Bata: Entry for dotcompetition 2023

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"Welcome to Bata's fantastic performance and entry into the Synthesizers.com composition contest, where creativity knows no bounds! Prepare to be impressed by [Bata]'s mesmerizing composition titled Competition Entry for Synthesizers.com. Witness an awe-inspiring sound innovation and musical journey consisting of unique sonic textures and fascinating effects that are sure to leave you craving more.

In this performance, Bata has masterfully utilized some of Synthesizers.com's finest, state-of-the-art modules, showcasing remarkable technical prowess amidst an atmosphere of seamless creativity.

This incredible composition features the harmonic integration of a variety of Synthesizers.com Modules:
-Q105 Slew Limiter
-Q106 Oscillator (x3)
-Q107 State Variable Filter
-Q109 Envelope Generator (x2)
-Q112 4 Channel Mixer
-Q119 Sequential Controller
-Q128 Switch
-Q155 Curver
-Q157 SH++
-Q171 Quantizer Bank
-Q179 Envelope++"

Additional Entries

Messing Around with Nord Wave, Yamaha CS-15, Korg Mono/Poly and PSS-60

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"Nord doing FM sounds, Yamaha feedback, Mono/Poly clicks, Korg PSS-60, and the Akai MPC X does sequencing and clock."

Jamming with Nord Wave, Yamaha CS-15, Boomstar, and Drum Machines

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"Nord Wave, Yamaha CS-15, Studio Electronics Boomstar 5089, Akai MPC X, LinnDrum, Yamaha RX-5.

Nord chords sound random because they are being triggered randomly from the MPC using the probability feature."

East Beast Patching With Bata

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"Grabbed the West Pest a few weeks ago and was quite happy with it so decided to try it's sibling as well. Overall I think it's good although the way some of the knobs are scaled is a little peculiar and hard to use. Setting the right amount of vibrato or a subtle attack amount can be quite tricky even for experienced synth rats. The filter, oscillator, and VCA all sound really good though. Audio-rate modulation of the VCO pulse width and vca level sound particularly good on this synth."

East Beast Patching Tip (Filter Pinging)

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"Showing how you can get some nice plucky sounds out of the cre8audio East Beast. The unit crashes on me later in the video and I'm unsure what caused/causes this bug (possibly something to do with changing the clock source while the sequencer is running). I will probably link this video to cre8audio as this isn't the first time this kind of settings lock up has happened to me."

East Beast Patching Tip #2

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"Showing how you can get a different flavor of modulation on the cre8audio East Beast by filtering the pitch CV and modulating the filter with an LFO. I also show at the end of the video how to lock up the mode settings on the East Beast with the external clock in."

How Bata Make's Electronic Music

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"Going over my whole setup briefly. This is probably the most detailed studio tour/setup description I'll do unless I start a patreon or something and need extra videos. I don't mention a lot of the random gear like outboard compressors, EQs, etc just the things I'm most commonly using in my videos. If you have questions feel free to ask in the comments but I won't be writing very long replies so try to keep the questions simple."

Jam from this video:

Big Jam with Modular Synth, Akai MPC X, and Analog Synths (5)


"5U Modular (Synthesizers.com, STG Soundlabs, Synthetic Sound Labs)
Akai MPC X
Nord Wave
Moog Source
Behringer 2600 (ARP 2600 clone)
Behringer Pro-1 (Sequential Circuits Pro One clone)
Xoxbox (Roland TB-303 clone)
Korg Mono/Poly
Korg Delta
Studio Electronics Boomstar 5089 mk1
Yamaha CS-15
Boss HC-2 Handclapper"

Jamming with 5U Modular, Akai MPC X, and Friends (3)

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"5U Modular (Synthesizers.com, STG Soundlabs, Synthetic Sound Labs)
Akai MPC X
Moog Source
Xoxbox (Roland TB-303 clone)
Korg Mono/Poly
Korg Delta"

Jamming with Various Synthesizers (11)

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Roland P-330
Korg Mono/Poly
Behringer 2600 (ARP 2600 clone)
Behringer Pro 1 (Sequential Circuits Pro One clone)
Moog Source
Akai MPC X
Simmons SDS-V
Xoxbox (Roland TB-303 clone going through Line 6 Pod)
Arturia Synthi V (EMS Synthi softsynth)

cre8audio West Pest Semi-Modular Synthesizer

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"Picked up a little semi-modular west coasty type thing from cre8audio in collaboration with Pittsburgh Modular. Neat little synth I mostly grabbed to help out with modulation duties for the other synths and for the patchable wavefolder. Pretty impressed after the first day. Will probably post a couple patches and jams if they turn out decent."

Voltage Modular Patch

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"Messing Around with 2 Zeroscillators into an MRB LPG."

Clavia Nord Wave from 2007

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"Just showing a few sounds of the Nord Wave. This was my first synth and still one of my most used. Some UAD reverb was added along with Eventide's Instant Phaser MKII for a bit near the end."

Introduction to Filters, VCA's, and Envelopes

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"Doing a quick explanation of filters, voltage controlled amplifiers, and envelopes. Using a Yamaha CS-15 synthesizer. Effects used are Yamaha E1010 delay and UAD's Lexicon 224 reverb."

LinnDrum Drum Machine From 1982

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"Messing around with an old LinnDrum. This is probably my favorite drum machine. This one is in pretty rough shape and loves to crash over and over until it finally stabilizes. This LinnDrum has timbales eproms instead of the conga sounds."

Korg Delta from 1979

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"This is a quick demo video of some of the sounds of the Korg Delta. I'm using an external LFO on the filter. Effects used were UAD reverbs and Brainworx bx_delay 2500 for delay. This Delta has never been serviced so many of the components could need replacing and this can affect the sound.

The Delta was my first analog synth and where I learned a lot of my synthesizer basics such as how to use envelopes, trigger conversion, CV modulation, and additive synthesis. It's what's known as a paraphonic synthesizer which means it can play all notes simultaneously but they share 1 filter and amplifier. The Delta has an excellent filter that has a lot of character and I've never heard another bandpass filter that sounds like it.

If you want to get an idea of how it feels to use a Delta you can download Full Bucket's Delta VST for free. It doesn't quite have the grittiness of a real Delta but is still usable for a lot of things.

https://www.fullbucket.de/music/vst.html"

Jamming with 5U Modular, Akai MPC X, and Korg Delta

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"5U Modular (Synthesizers.com, STG Soundlabs, Synthetic Sound Labs)
Akai MPC X
Korg Delta"

Jamming with 5U Modular, Akai MPC X, and Friends

Acid Jam with 5U Modular, Akai MPC X, and Analog Synths [Take 2]

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"5U Modular ( Synthesizers.com , STG Soundlabs , Synthetic Sound Labs )
Akai MPC X
Moog Source
Xoxbox (Roland TB-303 clone)
Studio Electronics Boomstar 5089 mk1
Korg Delta"

Moog Source Experiment

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"Sending a sequence off the Akai MPC X to the Moog Source and messing around with the S/H and Auto Trig. Using my Source's glide defect which allows the pitch to drop very low. Also using a trick where the LFO rate is affected by random button presses."

Jamming with 9 Synthesizers

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Nord Wave
Korg Mono/Poly
Korg Delta
Yamaha CS-15
Moog Source
Behringer 2600 (ARP 2600 clone)
Behringer Pro 1 (Sequential Circuits Pro One clone)
Studio Electronics Boomstar 5089
Xoxbox (Roland TB-303 clone)
Drums from Akai MPC X

Jamming with Nord Wave, Yamaha CS-15, and Friends

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"Sequencing the Nord Wave, Yamaha CS-15, Studio Electronics Boomstar, and Moog Source from the Akai MPC-X. The CS-15 is using a Kenton Pro Solo MK3 as midi to CV converter and the Source is using a Roland SBX-1. Drums are from the MPC and are Oberheim DMX samples. The highhat is going through a DeltaLab effectron for flanging. Behringer Pro-1 does the lead with its filter being modulated from the free running Frostwave Fat Controller."

Boss HC-2 Hand Clapper from 1984

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"Using a Korg SQ-1, Behringer 2600, and Roland MPU-101 to trigger a Boss hand clapper thingy. A bit of reverb from Eventide's T-Verb was added."

Korg Mono/Poly from 1981

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"This is a quick demo of some of the sounds of the Korg Mono/Poly. There are some rather extreme sounds in this video made possible by a trick to get the LFO to speed up considerably. If you set LFO 1's waveform between 2 waves very carefully you can get a sped up LFO that can be useful for harsh and metallic sounds. I don't know if this works on the Behringer version. Effects used were UAD reverbs and Brainworx bx_delay 2500.

If you want to get an idea of what it's like to use a Mono/Poly you can get Full Bucket's Mono/Fury for free. Its pretty good but won't be able to do some of the sounds in this video.

https://www.fullbucket.de/music/vst.html"