"Rare 1998 MIDI drum machine uniquely modified to massively extend the sound design possibilities with three pre-set effects switches and a custom 25 point modulation patch bay. These modifications generate an array of original sounds, effects and rhythmic variations. Making a single connection on the patch matrix can dramatically alter the output but applying multiple connections produces an increasingly complex, sometimes aleatoric range of grinding, metallic, fractured, reversed, tonal, bit crushed, flanged, distorted, aliasing and delayed effects, arcade sounds and digital noise, alternative rhythmic patterns and additional accents. The five included patch cables can also be stacked for further sonic manipulation. The unit functions as normal when the patch is not in use.
Electronic Hand Percussion Instrument and Speaker System for Musical Exploration, Relaxation, and Meditation
Los Angeles, CA, June 24, 2025 — Roland introduces Mood Pan, a unique electronic hand percussion instrument that encourages anyone to discover the restorative power of music. Inspired by acoustic handpans, Mood Pan features tranquil tones and a simple design requiring no previous musical skills. Along with providing immersive audio for the onboard sounds, its built-in 2.1 speaker system can also play soothing background music and stream Bluetooth audio from mobile devices.
Mood Pan is made for mindful people and modern musicians seeking a versatile and expressive new instrument. It blends the soulful resonance of acoustic handpans with multiple sound variations and other flexible features made possible with Roland’s advanced percussion technology. While many musical instruments require learning and skill development, Mood Pan can be enjoyed by everyone, with no experience or special technique necessary.
The electronic design of Mood Pan offers many benefits over traditional handpans. Users can explore different instruments and tunings, enhance sounds with onboard effects, and silence the onboard speaker by plugging in headphones for quiet solo sessions.
Mood Pan can be placed on the user’s lap or a tabletop. The instrument is played with finger taps, and its nine pads can be assigned to different musical scales, making it impossible to hit a wrong note. It’s also possible to tap the sides with the palms to create percussive sounds and resonant tonalities, mute sounds with a touch, and use a special control pad to add expressive colors to certain tones.
Selectable sounds include handpan and other acoustic percussion such as tongue drum, gamelan, crystal bowl, and singing bowl. There’s also a sitar voice, orchestral strings, synth pad tones, and four user locations with selectable sound variations.
Mood Pan offers environmental music and nature sounds, along with four modes to play soft soundtracks for mornings, evenings, relaxing, and yoga sessions. It also doubles as a high-quality Bluetooth speaker for streaming music from a smartphone or tablet.
The Mood Pan Plus app is the perfect partner to extend the Mood Pan experience. Users can adjust the onboard sounds, choose different environmental sounds and effects, and fine-tune the pad sensitivity. The app also includes additional sounds for loading into Mood Pan’s four onboard user locations.
"FM synthesis is notoriously difficult to program — complex, technical, and often unintuitive. Halogen FM changes that. We built it to remove the barriers that have kept so many from exploring the raw, expressive power of FM.
Instead of diving into confusing algorithms or endless parameters, Halogen invites you to discover sound through play. It’s a generative instrument that responds to instinct, not instruction — giving you evolving textures, organic tones, and sonic surprises without requiring deep synth knowledge.
Halogen FM lets everyone tap into the beauty and unpredictability of FM synthesis — whether you’re a seasoned producer or just curious. Your ears lead the way, and happy accidents are part of the design.
Credits
Alexander Ewald - audio & video production and narration"
"Join us in Sardinia with Daniela Pes as she reveals her creative process, live setup and sources of inspiration. We also got to experience a live performance using the MiniFreak Vocoder alongside MicroFreak, where vocal transformation seamlessly blends with deep, evolving textures. Daniela has a unique artistic voice that interweaves local tradition, sound and intuition in real time.
We gratefully acknowledge Tanca Records / tancarecords and Trovarobato / trovarobato for their generous support.
We also thank LandWorks / landworks.official and Miniera Argentiera"
"Time for a bonus extra upload. The remix nobody asked for! (I dropped enough hints but nobody took the bait). I couldn't resist doing a version of this song that brought the Underworld version of 'Dark&Long (Dark Train)' with PinkPantheress' 'Illegal'.
Hopefully all previous glitches with the music are sorted and you can enjoy this version. It was programmed and played on just a single Novation Circuit Tracks. If you'd like more details as to how the track was put together check out the videos for the two component parts,"
"Rare and interesting physical modeling rackmounted synthesizer. We did some very minor servicing and thoroughly tested and played this unit and everything appears to be working as it should. Please check with us before attempting to buy it to make sure it's still available as we originally bought it for our studio and may have changed our mind about selling it if it doesn't sell fast."
"This unit has been professionally refurbished and had the following work done to it, requiring 11 hours of highly skilled vintage tech time plus parts costs to make this unit better and probably more costly than others on the market.
-Cleaned unit inside and out. -Replaced all tact switches with new ones so all buttons work reliably, with a light touch. -Replaced original display with a new one that's easier to read under all lighting. -Replaced original slide pot with a perfectly working new one. -Cleaned rotary pots. -Replaced battery with a new one. -Recapped power supply as a preventative measure so this unit hopefully outlasts others. -Replaced terminals for ground wire (x8) PT (x5) (Another preventative measure) -Cleaned key contacts. -Replaced aftertouch sensor with new one, which is usually necessary. -Performed multiple burn in tests. -Verified that all functions are working properly."
"This unit has been fully serviced to make it better than the rest, a process that cost us 22 hours of highly skilled and valuable tech time. The result is a professionally overhauled instrument that's fully functioning and is ready to play, unlike most, and is justifiably more costly than lesser examples. Depeche Mode used this model sampler heavily to create its signature sound in the 80s.
Our tech did the following work to this item:
Fuse holder replaced. 2 molex connectors terminals were replaced. Memory tested, all tests passed. Front panel membrane sheets removed and replaced. Power supply recapped. Replaced defective floppy drive with a serviced one. Replaced 1/4” jack nuts and washers. Cleaned key contacts. Replaced backlight with new one. Multiple burn in tests performed, all tests passed.
Note: These originally left the factory with 6 rubber feet. The one that would normally be found in the back left corner is missing, but thanks to the 5 others, this is a non-issue as it's perfectly stable the way it is. We normally would have just replaced it, but this isn't the fast and easy process it is on most other gear. We can pay our tech to do it though if it matters to you - please contact us for a quote.
This EII is the PLUS version, with maximum memory (17.6 seconds max sampling time)."
Today I am exploring selected standard library samples on Akai X7000. The sounds came w/ my Gotek USB floppy emulator. Recorded direct on iPhone via EPM6 mixer via Go:Mixer:Pro-X. Industrial basses, strings, synths, plucky things, a couple of weird sound fx. This sampler is currently available for sale in my Reverb store.
AKAI SOUND LIBRARY 0:00 Electric Bass 0:08 Hi String 0:23 Haunting Fifths 0:37 EMS AKAI VARIOS 0:47 BBrass 0:54 Big Anna (+Eutopic glitched loading) 1:15 CMI Atmosphere 1:29 CMI Choir 1:37 CMI Sararr 1:42 D50 Fantasia 1:56 Depeche 2:05 DX7 Funk Bass 2:13 Eminent 2:23 Eutopic 2:35 Juno Max 2:45 Mega Bass 2:54 PPG Bass LA STUDIO 3:03 Classical Guitar I 3:15 Double Bass 3:23 Armageddon
"This video is for embedding in the product listing for my new Pi HAT which you can see in the video. I designed it to be the way that I wanted - with he 2-button/rotary encoder configuration, just MIDI in and a cover plate to neaten things off.
I'm a little unclear about the authorship of Corridors of Time, I believed it was composed by Autumn Altair (the source of the MIDI that I'm playing here) since it appears on Echoes on Stone Walls which I believed to be original compositions. But I see that it may be by Yasunori Mitsuda. Either way it's beautiful."
0:00 - 1. Dream Machine - With the Sonicware Liven Evoke, I’ve often been playing songs live, without using the sequencer, which I used for almost all of my songs with the Liven Ambient Ø (the two sequencers are very similar). With this song, I use the hold feature to hold some notes of textural sound in a couple of layers, while playing the piano layer live. The piano sound morphs between an acoustic and electronic sound a little bit after I play each note. Around the halfway point, with the chromatic pitch shifting, everything starts to turn into a granular storm (there are no granular effects prior to this), which is helped by the fact that you can cut the dry signal of each track and have a 100% wet mix of the reverb and/or granular sound. Oh, also, I want to give a thank you/shoutout to this video by @BenLevin because I started messing around with the chords that led to this song after watching it: • The secret to EMOTIONAL chords . His channel is one of my favorite music education channels on YouTube, so do check it out!
"A piece for @SONICWARE LIVEN Ambient Ø and @homebakeinstruments8214 Wavestick—ambient music where gentle electronic loops intertwine with evolving filtered drones.
Ambient Ø: Runs through @ChaseBlissAudio LOSSY, giving the entire texture a lo-fi sheen.
Wavestick: Connected to @strymon NIGHTSKY; the wavetable is continuously shifted while NIGHTSKY’s filter is swept in real time."
"A little tape residue that I’m going to clean off of the 4/4 and 3/4 scale screenprint… shouldn’t be an issue at all.
The Mobius is very practical little sequencer in my opinion… I also have a Sequentix Cirklon 2 and it was a breath of fresh air with how fast the Mobius simplifies and assists in creating productive limitations for me to commit to.
No menu divey time consuming pages… just start putting notes in immidiatly and choosing between the 2 time signatures that future retro allows.
Super fun making patterns and transposing patterns on this machine
Lots of sweet spots with pattern lengths and DIN Syncing to my drum machines..
The Mobius can also control vintage cv/gate synths ( SH-101 ) and Hz/v synths like yamaha CS-15 / Korg MS20
You can send clock out of Mobius to control your synths internal sequencer or arpeggiator as well
The little red lcd screen protector has come away from the machine
I removed it so it wouldn’t fall inside of the Mobius and get lost"
