Best Music Gear of 2025: Artist + Creator Picks - Perfect Circuit

video upload by Perfect Circuit

"2025 is drawing to a close, so we returned to a time-honored tradition: we asked some of our pals + some of our favorite artists/content creators to tell us about THEIR favorite gear acquisition of the year. We heard about new Make Noise modules, Elektron's fresh takes on sampling, and even about — gasp! — an AUDIO INTERFACE!

Just some fun times talkin' about fun gear :)

Scope it out and read all about the gear in question on our blog, Signal.

Special thanks to all of our pals — links & timestamps below:
0:05 ‪@sarahbellereid‬ & the Make Noise PoliMaths
2:50 ‪@soffter‬ & the BASTL Citadel Wave Bard
5:24 ‪@AudioPilz‬ & the SSL18
7:37 ‪@MidlifeSynthesist‬ & the Akai MPC Live III
10:49 ‪@SONWU‬ & the Ableton Move
13:50 ‪@BennJordan‬ & the SOMA Terra
16:43 ‪@JorbLovesGear‬ & the Michigan Synth Works MSW-810
18:51 ‪@EZBOT_‬ & the Elektron Tonverk


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Perfect Circuit is an independent electronic instrument shop with an online store at https://www.perfectcircuit.com/ and a Burbank, California showroom at 2405 Empire Ave. We're open seven days a week, 12-8 PM, and our entire inventory is available to try out in person. Get your hands on the most excellent analog and digital synthesizers, effect pedals, Eurorack modular synths, drum machines, recording gear, and more!

Learn about electronic music, techniques, and gear on our blog, Signal: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/signal"

PPG 1002 Synthesizer Sound Demo

video upload by Cornel Hecht

"This video demonstrates the signal flow and sound character of the PPG 1002 analog synthesizer.
Starting from a single VCO, additional elements are gradually introduced: filter shaping, a second VCO, modulation, sub oscillator, ring modulation, envelope-controlled pitch, and oscillator sync."

Ways To Make Noise | Make Noise

video upload by MAKEN0ISE

"The Bob Moog Foundation's Raffle for a custom 15U Eurorack modular system, featuring a Spectraphon in the middle Oscillator slot, ends Dec 19th at midnight! More info and enter here: http://bit.ly/BMFEurorack2025

Also, let's Make some Noise!

Get your Morphagene Noise Reels here!
https://freesound.org/people/makenois...

http://www.makenoisemusic.com"

Can an EQ distort?

video upload by gotharman

Kicks in at 1:23.

"Running the Zaturn Zero VCF7 multi mode filters through an EQ, and gets som interesting sounds :)"

www.gotharman.dk

T5a - Sequential Take 5 & Akai Force Synthwave livejam

video upload by minor & moon

"Melodics by Sequential Take 5, drums by Drumsynth on the Akai Force.
Live jam recorded into Live with subtle limiting.

#SequentialTake5 #AkaiForce #Synthesizer
#Techno #Synthwave"

Roland System-8 & Novation Circuit - "Velvet Trip" (Live)

video upload by LFOstore

"Nick Klimenko is here to play cosmic/berlin synthesizer composition started with classic ambient moving to Berlin music school fade into rhythmic & cosmic pulses, right from NK Synth Museum - https://nksynthmuseum.com/en/

This composition is a part of upcoming album played live on synthesizers, will be released on 19th of December.

Roland System-8 - main solo + string
Roland System-1 - bass
Novation Circuit - main groove
Novation UltraNova - arp
Recorded into Zoom L6

Enjoy the trip!

LFOstor"

Aegispolis cover on RX5 and TX802

video upload by Collector Current

"I've made a small setup with the Yamaha RX5, TX802 and Roland MSQ-700. To explore what's possible with these machines I tried to make a cover of Aphex Twin's Aegispolis from the Selected Ambient Works 85-92 album.

This lets me learn how to use this particular gear, and I get to learn something new about composition. I perform the whole track at the end of the video as a dub mix.

Sorry about all the dust, the sun was unforgiving today!

Blog: https://blog.jacobvosmaer.nl/
Music: https://music.jacobvosmaer.nl/"

ROLAND JUNO D6 Awesome Power of SCENES

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

"Demo and tutorial of the sequencer and sounds of the fabulous ROLAND JUNO D synthesizer keyboard. Applies to ROLAND JUNO D6, JUNO D7, and JUNO D8."

Lesson packs available for one-time purchase on Patreon.

MORE WOODY PIANO SHACK: https://woodypianoshack.com

BRIGADE: 50 Presets for Battalion (33% off Intro)

video upload by DATABROTH

"https://databroth.gumroad.com/l/brigade
https://www.databroth.com/blog/brigad...

Intro offer 33% off with code "BRIGADEINTRO" until January 5th

Expand your Battalion with BRIGADE, 50 new presets exploring glitchy IDM and beat production. Use these presets as the starting point for new beats, material to remix, kits for your own drum patterns, or as is with your own ideas on top. I thought about cancelling this pack and just releasing all the beats as an album, but instead they can be yours to work with as you please.

00:00 INTRO Abacedarium
00:30 Preview
00:50 Freezer
01:31 Introverse
02:11 Fever
02:52 Corridor
03:31 Pastel
04:13 Origami
04:34 Collectivizer
05:12 Wreckon"

Oberheim OB-Xa Branded Behringer UB-Xa Test Unit Complete with Oberheim Music Note Logo

This one is in via Pulcher 72 spotted on subito.it who had the following to say:

"The description says Oberheim made 20 for the testers around Europe. Of course it's a pre-production Behringer UB-XA!"

This likely explains the yellow stickers in this video.

Note the packing slip pictured below also shows Oberheim as the brand and not Behringer. If you remember, Behringer acquired the Oberheim trademark but eventually transfered it back to Tom Oberheim in 2021.

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