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Roland JD-Xa w/ Custom Orange Skin

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Things to Do with the Voltage Lab 2 // Tips Tricks Ideas and Tracks

video upload by Starsky Carr

"It's definitely a lab because experimentation is key. The Voltage Lab 2 encourages you to dig a little deeper every time. Pittsburgh Modular have got this one bang on... the results are stunning.

The oscillators can sounds as grungy as you want. Those harmonics just keep on coming until you're faced with a sonic wall of jagged spikes. The temptation is to go over the top, whereas with most it's hard to get 20% there.

In this I demo some of the more hidden functions and give some ideas to get the most out of it. Like patching the ocillators into each other, or using the function generators to control the LPG essentially giving us a 'standard' VCF. Then there's some hidden stuff in the touch controller, like per step parameter locking using the blue CV channel, or per step chance by setting the chance to 100% and patching chance into the blue channel... now the blue CV is per step chance.

Cool stuff."

Oct Tone, Plasma Voice, Algo and friends

video upload by Molten Music Technology

"I'm working towards my review of the Oct Tone and thought I'd capture this little sequence. It features the Plasma Voice and Algo competing on the melody, plus the Mandrake kick, Crust snare and something of my own fiddling with the effects."

Modded Roland CR-78 - Individual Outputs!

video upload by foleytronics fx repair

"This is a CR-78 we modified to have individual 1/4” TS outputs for each drum sound. It wasn’t as simple as finding where the bass drum is generated and connecting it to a jack because we found the tone of the instrument would change without any buffering. Our solution was to create a buffer board that would isolate and amplify each of the sounds without sacrificing tone.

It’s really fun to use with a mixer - changing levels on the fly, reverb throws, different panning, you name it!

Shot and edited by Michael Shular"

Expressive E Osmose Presets Demo 2

video upload by Integraudio

"Check out Expressive E Osmose Presets Demo with Tyler!"

1st demo here.

Tracker+ Tips and Tricks / Resample and Chop Synths

video upload by Polyend

"Did you know Tracker+ can resample your creations in stereo, including the new synth engines? You can load them into the sample pool, chop them up, run them through the granular engine and more!"

Synthfest France Schmidt Demo

video upload by Schmidt-Synthesizer

"Synthfest France 2024, Nantes (France):
Axel Fischer's demo 'The Destruction of the DX-7 Piano' shows that the Schmidt Synthesizer can also be an excellent drone machine."

GTO | Serge Tutorials | Episode 03 (one of the coolest modules ever made)

video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"The first two episodes where about the big Serge heritage in 4U panels, the translation to eurorack and the relationship between DUSG and Maths. Starting from episode 03, I'll downsize the cases and focus on individual modules in small setups.

The GTO is the 'V2' of the legendary SSG (Smooth/Stepped Generator). A few weeks ago, I wasn't even aware of these two. At first glance, it looks like a mix of a Cycle and a Sample/Hold. The 'challenge' with Serge is that you can't tell what a module can do when you look at it. But WOW. The GTO is a force of nature. If you have an interest in Serge, this module can keep you exploring for many, many months. If I had to confine myself to choosing one Serge module only, it would be the GTO.

I am making this series to teach myself the ins and outs of modular, sharing the journey as I progress. I invested in a big case, but only because I am planning to teach and do 'master' classes. I just can't teach modular without knowing about Serge. So this series isn't affiliated with Serge or Random*Source.

I fitted the Befaco Bananuts myself, they don't come with the modules. Also, there are no white ones, so I spray painted a few bags of silver ones. I still need to remove a bit of excess paint, but they look awesome. I guess it's something autistic, but I am proud of it.

I am not sponsored. R*S offered me to borrow modules I'd like to cover, but don't fit my budget. There's an SSG coming soon, together with the Paperface 50 4U reissue. I am not doing 4U videos, but it's cool to actually see and hear where the eurorack modules come from.

Finally, the appearance of Lego models is purely for fun and decoration. Everybody is using plants to decorate their modular videos and I wanted to do it a bit differently. They're models of carnivorous plants (Carnivor is also a Serge combo)."

LA REINE DU CHAOS - SYNTH SETUP - DRUNKARD MELO AND FM / Eurorack Chaotic Full Synth voice

video upload by SOVAGE ENGINEERING

"More tones with LA REINE DU CHAOS, used in a "classic" synthetiser way !
Using FAILLE TEMPORELLE with no distortion to have a 'fake' reverb FX
Direct out / no treatment
More soon :
https://www.sovageengineering.com/

00:00 DRUNKARD MELO
01:06 DRUNKARD FM"

Philips MC100

video upload by Blossom Bisquits

http://matrixsynth.com/blog/media/oberheim/matrix6patches/Matrix-6%20-%20matrix%20patched.mid"The Philips/Brother PCM 100 Composer Digital Sequencer, released in 1986, was a pioneering mini-workstation that had a brief market presence. It featured a 2-OP FM synthesizer, producing sounds reminiscent of the Yamaha Porta series home/toy keyboards.

Equipped with a 2-octave touch keyboard, the PCM 100 boasted a robust real-time/step sequencer with 8K RAM for recording. Its large LCD screen facilitated composing and note entry, allowing playback of any of the 100 onboard FM sounds.

Although the synthesizer itself was monophonic, it offered three additional parts for accompaniment, including bass lines, chords, and 15 rhythmic patterns. Uniquely, the PCM 100 included a built-in cassette recorder for storing and loading composed sequences.

Architectue

- **Type:** Digital
- **Synthesis:** Frequency Modulation (FM)
- **Oscillators:** 2
- **Waveforms:** Sine
- **ROM Size:** 32 kb
- **Modulation:** Envelope, Oscillator, Sequencer
- **Notes:** 2-OP FM Synthesizer

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