EMPATHY 2027: Dawless No Pause Jam on #Elektron #AnalogFour mk2 #VolcaKick #Arturia #Microfreak

Published on Dec 1, 2019 Gary P Hayes

Continuous live dawless jam / improvisation
Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes
in Mount Victoria Blue Mountains Australia
on Elektron #AnalogFour mk2
Korg #VolcaKick & Arturia #MicroFreak
directly recorded on #ZoomH6 no other processing

ELEGY TO WATER AT THE POOL OF SILOAM: Live dawless outdoor jam #MicroFreak #VolcaModular #Strymon

Published on Nov 27, 2019 Gary P Hayes

"Continuous live dawless jam / improvisation
Composed Performed & Filmed © Gary P Hayes
at The Pool of Siloam Leura Blue Mountains Australia
on Korg #VolcaModular & Arturia #MicroFreak
Reverb #Strymon #BlueSky & looping on #Jamman #SoloXT
recorded on #ZoomH6 with ambient sound
no other processing. Sync: Note the main over shoulder shot is the live performance other non-sync shots filmed afterwards."

CLOAK OF SMOKE: VOLCLARINET. Live outdoor Volca Jam. #Modular #Keys #Bliss #Strymon Improvisation

Published on Nov 21, 2019 Gary P Hayes

Continuous live dawless jam / improvisation
Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes
at Hat Hill Blue Mountains Australia
on Korg #VolcaBass #VolcaModular #VolcaDrum #VolcaKeys
Solos on #Bliss #Clarinet Reverb on #Strymon #BlueSky
Delay on Zoom #MS70 recorded on #ZoomH6 plus ambient sound
no other processing. Aerial cinematography © Gary P Hayes

WAVES OVER VENICE: Korg Volcas live dawless Jam. #VolcaModular #VolcaKeys #StrymonBlueSky #VolcaDrum

Published on Nov 15, 2019 Gary P Hayes

"Continuous live dawless jam / improvisation
Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes
in Blue Mountains Australia
on Korg #VolcaBass #VolcaModular #VolcaDrum #VolcaKeys
Solos on Kaoss KO2 Reverb on #Strymon #BlueSky
Licensed orchestral loop on Digitech JamMan Solo XT
directly recorded on #ZoomH6 no other processing"

https://garyphayes.bandcamp.com

MEGALONG: FEAR OF FIRE. Dawless Outdoor Volca Jam Impro w/ EWI 4000s & JamMan Solo

MEGALONG: FEAR OF FIRE. Dawless Outdoor Volca Jam Impro. Volca Modular, Keys, Ewi 4000s, JamMan Solo

Published on Nov 11, 2019 Gary P Hayes

Another outdoor performance. Spotted this one on discchord.

Continuous live dawless jam / improvisation
Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes
at Hargraves LO Blue Mountains Australia
on Korg #VolcaBass #VolcaModular #VolcaDrum #VolcaKeys
Solos on Akai #EWI 4000s Reverb on #Strymon #BlueSky
Licensed orchestral loop (from Nano Muzik Loops) on Digitech JamMan Solo XT
directly recorded on #ZoomH6 plus ambient sound
no other processing. Aerial cinematography © Gary P Hayes

THE PROMISES OF FLIGHT: Halloween 2019 Live dawless Volca Jam #VolcaModular #Keys #Bass #VolcaDrum

Published on Oct 29, 2019 Gary P Hayes

Spotted this one on discchord.

"Continuous live dawless jam / improvisation - SciFi Halloween
Composed & Performed © Gary P Hayes in Mount Victoria Australia using
Korg #VolcaBass #VolcaModular #VolcaDrum #VolcaKeys
SFX & Solos on KO2 Reverb/Delay on Strymon Blue Sky
directly recorded on #ZoomH6 plus ambient sound no other processing

"Rough story breakdown - opens, green misty planet, small shuttle appears, crash lands on misty alien planet, drowsy pilot explores around the base of infinitely tall cliffs, in the twilight creatures eyes peer out in the deep forest, breathing, hissing, overhead the occasional space ship blares past, days seem to pass, being followed, distant bells call, see light on hill, panics, runs, enters dark alien 'castle', signs of humanity, but memories, corridors of gruesome happenings, dreamtime, escape from this world, finds unused shuttle on rooftop, flys, escapes over the endless forest, a moment of triumph, but a creature lurks in the shuttle, slo motion struggle, crash, melancholy, it all begins again"

Normally: All the Volcas and the KO2 are routed through MickXer 5 into 1. That then goes into the Zoom MS70 delay/reverb in stereo, then into the Zoom H6 recorder which powers my Beyer DT770 headphones for great mix balancing in real time. The volcas are sync'd as usual in a cv chain with each others in/out and v Drum as master. Also the Zoom H6 will eventually record 3 stereo tracks simultaneously (the vKeys and vModular through the effects) the vDrum and vBass (direct) and the two mics recording the ambient outdoor sounds live. For outdoor jams, power comes from normal phone style powerbanks 10000 & 20000mAh and I use the myvolts ripcord 5V to 9V USB adapter"

Korg Mono/Poly w/ MIDI

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"This fabulous Korg Mono/Poly has had MIDI In & Out ports professionally fitted!

The Mono/Poly is famous for its excellent arpeggiator, which has the ability to cycle through each of its 4 VCOs, creating weaving and evolving rhythms. With MIDI installed into this Mono/Poly, you can easily sync the arpeggiator to tempo, opening all sorts of possibilities. 😻

This Mono/Poly also has had an IEC (standard kettle cord) power supply fitted. (Most of the Mo/Pos you can get on ebay are spec'd for Japanese Voltage and require a step-down transformer to use in Australia and elsewhere)"

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DELTA VCF + JUNO-1 (Progressive House) [Fair Weather]

Published on Aug 5, 2018 gstormelectro

"Audio and Video by G-Storm Electro c. 2018

Today I'm performing a Progressive House jam featuring my Delta VCF Eurorack Module.
The Delta VCF is a eurorack adaptation of the Korg Delta/Poly-61 synthesizers, and it's excellent for resonant bass pads!
And with resonance it will not dilute your bass frequencies like some filters do.

Delta VCF is conjuring up a Max Graham style bass pad using waveforms by the Pittsburgh Synthesizer Box PWM and Saw.
Stereo Widening using Eventide Timefactor

Synth Lead - Roland Juno-1, Big Sky reverb
Kick/Snare - Basimilus Iteritas Alter
Reverb-y Snare - Noise into Bastl Skis for a noise burst...
then my Reverb Tank Driver, then uBurst (MI Clouds)
Hats - Tiptop Hats909
Cowbell - Future Retro Transient
Sequencing - Arturia Beatstep Pro

Recorded direct to Tascam DR-05, some post processing in Cubase."

"The Delta VCF is a faithful clone of the Korg Delta synthesizer filter in Eurorack. The lowpass circuit was also found in the Poly-61. And uses the same OTA chips and dual transistor as the original Delta. It is all analog, no DSP, so it will warm up any signal run through it.

Version 2 is the same circuit, sound and features as version 1. New features for version 2!
- Revised panel design, adjustment pots are available from the front
- Module depth is now skiff- and boat-friendly
- Slightly less current draw

FEATURES
Two filter slopes: original 4-pole, and 2-pole.
Two filter modes: lowpass or bandpass.
Illuminated Frequency and Resonance Bourns Slider pots.
Mix together two different input oscillators at the input jacks w/ signal attenuation/gain pots. These inputs can overdrive the filter.
Modulate the filter cutoff with two different input control voltages w/ signal attenuation pots.
There are trim pots on PCB for adjusting frequency and resonance range. Some of you out there may want to give a little boost to the resonance trimpot on the PCB. Doing so will make this thing scream and howl a little harder.

Available exclusively in my Reverb Store at http://reverb.com/shop/gstormelectro

“I just wanted to say I'm loving this filter! It sounds gorgeous and is wonderfully constructed.” – Adam, NY
“I just wanted to let you know I got the module and I love it so much! Definitely one of my fav filters.” – Esar, GA
“Great sounding module, love it“ – Adam, Australia
“Great filter” – A.C., IAf
“awesome” – Steve, CA"

FROSTWAVE THE RESONATOR - KORG MS20 Filter Clone

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"You are looking at a Frostwave Resonator analog filter pedal. Made in Australia, currently out of production. It is a Korg MS20 synthesizer filter in a guitar pedal box, combining resonant high pass and low pass filters with a good dose of CV control for both sides. Plug an expression pedal into it, or interface it with modular synthesizer gear."

With resonance turned up, this thing cuts like a knife.

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Retro - Akai MPC Live Only (No talking)

Published on Nov 7, 2017 ranzee av

"A live performance on the Akai MPC Live - more of a different retro (80s style) to this track. All samples recorded by me (see list below), no external gear. One take, no edits, single camera recorded on a Zoom Q4 direct audio out of MPC Live into the camera.

Samples:
► Fairlight CMI
► Roland D-50
► Roland SE-02
► Roland JU-06
► Roland System-8
► Roland System-1
► Waldorf Streichfett
► Korg Minilogue
► Alesis HR16A
► My voice

Filmed in my hotel room in Brisbane, QLD, Australia. Yeah, I got bored! I guess this also qualifies as my 3rd coffee table jam!

All work is original without any commercial benefit from supplier or manufacturer."

KORG: SDD3000 Delay & ARP Odyssey Synthesizer

Published on Sep 19, 2017 Korg Australia

"Stomping on Synths: Korg SDD-3000 + ARP Odyssey"

Pain by Sound of Science (feat. John von Ahlen)

Published on Jul 26, 2017 rezfilter

New track from Analogue Solutions Tom Carpenter, and Jason Huffman.

"Pain & Remixes EP available on iTunes now!

Pain EP Remixes by Sound of Science (feat. John von Ahlen)

Synths featured:
Pro One, Korg 770, Waldorf XT, Wasp, Waldorf Wave, AS Modules, AS Telemark, RSF Kobol, EML400

Tracks:

Pain (original)
Pain (Mind Your Faith Remix) by Chad Glenn
Pain (Introvert Rework) by Introvert
Pain (Johnery Doo Mix) by Simon Forsyth
Pain (Adam et Eve Mix) by Chad Glenn

Sound of Science is a transatlantic duo comprising Tom Carpenter and Jason Huffman.

Tom is the man behind Analogue Solutions and has been building synthesizers for over 15 years. He has supplied synths to people such as Trent Reznor, Martin Gore, Vince Clarke, Phil Oakey, Daniel Miller, and many more. The designs are directly influenced by his love of electronic music.

Jason is an analogue synth wizard, composer and a lover of all things that make noise. He also produces the legendary Rezfilter videos (see YouTube) that highlight these excellent synthesizers. Together they have pooled their years of combined experience of songwriting and sound design to produce real songs using real synthesizers.

Vocals & Lyrical support by John von Ahlen: [ PARRALOX, SOUND OF THE CROWD, THE TENTH STAGE ]

John has been writing and producing music for over 15 years. His production/collaboration credits include Big Brother Australia, Delta Goodrem, Olivia Newton-John, Gina G, Belinda Emmett, Rove Live (TV Theme), skitHouse (TV Theme), Queer As Folk, The Wog Boy (Soundtrack), Tabula Rasa (Soundtrack), Johnny X, Mr Jones, Craig Heath, Real Life, Angelspit and Tankt."

Frostwave Quad MIDI-CV Plus w/ Joystick Port

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Only one previously posted here.

"The Frostwave Quad MIDI-CV Plus is a rare rack mount four channel MIDI to analogue CV converter made in Australia by the now defunct Frostwave company. The unit operates in three different modes including as a basic four channel CV converter where it interprets MIDI note number, velocity, and note on/off on any four adjacent MIDI channels and produces corresponding control voltages and gate voltages to control up to four analogue mono Synths.

Switches enable each channel to be either V/Oct (Roland, Moog, Arp etc) or Hz/V (Korg MS series). Gate polarity can be either positive or S-trigger (Moog) type.

There is also DIN sync output for vintage Drum Machines which can be locked to the MIDI tempo..."

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Acid Dub: 303/TB3/Avalon/777/VolcaBass/808/RYTM

Published on Nov 1, 2016 Honeysmack

"Gear used:
Roland TB303 Devilfish
Roland TR808
Roland TB3
Avalon Bassline
Future Retro 777
Korg Volca Bass
Elektron Rytm

Effects not shown:
Eventide Space
Ensoniq DP/2

Live single take no edits no post.

Presenting a paper 'Exploring Sonic Contexts of the Roland TB-303 Bassline Synthesizer' at the 2nd Synthposium on November 14 in Melbourne, Australia

http://synthposium.net"

The Secret Life of Synthesizers

The Secret Life of Synthesizers (TSLOS for short) is a blog by Craig Sue & Steve Jones. The site hosts an incredible amount of content on each individual synth featured, including hi-res pics of both the externals and internals, and how to properly care for them. Currently you'll find the Roland Juno-106, EHX Mini Synth, KORG PS-3300, Minimoog Model D, Sequential Circuits Pro-One, Yamaha CS-80, and the KORG 35 Filter. TSLOS are also synth techs, located in Sydney Australia, so if you need work done, contact them. The following is the intro from their site:

"Welcome to our blog about the inner world of electronic music synthesizers. This is a site for those who use and love vintage electronic musical instruments or who are interested in joining the community of people who are continuing the legacy of creating music using these machines. TSLOS is run by Steve Jones and Craig Sue at our service centre in Sydney, Australia.

The purpose of this blog is to take you inside these synthesizers with little photo essays detailing the inner workings of the vintage instruments that we use ourselves and that come through our restoration workshop. The posts will provide a little technical information without being too nerdy, the idea being to provide a photographic tour under the hood of each synthesizer with insights into how and why they work and sound as they do. If you are into vintage synths and have wondered what things such as Curtis chips and Moog ladder filters actually look like, Why a CS-80 weighs 100 kilo’s or why a Roland MKS-80 is most definitely not a 'Jupiter 8 in a rack' then our blog will show you.

With each post we will also work to demystify issues around reliability and servicing, buying, tuning and maintaining these instruments in the hope that it will help you to achieve the satisfaction that comes from playing a perfectly working synthesizer that is a part of the history of electronic music. Tap or click on the images for a larger view!"

secretlifeofsynthesizers.com

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NYZ DRN4 DECLASSIFIED

Exclusive mix on SoundCloud:


And a track from the release on Bandcamp:


Tracklist:

1. NYZ_FMMGKSQ_43t
2. ISR_16x16_WCM
3. CSN [excerpt 2 mono]
4. SWI_r170_16x32x32_B
5. SWI_FM1#16
6. NYZ-1_1#08_A [finite downsized]
7.CSN1 [excerpt 1 mono]

Be sure to see the MATRIXSYNTH exclusive further below!

FM EXPLORATIONS AND MICROTONAL DRONES FROM NYZ (AKA DAVE NOYZE, DAVID BURRASTON, NOYZELAB, BRYEN TELKO)

This is the first release by NYZ and is a superb musical collection of research areas classified to internal Noyzelab operations. Not even .MEDS label were informed of the secret processes underlying its creation, excepting that we know it involved Frequency Modulation (FM) synthesis! We have not been given any information regarding when this work was recorded, but we suspect the material spans at least a decade of David's FM algorithm research on numerous synthesizers, as well his own custom built ear deceiving gear...

According to one reviewer of David's previous musical output he "gleefully disrupts just about every standard convention of musical form you could think of, including those of so-called experimental musics."

Other reviewers have written that :
"His music is a bizarre, yet compelling journey investigating the outer realms of music generated on ancient & contemporary machines." "It's strikingly original audio that doesn't really sound like anything else I can think of." "Utterly sublime. So there you go, a life-affirming slab of mind-altering sound to reawaken you to the terrifying possibilities of creation."

"absolutely wreaks havoc" wrote Keith Fullerton Whitman on reviewing David's last release T. H. Cycle cassette on Important Records/Cassauna .

Cassette releases April 1, 2016

All Audio by David Burraston
Design Tom Knapp

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MATRIXSYNTH recently asked NYZ why he put together this new album of FM synthesis based explorations, and whether he would discuss some of the process behind it. The declassified information below has been put together by NYZ especially for a MATRIXSYNTH exclusive.

***BEGIN NYZ DRN4 DECLASSIFICATION REPORT***

DC REPORT STATUS: PARTIAL DECLASSIFICATION ONLY
PARTIAL DC STATUS: INCOMPLETE CELLULAR BINARY SPACETIME
PARTIAL DC LEVEL: SEMI-PICTORIAL_TEXTUAL_HIGHLIGHTS
FUTURE DC STATUS: _PENDING

The main reasons for making this album were an interest in FM synthesis in both analogue modular and MIDI/digital mediums. I had worked with digital FM synthesis since getting a Yamaha TX81Z when they came out back in 1987 (which I still have, along with another backup machine with a very hummy mains transformer which bleeds onto the outs). How me and another synth friend used to cry with drunken laughter at preset D11 Hole in 1... :) But after initially wondering whether I had just wasted about 350 UK pounds on an utter piece of shit... I quickly warmed to its better presets, and its very different approach to synthesis yielded enough interesting results early on for it not to get outed.

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Quasimidi Rave-O-Lution SN 43078 with Synth, Drum & IO Expansions

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In Melbourne Australia

"This is one of the finest complete electronic music making devices ever made.

The Synth option board gives you 4 MIDI addressable Synthesizer voices (on 4 channels, completely multi-timbral). The drum sounds have an almost infinite about of editing options (including paramaters only addressable by MIDI).

The sequencer is capable of highly complicated fill ins and live arrangments that no other device is capable of. This is one of the only genuinely Unique pieces of music production technology. Fill ins and vatiations on the right hand size 8 buttons mute only the instrument they're playing on (so, a Snare fill mutes the Snare from the main pattern, not the whole pattern).

Full step and realtime editing with high precision and variable bar lengths are available.

Overdrive gives the Synth line a nice squidgy propertly. Glide and Accent allow you to make 303-style bloops and bleeps, but with a complete selection of waveforms, you can make very diverse sounds far beyong the standard 303 faire.

Includes

Original Power Supply

Drum Expansion ROM

Synth Expansion ROM

Crazily Rare & Expensive IO Board. 2 extra outputs, and 2 audio ins, which have a filter and can be triggered from sequencer

It took me years to get a Ravey with all these options, but I'm moving house and it's a very regretful sale.

Located in Melbourne, Australia. I can deliver to any Metropolitan train station for free, Rural train stations within reason at Buyer's expense.

Will post Australia Wide!!! Hesitant to post overseas. A handling fee of $15 will be applied to any postage in addition to the cost of materials and postage & registration/insurance.

All buttons and knobs are responsive. The Sound Select knobs have been exchanged for Korg Polysix knobs, they're bigger than the original knobs. With the Synth expansion, you really need the bigger knobs due to finer control required.

Does not have rack ears."

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Frostwave Quad MIDI to CV Converter

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I don't believe I've posted one of these before. Interesting bit of gear from Frostwave's history.

"Control up to 4 of your favourite CV-equipped, analogue synthesizers at one time with a MIDI-source computer or digital instrument with this incredibly versatile MIDI to CV / Gate conversion unit.

Info:

The Frostwave Quad MIDI-CV Plus is a rack mount four channel MIDI to analogue CV convertor, designed and manufactured in Australia. The unit operates in three different modes:

1. As a basic four channel convertor, it interprets MIDI note number, velocity, and note on/off on any four adjacent MIDI channels and produces corresponding control voltages and gate voltages to drive up to four analogue mono synths.

Or to control your FROSTWAVE RESONATOR and/or FROSTWAVE BLUERINGER V2

Switches enable each channel to be either V/Oct (Roland, Moog, Arp etc) or Hz/V (Korg MS series). Gate polarity can be either positive or S-trigger (Moog) type. Pitch bend information is interpreted on each channel via a 16-bit DAC and added to the control voltage to give smooth glides. There is a DIN sync output for early drum machines, locked to the MIDI tempo.

2. The second mode is for modular systems, with various MIDI controllers being interpreted from one channel. Eight continuous and four gated outputs are available.

3. In the third mode, the unit is used as a MIDI controller. Plugging a standard analog games joystick into the unit allows samplers etc. to be triggered by the fire buttons. Moving the joystick changes the notes and volume.

Other Uses:

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AMBIENT GUITAR w KORG MS-20 mini VOLCA live AMBIENT DUB JAM I ThePhantomsGuest & Volcarock I #18

Published on Sep 7, 2014 VolcaRock

"a global live AMBIENT GUITAR & DUB SESSION with GUITAR into KORG MS-20 mini, all KORG VOLCAS & some other great synths
Special thanks to the fantastic guitar-player, The Phantoms Guest, he plays the leadguitar and ebow. Enjoy and please check his great stuff out on his channel:
https://www.youtube.com/user/thephant...

Recorded in may 2014 without overdubs, Noise Reduction and Mastering in just one take! When I finished my session, I send the Track to The Phantoms Guest, He also recorded his part in just one take on the other side of the world (Melbourne/Australia)!

ENJOY LISTENING AND WATCHING :-)
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KORG VOLCA SET UP:
Korg Volca Keys, Volca Bass & Volca Beats into the sub mixer

SUB MIXER for all Volcas: Behringer Xenyx 802
SEND FX used for Volca Keys
Danelectro Spring King into Rocktron Tsunami Chorus into 2 Behringer Vintage Time Machines (built into one housing) for analog Stereo Delay

SYNTHESIZER RACK SETUP (*used on this track)
Roland Juno 60 (with Kenton MIDI PCB MK II)*
Doepfer MS 404*
Waldorf Puls I*
Waldorf Microwave I (with Access Programmer)*
Nord Modular Rack*
Emu Proteus 2000
Yamaha Tx81z
Jomox Xbase 09 (special edition with Jazbase upgrade)*
Roland Rhythm 77
Roland DR-880
all Synths run into Soundcraft Spirit M12 into Main Mixer (TL Audio Fat Track)

Send FX Spirit M12:
Line 6 Echo Pro (Tape dub Delay)
Lexicon MPX 100 (Hall/Chamber)

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Korg 800Dv Univox Maxikorg Vintage Analog Synthesizer SN 0417

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This is the one recently posted in this video. Some details from the listing:

"Korg 800Dv or univox maxi korg ( both are same unit as this was licensed to univox for production in USA . This analog synthesiser was produced in 1975 it was the first genuine duo-phonic synthesiser produced. It has separate controls for each voice ( upper and lower). These are quite rare in Australia and I only know of only 2 others in the country both of which I have owned, ( I operate the Facebook group dedicated to this rare model of korg).

(I am Selling this rare synth as I have currently have 3 units).

The sound of these has to be heard to be believed. This is probably the only mono synth that can take it up to the minimoog for 12 rounds then deliver the knockout blow with ear shattering distorted ring modulation , and still have a voice to spare,

As used by vangelis and kitaro.. The korg 800dv is similar in construction to Korgs first synthesizer the minikorg or 700. However the 800dv has more than 2 times the amount of circuitry. And that's 1970's discreet oscillators and filters for an immense sound

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