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Dark Techno 2

Published on Jul 8, 2013 SynthMania·257 videos

"Another Techno jam on the Juno-60, TR-909, TB-303, TR-727 and Midiverb. Faster BPM at 142. Overdub of strings / synth with the Juno-60."

The Packrat July 2013

via http://umop.com/packrat.htm (click through for more episodes).

Published on Jul 8, 2013 RheyneMusic·115 videos

"Live looping with analog keyboards, USB controllers, iOS devices, and Ableton Live. All loops were recorded live, nothing was pre-recorded.

Download or stream the audio at SoundCloud: http://snd.sc/12hzK6z

Equipment:
Moog Prodigy
Fender Rhodes w/ MXR Wylde Overdrive
Novation Launchpad
iPad running Lemur
KMI QuNeo and QuNexus
DSI MoPho Keyboard
M-Audio Oxygen25
Akai APC20
DJTT MIDI Fighter 3D
PreSonus 1818VSL
MacBook Pro running Ableton Live"

SCI Prophet 5 vs DSI Prophet 08 Test by INHALT (HQ)

Published on Jul 8, 2013 INHALTVIDEO·21 videos

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This is the comparison I think most of our friends have been interested in. Our Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 is a revision 3.2 and has factory midi. It's in incredibly good condition and has been calibrated fully, thus the tuning tends to be a lot more stable than on unserviced Prophet 5's. Because of the MIDI interface we have been able to send the same MIDI sequence from the MPC 2000XL to both the Prophet 08 and the Prophet 5 simultaneously. Both synths were recorded straight into Pro Tools HD via a Precision 8 mic pre and a 192 HD IO audio interface.

Unlike the Oberheim OB 8 comparison, getting patches to sound similar between the Prophet 08 and the Prophet 5 was a lot more work. It felt many times like chasing a moving target--you would modify one synth a little and then bounce to the previous one to get it closer ... so on and so forth. However, we were again surprised by the Prophet 08's ability to get remarkably close to the general tonal characteristic of the infamous Prophet 5.

A couple of observations became apparent during the comparison: it's very very obvious that the Prophet 5 uses analog components. The VCO's move around a lot more, especially on held chords and it's not a linear movement. Even with programming, the Prophet 08 has a more predictable frequency movement. We used the slop function set to the max and it still wasn't quiet enough to get it close.

Also, this can be observed with envelope times as well. The Prophet 5 feels like each voice is somewhat discrete and exhibits slightly different envelope times for each stage (i.e. ADSR). I've simulated this somewhat by routing sample and hold to modulate the envelope stages on the Prophet 08 but it still feels somewhat "obvious" as a programming trick rather than the true discrete voicing as on the Prophet 5. That is not saying anything bad about the Prophet 08, but rather, that the 08 is a lot more precise (digital envelopes vs CEM3310...) in this department than the 5.

The UNISON mode on both synths is very very different. On the 5, it sounds a lot more dialed in especially considering gain staging whereas on the Prophet 08, provisions have to be taken to bring the VCA envelope modulation down so as not to create internal clipping. It also feels like the envelopes work differently on the 08 when in UNISON mode than on the Prophet 5. This is not a comment regarding legato/non legato modes but rather the "feel" of the envelopes themselves. However, I have heard commentary that the 08 unison is like the unison mode on the Roland Juno 106, and as a former user of a 106, I can safely say that it is nothing like that. It's just a different feeling unison mode that requires a little bit more work on the programming end.

We hope you enjoy this comparison. It was a lot of fun to record and program this."

ELECTRO HARMONIX MINI SYNTHESIZER EH-400 with Schematics

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YAMAHA PS-3 Modified by Noystoise

via noystoise

"The ps-3 came equipped with nine timbres. most of which are the same sound through a different combination of VCF and VCA envelopes. there are then two octaves of the main oscillator that are being fed to the timbre filters; 4' and 8'. since i had freed up the VCA and VCF to manual control via the ADSR's, there was no longer any need for the nine timbre selections. instead i chose the three timbre filters that represented HP, BP, and LP best, and designated the three filters to each of the 4' and 8' voices. each timbre of the two voices can be completely attenuated to create infinite voice combinations. see the schematic for more..."

Some of you might recognize this one from the videos posted back in 2012 here. This is pretty amazing. Just look at the image above and the end result below. That is pretty spectacular in my book.

An Excerpt

Published on Jul 8, 2013 GoldenCardiganCult·11 videos

"These are the building blocks for the song I'm writing. The Modular is doing the bass line, lead synth and some click percussion. The drums are from my 'Terminal Glitch 3' Reaktor ensemble. 'Terminal Glitch' 1&2 are available from the Reaktor User library.

The Joystick is controlling the amount Ring Mod in the mix. I have used the outputs of the filters to feed the Ring Mod instead of the direct VCO outputs. This adds some interesting variations to the Ring Mod as the filters are modulated. The CGS Serge 1973 filter (top right) features heavily in this piece."

Electron XL for iPad

Published on Jul 8, 2013 musicgearvideos909·142 videos

"No presets! Very simple app. I like the FM section though.
Check out the review and info here: http://synthuniverse.com/electron-xl/"

"Electron XL is micro synthesizer.

Good old analog knob please turn on two fingers.
You can change the octave to swipe the bottom of the keyboard."

iTunes:
Electron XL - denkihitsuji.com

En Mode Masculin Féminin

Published on Jul 5, 2013 RADIOKLOW·87 videos

Details via Marc-Henri including synths for each part:

"I am very happy to share with you this film and this music, as a tribute to the creations of a young artist in haute couture, William Kerney, 'present on Facebook), who is only 18 years old and student in term year of my the high school where I teach. I composed the music and the film was built from various sources : movies and photos shot by me and members of the team who worked on this project. Photographers, assistants, hairdressers, cosmeticians, models are all students at Lycée Edouard Herriot of lyon, France.

William Kerney conceived himself all the gowns and hats, from the basis skteches to the final production, including the sewing of every clothe and worked one year on this project.

The film begins with the collections he created during the first semester of 2013, and goes on with the fashion parade he presented around his theme of masculinity and feminity, at Lycée Edouard in may 2013, during the Week of Performing Arts of this high school. It is followed, after the end credits by a bonus consisting of two interviews in french. The first one with William Kerney and his assistant Tristan Fiancette, the second one with me as a teacher of philosophy at Lycée Edouard Herriot, teacher in charge of Culture Life in this high school composer of this music, editor of this film and author of some of the images it contains, just after the fashion parade.

All sounds on Virus TI were created by me. Sounds of other real or virtual instruments are patches of these instruments : mainly Roland Phantom XR - orchestra and voices and piano expanding cards of the SRX series : SRX-02 : "Concert Piano" and SRX-O6, "Complete Orchestra" and SRX - and also feminine choirs from Voices of Passion by Eastwest. At the end of the composition he created a special sound on Alchemy by Camel Audio and played it myself (see below) during the final part of the composition : it is not a sequence nor an automatic pulsation.

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How To Make a $200 Minimoog

How I Made My $200 Minimoog Uploaded on Dec 26, 2010 LearnLizard·3 videos

"By placing graphics on an old Evolution UC-16midi controller, (controlling Arturia minimoog V software) I can pretend I have a minimoog!"