Sonicware LIVEN XFM - Presets/Demo Sounds

video upload by Dawn R

"Not only a beginner's synthesizer - this is Pro quality sounds too!
Here's what's packed in this little monster Multi-Track FM Synthesizer and Groove Box. Ya really can't do better. Just listen to what it can do! I just purchased one for our Electraglide band. Away we go!
*Four types of FM synth engines
*6-note polyphonic
*Sequencer with 4 track, 64 steps & 128 patterns
*Rich interface with MIDI IN/OUT, SYNC IN/OUT, and LINE IN/OUT
*Battery operated/9VDC C+ PowerSupply
*Built-in speaker

PRESET PATTERNS
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 01 Intro
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 02 Power
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 03 Deus Ex Machina
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 04 Joker
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 05 Lo-Fi Hiphop
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 06 BE X
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 07 Newwave Disco
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 08 Dubstep
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 09 Elves
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 10 Minimal Techno
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 11 Mischief Dub
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 12 Shaffle
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 13 Auto Acid
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 14 Flown
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 15 Misty
SONICWARE - LIVEN XFM - 16 Distant Hills

DEMO SOUNDS
SONICWARE - 01 - Voices Pad To Distorted Pad With XFORM
SONICWARE - 02 - Strummed Minor 7 To Detuned Squares With XFORM
SONICWARE - 03 - Digital Bass With Delay
SONICWARE - 04 - Sync Lead To Distorted Pad With XFORM Plus Reverb
SONICWARE - 05 - PVC Pipe With Delay
SONICWARE - 06 - Feedback Web To Soft WEB Using X-LAB And Reverb
SONICWARE - 07 - Wiggle Lead With Delay
SONICWARE - 08 - 4 Bit Saw With Reverb
SONICWARE - 09 - String Ensemble 1 To 2 Using X-LFO
SONICWARE - 10 - Stummed Major Chord While Tweaking Tone
SONICWARE - 11 - Strummed Minor To 4 Bit Saw With X-LFO
SONICWARE - 12 - Broken Radio With Delay
SONICWARE - 13 - Soft Web To Strummed Major Using X-LAB
SONICWARE - 14 - Alias Bass With Chorus
SONICWARE - 15 - Bright Lead With Reverb
SONICWARE - 16 - Electro Drums - Tone And Filters Used As EQ
SONICWARE - 17 - Sync Lead With Reverb
SONICWARE - 18 - Pulse Bass With Reverb
SONICWARE - 19 - Percussive Organ With Reverb
SONICWARE - 20 - Bright Trumpet With Reverb
SONICWARE - 21 - String Ensemble 1 To Voices Pad Using XFORM
SONICWARE - 22 - Pulse 1 To Pulse 2 With X-LFO + Some Reverb
SONICWARE - 23 - Pulse Bass With Manual Tone Tweaking
SONICWARE - 24 - Tape Dust With Reverb
SONICWARE - 25 - Harmonic Shift 1 And 2 Using X-LAB
SONICWARE - 26 - DnB - Kick To Snare Parameter Lock In X-Lab
SONICWARE - 27 - Male Voice With Delay
SONICWARE - 28 - Trap - Drums With Reverb
SONICWARE - 29 - Woodwind With Reverb
SONICWARE - 30 - Detuned Sine To Saw Using XFORM"

The Mysterious Quasimidi Sirius Synthesizer (Presets, drums, songs)

video upload by Dawn R

"The Holy Grail of groove synthesizers and the Crown Jewel of the Electraglide band.
The Sirius is a keyboard "groove-synth," featuring a subtractive hybrid-tone-generation synthesizer referred to as DTE ('Difficult To Explain') synthesis introduced in 1997 by Quasimidi. The unit featured both real-time and step sequencers with pattern- and song-modes, capable of acting basic drum machine, groove-box, or sound-module.

The unit is thus 7x multitimbral and has 28-voice polyphony across its 7 tracks, with track selecting a (track-specific) sound within 96 sounds (per bank) of preset- or user-writeable sounds."

The Awesome Korg Radias Synthesizer Meets Dawnie - First Date

video by Dawn R

"Just a quick audio of the first test. Haven't used this monster too much, but we will in the future."

Analogue Solutions Announces Colossus #4

I almost skipped posting this as the only news here is there's a 4th production run of the Colossus. I guess it's interesting knowing how many are out there. What's also interesting is I always assumed the Colossus was either built in a limited initial run, or it was built per order only. This is a mammoth endeaver and each one costs 25,000 GBP which comes out to $35,000 US. It is $4500 less than this little Sennheiser VSM201 Vocoder!

Note, the images in this post appear to be stock. You can find demos of the Colossus in previous posts here.

Press release follows:
""Analogue Solutions announces forthcoming fourth run of Colossus supersized synth that trips back to the future of analogue

KINGSWINFORD, UK: following a showstopping showcase during its introduction at SynthFest UK 2019 in Sheffield, British boutique electronic instruments innovator Analogue Solutions is proud to announce a forthcoming fourth run of Colossus — its supersized synth that trips back to the future of analogue, albeit symbolising so much more than a powerful analogue ‘workstation’ with no fewer than 12 VCOs (Voltage-Controlled Oscillators) beating at its monumental musical heart, rather representing art, architecture, and superlative studio furniture at its hand-built best by taking its design cues from the colossal classic that is the EMS Synthi 100, although no Synthi circuit was cloned or copied in making the destined-to-be-classic Colossus fit for a new generation of high-flying owners — as of February 15…

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Yamaha CS 60 - She is Alive

Published on Jul 31, 2019 Metralon

The playlist above starts with a demo with the description directly below, followed by a number of restoration videos.

"SKIP to 1:49 if the LFO detuning at the beginning of this video is too much.

Very first improvisation after one year of restoration work.

Ok that was a lie: it was my third improv. The first one was utterly magical and was not recorded; at one time the synth spoke to me, I swear! That was a couple of days ago. The second improv happened yesterday and wasn't all that great. So you'll have to do with this third one as a first encounter. In the notes of John Williams: d4-e4-c4-c3-g3.

With due apologies for the length and randomness of the improv; the CS60 universe envelops you and before you know it you're 40 minutes in.

CUE LIST:

00:00 Slow and deep detune
01:49 That's more like it
05:15 Squarelling
07:36 Did you saw that? (terrible pun i know)
09:08 Rectangles with Sinusitis
10:21 Doctor Sine to save the day
11:30 noise-R-us
13:52 Don't ignore me
15:01 Good job, you turned off all oscillators mate
15:17 Square waves in curved oceans
16:28 Under the hood (showing off the voice LED mod, thanks to Golt)
17:05 Tinsel fantasy
18:52 Sawlo
20:36 Silo - with slight oxidation
21:34 Sawdust with square hinges in a bed of sins
22:48 Opening that filter
23:27 Get ready for take off
24:44 Across the horizon
25:54 Pulse 1 (fiery chariots)
27:46 Filter ride
28:46 Put a ring on it
29:06 Pulse 2 (deep)
29:56 R U sure?
31:06 Dusk - Chapel - Dawn
33:47 A square beginning
36:53 Still not done
39:05 Final s(tr)aw, then we're square

Ok I'm done with puns now

SINE-ing out

ugh"