Dreadbox Nymphes Synthesizer - Sounds Only

video upload by Bloom Music

Patches: 0:09
Oscillator: 6:49
Filters: 9:21
Modulation: 11:43
Reverb: 15:18
Voice Modes: 17:58

Dreadbox Nymphes Synthesizer Review

video upload by Bloom Music

"Donald Jordan's review of Dreadbox's Nymphes.

Intro: 0:09
Architecture: 1:51
Oscillator: 3:10
Filters: 5:58
Modulation: 8:20
Reverb: 12:46
Voice Modes: 15:41
Interface: 17:43
Conclusion: 20:42

All synth sounds and music in this video were created using the Nymphes, with no external effects or processing."

"EXPERIMENTAL ELECTRONIC MUSIC EXPERIENCE" - PIOTR GARBACZONEK (FULL LIVE PERFORMANCE AT BERKLEE)

video upload by Piotr Garbaczonek

"Thank you all so much for watching my performance!
Date: December 14th, 2021
Location: B54 at Berklee College Of Music, EPD Labs
(Electronic Production and Design)

This show was my showcase as part of my EP-491's final project for my major. Aside from finishing a 5-track EP in a semester, I also was preparing this set for a very long time along with all the music. I decided to pull in a few songs from my previous EP: Experimental EP, Vol. 01, to spice up the performance a bit. The songs included were: Conformity, as the first song after the modular-only section; Time, which was the song at the end of the set with the QR code to my social media links. Everything else was songs from the past 4 months.

All the visuals were edited beat by beat, a song by song in Adobe Premiere Pro, and then rendered and then put into an Ableton Session to be played in a specific earlier-defined order.

I divided the show into 2 sections: Ambient Experimental, and Glitch Experimental.

The first part included rhythm-free elements only and primarily played on various modular synths, up until the 13th minute, where modular synths were supporting all the songs played in order.

The second part included various drum elements, as well as glitch music and frequency spectrum bending polyrhythms.

In terms of gear used, I used my Zoom L-12 Multitrack Mixer, to record all of the individual inputs directly into Ableton. Ableton had different effects in the effects chain of each track depending on what was necessary for each one.

For all the weird clock-driven, laser-sounding fast atonal sounds, I used the CMS MR-15 Modular System based off of the ARP 2500. For some chords and mild sawtooth progressions, I used the Blue Marvin 2600, which is based on the ARP 2600 with built-in Spring Reverb. The Blue Marvin was sequenced by one of my Qu-Bit Bloom Sequencers running in the minor key.
The master clock for everything was the ALM Pamela's New Workout, and it was clocking the CMS, Blue Marvin, 2x Qu-Bit Bloom, Qu-Bit Chance, Moog Subharmonicon (which was doing all the background pads), and Mutable Instruments Rings.
There were various other sequenced sounds, including Mutable Instruments Plaits as a 32-step arpeggio in minor, as well as Mutable Instruments Rings, going through Clouds as a textured effect.
Cwejman VCO-2RM was running through Qu-Bit Tone's LPF, and directly out as a very low analog sub.
The E340 Cloud Generator was my analog Wavetable synth, which I played directly on the Arturia Keystep MIDI-Controller, by sending it pitch information only, and running it through MI Ripples, and out.
The Instruo Arbhar was running in stereo mode, and that one was doing all of the tapping and scratching noises in left and right channels. It has a built-in condenser mic, so I was tapping it on the spot to fill up some space in transitions for some ASMR effects haha.
That's pretty much it in terms of gear used.
If you have any questions about anything, please don't hesitate to ask in the comments. I will happily answer.

Again a huge thank you to Wiggz for doing some cool action shots while I was playing.
This is his YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCItL...

And thank you to Dr.B for being an amazing professor, and leading me through the last stretch of my EPD Journey, as well as opening new doors for me for the future.
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Here are some links of mine:
https://linktr.ee/pgarbaczonek
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Go follow my Patreon here:
https://www.patreon.com/pgarbaczonek?..."

Sequential Take 5 Synthesizer - Sounds Only & Review

video upload by

"The sounds only companion video to Donald Jordan's review of the Sequential Take 5.

Patches: 0:10
Oscillators: 8:57
Filter: 12:55
Modulation: 18:05
Effects: 25:10"

Sequential Take 5 Synthesizer Review

video upload by Bloom Music

"Donald Jordan's review of Sequential's Take 5.

Intro: 0:10
Architecture: 1:14
Oscillators: 3:07
Filter: 7:05
Modulation: 12:15
Effects: 19:20
Conclusion: 22:29


All synth sounds and music in this video were created using the Take 5, with no external effects or processing."

Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with TAKAHIRO IZUMIKAWA

You can find the interview on Sequential's website here.

"Takahiro Izumikawa is a highly sought-after pianist, keyboardist, arranger, and producer born and raised in Japan. His style has its roots in jazz but incorporates hip-hop, R&B, gospel, and traditional Japanese melodies. He released his first piano solo album in 2014, which was sponsored by Kawai Musical Instruments. He moved to New York City later that year to further his music career. Since then, he has worked with well-known hip hop artists such as Smif&Wessun, Kool Keith, Black Moon, and Smoke DZA. He has also worked with Grammy Award winning musicians Maurice Brown (trumpet player for Anderson .Paak), Jermaine Holmes (vocalist for D’Angelo), Daru Jones (drummer), Mononeon (bassist), Marcus Machado (guitarist), and Timothy Bloom (vocalist).

In 2016, he performed with Takuya Kuroda, a notable trumpet player who debuted through Blue Note Records at the Blue Note Jazz Festival, which was headlined by Earth Wind and Fire, George Benson, and Marcus Miller. In 2017, he arranged all the tracks on “Hard Times,” an album by alto saxophonist and jazz giant Vincent Herring.

Takahiro’s latest album Life is Your Thoughts was released from major label Ropeadope in the United States on April 10th, 2020.

We chatted with Takahiro on how he uses the Prophet-6 in his music"
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You can find previous posts featuring Sequential's Spotlight series here.

Update: moved this up as I initially missed the link to the interview. Apologies for that!  Thanks to popman in the comments for catching it.

ARP 2600 SYNTH LIVESTREAM New England Synth Fest with Bill T Miller SynthStream - BTMTV S1Ep02-nesf

Published on Apr 4, 2020 Bill T Miller

"LIVE ARP 2600 SYNTH STREAM BLAST with Bill T Miller of Orgy Of Noise from Headroom Studios Boston on April 4th 2020.

Extra THANX to Sheri Hausey & Ziggy Cat
& BLOOM and ALL WHO WATCH and SHARE this VIDEO.

WARNING... THIS SYNTH NOISE FUN !!!!
What's NOISE to SOME is MUSIC to OTHERS.... haha."

Roland GAIA SH-01 Review

Published on Jun 7, 2019 Bloom Music

"Donald Jordan's review of Roland's GAIA SH-01.

All synth sounds and music in the video were created using the SH-01, with no external effects or processing.

For music made with the SH-01, watch this video - https://youtu.be/sJGJQXgWsZA

Intro - 0:09
Architecture - 1:52
Oscillator - 3:31
Filter - 8:12
Modulation - 11:12
Effects - 15:53
Multi-Timbrality - 19:11
Patches - 22:23
Conclusion - 24:13"

June-60 Follow-Up: Internal Trim Pots

Published on May 18, 2019 Bloom Music

"Donald Jordan tears down the June-60 chorus to investigate the effect of the internal trim pots.

For your (and your pedal's) safety, do not attempt this unless you are comfortable working with electronics!

Intro: 0:00
Disassembly: 0:47
Tweaking the Trimmers: 4:58
Summary: 16:03"

Bloom Music June-60 videos

Effects with Synthesizers: TC Electronic June-60

Published on May 12, 2019 Bloom Music

"Donald Jordan's review of the TC Electronic June-60."

Patch from Scratch: "Eurorack Ambient"

Published on Nov 21, 2018 MAKEN0ISE

"Relax.

The patch for this video was inspired by classic ambient and furniture music, as well as by currently popular ambient modular composers here on YouTube.

Erik Satie first introduced the notion of “furniture music”, music specifically made not to be the center of attention.

He made some other musical innovations that are pertinent to ambient music, including;

1. The removal of bar lines from sheet music. (The experience of playing pieces in this style, such as the 6 Gnossienes, is that of finding the meter that arises between the note durations rather than having it dictated by the outward structure of the piece.)

2. The notion of exact temporal durations in minutes and seconds being prioritized as the main structural element of pieces.

In a letter, John Cage once wrote: “the importance due [Satie] [is], I believe, to have consistently structured his music on lengths of time rather than harmonic relations. I’m sure he was aware of doing this but I doubt whether he knew its real importance, which is real: liberation from the Beethoven yoke, far more real than that granted by S[choenberg] with the 12-tone row.”

The best known pioneer of “ambient music” *as such* is Brian Eno.

For Eno, Ambient music should function equally well in the background and the foreground. “It must be as ignorable as it is interesting.”

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Demo :: Midiverb II on Drum Machine + Synth (Aphex riff)

Published on Oct 13, 2018 SOLON Music

"Demo of the Alesis Midiverb II on Roland TR8 and Yamaha Reface CS. Riff from 'Ageispolis' by Aphex Twin (Selected Ambient Works 85-92). 7 presets demo'ed:

21 - LARGE WARM REVERB
36 - FAST GATE 75 MSEC
61 - LIGHT CHORUS 2
5 - MEDIUM BRIGHT
49 - BLOOM 2 (7 SECS)
96 - STEREO GENERATION WIDE
29 - XLARGE WARM"

Demo :: Alesis Midiverb II Presets using SH101 + Aphex Twin Riff - Reverb, Chorus, Delay, Flanger

Published on Jun 10, 2018 SOLON Music

"Demo of Alesis Midiverb II presets using Roland SH101 synth playing Aphex Twin riff from 'Tha' (Selected Ambient Works 85-92). 10 presets demo'ed:

27 Large Bright Reverb
61 Light Chorus 2
49 Bloom 2.7 secs
41 Reverse
51 Flange Pan 1
99 Regenerated Delay 4 Sec
22 Large Warm Reverb
48 Reverse Regen
2 Small Bright Reverb
29 Xlarge Warm Reverb

Chose these presets because they worked well with the riff used and demonstrate a wide variety of the sounds that the unit can produce.

I also consciously ordered the presets so that there are significant differences with each change - to avoid the listening experience becoming too subtle.

The SH101was recorded through Tube Tech MP2A preamp and Antelope Audio Eclipse converter into Ableton.

Audio from Midiverb II was recorded through Antelope Audio Eclipse converter into Ableton.

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I write meditative electronic music.

For more info:
www.solonmusic.com"

Makenoise 0-Coast: Timbre Space 01

Published on Feb 17, 2018 C Nich0lls

"Single take recording meant simply as sound exploration. I enjoy ambient music that can be played quietly to add an audio sheen to a space, but also that can be played loud, when it becomes an almost physical immersion. Let me know what kinds of ambient music you enjoy and whether you also enjoy recordings that can be played loud.

The 0-Coast was self-patched with the internal clock pulsing the Contour. The Slope generator was set to self-cycle.

The rhythmic pulsing was developed by using the random out to both the Contour Decay and Slope Time inputs, simultaneously.

The amount of random is adjusted though the recording, as is the Balance mix between the Triangle wave and the Overtone/Multiply circuit.

The 0-Coast was recorded though an Infanem Improbability Drive pedal and subsequently through the Strymon Timeline, running a custom dTape patch.

Recorded in Ableton Live with slight EQ and compression on final out. A second pass of reverb from Strymon BigSky, running a custom Bloom patch, was added after the recording."

Synth Tracks on the Amiga by Peahix

Published on Feb 22, 2017 peahix

Two playlists, one featuring the Amiga Aegis Sonix synth above, and one featuring the Amiga Deluxe Music Construction Set below. Don't miss the first track and it's description below. It's pretty funny - some musique concrete for you. Many of you might recognize the name Peahix from one, his Optigan.com endeavors, and two some of his many videos and covers posted here on MATRIXSYNTH.

1. Amiga - Aegis Sonix - CARS - Gary Numan

"Here's a rendition of CARS by Gary Numan that I made on my Amiga around about 1987 or so."

2. Amiga - Aegis Sonix - BREAKER

"I don't know who created this track for Sonix on the Amiga, but I always liked it as a teenager, so I figured I'd share it here for posterity."

3. Amiga - Aegis Sonix - Little

"I don't know who created this track for Sonix on the Amiga, but I always liked it as a teenager, so I figured I'd share it here for posterity."



Published on Feb 22, 2017 peahix

1. 1987 Amiga Deluxe Music Construction Set - Music for Bloom County Contest

"Here's something I dug up today that I haven't thought of in years and figured was loooong gone. In 1987, Bloom County had a contest where you could submit your own original song for Billy & The Boingers, the band in the comic strip. Well, this is what I came up with on my Amiga. A couple of the sounds had gone missing, so I had to replace them with other sounds, but, well, I don't think that matters very much. Needless to say, I didn't win the contest."

2. Amiga Deluxe Music Construction Set - Fugue in D Minor

"This is an original fugue in D minor more or less in the style of JS Bach that I wrote on my Amiga when I was a teenager, around 1987. I wrote this before I'd had any formal music theory training, so I'm sure the counterpoint and voice leading is all wrong wrong wrong, but oh well, it sounded authentic enough to me back then."

Dave Smith & Radiohead at Outside Lands 2016

via @dsiSequential

"Dave Smith & Radiohead | Outside Lands 2016
#radiohead #OutsideLands"

You'll find the full concert for reference embedded below.


Radiohead - Live Outside Lands Festival 2016 (Full Show) HD

Published on Aug 8, 2016 LiveMusicHD

Setlist:
01 - Burn the Witch
02 - Daydreaming
03 - Ful Stop
04 - 2 + 2 = 5
05 - Bodysnatchers
06 - Climbing Up the Walls
07 - Exit Music (for a Film)
08 - Bloom
09 - Lotus Flower
10 - Pyramid Song
11 - Identikit
12 - The Numbers
13 - The Gloaming
14 - Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
15 - Everything in Its Right Place
16 - Idioteque
17 - There There

Encore:
18 - Let Down
19 - Present Tense
20 - Nude
21 - Paranoid Android
22 - Karma Police

FXpansion Introduces Geist2 Beat Production System

Published on May 19, 2016 FXpansion

"FXpansion forges ahead with Geist2 beat production system

LONDON, UK - MAY 19: audio software developer FXpansion is proud to announce the availability of Geist2, an all-new incarnation of its award-winning Geist. Geist2 is a powerful sound-sculpting and beat production system with streamlined sample manipulation, arrangement, and modulation capabilities for intuitive and accelerated workflow. Available for Mac OS X (10.9 or higher) and Windows (7 SP1 or higher), as 64-bit only AAX, 32- and 64-bit AU and VST, and Standalone versions.

Geist2 is an advanced step-sequencer and sample-based drum machine realised in software and sympathetically styled so that creativity comes to the fore. First and foremost, it allows an elegant and ergonomic way to effortlessly build beats (although is equally well suited to work with all kinds of music material). Grooves and rhythms can be performed and programmed quicker than ever, thanks to its redesigned, resizable (Retina/4K-compatible) interface that’s as easy on the eye as it is to use.

There’s so much more to Geist2 than first meets the eye. Equally at home as a triggered sample player, loop machine, performance beatbox, production system, or all of these things at once, anyone can approach beat making in their own way with Geist2.

For slicing longer loops, the refined Slicer combined with up to 64 pads allows for fast, non-destructive chopping of beats with automatic pattern extraction — easily create custom loops, thanks to drag-and-drop MIDI and audio export functionality.

When capturing samples with Geist2’s Sampler, whether working with multiple loops or threshold-based single hits, the integrated browser and an ability to record directly to the pads provides an easy-going environment for creating custom kits to hit that perfect beat!

But what about taking things to an even higher level of interest, musical-sounding or otherwise? Geist2’s got it covered, thanks to the TransMod system. Automate almost any parameter with interacting modulators like LFOs, step-sequencers, envelopes, maths functions, and macro controls to morph and evolve sounds in new and creative ways.
Each of Geist2’s eight engines feature a 64-track Sequencer with 24 pattern memories — all with individual track lengths to create evolving polyrhythmic patterns. Event probability, micro-timing shifts for ‘off-the-grid’ organic grooves, and parameter step- automation for adding new dimensions to beats are also available.

When working in Song mode, building complex, evolving arrangements is easy and fun; record scene changes live in real time or just start playing — capturing it all afterwards and never missing an idea with retro recording functionality.

Finally, Geist2’s powerful sampling and effects engine can twist and transform sounds into something completely different. Layer samples with individual effects and use crossfaded loop point modulation alongside Zynaptiq’s ZTX — a cross-platform technology for high-quality time-stretching, pitch-shifting, and pitch-correction — to create new sounds and textures. New effects also include FXpansion’s own Bloom (creative delay and diffusion effect) and Maul (distortion and tone shaper) algorithms alongside low fidelity DAC (Digital to Audio Convertor) modelling, high-quality reverb, frequency shifting, granular freezing, classic DCAM (Discrete Component Analogue Modelling) compression, filters, drive, and much more.

With its inbuilt intelligent browser for navigating a superlative sound library from Splice Sounds — a passionate team of engineers, designers, writers, musicians, and music-lovers devoted to producing some of the best loops, samples, and sounds around — Geist2 is ready and able to take beats and grooves to the next level" https://www.fxpansion.com/products/geist2/

Blue Oyster Cult's (Bloom/Lanier) Moog Minimoog D Synthesizer SN 7554

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

"This is a very special instrument played by Eric Bloom and Allen Lanier of Blue Oyster Cult both on tour and on several Blue Oyster Cult albums. You can hear it on the lead of "Flaming Telepaths" on 1974's "Secret Treaties" as well as on many other tracks during the band's recording career. It toured with BOC for most of the '70s and was retired to storage. Recently it was completely gone over and refurbished at dBm Pro Audio/Music Services in NYC and is now in perfect working condition. (receipt of $1200.00+ available with purchase). The wood is 'as-was' with used patina. It's both a collectible and working keyboard. Letter of authenticity from Eric Bloom."

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First Live Set With Octatrack and the iPad App Bloom

Published on Oct 22, 2013 phillwilson·176 videos

via Phill Wilson on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Here is my first performance with my latest piece of gear, the Elektron Octatrack. It is a simply wonderful piece of hardware that can be used for many outcomes and custom processes.

Here I decided to use the iPad music app Bloom to create semi-random background ambiences which are then instantly available for effecting and recording.

I am looking forward to posting more videos of my Octatrack word soon..."

Elektrons on eBay
iTunes: Bloom HD - Opal Limited

Scape by Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers - Video Demo

Scape by Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers - Available for iPad

Published on Sep 25, 2012 by generativemusicapps
follow-up to this post

"Scape
Available now for iPad [Scape - Opal Limited]
http://www.generativemusic.com

Scape makes music that thinks for itself. From Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers, creators of Bloom, Scape is a new form of album which offers users deep access to its musical elements. These can be endlessly recombined to behave intelligently: reacting to each other, changing mood together, making new sonic spaces.

Can machines create original music? Scape is our answer to that question: it employs some of the sounds, processes and compositional rules that we have been using for many years and applies them in fresh combinations, to create new music. Scape makes music that thinks for itself.

- Brian Eno, Peter Chilvers

Includes 15 original scapes
Scapes can be saved into a gallery and added to a playlist
Plays in background of other apps (excluding iPad 1)
Generates random scapes
Scapes can be shared by email
Supports AirPlay and Retina display

Headphones or external speakers recommended


Brian Eno
Synthesiser, found sound, bells, bass guitar, strategies, images, art direction

Peter Chilvers
Synthesiser, chapman stick, structures, probability networks, additional images, software design

℗ & © Opal Ltd. 2012
Images © Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers, Opal Ltd. 2012"

iTunes:
Scape - Opal Limited
iPads on eBay

Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers Scape for iPad

"Scape makes music that thinks for itself. From Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers, creators of Bloom, Scape is a new form of album which offers users deep access to its musical elements. These can be endlessly recombined to behave intelligently: reacting to each other, changing mood together, making new sonic spaces.


Can machines create original music? Scape is our answer to that question: it employs some of the sounds, processes and compositional rules that we have been using for many years and applies them in fresh combinations, to create new music. Scape makes music that thinks for itself.

- Brian Eno, Peter Chilvers

Includes 15 original scapes
Scapes can be saved into a gallery and added to a playlist
Plays in background of other apps (excluding iPad 1)
Generates random scapes
Scapes can be shared by email
Supports AirPlay and Retina display

Headphones or external speakers recommended"


iTunes:
Scape - Opal Limited
iPads on eBay

Impaktor vs Bloom iPhone iPad Music Session

YouTube Published on Sep 18, 2012 by mysoftmusic

"http://mysoftmusic.com
MUSIC FOR ALL THE SENSES
Experimental play around to create trance like music with the music apps Impaktor and Bloom played on the iPhone and iPad."

iTunes:
Bloom - Opal Limited
Impaktor - The drum synthesizer - BeepStreet
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay