a couple of the kits use the internal ping-pong delay, and where there is definite pitch it's always on C - just makes things easier for sampling and later processing.

The result is not exactly DFAMish. Demo 2 even sounds bit chiptune to me. But I've never yet owned any two machines which could exactly replicate the other. As an exercise though it's a bit of fun! All LXR-02 challenges happily considered.

On the plus side the LXR-02's ability to store presets is a massive bonus but the constant click-and-twiddle is no match for the knob-filled interface of the DFAM/Edge.

All five kits are on my Patreon. Unused voices (typically 4, 5 and 6) are mostly on the default sounds.

As usual there is absolutely no extra processing of the sound. It's all completely raw LXR-02.

0:00 Demo 1: Slapper
1:00 Demo 2: Chiptune
1:56 Demo 3: Saw
3:06 Demo 4: Frogpond
4:23 Demo 5: Decay

Lots of downloads for supporters on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/richarddehove
Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"

Analogue Solutions Maximus Polyphonic Synthesizer Multi-Part Sequencing #shorts

video upload by Analogue Solutions

"Maximus multi-part sequencing 🔥 Create dawless performances or accompaniment for your live playing with Maximus and its eight voices and onboard sequencers.
🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️🎛️ #short"

Synthetic Sound Labs - Soleil Lo-Fi String Synth

video upload by NOISEBUG

"Synthetic Sound Labs - Soleil Lo-Fi String Synth
The Soleil POD is a tiny low-cost Lo-Fi MIDI String Synth table-top box capable of playing 4 paraphonic notes.

Inspired by the early vintage string synths of the ‘70s such as the Elka Rhapsody and ARP Solina, the Soleil POD is a tiny low-cost Lo-Fi MIDI String Synth table-top box.
Capable of playing 4 paraphonic notes with 2 oscillator ranks per note. Waveforms are continuously variable from thick sawtooth thru variable pulse widths for more reedy sounds. The second rank is detunable for lush pads and honky-tonk riffs.
The Soleil contains built-in modulation / vibrato LFO, the depth of which can be controlled by MIDI. Attack and release envelope times are individually adjustable and share a single VCA making this a “paraphonic” instrument. A gate output jack allows convenient triggering of external effects and synth equipment, and its state is displayed by an LED.
MIDI is input via a 3.5mm TRS Type “A” jack, and responds to keyboard running status as well as pitch bend and modulation. An LED MIDI displays MIDI activity.
MIDI channel defaults to channel 1 but can be easily reset to other channels using a unique sequence from your controller keyboard at power-up, which is retained in non-volatile memory.
A fine tune control allows accurate tuning to other instruments, and an output volume control is provided. MIDI, Gate Out and Audio Out are standard 3.5mm (1/8”) jacks.

#synthesizer #portablesynth #desktopsynth"

https://www.noisebug.net/

Gieskes is a Special Eurorack Experience

video upload by NOISEBUG

"VU meter percussion, Alarm clock Klok generator and sound source, Starving Binary and Voice Rec are just a few of the wildly unique Gieskes modules now carried by Noisebug. Check out our full selection at Noisebug.net and be amazed and the wonderful creates from Gieskes.

#synthesizer #eurorack #eurorackmodular #modularsynth #synth #gieskes

https://www.noisebug.net/collections/..."