Mellotron and Eurorack Modular October 10 2024

video upload by John L Rice

Mellotron Micro
Happy Nerding HM VCO
Erica Synths Black VCO 2 and Pico MODulator
Industrial Music Electronics Polivoks VCF
2hp Verb
ADDAC System ADDAC812A meter
Behringer 182 Sequencer
4ms POD64x
Tendrils Cables

Same Eurorack Modular Patch But Now With Added Drum And Mellotron Parts

video upload by John L Rice

"Please post in the comments what music style/genre you’d call this? I’m often never quite sure! 🤔🤷‍♂️😅

Modules from 4ms, Erica Synths, Happy Nerding, 2hp, Doepfer, Synthesis Technology, Bubblesound, Tip Top Audio, Intellijel, Circuit Abbey, Synth-Werks

With Mellotron Micro keyboard."

Processed Mellotron M4000D May 31st 2024

video upload by John L Rice

"A quick and dirty Mellotron noodle. I currently can’t stand for long (foot issue) so I took some experimental noodling audio and some rough snapshots of the gear used and edited it all into a video FWIW.

So it's the Mellotron M4000D Rack was processed through a Club Of The Knobs fixed filter bank and channel enhancer with 6 outputs of the channel enhancer mixed by Modcan and Moon mixers and returned to the main Allen and Heath mixer for some additional EQ and effects processing from Strymon pedals Mobius, DECO, and BigSky, plus a touch of reverb from the Lexicon MX400."

A Sunday Morning Modular Synth Patch - May 19th 2014

video upload by John L Rice

"Featuring self transposing Moon Modular 569 sequencer with 569ES and 569EG expanders and two 564 switches to vary the pattern. All clocked by an Oakley Slim VCO through a Synthetic Sound Labs V-Gates divider. The voice is a single Marienberg Sine Phase VCO into two SSL Tube VCAs, one STG Soundlabs Envelope to modular both, and the VCA outputs go to a Modcan Dual Delay 73B. And a few notes played on the Mellotron M4000D Rack. Strymon BigSky and Lexicon MX400 for reverb."

Remembering Gert Jalass

video upload by John L Rice

"The sad news of Gert's passing put me out of sorts and I ended up looking through old pictures and decided to make a very short and quick remembrance video out of them. Rest in peace Gert, and condolences to all of his friends and family. Feel free to share comments and stories relating to Gert in the comments section below if you like.

The simple sequence is a Moon Modular 569 Quad Sequential Voltage Source running two identical voices each consisting of a MOTM-300 VCO, 1/4 of a MOTM-380 quad LFO, 1/2 of a Moon 517 VCF, 1/2 of a Oakley dual VCA and 1/5 of a Club Of The Knobs poly EG. Also used: Expressive-E Osmose keyboard, Mellotron M4000D Rack, Roland A-88 controller, Strymon BigSky and Timeline pedals, Lexicon MX400 rack."

Just Some Nice Chords

video upload by John L Rice

"MOTM modular, Mellotron M4000D, Yamaha FS1R, Expressive E Osmose, Strymon and Lexicon effects."

Accidental Workbench Jam With Modular Synth And Mellotron

video upload by John L Rice

"It’s easy to get distracted from immediate goals when things start sounding interesting. 😊 Little modular synth with Hexinverter/Re:Synthesis:LWSS sequencer, 2hp Tune, STG Oscillator, Moon 517S VCF, SSL Envelope/VCA all in a Synthesizers.com Box4 case and of course the Mellotron Micro. #modularsynth #mellotron #electronicmusic"

Tangerine Kraft

video upload by John L Rice

"Yet another one of my musical noodles with video clip collage, enjoy! ;-)

Modules used:
2hp: LFO, Seq, Mix, Delay, EG, Verb
Happy Nerding: HM VCO x 3, MMM VCF, ADSR, FM AID
Erica Synths: Pico Trigger, Pico Drums
4ms: Row Power 30
Division6: Multiplicity VI Midnight
WMD/SSF: ADSRVCA
Bubblesound: 141 EG/VCA/LFO
Tiptop Audio: ONE sample player
Intellijel: Springray
Circuit Abbey: Unify mixer

The keyboard is the Mellotron Micro"

Cold Hands, Cold Heart, Cold World

video upload by John L Rice

"Something for Halloween 2023, sort of?

5U Modular Synth:
Moon 569 sequencer, 554 clock divider, 505 filter
Modcan 55B quantizer, 59B delay
SSL Tube VCA, Quad LFO
STG Envelope
Corsynth VC LFO
Marienberg Sine Phase Oscillator
Noise Engineering Cursus Iteritas Magnus VCO

Additional Gear Used:
Roland A-88 keyboard controller, Integra7 synth (for piano)
Mellotron M4000D (Tangerine Dream sound effects)
Expressive-E Osmose keyboard synth
Strymon BigSky reverb, Timeline delay
Lexicon MX400
Tascam SD-20M recorder
Sony Vegas Pro 13 (for post editing)

#modularsynth #electronicmusic #halloween2023"

Moon 569 Sequence With A Side Of Mellotron Noodles

video upload by John L Rice

"Sequence setup is the Moon 569 + 569EGB + 569ES with rows 2,3,4 affecting the position of row 1.

The synth voice is a MOTM-300 VCO, MOTM-380 LFO, Moon 517 VCF, Oakley Dual VCA, and STG EG.

The Mellotron is a M4000D Rack played from a Roland A-88 keyboard.

Effects were from Strymon Timeline and BigSky pedals plus a Lexicon MX400.

#modularsynth #electronicmusic #sequencer"

JLRs Modular Synthesizers - Sidetracked Supplement #2

video upload by John L Rice

JLRs Modular Synthesizers - System Breakdown posts

"This is the second supplement and ninth installment of my video breakdown/rundown series (I'm half way through, sort of . . . ), this time for my custom case that combines a MIDI sequencer and analog poly synth in one half and a mixing board and several guitar pedals in the other half! (only weighs 56 pounds 😬)

Index:
0:00 Beginning
0:24 Introduction
0:48 Contents Rundown
2:38 Construction Details
6:38 Shirt (plugging my friends band ;-)
7:22 Short Sequence Demo
8:45 Simple No-Input Feedback Demo
14:42 End

List of the items that make up this system:
Manikin Electronic: Schrittmacher sequencer
Vermona: PERfourMER MKII synthesizer
Mackie: 802-VLZ3 mixer
TC Electronic: T2 reverb pedal
Dunlop/MXR: Slash Octave Fuzz pedal
Electro Harmonix: Mel9 Mellotron emulator pedal
Mooer: Ocean Machine reverb/delay/looper pedal
Keeley Electronics: Fuzz Bender pedal
Strymon: Zuma R300 pedal power supply
JLR: Mobile I/O Patch custom pedal patch bay
EWI Tourcase: MXC-008-10 mixer case (modified)

Check out my friend's band Vanilla:
https://vanilla.bandcamp.com/album/va...

As always, thank you for watching, rating, following, subscribing, and commenting! 🥳 If you found the content of this video helpful, interesting, or entertaining, please consider showing your support so I can stay stocked up on coffee and cookies. 😋 https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JohnL..."

Expressive-E Osmose Controlling A Mellotron M4000D Rack

video upload by John L Rice

"I set the Osmose MIDI out to "Poly Aftertouch" and it worked well with the M4000D. Next challenge is to control my big modular synth, stay tuned? ;-)

(Note: the Mellotron Rack shown in the video is just a static image for reference.)"

Battery Powered Mellotron!

video upload by John L Rice

"Quick test to see if this rechargeable 12 volt battery pack by TalentCell, model LF4100, would power my Mellotron Micro OK and it does! I haven’t tested it for how long it can power the Mellotron but I’m guessing “long enough”? 😄 This battery pack also has a 9 volt output and a 5v USB output. Once I find my 9v polarity reverse adapter cable I’ll try another more involved test. #mellotron #synthesizers #batterypowered"

Happy Valentine's Day 2023

video upload by John L Rice

"Partial cover version of Chicago's hit Colour My World using Yudin Workshop Pulsar tongue pan drums and a Mellotron Micro keyboard.

I started this last fall and never finished it. I was going to add drums, bass, maybe some sequencing/arpeggiations, and I even made a futile attempt at singing the vocals but no amount of editing could save it! 🤦‍♂️😅😊 So for Valentine's Day I decided to just put together the last third with just the tongue drums and Mellotron.

#tonguedrum #mellotron #covertunes"

Variation On "Carol Of The Bells"

video upload by John L Rice

"Happy New Year! I was just going to record myself with an iPhone playing Carol Of The Bells on just the Aluphone but one thing lead to another and I had to finally stop adding tracks and tweaking things! 😸

Acoustic Percussion Instruments Used:
Aluphone Standard (plus 2 extra notes)
Yudin Workshop Pulsar (chromatic whole-tone pair)
Zildjian Crotales and Finger Cymbal
Musser Orchestra Bells and Chimes
Sleigh Bells
LP Pin Chimes
Energy Bell

Electronic Keyboards Used:
Moog Sub Phatty (thank you Moog Music and MATRIXSYNTH!)
Mellotron Micro


Other Gear Used:
Canon C100 MkII camera
Xeen 14mm lens
Neumann KM183 microphones and KH 120 A monitors
John Hardy M-1 mic preamps
TK Audio Transceiver
Lavry Blue AD/DA converters
Magix Samplitude DAW
Coleman Audio M3PH
PMC DB1+ monitors and XB1-A sub
Aventone Mixcube monitors

Thank you for watching, rating, and commenting, it means a lot to me! 🤗"

Time Is Our Master, Be Like Water

video upload by John L Rice

"Another quick one for fun, thanks for watching! :-)

Gear used:
Martin Jan Koehler: Tidal Modulator (mutable Instruments Tides clone)
Krisp1: OCTO LFO
Moon Modular: two 526 mixers and two 517 VCFs
Yamaha: FS1R
Mellotron: M4000D Rack
Roland: Integra7 and A-88
Strymon: BigSky and Timeline
Lexicon: MX400
Allen & Heath: MixWizard 20S
Canon: C100 MkII camera and CNE 20mm lense"

Random Thoughts In Emotional Stasis

video upload by John L Rice

"It's been a while since I've done one of my quirky music videos, I hope you enjoy this quick one! 😎

Main Sequence Eurorack Modular:
Rebel Technology - CLK
Noise Engineering - Clep Diaz
Vermona - meloDICER
Endorphines - Two Of Cups

Melodies and Chords:
Roland - A88 MIDI keyboard controller
Mellotron - M4000D Rack

Drone:
JTM Synth - LD-2
Strymon - Mobius
(oscilloscope for fun)

Additional Effects:
Strymon BigSky and Timeline pedals
Lexicon - MX400"

Same Patch The Next Day

video upload by John L Rice

"Pretty much the same setup as the last video, minus the FS1R and plus some sequencer related modules. This time I sequenced the poly modular and used a second keyboard to transpose the sequence while playing the Mellotron brass from the main keyboard. I almost didn't post this and may delete it but I'll leave it up for now.

Modular Polysynth:
1 x Synth Tech MOTM-650 MIDI to CV
4 x Synth Tech MOTM-300 VCOs
4 x Happy Nerding FM AIDs
2 x Moon 517 dual VCFs
2 x Oakley/Krisp1 dual VCAs
1 x Club Of The Knobs C911P poly EG
1 x Mutable Instruments/Martin Jan Koehler Tides/Tidal Modulator

Sequencer setup:
Moon Modular 569 Quad Sequential Voltage Source
Club Of The Knobs C969 Euclidian Bi-Clock Sequencer
Moon Modular 591 Switch

Other Polysynths:
Mellotron M4000D

Effects:
Strymon Timeline Delay
Strymon BigSky Reverb
Lexicon M400 Reverb

Thanks for watching! :-)

#modularsynth #modularsynthesizer #synthesizer"

Impromptu Polysynth Chords

video upload by John L Rice

"Modular Polysynth: 1 x Synth Tech MOTM-650 MIDI to CV
4 x Synth Tech MOTM-300 VCOs
4 x Happy Nerding FM AIDs
2 x Moon 517 dual VCFs
2 x Oakley/Krisp1 dual VCAs
1 x Club Of The Knobs C911P poly EG
1 x Mutable Instruments/Martin Jan Koehler Tides/Tidal Modulator

Other Polysynths:
Mellotron M4000D
Yamaha FS1R

Effects:
Strymon Timeline Delay
Strymon BigSky Reverb
Lexicon M400 Reverb

Thanks for watching! :-)"

Early Saturday Eurorack Modular And Mellotron

video upload by John L Rice

"Mainly the modules in the lid of my eurorack modular briefcase: Vermona meloDicer sequencing a mostly Erica Synths voice (VCO, EG, VCA, and LFO) with Synth Tech VCF and then passed through a Mutable Clouds. Also Mellotron Micro through a Strymon Magneto. Recorded on and uploaded from an iPad.

Thanks for watching! 😎"