The Synthesizer Sounds of TOTO 🎹

video upload by RetroSound

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One of my favorite tracks from the early 80s.
Africa by TOTO from the album Toto IV (1982)
Written by David Paich and Jeff Porcaro


Featured the YAMAHA DX7 and the Oberheim OB-Xa
In the original Yamaha GS1 and CS80

This cover song series contains my own recreations of my favourite songs from the last 50 years. The original music from which I take inspiration belong to their respective owners. I recreate tracks only for personal passion and to pay homage to these tracks.
My intention is not to create covers that sound exactly like the original (if you want to hear identical sounds, please listen the original). It's more of an inspiration with my sounds from the old synthesizers from the past and of course the great appreciation for the original performers and producers.
Check out the original songs with the original artists here on YouTube.
Thank you.

RetroSound synthesizer demo videos since january 2007.
Everything is free. If you like my work, you can also support me with the purchase of my merchandise stuff or my music. Shop: https://retrosound.creator-spring.com/
Bandcamp: https://retrosound.bandcamp.com/"

Novation Peak and Arturia Microfreak

video upload by Blossom Bisquits

#opxy #synth #oberheim #teenageengineering #sounddesign

video upload by Sequencist

TTMC TOKYO GATE2 , 158 , Doepfer A-155 , A-185-2

video upload by Tokyo Tape Music Center

https://tokyo-tape-music-center.com

Dual Low Pass Gate MODEL TOKYO GATE 2

Low Pass Gate Inspired by Buchla 292

Use Vactrol.

Use Audio Grade Capacitor.

The BRIDGE knob shortens the decay and distorts a little at maximum.

Eurorack Format

14 mA +12V
80 mA -12V
0 mA 5V
Width: 10HP
Depth: 30mm

Note.

This uses vactrol.

There are individual differences.

Parts may differ from the photos.

Uses smd and through hole.

The panel factory has changed, so the panels may be different from old ones.

写真と仕様が変わる場合もございます。

パネルに傷スレある場合もございます。

ローパスゲート特有の音漏れは少しあるようです。

Audio in is normalized from A to B.

Oberheim DSX 16-Voice Digital Sequencer SN A44601

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"The DSX can interface directly with other Oberheim synths as well, including the OB-Xa, OB-SX, and OB-X.

The DSX can synchronize to the DMX, or it can control the OB-synths. In addition to controlling these synths, the DSX features 8 CV and Gate outputs to control up to 8 more other analog synthesizers. Super handy device for Oberheim owners!"

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Oberheim DX 6-Voice Drum Machine w/ Electrongate MIDI Upgrade SN D43419

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"The DX is a total classic that has been used by countless artists. Includes 18 acoustic sampled sounds with multiple versions of kick, snare and toms. This particular unit has the Electrongate Midi upgrade kit installed making it easy to connect with almost anything!

The DX has individual tuning knobs for the drum tones and an external trigger input. This machine is in great working condition with some average cosmetic wear. Includes AC power cable."

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1983 Oberheim DMX 8-Voice Drum Machine w/ Factory MIDI & Memory Expansion SN B31620

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"The Oberheim DMX is a total classic that has been used by countless artists. Those punchy drums have been heard by almost everyone on the New Order hit "Blue Monday". It includes 24 acoustic sampled sounds with multiple versions of kick, snare and toms. This particular unit has MIDI in and out. making it easy to immediately connect with almost anything!

This sale includes 2 additional voice cards with their original boxes as shown. Please message with any questions and see detailed pictures."

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Waldorf Microwave XT Rackmount Wavetable Synthesizer - Nextel Orange w/voice and display upgrades

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"I picked up this beauty a couple years ago thinking I'd be the next Industrial Noise Super Star, but turns out Blush Response has the job covered. I installed antelope's 30 voice upgrade module and also replaced the old LED with another I got from the Isle of Mann on eBay that looks wonderful! (It's not OLED, but something else). Sounds great, knobs are faded, but everything seems to be working great. A fabric dust cover has been on it since owning and. There is a third party power supply included that wouldn't be my first choice, but it works just fine. It's a 30 year old synth and has some road scars, and one of the rack ears is a bit bent. The Nextel paint will still abrade your skin if you get too drunk and fall face first onto it. You want minty? This ain't it."

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Vermona DRM1 MKIII Analog Drum Machine

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VINTAGE 1974 Moog Minimoog Model D - IMMACULATE SN 8775

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Kawai K5000R Demo

video upload by Panu M Savolainen

"Multitracked demo of Kawai K5000R. Additional reverb Eventide Space and delay has been used. These are factory patches tweaked with Macro controller. Controller looks pretty bad, but is fully working. Synth is missing power button cap, screen is worn and diskdrive won't work (should have usb-reader somewhere). I have owned K5000R without controller but also K5000S and K5000W. Later ones has pretty good keyboards in my opinions...

Whole demo at Bandcamp:"

Akai S950 vs S1000 quick Sampler comparison - same samples

video upload by Mikus Pilatus

"Done with recycle.
Comparison in the filters really.
The 950 has that resonance bump"

Field recordings of cicadas, Rhodes Mark II, OP-1 field : Imaginary cicada 2025-08-06 by atnr

video upload by atnr

"Field recordings of a cicada-filled park, Nord Lead, and Rhodes

A piece built from park ambience where cicadas sing—heard against the memory of a summer so hot that, these days, even the cicadas in Tokyo seldom call.

This year in Tokyo the heat has been relentless, and opportunities to hear cicadas have become scarce.

Harmony and melodies are performed on the ‪@NordKeyboards‬ Nord Lead and Rhodes.
The field recordings are re-recorded into the ‪@teenageengineering‬ OP-1 field and transformed using its onboard filter and an ‪@KORG_INC‬ NTS-1 for additional processing."

RT custom modular panels

video upload by Ross Totino and Fans of Collision

"Examples of front panel designs I created for my custom 66 space modular system using frontpanelexpress.com CAD software. I was very satisfied with the quality and service from Front Panel Express. The music in the video is from the modular system using the pair of Mini Wave modules for various effects."

Introducing OVUM for Eurorack - Analog Oscillator Bank by Crows Electromusic

video upload by Crows Electromusic

You might remember the stand alone version of OVUM from previous posts here. OVUM has now been ported to eurorack.

Press release follows:


Introducing OVUM for Eurorack - analog oscillator bank

August 6, 2025 - Crows Electromusic, a small synth company fromVancouver, Canada, is thrilled to introduce OVUM for Eurorack, a modular adaptation of our standalone synth OVUM. OVUM for Eurorack is a powerful, all-analog, drone and modulation source designed for exploratory sound synthesis, ambient, drone, and noise music. With five individually controllable and individually routable triangle-core oscillators, OVUM for Eurorack gives you a bank of raw material ready for use in your modular system - as droning dissonance, thick chords, or slow swelling modulation signals.

Features:

• 100% analog circuitry
• Five triangle-core oscillators
• Crossfade between triangle and square waves
• Switch each oscillator to audio-rate or LFO rate
• 4 individual outputs, normalled to 1 main output
• One-control-per-function interface
• 20hp, 3U eurorack standard
• Handmade in Canada

OVUM for Eurorack is our third release, and our first Eurorack module.

It builds on what we’ve learned making standalone products; the palm-sized FM drone box Lore, and the original OVUM. The main challenge of adapting a standalone synth to modular is: how does this fit into a modular context? Five more oscillators is always useful, but with OVUM for Eurorack we’ve built something that can be more than that - an instrument with space available to interact with, either as the voice of your composition, or as the control center for your modulations. We hope OVUM for eurorack will be the place your hands go first when you’re performing a patch.

While it’s designed with ambient, experimental, noise and drone music in mind - we think OVUM for Eurorack is going to be at home in virtually any type of modular system.

OVUM for Eurorack is available now for $150 USD / $200 CAD.

Crows Electromusic is a small synth company based in Vancouver, Canada. Started by Cory Alder in 2023. Crows’ goal is to develop new hardware instruments that challenge the established ways we interact with sound and music creation. Their first product, OVUM, was released in 2023, and their second product, Lore, was released in early 2025.

For more information, please visit Crows’ website at https://crowselectromusic.com/ or follow us on social media (Instagram, Bluesky) at @crowselectromusic.

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The Speak and Glitch GND-1T - Circuit bent speech chip synthesizer is wild!

video upload by Richard Devine

See the GND-1 label below for addtional posts including detailed overview videos.

Reminder: Soundtoys Summer Sale Ends Today

This is just a reminder, Soundtoys Summer Sale ends today.

You can find full details at Soundtoys here, previously posted here with demos for Soundtoys 5.5 and Spaceblender.

OBERHEIM TEO-5 Melodic Techno/House/Trance/EDM AtomicA Soundset

video upload by AtomicA Sounds

"Oberheim TEO-5 - Melodic House/Techno/Trance/EDM Soundset (NOW AVAILABLE). https://AtomicASounds.com

Recorded straight into Ableton via my Antelope Discrete 8 audio interface. Only the Ableton built-in compressor was used in the recording chain. All effects are from the OBERHEIM TEO-5 synthesizer."

Tiny Systems Can Have Massively Huge Sounds

video upload by EZBOT

"In today's episode we use a very small eurorack system to create enormous pads, washes, and dub chords to be used in a live set. We will discuss effect routing, module selection, and sampling these sounds into our favorite sampler, the Digitakt II.

Download the Octatrack Performance Mixer 3.0.6 Template here: https://ko-fi.com/s/c71520e99c and here patreon.com/ezbot"

STUDIO ELECTRONICS CODE LUXE WAVE FOLDING P1

video upload by ONEPOLYMER

Part 2 here

"Almost out of the box Demo Track including the
ALL NEW STUDIO ELECTRONICS CODE LUXE Synthesizer.
A short WAVE FOLDING Example, live sequenced and recorded. No FX on the CODE LUXE.

The Update/Upgrade sounds amazing - is worth every cent in my opinion (got my hands on since 2hrs).
Every Paramter is now storeable in memory including The 8106 (Roland) Dual Filter Settings as well as the Overdrive and Feedback. The Envelopes sound faster to me ...

Enjoy the bits
onepolymer"