yoctocore - a midi to cv box

video upload by infinitedigits

"yoctocore is the thing I've needed for years.

there are so many midi to cv boxes out there, but so few of them have 4 pitch/envelope pairs with a wide range of voltage (-5 to +10v). yoctocore has 8 cv outputs, each with a wide cv range, each that can be programmed to be 1) a midi to pitch, or 2) an envelope that triggers on any of the outputs), or 3) a lfo, or 4) a clock, or 5) a sequencer, or 6) a simple a block of code that runs on the beat, that you can define to be whatever you want.

also its entirely open-source (https://github.com/schollz/yoctocore) so in case there is something you want to change, you can."

Also see yoctocore: first glimpse.

Simple Major Tom Tetrachords jam

video upload by Martin Doudoroff

"Zero effort quick-and-dirty proof of concept pairing of Major Tom and Tetrachords. Major Tom channels are kick, bass, melody, and chords, respectively. Tetrachords channel one is bass (BIA), channel two is melody (E370 through Natural Gate), and channel four is chords (MIDI to DAW synth)."

Oberheim TEO-5!! Unboxing and Test

video upload by I Love Cats and Synths

"The Oberheim TEO-5 I ordered back in August finally arrived. Let's unbox it and check out how it sounds! (Hint... it sounds AMAZING!!!) My Take 5 is going to be jealous. 😁

Bella approves of the box, and the twist tie that wrapped the power cord."

Novation Peak Solo #1 - Arpeggio

video upload by Michele Cataneo Music

Synthesizer: Novation Peak
Daw: Ableton Live
Music by Michele Cataneo
Camera: BMPCC4K

Minimalism for Modular #5: Hans Otte's Book of Sounds

video upload by Electrum Modular

"An introduction to the ethereal music of Hans Otte, via a modular interpretation of two parts (2 and 7) from his Book of Sounds (1979-82).

Also contains several ideas for generative/aleatory sequencing in a modular system: in particular, decoupling pitch and gate, combining a multi-channel sample player (Disting EX) with a sequencer that has per-step gate outputs (0-Ctrl), and using a series of probabilistic gates (Missed Opportunities) to distribute/alternate pitch variations.

0:00 Introduction
1:41 First patch (Book of Sounds, part 7)
6:28 Second patch (Book of Sounds, part 2)

For those new to Hans Otte’s music, I would recommend his own rendition of The Book of Sounds:



And this 1995 album, Aquarian Music: • Siebengesang (Seven-Song)

PSP Pianoverb free download: https://www.pspaudioware.com/products...



Alexander Holm's Salamander Grand Piano, downsized by j_e_f_f_g, and reformatted for the Disting: https://app.box.com/s/rxl1nz0zv5hl62c...

A special thank you to Silvia Otte, for generously providing the photographs of her late father.

'Le Sacrifice: Introduction' from Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, played by the Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Leopold Stokowski (78rpm record, His Master's Voice, 1939):
https://archive.org/details/78_first-...

Processed through a bandpass filter, with frequency boost around 3mHZ, and combined with filtered white noise, etc. to create the vintage radio effect

Images of Hans Otte’s “On Earth” (Edition Kölnischer Kunstverein II):
https://archive.org/details/cd_editio...

Sources:
Amy C. Beal, American Experimental Music in West Germany from the Zero Hour to Reunification (University of California Press, 2006) – in particular, for the reference to Otte’s wartime experience.
Ingo Ahmels, Hans Otte: Klang Der Klänge (Schott Musik International, 2006)

Modules used:
Expert Sleepers' Disting EX and Disting Mk4
QuBit Bloom
Dnipro's Metamorph
Cutelab’s Missed Opportunities
Tesseract’s Sweet Sixteen Faderbank
Tesseract’s Step Fader II
ALM's Pamela's New Workout
ALM’s MFX
Doepfer’s Sequential Switch (A-151)
Low Gain Electronic’s Shortbus
Intellijel’s Quad VCA
Behringer Neutron
Make Noise’s 0-Ctrl"

Sunday Jam #60 : Drivin' again - with guitar

video upload by MIDI IN

"I've decided to take an existing piece of music, my Music for an Imaginary Driving Game, which I've published a few times in different forms, most recently for dual SIDs, I'll link to that video, and enhance it with real guitar and realistic drums.

The stop-motion driving clip is thanks to Mike Bird:
https://www.pexels.com/video/time-lap...

The most recent pure dual-SID version of this tune is here:"

Latest version of 'Drivin' SID tune, plus new SwinSID design

video upload by MIDI IN

"I've just received these in the post this morning. I was unable to make edits to Tolaemon's 'nano SwinSID b' design and so I made a new board design using the SwinSID schematic. This is a demo, (apart from the looks, and easier manufacture for me, they're the same as the nano SwinSID b)
https://peacockmedia.software/midisid"

Best Ambient Synth Shootout #140: Mega MIDI - Song 3

video upload by Christian's Sonic Spaces

"This is the third song with the Mega MIDI by Aidan Lawrence. It's an FM synthesizer based on either the YM2612 yamaha chip (used here and in SEGA Genesis / Megadrive home consoles and various SEGA arcade game systems, including the Mega-Play, System 18, and System 32) or the cleaner sounding YM3438 chip without the crossover distortion in the output. Both sound chips has six channels with four operators per channel.

In contradiction to the Kasser DAFM Synth you can program the sounds only via Midi CC but it can load via SD card opm-file game sounds from the SEGA Genesis / Megadrive games (currently more than 9500 opm-files available). The game music composers did a great job to programming the best out of the 4 OP FM synth. So it's a lot of fun to dive through all the game sounds.

I used for the recording the following FX pedals:
Line 6 DL4 MkII, Pigtronix Echolution² Deluxe, GFI System Specular Reverb², OTO Boum.
Depending on the recorded track some FX are deactivated.

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 13. The final song was then mastered using iZotope Ozone."

Enya Lothlorien Cherry Audio Miniverse VST Minimoog Virtual Analog Synthesizer Rik Marston

video upload by Rik Marston Official

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

PlantsSystem-SquareShadow & Delaunay

video upload by plantssystem

"SquareShadow" was made with Prophet-5 and TX81Z. The video is OpenProcessing. DAWless Machine Live.

PlantsSystem-Delaunay

video upload by plantssystem

"Samples from 'Delaunay' are 'Opening' and 'Loom'. The video is open processing."

Roland Jupiter-X with Individaul Synth Model Overlays

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via this listing

"The updated firmware includes the Jupiter-X model that gives you a one-knob per function layout that lets you take advantage of all the knobs and sliders. Regarding the built-in vintage models, like the Juno-106, included are 5 controller layout templates from SynthOverlays.com (see pics). They look great and map out what you need to play a specific vintage Model (JX-8P, SH-101, Jupiter-8, Juno-106). They‘re pricey and super cool. The overlays take the guesswork out of what-does-what when playing one of the vintage Models. Currently loaded in the two extra slots are vintage keys/electric pianos from Roland’s available sound banks. I just don’t have room to keep this synth. I also have the smaller Jupiter-xm and am hanging onto that one."

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