Roland System 700 Sequencer Controlling my Custom Modular Synthesizer

video upload by Danniielle

"A short video testing out a new pan/fade module and new power harness I have just installed in my custom synthesizers dotcom modular synthesizer.

Roland System 700 sequencer is patched into dotcom Q960 sequencer, Roland System 100 synthesizer and Moog Voyager. I will be doing a recalibration of the oscillators shortly and patching in the rest of the system for a more detailed test.

Also part of my modular setup but not patched in for this video are the following:
Roland System 500,
Roland System 1m,
Moog Mother 32,
Roland System 8.

Audio is from my phone microphones in my Samsung A12 phone with Beyerdynamic DT1990 Pro headphones placed over the microphones.

No additional effects or processing added. Audio is directly from the output of the modular via a FSFX 5U version of Mutable Instruments Clouds module."

Giorgio Sancristoforo's NAKAMA Now Available

Follow-up to this post.

Details follow:

"Nakama is a Performance looper/delay with progressive tape disintegration granulation and surround sound.
Out today for MacOS (Windows version out in October).

Nakama is a live performance looper/delay designed to create huge layers (up to one hour) of asynchronous sound in a stereo or surround setup. (2,4 or 8 channels).

You can use a modular synthesizer a guitar a voice any electroacustic device or audio file.

Nakama can process one to four separate musical instruments at the same time with 8 tape delay/loopers and 4 granular processors.

Guitarists can use their favouriteamplifier plugin.

Nakama can loop and delay the sound at full quality or gradually transform it with several modes of sound degradation.

Tape saturation noise wow and flutter sticky shed syndrome spectral gating data corruption and filters.

After a certain number of iterations what was once an orderly and crystalline sequence of synth or guitar notes

it becomes a shapeless bubbling matmos of sound. Let mutation be the message!

Stereo is great but surround is magic!Nakama is designed to work with 2 4 or 8 channels.

A growing number of musician is discovering the beauty of sound in 360° in live situations.
Nakama brings surround to the performance with a few clicks.

12 sources can be placed anywhere around you or moved in orbits.
Recording is possible without using a DAW and if you want you can record multichannel PCM audio files.
All the controls are MIDI mappable."

Available at https://www.giorgiosancristoforo.net

New 3rd Party Hidden Sysex Based ZEN-Core Editor-librarian for MC-101 and MC-707

video upload by Benedetto Schiavone

"ZEN-Core Sound Banks (222 tones) for all Roland Synthesizers, Piano, Groovebox, Wind-Instruments, Guitar Synth compatible with the ZEN-Core standard"

Available at: http://www.benis.it/cm/ZC_Editor/ben6...

Addtiional details in via Benedetto Schiavone:


"As is known, the two Roland grooveboxes do not officially support MIDI SysEX messages and there is no documentation relating to their implementation which is hidden

In reality, the MC-101/707 are able to receive and send such messages: they respond with a completely wrong addressing, with duplicate and incorrect data which however can be corrected and used by the software.

The editor-librarian, like the analogous versions for Fantom/0, AX-Edge and Jupiter-X/Xm, communicates in real-time and bidirectionally with the groovebox, using MIDI SysEx messages."

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Plugin Buddy by Modalics - New Free VST3 Host: Chain, Create, and Perform with Ease

video upload by Modalics

Press release follows:

Modalics unveils “Plugin Buddy” - A new host app and plugin designed to elevate your sound creation experience. Plugin Buddy streamlines your VST3 chaining workflow, empowering musicians and producers to effortlessly chain together MIDI effects, instruments, and processing effects.

With four quick control slots and a suite of free internal plugins—including MIDI tools, a synth, clipper, and a low-pass filter—Plugin Buddy enhances your creative process with speed and efficiency.
Moreover, Plugin Buddy enables you to load VST plugins in AAX and AU hosts, providing unparalleled flexibility and expanding your creative possibilities.

Modalics released Plugin Buddy as a free tool, with the primary goal of enhancing the workflow for those who work with MIDI sequencing plugins and instruments.

As a company, Modalics has long championed this approach through products like Beat Scholar, EON-Arp, and MINDst Drums. While Plugin Buddy integrates seamlessly with these tools, it’s designed to be universally compatible, allowing you to load any VST. You can fully enjoy Plugin Buddy’s capabilities without needing any other Modalics products.

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Build DIY synths / effects pedals with Daisy Seed and Hothouse (pt. 1)

video upload by Floyd Steinberg

The Electrosmith Daisy Seed is a powerful microcontroller for music applications. Together with Cleveland Music's 'Hothouse' DIY pedal kit, you can create your own DSP effects and digital synthesizers without resorting to 'breadboard' prototyping. Table of contents:

00:00 hi
01:00 build it
07:05 install the development environment
07:38 compile the examples
11:00 example 01 - mod delay
11:54 example 02 - shimmer delay
12:41 example 03 - tri chorus
13:20 example 04 - tremolo reverb
14:05 example 05 - synth, with mod delay
15:26 bye

Links and resources
Daisy Seed https://electro-smith.com/products/da...
Hothouse Kit https://clevelandmusicco.com/hothouse...
Hothouse examples https://github.com/clevelandmusicco/H...

HÄLP ZIS CHANNEL
https://www.patreon.com/floyd_steinberg
https://floydsteinberg.gumroad.com/
https://floydsteinberg.bandcamp.com/"

Sunday Jam #49 : Steamdrunk again (Amiga)

video upload by MIDI IN

"A couple of weeks ago I set out to use it to make a track from some sounds I recorded [see this post]. I finished that in Logic Pro because of time but have now finished the Amiga (Octamed) version.
Here is the original .med file:
https://peacockmedia.software/misc/st...

As mentioned in the video, it was saved by Octamed 4 and can be opened for editing in that application. Any music player on an Amiga or emulator should play it. There are tools that will play this format on modern computers. VLC can usually play .sid and .mod but sadly doesn't play this one properly on my Mac. I found foobar2000 did render it properly with the openMTP plugin."

PlantsSystem-VLFantasy

video upload by plantssystem

"For VLFantasy, I used dual VL-TONE.
I used the BLEASS Granulizer as an effector to harmonize the sounds."

Arturia MicroFreak - "Oberheim OB-8" Soundset 100 Presets 242 Samples

video upload by LFOstore

Arturia MicroFreak - "Oberheim OB-8" Soundset Walkthrough

video upload by LFOstore

"Welcome to "Oberheim OB-8" Soundset for mighty micro beast - Arturia MicroFreak.

BUY: https://lfo.sellfy.store/p/arturia-mi...

Nick Klimenko had a great opportunity to play & record a Legend - almighty Oberheim OB-8.

Than we made a samplepack with 242 samples capturing synthesizer's authentic spirit.

And than we thought - why not to put these sounds in tiny MicroFreak engine and make presets?

Thanks to Arturia Team & their love to support customers - we are having OS 5.0!
New OS allows to load your own samples & put it through granular synthesis and it works great.
!!! Required – MicroFreak Fiwmware – V5 !!!

And result amazes us - vintage samples + MF organic analog filter done a real magic.

Thats how "Oberheim OB-8" Soundset was made.

It contains 100 presets + 242 samples:

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Yamaha MODX6 Jupiter-8 Samples Lush Analog Strings Pads Synthesizer Rik Marston

video upload by Rik Marston Official

"Virtual Synthesizer Demo by Rik Marston
*Watch in HD!* *NO Talking!* *Turn it up!*
My Etsy store: AhnyxianSoundDesign
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AhnyxianSou..."

Best Ambient Synth Shootout #135: Sonicware LIVEN Ambient Ø - Song 2

video upload by Christian's Sonic Spaces

"This is the second recording with the Sonicware LIVEN Ambient Ø. It is a 10-voice, 4-layer synthesizer focussing on ambient, drones, soundscapes, etc. It shares the same platform than the other LIVEN.

I used for the recording the following FX pedals (FX from the LIVEN Ambient Ø are deactivated): Gamechanger Audio Auto Chorus, Pigtronix Echolution 2 Deluxe, GFI System Specular Reverb 2.

The signal went through a Presonus StudioLive 16.0.2 into the PC via USB for recording. To create the complete song I recorded consecutively several stereo tracks. On some tracks Compressor and EQ where added in Cubase. The final song was then mastered using iZotope Ozone.

Well, I decided to go back to the basics, but at the same time make something useful for the synth community and do a kind of competition (I like competitions;-). What's my best synth for ambient music :-)"