NightRadio - Phantom Island

video upload by Alexander Zolotov

"Made with SunVox​ modular synth & tracker: https://warmplace.ru/soft/sunvox
by NightRadio / WarmPlace.ru
2022

SunVox is a small, fast and powerful modular synthesizer with pattern-based sequencer (tracker). It is a tool for those people who like to compose music wherever they are, whenever they wish. On any device. On any system.

[ Key features ]
* highly optimized synth algorithms, flexible architecture; SunVox works on a variety of devices with different CPUs;
* supported systems: Windows, macOS, Linux, iOS, Android, Windows CE (including Pocket PC and Windows Mobile);
* supported sound systems: ASIO, DirectSound, MME, ALSA, OSS, JACK, Audiobus, IAA;
* SunVox as a plugin: AUv3 instrument/effect for iOS;
* support of WAV, AIFF and XI samples;
* multitrack WAV export;
* MIDI In/Out/Import/Export;
* XM (FastTracker) and MOD (ProTracker, OctaMED) import;
* powerful microtonal (ultra-chromatic) sequencer;
* generative music features: random selection of notes, random values of controllers, probability effects;
* free cross-platform library for developers is available; so it's possible to use SunVox engine in your own applications;
* a lot of built-in modules (synths and effects) + ability to make very complex connections between them: Waveform generators, DrumSynth, FM synths, OGG Vorbis player, Sampler, Spectral synth, Compressor, DC Blocker, Echo, Delay, Reverb, Distortion, EQ, FFT, Filters, Flanger, LFO, Pitch Shifter, WaveShaper, Pitch Detector, etc."

Opal - rhythm machine & drum synthesizer

video upload by Fors

"Opal is an instrument made for intricate pattern creation. With parameter locks, probability, conditionals, ratcheting, independent track length, time division and traversal, it’s a breeze to program exciting patterns.
Opal comes with four distinct, highly malleable, synthesizers and two sequenceable effects. While the synths are tailored for creating drum sounds, it’s up to you to choose where, or if, the line between percussion and melody is drawn.

As always, every single sound and effect in this video is made with Opal."



via Opal

To sum it up

Step-sequencer with:

Parameter locks
Probability
Step logic
Ratcheting
Per-track length
Per-track direction
Per-track time division
Five tracks with:

Gem FM Synthesizer
Mass Modal Synthesizer
Dust Pulsar Noise Synthesizer
Slate Granular Sample Player
Void Reverb & Flux Sampler

+ Modulation

Gem
Gem is an FM synthesizer capable of a wide variety of sounds, from deep and heavy bassdrums to glistening lead melodies. At its core, Gem consists of 2- Operator sinewave-based phase modulation (commonly referred to as FM) that has been fine-tuned to sound rich and punchy.

With bipolar modulation and feedback, it's possible make a vast range of different waveshapes- including common analog shapes such as square, triangle or sawtooth. It's a highly malleable form of synthesis that has been boiled down to its essentials, with an emphasis on the sheer quality of execution.

Mass
Mass is a modal synthesizer, which is a type of physical modeling synthesis that employs a bank of bandpass filter to generate its sound. Typically, physical modeling is used to mimic real-world sounds, but with Mass the essence of the synthesis method is used to make all sorts of wildly synthetic sounds, often with an otherworldly quality due to its physically-inspired origins.

The sounds possible with Mass ranges from semi-realistic percussion, bells, textures, noises, strange phase-y melodic sounds to clean and precise timbres reminiscent of additive synthesis.

Dust
Dust is a noise generator that is based around the concept of Pulsar synthesis, which is a method adjacent to Granular synthesis. The sound is composed of very short particles of sounds that creates a texture when played fast and/or dense.

Dust combines concepts from all kinds of different types of synthesis methods to create anything from pure white noise to perfectly soft spectral washes. By layering multiple oscillators Dust can also generate classic electronic metal sounds which is very useful for making hi-hats and cymbals.

Slate
Slate is a sample playback engine equipped with a granular mode that can wildly transform any sample. At its core is a high quality sample playback engine with edge smoothing (click-less playback and looping), single cycle waveform support and a flexible loop mode.

The granular mode let’s you go deeper in sound design by playing back small particles in a pattern that essentially reconstructs the original sound, but with the possibility to dramatically change the speed and pitch independently

Void & Flux
The FX (effects) track hosts two different effect engines: Void and Flux.

Void is a reverb that has been fine-tuned to sound great with a wide variety of input sounds, with an emphasis on delivering good transient response. With in-depth EQ:ing of the input and reverb signal, it’s possible to greatly shape the overall tone of the effect.

Flux is an automatic sampler that continuously records the output of all the other tracks and divides it into 16 slices that can be played back by the FX track. Think of it like an always-recording tape loop that you can use to repeat or transform sections of your pattern by playing different snippets as single shot samples.

Modulation
Each engine has a dedicated modulation page with four different modulation sources that can be routed to any parameter via a modulation matrix. The different sources are Vel - velocity received from the sequencer steps (or a MIDI note), A dedicated LFO and Envelope per track, and a random value (Rand) that is received on each trigger of a step or MIDI note.

erica synths LXR02 / DB01 & synths

ideo uploads by jostalmac

20 videos in this set. You can use the player controls to skip around.

Playlist:
erica synths zen delay & lxr02 & db01
erica synths LXR02 / DB01 & synths
dsi evolver & erica's synths (space invaders)
Tec-no erica synths DB01 & LXR02
slow jam erica synths db01 & lxr02 & efects comic movie
cavern destroy erica synths db01 & lxr2
disco bass erica synths db01 & lxr02
erica synths db 01 FM mode & lxr 02
superdelay erica synths db01 & lxr02
rythm & bassline & delay
erica synths db01, lxr02 & nux duotime jam
ERICA SYNTHS DB01 & SONIC POTIONS LXR02 demo
ERICA SYNTHS DB01 & SONIC POTIONS LXR02 JAM
sonic potions x erica synths LXR2 & DSI toraiz AS1 slow jam
sonic potions erica synths LXR2 & sequential prophet 6
sonic potions x Erica synths LXR 02 modular sound & dsi toraiz AS1
DAVE SMITH INSTRUMENTS TORAIZ AS 1 & SONIC POTION - ERICA SYNTHS LXR-02
Erica synths LXR02 & prophet 6
sonic potions erica synths LXR 02
Erica synths LXR 02 PROJECT

Exploring Elektron DIGITONE

video upload by DATABROTH

"I'm a big fan of FM synthesis, and having the technology in a groovebox/sequencer is perfect for how I like to work."

Note I set the video to start when audio kicks in after setup. You can use the player controls to skip around as well.

SynthFest UK 22

video uploads by sonicstate

Use the controls in the player above to skip around (drop down top right; skip controls bottom left).

"Videos from the SynthFest UK show in Sheffield put on by Sound on Sound Magazine"

Update: Smart MIDI Patchbay, & Ivo Beatrix Lorelei Persephone added to the playlist.

Playlist:
Synthfest UK 22: AJH Synth Patch Break Down With Dreams Of Wires
Synthfest UK 22: Adroit Synthesis - Granular Synth for Voltage Modular
Synthfest UK 22: MIDIum - SmartMIDI Foot Controller
Synthfest UK 22: Yamaha MODX+ Demo From Dom
Synthfest UK 22: Korg Drumlogue 1st UK Sighting
Synthfest UK 22: Rhodes - MK-8
Synthfest UK 22: RYK Vector Wave FM Module
Synthfest UK 22: Knobula Compact Skiff Demo Riffs
Synthfest UK 22: Studiologic - Numa-X Piano GT
Synthfest UK 22: Decksaver - Protective Covers
Synthfest UK 22: 3 New iLoud Precision Monitors
Synthfest UK 22: Dreadbox - Erebus MK2 and Hades
Synthfest UK 22: The Godfather Will Own Your Eurorack Mix
Synthfest UK 22: Soundgas - Rare Suzuki Waraku Koto Synth
Synthfest UK 22: Wang Synth Control - Wangulator
Synthfest UK 22: Sweet Discrete Can Pimp Your Vinyl Panels
Synthfest UK 22: Starsky Carr Meets Gaz Williams
Synthfest UK 22: myVOLTS Power and Audio Fixers
Synthfest UK 22: Transistor Sound Labs Stepper Sequencers
Synthfest UK 22: Studio-Electronics - MIDImini and SE-3
Synthfest UK 22: Bjooks - Patch and Tweak and Inspire the Music
Synthfest UK 22: Tileyard North
Synthfest UK 22: Kenton - Smart MIDI Patchbay
Synthfest UK 22: Expert Sleepers - Ivo Beatrix Lorelei Persephone
Synthfest UK 22: Synth Cables of all kinds
Synthfest UK 22: Roland SP-404 MK2 With 2.0 OS
Synthfest UK 22: More On The Eventide Misha

Synthesized - UK Synth Event at The Center for Computing History This Saturday & Sunday

via The Center for Computing History

"Synthesized is a two day festival celebrating the computer and synthesiser - and how the two technologies grew up together.

The two technologies have crossed paths many times since the CSIRAC mainframe played the "Colonel Bogey March” in 1951. The mighty Fairlight CMI, the PPG and the humble Dragon 32 both share the same processor - as do the Moog Source, Prophet-5 and the ZX Spectrum.

By 1990, the Atari ST found its way into almost every recording studio. Technologies from the flagship Yamaha DX7 and Roland D-50 found their way into almost every PC sound card of the 1990s. Today, modern computers can emulate almost any classic synthesiser with near perfect accuracy.

Without computers we wouldn’t have FM, wavetable, additive and phase distortion synthesis - or even be able to save the sounds on our analog synthesiser.

This year it's a special celebration - MIDI, the protocol that allows our synthesisers and computers to talk to each other, is 40 years old this year. We'll be demonstrating the power of this little five-pin cable that all electronic musicians know and love by showing a range of MIDI equipped computers.

It's with much sadness with note that Dave Smith, a key player in the development of MIDI and founder of Sequential Circuits and designer of the groundbreaking Prophet-5, has recently died at the age of 72.

Over the years we've were lucky enough to have a Fairlight CMI, a PPG Waveterm and a Greengate DS4 together in the same room. We even had Colin Holgate from Greengate and John Molloy from 80s band Mainframe to demonstrate it to us.

This year we hope the event will be even bigger, even better, even noisier and will have more wonderful synthesisers for everyone to see and use! While we're waiting to confirm exhibitors for this year - and to get you all in the mood - here's some pictures from the last event."

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New $155 Qun mk2 Synthesizer with Sequencer & Looper by Nunomo

video upload by Nunomo LLC

"This is the first demo of Qun mk2."

via Nunomo

"Qun mk2 is a powerful and unique pocket synthesizer with sequencer and looper.

Normally cheap synthesizers don't have full flexibility because of hardware limitations.

I was dreaming if I can get a small synth that has full flexibility of the real synth with an affordable price tag. Qun mk1 was the synth.

Mk2 receives big improvement from mk1 by adding LED buttons and external processor for UI processing. SD card support is added.

Once you get used to it, it will be so powerful and it will provide tons of flexibility. It is a real synth, not preset machine.

If you are looking for pocket music sketch tool, this is it."

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Access Virus B versus TI

video upload by MIDERA

"I currently have both a Virus B (kb) and TI and thought I'd make a comparison video. I'm only going over simple waveforms and some filters, not equivalent patches to test (as I'm not exactly a skilled player, it's hard to demonstrate those differences well). Hope this is of some use to those who are wanting to buy a Virus or wanting to upgrade or downgrade.

0:00 Introduction
2:28 Saw wave
5:55 Pulse wave
7:35 PWM via LFO
8:20 PWM + Sub Osc
11:35 Frequency Modulation (FM)
14:54 Sine wave FM
16:22 Unison (3 voices stacked)
18:00 Filter introduction
19:20 Filter 1 LP cutoff sweep, 0% resonance
19:57 Filter 1 LP cutoff sweep, 50% resonance
20:33 Filter 1 LP cutoff sweep, 100% resonance
22:45 Filter 1 HP cutoff sweep, 0% resonance
23:10 Filter 1 HP cutoff sweep, 100% resonance
23:55 Reverb setup
25:53 Hall Reverb in action
27:05 Reverb color increase
28:09 Large Room reverb
29:22 Small Room reverb
30:52 Practical use patch setup with reverb
32:17 Virus B patch with reverb
33:04 Virus TI patch with reverb
34:25 Virus B patch with reverb and resonance
35:56 Virus TI patch with reverb and resonance
37:18 Internal clipping on the TI?
40:15 Simple delay comparison
42:24 Overview of differences
43:55 Hypersaw (TI only)
45:33 Chorus (no real comparison, sorry)
46:11 Final thoughts"

Forms

videos upload by Forms

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Sonicware Liven 8Bit Warps XFM Volca Modular Nord Lead - Downtempo New Age Jam

video upload by ChrisLody

"This jam started off as quite an experimental affair and ended up landing in ambient electronica/downtempo/chilled out/new age music territory. Perhaps because I'm feeling a little nostalgic today. As I've mentioned before on the channel I used to be a carpenter and joiner, I did that for a living for 20 years in fact. To cut a long story short I've decided to go back into the trade after a break of a few years and I'm quite excited but a bit apprehensive, though I've already been out to look at some work and it's only been 3 days since I set up my new Facebook page so that can't be bad 😁 Anyway, my point is this sounds a bit 90s to me which is the decade I was learning the trade. Probably not a coincidence, but it's not even a genre of music I listen to much 🤷‍♂️

So in this jam the Volca Modular has a radio\cassette player plugged into the CV input which is being routed through like it were an oscillator. This enables me to gate the incoming signal. There was some sort of radio play on which gave me plenty of vocal material to work with. I also had to get it done fast though as I wasn't sure when it would finish which is why the video is a bit wonky and blurry on this one, sorry about that.

The radio\cassette in question is a cheap Matsui model that no longer plays tapes but the radio output is impressively loud making it a good fit for playing radio and noise into the Volca Modular

The Sonicware Liven XFM is providing the drums here using a kit that spreads across all 4 track. It's fast becoming my go to drum machine on top of everything else it's good at, more on that in a future video

The Liven 8Bit warps is producing a pad sound using it's lovely lofi FM engine, most of what I'm playing here is improvised. Again I had to work fast so the first good take was the one to use

The Nord Lead is obviously playing the lead sound. Again largely improvised. I learned how to trill on piano recently, maybe a bit too much of that in this to be honest 😄

Effects are provided by the Danelectro Fab Echo on the Nord Lead and the Zoom Studio 1201 routed into my Focusrite Scarlett 18i8 audio interface"

Utopia Theme Sequence

video upload by boxoftextures

"When I was a kid growing up in New York City in the early 1970s I would listen to WNEW-FM all the time, but especially from 10pm to 2am when Allison Steele, the Night Bird, was on the air. WNEW was a progressive rock station, not really the same meaning as today's term 'prog rock,' but more that the DJs played what they wanted with no playlists. And one night in 1974 Allison Steele played a song from a new band I'd never heard of before, Todd Rundgren's Utopia. I was 14, and I was instantly hooked. The song was over 14 minutes long, and was from a live show. I was heavily into keyboards and they had three keyboard players, one with a giant modular. The bass and drums were incredibly tight. And on top of that was Todd Rundgren, abandoning his pop stylings and going full on prog. And then, after being entranced through the first half of the tune, they all stopped, and the sequencer started up. That was it for me. Instant favorite, and started me down the path to synthesizers. Where I still am today.

So that sequence has pretty much always been in my head, and in a way influenced my entire life. It was life-changing for me. And so here it is, recreated. A 'simple' six-note sequence, but super fast, and constantly shifting. Six notes, but that section of the song is in 4/4. Except that the main lines are on the ones but the answering lines start on the 3 before the one beat. So you have six against four, and your four is being interrupted by the answering refrain. You're constantly off balance, but then again things are also constantly being resolved. And then they all pause, back at the sequence, and he rips into the most amazing guitar solo I've ever heard. The whole thing is genius. Todd Rundgren, perhaps at his peak.

Featuring Multiphonics CV-1 from Applied Acoustics Systems

Video captured with CleanShot X
Audio recorded with QuickTime Player
Voiceover recorded in Sound Studio using an AudioTechnica BHPS1 Broadcast Headset
Audio routing done with Loopback

Edited in DaVinci Resolve 17 on a MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)

Twitter: @selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures"

Radio City (jamming w/live FM radio & tape loop)

video by poorness studios

"I decided to give this idea a try and I was fairly pleased with the results. I'm using a ByronStatics KCS-315 AM/FM radio and a Sony TCM-200DV variable-speed cassette player along with my Volca Bass, Volca Beats, and Microbrute synthesizers. The 7-second tape loop you hear was made by The Void Electronics in Ireland.

I made a playlist of other videos that involve cassettes: [below]

If you like tape loops, I highly recommend The Void Electronics on Etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/TheVoidElec..."



Playlist:

Cassette Soundscape 1 (TX Wiggles 47)
Cassette Soundscape 2 (TX Wiggles 48)
Still Here (jamming with a tape loop)
Radio City (jamming w/live FM radio & tape loop)

AudioPilz - Synths - Bad/Better Gear

Bad Gear - Yamaha CS1x - Not Exactly My Thing video by AudioPilz

Just discovered this series. Above is the latest video featuring the Yamaha CS1x. Below is a playlist of previous videos in the series. I'm guessing the CS1x will be added. P.S. I actually own a CS1x and SU10 so it's kind of fun seeing them paired in this video. The CS1x is all ROMpler but it does have some nice icy strings. It has a bright digital character about it - like it's permanently run through a glassy sounding reverb.



Playlist (enjoy, or not - use the controls on the bottom left or upper right of the player to skip around):
Bad Gear - Roland TB-3 - A Touchscreen TB-303 Nightmare???
How To Control The Microkorg Using Midi Controllers??? (Tutorial)
Bad Gear - Microkorg - A Hipster Synth???
Bad Gear - Am I Too Bad For This Synth???
Bad Gear - Akai Timbre Wolf - Weakest Poly Synth???
Bad Gear - Korg Electribe EA-1 - Worst Of The Tribe???
Bad Gear - Red Sound Darkstar - Worst Synth Of All Time???
Bad Gear - M-Audio Venom - Biggest Software Dongle Of All Time???
Better Gear - DIY Yamaha DX7 Realtime Controller (Tutorial)
Bad Gear - Roland JX-305 - Pub Gig MC-505???
Bad Gear - Arturia Minibrute - The Tutorial Synth???
Bad Gear - Roland D-110 - 80s Sound In A Box???
Bad Gear - Yamaha FB-01 - Second Worst FM Synth???
Bad Gear - Yamaha SHS-10 Keytar - Most Embarrassing Synth Of All Time???
Bad Gear - Quasimidi Sirius - 90s Techno Machine???
Bad Gear - Korg Kaossilator Pro - The Synth of Christmas Past???
Bad Gear - Nintendo Korg DS-10 - Game Boy MS-20???
Roland U-110 - Yet Another Boring 80s Synthesizer???
Bad Gear - Roland Sound Canvas SC-55 - Vintage Gamers Synth???
Bad Gear - Yamaha DJX - Kid’s Keyboard???
Bad Gear - Roland SH-201 - The MP3 Synth??? (feat. Alex Ball)
Bad Gear - Casio SK-1 - The Original Fart Sampler
Bad Gear - Waldorf Blofeld - Vintage Sound of the Future???

AudioPilz Bad Gear posts

Synth Demos by Lost Clouds

If ou are viewing this post from the front page you will see a more link directly below. Click it before you start to get to the list of videos plus descriptions for each. You can use the controls at the bottom of the player to skip around. You can find Lost Clouds music at https://lostcl0uds.bandcamp.com

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Sinusoid 4 channel tracker for iOS

humbletune

"Sinusoid is a tracker/sequencer sound machine for iOS inspired by retro 8 bit game consoles. This new version comes with many new improvements of the UI and more and easier to access functionality. Also adding AUv3 support and MIDI out.

Link: http://www.humbletune.com
App Store: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sinuso...

The amazing video using styrofoam cubes and two projectors was filmed by Perplex On. I love it so much. You should definitely check out his other work, it is always inspiring I think."

"Sinusoid is a tracker/sequencer sound machine inspired by retro 8 bit game consoles. It has 4 sound channels where 3 play tones and 1 plays drums and noise. It has audio parameters like pan, amplitude envelope, vibrato, pitch glide, a resonant filter and second oscillator for ring modulation and fm. Further sculpt the sound with an arpeggiator, delay and bit crusher. Export songs to AIFF and listen to them in the in app music player or share them with other apps. MIDI can be used to control parameters, play and input notes. MIDI out makes it possible to play other synths with sinusoid using Core MIDI, Bluetooth, IAA MIDI or AUv3 MIDI. Connect to other sound apps using Audiobus, Inter App Audio or AUv3.

+++ 3 tone channels: sinusoid, square, triangle, saw, pulse (75%, 50%, 25% or 12.5%)
+++ 1 drum/noise channel
+++ Stereo pan
+++ Amplitude envelope (attack, length and release)
+++ 2nd oscillator for fm and ring modulation
+++ Vibrato
+++ Pitch glide
+++ Resonant filter
+++ Arpeggio/stutter
+++ Tape delay
+++ Bit/samplerate crush
+++ Per note ability to override all channel audio parameters
+++ Copy/paste between devices on the same network
+++ Save and share projects using “open with” and files app drag’n drop
+++ Export to songs to AIFF
+++ Core MIDI, Bluetooth, IAA MIDI, AUv3 MIDI
+++ Audiobus, IAA and AUv3"

NAMM2021: Yamaha Introduces YC73 and YC88 Stage Keyboards with YC OS v1.1

The YC61 (additional posts) was introduced back in NAMM 2020. The YC73, YC88, and OS v1.1 are new. Details follow.

"YC stage keyboards feature great sound, expressive touch and modern design. YC is powered by our proprietary Virtual Circuitry Modeling (VCM) organ engine which recreates individual component behavior to reproduce classic organ character and most important - sound. It all comes with acoustic/electric pianos, and iconic FM synth sounds that Yamaha made famous.

Three keyboard actions are available for different players: YC61 features 61 semi-weighted 'waterfall' keys for organ-focused players, YC73 has 73-key weighted and balanced keys for keyboardists, and YC88 uses an 88-key weighted triple-sensor action with synthetic ebony and ivory keytops for pianists."

Some key features include:
- Exclusive Yamaha Virtual Circuit Modeling (VCM) to capture not only the sound of classic “drawbar” organs, but also their behavior down to the component level
- A distinctive rotary speaker effect
- Nine drawbars that shape the sound by controlling individual footages and essentials like percussion and vibrato/chorus enhance the tone
- The organ section also features FM synthesis, the now-famous synthesis method pioneered by Yamaha

In addition to the new YC73 and YC88, Yamaha has also introduced YC OS v1.1, the first OS update for its popular YC Series Stage Keyboards.

And the press release:

Yamaha YC73 and YC88 Stage Keyboards Put Classic Drawbar Organs and Vintage Keys in Packages for All Musicians

BUENA PARK, Calif. (January 14, 2021) — Yamaha will be showcasing the YC73 and YC88 Stage Keyboards during NAMM’s virtual Believe in Music week starting January 21, 2021. The YC73 and YC88 combine great-feeling new keyboard actions with the soulful sounds, drawbar control, and gig-ready ease of use of the YC61 (introduced in January 2020). The YC73 features 73 weighted, balanced keys and is ideal for keyboardists who divide their playing between organ, piano, electric piano, clavi, synth, and other staple keyboard sounds. The YC88 is meant for musicians who prioritize the touch and response of an acoustic piano, offering 88 weighted Natural Wood keys with triple-sensor action, synthetic ebony and ivory key tops. Both add options alongside the semi-weighted “waterfall” action of the YC61 — the key shape preferred by organ players.

The YC73 and YC88 employ exclusive Yamaha Virtual Circuit Modeling (VCM) to capture not only the sound of classic “drawbar” organs, but their behavior down to the component level. VCM also reproduces the distinctive rotary speaker effect, which most keyboardists consider inseparable from the organ itself. In other words, the YC series does not merely take a digital snapshot of the world’s most imitated organ sound — it builds that sound from the ground up. This results in unprecedented authenticity.

In true vintage fashion, nine drawbars shape the sound by controlling individual footages, and essentials like percussion and vibrato/chorus enhance the tone. The player can also customize key click, “leakage,” rotary speaker speed changes, and more. The keyboard may be split between upper and lower organ registrations. In addition to VCM modeling organ, the organ section also features FM synthesis, the now-famous synthesis method pioneered by Yamaha.

Complementing the organ, two “Keys” sections utilize proprietary Yamaha “Advanced Wave Memory” which provides authentic acoustic and electric pianos, strings and brass, analog-style synth sounds, and much more. The Keys section features two dedicated effects processors along with configurable envelope and filter controls for real time manipulation and interaction. Like the Organ section, the Keys section also features FM synthesis for many classic sounds like DX7 electric pianos, leads, basses and more. The Keys section may also be split with the organ section across the keyboard or played from an external MIDI controller keyboard to either the Organ or Keys section.

“A staple of keyboard playing is access to classic keyboard sounds,” says Nate Tschetter, manager, Synthesizer Marketing, Yamaha Corporation of America. “Now more than ever, players want more control of those sounds to express themselves. The YC series gives them that control to easily make adjustments on the fly. And now with the introduction of YC73 and YC88, there are options to suit every player in every situation from the perfect ‘top keyboard’ in YC61 to the great ‘all around’ YC73 and finally our best stage piano action in YC88.”

Pricing and Availability

The Yamaha YC73 and YC88 Stage Keyboards will ship to retailers beginning January 21, 2021, at manufacturer’s suggested retail prices (MSRP) of $2,999 and $3,499, respectively.

To see the Yamaha YC73 and YC88 Stage Keyboards on display during Believe in Music week, January 21-24, 2021, please register online at https://attend.believeinmusic.tv

For more information about the YC78 and YC88, visit http://yamaha.io/YC

Radical Frequencies Modular

"Happy New Year my modular friends with a Radical Frequencies modular 132bpm Psychedelic Techno jam! Patch: The Fm lead is a pulse wave from a RF dpvco with internal pwm and linear fm going into RF Scota vcf (alpha filter only) using band pass output and voltage controlled by RF vc adsr and lucky voltages randomizes the decay times . The Bass is another dpvco with 2 detuned saw waves into RF 12db multi vcf. The Drums are from iPad Launchpad . All sequences are trigged by Beatstep Pro that takes clock from iPad . All sounds are multi recorded into daw though apogee and mytek converters and the lead is mixed with reverb & delay. https://www.radicalfrequencies.com/in..."

Note the player above is a playlist of all videos by Radical Frequencies Modular starting with the New Years jam.

Spotted on discchord

Yamaha DOM-30 Midi Player Module / Sequencer w/ FM TONES

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
The above is a playlist of videos featuring the Yamaha DOM30, starting with a circuit bent one from CBMods. Below is a listing for a non modded unit. I realize I haven't featured any demos of one on the site before now.

Mods for the first video:
8x switches
16x point patch bay
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Remarkable disk drive sequencer / sound module, heavily modified and embroiled in a wonderful series of twists and bends.
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via this auction

"Yamaha - Dom-30 - Disk Orchestra Module Midi Player - Sequencer

INTERESTING BOX OF TRICKS HERE..

SOME NICE FM TONES AND DECENT DRUM SOUNDS
MEANT FOR USE WITH CLAVINOVA BUT I'M JUST USING IT AS SYNTH MODULE. WORKS WELL
YOU CAN ASSIGN 10 CHANNELS VIA MIDI

MIDI IN/THRU/OUT

SOME VERY COOL SOUND FX TOO

PLUS REVERB / DELAY & COSMIC(!)"

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Synth & Sundry Soothing Synth Ambient Music (3 minutes)

Synth & Sundry

"Relax or meditate with this beatless synthesizer piece of music. At just over 3 minutes this is ideal for a brief session during your busy schedule.

Produced by Synth & Sundry using Ableton Live and containing sounds from Samples From Mars Soviet Synth pack, PG-8X VST instrument, Native Instruments Razor, UVI Digital Synsations VST sample player and Ableton's own Operator FM synthesis instrument.

If you'd like to support this channel with a one-off purchase, please check out our affordably priced music: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com"

Andy and Luke from KORG explore and showcase the new opsix & NAUTILUS workstation

Korg

"Andy and Luke from KORG explore and showcase the opsix ALTERED SYNTHESIZER. Building on the classic 6-operator FM synthesis made famous in the 1980s, KORG have added extra algorithms (including the ability to create your own!), four new operator modes including Wavefolder and Ring Modulator and demystified FM programming with a musician friendly front panel.

With elements like 16 step sequencing with motion record, a stellar effects section and full DX patch compatibility, the opsix is a tremendously powerful instrument, equally at home in a studio or live situation."

KORG synth evangelists Luke and Andy introduce the new KORG NAUTILUS workstation


"KORG’s UK synth evangelists Luke and Andy dive a little deeper into the new KORG NAUTILUS workstation. As you will see here this is a streamlined version of KORG’s flagship industry-leading KRONOS, with new sounds to explore, from essential to experimental and cutting edge.

The front panel is reimagined with the live player in mind and all their favourite functions are still there, from Set List to Smooth Sound Transitions and 16-part COMBIs incorporating the unique nine dedicated sound engines.

The true power of a workstation is still there with full sampling capability, 32 track (16 audio, 16 MIDI) sequencing, and a powerful effects section giving producers the tools they need to refine their mix.

With all of this technology combined, the NAUTILUS is the most powerful workstation in its class."