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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"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."
via this Vemia listing
Note final Vemia listings end today. Click the auction link on top when you get there for additional listings.
"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."
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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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"Oscillator board from a Philicorda GM752 organ, fully working"
Looks like gingerbread.
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