Best Ambient Synth Shootout Videos by Christian's Sonic Spaces

Published on Jun 4, 2017 Christian's Sonic Spaces

31 videos at the time of this post showcasing various synths. Note the list is out of order for whatever reason. You can use the controls in the player above to get to what you want. Be sure to read the list below. You don't see demos for some of these synths that often. Each (synth and demo) have something different and interesting to offer. Don't miss the formant demos of the FS1R. That's the actual synth engine - no samples.

Playlist:
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #30: E-MU Morpheus - Song 1
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #29: Bastl Instruments XOR - Song 1
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #28: Technics WSA1- Song 3
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #25: SM Pro Audio V-Machine - Song 3
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #21: M-Audio Venom - Song 2
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #18: Bastl Instruments Kastle - Song 1
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #16: Modal Craft Synth - Song 2
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #7: Yamaha FS1R - Song 1
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #17: Kawai K5000R - Song 3
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #12: Ensoniq Fizmo - Song 3
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #6: Korg Wavestation SR - Song 3
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #2: Yamaha TG33 - Song 2
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #X1: Bastl Instruments MicroGranny 2
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #27: Technics WSA1- Song 2
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #24: SM Pro Audio V-Machine - Song 2
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #20: M-Audio Venom - Song 1
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #19: Bastl Instruments Kastle - Song 2
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #15: Modal Craft Synth - Song 1
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #14: Kawai K5000R - Song 2
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #11: Ensoniq Fizmo - Song 2
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #9: Yamaha FS1R - Song 3
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #4: Korg Wavestation SR - Song 1
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #3: Yamaha TG33 - Song 3
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #26: Technics WSA1- Song 1
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #23: SM Pro Audio V-Machine - Song 1
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #22: M-Audio Venom - Song 3
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #13: Kawai K5000R - Song 1
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #10: Ensoniq Fizmo - Song 1
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #8: Yamaha FS1R - Song 2
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #5: Korg Wavestation SR - Song 2
Best Ambient Synth Shootout #1: Yamaha TG33 - Song 1

M-Audio Venom - Demystified & Custom Sounds!

video upload by LFOstore

M-Audio Venom "Best Analog & Ambient Sounds" 128 presets Free Pack!
video upload by LFOstore

"Finally we made a demystification of M-Audio's white devil - Venom Synth!
This complex soundset contains best sounds we found online & we tweak them to our taste.

And this soundset showing analog & ambient side of Venom & its potential for soft & organic sounds.

128 presets splitted on categories:

Pads, Drones, Spheres
Massive Strings
Analog-Like Basses
Cutting-Edge Leads
Arps & Sequences
Plucks & Bells
FX

Vyzex editor & driver are included to this pack.
Re-discover your Venom Synthesizer with our sounds selection!

Made by Nick Klimenko aka Chronos, a creator of 'Organica' for Waldorf Blofeld & 'WS Universe' for Korg Wavestation"

M-Audio Venom 49 Key Analog Modeling Synthesizer

via this auction

"Awesome Bit Of Info:
The Designers Used Some Various Eurorack Modules As Source Sounds For This Synth.
This Is The First Synth That Has Some Harvestman Zorlon Cannon Sounds Included....

'Rather than rely on digital synth modeling, M-Audio has used raw samples of the original instruments to give the Venom its voice. Taiho Yamada, the designer of the Venom, wheeled out dozens of specimens from his vast synth collection (and called in a few favors from friends) to gather samples. These samples of vintage synths — Moogs, Arps, Oberheims, Rolands and the lot — form the foundation of the Venom’s sonic palette. Yamada’s team also sampled some bizarre old hardware. A Harvestman Zorlon Cannon, which employs the same kind of tone generator used in the Atari 2600, was used to achieve some chiptune flavors. An old, tube-driven Hewlett-Packard test oscillator yielded a pure and glassy sine wave. A circuit-bent Roland TR-808 supplied some crunchy drums.'"

Check out my review and interview with Taiho Yamada here. You can find an M-Audio Venom iPad editor here for TB MIDI Stuff, and a wireless one here for TouchOSC and The Missing Link.

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M-Audio Venom Synth Keyboard

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via this auction

Side note: check out my review and exclusive interview with the Venom's product manager Taiho Yamada here.  You'll find some trips and tricks.  Also see this post for some alternate color designs of the Venom and a link to Taiho's Venom blog where you'll find additional tips.

via the listing:

"New and unopened M-Audio Venom Synthesizer/Midi controller/USB Audio Interface...



49 full-size keys with velocity
12-voice polyphony
Features 512 single patches and 256 multi-sound patches
41 oscillator waves and 53 drum sounds sampled from vintage analog and digital FM synths and drum machines
Three oscillators per voice
FM, sync, and dynamic wave-shaping
Three LFOs and three AHDSR envelopes
Four-part multitimbral
Four independent MIDI-syncable phrase sequencers
Two global bus effects and one inset effect per part
Classic arpeggiator
Tap tempo and top-panel BPM control
Built-in USB 2.0 2-in, 2-out 24-bit audio interface
Microphone, instrument, and stereo line level inputs
MIDI in and out via 5-pin DIN connections
Large custom LCD display
Four rotary encoders for editing and performance control
Assignable pitch bend and modulation wheels
Vyzex Venom software editor for Mac and Windows included"

Cool cat not included.

M-Audio VENOM Synth

Published on Mar 4, 2014 VintageSynthPads·41 videos

"Sonic Boost for Venom is a collection of 200+ new presets for M-Audio Venom.
This collection of vintage style presets offers TWO complete sets of patches for Venom.
Venom is a great synth but we wanted to hear some warmer, more analog sounds from it.
Analog Pads
Rich, Thick Bass Sounds
Highly Musical Keys and Organs
Apegs
Leads
More

We believe that Venom's true potential is yet to be realized, given its 41 oscillator waves (including several vintage and classic wave types).
The goal of Sonic Boost is to bring Venom Closer to its true capability.
Available from: VintageSynthPads.com"

M-Audio Venom NEW Expansion

Published on Mar 8, 2014 VintageSynthPads·42 videos

"M-Audio Venom has some new sounds!
This collection of presets is unquestionably the most authentic analog set of sounds for M-audio Venom.
X-11 includes a very well rounded set of Guitars, Pads, Bass, Drums, Apegs, Perc, Leads, Organs, Synth and more.
X-11 has one of the most realistic electric solo guitars rivaling sampled guitars costing literally ten times the price.
All the instruments in this video are from X-11.
Available now from VintageSynthPads.com"

M-Audio VENOM mapped to an Ozonic via MIDI CC.mov

YouTube via rudiedisone | January 22, 2011 |

"I wanted to try out my new M-Audio Venom synth with an external knob controller, so I hooked it up to my old school M-Audo Ozonic via MIDI , mapped out 16 CCs to the knobs and sliders (ADSR on the sliders, cutoff, resonance, ocillator pitch etc on the knobs), and it worked great!

After tweaking around with that for a bit , I recorded some basslines right from the phrase sequencer in Venom into Ableton Live while tweaking them in real time. Then I added some drumloops, and a synth accent from Ableton's Operator FM synth, which actually is the only MIDI sequenced part here.
Here's what I came up with.

P.S.-I am really digging this Venom! It's a pretty inspiring piece of kit, has killer sounds and the audio interface works great with Ableton. Next vid, I'll try some stuff with the audio inputs."

One day | M-Audio Venom Patches

video by MIDERA

"I decided to test out an M-Audio Venom. It was shipped to me for $5 (the Venom itself cost more, of course). When it arrived, it was in a guitar case. No packaging. Just the synth against the cardboard. I would say that this ranked top worst packing I've ever seen as a synth. However, the Venom survived the trip, which suggests the plastic that held it is strong.

When I plugged it in and realized just how little you could edit it on the front screen - I was utterly shocked. I thought it couldn't be a worse interface than the AN1x, which shares its tepid UI. No, it is in fact much worse. You can edit some very basic things like ADSR, filter settings, and some LFO rates, but... you can't edit the oscillators (of which there are a ton).

Anyway, I created these sounds using the software which does in fact still work on Windows 10. And you know - if it had a UI where you could edit every parameter on the synth, it would be pretty amazing. It sounds very good, but the fact that I have to use a computer to truly edit it, means it's not for me to keep.

Used Eventide Blackhole VST for reverb

0:00 Crystals
2:37 OBwave
5:00 Bored of 2
6:01 Wonders
7:25 Vacant
8:36 Pelog
9:47 Alone"

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NOTE: Click here for a review and interview I did with the main designer of the Venom, Taiho Yamada back in 2011. You'll find the interview, followed by some tips and tricks. Taiho also worked on the Alesis Andromeda A6, and the DSP developer of the Venom worked on Radikal Technologies' Spectralis as well as the Accelerator. Taiho Yamada's most current projects are at MOK.

M Audio Venom Sonic Boost

Published on Jan 14, 2014 VintageSynthPads·28 videos

"Over 200 new presets for M-Audio Venom synthesizer.
Venom is an affordable hardware synthesizer that has been discontinued.
VintageSynthPads has designed a couple new preset banks for Venom.
These new banks focus more on the warmer, more analog side of Venom.
With over 200 new sounds, Vemon is taken to a whole new level of sonic capabilities.
Included in the presets are:

Warm Pads
Fat bass
Unique drum loops
Apegs
Classic Leads
Electric Pianos
Organs
Cool FX
MORE

You code, "venom" to save a sweet %30 at checkout!"

The Cloudwalk Collection - Soundset for the M-Audio Venom

Published on Feb 25, 2020 Cloudwalk Music

"Here it is! The new patch bank I programmed for the M-Audio Venom, and I am offering it up for free download!
This is just a quick sampling of sounds of the 119 single presets. All of the sounds that were featured in my original "Venus" soundset are there, now with improvements, along with even more sounds: Pianos, organs, clavs, basses, strings, brass, leads, pads, classic synth and techno sounds, and traditional arpeggiator patterns!
You can download the soundset at the new venom-synth user resource website:
http://www.venom-synth.com/venom-patc...
The soundset is available in both an .sqs and .sqb file format, that is compatible with the original Vysex Venom software editor."

Purple M-Audio Venom S for Auction

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via this auction

Note this was one of the prototype colors mentioned in this post, before M-Audio settled on the white design. The black one was recently listed here. I'm curious how many of these exists and if M-Audio actual released them. There is no mention of them being prototypes in the listings. The following is the description minus the terms & shipping blurb:


"Up for sale is a M-Audio Venom S Virtual Analog Synthesizer. We do not have the appropriate power supply to test this item. For this reason, it will be sold for parts/repair. This keyboard/synthesizer does have some wear with some stray marks, scuffs, scratches, and dry tape residue from tape/stickers that were removed etc. Please refer to the pictures to see exactly what this item is and the condition that it comes in."

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M-Audio® Venom: Multi-tracked

YouTube Uploaded by avid on Sep 9, 2011

"A nearly six minute-long audio demo using the M-Audio Venom synthesizer as both a synth and an audio interface, with Pro Tools and Ableton Live."

Catch my review and interview with Venom Product Manager Taiho Yamada here. Also see this post for my iPad editor including video. Funny coincidence is I was planning on playing my Venom this afternoon/tonight. I can't wait after watching this video.

Le ciel est vert - M-Audio Venom Track

Le ciel est vert by olbriand
"First track i made entirely with the VENOM M-audio, in multitracks."

M-Audio Venom on eBay

Pianos & Organs for the M-Audio Venom Synthesizer (Cloudwalk Collection)

Cloudwalk Music

"Synth Demo of my custom patches for the M-Audio Venom.

The Cloudwalk Collection is a soundset with 118 single patches., featuring pianos, organs, pads, classic synth favorites, arpeggiators, pads, and more.

You can download it for free in either an .sqs or .sqb file format at: http://www.venom-synth.com/venom-patc...

I am offering this soundset for free, because Venom users need more soundsets and an opportunity to see more of what this great synth can do.
But if you wish to donate to my musical world, check out my ambient music projects at Cloudwalk.bandcamp.com"

M-Audio Venom Sound Design Tips and Tricks - Modulation Matrix

via the M-Audio Venom blog

"In my previous posts we discussed how to get more out of Venom’s oscillators, filter, LFOs, and envelopes. Now, we’ll take a look at how all those pieces connect together. At Venom’s core is a powerful 16-route matrix that allows you to patch physical controllers and other modulation sources to destinations all over the synth engine. Making good use of these patch points is what really brings a Venom sound to life."

M-Audio Venom Demo by Khoral

via Khoral's Cafe 80

Khoral comments on the Venom's lack of access to all editable parameters via the hardware synth itself. If you are thinking of a Venom, be sure to read my review. I opted for a custom iPad TouchOSC template to get around the limitation. If you are accustom to working with a computer the Venom does come with a full blown editor.

SpiderWorker (M-Audio Venom Demo) by khoral

TouchOSC Template for the M-Audio Venom

You can find the TouchOSC template here. Note this does require The Missing Link to work as it uses OSC to MIDI for sysex support.

You can find a TB MIDI Stuff port of the editor which does not require The Missing Link here.

video here

The template covers single mode for the M-Audio Venom. Click on each image for the full size shot. You can see every single editable parameter of the Venom in single mode. Note the Venom does have 16 modulation slots. I stopped at 10 as that is good enough for me for now.

The template is mapped for The Missing Link. You can however map it to OSCulator or other so it should at least save you some time if you are on those formats. Update: You can find a TB MIDI Stuff port of the editor which does not require The Missing Link here.


See this post for a video - note I switched to the Venom color scheme for the template. It looks much sharper than the rainbow colors I originally had.

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M-Audio Venom Synthesizer Factory Demo Song

Published on Jun 23, 2015 Sound Programming

"Factory demo song from the M-Audio Venom recorded direct with no additional effects.

In addition to being a standalone virtual analog synth, the Venom also has an external audio interface and can be used as a MIDI controller.

The demo song for this synthesizer does not give a very good indication of the range of its audio capabilities. It sounds better and can do more than you hear in this song."

M-Audio Venom PROTOTYPE BLACK CASE RARE MIDI 12-Voice Virtual Analog Synth

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via this auction

"M-Audio Venom 12-Voice Virtual Analog Synthesizer, in SUPER RARE BLACK PROTOTYPE CASE. This was a super limited edition pre-production model to try out different cases, the original black case (featured here!) was scrapped for the white model, but the final production model was design number 3. This is a perfect collector's Venom, or someone who wants a keyboard that is not the production white. Super super rare find!!! Some minor marks on the unit, primarily behind the display on the back-top of the synth (someone's ring perhaps?) and a minor mark between the mod wheels (see detailed pictures).

Fully functional Venom running the latest OS. Default patches loaded. 100% operational."

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JSPA Osaka mode Vol.011 ～ maruhama編 M-AUDIO VENOM のお話

YouTube Uploaded by JSPAOsaka2002 on Sep 1, 2011

"最近のヴァーチャル・アナログ型シンセサイザーはここまで来たか！！
っと思わせるような、マシンに出会いました。

今回は、アビッドテクノロジー株式会社さんからリリースされた
M-AUDIOのVENOMというシンセサイザー。

ＰＣとつなげて従来ややこしかった作業が簡単にできるので、
一人パフォーマーにとっては時間短縮につながりますぞ。
サウンドもアナログシンセそのもの！！是非さわっていただきたい。

今回のデモ演奏はＬｉｂｉａ自由宣言にちなんで中東っぽくやってみました。"

Googlish:
"ploaded by JSPAOsaka2002 on Sep 1, 2011

Type of virtual analog synthesizers came up here recently! !
Reminiscent of Innovation, met on the machine.

This time, I was released from Avid Technology, Inc.
VENOM synthesizer called the M-AUDIO.

Yayakoshikatta work can be easily connected with a conventional PC,
For each performer leads to time savings alone.
Analog synth sounds themselves! ! Please touch us.

I played this demo doing the Middle East, named after the declaration of freedom Ppoku Libia."