4ms Employee Interviews: Thomas Fang

video upload by 4ms Company

"If you’ve visited our table at a trade show, you’ve probably met Thomas Fang! Ross sat down with Thomas to talk about circuit bent furbies, noise music and his work with Synth Library Portland.
Are you curious about who actually works at 4ms Company? Over the next month we will be sharing interviews with our small team of employees, so stay tuned!"

You can find additional posts featuring Thomas Fang here.

Coming soon...

video upload by Numero Uno

Follow-up to this post.

"This demo uses 32 instances. Every sound you hear is from the JE8086 emulator, including the orchestral intro and the outtakes.

All presets are made from scratch from an init patch and are available on our Discord upon release.

Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/WJ9cxySnsM

FAQ:

Can it load presets from the hardware? Yes. It can export sounds for the hardware too

What formats will be available: VST2/3/AU/Clap/LV2 for Win/Mac/Linux

How much will it cost? Nothing, it will be free and open source

Is this emulating the 8000 or 8080? It will be able to run both, depends on the used ROM. Demo uses the 8000"

Ocean Swift Launches “Sample Tester” - A Free, Instant Tool for Sonic Curation and Auditioning

Grab a FREE copy here: https://oceanswift.net/product-category/sample-packs/oscillators/

Press release follows:

Ocean Swift Launches “Sample Tester” - A Free, Instant Tool for Sonic Curation and Auditioning

Ocean Swift announces the release of Sample Tester, a compact, zero-friction instrument designed for rapid auditioning, tuning checks, and curation of oscillator-style samples. Sample Tester is available now as a free Kontakt Player-compatible tool, empowering producers, sound designers, and sample library creators to streamline their workflow.

A Tool That Speeds Up the Process

With Sample Tester, users can drag and drop a sample file and immediately hear it played polyphonically, allowing quick assessment of tuning, harmonic behavior, and musical context. The instrument:

Automatically detects or permits manual setting of the root note
Displays MIR-derived metrics such as pitch, peak, RMS, and loudness at a glance
Offers an engine toggle to compare Direct-From-Disk streaming versus Time Machine Pro sample stretching
Provides one-click amplitude envelope shapes (Perc, Bell, Piano, Lead, Pad)
Supports NKS / NKS2 mappings, compatible with hardware control surfaces
Works fully in the free Kontakt Player—no full Kontakt license required
In modern production environments, sound designers and producers often sift through large volumes of raw samples. Determining which ones will behave musically, tune correctly, or integrate well into a kit or melodic instrument can be time-consuming. Sample Tester accelerates that decision-making:

Instant feedback: No waiting for heavy DAW setup
Precise metrics: MIR data gives insight beyond the ear alone
Real-time auditioning: Hear the sample in chords or context, not just as a solo note
Flexible workflow: Works for tonal, looped, oscillator-style materials
These features combine to let creators “decide faster, tune with confidence, and build better libraries.”

Ocean Swift positions Sample Tester as a perfect companion to its Spectral Oscillators Toolkits, but the tool is equally useful for any user working with tonal or looped sample material.

Studio Ambient Session with Moog One, Prophet-10, Music Easel : Soundwalk 2025-10-10

video upload by atnr

"A piece created with ‪@SequentialLLC‬ Prophet-10, ‪@MoogSynthesizers‬ Moog One, ‪@buchlausa‬ Music Easel, and modular synthesizers — an ambient electronica track built from layered sounds recorded while walking around the studio.

The Prophet-10 is connected to a blueSky reverb, played with long release settings while manually opening and closing the filter.

Both the Moog One and ‪@NordKeyboards‬ Nord Lead provide synth pads. The Nord Lead runs through the ‪@gfisys‬ Specular Tempus with a deep reverb.

In the small Intellijel modular case, the ‪@MAKEN0ISEMUSIC‬ Morphagene plays back recorded piano sounds, with additional reverb added via a Clouds clone.

In the 7U Intellijel case seen on the right side of the screen, the Instruō Cs-L is processed through QPAS and Mimeophon for filtering and delay effects.

The Music Easel is connected to a ‪@ChaseBlissAudio‬ MOOD MKII, adding rich reverb. The Easel is played with noticeable portamento while performing on the keyboard."

TTMC Sequencer Card , Buchla Easel Command , Dave Smith Instruments Tempest

video upload by Tokyo Tape Music Center

https://tokyo-tape-music-center.com

Arturia MicroFreak Jam – "The Absurd Ninety Percent"

video upload by alloutofsync

"While designing a patch on the MicroFreak, I stumbled upon a strange sound — absurd in a good way — so I turned it into a jam. Now and then, it gives off a Steve Vai–like vibe (3:13-), which I love.

Starting from the init patch, pitch and timbre shift with LFO and pressure. The sequence was entered on a whim, following instinct more than logic.

The rhythm track comes from Ableton Live."

Formanta Polivoks - Soviet Analog Synthesizer Ambient (SASA)

video upload by LFOstore

"Soviet Analog Synthesizer Ambient (SASA) space launched!

Thanks to our great master Alex Taber for advices,
Repair, midi mods and tuning for this lovely old USSR machines.

Maybe it's a first time in history when these rare machines are collected, restored and played and filmed in one authentic video.

By Nick Klimenko

We want to show that Soviet analog instruments
Are not odd or noisy unfinished boxes, but perfect and beautiful instruments with its own spirit and history.

This cosmic ambient soundtrack played and recorded with:

Formanta Polivoks (main drone)
Electronica EM-25 (strings)
Murom Aelita (big cs-like lead)
Electronica EM-04 (second strings)
Ritm-2 (glorious lead)
Maestro (Prophet-like brass)
Alisa (sine lead)

Recorded with Zoom LiveTrack L6 - a perfect portable mixer.

FX by Zoom H9 Max"

ASTROGENIC HALLUCINAUTING - late night noiz for late night fiends

video upload by thenoiztemple

"ASTROGENIC HALLUCINAUTING - late night noiz for late night fiends - for more noiz: https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/as...

website: http://manipulate.net

This is a series of live noiz and video noiz performances. A continuation of improvisational noiz sessions during the persistence of The Human Plague and now war.

#isolation #electronicmusic #synthesizer #blackambient #drone #noiz #noisemusic #percussion #spike #ukraine #war #standwithukraine"

SCJS#73 - CLIFFHANGER - Befaco Oneiroi x Bean Jelly

video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Small Case Jam Sessions #73 - CLIFFHANGER

Bean Jelly stereo: both low pass and band pass outputs goes into
NLC diff-rect, and then into stereo inputs of Oneiroi.
Oneiroi looper plays a Bean Jelly recording.
Bean Jelly rungler modulates Oneiroi OSC and resonator.
Other modulations on Oneiroi are internal sawtooth lfo and random morphing.

Recorded live thru Syntakt inputs with delay and reverb

Make some noise!"

🎹 Arturia ASTROLAB 61 Expressive Keyboard –MUSIC DEMO (w Gerard Miralpeix KB player)

video upload by FutureMusic.es

"Step into the future of performance keyboards with our exclusive Music Demo featuring the Arturia AstroLab 61 —a groundbreaking stage instrument that bridges classic sound, modern workflow, and next-level flexibility for live musicians and creators.

#astrolab #arturia #musickeyboard

Timeline
00:00 Only Music ASTROLAB 61 demo with Gerard Miralpeix
00:01 Warm Awesome Strings
01:27 Choir Vibratos
02:40 Tension E Velo Keys
04:19 Studio Urban Piano
04:48 Broken E
05:57 Vocoder lines
06:32 Intimate tones
07:16 EP Hope
07:36 Brass ST crossover
09:13 Happy vocoder Outro"