Bad Gear - Alesis Micron - The Brick

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"Chapters:

00:00 Intro tune
01:07 Overview
05:24 Hate
05:50 Jam 1
06:44 Jam 2
07:47 Finale
08:17 Verdict

Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Alesis Micron. Can this brick - shaped compact virtual analog synth keep up with the Microkorg?"

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Ghosts Believe In Us (Live Sequential Pro 3 Synth Jam)

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Pro 3 comes in at 1:53.

"I live next to a cemetery - the perfect place to lug the Sequential Pro 3 & record a lead synth jam for a song called "Ghosts Believe In Us." We also recorded some of Matt's guitar parts outside of his work as seen/heard in this video.

Recorded at various locations over 2 years, including the filmed shoots here.
Guest artists: Matt Kretzmann (rhythm guitar), Byron Lynch (lead guitar)
Written by: MKDVB (Davy Bui) w/ Kretzmann, Lynch
Gear used: Synthstrom Deluge, Moog Matriarch, Sequential Pro 3, Korg Microkorg
*******************************************************
Are ghosts real? Do they exist as supernatural entities?

Do they need to be real to haunt us?

We're all haunted by something, aren't we?

Haunted by weight of expectations, past traumas, unlived history, unrealized fears. Haunted by genetics, circumstance or serendipity.

Yes, Ghosts Believe In Us but whether it's our better or our worst ones is entirely up to us.

I hesitate to expound too much about this track because my ghosts are different than yours. Some of the ghosts that inspired this song have since faded; some will never go away. But I know they believe in us - they affect and impact us everyday."

Handbag by The Cripples

New classic synth punk from Seattle band, The Cripples.

The release is available on BandCamp and Spotify.

released March 14, 2021

Erik - Bass
Ross - Synth, Vocals
Greg - Synth, Guitar, Vocals
Reba - Drums

Mastered by Nathan Moody at Obsidian Sound. Cover art by Tyler Bosch

PS: Bandcamp doesn't allow covers, so "Push It" is a placeholder. Contact us if you want a copy. It is on Spotify.

I asked The Cripples member Greg what synths were used and he replied with the following:

"Main synths used throughout were a Roland SH-101 or Microkorg through a fuzz factory. A Novation A Station through a Sherman Filterbank was used along side the Roland for tracks 3 and 4. There is also a Nord Micromod on track 2 (also through the Sherman), and a little bit of a Dave Smith Pro 2 on track 3.

The Roland and Microkorg were mostly recorded direct, the other synths were mic’d up through a sputtering 50 year old Ampeg V-2 with blown tubes.

The Sherman is probably the biggest part of how my synth sounds, more than the A Station, but the amp and mic make a huge difference in how it sounds too, as the Sherman has a super hot output, and combined with Ampeg’s tube distortion, gets this overdrivey/filter type of distortion, where it isn’t just clipping the signal into a square wave, it instead retains the characteristics of the A Station input signal, but it adds harmonics and also some random ‘chug’ to the signal, as the tones from both the Sherman and the Ampeg are super frequency and amplitude dependent, and the distortion characteristic wanders around as the input signal decays. The Ampeg also filters out some high frequency content of the A-Station signal. And the Coles mic sounds full and big, and not harsh or boxy like a guitar cabinet mic’d with 57 can sometimes sound, but at the same time having the synth going through a cabinet in a room keeps taking up too much frequency space in the mix, so drums and bass and Ross’s keyboard can all still be heard without doing too much wacky equalization during mixing. (Mixing keyboards with real drums and bass is hard.) The Ampeg is super unreliable at this point though, it is probably at least 50 years old at this point, and it randomly spouts orange flames. I need to take it in to get fixed, but it will probably cost me at least 350 to do so, so it mostly sits."

https://cripples.bandcamp.com

Edisyn 26 Free Open Source Patch Editor Released

You can find it here.

"Edisyn is a free open source patch editor for a number of synthesizers. Version 26 has new editors for the M-Audio Venom, Waldorf Kyra, and Casio CZ-230S. Version 26 also has several new patch exploration tools, including real-time morphing between four patches, and merging of random patch pairs from your synthesizer. Version 26 also has many bug fixes and improvements.

Edisyn runs on the Mac, Windows, and Linux.

At present Edisyn supports: the Alesis D4 and DM5; Casio CZ series; DSI Prophet '08, Mopho series, and Tetra; E-Mu Proteus 1/2/3, Morpheus, and UltraProteus; Kawai K1, K4, and K5; Korg MicroKorg, MicroSampler, SG Rack, and Wavestation SR; M-Audio Venom; Novation Drumstation and D Station; Oberheim Matrix 6, 6R, and 1000; Preen FM2; Red Sound DarkStar; Roland D-110, JV-80, and JV-880; Waldorf Blofeld, Microwave XT and XTk, and Kyra; most Yamaha 4-Operator FM Synths (such as the TX81Z and DX11); Yamaha FB-01; Yamaha DX7, TX7, TX216/816, Dexed, Korg Volca FM, and other DX7 compatible synths; Yamaha FS1R; Yamaha TG33, SY22, and SY35; Tuning standards and MTS; and generic CC, NRPN, and RPN control.

Edisyn has infinite levels of undo, a broad spectrum of patch exploration and creation tools (mutation, merging, nudging, morphing, blending, and evolutionary methods), and a wide array of other useful features. Try it out!"

Gone Now (Sonicware Elz_1 and Microkorg)

Published on Jun 2, 2020 J. Dylan Proctor

"Gone Now, inspired by Geroge Gershwin's piece My Man's Gone Now from the opera Porgy and Bess.

Microkorg, Korg Volca Kick, and Sonicware Elz_1 synthesizers are used."

Free MicroKorg Sounds, Deep 80's Synth (Patch Settings)

Published on Jan 15, 2020 Todd Smith Music

"This is second video in a weekly series which will include all the patch notes for every single free Microkorg sound I create. This week features a 80's style synthesizer sound. I feel the Microkorg is still one of the most powerful budget synthesizers for the price tag but not everyone can program it well. I hope these videos help some people.

I need to thank EVERYONE for the ENDLESS support that I've received via You Tube views, Bandcamp sales and Patreon support. All these things help support my projects & music.

Till next time,stay creative

Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/toddsmith_blo...
Bandcamp : https://toddsmithmusic.bandcamp.com/

: Patch Settings :

Voice - SYT/SGL/PLY
Pitch - 0/-3/5/2/0
OSC1 - 2/0/123/
OSC2 - SAW/OFF/0/6
Mixer - 127/116/0
Filter - 12.L/43/62/29/44
Filter EQ - 0/112/0/114/ON
Amp - 90/CNT/OFF/-8

Amp EQ - 2/90/100/114/ON
LFO1 - TRI/OFF/OFF/25
LFO2 - SIN/OFF/OFF/68

EQ - 220/5/12.0/7/
Delay - STR/OFF/80/77
MODFX - FL9/35/21

Patch4 - MOD/LF.2/7
Patch3 - LF.1/PAN/19
Patch2 - LF.1/2TN/-1
Patch1 - LF.2/PTC/3"

Free Microkorg Sounds, Emotional Pad (Patch Settings)

Published on Jan 9, 2020 Todd Smith Music

"This is my first video in a weekly series which will include all the patch notes for every single free Microkorg sound I create. I feel the Microkorg is still one of the most powerful budget sythesizers for the price tag but not everyone can program it well. I hope these videos help some people.

I need to thank EVERYONE for the ENDLESS support that I've received via You Tube views, Bandcamp sales and Patreon support. All these things help support my projects & music.

Till next time,stay creative

Patreon : https://www.patreon.com/toddsmith_blo...
Bandcamp : https://toddsmithmusic.bandcamp.com/

: Patch Settings :
Voice - SYT/SGL/PLY
Pitch - 0/0/0/0/0
OSC1 - SAW/0/0
OSC2 - SAW/R-5/0/0
Mixer - 127/79/0
Filter - 12.L/55/22/0/17
Filter EQ - 70/36/127/103/OFF
Amp - 120/L.3/OFF/0
Amp EQ - 70/29/127/103/OFF
LFO1 - TRI/VOC/OFF/34
LFO2 - S-H/VOC/ON/1.16
EQ - 50/7/4.50/4
Delay - STR/OFF/79/110
MODFX - ENS/43/82/

Patch4 - F.EG/PTC/O
Patch3 - LF.2/CUT/0
Patch2 -LF.1/PAN/15
Patch1 -NOD/CUT/-41"

Patch of the Week 21: microKORG Funk Bass

Published on Aug 31, 2019 Korg

"Basic patches you can follow along at home on your microKORG synth: Funk Bass using 2 oscillators."

Korg Patch of the Week videos

Best Microkorg Sounds, Part 2

Published on Jun 21, 2019 Todd Smith Music

"Showing off some of my favorite custom Microkorg Sounds. I'll be contacting people this weekend to test out my first batch of sounds before releasing them to the public, 100% FREE !

Keep a ear out !"

The Pun - Acces Virus Indigo - MS-20 mini - DSI Mopho - Novation KS4 - Korg X5dr

Published on Jun 6, 2019 Arrayzable

"Chaotic video of my live performance on my Electribe EMX-1. Synth part 1 and 2 are controlling the Novation KS4 which plays the nylon-stringed-guitar part. Synth part 3 is controlling the DSI Mopho which delivers the acid bass line. Synth part 4 controls the Volca Bass one note bass line. Synth part 5 controls the bell sound on the X5dr.
Access Virus Indigo is for chords, and the MS-20 mini is for lead.

After listening to Baer Marcels trance tracks for years and enjoying his sound quality, I wanted to give this kinda style a try. It's been fun, and I will be going down that road a bit further.

As always live play with synths and sequencers.

Used in this track:

Korg MS-20 mini
Access Virus Indigo 1
Novation KS4 (K-Station)
Korg Electribe EMX-1
Korg Monologue
Korg microKORG XL
DSI Mopho
Volca Bass
Korg X5DR"

KORG Gadget 2 - You Get 4 NEW Gadgets & 4 NEW IFX - Let's Take A Look - iPad Demo

Published on Feb 28, 2019 The Sound Test Room

What’s New
Version History
27 Feb 2019 Version 4.0.0
・Version 2 is now the largest gadget instrument collection to date.
・New design with a new color scheme. Intuitive user interface.
・Basic performance expanded. Tempo change and fade in/fade out supported.
・The newly added Taipei gadget allows you to connect to various MIDI devices.
・Four new IFX have been added, including feedback reverb, exciter, enhancer and saturator.

* Project files made with KORG Gadget 2 are not compatible with KORG Gadget 1, so please be careful.

14 Dublins: my next-to-last song (with Korg Gadget) by Roikat

Published on Feb 28, 2019 Roikat

"Korg's release of Gadget 2 arrived just as I was finishing two videos for tracks made with the original Gadget, once again foiling my attempts to create timely, topical content for ye olde interwebs. This track started as an experiment to see how many Dublin synth Gadgets my primordial iPad 3 could play before running out of steam. The answer was 8. I added 6 more Dublin tracks on my 2015 iPod Touch, which actually didn't max out at the 14 Dublins, but I thought the tune seemed "finished" at 14."

Korg Gadget, Taipei : Midi Out First Impressions

Published on Feb 28, 2019 Todd Smith Music

"Korg Gadget 2 is released & today I jump it my most craved feature, midi out. Taipei sends midi, sequencing and CC to anything with a midi channel. This opens huge doors for the Korg gadget realm.

This video features a Korg Volca Bass, Microkorg & give my overall first impression of the new midi out feature ( Taipei )"

Squarp Pyramid Videos by Gemini Horror

Published on Nov 28, 2018 Squarp Instruments

Playlist:

1. Gemini Horror presents: Midi Delay — Pyramid sequencer

Gemini Horror showcases the midi delay with a Korg Volca FM and a MicroKorg.

MIDI delay creates a copy of entered notes, simulating a standard delay effect, but using velocity midi data:
- TIME is the amount of time between the original notes and the delayed notes.
- REPEATS is the number of delayed notes.
- GAIN changes the MIDI velocity of each delayed note. The velocity of the delayed notes will be gradually decreased or increased.
- DRY/WET changes the midi velocity of all notes (if 0%, you will only hear the original notes, if 50%, you will hear both the original notes and the delayed notes, if 100%, you will only hear the delayed notes).

2. Gemini Horror presents: Generative Music — Pyramid sequencer
3. Gemini Horror presents: Euclidean Rhythms — Pyramid sequencer
4. Gemini Horror presents: Tape Loop — Pyramid sequencer
5. Gemini Horror presents: CV Outputs — Pyramid sequencer

Synth Pings on Etsy

I spotted the Teenage Engineering OP-1 pin in the previous post. Figured I'd put up a post featuring the rest for the archives. You can find them on Etsy here.

Pictured:
Roland TR-909
Roland TR-808
Blue SH-101
Red SH-101
Moog Sub Phatty
E-Mu SP-1200
Ableton Push
Teenage Engineering OP-1
Korg MicroKorg
Critter & Guitarri Pocket Piano
Moog Source
Pocket Operator
Akai MPC-2500 x 2
Moogerfooger x 2
Roland Juno-6
Roland Jupiter-6
KORG MS20

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Soundium: Enabled - Synth Event This Weekend in Vilnius, Lithuania

This one is in via Pierre-Henri Pache.

https://soundium.lt/enabled

"About and around music technology

Soundium: Enabled fuse theory, practice and experiences in the field of music technology. Main goal of the event is to demonstrate and educate. For the first time in the Baltics a space under one roof will be dedicated to DJ/studio gear testings, lectures with brand ambassadors and performances of local geeks.

However, we think the most important part of Soundium: Enabled is its participant (YOU), coming with his/her own approach to the creative process – so the door is open to anyone, and networking is strongly encouraged. See you on October 20th.
Program

Demo Space
Demo space a designated getting-your-hands-on-gear area. You can expect various equipment here, part of which will be hot & new: starting from DJ turntables, ending with modular synths, drum machines and DAW controllers. Some brand representatives will also be around, so do not hesitate to get tips straight from these professionals.

Demo:
Korg: Prologue 16 / Prologue 8 / Minilogue / Monologue / MS-20 Mini / Volca Beats - Bass - Keys - FM - Sample - Mix / Microkorg / Microkorg XL+ / ARP Oddysey / Electribe / Electribe Sampler / SQ-1

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Korg Microkorg custom sounds VOL 2

Published on Aug 23, 2018 tblv9300

"60 new presets can be downloaded here https://gum.co/qDZeQ
or https://sellfy.com/p/vjxA/
All sounds are from individual presets recorded straight into the camera. No fx or eq added"

START using your microKORG as a DIGITAL DELAY for guitar! OH YES!

Published on Aug 22, 2018 Daniel Kastner

"We are overdue for a video on how to run and process guitar through the microKORG synthesizer. I hope this helps you accomplish beautiful and crushing new tones. These textures and drones can hold their own for recording or add to your overall composition.

Chain details: 0:35
Global audio thru (clean out): 0:56
Initialize and setup: 1:21
Get sound to play: 2:03
Tremolo sound: 2:10
Sound ready thru: 2:40
Delay walkthrough: 2:44
Slapback sound: 3:09
Digital delay sound: 3:50
Runaway feedback: 4:11
Post rock feedback 4:42
Cross Delay (not chorus, my bad): 5:33
Flanger: 7:42
Chorus: 8:29

Signal chain:
Fender HM Strat
Strymon Timeline
Korg microKORG
Traynor TS-50B"

Something is coming.

Published on Jul 18, 2018 Theochromatic
electribe 2 & microkorg

Eyepatch Entertainment Synth Studio Tour - May 2018

Published on May 12, 2018 Eyepatch Entertainment

"Here's the stuff in the video. This was shot in real 4k anamorphic

Alesis: Micron
Arp: Quadra (x3)
Behringer Deepmind 12
Casio: HT-6000, SK1, HT-700, CZ-1
Crumar Bit One SSM
DSI: PRO 2
Fender: Chroma Polaris
Ensoniq: SQ-80
Kawai: SX-240, K3m
Korg: Mono/Poly, Poly 61,Kiwisix,Trident MK1,EX8000,DW6000, Maxi Korg , MicroKorg, Wavestation SR, DS8, PE-2000, MS20 mini
Moog: Minimoog, Memorymoog Plus, Sub 37, Opus 3
Midia Musicbox MQ100 (6x CEM like Matrix 1000)
Multivox Pulser MX-75
Oberheim: Matrix 1000, Matrix 6, OB-SX
Roland: JX10,JX8P,Kiwi3P, Juno 2,Juno 66, JD990 (Vintage Exp) Jupiter 8, D-50, SH-3a
Seil DK80
Sequential: Prophet 5 Rev 2, Prophet 6, Prophet VS, Prophet 2002
Teisco SX-400
Yamaha CS-70m, CS-30, SK-30, TX81Z, PSS-150, CS, DX7 mk1, AN1X, CS-15D
Waldorf Microwave 1

Drum Machines:

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Synth Stuff Synth Demos by tritonrecordings36

Published on Feb 9, 2017 tritonrecordings

"No talking, just synths. See the description for my "commentary," but otherwise, just sit back and listen!"

36 individual synth demos at the time of this post.

Playlist:
Synth Stuff Ep. 1 - Korg MS-20 Mini
Synth Stuff Ep. 2 - Korg Minilogue
Synth Stuff Ep. 3 - Yamaha DX7
Synth Stuff Ep. 4 - Roland D-50
Synth Stuff Ep. 5 - Kawai K1
Synth Stuff Ep. 6 - Moog Minimoog D (Reissue)
Synth Stuff Ep. 7 - Moog Sub 37
Synth Stuff Ep. 8 - Yamaha PSS-570
Synth Stuff Ep. 9 - Roland Juno-60

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Schtang & Aengus - Alluvium Part 1 (Ambient Jam) feat. Octatrack mkii, Sub37, E2, Microkorg, VKeys

Published on Jan 18, 2018 Schtang

Part 2 below.

"Schtang & Aengus return for another live studio hardware jam. Changed direction and worked this introspective ambient jam with some rainforest flavours. This is part 1 of 2 installments, with the second taking on a more percussive and driving feel.
This is a slightly developed studio jam and shows us experimenting with soundscapes before progressing it into a solid piece in the second installment. Still discovering our synergy together and working at using instruments and effects that complement our playing style and taste.

Studio Talk:
The Microkorg offers the central melodic pad and some intermittent bass sounds gluing the composition together. It is being processed by the TC Electronic M300 multi effects unit to give it some more space and eloquence in the mix.
The Elektron Octatrack MKII sets the mood with some rainforest soundscapes and acts as an effects unit for the Moog Sub37
The Moog Sub37 provides a surreal arp which intermingles with the other sounds and creates the rhythmic driving element.
The Electribe 2 is the central hub and acts as the midi clock while also sequencing and processing the Korg Volca Keys.
Everything runs back into the Mackie VLZ4 2404 and all mixing was done via the console"

Schtang & Aengus - Alluvium Part 2 (Percussive Jam) ft. Octatrack mkii, E2, TR08, Sub37, Microkorg)

Published on Jan 18, 2018 Schtang

"The second installment of Alluvium by Schtang and Aengus. Picking things up from the ambience of Part 1 and developing it into a more refined and rhythmic performance.

Very excited at our progress and we will continue to post our music whether it's well crafted or not. Keen to hear how you think of our progress!

Studio yarn:
The TR-08 is the driving percussive element of the tune with its signature kicks and hats driving the progression and mood.
The Korg Microkorg adds some warmth with wide, luscious pads.
The Electribe 2 provides some backup percussive elements and sequences and processes the dark tones from the Volca Keys.
The Octatrack sets the mood for the piece with some atmospheric percussion and forest ambience.
The Sub37 provides the panning growling bass patch which shuffles in and out of the piece."