Synth jam with Korg MS-20, Logan String Melody II and Arturia DrumBrute

video upload by Benjamin Dehli

"Late night synth jam recorded through a Roland PA-120 mixer to a Fostex X-28H 4-track cassette recorder.

Instruments:
Arturia DrumBrute
Korg MS-20
Hohner / Logan String Melody II

Effects:
Roland PA-120 spring reverb
Fulltone Tube Tape Echo
Hairball Audio FET/RACK Revision D
Chase Bliss Audio & Meris CXM 1978

Mixer:
Roland PA-120

Tape recorder:
Fostex X-28H

Website: https://www.dehlimusikk.no/"

Quick sound examples of the synth and Mellotron setup

video upload by Benjamin Dehli

"A quick demo of each keyboard instrument connected to the Roland PA-120 mixer.
The audio is recorded directly from the line out of the mixer.
The reverb comes from the in-built spring reverb in the mixer and the echo/delay comes from the Fulltone Tube Tape Echo connected to the effects loop / echo ins and outs of the mixer.
Sorry for the terrible camera work.

00:00 Korg Polysix
00:10 Logan String Melody II
00:22 Korg MS-20
00:42 Doepfer Dark Energy and Dreadbox Erebus
00:53 Roland PA-120
00:59 Roland SH-09
01:15 Mellotron M4000D

Instruments:
@Korg Polysix
Hohner / Logan String Melody II
Korg MS-20
@Dreadbox Erebus v2
Doepfer Dark Energy
@RolandChannel SH-09
@Sequential Circuits Pro-One
@Mellotron Factory M4000D

Effects:
Roland PA-120 spring reverb
Fulltone Tube Tape Echo

Mixer:
Roland PA-120"

Roland SH-09 Sound Demos

video upload by Benjamin Dehli

00:00 Sawtooth Bass
00:08 Sawtooth Bass with sub oscillator 1
00:25 PWM Bass with sub oscillator
00:41 Sawtooth Bass with sub oscillator 2
01:19 Sawtooth Lead
01:35 Swells with delayed vibrato
02:25 Sample & Hold modulated filter
03:33 Sample & Hold modulated oscillator
04:42 Noise with resonant filter
05:55 Filter envelope triggered by LFO

Website: https://www.dehlimusikk.no/

Roland SH-09 and Fender Rhodes with tape delay


Instruments:
Roland SH-09
Rhodes Mark I Stage Piano

Effects:
Fulltone Tube Tape Echo
Chase Bliss Audio & Meris CXM 1978

Amplifier:
Fender Twin Reverb

Synth jam with the Roland PA-120 mixer

video upload by Benjamin Dehli

Nice reverse keys MIDI controller. Anyone know what it is?

"Testing the Roland PA-120 mixer with a short dawless synthesizer jam.
The audio is recorded directly from the line out of the mixer.
The reverb comes from the in-built spring reverb in the mixer and the echo/delay comes from the Fulltone Tube Tape Echo connected to the effects loop / echo ins and outs of the mixer.
A Korg Polysix (out of the frame) plays the arpeggiator and I just unmute and mute the track with the mixer.

00:00 Unmuting Korg Polysix arpeggiator
00:04 Adding spring reverb
00:10 Adding tape echo
00:15 Korg MS-20 bass
00:21 Doepfer Dark Energy and Dreadbox Erebus
01:03 Roland SH-09 bass
01:41 Muting Korg Polysix arpeggiator

Instruments:
@Korg Polysix
Korg MS-20
@Dreadbox Erebus v2
Doepfer Dark Energy
@RolandChannel SH-09

Effects:
Roland PA-120 spring reverb
Fulltone Tube Tape Echo

Mixer:
Roland PA-120"

Buchla Easel Command 208C - Glow

video upload by TheTrackdriver

"A semi-generative piece of music. I recently built a 266 Source of uncertainty clone from Samodular which is sending random quantised notes to the Buchla Easel Command 208C. The range is set by the pitch sliders on each oscillator. The Easel sends the pulser signal to the 266 which splits them up and send them back to each lo pass gate with some random stuff added.

The chords comes from a Waldorf Blofeld and the bass from a Moog Sub 37. I used some pedals and a Roland Chorus Echo RE-301 for effects and recorded everything onto a cassette tape (Marantz PMD 430 recorder)."

New BOSS RE-202 & RE-2 Space Echos | The Next Generation of Space Echo

video upload by BOSSchannel

"The legendary Roland RE-201 Space Echo experience returns in an advanced delay pedal with modern features.

Introduced in 1974, the Roland RE-201 Space Echo stands among the most legendary and sought-after effect units ever produced. This tape-based classic remained in production for over 14 straight years, and its distinctive rhythmic echo sounds, warm character, and highly playable sonic quirks still inspire musicians, producers, and audio mixers over four decades on.

Backed by intensive R&D and our latest innovations, the RE-202 faithfully delivers the authentic sound and behavior of the Space Echo, like never before. Built by the company that designed the original, this advanced pedal captures the RE-201’s magic in flawless detail, from the magnetic tape and motor properties to the vibrant spring reverb and colorful preamp circuit. And to take things even further, we’ve expanded the vintage Space Echo experience with lots of new features tuned for today’s music.

➤ The Space Echo story:
https://www.boss.info/global/promos/s..."

BOSS RE-2 Space Echo | Authentic Space Echo in a Compact Pedal

Details on the RE-202 via Roland:

A Masterpiece Returns in the Modern Era

Introduced in 1974, the Roland RE-201 Space Echo stands among the most legendary and sought-after effect units ever produced. This tape-based classic remained in production for over 14 straight years, and its distinctive rhythmic echo sounds, warm character, and highly playable sonic quirks still inspire musicians, producers, and audio mixers over four decades on.

Backed by intensive R&D and our latest innovations, the RE-202 faithfully delivers the authentic sound and behavior of the Space Echo like never before. Built by the company that designed the original, this advanced pedal captures the RE-201’s magic in flawless detail, from the magnetic tape and motor properties to the vibrant spring reverb and colorful preamp circuit. And to take things even further, we’ve expanded the vintage Space Echo experience with lots of new features tuned for today’s music.

Standard Features

Authentically recreates the sound and behavior of the legendary Roland RE-201 Space Echo
Classic multi-head tape echo sound with expanded delay time
Original three-head configuration plus additional tape head for 12 unique echo combinations
Independent stereo reverb section with original spring reverb type plus hall, plate, room, and ambience
Saturation control for adding magnetic tape compression and preamp coloration
Wow & Flutter control for introducing varying levels of natural tape modulation
Choose between new and aged tape conditions
Selectable input modes for optimum performance with instruments and line-level gear
Warp and Twist effects with footswitch control
Select between the unprocessed analog dry signal or the modeled sound of the original Space Echo preamp
Four onboard memories plus the current panel settings
Save and select 127 memories via external MIDI program change
Tap tempo and carryover functions
True stereo input and output
Expandable control via external footswitches, an expression pedal, or MIDI
Tape Echo Magic

Tape echo was the first delay effect and one of the first effect processors available for electronic musicians. In contrast with today’s CPU-based digital units, a tape echo is a simple machine that uses a motor to pull magnetic tape across one or more record/playback heads. Warm, full, and dynamic, the tape echo sound is influenced by many factors. The ever-changing input level colors the sound with varying amounts of tape saturation and compression. In addition, motor speed fluctuations, friction, wow and flutter, and other elements introduce an appealing modulated character that’s subtle and continually evolving.

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MicrowaveXT on Tape Loops

video upload by Miguel d'Oliveira

"Playing with the artifacts coming from the use of tape loops (such as tape delay and the finite length of recording tape, etc...) to sketch a song idea.

The tape delay here is very close to what you get from a popular piece of kit such as the Roland Space Echo (except this is not varispeed and I didn't block the erase head)"

Hydrasynth Deluxe Demos by the sun god RA

Playlist:

1. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Blue Lotus RA

This is an attempt to make a "pressure-weighted portamento" patch on the Hydrasynth, heavily inspired by the Expressive E Osmose demo video by Christophe Duquesne [posted here]. I found that the Hydrasynth's Polytouch-keyboard really adds expressiveness to a simple monophonic flute-patch "Blue Pipes RA". Combined with "Blue Mandolin RA" on the lower side of the keyboard, with some key-split crossfade between them, the middle part of the keyboard combines polyphonic mandolin and monophonic flute. Preset M1-025 on The Hydrasynth Deluxe. SHOW LESS

2. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Old Times RA

This is Hydrasynth Deluxe multi preset M1-015, a dual patch. The lower partial is "L'apocalypse RA" from "the sun god RA" patch bank, an attempt to recreate the wonderful string sound that Vangelis got out of his Hammond organ/echoplex/tape echo in his "L'apocalypse des animaux"-era in the beginning of the 1970's. The upper partial is "Waxroll Piano RA".

3. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Seafloor Harp RA

Hydrasynth Deluxe preset M1-010 Seafloor Harp RA, a dual layer of "Southern Seas RA" and "Jomfrubad RA".

4. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Documentarist RA

Hydrasynth Deluxe preset M2-063 Documentarist RA. A dual layer of "1934 Upright RA" and "After Mirage RA".

5. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Electrosplit RA

Split between "Magnetisque II RA" and "E081 Voice Crystal RA"

6. Hydrasynth single patch: Deluxe Piano RA

Inspired by the SOS “synth secrets” articles about synthesizing pianos, I tried to make a “realistic” piano patch on the Hydrasynth. This is single preset “A011 Deluxe Piano RA” on the Hydrasynth Deluxe.

7. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Hydra Orchest RA
8. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Miami Bass RA

M1-016 Miami Bass RA - an attempt to make a split patch of Jupiter-8 bass arpeggio and pad from Jan Hammer's "Miami Vice" soundtrack. Last part is M2-008 Miami Splice RA, pad now on lower half of the keyboard, while upper is reminiscent of the Fairlight-type lead sound in "Crockett's theme".

9. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Drive U Home RA

Preset "M1-045 Drive U Home RA" on the Hydrasynth Deluxe.Bread & butter. A split between bass guitar "Basketbass RA" and analog pad "Pro-5 Carpad RA". The drum machine is a Roland TR-6S hanging on an IKEA "Isberget" laptop support because of the keyboard stand angle.

10. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Johansson RA

A dual split patch with «Utanmyr Bass RA» as the lower part, and «Utanmyr Piano RA» (slightly tweaked preset «Deluxe Piano RA») as the upper part. I was planning to play "Visa from Utanmyra" by Jan Johansson, but discovered I'm no piano player. So instead I made up this little melody, much easier to play.

11. Hydrasynth Deluxe multi patch: Orchestra Hit RA

Trying to see if I could make a Fairlighty sampled orchestra hit on the Hydrasynth Deluxe, I tweaked preset M1-012 Hydra Orchest RA using chord mode, some envelope to pitch and Lo-fi FX.

12. Hydrasynth single patch: Cimbalom RA

This is an attempt to make a "realistic" cimbalom for the Hydrasynth. This is the lower partial of multi patch M2-045.

13. Hydrasynth single patch: Cimbalom RA

This is an attempt to make a "realistic" cimbalom for the Hydrasynth. This is the lower partial of multi patch M2-045.

Cherry Audio Introduces Stardust 201 🌠 | Roland RE-201 Space Echo Emulation

video upload by Cherry Audio

"Stardust 201 Tape Echo is a hot-rodded interpretation of the classic Roland "Space Echo" tape echo effects of the 70s and 80s. With the inclusion of a spring reverb and chorus effects in some models, the Space Echo was truly groundbreaking with its fantastic variety of sound colors.

Stardust 201 precisely recreates the limited fidelity and stability of audio tape, providing a natural rolloff of bass and treble frequencies for super-warm tonality and minor speed variances, lending an organic chorusing quality to repeats. Cranking the intensity knob overloads the circuit, generating the signature other-worldly runaway echoes and feedback that only a tape echo can produce.

Cherry Audio's Stardust 201 Tape Echo includes features from the original RE-201 and RE-301 Space Echo units, and we've added some of our own to create a great-sounding, super-flexible, ideal tape echo effect that never breaks down and never needs demagnetizing, all for less than the price of a Space Echo replacement audio tape loop!"

https://cherryaudio.com/products/stardust-201

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Roland Jupiter 4 with Roland RE-201 Space Echo - Lost in space ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

video upload by

"A friend of mine has lent me his Roland RE-201 Space Echo. I had a lot of fun playing my Roland Jupiter 4 with this iconic tape echo/reverb machine. The tone of the JP4 instantly gets a very unique kind of saturated and beautiful character. Enjoy the music !"

Cherry Audio Introduces Mercury-4 - Detailed Roland Jupiter-4 Emulation

Mercury-4 🌌 | Cherry Audio video upload by Cherry Audio

"The new Cherry Audio Mercury-4 is a detailed emulation of one of the best-sounding and quirkiest polyphonic synthesizers of the late 1970's, the Roland Jupiter-4.

It’s the rarest and most sonically unique of the fabled Jupiter series, and we’ve gone to great lengths to recreate the subtle (and not-so-subtle) nuances and character of this beloved classic.

Every aspect of Mercury-4 has been expertly modeled upon a vintage Jupiter-4 originally owned by Greg Hawkes of the legendary 80’s new wave band The Cars, and played on their double-platinum 1981 album Shake It Up.

In Greg’s own words, Mercury-4 'sounds just like my old Jupiter! It’s nice to have it back.'"

Update: user video by Starsky Carr:

Cherry Audio Mercury 4 // Jupiter 4 plugin // review demo and walkthrough

video upload by Starsky Carr

via Cherry Audio:

Mercury-4 Features:

Authentically modeled oscillator with sub oscillator
All filter characteristics modeled, including powerful low-frequency resonance
Up to 16-voice polyphony
Over 400 presets, programmed by industry veterans
Exactingly replicated unique arpeggio section w/tempo sync
Carefully modeled wide-range LFO modulation with "inverted" mod characteristics
Drift control for increased analog realism
Precisely replicated stereo ensemble effect
Warm and organic tape echo with multiple reverb modes
Tempo-syncable LFO
Detunable unison mode
Single-key chord memory mode
Highly optimized coding for high performance with ultra-low CPU load
User-adjustable oversampling control
Advanced one-click UI magnification
Comprehensive MPE support
Full MIDI control and DAW automation for all controls
Mercury-4 is available in AU, VST, VST3, AAX, and standalone formats.

A free 30-day demo of Mercury-4 is available. This demo will play white noise periodically, but is otherwise unlimited.

macOS Requirements: macOS 10.9 or above (including macOS 12), 64-bit required. M1 processor compatible (via Rosetta 2). Quad-core computer with 8GB of RAM recommended.

Windows Requirements: Windows 7 or above, 64-bit required. Quad-core computer with 8GB of RAM recommended.

History:

Left: Greg Hawkes’s Jupiter-4, atop the Prophet-5 in the center, at The Cars’ Syncro Sound Studio, during the Shake It Up sessions, 1981. (Photo courtesy of Greg Hawkes)

Originally released in 1978, the Roland Jupiter-4 synthesizer was one of the earliest instruments to combine voice-assign polyphony with digital patch storage - that is, the ability to store and recall sounds to a digital memory and recall them at the touch of a button.

The Jupiter-4 rapidly became the go-to polysynth for numerous English and European acts in the 80's including Duran Duran, Thomas Dolby, The Human League, Simple Minds, and more, and for good reason: the Jupiter-4 sounded fantastic, with a raw, raunchy tone not found in any of the other beloved Juno and Jupiter synths. Its analog oscillators have a uniquely aggressive tone quality, the built-in sub oscillator adds girth, its oddly fast and deep LFO modulation capabilities allow it to create uniquely whacked-out modular synth-like tones, and Roland's famous stereo chorus "ensemble" circuit is beautifully implemented, adding a boatload of width and dimension.

Bottom Left: Greg Hawkes’s Jupiter-4 in the Cherry Audio lab, modeled for Mercury-4.

https://cherryaudio.com/instruments/mercury-4

The 1982 Roland SRE 555 / RE 501 Chorus Echo with Emulator II, Jupiter 6 demo

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Synthesizer Video Service Blofeld posts

"The 1982 Chorus Echo from Roland marked the end of the Tape Echo, I find these units make you go “mmmMMM…” which, in this case, means.. magical, mysterious, mesmerising and mechanical! ..this unit provides a ghostly, dream-state-like ambience to just about anything you put into it. Sit back, relax and come on a journey back to 1982 thru to current day with the help of some sounds from the E-mu Emulator II, the Roland Jupiter 6 & the MPC X ..through this mesmerising mechanical machine.

I requested an interview with the engineer of the Chorus Echo, but he declined due to the fact he doesn’t like repeating himself 😂 🤦🏻‍♂️

Index:
0:00 Intro blabbing / About
1:08 How it works
5:05 Chorus effect
6:20 S on S (Sound on Sound)
7:50 Reverb effect
8:40 Direct Switch
9:00 A+B Outputs
9:30 Repeat / Single Switch
9:57 Echo Modes
11:43 Remote Switches
12:40 Emulator II-intro / Loony Garden
14:00: Emulator II-Orchestra Warm Up
16:15 Emulator II-Flute Harp Echo
17:57 Emulator II-By the Lake
21:23 Jupiter 6-intro / AI Retribution
22:36 Jupiter 6-The Chorus Chord Choir
24:06 Jupiter 6-Robot World
27:26 MPC X-intro / Slappers Delight
29:48 MPC X-0.15" crunch"

Introducing Roland ZENOLOGY FX: Authentic Roland effects for your DAW

video upload by RolandChannel

"Watch how to tap into ZENOLOGY FX and explore nearly fifty years of legendary Roland sounds, including over 90 genre-defining effects. Add delays to arps, larger-than-life modulation effects to chord progressions, and twist and distort basses and lead tones that leap from the speakers. Now you can harness the swirling JUNO chorus, feedback-drenched tape echo, and other storied sounds to add flavor to any instrument track or synth sound right inside your DAW.

Modulation effects include choruses, phasers, flangers, and more—and they work wonders on synths and other keyboard instruments. You can add movement to synth parts and enhance sounds so they seem to exist outside the bounds of your speakers. Plus, delays add space without taking away presence and immediacy.

ZENOLOGY FX includes a menagerie of unique Roland effects to propel your tracks into uncharted sonic territory. Explore the DJFX Looper and lo-fi effects from the SP-404, or the layered multi-effects of the famed JD-800 synthesizer. Or color your sounds with slicers, filters, overdrives, and other selections from the vast Roland effects legacy.

The Details:
• Includes over 90 authentic Roland effects
• Bring keyboard and synthesizer sounds to life
• Create sparkling arps, spacious keyboard riffs, monster leads, and more
• VST3, AU, and AAX support for popular DAWs"

VAI 51 Elka Wilgamat III / Elka Solist 505

video by Vintage Audio Institute Italia

"More Elka Wilgamat III - this time with some external help from the Schulte Compact Phasing and Roland RE-301 for rooms.
We also like to use the Roland Space Echo as a tape machine : a round on tape, wet only echo with one bounce, does magic for drum compression."

Vintage Audio Institute Italia posts

New Gear Testdrive - Korg, TC, Strymon, Roland

video by verstaerker

"Got some new gear to test out, so I made this little track
first Sequence made with the Korg NTS-1, sequenced on the Korg Sq-64 and added some delay with the Strymon Volante

Drums made with the Yocto 8080 send through the Sherman 2x2 with some reverb on the Snare added from the TC-M3000

The later appearing sequence is from the Roland Cloud System-100, wich sounds really analog …also added Sherman Drive and Tape-Echo

The Strymon Volante is really the best Tape-Simulation out there.
The Korg Sq-64 is a quite capable sequencer . I’m not so happy that saving projects requires additionally a proper shutdown of the device. And creating/changing longer notes is a bit complicated … considering they call it polyphonic sequencer.

I love the TC-M3000 .. the reverb sounds very natural. It’s great for everything where you want to recognize the original sound and don’t smear everything with a cloud of reverb.

I was very surprised how well the Roland Cloud plugins sound. Especially the SH-2 and System-100."

Free Ableton Instruments - Tape Echo Synths built using the Roland Chorus Echo and Crumar Stratus

Expanding Sound

"Get the Free pack here https://www.gum.co/nrllx

This was a fun little pack to make! I didn't dive in too hard yet as I see a megapack in the future with this tape echo machine. I recently received my Roland Chorus Echo back from service, which is a great analog tape echo with a beautiful chorus as well as reverb. It adds a ton of character to anything you process through it. My Crumar Stratus was set up from a previous video I recorded so I thought it might be fun to make a few Ableton Instruments using the Stratus/Chorus Echo combination. I hope you enjoy them! I plan to run a lot of different instruments through the chorus echo and really have some fun with the modulation in the future."

The Glorious Combo Livejam- Juno 106, Bass Station 2, Blooper, Launchpad Pro, Octatrack and RE 201

-CALC-

Fresh back from a little servicing love, the Roland Juno 106 and RE201 tape echo get back on the bench for a workout.

Based around a simple sequence from Launchpad Pro into the Bass Station 2 (using the marvellous AFX mode) the 106 is feeding loops into the Chase Bliss Blooper pedal. Octatrack holding the rhythm section in check.

JS Bach sits on watching."

'70s style Modular, Hammond & Solina - Sep 24, 2020

SynthMania

"Sorry, the 3rd camera's SD card failed and didn't record the Synthesizers.com modular playing view. You can see some of it on the Solina view. A '70s hard-rock / progressive style jam I recorded tonight. I play the modular, organ and Solina live in real time straight to stereo 2-track. Play loud :D
Synthesizers.com Studio-88 modular: synth bass
Hammond XK-3c System: organ
Leslie 122XB: rotating speaker on the Hammond
ARP Solina String Ensemble: syn strings
Electro-Harmonix Bad Stone: phase shifter on the Solina
Roland RE-201 Space Echo: tape echoes
Steinberg Cubase Pro 10: Drum loops, recording, plate reverbs"

Kosmische Musik with Q960, Hammond, and Moog 9/19/2020

SynthMania

"This is just one way (of many) to emulate the wonderful 1970s "Kosmische Musik" from Germany

Synth Bass sequences: Synthesizers.com Studio-88

Organ: Hammond XK-3c System

Syn Lead: Moog The Rogue

FX: Roland RE-201 "Space Echo"; Strymon BigSky

00:00 Introduction
00:27 Q960 sequencer
03:35 Gating the Shift from the keyboard
04:05 Skipping sequence steps
05:00 Using the third row to control the note timing
06:13 Special 1970s sauce - modular sequence through tape echo
07:15 Hammond organ through spring reverb
08:06 Moog The Rogue through Space Echo
09:09 Full jam using all these instruments and technique"

Analog synth electro jam

Peter Maas

"Running the Roland TR-707 and TR-808 together to create that old school electro house sound. Topping is with a baseline from Sequential Pro One and pads from the Roland JX3P... some high pitched arpeggio's from the MC202. Echo provided by an Vorg Echo Orbit - 1 tape echo. Completely dawless."