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Friday, December 26, 2025

the drum machine EVERYONE forgot (this hits!)


video upload by Tonepusher

"🔊Sounds, Presets & Templates🔊
Presets & Samples►https://www.tonepusher.com/
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the drum machine EVERYONE forgot (this hits!)

Today we’re diving into the underrated hidden gem that is the AKAI XR10. If you’re chasing the sound of Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, Ministry, Throbbing Gristle, or KMFDM, this one’s for you. I’m putting the XR10 to the test to see if it can still deliver that industrial sound. It’s a drum machine most people have forgotten about, but honestly, it should be used way more!

Chapters:
0:00 - One of the Most Overlooked Drum Machines
0:10 - First Encounter with the AKAI XR10
0:40 - Inside the XR10
3:53 - Sampling the XR10
5:47 - Bringing the XR10 Back to Life"

Torso Electronics S4: first jam


video upload by Freaky Tweaky

"This is the most fun granular processor I've ever used.
I particularly like the operating system that allows you to quickly assign parameters to mod and perform.

In addition to granular, it has a full range of effects including filter bank, distortion, a noise addition function similar to Ableton's Erosion, a simple compressor, and spatial effects, making it an excellent multi-effects unit."

Live Sets from Space – ambient grooves for late night


video upload by Caught In Joy

"Long-form ambient and analog music with gentle, evolving grooves.
Designed for late nights, focus, and staying on in the background.

This liveset was recorded live in the studio as one continuous flow – no talking, no hard stops, just slow movement and steady pulse. Some moments drift, others gently lock into rhythm, always leaving space to breathe.

If this keeps you company while you work, rest, or unwind, feel free to let it run.

🎧 Extended versions available on Bandcamp (three longer livesets + YouTube version included):
https://caughtinjoy24.bandcamp.com/al...
Pricing:
$9 today
$15 this weekend
$25 after Monday

Everything here was mixed on my modded 70s analog console, with performances recorded to analog tape. Warm, dense, and inviting tones emerge – transients softened, harmonics glued, time moving a little slower.

If these sessions keep you company while you work, rest, or drift, this is how they continue to exist.

Thank you for listening.
Thank you for supporting the work.

– Caught In Joy"

Studies for Behemoth


video upload by Stefano Bertoli

"Complex Global Patch for Behemoth Performance"

The future of synthesiser is in China ?


video upload by errorinstruments paul tas

"Some prototypes and models that I get from Chinese manufacturers are busy with development #ambientmusic #errorinstruments #noisemusic #experimental #noisetherapy #playdate #resonance #sounddesign"

Minimal Dub with Lo-fi Piano and Synth Loops | Cirrhosa 2025-12-26 by atnr


video upload by atnr

"This piece was created using the ‪@NovationTV‬ Novation Circuit and a tape loop.
It is a minimal dub composition built from restrained synth and rhythm loops, layered with delay-soaked, lo-fi piano textures.

On the Novation Circuit, looped patterns are played back while synth pads are performed live on the pads. The output is processed with reverb using the ‪@strymon‬ blueSky.

The tape loop contains a recorded piano performance. The sound is brought in and out by manually adjusting the tape player’s volume. Through the ‪@ChaseBlissAudio‬ MOOD MKII, delay is applied while micro-loop textures are generated, adding movement and depth."

Cyma Forma ALT & Piano | Winterdagen


video upload by Winterdagen

"Happy Holidays! Here's a little wintery piano improvisation over the top one of the patches I've been making the last couple of days with the gorgeous new Cyma Forma ALT synthesizer.

ALT is a very special synth. The sound is gorgeous, the driven filters sing, the pin matrix and quantizable oscillators are amazing for instantly coming up with ever changing movement and melodies, and the delay is exactly the way I like it; when you push the delay times to longer settings, it's full of characterful crunch and noise. Cyma Forma have done a spectacular job with this inspiring and unique synth and I'm super excited to have it in my studio.

Thanks for listening!"

Michael Fano The Secret Room 1981


video upload by Ektoplasmic Interzone

"Radio Play, Michael Fano, text by Alain Robbe-Grillet, read by Michael Lonsdale"

Click CC for subtitles.

Electronic Music Studios (EMS) London Ltd Synthi

Thursday, December 25, 2025

Exponential ⤴️ (Arturia Minifreak) #onesynthonly #fromscratch


video upload by 2-Minute Warning

"2nd video with the Arturia Minifreak hybrid (digital/analog) synth, with a OneSynthOnly jam (after the first video where I used 5 instances of the Minifreak in multi-track: • Cinefreak 📽️ (Arturia Minifreak // Conduct... 😉)

The jam starts with me recording in step mode a sequence.
Then the sequence is being played with me tweaking some parameters like adding delay, fading-in the second oscillator (superwave), modulating the analog filter etc.
In the second half of the video, I switched to the mode where I can transpose in real-time the sequence recorded (i.e. you can no longer play over the sequence, when you press on a key, it transposes the whole sequence to this key). What is really cool is that Arturia added the Scale feature which I really love, thus making it possible to transpose within a defined scale like on the Keystep Pro! 🤩"

Dilation


video upload by MIDERA

"Come check out my music if you like what you hear!"

https://midera.bandcamp.com/
https://morrowfaire.bandcamp.com/
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