Baloran The river

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"Multi timbral polyphique synth : 8 moog source inside and Trikko effect inside. Wonderfull"

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UVI Introduces Synth Anthology 4

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Note the above is a playlist featuring 4 videos. You can use the player controls to skip through them or just watch them all in order.

Details on Synth Anthology 4 follow:

The authentic sound of 200 synthesizers, from vintage to modern
4,000+ presets and layers deliver incredible sound with hardware soul
Feature-packed dual-layer engine with fx, arpeggiator and more

Synth Anthology 4 - A Synthesizer Tour de Force
https://www.uvi.net/synth-anthology-4

Rebuilt from the ground-up, Synth Anthology 4 now features the authentic hardware sound of 200 vintage and modern synthesizers, a fully redesigned engine with powerful features, fx, arpeggiator, smart sound suggestion engine, native MPE support, and more.
A dreamlike collection!

Also included in SonicPass ➡️ https://www.uvi.net/sonicpass

Video credits: Anthony Hak
Music Credits: Théo & Thomas

"The Best Keeps Getting Better

What's new in version 4?

Almost everything!
We've rebuilt the engine from the ground-up, added more synths, more presets, more effects, more filters, more modulation, a dedicated browser, a second fully-customizable layer for creating hybrid and blended timbres, an all-new smart suggestion engine that helps you quickly find similar sounds, a more powerful arpeggiator/phraser, bus effects, native MPE support, and more!

Real Hardware Sounds There is something unmistakable about the sound of a real hardware synth, from subtle differences between voice circuits and drift to the varied way filters bite into the sound; there's a distinct character and energy. Synth Anthology 4 delivers the authentic and uncompromising hardware sound with all the conveniences of a modern software instrument.

Every piece of hardware represents a unique creative vision, sonic character, innovations, and strengths. Whatever you're looking for, from analog to digital, vintage classic to future classic, you will find it here. Synth Anthology 4 delivers an incredible collection of hardware, every major manufacturer, every type of synthesis, every era, 200 synthesizers in all.

You won't find a more complete collection anywhere else."

The list:

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Baloran The River

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"Truly one of the best polyphonic synths out there.

8 voices inspired from the classic Moog The Source, but eight times more powerful. Has an onboard chorus (The Triko) & digital FX. Very lush sound.

100% subtractive analog synthesis
Polyphony with 8 voices, each voice card being a changeable physical card.
2 VCO, 1 VCF, 2 envelopes, 1 VCA, 1 LFO per voice, hardware routing for the modulations."

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Baloran The River - Quick Jam

video upload by Jack Z

"This synthesizer gives me chills every time I sit down with it... and that is pretty much every single day! The River is a discrete fully analog polyphonic synthesizer designed and produced by a single frenchman around 2016 - 2018. It is a love letter to the MOOG SOURCE - featuring 8 discrete voice cards identical in design to those in the Source. That's right, it is an 8 voice polyphonic Moog Source with a 3 stage analog BBD chorus and delay built in. NO other polysynth (vintage or modern) can compare to this instrument sonically in terms of raw analog power & HEFT. Very few were produced, but I don't know the exact figure. More production runs had been planned, but then: COVID.

THERE IS ZERO EQ/COMPRESSION/DYNAMICS on this, just direct audio straight into Ableton.

This is a jam, I am not a pro keyboardist :)

Enjoy!"

Baloran The River - White & Walnut SN 005

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"Handcrafted polysynth Baloran The River, 8 voices inspired from the classic Moog The Source, but eight times more powerful. Have an onboard chorus (The Triko) & digital FX. Very lush sound, very powerful - [you can find demos in previous posts here]

Comes with a pro-made dust cover + original transport Flight case. They are now discontinued and are very rare. A second hand was recently sold for over EUR 6k on Baloran (dot) com.

This is one of the first version (serial #0005), well maintained and recently went to a checkup. Latest OS version installed (2.18)"

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The Riverscapes 1 - Sonic escape - Baloran The River synthesizer

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"Baloran The River Synthesizer demo
Fx: lexicon pcm80, eventide space & Time , boss vf1"

It's 1984 them - The Riverscapes of Baloran The River synthesizer

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Synthesizer : Baloran The River
Fx: Lexicon Pcm80
Boss Vf1
Images and Music by Smartti1970 - Kuuramaale Soundscapes

Update: video re-uploaed 4/25/2022.

Mars Grazer / Baloran The River synthesizer

video upload by Smartti1970

Synthesizer demo of Baloran The river
fx: eventide Space & Time
Boss Vf1

Genesis Tonight Tonight Tonight COVER (extended version) with hardware synthesizer & NI Maschine

video upload by Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"Tonight Tonight Tonight by Genesis is one of my favorite tracks from my teenage years in the 80's, so I knew I'd eventually have to cover it. This track was definitely the most work I've ever done for an 80's cover for sure. The hardware synths that I used for the piece are by Sequential, the Pro 3, Prophet 12, OB-6, and the Prophet 10 rev4. I also used The River by Baloran, a 002 by Modal Electronics, a Quantum by Waldorf, and finally the Super 6 by Udo Audio.

This cover took me several months, as my left arm is still not functioning right, and with daily pain still due to my Fed-Ex truck versus Sean accident back in late 2019, but luckily I'm leaning somewhat to work through the pain and discomfort...although more slowly than before unfortunately."

Baloran The River w/ Custom Flight Case

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"8 recreated Moog THE SOURCE sound cards form (along with a few extras) the fundament of THE RIVER.

Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer with 8 Voices, multi-timbral – 4 Layers, Analog FX, Sequencer, Arpeggiator, MIDI + comprehensive CV/Gate Outputs"

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Baloran The River White Model

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"8 recreated Moog THE SOURCE sound cards form (along with a few extras) the fundament of THE RIVER.

Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer with 8 Voices, multi-timbral – 4 Layers, Analog FX, Sequencer, Arpeggiator, MIDI + comprehensive CV/Gate Outputs"

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Baloran The River 2021 Black

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Reminds me of a Con Brio meets Rhodes Chroma.

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Baloran The Pool: First tests with integrated effects

video by Laurent Baloran

"First tests with the integrated effects. For the moment it's the same The Triko as The River, but it's possible that it will change ;)"

Upcoming Baloran Synth - Front Panel Controls / Features

Note: According to the previous demo posted here, this panel is a prototype. It does however give us a peak into the featureset of the upcoming Baloran synth. For additional demos see here (scroll down to previous posts when you get there).

This is the first image to clearly reveal the front panel controls. As you can see, this synthesizer features 4 VCOs (2 Analog, 2 Digital), 2 Mixers feeding into 4 Filters laid out in two sections, 4 ENVs, 3 LFOs, Sequencer, and Arpeggiator. Note the Poly button. Click on the image to zoom in. You will see the following and more:

VCO 1 - SAW, TRI, PW, PWM EXT, Range: 32, 16, 8, 4, FM, SEMI, TUNE

DIGIT 1 - A2D, ADD, WAVE, FM, PARAM, SEMI, TUNE

VCO 2 and DIGIT 2 same as above

MIX x 2 w/ SYNC between VCOs

Two VCFs per MIX for a total of 4 filters

VCF 1 & 3 can be 12 or 24 dB, & have Digital & VCO FM for corresponding sections

VCF 2 & 4 can be BP or HP and have a VCF 1-2 balance knob or FM?

Each VCF has separate Key tracking

3 LFOs, 2 VCAs w/ PAN for stereo, 4 ENVs with CURVE for F (Filter) and M envelopes

16 step sequencer, ARP

Note there are buttons under some controls you wouldn't expect. I'm guessing they enable and disable modulation. Press the button and adjust the amount with the knob. Similar to an Oberheim Matrix-12 and XPander, or an Alesis Andromeda. On the Andromeda buttons enable to disable the modulation so you can use them as on/off buttons. The buttons under each Envelope knob in the image above are interesting. What do they do? Do they enable disable each stage, do they allow you to adjust the curve, can you modulate each stage of the envelop? The more I look at the panel the more this synth appears to be a modulation powerhouse. Feel free to share your thoughts and/or anything you see in the comments section below.

P.S. Baloran previously brought us the The River, an 8-voice multi-timbral polyphonic analog synthesizer.

Beverly Hills Cop Axel F cover performed on analog & digital synths by Baloran, Sequential, & Yamaha

Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"You know I just HAD to do a cover of this classic synth awesomeness, "Axel F" by the legendary Harold Faltermeyer.

The Baloran the River analog synth was used for the very memorable intro lead line, and the Sequential Pro 3 analog synth was used for the iconic bass line. For the tracks Yamaha DX7 parts I used the FM section of the Yamaha Montage....which is essentially a super DX7. Finally, for the percussion I used Aly James Labs awesome LM-1 which faithfully IMO recreated the Linn Drum LM-2 pretty spot-on that was originally used in the track."

Il y avait .. à vent...

Laurent Baloran

Baloran controlled by Aodyo Sylphyo wind instrument. Googlish translation below.

"Laurent, un camarade nordiste et son équipe ont conçu le Sylphyo, un instrument à vent autonome et midi via le lynk. Bien sûr, j'ai voulu m’intéresser au midi et sa liaison avec The River. J'ai profité de la version 2.0 de l'OS de The River pour adapter l'information de souffle CC11 au fonctionnement de The River : lissage du flux, modification du cycle de l'enveloppe (le decay 'disparait' et le sustain est 'remplacé' par le souffle...),
Tout ce que vous entendez sort du River, une prise, effets inclus (le nouveau Shim). Voilà, vous constaterez avec effroi que je n'ai pas beaucoup bossé la flûte à l'école ;)"

Googlish:

"Laurent, a northern comrade and his team designed the Sylphyo, an autonomous and midi wind instrument via the lynk. Of course, I wanted to take an interest in Midi and its connection with The River. I took advantage of version 2.0 of The River OS to adapt the CC11 breath information to the operation of The River: smoothing the flow, modifying the envelope cycle (the decay 'disappears' and the sustain is 'replaced' by breath ...),
Everything you hear comes out of the River, one plug, effects included (the new Shim). Here, you will note with fright that I did not work a lot the flute at school;)"

Baloran The River

Published on Dec 10, 2019 MrFirechild

"Baloran The River, an 8-voice analog synthesizer from France! A synth with its own sound and character which excels in magic pads and strings. The song is a tribute to both The River and JMJ and is using sounds exclusively from The River except the Drums. Composed and produced by www.firechild.se"

MOOG The Source Vs BALORAN The River

Published on Oct 15, 2019 Laurent Lecatelier

"Comparaison entre le MOOG The Source et The River (numéro 00072 presque prêt à partir, le clavier n'est pas fixé :D :D) . J'ai reprogrammé sur The River les 15 patchs du manuel de l'utilisateur MOOG en essayant d'être le plus proche possible ;)

Pour le son SyntheVox (12), rien à faire, ce n'est pas possible, la molette, les plages de réglages sont différentes. Pour le Trill (10), je suis content du résultat même si le range de la modulation ne permet pas l'octave. Tous les sons avce le noise sont très différents car je n'utilise pas la puce du The Source comme générateur de bruit."

Introducing Jas Acoustics MixCoupler - Star Wars theme on the Baloran The River synthesizer

Published on Oct 2, 2019 Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"www.JasAcoustics.com Shameless promotion, but a man needs to eat! LOL For those not looking for acoustic treatment for their studio, I hope you at least enjoy my rendition of the Star Wars opening theme on the Baloran The River synth. Thank you for viewing! :)"

Puttin' On The Ritz (Taco's 1982 version) cover with Baloran's The River & the VC340 vocoder

Published on Sep 25, 2019 Sean Christopher Evoking Emotion with Synthesizers

"I've always LOVED this piece ever since I first heard it in 1982.

Taco Ockerse, known as Taco, is an Indonesian-born Dutch singer and entertainer who started his career in Germany. Taco released his first single, 'Puttin' On the Ritz' in 1982 and his version of the song also had pieces of other Irving Berlin songs.

The only synth used for this track was the mighty Baloran the River. The Behringer VC340 vocoder was used to get my wife's vocals into the piece. We also decided to put her 'normal' un-vocoded voice into the final 1/3 of the song to give it a more organic feel. NI's Maschine was used for the percussion and all tracks were recorded into and mixed/mastered with Cubase 10 Pro."