"Three quarters of the way through filming I heard my camera snap shut. I knew something had happened. I thought "maybe it just hadn't restarted recording. No - I realized later that I accidentally did not start it. Eventually it plays and you'll see me playing along. But before that - you will have to just enjoy a looped small video of it alongside some videos of a winter storm I filmed from 2023.
Today I put back the old keybed in my Virus kb. There are two TP/8s keybeds apparently. Some that are from 2005 and earlier, and those that are made afterwards. The person who I sold my Virus kb to in 2020 was willing to swap keybeds with me on my new one (that I bought and was disappointed it had a different keybed, but then I sold it, and eventually bought it back). It's been about 4 years - but now this keybed needs some work (some keys are no longer velocity sensitive, some keys didn't work at all - although I fixed the non-working keys before this video was made).
I really don't know what it is about the Virus B I like so much. When I play it next to the TI, they sound identical, but then again, I feel like there really might be something there, something different that I just can't pick up when I compare them.
Well - they are similar enough. I'm still a little tempted to pull all these keys off and put them on my Accelerator, which has a similar keybed (TP/8SK), but it is a little different. Then I could sell the Virus kb. But, I am not sure I can sell this synth yet.
Sorry about the audio clipping. I hadn't realized until too late that it was absolutely way too loud into the mixer.
"Is multi-octave quantising a world first? Serious question without trying to sound clickbaity, I haven't seen that before and it's a fantastic idea! Multi-octave quantising is having the ability to quantise to different notes in different octaves, which we do here in the video with dail ... anyway onto the video ...
Dail is the new Instruo 4HP Eurorack quantiser that not happy with it's already highly flexible nature decides to throw in (as if it's sentient!) multi-octave quantising, equal and natural note distributions, MIDI note selection, MIDI to CV, slew and both an analogue precision adder input AND on board quantised precision adding and transposing. All in a simple interface that feels performative easy to use."
"In today's video I explore the Poly Cinematic from Knobula which effortlessly brings polyphony to the euroack realm. The Poly Cinematic is an all-in-one synth voice with a wide sonic palette, built-in filter, envelope and reverb. It also has some tricks up it's sleeves such as chord mode and trigger inputs. Join me as I explore the wonderful world of polyphony!
"perception is a script I'm currently working on and I thought I'd give a little presentation what it's all about, since I find the aspect of time perception in animals really interesting. the main idea came from a Ben Jordan's video on the subject and further reading about CFF and temporal resolution. if you'd like to give it a spin follow the gitHub link!
thank you so much for sticking around. enjoy!
mistake in video: should be Benn Jordan, not Ben. Apologies!"
"Here are the first forty patches I created on the OB-X8. It's unquestionably the richest sounding analog synth I've ever heard in person. A stellar modern reissue that does Tom's legacy proud.
I've had a lot more fun designing patches on this synth than I initially thought. The LFO routing is quirky but surprisingly versatile considering how simple things are. The multiple filter types add a considerable amount of depth as well. For those worried, the notorious Page 2 functions are just fine. Not including a simple screen would have been a nightmare.
For the most part these are big spacey, retro patches that take advantage of the SEM filter. Some heavy bass, pretty gentle patches, and a few wild experimental patches just for fun. What you won't find is anything particularly funky or jazzy because that's not really my thing.
These patches are all presented completely dry without effects. No post processing except some minimal leveling for Youtube. I was tempted to record with a little reverb because these patches really bloom with a touch of space, but I figure it's better to allow such a beautiful synth to speak for itself.
Here is the link for download if anyone is interested. Uploaded into a folder via Sysex into five banks of eight:
