Coloray performs 'Tonight' with the 3rd Wave 8M and 24M synths

video upload by Groove Synthesis

"Berlin-based electronic artist Coloray takes the new 3rd Wave 8M desktop synthesizer for a spin alongside the flagship 24M in this live performance of his original song 'Tonight.' Learn more about the 3rd Wave 8M: https://www.groovesynthesis.com

Watch as Coloray sculpts sounds in real-time using both synths controlled by Ableton Live, creating layers of wavetable textures and analog warmth without any overdubs.

The 3rd Wave 8M brings the complete synthesis engine to a compact desktop format with 8 voices, bi-timbral operation, and the same premium analog filters that define Groove’s 3rd Wave character. At $1,999, the 8M makes the distinctive 3rd Wave sound accessible to a broader range of musicians while maintaining patch compatibility with the 24-voice models.

In this performance, Coloray sequences multiple synth parts on the 24M (taking advantage of its 4-part multitimbral capabilities) while the 8M handles the driving bassline. Throughout the song, he uses the performance controls to shape filter sweeps and envelope responses, demonstrating the intuitive real-time control that makes the 3rd Wave series so expressive. The vocals feature live vocoder processing, with drums and vocal samples provided by Ableton playback tracks.

Coloray (Raynor De Groot) is the boundary-pushing electronic artist known for his genre-defying approach that draws from ambient, EBM, techno, house, and disco. His tracks have topped Beatport charts and earned support from Four Tet, Dixon, Solomun, and Pete Tong. His innovative 'Future Static' audiovisual concept and virtual reality experiences showcase his commitment to pushing creative boundaries."

Saul Stokes - Frequensea 4k California Waterfowl Refuge Video with Positive Vibes Electronic Music

video upload by Saul Stokes - Frequensea

"On first pass, this 4k video of a Northern Waterfowl preserve (Coyote Hills Nature Preserve in San Leandro, to be exact) might come off as being pretty static. However, watch closely and you'll see a fantastic variety of animal life. Duck formations, White Swans, varieties of birds arcing in and out. Dragonflies will also make appearances, as well as other insects. All happening while the sun slowly moves up into the afternoon sky. It's pretty exciting to set up a camera and have it actually record for a solid hour without something affecting it. GoPros are famous for overheating, but I was lucky to get to 60 minutes before it shut down on me.

Villa Galaxia is a special album to me. Written in 2008, and released on Hypnos Binary as a CD, It was one of the few albums that I had funds to master. I somehow found a technician/musician named Jeff Bowron in Oakland, and after a brief email exchange, he invited me over to master the album with him. To keep the price down, we opted for me to actually haul my large CPU tower over and work directly in my files. We ended up really hitting it off that night. He kept remarking about how unusual yet listenable Villa Galaxia was. He was a great guy who had an excellent ear for music. He had at least 5 different sets of speakers, with the final ones being huge rave-sized speakers. I remember him tuning the base levels and hearing the base drum go from very "flabby" to all of a sudden, precision. His final tweaks really changed the dynamics and feel of Villa Galaxia. A year or so ago, I learned that Jeff had passed away in 2018.

I hope you enjoy Villa Galaxia with this accompanying 4k Nature Preserve video.

Thank you,
Saul

00:00- Intro / Hello Radar
05:30- Vapor Trails
12:43- Blaze
18:56- Night Painting
24:05- Eta Car is a Massive Star
31:21- Future Gamma
36:29- Embedded in Amber
42:15- Interrupted by Time
48:37- End"

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KNOBCON 2025 with JAde Wii

video uploads by JAde Wii

Two parts. Part 1 features opening performances. Part 2 features gear table/booth walkthrough. You can use the player controls to skip around.

Featuring: Hive Mind Synthesis, Modular for the Masses, Hakai Labs, Rainy Day, Hailstorm, 1010 Music, Oberheim, Buchla, Five12, Rain City, Noise Engineering, Synclavier, Fairfield, Dog Paw, SISKworks, EarthQuaker Devices, glowfish, WMD, Roland, Drift (zero), AMP, Gauche Electrosound, Vondle, Ocean Dreams, STG Labs / MuSonics, Synth City, Deftaudio.

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Synth-Werk Barberpole Phaser and Frequency Shifter Push Bree6 into Another Dimension

video upload by NOISEBUG

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Rune 1: Out-of-this-world synth from the planet Zlorb - #Knobcon

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We meet Zlorb from the planet Zlorb, who introduces us to the Rune 1, a new pressure-sensitive polyphonic synthesizer from his far-away solar system.

To find out more, please visit their YouTube and Instagram ‪@ScoopyScoopLabs‬
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0:00 Introduction
0:10 Meeting Zlorb
0:20 The Rune 1 synthesizer
3:59 The sequencer
5:46 Conclusion

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Roger Linn: The King of Drum Machines

video upload by Jack Pearson

"This is the story of Roger Linn, a guitarist from Los Angeles whose innovative sample based drum machines changed the sound of music forever.

Special thanks to Roger himself for featuring my video in the September Linnstrument newsletter (https://myemail.constantcontact.com/L...) and on his website (https://www.rogerlinndesign.com).

I first learned about Roger a few years ago while making a film called “The History of Sampling in Music” [below]. While I didn’t know anything about Roger at the time, I was astounded to learn that he had created both the LinnDrum and the MPC, which shaped the punchy robotic drums of 80s pop music and the grungy experimental grooves of 90s hip-hop respectively. I did a quick bit of research about him for my video, but didn’t really dig much deeper than that… However, a few months ago I decided to rewatch my old project, which reignited my interest in Roger’s story and gave me the idea for this video.

Like my previous project, I’d initially planned to write a script and do a voice-over, but after discovering the assortment of recorded interviews that Roger has already appeared in, I realised that I could just chop them up and have Roger tell his own story. I thought 'hey that sounds pretty cool, how hard could it be?'

Well, let’s just say I’m probably never going to do something like this again. I did enjoy making this and I am proud of it, but if I had just done a voice-over not only would it have been easier to make, but I also could’ve included a lot information without it feeling incredibly clunky. The initial cut was about 26 minutes, but I cut out loads of stuff for the sake of pacing and trying to stick to narrative beats. Roger is a fascinating guy with a lot of great anecdotes though, so if you enjoyed this video then I highly recommend you seek out some of the podcasts/interviews he’s done over the years.

I planned on making all the music for this film myself, but decided it would be better to use music that relates to Roger in some way (for example, he co-wrote 'Promises' by Eric Clapton and 'Quittin’ Time' by Mary Chapin Carpenter, and first used the LM-1 Drum Computer on the Leon Russell album 'Life & Love' which featured the track 'One More Love Song'.) I salvaged one of these demo tracks for the credits, but you can listen it and a few more scrapped tracks here:

Jack Pearson · RL:TKODM (Credits Music + Demos)

Since you’ve read this far, here’s a few bonus Roger facts that got cut out of the video:

The LM-1 was featured on the best selling album of all time - 'Thriller' by Micheal Jackson, as well as other early 80s hits like 'Maneater' by Hall & Oates, 'Valerie' by Steve Winwood, and for some reason - the original 1983 Thomas the Tank Engine theme song.

Roger hired his friend, a professional session drummer called Art Wood, to record most of the sounds on the LM-1. They set up the kit in Roger’s closet, recording each of the drums one at a time… then called it a day. Given the popularity of the songs featuring these recordings - Art Wood is technically one of most prominently featured drummers of all time.

And here's two bonus facts about this video:

The title 'The King of Drum Machines' is a quote from the father of MIDI - Dave Smith, when he spoke about Roger and the Tempest drum machine (which they built together) on a Sweetwater panel in 2015. [below]

This video was released on Roger’s 70th birthday.

I hope you enjoy it!" The History of Sampling in Music (2022)

video upload by Jack Pearson

The Inventors of Synth (Roger Linn, Dave Smith & Tom Oberheim) - Sweetwater Gearfest 2015

video upload by Sweetwater

"Join Mitch Gallagher as he moderates 'The Inventors of Synth' panel discussion at Gearfest '15. Featuring industry icons Dave Smith, Tom Oberheim, and Roger Linn discussing their thoughts on the past, present, and future of analog synthesizers and controllers.

Legendary synth designer and Grammy-winner Dave Smith was the founder of Sequential Circuits in the mid-'70s. His Prophet-5, the world's first fully programmable polyphonic synth, was the first musical instrument with an embedded microprocessor. Dave is also known as the driving force behind the development of the MIDI specification. He has continued to innovate, and recently unveiled his latest synth creation, the Sequential Prophet-6.

A pioneer of the synth and MIDI world, Tom Oberheim co-designed the Synthesizer Expansion Module (SEM), a device that allowed musicians to simultaneously combine live playing and sequenced playback - a concept that pre-dated the MIDI revolution. In 1981, he, along with Roland's Ikutaro Kakehashi and Sequential's Dave Smith, developed the MIDI spec, which changed the course of modern music. Tom recently re-released his famed Two Voice synth.

Technical Grammy award-winner Roger Linn invented the LM-1 Drum Computer (the first sample-based drum machine) in 1979. He later designed the Akai MPC60, which combined a sampling drum machine with a real-time MIDI sequencer. His guitar effects unit, AdrenaLinn, has been used on hit recordings by John Mayer and Red Hot Chili Peppers. In 2014 he released the LinnStrument, an expressive MIDI performance controller."

The Festival of Electronic Sound Returns to Brandon, Manitoba, Canada September 19–20

Press release follows:

The Festival of Electronic Sound Returns to Brandon

“Canada’s only festival focussed on the art and music of the modular synthesizer”

Brandon, Manitoba, Canada, September 8, 2025 — This September 19–20, electronic musicians of all styles—from classical to punk, and everything in between— will gather in Brandon Manitoba to share their art, music and technology over two jam-packed days of innovative performances, informative presentations and interactive activities at six free-to-attend, family friendly concerts and events spread across downtown Brandon and the BU campus.

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Otterly original modules from Otter Mods 🦦🎛️ #Knobcon

video upload by CatSynth TV

"Elton Glover of Otter Mods gives us a tour of their offerings, including the O.T.T.e.R pattern generator, Itero step sequencer, and Triquetra triple shift register module.

For more information, please visit https://ottermods.com
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0:00 Introduction
0:37 O.T.T.e.R pattern generator
1:56 Itero step sequencer
2:36 Triquetra triple shift register module
5:36 Conclusion

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"Triquetra is a linear feedback shift register module, with three independent registers that have their own Gate and CV output. The clock for the second and third register are normalled to the first, but can be supplied with their own clocks to get a wide range of versatility from the module. A clock source is required to generate bits. The toggle switch will change between Looped and Free Run mode.

Each register has an attenuator for the CV output.

The Gate mode can be switched from a 50% clock cycle when the last bit is high, to a high output as long as the last bit is high. This gives the result of switching between either a “Trigger” style or “Leggato” style Gate. The Gate mode can be switched at any time by pressing all three buttons at the same time.

Each button corresponds to the three registers, and will cycle through the bit generating algorithms (seven in total). The LED will cycle through different colors corresponding to the following:

RED = LFSR1

GREEN= LFSR2

RED/GREEN= Small Number Modulus

BLUE= Fibonacci Sequence

RED/BLUE= Prime Number Sequence

GREEN/BLUE= Large Number Modulus

RED/GREEN/BLUE= Otter Mods Cryptograph"

Alternate panel design below.

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Meet the Robaux SLØP1

video upload by robaux

"The Robaux SLØP1 is a handsome and quietly powerful tool for note quantizing and chord creation.

In Chord Mode, each key can be assigned its own chord, which can then be played directly. These chords can be defined entirely freely and you are not limited to transpositions or fixed progressions.

In Scale Mode, you can create your own scales and map them directly to the keyboard, perfect for solos. Unlike classic CV quantizers, SLØP1 even works polyphonically.

Designed to work seamlessly with modern Eurorack sequencers as well as your good old MIDI treasures."

crucFX VCSCROLLFO paper circuit prototype and ciat-lonbarde Sidrax Organ - Barre gesture pull duty

video upload by crucFX

"As the title suggests."