TM32 DOS MIDI Synth with Roland MT-32, CM-32L and General MIDI

video upload by PhilsComputerLab

"TM32 is Serdaco's latest external MIDI synthesizer! It's very compact, runs mt32-pi and great for DOS games with compatibility of Roland MT-32, Roland CM-32L and General MIDI.

Disclosure: Serdaco sent me this product for free to create a video review. I am not getting paid, but I do get to keep the product.

Use PHILSCOMPUTERLAB discount code for 5% discount on any purchase!

Buy the TM32: https://www.serdashop.com/TM32
Buy the PicoGUS: https://www.serdashop.com/PicoGUS
Buy the DB15MIDI: https://www.serdashop.com/DB15MIDI
Buy the MIDI cable 1m: https://www.serdashop.com/MIDI-Cable-1m
Buy the MIDI cable 1.5m: https://www.serdashop.com/MIDI-Cable-1.5-m

🛠 Resources 🛠
Software for SD card: https://www.serdashop.com/TM32
ROM files: https://archive.org/details/mame-versioned-roland-mt-32-and-cm-32l-rom-files
500 SoundFonts Collection: https://archive.org/details/500-soundfonts-full-gm-sets
GeneralUser GS SoundFont: https://schristiancollins.com/generaluser.php
SoftMPU: https://bjt42.github.io/softmpu/"

"TM32 is a MIDI synthesizer that supports General MIDI / GS SF2 soundfonts and optional MT32 emulation

The software is based on the open source MT32Pi, with a tweaked configuration for excellent live performance, preloaded with default GeneralUser GS soundfont.

Complete fully built and tested unit, including enclosure.

You can download the sd card files here.

TM32 is the successor to MP32L which is still available until end of stock.

Features :

High Quality Stereo DAC, 3.5mm stereo line out

Standard DIN MIDI input

Micro SD card slot for MT32Pi based software

USB-C connector for power (for 5V 2A adapter)

Uses Pi zero 2W, 512 mbyte of RAM

High quality enclosure with TM32 led glow logo, dimensions : 81mm x 75mm x 26mm , 74g

Supports SF2 soundfonts up to 400mbyte, 16 part multitimbral (all 16 midi channels)

Optional support for MT32 emulation (need to supply your own ROM files on the micro sd card)

128 voices polyphony

Low latency

Switch between soundfonts with the press of a button"

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Moog Sequencer Complement B Reissue

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DYNACORD ADVANCED DIGITAL DRUMS ADD One

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Ambient 0 v1.5 - Microtonal Ambient Techno Jam

video upload by ChrisLody

"So Sonicware dropped a new firmware update for the Ambient 0 on Friday which fixes bug and adds a bunch of new features, main details below.

So this jam uses the Noise channel to process external audio by filtering it and panning it around, plus the hands on control for that is great fun. I've also dialled in a Pure Minor temperament and I'm using the new Osc Level target to create an envelope like decay using a one shot LFO. Hopefully you'll be able to hear some of the new temperament in this, particularly in the melody line. Because of the way temperaments work (video soon) they all need a root note assigning to them and this can be abused to get things even more wonky which is what I've done here by setting it to Ab which I'm sure is the wrong key. All in all some very nice additions which make the Amb0 even more appealing to me."

https://sonicware.jp/pages/downloads

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Hypnotic Ambient Jam with Solar 42F | 59 Perlen

video upload by 59 Perlen

"Hi guys ,

at the moment my jams are focused on learning the Solar 42F, what else :D it's still a big challenge to make music spontaneously with the instrument. The preparations still take far too long for me - it can easily take half an hour to tune all the synths. Since my goal is to play a live show with the instrument, I've put the focus on that and I don't yet know how I'm supposed to manage 1 complete hour without a break for the night tuning. Maybe one of you has the Solar and can give me tips on how to configure it for a live performance longer than 15 minutes. Either way, have fun with the jam :D"

Waldorf QUANTUM SHADOW 007 of 30 Limited Edition

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SN *19490900007* via this eBay listing

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You Asked for Patches, So Here are 90 Patches for Korg multi/poly and multi/poly native

video upload by Keith Crosley

"You wanted my patches? Well, here they are: 90 patches for Korg multi/poly that you've probably heard in my previous multi/poly videos. And, yeah, they're just $5! You also get more than 100 programs (layers) and custom wavetables from the KRC Mathwaves and KRC Orchestral Impressions wavetable collections. Grab your patch cables and come along with me on a multi/poly audio safari-a-go-go. (I'm gonna have to work on that description. It's fine for now.)

LINKS!:

New patches for Korg multi/poly and multi/poly native: 90 performances, 105 programs, and 104 custom wavetables for just $5! Get it here: https://www.wavetables.lol/l/multipol...

KRC Mathwaves full collection -- 160,000+ wavetables, including new multi/poly inspired wavetables and the 'Varieties of Noise' sample library -- usually $29, can be yours for just $20 using code SANDRA at checkout or by following this link: https://www.wavetables.lol/l/wavetabl...

KRC Orchestral Impressions wavetable collection -- more than 38,000 wavetables sourced from acoustic instrument samples, just $5!: https://www.wavetables.lol/l/orch?lay...

KRC Mathwaves free wavetables sampler (1600+ wavetables, absolutely FREE): https://www.wavetables.lol/l/free?lay..."

Elektron Analog Four and Octatrack...walk into a studio

video upload by Mamotreco

"Back on the Elektron synths and machines with a clutch assist from the Roland JV-880, I'm trying to start making music again. Join me as I document my process with Analog Four and Octatrack at the core of my hardware synth setup.

Current channel music compilation: https://mamotreco.bandcamp.com
Previous music releases available here: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com"

Korg multi/poly native: First Look and Listen, Micro-review! (Live from Margaritaville)

video upload by Keith Crosley

"At long last, Korg multi/poly native has arrived! Now you can have the awesome virtual analog sound of multi/poly on your desktop (in standalone mode) or as a VST in your DAW. Of course, it sounds exactly like the hardware... Which is to say, it sounds wonderful. I run through some of my previous Korg multi/poly patches (featured in my previous three-part review and deep dive series), talk briefly about the 3 oscillators, give you a quick look at the interface, and show off a few new wavetable sounds based on the "timbral extraction" techniques from KRC Orchestral Impressions. Also, I'm wasting away in Margaritaville -- literally -- so grab your shaker of salt and join me for this yacht-rock-a-go-go episode of your favorite talky synthesizer content show.

TRY or BUY KORG MULTI/POLY NATIVE HERE:
https://www.korg.com/us/products/soft...

Buy in the Korg store ($149 intro price special, and well worth it, if ya ask me):
https://korg.shop/software/natives/si...

KRC Mathwaves full collection -- 160,000+ wavetables, including new multi/poly inspired wavetables and the "Varieties of Noise" sample library -- usually $29, can be yours for just $20 using code SANDRA at checkout or by following this link: https://www.wavetables.lol/l/wavetabl...

KRC Orchestral Impressions wavetable collection -- more than 38,000 wavetables sourced from acoustic instrument samples, just $5!:
https://www.wavetables.lol/l/orch?lay...

KRC Mathwaves free wavetables sampler (1600+ wavetables, absolutely FREE): https://www.wavetables.lol/l/free?lay..."

CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction to Korg multi/poly Native
01:15 Overview of Korg multi/poly Features
02:25 Beta Testing Insights
03:48 Wavetable Collection Introduction
04:38 Recording Environment and Setup
05:24 Challenges with Travel Setup
06:40 Unique Sound Patches Demonstration
08:13 Visualizing Waveforms and Modulation
09:18 Filter Emulations and Sound Design
11:29 Analog Synthesizer Comparisons
13:18 Advanced Features and Settings
15:29 Dynamic Voice Allocation and Performance
19:24 Exploring Filter Types and Characteristics
21:44 Techniques for Enhancing Filter Sounds
23:35 Unique Sound Effects
24:31 Combining Digital and Analog Sounds
26:06 Experimenting with Filter Emulations
28:53 Old School Flavor in Synthesis
30:16 Creative Sound Design Techniques
32:15 Integrating Orchestral Wavetables
34:24 Korg multi/poly Native Release
35:09 Final Thoughts and Recommendations

Additional Korg multi/poly demos by Keith Crosley

Rod Stewart Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? ~ Vintage Synthesizer Recreation ~ RetroSound

video upload by RetroSound

"(c)2007-25 by RetroSound
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi

❤️ Support #RetroSound​ channel: https://retrosound.creator-spring.com

If you want that synth and you think so sexy
Come on, tell me so
If you really need that synth, just reach out and touch it
Come on, tell me so 😃

One of my favorite tracks from the late 70s.
Da Ya Think I’m Sexy? by Rod Stewart from the album Blondes Have More Fun (1978)

Featured the Moog Minimoog, the Moog Taurus bass pedal, Yamaha RefaceCP for the Rhodes sound and the ARP Quadra for the analog strings

This cover song series contains my own recreations of my favourite songs from the last 50 years. The original music from which I take inspiration belong to their respective owners. I recreate tracks only for personal passion and to pay homage to these tracks."

Elements Vol 2 - Patches 26 to 50 (of 100) - u-he - Repro 5

video upload by GEOSynths

"Vol 2 Out March 1st 2025
It's been a few years since I made Patches with REPRO, which I think is one of the best Software Synths out there to create "Analog" style Sounds and beyond. As you can see, I have a Prophet 10 and I can get the sounds so close, it's really quite astounding.

I'm back with another 100 Patches, covering Pads & Motion, Bass & Lead, Strings & Keys and a whole lot more. As usual, all 100 Patches are demonstrated over 4 Videos - This the 2nd Video.

Requires - Repro 1.1.3 (revision 16797) and will only work on u-he REPRO 5 and not the Sequential Prophet 5/10.

This is the 1st Video demonstrating Patches 26 to 50.

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Dreadbox Murmux Adept #2 | Winterdagen

video upload by Winterdagen

"I love how warm the Dreadbox Murmux Adept sounds. I've had Murmux for a couple of weeks now and I'm still incredibly happy with it. An important test for a synth for me is how it sounds combined with my piano. So this afternoon I recorded this little piece. I think they sound lovely together :-)

ps. apparently I accidentally bumped the right mic forward just before recording this.

Thanks for listening!"

Adept 1 previously posted here.

Progress on the DIY polysynth software

video upload by POLYKIT DIY SYNTH

"I made some progress on the software side of the analog 8-voice DIY polysynth that I'm going to discuss in this video. Have fun!

Support me on Patreon to make this and other projects possible: / polykit

Check out my Eurorack DIY kits: https://store.polykit.rocks

Key features of the synth:
8 independent analog voices
one VCO/VCA/ADSR per voice
ADSR can modulate filter frequency and resonance
multi-mode filter (8 different filter responses)
fully programmable
store/restore patches
programmable control/input section
16x2 LCD
MIDI input

If you are interested in the build process make sure to check out the playlist:"

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Website: https://polykit.rocks
Mastodon: https://chaos.social/@polykit

Synthwave overkill? Classic Prophet-6 sunrise sounds in a laid-back synthwave jam

video upload by Good Sunset

🌞 ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@SequentialLLC‬ Prophet-6 pads - ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@strymon‬ Deco - Source Audio Collider
​⁠​⁠🌞 ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@ArturiaOfficial‬ MiniFreak bass - ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@sourceaudioeffects‬ Artifakt - ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@Zoom‬ MS70CDR
​⁠​⁠🌞 ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@CritterGuitariInc‬ Organelle M arp - ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@walrusaudioeffects‬ M1 chorus - ​⁠ ​⁠​⁠‪@empresseffects‬ ​⁠ Zoia ​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@ChristopherHMJacques‬ Soft Focus patch
🌞​⁠​⁠ Logic Pro drums

Thanks for listening!

🩶 GS

Prophet-6 + MiniFreak = true love

video upload by Good Sunset

"I recently had the incalculable good fortune of getting a very good ‪@SequentialLLC‬ Prophet-6 at a very good price. This is a synth I heard in my dreams. Everything it does is inspiring. It makes me very, very happy.

It joined my ‪@ArturiaOfficial‬ MiniFreak, which I loved profoundly. And still love, though it's inevitably taken a bit of a back seat. But the real question is...how do the two play together? The first of exploration of many to come..."

Building a Plaits Kit from Sound Study Modular

video upload by Musical Miscellany

"I'm still sick but feeling quite a bit better and I'm having the urge to build something. I got this kit in December when they were on sale for the holidays. It's Sound Study Modular's clone of Mutable Instruments Plaits.

Intro - 0:00
Build Process - 1:25
How Does it Work - 6:47
Audio Demo - 7:37
Final Thoughts - 11:43

Buy Me a Coffee: https://buymeacoffee.com/musicalmisce..."

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How to Make String Sounds on the Sonicware Ambient 0 | Tutorial + Patches

video upload by Sonic Cartography

"Patch download link & table of contents below. I’ve been really enjoying these string sounds on the Sonicware Liven Ambient Ø lately and I thought I’d share them. By the way, I’m looking for new ideas for videos, so if you have requests, questions, topics, etc. you think I could cover, please let me know in the comments! I can't guarantee I'll cover all of them because I've making videos at a snail's pace lately, but it would really help me to know what people are actually interested in!

0:00 - Preview of sounds
0:52 - Setting up the core sound
4:58 - Fine tuning it in various ways
10:13 - Adding another finishing touch to the sound
12:19 - Making it more orchestral
16:53 - Making it a little more synthetic sounding
19:14 - Other voice mode options
24:24 - Micro-looping

Patches (one pattern file, with different variations of the sound on each of the three synth layers): https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ad38ls..."

Oberheim DX w/ Factory Midi SN H50533

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Roland D-50 for Ambient Music | Legendary SYNTH [No talking]

video upload by Le Code

"There are synthesizers that mark an entire generation: the Roland D-50 is one of them. Used by many musicians in the '80s and '90s, I'm playing with it today for an ambient session, enhanced by Microcosm's Hologram and Strymon's Big Sky pedals.

The D-50 evokes a specific memory for me: the soundtrack to the film 'The Big Blue' by Eric Serra, who used it on several tracks. So nostalgic for me..."

GS Music E7 X Digitone 2 : Multitimbral Madness

video upload by SQF

"The E7 is essentially 4 synths in one. Tracks 1-8 on the Digitone 2 are all midi to the E7 using the multitimbral patch capabilities. You can assign 4 midi channels to 4 separate patches and allocate the 7 availalbe voices between them. At times I'm sending up to 3 midi channels at once. I've got filter cuttoff mapped for each midi channel, which is what I'm adjusting on the DN2. It's less button presses than modifying directly on the e7.

If Cerebral Brewing in Denver wants to sponsor me, I'm open."

02.07.2025 Mos-Lab & Scrotum Lab

video upload by batchas

"Une séquence très simple pour tester un quantizer que je pense adopter.
Je n'ai eu que des problèmes techniques depuis que j'ai acheté des modules et un rack Series 500. Ça a commencé avec le boitier 500 qui ne passait même pas dans le rack et ça a continué module après module (même avec du neuf qui ne fonctionnait pas et que j'ai du échanger), jusqu'au ground loop hier sur les entrée DI qui empêche tout ! Bref j'aurais mieux fait de m'en tenir à mon setup habituel, plutôt que de me lancer dans le API 500. Alors afin de me calmer, je me suis mis sur le 2500 et j'en ai profité pour essayer un quantizer (le Shakmat Bard Quartet) avec une séquence toute simple. J'ai commencé la session avec un tempo bien rapide ( • 02.07.2025 Mos-Lab & Scrotum Lab - Th... ) et puis la séquence et le tempo se sont adoucis jusqu'à cette fin de session qui aurait pu encore continuer, continuer, continuer..."

Googlish:

"A very simple sequence to test a quantizer that I think I will adopt.
I have had nothing but technical problems since I bought modules and a Series 500 rack. It started with the 500 box that did not even fit in the rack and it continued module after module (even with new ones that did not work and that I had to exchange), until the ground loop yesterday on the DI inputs that prevented everything! In short, I would have done better to stick to my usual setup, rather than launching into the API 500. So in order to calm down, I switched to the 2500 and took the opportunity to try a quantizer (the Shakmat Bard Quartet) with a very simple sequence. I started the session with a very fast tempo ( • 02.07.2025 Mos-Lab & Scrotum Lab - Th... ) and then the sequence and the tempo softened until this end of the session which could have continued, continued, continued..."