3 increasingly weird ways to program a TR-606 module (but keep it satisfying)

video upload by mylarmelodies

"This is a blend of: A 606 clone eurorack module demo (the LPZW/Tubbutec 6m0d6), and a tutorial - laced with tips and tricks - exploring three increasingly weird ways to trigger and modulate (drum) modules in general - using Gate & CV, Trigger Riot, and sneaky tricks in Ableton Live & MIDI. The overall theme is: Keeping the results 'musical' and satisfying.

We'll also make a generative sequencer with the Mutable instruments stages and use it to control the excellent Doepfer A-111-6. We'll drive it with the Music Thing Mini Drive. We'll turn the Tiptop Audio Trigger Riot into a modulation sequencer. We'll then use Ableton Live and we'll absolutely smash this thing to bits with some simple but very interesting methods to get completely wild patterns, that would take a LOT of modules to do in analog-land.

Happy days."

00:00 Today we shall...
01:07 I made a tiny groovebox
02:03 6m0d6 sound / basics
02:51 Generative sequencer recipe
03:47 Modulating Decay Time / Accent is Life
05:37 The 1U 6quencer
06:51 Now let's DRIVE it.
08:27 Urgh.
09:05 Sub Tom = A bonus bassdrum
10:46 Speeding up, breakbeats
11:05 Creating a two kick 'roll'
12:55 Trigger Riot
16:59 A weird way to make modulation
21:25 More odd triggering ideas
23:04 Why did this work?
24:43 Ableton Madness
26:36 Dummy modulation clips
29:14 Note Echo Madness
31:22 asd's Arpeggiator Insanity

Last Time Playing This Patch Before Unplugging Everything

video upload by Izntrik

"Just a streamed synthesizer techno, electronic, and ambient jam session. Less polished than live shows, more for practice and experimentation. It's almost time to ruin this patch and move a bunch of modules around to expand my live setup into two eurorack cases instead of one. More drums, more control, more fun! Gets a little experimental at the end. Enjoy the synths!

Patch Notes:
Intellijel Metropolix is the sequencing Plaits and Doepfer A-111-6. Zadar is sidechaining, modulating morph on Plaits, and pulse width modulation on the Doepfer. Basimilus Iteritas Alter switches between quantized voltages from the Polar 8 and also sample and hold pitches from Metropolix with triggers from the euclidean sequencer running on Ornament and Crime Hemispheres, runs into the WMD C4RBN filter for wavefolding and saturation. Tesseract Modular Polar8 is controlling delays, drum density, resonance, saturation, A-111-6 pitch, euclidean offset, and BIA pitch. Prok and Pico Drums are being triggered by the 6equencer and Dnipro Dot. Endorphin Ghosts, ALM MFX, and Qu-Bit Prism for effects.

All music and socials can be found on Izntrik's website
https://www.izntrik.com/

My name isn't Rick
Orlando DJ and Producer
DJ - Everything
Produce - House & Techno"

Korg Opsix Demo: A Sonic Universe

video upload by Nicolas Melis

Korg Opsix Demo: A Sonic Universe
Exploring the Sounds of the Korg Opsix

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Paradox Vol 1 - Patches 1 to 25 - Sequential Trigon 6

video upload by GEOSynths

"Out Soon.

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Singularity Vol 3 - Patches 97 to 128 - MOOG ONE

video upload by GEOSynths

GEOSynths Singularity Vol 3 posts

"Out Now - https://www.geosynths.com/moog-one

Back with a 3rd Volume of Patches for the fantastic Moog One, demonstrating Patches 97 to 128. The Bank contains 128 Patches, which can be either Single, Split of Layered using all 3 Synth Engines.

There's a wide range of Sounds, especially Motion and Evolving Pads, Brass and Strings, solid Bass and Leads, plus a whole host of others.

Some of the Sounds are more experimental, however they all are playable and have Controllers assigned to the Mod Wheel, Aftertouch and X/Y Pad for maximum control of how the Sound evolves over time.

There can be only One...MOOG ONE - Singularity Vol 3.

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Is the Doepfer A-111-6 module an SH-101...that's cheap?!

video upload by mylarmelodies

CHAPTERZ
00:00 Hello & MONTAAAGE
01:32 Sooo is this a 101 in 10HP?
02:17 What do you get?
04:27 This thing is small.
06:02 Basic Tones & 'Workflow'
07:58 Sounds Pretty Good.
09:51 Le Filter
12:25 Achieving Underworld Vibes
14:49 A Turing Machine Sequence
17:20 Heavy Modulation Acid
18:24 Cheeky Vibrato
19:56 Singsong Resonances 💃
20:53 Enter PLAITS
22:14 'Oh, that's cheeky.'
23:16 Knobfeel Thoughts
24:55 Duckface Techno
26:06 Deepsea Ending

Doepfer A-111-6

Roland Announces JX-08 and JD-08 Sound Modules

video upload by RolandChannel

"The compact-yet-powerful JD-08 Boutique updates the iconic JD-800 synthesizer for your modern workflow. Known for its extensive hands-on controls and an unapologetically electronic sound palette, the JD-800 helped define the sounds of the ‘90s and beyond. The JD-08 faithfully recreates the vintage instrument using the 108 original waveforms and advanced modeling techniques to deliver the signature JD sound design workflow. Plus, modern upgrades, including expanded polyphony and a two-part polyphonic sequencer, give you deeper music creation and editing freedom.

The compact JD-08 fits just about anywhere, and with updated USB-C audio/MIDI and full-sized MIDI jacks, you can play and synchronize with almost any piece of gear. There’s also an external clock input to sync to vintage analog instruments or modern Eurorack systems.

Add the legendary JD-800 experience to your modern studio with the JD-08 Boutique model.

More Details:
• Four-part tone structure, multi-phase time variant envelopes, and palette sliders
• Includes the original 64 presets plus 21 new presets
• Detailed recreation of the JD-800’s unique two-stage multi-effects section
• Editable distortion, phaser, spectrum, enhancer, delay, chorus, and reverb
• 64-step, two-part polyphonic sequencer with random pattern generator
• Onboard arpeggiator  
• Two-part multitimbral with expanded polyphony
• EXT CLOCK IN to drive the internal sequencer and arpeggiator

In this video:
0:00 – Intro
1:19 – Sound Demos
2:51 – Real-Time Control
3:47 – Sequencing
6:46 – Triggering"

Roland Boutique JX-08 Synthesizer: Overview and Demo

video upload by RolandChannel

"The JX-08 Boutique reacquaints you with the unique voice of the classic JX-8P synthesizer, with some major upgrades. A staple of the ‘80s, the JX-8P was famous for its warm pads, shimmery chorus, and crystalline tones. Now, you can add this iconic synth experience to your modern studio with the JX-08 Boutique model.

The JX-08 offers a range of powerful new effects, expanded presets, and a polyphonic sequencer. Explore over 100 new patches for a more contemporary sound or use the hands-on editing functions, included on the unit and ported over from the original companion PG-800 programmer, for the ultimate JX experience.

The compact JX-08 fits just about anywhere, and with updated USB-C audio/MIDI and full-sized MIDI jacks, you can play and synchronize with almost any piece of gear. There’s also an external clock input, so you can sync to vintage analog instruments or modern Eurorack systems.

More Details:
• 32 original presets, plus 111 new presets
• 17 new effect types including JUNO-106 chorus, LO-FI Comp, and Pitch Shifter
• 64-step, two-part polyphonic sequencer with random pattern generator
• Onboard arpeggiator
• Two-part multitimbral for playing multiple patches with dual and split capabilities
• Expanded polyphony compared to the original hardware
• EXT CLOCK IN to drive the internal sequencer and arpeggiator

In this video:
0:00 – Intro
1:44 – Sound Demos
2:46 – Real-Time Control
3:32 – Sequencing
5:17 – Triggering"

And the press release:

"The Roland Boutique lineup expands with new modules based on the vintage JX-8P and JD-800 synthesizers

Los Angeles, CA, November 9, 2021 — Roland announces the JX-08 and JD-08 Sound Modules, the latest additions to the award-winning Roland Boutique lineup of compact electronic instruments. The JX-08 offers a scaled-down recreation of the JX-8P, one of the last analog synthesizers produced by Roland in the 1980s and a highly sought-after piece for vintage synth fans. The JD-08 is a compact reproduction of Roland’s JD-800 synthesizer, an influential digital instrument from the early 1990s loved for its complex, gleaming sound and comprehensive hands-on control.

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Essence Vol 1 - Patches 1 to 32 - Sequential Take 5

video upload by GEOSynths

"Out Soon...

I love this little Synth, it has such a great Sound Engine to it. I wasn't going to bother with it as I've done quite a lot of Patches for Sequential Synths, however I decided it would be worth trying at least and the the next thing I knew, I'd made a load of Sounds!

In Essence vol 1 there is 128 Patches covering Pads and Motion Sounds...Of course, that's what I do best! Also cutting Leads and Bass, Poly and traditional Sounds. The combination of VCO/VCF/Mod Matrix is quite spectacular on the Take 5 and I've been creating textures which I've not heard before on Sequential Synths.

Here are the first 32 demonstrated, hope you enjoy them and watch out for the other 3 Videos.

00:00 - 1. Prophet 111 GEO
00:54 - 2. Bladerunner GEO
02:16 - 3. Sabre Pad GEO
03:47 - 4. Rotations GEO
05:01 - 5. Low Down GEO
05:38 - 6. Crystalline GEO
06:35 - 7. FM Nasty GEO
07:05 - 8. Orion Sleeps GEO
08:40 - 9. Rezzed GEO
09:44 - 10. 5 String GEO
10:49 - 11. Strangers GEO
11:12 - 12. Badlands GEO
12:07 - 13. Adagio GEO
13:11 - 14. Viper GEO
13:50 - 15. Fine Line GEO
15:40 - 16. Passed Out GEO
16:44 - 17. Brassed Off GEO
17:15 - 18. Fault Line GEO
18:18 - 19. Metal Head GEO
19:00 - 20. Cinematique GEO
21:12 - 21. Seismic GEO
21:45 - 22. Accents GEO
23:30 - 23. Alderan GEO
24:29 - 24. Arpanetics GEO
25:34 - 25. Air Bass GEO
26:05 - 26. Higgs Field GEO
27:44 - 27. Scream GEO
28:30 - 28. Late Night GEO
29:00 - 29. Green Onions GEO
29:43 - 30. Exodus GEO
30:48 - 31. Warmth GEO
32:23 - 32. Fake Tears GEO"

Doepfer Product Announcements for SUPERBOOTH21

via Doepfer

"Superbooth 2021 is just around the corner. The Superbooth team around Andreas Schneider managed it with their hygiene and safety measures that the event can happen and personal contacts are possible again. The Superbooth takes place from 15 to 18.09.2021 in Berlin. More information is available at the Superbooth Website. We plan to present these new products and would be happy to welcome you at our booth (presumably B047 in the 'Bungalow-Dorf')."

Left: (A-100PB with a keyboard built into the lid, 37 keys, midi interface with 3.5 mm stereo jack socket)

This is the "small brother" of the monster base A-100PMB. It is very similar to the A-100PMB but has only half the width (2 x 84 HP for installation of modules). The suitcase versions A-100P6 or A-100P9 can be positioned on top of the A-100PB because the width of the A-100PB is a bit more than the width of A-100P6/P9 and the footprint of the A-100PB is adapted to the depth of A-100P6/P9. A-100PB is equipped with one power supply (1200mA) and two bus boards. The bus boards are located in the rear area (even those for the modules that are mounted in the front row). This was necessary to take advantage of the full height of the front area for installation of A-100 modules.

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Best Ambient Synth Shootout #111​: Bastl Instruments XOR - Song 3

video by Christian's Sonic Spaces

"This is the third song with the Bastl Instruments XOR. It's a monotimbral, 6 voice polyphonic, wavetable-based synthesizer using bit operations to add harmonics to the sound. The resulting dirty digital modulation artefacts makes it unique sounding.

I used it for the recording in the following FX pedal chain:
XOR - Elektron Analog Heat - Pladask Elektrisk Fabrikat - Pladask Elektrisk Draume - Pigtronix Echolution 2 Deluxe - GFI System Specular Reverb 2. Depending on the recorded track some FX are deactivated

The signal went through a Presonus StudioLive 16.0.2 into the PC for recording. To create the complete song I recorded consecutively several stereo tracks. The final song was then mastered with a bit EQ and compression on some tracks and some limiting on the master track."

Patchwerks Staff Favorite: Doepfer A-111-6 Miniature Synthesizer Voice

video by Patchwerks Seattle

"In this video Matthew Piecora of Patchwerks gives us an overview and demo of the Doepfer A-111-6 Miniature Synthesizer Voice. The Module A-111-6 contains a complete, analog monophonic synthesizer with VCO, VCF, VCA and envelope generator. It truly is a huge sound in a tiny package.

Learn more about the Doepfer A-111-6 Miniature Synthesizer Voice here: http://bit.ly/doepfer_mini_synth_voice

https://patchwerks.com/
Video by: Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT)
https://www.ezbot.live"

Doepfer A-111-6 Miniature Synthesizer

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NAMM 2020: Doepfer Made a Joystick Controller With A New Axis!!

Published on Jan 17, 2020 sonicstate

Try taking that on a flight...

"With the proliferation of the Eurorack format, Doepfer sometimes get pushed to the side however if you can look past the utilitarian front panels then you'll see that Dieter Doepfer is continually making really useful, interesting and feature packed modules.

The Doepfer A-174-4 is a joy stick controller that gives you a ton of cv outputs. 4 quadrant outputs, xyz rotation and a gate. We also took a look at a few other modules that have been added to the a-100 line this year."

A-111-6 featured as well.

Doepfer A-111-6 Miniature Synthesizer Voice

Published on Nov 27, 2019 Alex4

"In this video we explore the new A-111-6 module from Doepfer. A complete synthesizer in only 10hp. This module offers more than you might expect - with its complex routing you are able to mix and match three different waveforms and a sub-oscillator, you can add an external input and of course do PWM and FM. You can use the filter as a sine wave VCO and switch the envelope from AD to ADSR to AR and so on.
And it is also available as a vintage edition in black."

Doepfer A-111-6

Doepfer A111-6 Sound Demo (no talking)

Published on May 27, 2019 Bonedo Synthesizers

A-111-6 Miniature Synthesizer

Module A-111-6 is a complete miniature monophonic synthesizer module that has these features available:

VCO
Tune: manual tune control (with an internal jumper the range can be set to ~ +/-1 half an octave or ~ +/-2.5 octaves)
Oct.: range switch -1 / 0 / +1 octave
Mod.: modulation depth (attenuator wired to the Mod. socket)
Dest.: switch that is used to address the modulation to frequency modulation (position FM) or pulsewidth modulation (positon PM), in center positon no modulation
PW: manual pulsewidth control for rectangle waveform, PW can be also modulated by the Mod. input as mentioned above
Wave: waveform switch (sawtooth / off / triangle), the sum of the waveform chosen by this switch and the rectangle is fed into the VCF (to turn the rectangle off the PW control has to be set fully CCW or fully CW)
1V/Oct. (socket): external CV input for VCO frequency (1V/octave)
access to internal bus CV (via jumper, optional, please remove the bus jumper if this feature is not used to avoid unwanted frequency modulation as then the unused CV line of the bus works as a kind of antenna)
triangle core VCO, frequency range about 32Hz ... 8kHz (??? still to be specified)
Balance unit

The balance unit is made of two VCAs which are controlled by the sum of manual Balance control and the balance CV input in the opposite direction.
The audio input of VCA1 is hard-wired to the VCO output, audio input 2 is connected to the socket Ext.In.
The output of the balance unit is used as audio input for the VCF
Bal.: manual balance control, fully CCW the internal VCO is used, fully CW the external signal (Ext.In) is used, at center position both signals have about the same level
CV Bal.: CV input for balance (range about 0...+5V)
Ext. In: external audio input for VCA2, about 5 Vpp level required for similar loudness as the internal VCO
this socket is normalled to the internal VCO suboctave f/2 signal (rectangle with half the frequency), if no external signal is applied the suboctave signal is used as the second signal for the balance unit

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Doepfer Slim Line Eurorack Modules Coming to SUPERBOOTH

via PatchPierre.Net

"The first batch of Slim Line modules will include:
A-111-6, a miniature Synth Voice, quite similar to the A-111-5 and Dark Energy in just a 10 HP wide panel, and the following 4HP wide modules;

A-118-2 Noise Generator/Random/Sample and Hold module
A-121-3 12dB Multimode filter (a la A-121-2 but with smaller knobs))
A-130-2 Dual Liniar VCA
A-138i Interrupting mixer, a four channel mixer with an additional mute switch for each input
A-138n Nano Mixer, a simple four channel mixer, which can be used with either control voltages or audio signals.
A-145-4 Quad LFOs can be treated as a slimmed version of the quad LFO A-143-3 as it has similar features available
and the A-182-2 Quad Switch, a passive module that contains four changeover switches."

PDF scans follow.

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Happy New Year From MATRIXSYNTH!

Happy New Year everyone!

First I want to thank everyone who takes the time out of their busy schedules to come visit the site. I want to give an extra thanks to everyone who supports this site, including the sponsors you see above and on the right. Without them this site would not be possible.

As many of you know, running MATRIXSYNTH is a labor of love. The site has been running for over 13 years and hopefully will continue on for many years to come. Every single post goes up by hand, seven days a week, including holidays and "vacations." Some of you may not know this, but MATRIXSYNTH is a one man shop by me, matrix. I have not missed a single day of posting since back on August 6 of 2005 when I first launched this format of the site. I say "this format of the site" because I actually registered matrixsynth.com back in October of 1997. You can still see the old site here. On the left were links to sites I visited back in the day. It's actually a pretty neat snapshot of what was around on the web back then before the days of YouTube and social media. I launched this version of the site back on July 20 of 2005. As of this post there have been 175,117 posts on the site. We had 13,302 posts in 2018. Every single one went up by hand. I am extremely humbled and grateful of those who choose to support the site. Thank you so much!!!

Now, for some numbers. I haven't shared them in a while as they started to feel a little redundant year after year, but I figured why not? The image above is a map of visitors to the site in 2018. We had 540,712 users visit for a total of 3,418,064 pageviews. We finally have a visitor from North Korea this year! The numbers are from Google Analytics and should filter out bots. BTW if you look at this all time map, the only country to not have visited MATRIXSYNTH to date is the Central African Republic. It's pretty amazing to think someone from every single other country in the world has visited the site.

The following are the top 10 countries to visit by traffic:

1 United States 4,564(35.30%)
2 United Kingdom 1,070(8.28%)
3 Germany 866(6.70%)
4 France 653(5.05%)
5 Canada 544(4.21%)
6 Italy 512(3.96%)
7 Japan 464(3.59%)
8 Netherlands 357(2.76%)
9 Poland 331(2.56%)
10 Norway 314

(Update: I originally had the list by language which duplicated DE and FR. The list has been updated for country only).

A couple of years ago I started tracking new gear for the year with "new gear" labels. For 2018 we had the following:

695 new items never featured before on the site. This includes 49 posts on older gear never featured before.
111 new makers
92 new synths
63 new soft synths
67 new sound/noise machines
36 new synth effects
266 new modules
42 new mobile apps
11 new drum machines
111 new DIY projects
26 new controllers
40 new tools
7 new cases

And finally we had 52 posts to get the exclusive label for the year. These are the rarest of the rare featured on the site.

Note there is some overlap and the primary focus of MATRIXSYNTH is hardware synthesis. Rather than go into a top 10 list (which I never was into because all gear has its use imo), click through any of the links above to see what came in by category.

On the mega synth front, we saw the release of the Sequential Prophet X and XL (DSI changed names to Sequential as well), the Moog One and Grandmother, Yamaha MODX, Korg Prologue, and the Waldorf Quantum finally made it to release. You can also recap what was featured at NAMM 2018, SUPERBOOTH18, Knobcon, and SoundMit and other events.

This year we lost the following in the synth world. Note this does not include discontinued gear, although with Erthenvar being featured as a company, I may include gear in the the future.

Erthenvar Closes Shop
RIP John Leimseider
RIP Shirleigh Moog
The Candlelight Vigil: A Synth Cover in Memory of Jóhann Jóhannsson (From Prisoners)
David Van Koevering Has Passed Away

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And that's it for 2018. Happy New Year and onto 2019! Thank you to everyone that enjoys, contributes, and supports the site! I started MATRIXSYNTH to track everything synth. It's rewarding to know people out there still enjoy the site. MATRIXSYNTH is my gift to you.

Behringer Model D Oscillator Tuning Fluctuations

Published on Oct 6, 2018 Tim Shoebridge

"I'd like to share with you my findings on the amount of drift that my Behringer Model D oscillators exhibit in comparison to some other fully analogue synthesisers that I own. No music or sounds with this video, just words and graphs, but I hope you find it interesting."

Problem or part of the mojo? Curious how it compares to the original Minimoog and Moog's recent re-issue.

Other gear measured:
Dreadbox Nyx
Doepfer A-111-2
Polivoks
Yamaha CS15

Synthchaser #111 - Dead Oberheim Xpander Repair

Published on Sep 21, 2018 Synth Chaser

http://synthchaser.com/

"The Oberheim Xpander. 6 voice little brother of the mighty Matrix-12. One day his beloved Oberheim Xpander would not turn on. So he sent it to Synth Chaser to perform a little synth CPR. We'll have a little tour around the inside and then get this Xpander working again!

Parts for DIY repair and restoration of Oberheims are available at my website. I also repair and restore Oberheims and other vintage synths for customers around the world."

New 16-IN-1 ENSONIQ ESQ Series Cart

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via this auction

"This cartridge was built using high end modern components in a no-compromise design.

The banks can be accessed using a 16 position switch. Different banks can be used with different gear (No need for multiple cartridges anymore) and switched on the fly.

Features:

No battery design, FRAM non-volatile memory.

128 x 8K (1024K) Capacity. (16 Times the capacity of the standard ram cartridge)

Fast read/write speed.

High endurance with virtually infinite read/write cycles.

151 years data retention.

Gold plated contacts.

3D Printed clear light blue case.

Different banks can be selected using a switch and used with different devices (from the list below).

Compatible with the Ensoniq ESQ-1, ESQ-M and SQ-80.

Loaded with 1280 patches.


Patch List:

FACTORY VPC-1: "Classic Mix 1"

1: TPIANO 2: BEGONE 3: HRNSEC 4: STRBAS 5: KICK 2
6: PNOSTR 7: SING6 8: KIEV 9: ICEPOP 10: SEGULS
11: MCROAD 12: PORGN2 13: 5OFSWE 14: VOXBAS 15: HI HAT
16: STRNG2 17: SAPRNO 18: FRIDAY 19: PECKBD 20: LANDNG
21: MTLPNO 22: "MACH" 23: NOISE2 24: METBAS 25: MUSCBX
26: STRSEC 27: AHHHHS 28: GLDBEL 29: ROOM 1 30: DRIP 1
31: JBELL5 32: NOSPLT 33: PNOBRS 34: BELBAS 35: MEIMBO
36: SQRSTR 37: UMMA 38: STARS2 39: TMPBEL 40: COPTER

1: HRPSI3 2: PIPEOR 3: SW BRS 4: BASS.T 5: TOYPNO
6: AUHARP 7: FLUTE 8: ALLOY2 9: AMCALL 10: F-111
11: ELZPNO 12: FLTORG 13: REGAL1 14: DRAG 15: MRIMVX
16: DULCI2 17: NYMPH 18: BELRES 19: SQRBEN 20: GONG1
21: "LAYER 22: ACRDON 23: MINIM2 24: RUFBAS 25: VELDRM
26: BANJO 27: BASOON 28: WASH 29: AFTGLO 30: PUTERS
31: BELKBD 32: BASIC 33: SYNLED 34: GROWL 35: KRUMBA
36: WHLPLK 37: SHOU 2 38: BEDTME 39: METBAR 40: LAUGHS

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