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Sunday, November 09, 2025

Greaten AP-500 Pro EWI Review: 120 Sounds, Voice Control & USB MIDI Demo! - an overall upgrade


video upload by Floyd Steinberg

Also see: Greaten AP300 pro EWI demo and review

"The Greaten AP-500 Pro Electronic Wind Instrument ( https://greaten-music.myshopify.com/c... ) is the powerful successor to last year's AP-300. In this video, I explore all the new features, enhancements, and sound upgrades that make the AP-500 Pro a serious contender for wind synth enthusiasts.



🎷 What's inside the box?

🎛️ Hardware upgrades: lighter body, better screen, more octave rollers

🎚️ New features: 120 sounds, voice control, Bluetooth audio & MIDI, USB MIDI for VST and hardware synths

🎵 Sound comparisons: Soprano Sax, Clarinet, Trombone, Shakuhachi — old vs new

🎹 Effects: reverb, chorus, filters, layering, patch saving

🎤 Bonus: @XavierRadix demo with Tenor Sax




Whether you're a saxophonist, EWI player, or synth lover, this deep dive shows how the AP-500 Pro pushes expressive control and connectivity to the next level."



📌 Chapters:

Buran - psydoom techno ritual - Push 3 & Modular


video uploads by Abre Ojos

Two videos, two tracks. Walk-through videos below.

73bpm - Titles take us places
73bpm - Lost in the sandpit

Audio:
Ableton Push 3 Standalone
Eurorack Modular:
‪@ExpertSleepersLtd‬ ES-10
Forge TME VHIKK-X
‪@knobula_synths‬ Kickain
‪@Endorphines‬ Ghost
‪@EricaSynths‬ Perkons Voice
‪@DivKid‬ DivSkip
⁨‪@intellijel‬ Multigrain
ALM Pamelas New Workout
‪@afterlateraudio‬ Atom (MI Elements) & Knit (MI Plaits)
‪@NoiseEngineering‬ Terci Ruina
‪@GamechangerAudio‬ Plasmavoice

Video:
Live visuals using Body of the Prey (1967) from Archive.org
Video microscope
Sony ZV1
Roland V1-HD
‪@entropyandsons‬ Recursion Studio
Resolume Avenue
Recorded with Rodecaster Video

Dark ambient audiovisual stuff: https://abreojos.net Buran - Ableton Push 3 standalone & Eurorack Modular live set up walk thru


Two videos:

1. Buran - Ableton Push 3 standalone & Eurorack Modular live set up walk thru
First gig in a while so I've been thinking about what set up to use and here it is. Come for a wander down the hardware road to see how I am putting this all together, making the modular and Push 3 be friends, module choice, and the why of the set up.

00:00 Intro jam
01:25 Intro ramble & the why
05:28 The Push set up
29:40 The modular overview
31:13 1U MIDI + system clock
35:45 Expert Sleepers ES-10
42:34 Kickain & Perkons Voice
47:33 Kint (Plaits) & Atom (Elements)
53:27 VHIKK-X
58:22 Plasmavoice
1:05:41 Dust of Time
1:13:24 Multigrain

2. Buran - Live visuals video hardware set up walk thru
First gig in a while so I've been thinking about what set up to use and here it is. Come for a wander down the hardware road to see how I am putting this all together. This is the video side of things and the why of the set up.

00:00 Intro ramblings
03:31 Rodecaster Video
06:32 iPad, Sony ZV1, Video Microscope
16:55 Video capture cards
19:28 Recursion Studio & V1-HD
23:55 Nanocontrol MIDI
28:12 Resolume Avenue

Easel 415


video upload by Todd Barton

"A brief improvisation using just the 'instrument definition' on the soldered program card. . .

My Patreon: / synthtodd"

Waldorf Iridium Desktop as New

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Akai AX80 with Tauntek Firmware

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via this Vemia listing

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"As is usual with these, the high gloss end cheeks are not as beautiful as they once were. This also has one repaired key. But it's a great and fairly rare synth, boosted by the brilliant Tauntek firmware upgrade: http://www.tauntek.com/AX80.htm . Just provide your own IEC mains lead. VEMIA will collect and pack this heavy, fragile synth beautifully: 30GBP."

Erica Synths - SYNTRX II

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Korg 770 Analog Keyboard Synthesizer SN 770255

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Roland JX-8P Analog Keyboard Synthesizer

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Yamaha CS-50 Polyphonic Synthesizer SN 2215

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Philips Philicorda GM752 oscillator board *working*

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"Oscillator board from a Philicorda GM752 organ, fully working"

Looks like gingerbread.

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