Beta Firmware: Play and Play+ MIDI Perform Mode

video upload by Polyend

"Now control your MIDI Devices or built-in Synths with Perform mode.

This open beta firmware is avaialble to install now here - https://backstage.polyend.com/t/beta-..."

Ambient pads using FM on the Waldorf Iridium

video upload by Martin Stürtzer

"In this video I create a pad sound with the Waldorf Iridum using the Kernel engine. I allows to use FM synthesis, like in the classic Yamaha synths, but also goes beyond the original design by involving Wavetables and other fun stuff. Sounds complicated? Then watch this one!"

Bad Gear - P-6

video upload by AudioPilz

New intro music.

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. Roland is the ACME corporation of music technology: no day passes without me finding out about yet another strange product from the colossal portfolio they built up over the last 5 decades.

Today we are going to talk about P-6 and it seems like Roland took every single bit of sampling technology from this poison cabinet of intellectual property and put it in this LoFi sampler for ants.


Bad Gear - P-6
Roland P-6
LoFi for Ants

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:49 Overview Roland Aira Compact P-6
01:12 Sampling Process
01:19 SP-404 Style FX Section
01:30 Other Similarities to Boss SP-303 , SP-202 ,...
01:52 Pads, Midi, Sequencer
02:35 Internal Microphone , other Sampling Sources
02:47 Sample Playback, Filter, Reverb / Delay , FX
03:25 Chromatic Sample Playback, Granular Synth Engine
03:50 Sample Chopping
04:06 Limitations, Pricing
04:55 Hate
05:19 Jam 1 ( House )
06:17 Jam 2 ( Drum'n'Bass )
07:23 Finale ( Abstract Downtempo )
07:57 Verdict"

Pairing the Metal Fetishist with Make Noise Maths

video upload by Body Synths

"I've been using modular synths for years and somehow I've never tried Maths before so it was about time to give it a shot. It makes a pretty good pairing with the Metal Fetishist, don't you think?"

Gloop - Eurorack Performance Looper

video upload by Cutlasses

"Gloop is a euroack looper designed with performance in mind. It allows you to record loops (with overdub), and playback with 4 simultaneous play heads. Each play head can be at a different part of the loop, playing at a different speed/pitch, direction and volume."

The Soul of Moog One: Custom Sounds

video upload by Synth Universe

"A musical exploration of Moog One featuring custom-created patches from five years of owning and using this monster synth.

Does it have a characteristic sound? What are its sweet spots? How does its sound compare to the Moog Muse? I hope this video will help to answer those questions.

With the Moog One discontinued and the release of the Moog Muse, I figured it was a good time to make these videos. The Moog One has at times been misunderstood and maligned. It didn't offer the sonic 'instant gratification' of some other classic synths because in a way it's in a category all by itself. It takes time to figure out how to get the best out of it, but when you do, it's one of the most powerful, musically rewarding and inspiring synths ever made.

All the sounds you hear in this video were created by me on the Moog One 16 voice and include poly synths, pads, strings, ambient, soundscapes, keys, brasses, leads, bass and chimes.

Any effects you hear on the sounds in this video are internal to Moog One. I mainly use delay and reverb and several patches use no FX at all. I generally do not use the chorus and modulation effects as they colour the sound too much (in fact my main use of the chorus effect is set at 0% mix to add gain to patches). No external processing was applied.

*** If you are a Moog One owner, all the sounds in this video and many more will soon be available to purchase as part of the Synth Universe Moog One Sound Banks."

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DÚPLEX | Dual solid-state gate

video uploads by Olivella Modular

"Headphones or stereo speakers recommended 🎧

Short demos of DÚPLEX, our new dual solid-state low pass gate (LPG).

Olivella Modular | Eurorack synthesizer modules designed and made in Argentina."

Features
Complex envelope based vactrol-free core
DECAY knob and CV input w/attenuverter per channel
LEVEL knob and CV input w/attenuverter per channel
PING inputs that convert almost any signal into a suitable trigger for the internal envelope
-6dB/oct (1-pole) or -12dB/oct (2-pole) filtering response switch per channel
CLICK softens (or not) the initial transient of the sound
ENV outputs per channel
MIX output

Details
12 HP
Depth: 30 mm​
2 mm anodized aluminium panel
Fully DC-coupled
All CV inputs allow audio-rate modulation, PING up to ~100 Hz
Input impedance: 100 kΩ
Output impedance: 510 Ω
+12V: 110mA
-12V: 65mA
Reverse polarity power protection ​
​MSRP: $389

Retroaktiv MPG-7 Controller for Roland MKS-7 & Juno-106

video upload by Espen Kraft

"The new MPG-7 controller from Retroaktiv can be useful even to us Juno-106 owners only, even though it's even more powerful for the MKS-7."

Supercritical’s YouTube Thing Episode #6 - “Production Time”

video upload by Supercritical Synthesizers

"The Supercritical Redshift 6 will be available in early December 2024 with an MSRP of 1259€

00:00 - Intro
00:16 - Production news!
01:15 - Machina Bristronica 2024.
04:38 - Machina Bristronica - Demo Presets.
11:52 - A surprise!"

Caladan Quadrowave card progress Nov 2024

video upload by Isla Instruments

"We're delighted to be able to give you a progress update on our 4 voice wavetable card 'Quadrowave' created in collaboration with synth legend Paula Maddox.

Now the design is finalised, we will be able to open this for pre-orders soon.
This now makes 3 finished cards for the Caladan system at launch.

a reminder of the current running specs.

4 voice polyphony per card , up to 8 voice cards (of any design) can be installed into caladan.

2 Oscillators per voice, with 256 waveforms each with sub oscillator.

4 pole analog low pass filters based upon the sound semiconductor SSI2144"

Isla Instruments Caladan