TONVERKxSOLAR 42N // MASSIVE INDUSTRIAL MACHINERY

video upload by Catenation

"A live synthesizer industrial jam performed entirely on the Elta Music Solar 42N and the Elektron Tonverk. Percussion Samples from Finland Rust (Subtracks), other samples from Voltage Chaos. Tonverk is sending out a pulse to sync the Solar 42, while receiving the two channels of the Solar 42N to add effects and stereofy them.

My sounds and samples: https://dissonantwitchcraft.com/
Check out my new Album: https://catenation.bandcamp.com/"
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matrix note: it's intersting how the wrenches impact the perception of the piece. Nice touch, imo.

Getting Started with the S4: Recording, overdubbing and resampling & Using the S4 as an FX processor

video upload by torso electronics

"In this tutorial, we explore how to record, overdub and resample with the S4.

Learn how to use three ways of working with audio on the S4, from capturing new material to layering overdubs and resampling the result.

For more information about the S4, please visit torsoelectronics.com

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:08 - Recording, overdubbing and resampling
00:27 - Set up and input configuration
01:33 - Recording with DISC
03:34 - Recording and overdubbing with TAPE
05:03 - Resampling individual tracks
06:30 - Resampling the main output"

Creating with the S4: Using the S4 as an FX processor
video upload by torso electronics

"In this tutorial, we explore how to use the S4 as an external FX processor

Learn how to set up the S4 for external input, then process, record, resample, and combine different approaches across its four tracks.

For more information about the S4, please visit torsoelectronics.com

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:20 - Connect an audio source
01:08 - Monitoring
01:43 - Add effects
02:23 - Flexible input routing
04:06 - Connecting a second instrument
05:02 - End-of-chain solutions
06:57 - Combining tracks with sends"

Additional Getting Started with the S4 posts

MOOG Sound + Drone Sound

video upload by Laurent Baloran

"In this example of The River 2’s multitimbrality, Timbre A is a typical 'MOOG' sound, while Timbre B is a heavily modulated sound with the VCA constantly open. Also note the musicality of the glide ;)
All of this is achieved with a 4-voice prototype ;) The final version will have 8, (12?) or 16 voices. The final panel won’t look exactly like the application, but it will retain the same ergonomic layout and organization as the software.

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Dans cet exemple sur la multitimbralité de The River 2, le timbre A est un son typique « MOOG » et le timbre B, une source pleine de modulations avec une ouverture constante du VCA. Notez aussi la musicalité du glide ;) Tout cela est obtenu avec un proto à 4 voix ;) La version définitive sera en 8, (12 ?) ou 16 voix. Le panneau définitif n’aura pas exactement le look de l’application, mais il reprendra l’organisation ergonomique du logiciel."

ARP Foundation Back-to-School Fundraiser to Inspire the Next Generation of Electronic Music Innovators

video upload by Alan R. Pearlman Foundation

"Bleeps and voices from ARPs for All workshops / Music performed by Jim Michmerhuizen / The Bach Works

Campaign runs August 18 through October 13, 2026, seeking $17,500 to acquire and preserve rare pieces of synthesizer history and to grow the Foundation's ARPs for All education program.

LEARN MORE, DONATE & GET some COOL GIFTS!
https://arpchives.org/arp-late-summer...

Support the Foundation — Receive Exclusive Thank-You Gifts

As a thank you for helping preserve synthesizer history, supporters can choose from a variety of exclusive rewards generously donated by members of the synthesizer community. The reward ladder is simple: each level includes everything below it, plus one new gift — so the more you give, the more you receive.

Highlights include:
One-on-one tutorials with renowned artist Lisa Bella Donna
Anthony Marinelli's “Think Like a Synth” course
Cherry Audio software, including the Synth Stack 6
KORG Collection software bundle
Bjooks rewards — PATCH & TWEAK digital subscription and hardcover editions

EVERSYNTH ARP Odyssey t-shirts, ARP magnets, Eurorack blanks, and postcard sets

A drawing for a Day at ARPs for All Studios in Boston

https://arpchives.org/arp-late-summer..."

Forest Pads

video upload by A Little Knight Music

"Relaxing Lo-fi ambient

Sequential Prophet Rev 2 - Eventide Blackhole - TAL-Chorus-LX"

Melbourne Instruments Backs Its Motorized Controls With a 10-year Warranty

Press release follows:

Melbourne Instruments Backs Its Motorized Controls With a 10-year Warranty

Guaranteed to feel the same in 10 years as it does on day one. Every motorized rotary control that Melbourne Instruments builds is now covered by a 10-year warranty.

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - Melbourne Instruments today announced a 10-year warranty on the motorized rotary control components in every product it builds, covering NINA, DELIA and ROTO-CONTROL. The cover sits alongside the standard product warranty and is activated by registering the instrument.

A conventional knob uses a wiper dragging across a resistive track, and that contact is what wears, collects dust and eventually fails. Melbourne Instruments' controls remove contact from the assembly. Torque passes from the motor through a magnetic field rather than a gear train. Position is read optically, with nothing touching. There is no wear surface anywhere between the motor and the player's fingers.

That has benefits beyond durability. An endless encoder has no fixed position, so the knob sits wherever the last hand left it and the true value lives on a screen or LED. Its detents soften over time as the disc and wipers wear. Melbourne Instruments' knobs drive to the exact preset position, hold detents and switch positions under the hand, and change character on demand - stepped, smooth, or switch-like. No gears between the motor and your fingers. The knob moves the instant the sound does.

The motors have been tested 50 million times, far more than a lifetime of playing could reach. The 10-year warranty is not the limit of the mechanism. It is the point at which Melbourne Instruments stopped counting.

Customers who bought before 17 August 2026 have until 17 February 2027 to register at melbourneinstruments.com and activate their full 10 years, running from the original date of purchase. The terms and scope are the same as for a new purchase.

The warranty launches with a campaign called "A decade of play", running across Melbourne Instruments' channels and dealer partners from 17 August. The line appears on a 10-year motor warranty roundel supplied to retailers alongside product artwork and spec listings.

Claims in the first 2 years go through the customer's place of purchase, as they do today. From year 3 to year 10, claims come directly to Melbourne Instruments, with service points in Europe, the USA and Australia. Cover applies to the motorized rotary control components only and requires registration.

www.melbourneinstruments.com

Bitwig at Novation Creator Lab Set for LA This Saturday, August 22, 2026

via justin3am via Bitwig

"We're excited to partner with Novation at the upcoming Novation Creator Lab: Bitwig Edition in Los Angeles.

Join us Saturday, August 22, 2026, for a fun and educational afternoon of hands-on production, hybrid performances, live sets, and interactive workshops with Bitwig artists, producers, and Certified Trainers. The event will focus on integrating Bitwig Studio with Novation controllers to create flexible production and live performance setups.

Sessions include Hybrid Hardware Workflows (Peter Nyboer), Creative Mixing in Bitwig Studio (3am), Audio and Visual Performance (Dernovan), and more."

RSVP: https://bit.ly/NovCreatorLab

ESP32 D-50 Synthesizer - A Roland D50 CLONE with ESP32

video upload by László Róbert Kasza

"An ESP32-powered hardware synthesizer project based on the classic Roland D-50 architecture.
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?..."

Polyphonic D50 sampler synthesizer with ESP32 in YAMAHA DX21 Hardwer :)
video upload by László Róbert Kasza

"Unfortunately, the motherboard of my dx21 synth is broken beyond repair. So she got new electronics. I have uploaded a code I wrote using Roland D50 sound samples.
So what everyone feared has come true. The Yamaha Roland DX-D50-21 :)

Abilities:
-4 d50samples
-TVA Envelope
Course, Fine, Keyfollow
-The sampling frequency is 48000Hz.
Signal on 16 bits or more
-The device is polyphonic up to 10 tones
2 LFO controlled 2 parametric EQ
-Upper Lower Choruse
-Reverb engine
-Roland D50sysex compatibility...
-hd44780 compatible LCD Display (Not implement more)
-https://data.dynareg.se/breadandbutte...
(If we are bored, we can listen to internet radio on it.)

https://github.com/kaszarobert1/ESP_D...
More FM firmware:
https://github.com/kaszarobert1/-ESP3...
Yamaha DX21 KeyMatrix Arduino Due Firmware:
https://github.com/kaszarobert1/yamah..."

Collarts Music Production at SynthTemple

video upload by Collarts and SynthTemple

"SynthTemple is home to some of the most sought-after synthesizers ever made: the System 700, the Oberheim Eight Voice, and the CS-80 Vangelis used on the Blade Runner soundtrack.

It's also where our Music Production students get to work first-hand, starting early in the degree through the Synthesizer and Sound Design subject, and later one-on-one during their self-directed projects.

Collarts has a partnership with SynthTemple, giving students access to gear and a space most producers only ever dream about.

If you're keen learn more about studying Music & Audio Production at Collarts, head to: https://www.collarts.edu.au/courses/m...

Music: "Journey to Venus" by ‪@brettlittle‬"

Synth Temple Walk Through

video upload by SynthTemple

"Welcome to SynthTemple in Kew, Melbourne, Australia. A labour of love for our team, heaven for synth enthusiasts and an inspiring haven to elevate the creativity of local, interstate and overseas artists, bands, writers and producers.

📹 with thanks to Ben Willis"

The Best String Synthesizer You Never Heard Of: Milton Gemichord 961

video upload by HAINBACH

"The Milton Gemichord 961 has kept me spellbound ever since I first played it at Museo Del Synth Marchigiano in 2021. It's a string/piano/brass/bass synth like many Italian keyboards of the time. But it sounds elegant and dramatic, also thanks to its "liturgic" section. It is utter unobtanium, with only three known to still exist. In this video, I want to see if its spell over me was induced more by its newness back then, or if its actually the paradise lost I remember it as.
Check out the sampled instrument and music here:
/ decent-sampler-2-166896316"

Additional Milton Gemichord 961 posts with demos