Christmas Lights 🎄 in Madrid

video upload by Oblivion Corner

Music and video by supporting member, Oblivion Corner.

"Took the Navibus to see the city's Christmas Lights in Madrid. Filmed the various holiday lights and Madrid city streets such as Gran Via and Cibeles. Celebrate the bright colors and city architecture on display. Wishing you all joyful Season's Greetings.
#christmaslights #madrid #fujixt4

This Fuji video test was shot from the top floor of the Navibus, using the Fuji XT4 camera paired with a Fujinon XF 23mm f2 lens. The video format settings for the original footage were Eterna film simulation, 4K 50p with a bitrate of 200 Mbps in Long GOP compression.

The video from the Fujifilm X-T4 was then edited and color graded in Final Cut Pro where certain clips were also additionally stabilized in software. This was in addition to IBIS on the Fuji camera which was set to active (but without boost or camera DIS).

Background Music: Disque Systeme - Edit 2
Available soon on here: https://oblivioncorner.bandcamp.com/r...

Previous music releases available here: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com"

Ableton Push 2 & Samples From Mars (Synth Disco In Progress)

video upload by Oblivion Corner

"Using Ableton Push 2 to try out some synth disco ideas on the fly. @Ableton Push 2 is controlling Ableton Live 10 Suite which has some @Samples From Mars synth and drum rack instrument instances for good measure.
#retrosynthpop #discobeat #synthjam

Current ever growing channel music compilation: https://oblivioncorner.bandcamp.com/r...
For a one-time $2.50 (just over 2€) payment, you get an ever growing collection of music and support this channel in one fell swoop.

I'll be uploading new tracks as they appear on the channel, with the one payment you should be able to download the newly added tracks freely, beyond those available at the time of the original purchase.

Previous music releases available here: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com"

1 Trip 1 Lens | Pacific Northwest | Fuji XF 23mm f2

video upload by Oblivion Corner

"Had the chance to visit different parts of the Pacific Northwest across Washington, Oregon and Idaho.
#pacificnorthwest #fujifilm #oregoncoast

Contents
00:00 Oregon Coast
01:28 Roslyn, WA
02:01 Twin Peaks Locations
02:32 The Palouse
03:09 Seattle Metropolitan Area
03:41 Saltwater State Park
04:04 Olympia, WA
04:45 Tillamook Air Museum

All photos were taken on the Fujinon XF 23mm f/2 WR R prime lens with the Fujifilm X-T4. Capture One 21 software was used to process the develop the RAW files, apply Fuji film simulations or recipes and crop images where necessary.

Background music by Alpicat (used with permission). Check out https://alpicat.bandcamp.com for more

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Moog Grandmother Demo

video upload by Oblivion Corner

"A demo of various sounds from the Moog Grandmother:
1. Moog Grandmother played with the PG-8X VST 00:00
2. Moog Grandmother played with the Prophet-5 Rev4 00:35
3. Moog Grandmother - looking at various waveforms 01:22
4. Moog Grandmother's spring reverb 02:14


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Thee Olde Tale of Moog Grandmother and thee Legend

video upload by Oblivion Corner

"Moog Grandmother analog synth and Synapse Audio The Legend VST are both played live in this loose dungeon synth jam. See how the much feted hardware analog synth plays along with a software emulation of the quintessential Minimoog.

Warm and relaxing synthesizer tones emanate from this live jam which has been edited from conciseness. Enjoy the blissful melodies accompanied by sundry picture in picture scenes from the Bayeux tapestry appearing to the right of the synthesizers.

You can see the Moog Grandmother lightly patched to expand its semi modular subtractive synth grandeur and allow for a richer palate of sounds. Meanwhile, the medieval figures echo the musical bewilderment and gently dissociative effect that synthesizer music can have on the listener.

The distinguished yet hesitant musical motifs counterpoint the genteel sonic timbre of the two synthesizer instruments.

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A Failure of Imagination (i) // Shot on Fuji XT4

video upload by Oblivion Corner

"Music by Cybersyn. Used with permission by Oblivion Corner.
Full Album available now: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com/a...
For inchoate ramblings, read on ...

A cold concrete bench on a seasonably warm day is a slice of heaven. Add to that a location in a quiet corner and we are proverbially off to the races. This video features a track that was set to be included in a concept album about Cybersyn, a forward-thinking 70s antecedent to the internet and ‘big data’, being fictionally smuggled out of Chile just as the democratically-elected government collapsed due to the autocratic onslaught by brutal forces backed by the CIA and US corporations, named and unnamed, since those events. Thinking of what could have been is always a wistful exercise when it comes to technology.

This music imagines a form of progressive technocracy as the backbone of the technological developments that occurred in France throughout the 70s and 80s: high speed rail, space launch systems, interactive information systems accessible to all and a home computing revolution. The fictional machination of the album linked above imagines that all this national progress was enabled by the visionary capabilities of Cybersyn. Once more, it’s worth emphasizing that this is fiction. France did develop Ariane rockets, Minitel information terminals and the TGV high speed rail network but this was primarily thanks to the decisive actions of the government of the time which pushed these projects forward.

However, the idea of Cybersyn and the future it potentially augured has both a more sinister and melancholic side too. This is also represented in the music and visuals of this video. The influences here are two-fold, cinematic and literary. First of all, there’s la Nuit des Traquées (Night of the Hunted) the under-appreciated B-movie by Jean Rollin, starring the incomparable Brigitte Lahaie. The premise is that a nuclear accident has caused the emission of dangerous fast moving particles that have affected people in the surrounding area, causing amnesia and a loss of cognitive ability. A shadowy organisation has detained and subsequently relocates those affected to an ominous corporate skyscraper as the victims devolve into haunted animalistic shadows of themselves. Secondly, Les Forteresses Noires a novel by Patrick Grainville about a banker, a nightshift doctor, a sculptress and teenagers worshipping an odd assemblage of sewage rats. The common element here is that both the film and the novel are set in La Défense business district in Paris.

The location captured in this video is very much reminiscent of the architecture and solitary concrete corners of La Défense business district. The ominous nature of corporate architecture as well as the promise and paranoia of technology are the notions being conveyed here. However another idea that lies at the foundation of this music and album it was going to part of is “what could have been”. Namely, how would technology have evolved if at every fork the market forces of shortsighted thinking, cost-cutting and convenience had not been heeded. For example, what if Betamax had become the dominant video format of the 80s? What if France had pursued its homegrown CYCLADES network protocol instead of the X.25 based TRANSPAC standard? What if PC compatibles had never become as ubiquitous? What would the technological landscape look like now? This track and all the others featured in the album above (they will get their own videos in due course) aim to give a feeling of what that would have been like interspersed with the aforementioned intrigues and ideas.

This video was filmed with the Fujifilm XT4 camera using the Fujinon XF 23mm f2 lens.

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OP-1 Deep Dive #3 | DIGITAL is BETTER?

video upload by Oblivion Corner

"Discover the Digital synth engine on the Teenage Engineering OP-1. This mystifying OP1 synthesizer has complex interactions between its four sound parameters: wavefolder, octave, ring modulator / detune and something called 'digitalness'. This video gives you an overview of each parameter in turn and proposes a way to demystify how to tweak your sounds on this OP-1 synth engine and get more out of it. Before finishing off, there's also time to highlight one of my fave sound presets on Digital.

Contents:
00:00 Intro
00:12 OP-1 Digital parameter overview
01:00 Octave (green knob)
01:12 Waveshaper (blue knob)
01:39 Ringmod / Detune (white knob)
02:09 Digitalness (orange knob)
03:00 OP1 Digital Overall Thoughts
03:34 Fave OP-1 Digital Preset

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Alpicat THEMIS - Full Album

video upload by Oblivion Corner

"Mediterranean Jacques Cousteau vibes meet late 80's French TV library music, conveying the technological optimism of the Mitterrand era European union. Synth laden melodies are bolstered by emotive piano lines and minimal percussive accents to create poignant soundscapes of a future that could have been.

Originally released in 2017
https://alpicat.bandcamp.com

Playlist and links to individual music videos:

00:00 01 Thémistocle
03:56 02 ASGAT
08:24 03 Thémis I
12:28 04 Story of Photon
17:11 05 Thémis II
24:33 06 Parallax Error
29:28 07 Sphère des Fixes
33:42 08 Héliostat
37:03 09 Automata
40:39 10 Non typical journey
44:08 11 Midway
47:28 12 Ouistreham

Written on Ableton Live 9 using reFX Nexus 2 VST with Hollywood Synths expansion and the Alesis Q61 keyboard.

What is Thémis (Thermo-Hélio-Electrique-Mégawatt)?: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central...

Music by Alpicat for Oblivion Corner © 2017
All images © Oblivion Corner

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OP-1 Deep Dive #2 | Pulse synth engine

video upload by Oblivion Corner

"The Pulse synth on the Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer is described as being a "dual pulsetrain oscillator". This OP1 synth engine works primarily by allowing you to change the distance between the two pulses that form the oscillator. Additionally, a one knob filter, amplitude and modulation control round out the sound shaping options available on this OP-1 synth engine.
#op1 #synth #teenageengineering

Contents:
00:00 Intro
00:20 OP-1 Pulse Filter (blue)
00:52 OP-1 Pulse Amplitude (green)
01:44 OP-1 Second Pulse control (white)
02:50 OP-1 Pulse Modulation (orange)
04:00 Fave OP1 Pulse synth sounds

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Oblivion Corner OP-1 Deep Dive posts

OP-1 Deep Dive #1 | Phase Synth explored

video upload by Oblivion Corner

"Taking a closer look at the Phase synth engine on the Teenage Engineering OP-1 synthesizer. See what each knob controls and how the functions change the sound on the OP1. Afterwards, I share what my fave stock preset sounds are for the Phase synth.

Content:
00:00 Silly intro
00:09 Phase synth testing
01:42 Phase synth discussion
02:45 OP-1 Phase sound test
03:36 OP-1 Phase conclusions
04:34 OP1 Fave Phase Presets
06:42 Outro & OP1 Synth Jam

Recent usb audio OP-1 firmware update covered here: [posted here]

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OP-1 New Firmware 243: USB Audio, Finally! 😊

video upload by Oblivion Corner

"A new significant firmware update has landed for the Teenage Engineering OP-1. This quick video shows how to update your OP-1 with the latest firmware.
#teenageengineering #op1 #firmware
A decade in the waiting, the OP1 finally gets USB Audio. I've tested it and see that you can send or receive two channels of audio to or from the OP-1. All you need is the firmware update installed and then your computer, tablet or phone should be able to "see" the OP-1 as an audio source or destination. Very exciting indeed!

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See this post for the announcement with update link.

Prophet 5 Rev4 Desktop - Mythical Synth Quest & Unboxing

video upload by Oblivion Corner

"Sequential Prophet 5 Rev4 Desktop Module polyphonic analog synthesizer: music demo, whimsical unboxing and a surprise letter leading us through an epic synth quest of adventures in analog synthesis!

Presented by Isabel
Music by Alpicat for Oblivion Corner, all sounds apart from drums made with the Prophet 5 Rev4, multitracked on Ableton Live
Wall artwork by Isabel http://www.isabelpirillo.com/
Final announcement by Alix Austin

Also featuring images / footage of or by:
Dave Smith as Mr Prophet
Systèmes d’Ordinateurs Logo International
Logotron Limited, Loughborough
The Crystal Rainforest, Sherston Software
Taylor Swift
Jon and Vangelis
Jan Hammer
Promotional material by:
- Sequential Circuits
- Oberheim Electronics
- Korg Inc
Stock footage from Storyblocks

Chapters:
00:00 - Unboxing
02:24 - The Letter
09:36 - Tuning

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High Speed Train House Music // 💯 Elektron Analog Four Sounds

video upload by Oblivion Corner

"Enjoy some proper analog synth house made with Elektron Analog Four sounds and sequences for the vast majority of everything you hear. Music recorded and edited in Ableton Live.
#elektron #analogfour
Music: Oblivion Corner & Ghostape - Express Rail Service

Video shot with Fujifilm XT4 in 4K using an XF 23mm f2 lens. Video was then put on a 1080p timeline to allow for punching in as well as pan and scan.

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Photographing Octatrack & OP-1 while Modular Synth Plays On

video by Oblivion Corner

"First, synth gear photography including Octatrack, OP-1 and Modular Rack. Second, a eurorack analog modular sound patching timelapse. Everything is explained and narrated.

Photography Gear: Canon EOS 30D with Canon EF 50mm f1.8
Video Gear: Fujifilm X-T4 with Fujinon 23mm f2
Modular Set Up (from left to right): TipTop Z3000 Oscillator, SSF WMD Ultrafold Wavefolder, Eowave Titan Oscillator, Busy Circuits ALM O/A/X2 Attenuverter, Mutable Instruments Links, Eowave Zone Basses Fréquences LFO, Intellijel Quadra Envelopes, Toppobrillo Multifilter SVF, Meng Qi DLPG Low Pass Gates, TipTop Mod Demix VCA, SSF Mixmode Mixer

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Sequential Prophet-5 and Prophet Rev2 Demo

video by Oblivion Corner

"Playing the new Sequential Prophet-5 Rev4 Desktop Module version together with the Prophet Rev2.

Hear these two analog polysynths from Sequential complement each other in this warm Berlin School-inspired synthesizer improvisation in the vein of Tangerine Dream.

Arpeggiated bass - Prophet Rev2 (upper keyboard)
All other sounds - Prophet-5 (played on lower midi controller, which is an Arturia Keylab MkII 61)

Filter cutoff on both synths controlled via foot expression pedals.

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GForce Software OB-E Demo - OBERHEIM 8 Voice Emulation

video by Oblivion Corner

"A song made entirely with GForce Software OB-E VST synthesizer (apart from drums). This is the synth music-only version (no talking) of a video I made about supermarkets. [below]

The OB-E is an emulation of the Oberheim Eight Voice (EVS) vintage analog synthesizer which was released in the late 70s.

Presenting and framed artwork by Isabel
Stock footage from Storyblocks
Typewriter footage made with a Smith Corona personal word processor
3D modelling made on Caligari trueSpace 5


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SUPERMARKETS - A Guide

video by Oblivion Corner

"This Reality Window-Watcher's Guide provides incisive information about Supermarkets, helpfully divided into byte-sized chapters for your own convenience. We answer all the key questions on the topic at your leisure.

The music was composed using GForce Software OB-E, a virtual emulation of the Oberheim 8-Voice polyphonic synthesizer.

Credits:
Presented by Isabel
Text written by Reality Guides
Continuity announcement by Alix Austin
Production by Oblivion Corner
Music by Alpicat for Oblivion Corner
Framed artwork by Isabel
Stock footage from Storyblocks

Isabel's paintings can be found here: http://isabelpirillo.com/​

Furthermore, the 3D modelling and animation was executed on Caligary trueSpace 5.
The typewriter used was a Smith Corona Personal Word Processor.
The computer is a BBC Micro Model B. Most of the keyboard has stopped responding recently, I must get it repaired."

Track with Legowelt Samples & Effects by Oblivion Corner

video by Oblivion Corner

"Made this track partly with Legowelt drum machine & synth samples as well as his warm and woolly Ableton Live effects racks that try to capture the magic old tape machines and analog mixers
Track: Oblivion Corner - Micro Lethargic
#chillhouse​ #warmandwoolly​ #analogdirt​
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Coool Roland TR-808 wall painting.

Octatrack & the Cursed Chamber of Parameter Locks

video by Oblivion Corner

"A tongue in cheek examination of what makes the Octatrack special. The Elektron sampler has a life of its own and it was time to delve into it. All the background music during the talk is 100% Octatrack (except for the the last one). Find out why the Octatrack is both a joy and a pain in the parameter lock!

Contents
00:00​ Octatrack - Medieval Origins?
00:45​ Three Octatrack Mysteries
02:46​ My thoughts on Octatrack
04:22​ Expectations vs. Reality
06:22​ Loose Octatrack Jam in progress
10:56​ What's Next?

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Modular Synth & Arturia OB-Xa V + Chorus JUN-6 Jam

video by Oblivion Corner

"A relaxing synth jam with an arpeggio on the Arturia OB-Xa V VST emulation with some dissonant monophonic modular synthesizer sounds layered on top. For good measure, the sound is put through the Chorus JUN-6 emulation sitting in the send slot.

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