Sequential OB-6 Tutorial Lesson 6: Cross Modulation

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"This is a tutorial series for anyone who wants to learn how to do their own sound design using the Sequential Circuits (former Dave Smith Instruments) OB-6 synthesizer. The goal is to break this subject down into understandable and digestible bits of information that you can apply to your own electronic music. I am primarily a media or film composer, so we will learn ambient, techno, and EDM style sound design using the synth.
This sixth video shows the various possibilities of cross modulation with the OB-6. Please leave a comment with any questions or requests and a like if this was helpful."

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Sequential OB-6 Tutorial Lesson 5: LFO

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"This is a tutorial series for anyone who wants to learn how to do their own sound design using the Sequential Circuits (former Dave Smith Instruments) OB-6 synthesizer. The goal is to break this subject down into understandable and digestible bits of information that you can apply to your own electronic music. I am primarily a media or film composer, so we will learn ambient, techno, and EDM style sound design using the synth.
This fifth video shows the various assignments and shapes of the LFO. Please leave a comment with any questions or requests and a like if this was helpful."

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Sequential OB-6 Tutorial Lesson 4: Envelopes

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"This is a tutorial series for anyone who wants to learn how to do their own sound design using the Sequential Circuits (former Dave Smith Instruments) OB-6 synthesizer. The goal is to break this subject down into understandable and digestible bits of information that you can apply to your own electronic music. I am primarily a media or film composer, so we will learn ambient, techno, and EDM style sound design using the synth. This fourth video gives an overview of the two envelopes which are hardwired to amplitude and filter."

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Dune Soundtrack The One Hans Zimmer Cover all analog synthesizers, Moog, ARP-2600, Soma Lyra-8, DFAM

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"This is a synthwave cover of the soundtrack for The One by Hans Zimmer from the movie Dune. I wanted to see if it was possible to get somewhat close to the spirit of the music using only analog electronic synthesizers with guitar. I am using some Eurorack modular with a Buchla Easel Command and Soma Labs Lyra-8 to create the drone, while the Moog Grandmother is covering the low brass parts, and the ARP-2600 is covering the string (cello and bass) parts. I'm using the Moog DFAM to cover the low drum hits. Finally, I'm using the Sequential Circuits OB-6 to do the end high strings.

I hope you enjoy! This was a fun exercise in sound design and trying to get the spirit of the orchestra into an analog synth orchestra idea."

"If you enjoyed this, please consider supporting my Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/ethanjamesmusic

Patch Notes:

Eurorack modular:
Instruo CS-L: using final outputs of both oscillators to a Make Noise Optomix to filter some of the high frequencies. The symmetry of both oscillators is being randomized by fluctuating voltage from a Frap Tools Sapèl.
Random Source Serge New Timbral Oscillator saw output to Serge Variable Frequency VCF. Low pass output to mixer. Filter frequency is being modulated by a Zlob modular Diode Chaos, while Q gain is being modulated by a Make Noise Wogglebug stepped output.
Make Noise Morphagene has a guitar loop playing D, and I'm using the knobs to make things change. Audio to an After Later Audio Monsoon (Clouds clone).
Make Noise Erbeverb in feedback mode to mixer.
All Eurorack audio to an Eventide H9 pedal doing reverb.

Soma Labs Lya-8 is in full drone mode with Hold turned all the way up. Most oscillators tuned close to a D with some variation. Audio is going to a Make Noise X-Pan modulated by an Intellijel Quadrax.

Buchla 208c Easel Command is providing more pulse-like ambience with random voltage changing the timbre very quickly. Audio to Make Noise X-Pan.

Moog Grandmother normalled patch with very slow attack and decay that is also assigned to the filter.

Moog DFAM using a very long decay with the two oscillators tuned a half step apart. Oscillator 2 has very low volume, so it's mostly contributing the attack sound.

ARP-2600 normalled patch with moderate ADSR modulation of the filter.

Sequential Circuits OB-6 using a polysaw sound being controlled by the Novation Bassstation II."

Sequential OB-6 Tutorial Lesson 3: Filter Types and Blend

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"This is a tutorial series for anyone who wants to learn how to do their own sound design using the Sequential Circuits (former Dave Smith Instruments) OB-6 synthesizer. The goal is to break this subject down into understandable and digestible bits of information that you can apply to your own electronic music. I am primarily a media or film composer, so we will learn ambient, techno, and EDM style sound design using the synth.
This third video gives an overview of the four different filter types that can be used, as well as how to blend them together to create new sounds. Please leave a comment with any questions or requests and a like if this was helpful."

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Live Patch: Buchla 208c Easel Command live west coast avant-garde synthesizer electronic music

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"I am using the Buchla 208c music Easel Command along with the Make Noise 0-ctrl as a stand in for the 218 touch controller and wanted to make something more out there and noisy musically. I didn't rehearse this beforehand and was just following the sound. I am using a looper pedal to create many layers of the soundscape, eventually working towards creating an Easel roulette with the envelope assigned to the tempo. I am using the west coast technique of starting with something and spinning it out like a centrifuge. I'm processing the sound through a few eurorack modules that I will detail below. Hopefully this camera angle also helps you learn something!"

Sequential OB-6 Tutorial Lesson 2: Oscillators

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"This is a tutorial series for anyone who wants to learn how to do their own sound design using the Sequential Circuits (former Dave Smith Instruments) OB-6 synthesizer. The goal is to break this subject down into understandable and digestible bits of information that you can apply to your own electronic music. I am primarily a media or film composer, so we will learn ambient, techno, and EDM style sound design using the synth."

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Sequential OB-6 Tutorial Lesson 1: Overview

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"This is a tutorial series for anyone who wants to learn how to do their own sound design using the Sequential Circuits (former Dave Smith Instruments) OB-6 synthesizer. The goal is to break this subject down into understandable and digestible bits of information that you can apply to your own electronic music. I am primarily a media or film composer, so we will learn ambient, techno, and EDM style sound design using the synth."

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ARP-2600 Live Tutorial: live patching performance with captions

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See EthanJamesMusic ARP 2600 Tutorial series here.

"Someone asked me about how to use the ARP-2600 as the main synth in a live set. I have put captions in to help you see some possible ways to make the sound go different directions to create interest in a long form improvisation. Hopefully this gives you some ideas for what is possible. This is a tutorials series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the ARP-2600, either the Behringer, the Korg reissue, or the original! I've tried to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer."

Buchla Easel Command 208c Tutorials by EthanJamesMusic

Playlist:

Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 1: Complex Oscillator
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 2: Complex Oscillator CV
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 3: Complex Oscillator Polarity
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 4: Complex Oscillator Fine Tune and Keyboard control
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 5: Modulation Oscillator Basics
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 6: Modulation Oscillator Interactions
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 7: Gate Basics
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 8: Gate Input Options
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 9: Envelope Generator Basics
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 10: Advanced Envelope Generator Possibilities
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 11: Pulsar Basics
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 12: Pulsar CV
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 13: Pulsar Clocking
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 14: Sequential Voltage Basics
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 15: Sequential Voltage advanced interactions
Buchla 208c Easel Command tutorial Lesson 16: Random Voltage

ARP-2600 Tutorials by EthanJamesMusic

Playlist:
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 1: How Do I Get Sound Out of This Thing?
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 2: Oscillator Basics
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 3: Oscillator FM
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 4: More Oscillator FM
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 5: Oscillator Percussion
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 6: Oscillator PWM
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 7: Filter Basics
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 8: Filter as oscillator
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 9: Brutal Techno Kick Drum
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 10: Envelope Basics
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 11: Envelope Splitting
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 12: Envelope FM
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 13: Using the envelope trigger as a manual clock
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 14: Ring Modulator Basics
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 15: Ring Modulator Rhythms
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 16: Ring Modulator CV ideas
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 17: Noise Basics
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 18: Sample and Hold Basics
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 19: Sample and Hold with Noise and more!
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 20: External Processing Basics
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 21: External Processing and Filter Gating
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 22: Internal Signal Filter Gating with External Signals
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 23: Duophonic Basics
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 24: Triphonics?
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 25: Advanced Patch #1 3 timbres and envelopes
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 26: Advanced Patch #2 Lagged Sample and Hold to Filter
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 27: Advanced Patch #3 Drum and hi hat backbeat
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 28: Advanced Patch #4 Generative Music Patch
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 29: External Guitar Processing: How to Make "Who Are You?" by The Who
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 30: External Guitar Processing Sample and Hold with Lag Processor
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 31: External Guitar Processing Amplifier Gating Effect
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 32: Advanced Ring Modulation
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 33: Guitar with Advanced Ring Modulation
ARP-2600 tutorial Lesson 34: Auto pan with Sample and Hold

Soma Enner Synth Tutorial Lesson 7: External Inputs

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"This is a tutorials series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Soma Labs Enner body patching synthesizer electronic instrument. If I get a response to this series, I will try to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer. The Enner is especially good at ambience, noise, and soundscapes for film music.
This seventh and final video will teach some ways to incorporate external inputs into the synth and show you some of what's possible to do only using your fingers. Please leave a comment with any questions or requests and a like if this was helpful."

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Soma Enner Synth Tutorial Lesson 6: Delay Section

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"This is a tutorials series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Soma Labs Enner body patching synthesizer electronic instrument. If I get a response to this series, I will try to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer. The Enner is especially good at ambience, noise, and soundscapes for film music.
This sixth video will teach some mainstream and experimental uses of the delay section and show you some of what's possible to do only using your fingers. Please leave a comment with any questions or requests and a like if this was helpful."

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Soma Enner Synth Tutorial Lesson 5: Piezo Pickup

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"This is a tutorials series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Soma Labs Enner body patching synthesizer electronic instrument. If I get a response to this series, I will try to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer. The Enner is especially good at ambience, noise, and soundscapes for film music.

This fifth video teaches some details and experimental uses of the piezo pickup and show you some of what's possible to do only using your fingers."

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Soma Enner Synth Tutorial Lesson 4: Synthesizer Section

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"This is a tutorials series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Soma Labs Enner body patching synthesizer electronic instrument. If I get a response to this series, I will try to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer. The Enner is especially good at ambience, noise, and soundscapes for film music.
This fourth video shows details about the connections and uses of the right hand side, which contains 5 synthesizer voices and show you some of what's possible to do only using your fingers. Please leave a comment with any questions or requests and a like if this was helpful."

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Playful: Buchla 208c Easel Command live west coast avant-garde synthesizer electronic music

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"I am using the Buchla 208c music Easel Command along with the Make Noise 0-ctrl as a stand in for the 218 touch controller and wanted to continue exploring using a simple patch to create a large musical idea. This piece of music is called "Playful" and is for my son, who just turned 2. He has some medical issues, and we are so grateful that he is still with us. I didn't rehearse this beforehand and was just following the sound. I am still exploring using the pulsar into low pass gate 2 with the inverted envelope into low pass gate 1 to create different rhythms and have added pressure voltage to the complex oscillator modulation which is generating some nice harmonic side bands. I'm also using the envelope generator into the wave shaper, which is creating rhythms against itself with timbre. I am using the west coast technique of starting with something and spinning it out like a centrifuge. I'm processing the sound through a few eurorack modules that I will detail below. Hopefully this camera angle also helps you learn something!"

Soma Enner Synth Tutorial Lesson 3: Pulse and Harmonic Section

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"This is a tutorials series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Soma Labs Enner body patching synthesizer electronic instrument. If I get a response to this series, I will try to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer. The Enner is especially good at ambience, noise, and soundscapes for film music.

This third video will show you some details about the pulse (left side) section of the synth and show you some of what's possible to do only using your fingers."

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Soma Enner Synth Tutorial Lesson 2: Output Section

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"This is a tutorials series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Soma Labs Enner body patching synthesizer electronic instrument. If I get a response to this series, I will try to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer. The Enner is especially good at ambience, noise, and soundscapes for film music.
This second video will go into detail about the output section of the synth and show you some of what's possible to do only using your fingers. Please leave a comment with any questions or requests and a like if this was helpful."

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Sci-fi rhythms and ambient: Soma Enner live west coast avant-garde synthesizer electronic music

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"This is my second run through using the Soma Laboratory Enner instrument, designed by Sistor. The goal was to make something film music appropriate that would work as an ambience outer space soundtrack while also adding the utility of a Boss RC-5 looper pedal to build up more complex rhythms. This synth is very geared towards both drones and rhythms, as well as using the piezo pickup with the case, spring, and rubber bands to make added percussive sounds. I'm very excited to continue exploring and find even more sounds. I'm making a lot of use of the ring modulation inputs for the drones. This synth is patched using touch, and I love the idea of having an instrument that I can use my hands on to create sound and have a direct connection to the music. I am using the west coast technique of starting with something and spinning it out like a centrifuge. I'm processing the sound through an Eventide H9 pedal with some reverb and an a Boss RC-5 looper pedal. Hopefully this camera angle also helps you learn something!"

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Soma Enner Synth Tutorial Lesson 1: Overview and Basics

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"This is a tutorials series for anyone who wants to learn how to use the Soma Labs Enner body patching synthesizer electronic instrument. If I get a response to this series, I will try to break things down into small videos that are easy to mentally digest and apply to your own electronic music. We will be exploring both east coast tonal and west coast avant-garde uses of the synthesizer. The Enner is especially good at ambience, noise, and soundscapes for film music.
This first video will give you an overview of the different sections of the synth and show you some of what's possible to do only using your fingers. Please leave a comment with any questions or requests and a like if this was helpful."