Novation Nova 2025 Review 👉 The Better JP-8000? | A Hardware Perspective | The DoubleSaw

video upload by Kosmokatze

"The Novation Nova Desktop is over 25 years old — yet it’s still used, discussed, and loved by many electronic musicians.

In this video, I take an honest and critical look at the Nova from today’s perspective:
its sound engine, workflow, modulation depth, strengths, limitations, and how it compares to other late-90s virtual analog classics like the JP-8000 and Access Virus.

This is a pure hardware-focused review.
There are no VST comparisons, no modern software emulations, and no plug-ins involved.
The goal is to evaluate the Nova as what it is: a standalone hardware synthesizer with its own character.

Whether you’re into trance, techno, ambient, or classic electronic sounds — this review looks at why the Nova still matters in 2025.
#NovationNova #JP8000 #HardwareSynth #VirtualAnalog
#90sSynth #SynthReview #VintageDigital #supersaw #AccessVirus
#TranceSynth #TechnoSynth #ElectronicMusic #synthesizer #NoVST

00:00 Intro
01:00 History & Context
02:00 Soundengine
03:13 Core Sound Demos
04:50 Effects
05:20 Arpeggiator
06:35 Musical Context & Sound Demos
07:30 Key Era Sound // Doublesaw
08:39 Nova - The better JP8000?
10:00 Performance Mode Trance
11:15 Verdict
11:50 Buy or leave?"

This Pine Tree Doesn’t Follow Time — It Shapes It (Deep Meditation Experiment)

video upload by Bio Music Vibrations

"The signals of a plant are difficult to interpret — especially when their sound is not naturally tuned to the human ear.

What you hear at first may feel raw, almost chaotic.
Not music as we usually understand it, but movement… pulses… living electricity searching for a voice.

In this experiment, I connected a pine tree to a modular synthesizer and did something unusual: instead of forcing harmony, I limited the system to just a few notes and allowed the tree to influence the tempo itself.

The result was surprising.
The BPM was not fixed.
It expanded and contracted organically — breathing rather than following a grid.
This reflects a simple but profound idea once described by Einstein:
time is not absolute.

Here, time is not dictated by a machine, but shaped by a living organism responding to the present moment.

The graph linked below shows the smoothed bioelectrical readings of the pine tree over time, revealing natural fluctuations and distinct states.
Because life is never perfectly stable.
It flows.

With the addition of subtle textures and gentle binaural beats, the sound opens a space for deep meditation, where the mind slows down enough to listen — not with the ears, but with attention.
This feels especially meaningful during the Christmas season.

Pine trees have long symbolized continuity, resilience, and life through darkness.
And yet, millions are cut down each year — used briefly, then forgotten.
This music is not a loud protest.

It is a quiet reminder.
A reminder that forests are not resources —
they are relationships.

Living systems that regulate climate, hold memory, and support all life, including ours.
As the sound unfolds, thoughts soften.
There is no past to revisit.
No future to fix.
Only this vibration.
This breath of time shaped by a tree.
Peace is not something we create.
It is something we remember.

📖 Read the full blog post with measurements and reflections here:
👉 https://biomusicvibrations.com/blogs/...

🌲 Created by Bio Music Vibrations"

ALT cyma forma / soundscape synthesizer / IDRA

video upload by IDRA

PPG 1002 + Drums

video upload by ms20user

"Nice Analog Synth Sound from the PPG 1002 + some Drums.
#synthesizer #techno #ppg #trance #shortvideo"

Retro Video Game Music on the Kawai K1 VST by Nils #synthesizer #kawaik1

video upload by Reuben Jones

"Music made entirely on the Kawai K1m VST by Nils.

Download it here for free:
https://www.nilsschneider.de/wp/nils-...

I like the sound of the K1. It's got some cool samples and nice choirs, strings, bells, flutes and experimental sounds. It's a bit flat and lifeless, and not very dynamic. Maybe a poor man's Roland JD-800, but with a joystick which increases its cool factor.

On the display you can see all the patches used in each track.

00:00 Brass Troops
00:54 Digital Jungle
01:30 Last Seen: Asia
02:45 Home At Last
04:00 Aguirre's Flute (from the film 'Aguirre, Wrath of God').

Air raid siren sample.

Images of hardware taken from Google images.

Diagrams taken from the K1 manual :
https://kawaius.com/wp-content/upload..."

Schlappy Minutes - 2025 Compilation

video upload by SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING and Stazma

"As advertised...
All the Schlappy Minutes of the year, for you here in one place.
Have fun!!

More infos on all modules at:
https://schlappiengineering.com

Time stamps to all the patches:
00:00 Intro
00:35 Nibbler Chiptune Arp
01:38 Angle Grinder Pings
02:37 BTFLD Noise Generator
03:37 BTFLD Burst Generator
04:37 Angle Grinder 808 Style Kick+
05:38 Three Body Chords
06:34 Drume Machine Destruction
07:34 Stereo Sine & Co-Sine
08:35 Stereo Saw & Co-Saw
09:32 BTFLD CV to Gates
10:30 Boundary Layer Triple Envelope Follower
11:35 Boundary Layer Multi Modulation
12:41 Boundary Layer Transient Generator
13:45 Boundary Layer Cascading Envelopes
14:50 Three Body DX7 Style Algo FM
17:49 Nibbler Reset & Sub
18:42 Drone Part.1
19:41 Drone Part.2
20:43 Bound as Velocity
21:43 BTFLD Parallel Fuzz
22:39 Nibbler Chiptune Scratch
23:42 Boundary Layer Gate Delay
24:58 Band Reject Filter
26:27 Three Body Hard Sync
28:08 No Sine Phase Mod (stay till the end)

#eurorack #modularsynth #modularsynthesizer"

KALEIDOSCOPE. Standalone Journey

video upload by Vadjuse

"In this noisy and deep track, I use all four tracks from Kaleidoscope.

Tracks 1 and 2 are ambient backgrounds created by the interaction of two notes via FM cross-modulation.

Track 3 is a pitch-modulated hi-hat. The hi-hat itself is created via a wavefolder. The resonance of the high-pass filter also adds a stable note. This voice modulates itself via FM, which is why the noise appears in the sound.

Track 4 is an explosive, distorted kick drum created via modulation of the high-pass filter. This track goes into an endless, noisy self-oscillation because the distortion is placed after the comb filter.

This self-oscillation is suppressed by the volume envelopes of Tracks 1 and 2 by reducing the feedback of the comb filter.

Presets from this composition can be downloaded and loaded into your instrument using the link. https://disk.yandex.ru/d/T3fZoPYqTkyjUg

Order Kaleidoscope: vadjuse.ru/kaleidoscope_en

Yunost 70 from UltraRare | Юность-70 | VST, AU

video upload by Futulyric

You can find a demo of the hardware Yunost 70 here.

"UltraRare has released the Yunost 70, a Soviet-era electric organ manufactured between 1970 and 1973 using germanium transistors, the foundation of early electronics. This version of the plugin features note-tuning for all built-in oscillators and an additional one, created using a recording of the instrument's built-in speaker on a reel-to-reel tape recorder, a microphone, and tape, also from the 1970s.
https://ultrarare.su/?product=%d1%8e%..."

"The YUNOST 70 is a Soviet-era electric organ produced from 1970 to 1973 using germanium transistors, the foundation of early electronics. This version of the plugin features note-tuning for all built-in oscillators and an additional one, created using a recording of the instrument’s built-in speaker on a reel-to-reel tape recorder, microphone, and tape, also from the 1970s."

SIGIL — A performance by Hazel Mills on the UDO Super 8 & RBN-1

video upload by UDO Audio

"A hazy stellar soundscape from Hazel — sounds of the Super 8 stacked and layered, featuring the RBN-1 Ribbon Controller for the sci-fi super sweeps.

More from Hazel here:
https://www.hazelmills.com/"

Yamaha RS7000 🌨️😶‍🌫️😰❓

video upload by Isobutane

"This is a live take on a track called CLD_ahead. You can find it here:



🌨️😶‍🌫️😰❓

If you feel like supporting my work, please consider buying my music.
Thank you!

All sounds from @YamahaSynthsOfficial RS7000. No External samples used.

Thank you for watching!"