Two Verbos Complex Oscillators & two Dual Four Pole Filters

Published on Jul 11, 2017 Boele Gerkes

"Live recording with two Verbos Complex Oscillators en two Dual Four Pole filters driven by two independent arpeggiators. Modulation from Random Sources and Batumi LFOs."

Access Virus TI2 Wavetables with Ringmod

Published on May 20, 2017 Boele Gerkes

"A single sound with two wavetable oscillators with various modulations and using the ringmodulator. This synthesizer has some awesome sounding tricks on its sleeve...
This is pure Virus, No external FXs used"

Verbos Complex Oscillator, Intellijel Polaris, ES Distings, Audio Damage Sequencer 1

Published on Jun 19, 2016 Boele Gerkes

"A simple 8-step sequence feeds a single Verbos Complex Oscillator, AM modulated by it's modulator oscillator, going through an Intellijel Polaris filter ending op in the Verbos Pan & scan. A second sequencer (Audio Damage Sequencer 1) is used as Gate provider, triggering two envelopes. Two Expert Sleepers Disting modules modulate the oscillator and the play order of the AD Sequencer 1."

Doepfer A-124 Wasp Filter

Published on May 13, 2016 Boele Gerkes

"Very organic sounding filter for very little money."

Moog Minimoog Voyager XL demo song

Published on Apr 16, 2016 Boele Gerkes

"Something Completely Different. All sounds Moog Voyager XL. Drums Sonic Charge Microtonic."

Dave Smith Pro-2 sessions #11

Published on Apr 3, 2016 Boele Gerkes

"Hardware: Dave Smith Instruments Pro-2 synthesizer, Strymon Timeline, Strymon Bigsky, Strymon Mobius, Eventide Modfactor, Electro Harmonix Enigma Q-Balls, Electro Harmonix Riddle Q-Balls.
Software: Ableton Live 9, GForce Mtron Pro, Toontrack Superior 2, Sonic Charge MicroTonic, Melda Productions Multiband Vibrato, Valhalla Room, Valhalla Plate, Sound Toys Echoboy, Sound Toys Decapitator, Arts Acoustic CL1"

Dave Smith Pro-2 sessions #7

Published on Mar 28, 2016 Boele Gerkes

"Dave Smith Instruments Pro-2 synthesizer + some FX pedals."

Verbos Dual Four Pole magic

Published on Oct 23, 2015 Boele Gerkes

"Arpeggiator of Dave Smith Pro 2 driving a Verbos Complex Oscillator. The VCA and the Verbos Dual Four Pole are modulated by the same ADSR. The Make Noise Math adding some organic LP cutoff dirt in the process as well."

Moog Sub 37: why you need one...

Published on May 3, 2015 Boele Gerkes

"Literally the first sound I dialed in on this just purchased Moog Sub 37.
You're hearing raw Moog sound through a cheap Electro Harmonix #1 Echo pedal (digital delay) which adds a little bit more movement to the running arp.
The organic distortion this synth can produce is unreal."

SCD live - Studio 83 - recorded 23-05-2014

Published on May 23, 2014 Boele Gerkes·13 videos

"Arturia Minibrute analog synthesizer - Novation Bass Station 2 analog synthesizer - Moog Voyager XL analog synthesizer - Arturia Spark Drum plugin - Strymon Timeline and Big Sky Delay/Reverb pedals - Ableton Live DAW.
The Spark drum track goes through FXpansion Maul plugin (distortion). Reverb and delay plugins used in Ableton Live: Valhalla Room and XILS-lab Le Masque Delay.
Master compressor plugin: Arts Acoustic CL1."

Strymon Timeline - Mobius - Big Sky editor templates for TB MIDI Stuff

Published on Apr 14, 2014 Boele Gerkes·12 videos

"Strymon Timeline - Mobius - Big Sky iPad editor templates for TB MIDI Stuff.
TB MIDI Stuff is an iPad app ($4,99/€4,49) available in the app store.
For the templates please email to scd@synthmusic.info"

iTunes: TB MIDI Stuff - TBStuff

Very Easel

Published on Feb 17, 2014 Boele Gerkes·11 videos

"Buchla Easel try-out 1"

Strymon Timeline editor for iPad (music with Moog Voyager & Timeline)

Published on May 29, 2013 Boele Gerkes·5 videos

"Strymon Timeline editor for the iPad (music with Moog Voyager and Timeline only)."

Strymon Timeline editor for iPad used with Moog Voyager

Published on May 27, 2013 Boele Gerkes·4 videos

From the man who brought us the Andromeda A6 TB MIDI Stuff iPad editor.

"A small video showing the iPad editor for the Strymon Timeline delay. All music is Moog Voyager + Timeline."

Alesis Andromeda A6 Editor for iPad

Boele Gerkes aka SCD is working on an iPad editor for the Alesis Andromeda. Some details via this thread on electro-music.com:

"Would anyone be interested in that? I am working on one for myself for quite some time now, and it really changed the great synth into a GREAT synth
If there are enough interested people I might consider a (not free, but cheap) public release to earn a little back for the many many hours I have put into it.

It is an editor that uses mixed NRPNs and Sysex messages (that was quite a trip by the way, to "back engineer" how things are done on the Andro) and probably will capture each and every parameter that has to do with sound editing (which are a lot as you all know) and some global stuff.

My main problem with the A6 interface is the tiny LCD in combination with the *way* to sensitive knobs... I *hate* that really on the Andro. But I *love* the character of this synth and possibilities. That's why I started this for my own pleasure.

This editor has for instance have sliders and knobs with which you can change values much more more comfortably than on the A6 itself.
Some parameters (like the level knobs in the 47 modulation pages) wil even have a knob and two sliders for the same parameter, so you can choose with which resolution you want to change the values. It makes sound design SO much easier!
For instance, try to add a little pitch modulation to an oscillator with an LFO... you'll get the idea.

Touching a knob on the iPad will call up the appropriate LCD screen on the Andro.

I am almost done with all synth engine parameters, except for the digital FXs. Those will all get an iPad page of there own.

It is builded up out of pages with a navigation bar at the bottom to reach the various sections.
This is the list of iPad screens that are dedicated to a part:

Modulations (with 47 sub pages for the 47 mod slots on the Andromeda)
Oscillator 1 (with all parameters on one page, including links to the mod pages)
Oscillator 2 (like Osc1)
Pre-Mixer
Filter
Post Mixer
Envelope 1 (with 1 sub page for Looping and Dynamics parameters)
Envelope 2 (with 1 sub page for Looping and Dynamics parameters)
Envelope 3 (with 1 sub page for Looping and Dynamics parameters)
LFO1
LFO2
LFO3
S+H
Effects (with 29 sub pages for each digital effect)
Arpeggiator
Sequencer
Clock
Global (to be determined what will be in there: at least the CRoutes stuff, and the Tracking Generator, plus the Portamento, patch select and some more)

The number of pages will run into the 100+ But navigation will be easy and quick.

What this editor is NOT:
- It's *not* a Librarian and it will not become one.

What this editor is/has:
– a *very* handy tool to design sounds on the Andro! Trust me. It has become a completely new synth to me, since working with it.
- an editor that captures *every* sound editing parameter of the Andro that has a NRPN/sysex control attached (unless a bug prevents one. There are a few on the Andro, but not many).
- a "fix" for the 50% PW bug (a button sets it for you to 52%)
- controls that do right to the values you want to fine tune
- bi-directional (but some restrictions, certainly when using WIFI, due to an Apple bug)

And it is not ready yet, so it will take me some more months probably. I will post some screen shots in the near future."

Followed by:

"Restrictions:

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PPG WaveMapper Audio Demos

Relaxing Twist

"PPG WaveMapper demo created by Boele Gerkes."

Nonlinear Space Movement

"PPG WaveMapper is the second next-generation iOS based synth from Wolfgang Palm.

This piece was created by Bjoern. It shows the complex sounds possible with this new and exciting iOS synth."

iTunes (PPG WaveMapper not yet available at the time of this post):
Wolfgang Palm
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Wolfgang Palm Announces PPG Wavemapper

via Wolfgang Palm

Launch this audio demo and read.

"PPG WaveMapper is the second next-generation iOS based synth from Wolfgang Palm, who in 2012 released the PPG WaveGenerator to critical acclaim from both press and public.

In final development the PPG WaveMapper offers iPad users a second synthesiser to compliment the already loved PPG WaveGenerator from Wolfgang Palm. PPG WaveMapper allows the user the opportunity to create limitless sounds from this unique and powerful new technology.

PPG WaveMapper features the Sound Map, which maps the various sounds in a way to easily access and experiment with them, more importantly the PPG WaveMapper features a new synthesis system which maps the waveforms of a sound into a new kind of wavetable which preserves the sound characteristics better than classic Wavetable synthesis and at the same time allows for the manipulations which make WT synthesis so unique.

The Mapping window is the visualisation of a pool of programs on which 'modules' float. Those modules represent certain parameters of the synthesiser engine and each module can be placed on one of 32 programs. The moment an item is placed on map then the parameters of that module will take on the settings of those parameters in the underlying program on the Mapping window.

People who do not posses synth-programming skills can use this mapping technology as a starting point to create complex sounds. For example a user can drag a string sound source onto a drum envelope, or a guitar sound onto a string envelope – the concept is simple, yet incredibly powerful.

Power users can delve deep into the back end of any sound using a full set of professional features;

New Sound map concept – create new sounds playful and experimental
3 types of synthesis – the optimal type for kind of each sounds
Classic wavetables – for the typical PPG sounds
Time compressed samples – more authentic sounds, allowing analysis of user samples
Pure samples – classic sample playback
Analyzer – convert your own samples into the new format or into
wavetables
3 oscillators capable for totally independent sound sources
90 sound resources – a huge sound palette, from real instruments to
abstract wavetables
4 parameter editor pages – comfortable and detailed access to all the
parameters
3 Noise generators, for audio and modulations
Classic 24 dB Lowpass Filter, combined with an overdrive simulation.
Dual amplifier, for versatile control of 2 audio signals as well as panning.
13 Envelopes, for independent control of pitch, waveform, filter and noise
gain and panning
4 LFOs – with 5 waveforms
Delay/Reverb effect
Flexible Step Sequencer / Arpeggiator combination
Schematic touch keyboard – Build your own keyboard, with the keys you prefer for your music.
Powerful sound browser – sorting by category, bank management
Virtual and Hard-MIDI in/out – sending/receiving keys and controllers

About WaveMapping
Wavemapping uses visual cues to enable sound design. This may not sound too revolutionary, however it is a completely different way of programming sounds: you do not start with a lot of detailed setting, but with a combined set of parameters which you can select with the touch and swipe of a finger. And the combination of those parameters belonging to a Module make sense of course, it gives the user (being experienced or not) a very fast way for creating unique sounds.
New Analysis/synthesis system:
WaveMapper uses a new the synthesis system, which can be seen as a bridge between wavetables and samples. In wavetable systems you have great flexibility in controlling the sound, but sound material is limited to harmonic, noise-free waveforms. On the other hand there are samplers, which have very high sound quality, but very limited editing features. In WaveMapper there is a new type, which we call “time corrected sample” (TCS). This can reproduce a much wider palette of sounds then classic wavetables, but still allows for a total control of the access via an envelope or LFOs.

WaveMapper is a powerful new synth for professional iOS musicians and is the ideal partner app for those who already own the PPG WaveGenerator.

Listen here to a demo by Boele Gerkes

Release date estimated February 2013

Price $19.99"

iTunes:
Wolfgang Palm
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PPG WaveGenreator App Demo - Drone Rise

PPG WaveGenreator App Demo - Drone Rise by ppgwaveapp
"A very nice demo from Boele Gerkes showing the sheer depth of sound created by the PPG WaveGenerator App.

Coming soon!"

iPads on eBay

Music Laboratory Machines Compilation

Music Laboratory Machines Compilation by Hollow Sun
"A moody compilation of several pieces created by Hollow Sun customers using nothing other than the Music Laboratory Machines ... pieces by Atomic Shadow, Boele Gerkes, Bobbotov, Shadoe42 and some self-penned compositions merged and blended into one long segue of retro electronic abstract goodness.

My thanks to all contributors.

http://www.hollowsun.com"

via The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Waldorf Microwave XT Tracks by SCD

via Boele Gerkes of SCD on the Waldorf List:

"It is more than ten years ago that I read an article in SOS magazine about the Waldorf XT. The story basically said: "if you're looking for a nice piano sample, this is not it" :-) That sold me. In the summer of 1999, after several years playing romplers I bought another synthesizer and it was the XT. Together with a Jomox Xbase and Emu Emulator 4k. It was the start of some fruitfull years in terms of composing and recording... :-)

The start of this song, plus all other sound except drums and mellotron is XT. The XT is a very capable synth, both in wavetable sounds, as well for doing basses and pads.
http://www.synthmusic.info/mp3s/181%20King%20Of%20Salem%20%28Sayer%201%29.mp3

And this one: only XT and Jomox :-)
http://www.synthmusic.info/mp3s/180%20Microwaves%201999.mp3"