Digitakt II OS 1.15 Upgrade

video upload by Elektron

"Digitakt II gets a tasty boost with OS 1.15, introducing the eagerly-awaited Slice machine to the menu. Chop up and wield your sample slices however you like, opening up for new rhythmic and melodic exploration. Find out more: OS Upgrade: https://bit.ly/4kU6Vbd"

Digitakt II Slice Tutorial

video upload by Elektron

"We introduce Digitakt II's Slice machine in this video tutorial, running through how to get up and running and showing just a taste of the fun things you can do with it."

The Digitakt II FInally Has REAL Slicing | OS Update 1.15

video upload by EZBOT

"With the release of OS Update 1.15, Digitakt II has been enhanced with an all-new SLICE MACHINE. This new update allows you to slice samples in the same manner as an Octatrack or an MPC. Meaning you are no longer stuck on the grid, you can freely place up to 64 slice points on any sample. This update completely changes how you can approach this machine, and it's an important one for Digitakt users. Slicing was never this easy, and I am totally stoked."

"EZBOT resources: https://www.patreon.com/ezbot, https://ko-fi.com/ezbot/, https://www.modbang.com
Get 10% Modbang cables with code: EZBOT23
Get 10% off your first Modbang Riser with code: RISER23"

SOMA P23 UTILITIES – Triggering & Modulating with Touch Sensors (Eng Subtitles)

video upload by VG-Line

"In this video, we explore creative patching using the Divider module of the SOMA PULSAR-23 together with the SOMA PULSAR - 23 UTILITIES.

Divider outputs are routed into the Utilities’ touch sensor inputs, allowing us to trigger the Pulsar and modulate its parameters in rhythmically interesting ways.

Timestamps:
0:00 – Intro
0:46 – Patching
2:02 – Outro"

Beetlecrab Tempera Granular Ambient

video upload by r beny

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"Hello, I hope you are taking care. This video is a performance centered around the Beetlecrab Tempera granular sampler/synthesizer. My intention was to create a long form piece of music using only the Tempera, outside of sequencing (as Tempera currently doesn’t have a note sequencer).

I’ve had the Tempera for a while now, but have only recently gotten around to really getting to know it well - learning its ins and outs, learning its boundaries and edges. When learning a new granular instrument, one of the first things I like to do is figure out the relationship between grain length/size and grain density/rate. Tempera is quite unique in that regard, as grain sizes can span the entire length of the buffer (~11s in this instance) - this allows for one to play back entire samples as-is (polyphonically as well), without being “granularized”. On the other end of the spectrum, Tempera also excels at creating grain clouds with an abundance of short grains all firing off at once. I make use of both of these techniques in this video.

Some patch notes:
Tempera is loaded with 8 different samples from various sound sources from my studio. Each sample is just a single note of the sound source, recorded directly to Tempera. Tempera has a note detection feature, so each note was recorded at slightly different notes (mostly either A or C).

From to left to right across the 8 cells, the samples are:
Mannequins Mangrove
Mutable Instruments Rings (patched to make a “harp” sound)
Mangrove with another timbre
Korg Z1 (with a “flute patch”, which I didn’t end up using in this video)
Rings (patched to make a “glockenspiel” sound)
Korg Z1 (with a “bassoon” patch)
Felt Instruments Blisko Cello (with a Sul Tasto patch with only a single string)
Novation Summit (with a pad patch)

In the video, I use the 4 granular emitters in conjunction with sequencing from the Squarp Hapax to sequence and play the various samples across the grid. Emitter 1 is set up to play just a single grain per note, with a grain length that matches the entire buffer. Emitters 2-4 are set up in various grain cloud formations.

The Tempera is running the latest beta firmware as of 6/24/25 (2.2.beta13, shoutout to the Discord).

This is a long one. Thanks for stopping by and sticking with."

the making of “sounds like home” a collaboration with bentgablenits

video upload by teenage engineering

"meet the trio behind bentgablenits: brenda bent, karen gable, and angelo nitsopoulos and see how the project came together.

read the full story here: https://teenage.engineering/now#bentg..."

ROLAND S-1 - 64 Ambient Patterns (Patches + SEQUENCES)

video upload by Alba Ecstasy

"64 Ambient Patterns (patches&sequences) for Roland S-1 👉 https://www.albaecstasy.ro/roland-s1/
Roland AIRA Compact S-1 Tweak Synth"

Ambient w/ Roland RS-09 & GAME BOY | Rose Water 2025-06-25 by atnr

video upload by atnr

"A piece built with an RS-09 and a Game Boy—ambient layers of drones and lo-fi sequencing.

RS-09: Runs through NIGHTSKY for reverb and filtering; the dry signal is muted so only the wet reverb is heard, and the unit’s inherent noise is left in the mix.

Game Boy: An LSDj sequence loops while LOSSY degrades the sound and a DD-6 adds delay, with feedback tweaked in real time."

Meet DayDreamer's Sustainable Affordable Open Source Synth 1

video upload by DayDreamer Synth

"Here's 13 minutes of messing around to show you a few sounds this synth can make."

Sorry for the shakiness.
0:06 - Little Mew
1:24 - Default
2:28 - 80s Spazz
4:18 - Percussive Stabs
6:35 - 303
7:20 - Aggro Bass
8:30 - Warp
10:00 - Monolithic

How To Tune

video upload by DayDreamer Synth

"This is an instructional video on how to tune your Synth 1. This supplements the instructions provide in the manual."



via DayDreamer

Homemade Sawtooth Polyphony Accessibility, Affordability, Sustainability. Open Source.

Features:

6 Analog VCOs (Voltage Controlled Oscillators)

6 Analog VCAs (Voltage Controlled Amplifiers)

LFSR White Noise generator

Velocity Sensitivity

Legato / Portamento / Pitch Glide

LED Note Indicators

Digital to Analog Envelope Generator

Digital to Analog LFO

Diode Ladder Low Pass VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter)

LFO Modulated VCO and VCF

Paraphony / Polyphony

Note Recycling

PT2399 Bucket Brigade Delay

Open source hardware and software

Dimensions: 40 × 16 x 7 cm

Currently priced at $299.00

via Synthtopia

Yamaha MONTAGE M v3.0 Update

video upload by Yamaha Synths Official

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Yamaha | MONTAGE M E.S.P 3.0 | Katsunori Ujiie

video upload by Yamaha Synths Official

"Join Yamaha Synthesizer specialist Katsunori Ujiie as he dives into the exciting new features of the MONTAGE M v3.0 update.

The new operating system includes the following new features and improvements:
• New GS1 Ensemble & Tremolo, M/S EQ Compressor, and CS Ring Modulator effects
• New Clavi waveforms and Performances
• AN-X and FM-X parameters for Part LFO destination
• Increased maximum number of loadable libraries from 16 to 24
• SSS Time support
• Performance Note Shift function
• Keyboard Hold Lock function
• ESP Control for DAW Remote
• Note Limit and Note Shift functions for Scene with External Part support
• Rec’n’Share support
• Various user interface improvements

The OS 3.0 update is available immediately and free of charge for all MONTAGE M owners.
Download it now: https://yamaha.io/3DL9U5k"

Check with dealers on the right for availability and deals on the Yamaha MONTAGE M.

Driving Through San Diego’s Freeways with an original synth soundtrack

video upload by CatSynth TV

Store: https://shop.catsynth.com
Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/catsynth
Patreon: / catsynth

"We take a ride through several major freeways in San Diego and the surrounding areas. We start downtown on I-5, cross CA 163 (which we featured in a previous video), and turn east on CA 94. We follow CA 94 for a while, and then turn north on CA 125. Shortly thereafter, we turn east onto I-8, and then north onto CA 67, where we meet CA 52 in anticipation of the next video...

Music composed and performed by Amanda Chaudhary. It uses several of the instruments we have recently reviewed:
Cherry Audio ODC 2800
Arturia MiniFreak with 4.0 vocoder update
Arturia Pure LoFi
Arturia Augmented Yangtze
Arturia Jup-8000 V
Rhodes Wurli

Additional instruments include:
Minimoog
Cherry Audio Chroma, Mercury 6, Startdust-201 delay
BFD drums and percussion
EastWest Ministry of Rock
AudioModeling SWAM Flugelhorn and Trombone
AudioThing Wires and Dials"

Analogue Solutions TC5000 Synthesizer | Lonely Ping #shorts

video upload by Analogue Solutions

"A haunting little tone from the TC5000. This one’s got the feel of a sonar pulse mixed with a whimper—like a voicy cry from somewhere deep underwater. Nothing fancy, just raw character from a single sequence."