Elta Solar 42 Ambient Sync with Pro 3 and TR-8S

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"First experimentation with Elta Solar 42, with sync to the TR-8S drum machine, and noodling around on the Sequential Pro 3."

Sequential Take 5 Elements Soundset - 128 New Patches

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"The ELEMENTS soundset features 128 new patches for your Sequential Take 5 synth. This soundset includes vintage Prophet style sounds, famous song patches, and modern sound designs taking advantage of the mod matrix and more advanced features. Available now: https://sounddesign.sellfy.store/p/el...

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Groove Synthesis 3rd Wave - NEW Vintage Voice Variances - Classic Analog Character

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"This video gives an overview of the NEW Vintage Voice Modeling capabilities in the 3rd Wave Synth. (Firmware 1.1b and beyond) If you want to jump ahead to the A|B examples of the sound, that starts around seven minutes in.

I joined the beta team before release, and worked with Bob and Andrew over several months to curate the best implementation of vintage voice variances on the 3rd Wave. This gives the 3rd Wave similar functionality to Sequential's Vintage Knob and Arturia's Analog Accuracy controls. I'm really happy with how it turned out... sounds phenomenal and makes the hybrid analog subtractive synth engine one to be reckoned with.

The control is currently called "Circuit Drift" in the MISC menu -- by dialing up that value, you can instantly give the 3rd Wave a ton of classic 70s/80s style VCO poly character... with all the lush phasing and temporal offsets to envelopes that is found in vintage poly synths. I recommend trying values between 70-150 for a classic 80s poly synth type of character, or for acoustic ensembles, like string, brass, choir, or orchestral type of patches.

This video gives an overview of the topic of Vintage Voice Modeling, and some A|B tests to illustrate the differences. I plan on doing some more videos soon, showcasing a variety of classic analog style sounds.

0:00 Intro Sound
0:25 Overview of 3rd Wave Synth
1:41 Hybrid Analog Subtractive Architecture
3:26 VCO vs DCO/Digital and the Need for Voice Variance
3:59 My History with Vintage Voice Modeling
5:40 Helping to Curate Voice Variances on 3rd Wave
6:23 The 3rd Wave Implementation (Circuit Drift)
6:58 A|B Examples of Vintage Voice Modeling ON|OFF
10:00 General Thoughts about 3rd Wave"

Prophet Rev 2 Famous Song Patches

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"Demo of sound designs on the Prophet Rev 2 Synth - inspired by famous songs from Led Zeppelin, The Cars, Phil Collins, Prince, Rush, Pink Floyd, Journey, Radiohead, Daft Punk, Muse, Michael Jackson, Tears for Fears, and more.

In addition to the couple dozen patches shown here, there are several more famous song patches, and around 100 more patches, included in the VCM Volume 2 Soundset. The soundset uses voice modeling techniques to mimiq the behavior of vintage synths, and better capture the character of the sounds... I have many videos on the topic of voice modeling, if you want more info, or examples - it uses the same general methodology of the latest generation of Vintage Knob controls on Sequential synths, but with finer control over each parameter.

To purchase this VCM ++ Volume 2 Soundset, or for more information: https://sounddesign.sellfy.store/p/vc..."

Prophet Rev2 Soundset VCM ++ Volume 2 Patches

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Patch list below.

"VCM ++ Volume 2 is here! This sound set takes advantage of the latest O.S. update for Prophet Rev2, with tons of new Vintage Voice Modeling Sounds, Binaural Stereo Stacks and Advanced Motion Patches. Available on Sellfy here:

VINTAGE VOICE COMPONENT MODELING (VCM)
A few years back I did a bunch of research and analysis on vintage synths from the 1970s through 2000s, to understand what gives classic/vintage synths their lush character and organic warmth. I published info on my findings at http://www.VoiceComponentModeling.com, and released a patch bank for the Prophet Rev 2 (as well as other soundsets for other synths in the past few years). This new soundset (VCM ++ Volume 2) is the latest release, harnessing the techniques I've been working on the past few years.

LATEST O.S. for PROPHET REV2
This sound set takes advantage of the latest Prophet Rev2 firmware released a few months ago, which fixed some issues with the Gated Sequencer Key Stepping, along with several other minor bugs. This O.S. (1.1.5.9.9) is the latest stable release, and highly recommended for usage with these patches. They would technically work with previous O.S. versions, but not sound as good. Go get the latest O.S. for free on the official Sequential Rev2 forum. Note: It's technically a beta, but with Seq, their Betas are the same as release versions after they've been out a few months. They are the most stable, bug free versions.

NEW CAPABILITIES WITH UPDATED O.S.
Now that the Key Stepping of the Gated Sequencer works fully on stacked patches, there are some new capabilities that the Prophet Rev2 has.

Firstly, it can now pull off stacked/layered patches with Vintage Voice Modeling on both layers, with correct voice stepping. This allows for huge sounding vintage stacks, emulating double tracked or binaural stereo sounds, with tons of organic, vintage character through per voice modeling (VCM).

Second, the excellent gated sequencer / modulation sequencer can now be used in key stepping mode for stacked/layered patches. This provides the Rev2 with incredible syncopated motion capabilities, unmatched by virtually any other synth on the market. By combining two layers of Arpeggio motion, with strategically planned Osc Frequency Modulations, Cutoff jumps and other modulations, you can create incredibly rich animated motion that can be played up and down the keybed in any key. The resulting patterns that are created are extremely unique, and by targeting octaves, perfect fifths, and perfect fourths, along with staggered timing/reset points, you can create semi-procedural, intelligent melodies and multi osc harmonies that respond to your playing.

Third, the above two capabilities unlocked with the latest O.S. can be mixed/matched. For example, there are many patches in the soundset and demo, which have a pad, brass or string sound with vintage voice modeling on one layer, combined with an advanced motion arp on the second layer, for rich motion patches, with a fundamental organic, vintage style based underneath.

0:00 PAD-S Pulsimatic VCM
1:11 SPL ZepInTheLight VCM * Led Zeppelin
2:25 PAD Cars Drive VCM * The Cars
2:35 KEY Cars Drive Pluck VCM * The Cars
3:12 ARP PAD HorizonGlow VCM
4:22 KEY EP Everything3 VCM * Radiohead

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Sequential Take 5 Live Loop Jam 2

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"This is a live loop jam, testing out some new patch designs on Sequential Take 5 synth. Using a Boss RC-300 Pedal to record the loops, and a Roland TR-8S for drum mix."

Sequential Take 5 Live Loop Jam

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"This is just a short jam... noodling around, testing out some of my first Take 5 sound designs with a loop pedal."

Sequential Take 5 Synth Filter Demo - LPF Technical Demo - SSI2140

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"This is not really meant to be a musical demo, but rather a technical demo of the 4-Pole low pass filter on the new Sequential Take 5 synth. I show filter sweeps with various Osc/Noise setups, and many different resonant and drive settings. In addition, there's some examples with the Vintage Knob.

This shows off the core sound of the Take 5... just oscillators directly into the filter, without any sound design or effects. It's got a lot of Prophet mojo, as it uses the same filter as the New Prophet 5 Rev4 for 1/2 mode. (the SSI2140)
What do you think?
0:00 Intro
0:52 Initialized Single Saw - Filter Sweeps
3:17 Self Oscillating Filter
3:42 Two Saws Mixed - Filter Sweeps
5:16 Filter Drive Added - Filter Sweeps
8:05 Voice Overdrive / Distortion Examples
9:43 White and Pink Noise - Filter Sweeps
11:15 Adding Vintage Knob Offsets - Filter Sweeps
15:39 Some Vintage Knob Notes
16:38 Final Thoughts, Subscribe for More Take 5 Info"

Vintage Knob Analysis and Recommendations - Prophet 6

video by Creative Spiral

Interesting point he makes about going too far. Technically, you don't have to turn the knob to max, so the choice is yours. I can see max settings being useful for things like random appegiations and sequences that bring life to a pattern. The KORG Mono/Poly and Oberheim TVS excel in this as you can have differently tuned osciallators and waveforms for each step. It opens things up. I can see wanting things kept in check for chords and the like, but you can always dial the knob back if that's what you want. So, personally, I'd rather have more than less...

"A technical overview of the Vintage Knob implementation in new Sequential Prophet 6, OB-6, and Prophet 5 Rev 4. I spent several hours analyzing the Oscillators, Envelope ADR timings, and Filter characteristics. This video explores the vintage knob behavior in depth, and also offers up some recommendations on how adjusting the values could greatly improve the usability of the Vintage Knob across a range of values.

I hope Sequential will consider these recommendations. I've been researching per voice variance over the past few years, and spent hundreds of hours working on voice modeling on various VCO, DCO and digital synths. My expectation is that it would probably be a trivial task to make these adjustments, and would result in improving the behavior and reducing weird dissonance and wonky sound on some patches."

Arturia Polybrute Sound Design - Vangelis Blade Runner Theme (Free Patch)

video by Creative Spiral

"Polybrute landed today. Woohoo! I spent a bit of time acclimating myself with the interface and doing some technical tests for voice modeling, then programmed a first patch inspired by Vangelis Blade Runner theme.

I've uploaded the patch here if you want to download it for free: https://www.presetpatch.com/synth/art...

This synth is going to be amazing for replicating classic CS and MemoryMoog type of sounds, and with all the modulation capabilities, it will explore many new worlds. Definitely looking forward to spending time on this spaceship."

Sequential Pro 3 Synth - Bass Demo

video by Creative Spiral

"I like big bass, and I cannot lie... The Sequential Pro 3 delivers a wide variety of bass tones, with the three great sounding VCF filters. It features a Moog Transistor Ladder style filter, an Oberheim SEM 2-Pole style state variable filter, and the Prophet OTA 4-Pole filter. The Pro 3 also features a wide variety of gain staging options which allow you to go anywhere from clean sub bass tone, up to gnarly overdriven or distorted tones.

I've designed about 60 bass patches over the past nine months. This video shows about 30 of them... with a few crossover lead tones mixed in that have substantial low end.

If you're interested in getting these patches, I have some sound sets available for the Pro 3 on Sellfy: https://sellfy.com/sounddesign/sequen...

I also have some Free Patches available for download on my PresetPatch profile: https://www.presetpatch.com/synth/seq..."

Sequential Pro 3 - Mass and Motion Soundset

video by Creative Spiral

"This is a demo of the New Mass and Motion Soundset for the Sequential Pro 3 Synth. There are 128 custom patches, focused on dynamic motion and core songwriting tones. The motion section includes dozens of Paraphonic Motion patches, Arpeggios, and Complex Sequences. They have been designed to not be "one trick ponies" though, like many synth motion patches tend to be. They can be played up and down the keybed in any key."

Prophet Rev2 Synth - Vintage Voice Modeling - Free Patches

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"Achieve vintage voice modeling behavior with the Prophet Rev 2 synthesizer. I have two new FREE vintage template patches available. In this video, I discuss Voice Component Modeling (VCM), and demo the new free template patches, and give an overview of the topic of per-voice modeling to achieve vintage poly synth character, like old MemoryMoogs, Prophets, Jupiters, OBXs, and CS-80s.

The two new free patch templates are available here (along with many others): https://www.PresetPatch.com/user/Crea...

I also have a full bank of 128 advanced voice modeled patches available for sale in my Rev 2 VCM Sound Set: https://sellfy.com/sounddesign/p/figz/

For more info on the topic of voice modeling and my vintage synth research, check out the voice component modeling website, and these articles:
https://www.presetpatch.com/articles/...
http://www.voicecomponentmodeling.com/"

Sequential Pro 3 Paraphonic Mode Fun - A Dozen Patch Demos

Creative Spiral

"Over the past few months, I've designed about 50 new 'Paraphonic Motion' patches on the Pro 3. This video is a demo/preview of a dozen of them. The Pro 3 has three LFOs, four envelopes, the 4x16x16 sequencer and the gigantic 32 slot mod matrix -- it excels with designing lots of motion and nuance into patches... it's really a sound designers dream synth for mono/para.

I've been having a great time building paraphonic patches and complex arps....taking inspiration from my favorite Korg MonoPoly sounds, plus designing a lot of "Adrenalinn" inspired filter/trem/mod sequences.

Let me know what you think! Any favorites?"

Sequential Pro 3 Tutorial - Arpeggiator, Paraphonic, Mod Sequencer

Creative Spiral

"In this tutorial I run through a patch design using the Arpeggiator, Paraphonic Mode and Modulation Sequencer to design some complex arp patterns. I've been spending a lot of time lately on patches like this... working on a full bank of sounds that will be available soon, focused on complex but versatile arps and paraphonic motion patches that can be played in any key."

Sequential Pro 3 - Fundamentals Sound Sets 1 and 2 - 128 Custom Patches

Creative Spiral

Note the above is a playlist of Sequential Pro 3 videos by Creative Spiral including some on sound design. The following is the description for the first video.

"Two custom designed sound sets for the Pro 3 synthesizer. This video previews about half the patches from both sets. Available now on Sellfy: https://sellfy.com/sounddesign/p/pro3...

0:00 - Set 1: Basses, Leads, Classic Synth
17:52 - Set 2: Strings, Brass, Keys, Paraphonic

128 custom patches for the Sequential Pro 3 synthesizer.

There are many patches inspired by famous songs in this set, including artists like Pink Floyd, Vangelis, Rush, Journey, Boards of Canada, Parliament Funkadelic, Nena, Nine Inch Nails, Queen, The Cars, and more.

In this video demo, a total of sixty three patches are shown. There is also another sixty five more patches included in the combined two sets that are not shown in this demo.

Fundamentals Set 1:
Basses, Leads, and Synth Classics (64 patches)
There is a total of 26 Bass Patches, 22 Lead Patches, and 16 Classic Synth Patches in Set 1. The patch prefixes indicate their intended primary usage, however, most of the basses can double as lead tones, and vice versa - most leads in this set make great sounding basses. I've done my best to optimize patches to sound great up and down the keybed.

Fundamentals Set 2:
Strings, Brass, Keys, Plucks, Organs and Paraphonic Sounds (64 patches)
There is a total of 9 Brass Patches, 6 String Patches, 13 Key/Pluck Patches, 8 Piano and Organ Patches, and 25 Paraphonic Patches in Set 2. Lots of great plucks and synth staples, plus the twenty five paraphonic patches give you a ton of harmonic possibilities to explore. The Pro 3 paraphonic mode is very cool, and can provide unique harmony sounds different than polyphonic synths."

h0nh1m X COLLECTIVE - Haptic Organ

Published on Dec 23, 2017 h0nh1m

"The latest interactive installation by h0nh1m (Chris Cheung), a new media / sound artist (previously led his studio XEX to create Prismverse) and COLLECTIVE, an international award winning architecture design studio, is an reinterpretation of various musical instruments juxtapose with each other in its form, visual feedback and interactive engagement.

Haptic Organ - commissioned by Fashion Walk
Project link: http://h0nh1m.com/haptic-organ/

‘Haptic’ originates from the greek word ‘haptikos’: any sort of information received through touch is haptic, as it appears in this installation, it is based on kinesthetic (expressing force or position) communication, in which the motion of the hand initiates visual displays and sound variations, thus allowing audiences to receive familiar feedbacks to learn how to operate the installation as an instrument.

The creative duo COLLECTIVE and h0nh1m designed Haptic Organ with an intention to make music tangible, visible, sharable among each other to encourage group interactive moments in celebration of the Christmas season.

It is in the form of a 4-meter tall spiraling instrument with the recognizable elements of the strings; music notes are prompted with the aid of the non-contact haptic interface that detects hands movement in the air, while each of the 20 transparent tubes, like a pipe organ, wrap round the spiral, each encased with a metallic ball which rises up and down, dancing inside the tube through initiated air movement by hand motion; users received the visual feedback of dancing balls and can freely improvise his or her music with the aid of eight sensors giving eight notes across an octave, in addition to four that gives tones of musical instruments like strings, woodwinds, harps and sleigh bells, with volume controllable with ascending and descending movements of the hands over the haptic interfaces.

h0nh1m creates the music as a blessing for joy and peace in the Christmas season. Borrowing the melody of ‘Happy Christmas (War is Over)’ written by John Lennon and Yoko Ono, it was a work of peace activism, looking towards for peace, equality, the end of wars and discrimination.

Credits:
COLLECTIVE Team: Betty Ng, Katja Lam, Ray Lau, Wingyi So
h0nh1m (Chris Cheung) Team: Chris Cheung, Jason Lam, Man Kit Leung"

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Reaktor Spiral Sequencer in Kore 2

Reaktor Spiral Sequencer in Kore 2 from Create Digital Media on Vimeo.
"This is a demonstration of some creative possibilities using the new Spiral Sequencer Reaktor ensemble in Kore 2 with different Koresounds, including synthesizer, guitar, piano and drum / percussion sounds.

Big ups to madman Lazyfish for programming the Spiral Sequencer."

Vangelis on BladeZone

via BladeZone where you will find the full article.

"A tremendously gifted yet private man, it was Vangelis, along with a handful of other musicians, who almost single-handedly brought about the acceptance of electronic music as it's own distinct art form. This feature is an attempt to analyze the creative process employed by Vangelis when recording the famous soundtrack for Ridley Scott's Blade Runner, and to try and give a brief insight into the unique manner in which he went about creating and recording the music that he produced during this time, when the digital samplers and music-making equipment that we take for granted today had not even been invented, and the creation of electronic-based music was a much more hands-on process."

"One of the major reasons why the Blade Runner soundtrack still sounds so modern and innovative to this day was the choice of instruments used to create the music, and the way Vangelis would combine acoustic and electronic sounds to create highly original, evocative sound textures - for example, the combination of orchestral percussion instruments and ubiquitous sweeping synth lines heard over the opening titles, played on Vangelis' favourite ever synth, the Yamaha CS80, which provided most of the solo synth lines heard in "Blade Runner", including the expressive, harmonica-like sound featured on "Blade Runner Blues" and "BR Main Titles". The Yamaha CS80 was one of the first ever polyphonic analogue synths to become commercially available, and was a serious beast, weighing in at around 210 pounds!!! Vangelis was introduced to the CS80 at a trade fair in 1977, and was tremendously excited by the possibilities it offered, but arranged to have one on loan for a few weeks before deciding whether to spend the necessary £4850 (the 'CS80's asking price at this time)! The equivalent cost today would be around £26,000. During this period, Vangelis recorded the "Spiral" album (released 1977), which featured the CS80 on every track. Shortly after, he imported a CS80 from Japan in order to bypass the six-month UK waiting list, and the synth arrived in London after a mammoth train journey through Russia. Vangelis eventually went on to buy another SEVEN CS80s, some of which were for concerts, while others were just for spare parts."

via Tim Peters. You can see some of that Blade Runner magic in this clip: