Abyss II: Official Presets Demo

video upload by DAWESOME MUSIC

"35 sounds from Abyss II in 5 minutes. No talking, pure sound."



"Abyss II comes with 440 presets designed by world-class sound designers.

Download the demo (no registration, zero friction):

👉 https://www.dawesomemusic.com

Abyss II is out now!
• Intro Offer: $89 / €89 (Regular: $149 / €149)
• Upgrade for Abyss 1 owners: $45 / €45 (Regular: $75 / €75)
• Free upgrade for anyone who purchased Abyss 1 in 2026.

Available in VST3, AU, and AAX."

"Sound is Colour


Warm. Cold. Dark. Brilliant. Silky. Lush. Juicy. Fat...

Notice something? We use the exact same vocabulary for colours and textures than we use for sounds.

The word 'Klangfarbe' isn't a metaphor. It is how our brain actually processes sound: the true nature of sound is colour.

Your Secret Superpower

Your taste is your secret superpower! Stop asking: "Is this correct? Am I doing this right?" Instead, simply pick and combine sound-colours, place them on the "gradient" and ask yourself: 'Does it sound interesting to me?". This naturally leads you to your own, unique signature sound.

And you can feed it anything: the noisy call of a distant crane recorded with your phone, a vocal snippet or the sound of plugging in your guitar. As one musician said: "I am still trying to find a sample that does not end up as an interesting sound."

Made for Creatives If sound is colour - why are most synths complex, techy, full of numbers, algorithms, and operators?

Abyss II is built on a simple yet radical premise: a synth designed around how we actually experience sound. It keeps you in the flow rather than forcing you into abstract formulas. Just play with colours, as you would mess with paint."

Also see Sound Is Colour – Finally a Synth for Musicians, not Engineers (Abyss II)

Hainbach - Vive

video upload by HAINBACH

"Here is the second single of my upcoming album 'Vive' on Seil Records. Stream it now everywhere. Thank you for listening!

MUSIC: http://hainbach.bandcamp.com"

matrix note: Some synth spotting with HAINBACH. You can find a studio tour with Anthony Marinelli here.

BOSS PS-2 Digital Pitch Shifter/Delay with synth or drum machine

video upload by ghostradioshow

"The best vintage digital pedal effector for me. Enjoy :)"

Saul Stokes: Saltar's Point Album Preview (Live Video Sculpture Performance)

video upload by Saul Stokes

"First, a very special thank you to Justin and the team at Resident Electronic Monthly (San Francisco) for capturing this performance. I truly appreciate this team of amazing musicians and artists. This video is an excerpt from my next solo album, which, unfortunately, I don't have a title for yet. I have been writing the music to a video I made up in Steilacoom, Washington, so I have opted to title this Saltar's Point for now. I'm hoping to wrap it up this year. I feel like this album will be quite a jump for me. I don't quite know what I could reference it to. Perhaps a minuscule nod to Enya, or Ray Lynch's Celestial Soda Pop. I am in contact with a local musician/engineer about possibly doing a Dolby Atmos release for this as well as a possible physical release. If you'd like to stay close and hear more about this as I work on completing this album, connect with me on Instagram.

I have been doing more and more video work using the program Touchdesigner. I'm still a novice, but it's incredibly fun to create 'digital things' that in some way feel organic and alive. Thanks again to Resident Monthly. If you're into electronic music and live in the Bay Area, come down to a future performance. They happen on the last Thursday of each Month.

Special thanks to:

Franck Martin
TanukiSpiderCat
Jah's Tin
Sycamore Willow

https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Resi...
Instagram: / saul_stokes_music
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2kE0k...
Apple Music: / saul-stokes
Tidal: https://tidal.com/browse/artist/6474747
Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/artists/B000...
Bandcamp: https://saulstokes.bandcamp.com/

Sequential Take 5 Compact Polyphonic Synthesizer | Inspiring Analog Performance

video upload by Kraft Music

https://kraftmusic.com/products/sequential-take-5-compact-5-voice-polyphonic-synthesizer

"Enjoy an all-playing demonstration of the Sequential Take 5 compact 5-voice polyphonic synthesizer performed by Adam Berzowski from Kraft Music. Hear authentic analog character, expressive performance, and discover why the Take 5 has become a favorite for musicians who want premium Sequential sound in a portable instrument."

Sequential Prophet 5 by GForce Software - This One Changed Everything!

video upload by The Sampleist

"GForce Software is back with the first official Sequential Prophet 5 plugin created in partnership with Sequential. The history of modern rock and pop music is literally flowing through the architecture of this synthesizer used by all of the greats. Every feature of the the original has been included as well as a number of new enhancements of which one of the most notable is the fact that in addition to the 38 original patches, the total of patches in this version now is a whopping 460. They have also made the synthesizer MPE compatible and a complete set of onboard effects is included.

Join Peter Gagliardi as he guides us through Prophet 5.

Our special thanks to GForce Software for sending over a review copy of the library.

0:00 Intro
2:13 Overview
31:50 Composition
33:59 Thoughts and sign off

For more information and to purchase please check out:

https://www.gforcesoftware.com/produc..."

GForce Prophet-5 - Bi-Timbral Sound Bank

video upload by Polydata

"Diving deeper into the sonic possibilities of the GForce / Sequential Prophet-5, the Bi-Timbral Sound Bank features sounds that all utilize the patch stacking ability of this plug-in. First seen in the early 80's on the original Sequential Circuits Prophet-10, the ability to stack two patches together opens up a vast world of tones and textures which were previously not possible.

A bank comprising 30 patches, all of which are "stacked", consisting of two separate sounds.

Store link:
polydata.bigcartel.com

Drop a comment of what other hardware or software sound packs you're interested in.

POLYDATA music
polydata.bandcamp.com"

00:00 6502 Microprocessor 00:15 Casio Waves 00:30 Citrus Grove Summer Job 00:45 Computerized Embroidery 01:01 Demuliplexer 01:15 Disc Golf Match 1981 01:32 Factories at Night 01:49 Factory Modifications 02:00 Four Junos 02:17 Glitch Yamaha 02:31 Hewlett-Packard Development Platform 02:46 Inner Jungle 02:59 Kyle Reese in LA 03:10 Learning Site 03:26 Load From Disk 03:37 NAMM 1986 03:47 Pacific Ocean Blue 03:59 Patch Cables 04:12 Preparing for Flight 04:30 Sandstone Valley 04:41 Semiconductor 04:53 Sequential Circuits 05:09 State Park Picnic Area 05:22 Sunrise 05:36 Super Buchla 05:47 System 55 06:08 Tape Drone 06:23 Two Pro-Ones 06:35 Two-Voice 06:54 Van Route

Unusable Engineering Experiments | New Synth Modes + 2 Unreleased FX

video upload by Unusable Engineering

"A little preview of some things I am currently working on. Everything here is still experimental, so controls, behavior and probably a few ideas may change before release.

The bass drone chord comes from Partials & Discrepancies using an upcoming cross-voice FM mode, where the output of each voice FM-modulates the oscillator of the next voice.

It is also using a new Live View mode that shows the actual partial settings of one active voice as it moves through the slots. When that voice fades out, the display moves on to another active voice.

The live played part is Curves & Membranes played from a ROLI Seaboard Rise 2, using an experimental MPE Expression Mode together with a coming 4-voice paraphonic mode.

The rhythmic melody comes from two unreleased effects:

Residual Breakdown is a transistor fuzz emulation that can move into self-oscillation as the input disappears. The oscillation can be quantized and via the controls, slot-sequenced, which is generating the basic melody here.

Quadrant Modulator is a ring modulator using the Curves & Membranes oscillator design. One instance is using quantized, slot-sequenced ring modulation to keep the result around the key of the track. Another is running host-synced with its slot sequencer clocked to the DAW, creating the changing rhythmic level-cutting effect.

There are no release dates yet, but the current plan is to get these updates and new plugins out sometime in September 2026.

I was actually supposed to spend this time preparing my VAT filings. Procrastinating that has, unfortunately for the tax authorities, been very productive for the plugins.

More info will be available on:
www.unusable.net"

Elton - Arp Axxe | Microwave | Minimoog

video upload by Johan Boberg

"Arp Axxe is more than a just budget Odyssey."

MultiWAVE the Monosynth | Make Noise

video upload by MAKEN0ISE

"The 0-Coast 10 year celebration is coming up Saturday September 12! RSVP here:

https://dice.fm/event/k65qyq-aplr-and...

Sign up for the 0-Coast workshop here! https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...

Parallel mode with Span setting 1 Activates all eight channels on each gate - just like "Unison" mode on a classic poly.

Also, enjoy a new visual score by Norman Freund, realized sonically by Del!

/ norman-freund
/ user-780024068

Here is Del's full description of the realization:"

"When I first encountered Norman Freund's score, I noticed the shapes were sketched quite roughly. In order to implement the score in a structured way, I made the decision to 'quantize' the original drawing to a grid. I hope I have suceeded in maintaining Norman's intent for the piece.

I decided on a grid of 64 'bars' at 120 bpm (each bar 2 seconds) Total time = 128 secs - 2:08

I identified common types of graphic entities in the score which would act in a similar sonic way and decided that there would be no implication of pitch in the score, just timing.

Colors were assigned to each type of graphic for visual and compositional reference:
Red - vertical line with spiral top
Light Blue - vertical line
Pink - horizontal line
Dark Blue - horizontal line with circle incorporating clockwise arrow indicator
Orange - rounded rectangle
Green - divergent lines (crescendo mark) and convergent lines (decrescendo mark)

Each entity in the score was recorded from a modular setup and arranged in the DAW (Reaper).
The sound palette came from the various reels of the project iterations.

Below are descriptions of two different ways in which sounds were mapped to graphics:
1. The Green divergent/convergent lines are the most persistent entities in this score. They are treated algorithmically. Each green entity has a different splice from "12 string iteration 0 reel". The methodology was to speed up each splice in Morphagene forwards from 0 to 100% (Green light) precisely over the time specified in the quantized score by the divergent lines and then back to 0 in the same way as specified by the convergent lines. For this I researched and discovered the Rossum Control Forge and used this to apply the precise voltage over time. An interesting technique learned and likely not one I would have considered otherwise.
2. The Red shape is a composed (ie non-algorithmic) collage of the individual sounds from iteration 3.

Other modules used were QPAS, Wogglebug and Mordax Data."

http://www.makenoisemusic.com