Thursday, December 12, 2024
MPC X Session: Akai Mini D, Jura, and Casio SA-46
video upload by Retrothusiast
"Join me for another creative MPC X session as I expand on a song idea that started with a simple bass line on my son’s Casio SA-46. Using the Akai Mini D plugin, I recreated the bass sequence and layered it with lush bells and arpeggios from the JURA plugin. All of this was produced directly on the retro-inspired MPC X SE, with my Prophet 10 acting as a MIDI controller.
This session showcases the power of the MPC X and Akai’s incredible plugin suite, proving you don’t need external instruments to create a full-sounding track.
👉 Gear Featured in This Video:
Akai MPC X SE
Akai Mini D Plugin
JURA Plugin
Casio SA-46 (original bass idea)
Prophet 10 (MIDI controller)
🎵 Listen to tracks recorded off of the MPC X SE:
Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:37 Session Begins
9:50 That's a Wrap!
10:18 Full Track
I love retro music production gear, computers and electronics. Follow me on YouTube, Facebook and Retrothusiast.com if you share the same passions.
https://www.retrothusiast.com"
Meet the BLIPPULATOR - KAOTIC BLIPPING SYNTH
video uploads by biyiblip
From the maker of Gibber.
Playlist:
1. BLIPPULATOR - KAOTIC BLIPPING SYNTH
2. PATCH EXAMPLES FROM THE BLIPPULATOR USER MANUAL
3. BLIPPULATOR UNBOXING
"Meet blippulator, the quirky offspring of Rob Hordijk’s legendary designs, blending the heart of a Blippoo Box with the chaotic energy of a Benjolin.
Born from the mind of Hordijk's sonic explorations and further refined by Biyi Amez (BIYIBLIP), Blippulator takes everything we love about these classics and adds a fresh twist.
At its core, blippulator features extensive CV control, letting you dial in and modulate key parameters like the pitch of its two oscillators and the cutoff frequencies of its dual resonant filters. These aren’t just any filters—they’ve got that twin-peak magic that Hordijk fans will instantly recognise, adding a complex, organic edge to your sound.
One of blippulator’s coolest tricks? You can select any two arbitrary signals to create a custom PWM waveform, adding a layer of flexibility and unpredictability to your patches. Whether you’re controlling it from a Eurorack system or another external device, the 0-5V CV inputs and outputs make it a breeze to integrate into your setup.
The panel is user-friendly, making it easy to get hands-on with your sound and improvise live.
And just when you think you’ve got it figured out, blippulator’s got a few secret weapons up its sleeve to keep things interesting in your performances.
It’s a powerful tribute to Rob Hordijk’s genius, honouring his designs while pushing them in new directions, making it a must-have for anyone who loves modular synthesis and sonic exploration.
Blippulator is more than a synthesizer—it's a celebration of the past and the future of sound design, with a nod to one of the most innovative minds in the field.
Plug in, experiment, and let it take your performances to the next level.
How to get one?
Write an email to: biyiblip@gmail.com
Check and dowload the Blippulator user manual here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JqsN...
biyiblip - happy people synths."
Note: previously biyiblip posts had the Biyi Amez label. Moving forward they will have the biyiblip label. Click the labels below for more.
WING PINGER MEETS I'M GIBBER V3
video upload by biyiblip
"This video is just a little taste of what these two awesome instruments can do together.
The Wing Pinger is a cool new analog music instrument that lets you blend melody and noise in perfect harmony.
The original Gibber device was created by Rob Hordijk and Biyi Amez in 2020, when the usual activities at Hordijk Mansions in The Hague were put on hold because of the pandemic lockdown. Biyi, Rob's friend, assistant, and protégé, found a rare and outdated computer voice chip and had the idea to turn it into a synthesizer. Rob was intrigued, and in the following weeks, The Gibber was born.
The 'I'm Gibber' is a generative/self-playing device that can also be somewhat controlled by the user. It's based on Rob's "Rungler," a digital shift register that feeds back into itself. This setup makes the voice chip continuously produce a stream of phonemes, vowels, plosives, and syllables from the English language, but they’re all jumbled together in a stream that never quite forms recognizable language or meaning.
If you're interested in buying an 'I'm Gibber V3,' just shoot an email to biyiblip@gmail.com. Limited units available, so grab one before it's gone forever!
Check out and download the I’m Gibber V3 manual here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A8jC..."
See the Biji Amez label below for additional posts.
The Teenage Engineering OP-1 has been dethroned: The best-selling electronic gear on Reverb in 2024
Note: links to listings are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
via Reverb
"Each year, Reverb takes stock of what musicians across the globe are buying and selling as a way to keep players up to date on the latest gear trends. Today, we're sharing a big one: The best-selling electronic gear on Reverb this year.
The headline: After five years, the Teenage Engineering Op-1 has been dethroned. That's right -- the TE OP-1 is no longer the best-selling piece of electronic gear for the first time in half a decade...and oh how the mighty have fallen, with the OP-1 coming in at #5. However, it's not all bad for the Swedish synth brand.
Teenage Engineering had three pieces of gear -- the OP-1 (#5), the EP-133 K.O. II (#6), and the OP-1 Field (#11) -- in the top-10, as the brand continues to expand. Point and case: Teenage Engineering debuted the OP-XY just last month.
Both the OP-1 (#3) and the OP-1 Field (#19) finished inside of the top-20 best-selling used synths and electronic gear.
Elektron's Digitakt topped the list, largely due to the release of the Digitakt II and Digitone II models earlier this year. The brand's 2024 debuts helped propel Elektron's Digitone to #9 -- and you can get both the Digitone and Digitakt for a great price thanks to a $160+ drop in the cost of used models for both.
The Digitakt topped the list of best-selling used synths and electronic gear this year, further proving its popularity.
The Ableton Push 2 (#2) and the Korg Drumlogue (#4) both jumped into the top-five thanks to great deals from the brands' respective official Reverb shops.
Korg finished as second on the list of the best-selling electronic gear brands, while Roland took home the gold, Yamaha took home silver, and Akai and Arturia rounded out the top-five.
While Ableton's Push 2 was a best-seller, the standalone Push 3 was beat out by Native Instruments' Maschine+, which finished #11 on the list of the overall best-selling drum machines, samplers, and controllers.
To view all of the electronic gear that made this year's best-selling lists on Reverb, visit https://reverb.com/news/best-selling-electronic-gear-of-2024"
via Reverb
"Each year, Reverb takes stock of what musicians across the globe are buying and selling as a way to keep players up to date on the latest gear trends. Today, we're sharing a big one: The best-selling electronic gear on Reverb this year.
The headline: After five years, the Teenage Engineering Op-1 has been dethroned. That's right -- the TE OP-1 is no longer the best-selling piece of electronic gear for the first time in half a decade...and oh how the mighty have fallen, with the OP-1 coming in at #5. However, it's not all bad for the Swedish synth brand.
Teenage Engineering had three pieces of gear -- the OP-1 (#5), the EP-133 K.O. II (#6), and the OP-1 Field (#11) -- in the top-10, as the brand continues to expand. Point and case: Teenage Engineering debuted the OP-XY just last month.
Both the OP-1 (#3) and the OP-1 Field (#19) finished inside of the top-20 best-selling used synths and electronic gear.
Elektron's Digitakt topped the list, largely due to the release of the Digitakt II and Digitone II models earlier this year. The brand's 2024 debuts helped propel Elektron's Digitone to #9 -- and you can get both the Digitone and Digitakt for a great price thanks to a $160+ drop in the cost of used models for both.
The Digitakt topped the list of best-selling used synths and electronic gear this year, further proving its popularity.
The Ableton Push 2 (#2) and the Korg Drumlogue (#4) both jumped into the top-five thanks to great deals from the brands' respective official Reverb shops.
Korg finished as second on the list of the best-selling electronic gear brands, while Roland took home the gold, Yamaha took home silver, and Akai and Arturia rounded out the top-five.
While Ableton's Push 2 was a best-seller, the standalone Push 3 was beat out by Native Instruments' Maschine+, which finished #11 on the list of the overall best-selling drum machines, samplers, and controllers.
To view all of the electronic gear that made this year's best-selling lists on Reverb, visit https://reverb.com/news/best-selling-electronic-gear-of-2024"
Artist Picks: Best Music Gear of 2024 (Part 2)
video upload by Perfect Circuit
Check out the accompanying article on our blog, Signal."
"2024 is soon drawing to a close—so, we're taking a look back at the year, and taking account of all of the weird and wonderful instruments that gave us some inspiration this year. Synthesizers, drum machines, and Eurorack modules to samplers and effects, this year had no shortage of inspiring instruments.
So, we reached out to some of our friends and content creators to fill us in on their year, asking one simple question: what was the coolest piece of gear YOU got this year? For some, that meant brand-new releases, but for others, it meant sitting down and digging into classic instruments.
In this video, we hear from:
0:05 Emily Hopkins on the Expressive E Osmose + Vongon Replay
3:36 The Midlife Synthesist on the Arturia Polybrute 12
5:36 Son Wu on the Elektron Octatrack
10:38 Monotrail on the ADDAC507 Random Bézier Waves
13:32 Surco on the Shakmat Battering Ram + OXI Meta
Check out the accompanying article on our blog, Signal."
You can find additional Artist Picks: Best Music Gear of 2024 posts here.
Christmas on Synthesizers - God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen. Roland D-50, Roland Juno-60, Moog Sub37
video upload by Elmar Mihm
"All Sounds from Roland D-50, Juno-60, Moog Sub37. No external FX or EQ.
Hope you enjoy! Merry Christmas!"
Arturia PolyBrute 12 - Generative Patch layered with OB6 Pad
video upload by Scott McAuley Sounds
"Patches will be available at https://www.orano.co.uk/shop or http://www.synthsounds.co.uk
Noodling around with the generative capabilities of the PB12, utilising the looping envelopes and multiple mods, to create a looping generative typ atmospheric patch.
these type of patches are great fun to explore, and can really take you on a journey.
this is a long one, and stays all on same chord throughout.
hope you enjoy!"
Reveal Sound Spire Free Dark Ambient Presets. No Talk Demo
video upload by Anton Anru
"Darkwave Cinematics is a collection of 50 presets for Reveal Sound Spire.
The bank of presets consists of: 7 Basses, 6 Drones, 5 Keys, 6 Leads, 8 Pads, 8 Strings, 5 Synths, 5 Textures.
📻 The soundset is inspired by sci-fi movies, soundtracks, dystopian stories, urban landscapes, noise ambient albums, experimental modern art and sound design.
🌌 Get this soundset: https://antonanru.sellfy.store/p/spir...
The bank spans a broad spectrum of timbres: dark, noisy, lo-fi, retro, romantic, melancholic, nostalgic, soundscapes, atmospheric, detuned, cold, distant, dull, big, massive, epic, bright, orchestral, distorted, metallic, tense, atonal, non-harmonic, fx-like, evolving, moving, sweeping.
🔮 Each preset is designed with dynamics in mind - by using the modulation wheel, you can give your timbres a more expressive sound. ModWheel opens all layers' filters, enhancing the brightness of the sound.
🎛 Each preset has 4 Macros that make it easy to develop timbre and adjust key parameters.
The macros are a significant part of the soundset. They can change tone, stereo width, modulation depth and rate, noise level, distortion, detuning, effects mix, and others.
Ensure that you are using the latest software version.
To add presets to the collection, open the plugin browser, push Import, then select the presets on your computer. Or you can place the folder with the new presets into the Spire user folder.
Push Rescan to update the collection. Now you can see the new presets inside the browser.
The Sequencers of 2024
video upload by Omri Cohen
"You can find these patches, along with many others, available on my Patreon page - / patches-from-of-117758937"
00:00 - Introduction
00:13 - ArpSeq
04:38 - Morpheus
07:44 - Benjolin
10:04 - CV Funk
13:25 - OrbSeq
15:15 - Misc
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