Roland MC-500 MicroComposer w/ Extras

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"The Original Roland MC500 MicroComposer is a professional-grade digital sequencer made by Roland. With five channels and MIDI I/O ports, this sequencer allows for precise control of various musical instruments and gear. Perfect for creating intricate music compositions, the Roland MC500 is a reliable and versatile tool for musicians and producers looking to enhance their creative process.

Personally, This machine has been the perfect hardware sequencer for my solo gigs and even backup for a duo. It's reliable and simple. It takes no time to set up. I've invested many hours of drum and bass programming into the many songs included on the diskettes (see the list of songs). All original documentation is included. Even though it only has 5 tracks (1 rhythm and 4 music) it easily manages your midi-controlled devices such as stage lights, Patch changes on your guitar's effects pedal, and of course your sound modules. Included is the Roland Rhythm Library, a source of many complex drum patterns of all genres you can employ into your sequences."

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Roland TR-707 Rhythm Composer SN 693991 w/ Original Box

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Hillwood HR-2 Super Variation Drum Machine

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video upload by Juicythedj

"Quick demo of this pretty rare Japanese drum machine."
video upload by Senti mental

"Demo of the Hillwood Super Variation, a Drum Machine fro around 1977-79. Made by a Japanese company who apparently was a supplier for Roland until they decided to start their own product line in the market. Not much info around. The cool feature of the Super Variation is the metal bar on top, that allows you to switch the machine on and off. Has also quite slow rhythm speed. Other than slight EQ-boosting on the low end frequencies, no processing. Best listened to on good headphones or decent stereo equipment. Filmed on Fuji-XE2 with 4/9cm Leitz Elmar lens."

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Steda Electronics SR-909 quick jam (Roland TR-909 replica)

video upload by Juicythedj

"The SR-909 is an exact replica of the classic Roland TR-909. It comes as a complete kit with enclosure, bare boards and all electronics and rare components included. The boards are based exactly on the original schematics and the machine is running the original V4 firmware.

The build itself was quite a ride, but the guys from Steda Electronics were very helpful!"

Behringer 2-XM // First Look review and demo

video upload by Starsky Carr

"Here it is... the Behringer 2-XM their take on the Oberheim 2-Voice It's got 2 SEM style modules/clones plus CV connections and MIDI.

This is a quick runthrough - it only arrived yesterday so I'm just trying to give a flavour of what it sounds like and how it works.

Pre-empting questions about MIDI control... the knobs don't send or receive MIDI and no there's no patch saving :)"

0:00 intro demo
2:18 Some Background
6:40 Oscillators - 4 VCOs
12:11 Sync - sounds smooth
13:52 Filter.. it's SEM style!
21:27 VCA Modes
22:00 Control Section
25:26 Split + Duo Modes

Bad Gear - SERUM for OLD PEOPLE

video upload by AudioPilz

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. In times like these when normal people try to steer clear of questionable spending habits, true synth nerds are still stockpiling esoteric Eurorack modules, vintage restoration projects and overpriced VST plugins in a box.

Speaking of which, today we are going to talk about the Waldorf Iridium range. While young producers with an actual history of releasing music are currently benchmarking a Serum 2 torrent, these futurist top shelf instruments based on German technology seem to be the last missing piece in every middle-aged synthesist collection before their careers are destined to take off.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:03 Overview Waldorf Iridium Core
01:59 Iridium Core vs. Iridium Desktop vs. Iridium Keyboard
02:22 Wavetable Synth Engine
02:32 Virtual Analog Synth Engine
02:49 Particle ( Sampler , Granular Synth )
03:15 Resonator ( Physical Modeling Synth Engine )
03:26 Kernel ( FM , Modular )
04:05 Filters, Digiformer
04:43 FX Section
04:52 LFOs, Envelopes, Mod Matrix
05:20 Bitimbrality, Touch Screen, Buttons
05:53 Sequencers, Arpeggiator
06:05 Connectivity, Pricing
06:25 Hate Screen
06:51 Jam 1 ( Fast Techno )
07:43 Jam 2 ( Drum'n'Bass )
08:52 Finale ( Melodic Techno )
09:23 Verdict
10:34 Patreon Sound Design Shoutout"

Liminal Patch 008 : Ambient Eurorack Modular Exploration

video upload by Botched Creative

"Creaturae Imaginis is a slow-burning descent into tone, texture, and atmosphere—12 minutes of ambient analog synthesis, layered with subtle generative elements. Recorded live to multitrack, each voice was captured in isolation, allowing for extensive post-processing and detailed mixing. The result is a piece that blurs the line between raw performance and sculpted sound design—a meditation on presence, process, and the strange beauty of voltage in motion.

Main Synths:
Forge TME Vhikk X, Maneco Labs Grone 2 Dark Drone Machine, Moog Mother 32, Moog Matriarch, Archea Loki, Winterbloom Castor & Pollux.

Sequencer:
Arturia KeyStep Pro

Processors:
Make Noise Maths, Happy Nerding 3x Mia, ALM Pam's Pro Workout, Xaoc Devices Zadar, Xoac Timiszoara, Expert Sleepers ES-9, Intellijel Quadratt, Thorn Audio VC LFO, Maneco Labs Clusterverb, Maneco Labs Filter Eko, Animal Factory Vivisect, After Later Audio Cloaks,

Post-Processing:
Walrus Audio Fable, OBNE Darkstar, Meris Mercury X, Meris Mercury 7, Meris Polymoon, Meris LVX, Boss RE-20, Chase Bliss Mood, Chase Bliss Generation Loss, Strymon Timeline, Strymon Big Sky, Abelton Live (tracking), Motu Digital Performer (mixing), Kush Audio, Slate Digital, Valhalla DSP, Waves plugins.

Enjoy the in-between world."

Let's noise! (apps demo)

video upload by Igor Vasiliev

"Some loops and apps on iPad for processing them and generating noise. Mixed on GarageBand.

LoopMangler - Multi-Effect Glitch Sequencer (Process loops)
GlitchScaper - Rhythm & Glitch machine (Rhythmic patterns at the beginning)
BeatCutter - Rhythm slicing & recombining (Voices from a radio broadcast recording)
NoiseSpace - Noise textures and backgrounds (Noise textures in the middle)
NoInputMixer - Feedback-based instrument (Feedback tones and backgrounds)
SpaceFields - Space Ambient Machine (Spatial voices at the end)"

Frank Pels - Colours - 50 Musical & Usable Sounds for Quantum/Iridium - Sounddemo

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Frank Pels is a musician & producer from the Netherlands who has been involved with wavetable synthesis from the beginning. He has owned many legendary synthesizers like Prophet VS, Waldorf Microwave 1 & 2 over the years. He is now delivering his first soundset for the Iridium/Quantum family of synths.

50 musical and usable sounds for Iridium/Quantum. The soundset offers a collection of a wide variety of sounds. Lead sounds, Pads and many more sounds can be found in this huge collection."

Technics SY 1010 70's Analog Synthesizer

video upload by SUBTOKYOSHOP Music Gears

"Technics SY 1010 70's Analog Monophonic Synthesizer

Recorded with
*Technics SY 1010 Music Synthesizer
*Guyatone MD2 Digital Delay
*Aria ACH-1 Chorus"

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