Final Run of Flight of Harmony Quad Plague Bearer

via Flight of Harmony

"Flight of Harmony is taking pre-orders for the last ten Quad Plague Bearer stand-alone units. These units are based on the v3.3 circuit boards and will feature inverted graphics (aluminum on black, like the Sound of Shadows module)."

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For those not familiar with the Quad Plague Bearer:

"What is the Quad Plague Bearer Desktop Unit?

It is four independent Plague Bearers housed together to infect, corrupt and pervert a signal beyond recognition.

It contains four Voltage-Controlled Resonant Bandpass filters that were designed with the goals of maximum signal alteration and maximum parameter control. Each filter has controls for varying the high and low corner frequencies of the pass band, as well as variable gain and an input attenuator. Each section of the Plague Bearer can be used as a filter, an oscillator, a noise generator, or even as a resonance oscillator!

Depending on the settings, the filter can be a lowpass, highpass, single-bandpass, or multiple-bandpass. Adjusting the resonance point can cause the filter to self-oscillate in many ways: By adjusting the controls to just below the point of oscillation, and then applying a pulse, square, or other abrupt-edged input signal waveform will “ring” the filter. A simple “click” on the input can give a percussive output sound – from bass drum to bell to a harsh metallic clang; Crank the controls up and this beast will scream like a banshee! The oscillation can be damped or continuous. Chain a couple in series and get accumulating feedback – the build-up can be slow, fast or instantaneous. White Noise is easy to do – you don’t even need an input signal! Turn the input all the way down, and then slowly turn the gain up. You can adjust the “color” of the noise with the frequency controls. Daisy-chaining multiple filters can give a “comb” or multi-phase noise. About phase-shift characteristics: A single filter can give a STRONG chorus effect if so desired, useful as a sub-oscillator or just to 'fatten' a sound."

You can find additional details and samples on the Flight of Harmony website here.

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The blind masseur (Volca FM x2, Keys, Beats)

Published on May 10, 2016 Metatron's Cube

"It seems my video editing software can't handle a bunch of stuff happening at once, I tried re-rendering this several times and they all have a stutter near the beginning. But, it was too cool not to upload even if it's janky for a few seconds. Anyhoo, Zatoichi the blind masseur/swordsman whistles us in on this jam. His sword skills are so powerful the computer shudders in fear and mis-renders the action(lol). The Korg FM's are set up like a guitar, and the other like a plucked string like sound(and clashing blades in one part). It's a drone to wander the landscape to. Also a big thanks to all the recent subscribers. We have been working quite a bit lately, but when it calms down some more, bigger jams will happen. There are things slowly happening in the shadows(as well as a full Volca Series(all five volcas) random give-away at, or just after our 1000th subscriber, because why not?). Have great week everyone, and thank you for listening and watching!
download@ https://soundcloud.com/miles-baskett/...
Gears used:
Korg Volca FM
Korg Volca FM + Kp3 LCR delay
Korg Volca Keys + TC Electronics T2 reverb
Korg Volca Beats + TC Electronics HoF reverb
Zoom R24 (recording)
Presonus Studio One (final touches)
Kdenlive (freeware video editor)"

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Scanner - Valbor

Scanner - Valbor from Tiptop Film on Vimeo.

www.tiptoprec.com

Artist: SCANNER

Title: Valbor

Title Album: TTAR VA 0002

Directed by: Lorenzo Marchi

Release Date: 09.02.2016

Label: Tiptop Audio Records

Genre: Electronic, cinematic

Mastering by Tommy Bianchi @ White Sound Mastering Studio

Distribuited by Wordandsound

An imaginary character, here presented as a top hat, rides a bicycle, crossing landscapes taken from English prints of the eighteenth century, persevered in the British Library. In the background we see St John’s College, St Saviours Church and Cambridge, animated and resonating with light and shadows, offering up a playful tale between abstraction and reality.

Un cappello a cilindro, che sottintende la presenza di un personaggio immaginario alla guida di una bicicletta, attraversa paesaggi tratti da stampe inglesi del XVIII secolo della British Library. Sullo sfondo sfilano tra gli altri il St. John’s college, la St. Saviours Church e Cambridge animati da variazioni prospettiche e cambiamenti atmosferici in un alternarsi di luci e ombre: astrazione e realtà.

An Interview with Barry Schrader

Hi everyone! As you know Barry Schrader will be giving his farewell concert at CalArts on September 26. The following is the beginning of my interview with him. I opted to post the questions and answers as they come in.  New QAs will get a new post so you do not miss them and they will be added to this post so we have one central post for the full interview. This should make it easier for all of us to consume in our busy lives, and it will allow you to send in any questions that may come to mind during the interview process.  If you have anything you'd like to ask Barry, feel free to send it in to matrixsynth@gmail.com.  This is a rare opportunity for us to get insight on a significant bit of synthesizer history, specifically with early Buchla systems, and I'd like to thank Barry for this opportunity. Thank you Barry!

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Euroack 'n' ROMpler Modular Synth Jam (w/ JV1010 & Vermona DRM-1) #TTNM

Published on Mar 31, 2015 The Tuesday Night Machines

"This is a previously unreleased jam session video from May 2014, with rhythmic pings and pops, bright synth sounds and ROMpler guitar strings.

Gear used in this video:
- Eurorack Modular Synthesizer (with Vermona qMi, Malekko Wiard Anti-Oscillator, Intellijel, Klangbau Wavetable VCO, Klangbau 3D VCF, Sound of Shadows, Plague Bearer, Ataraxic Translatron, Voice of Saturn VCF, etc)
- Anyware Tinysizer (modular synth)
- Arturia MicroBrute (analog synthesizer)
- Roland JV-1010 (ROMpler guitar through EHX Memory Boy delay pedal)
- Vermona DRM-1 mkIII (drum synth)
- Akai MPC 1000 (sequencer)
- Zoom R16 (recording & mastering)

Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i)."

RIP Leonard Nimoy

Spock's Logic - Modular Synth Jam (w/ MicroBrute) #TTNM

Published on May 13, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines

RIP Leonard Nimoy. Your influence is everywhere.

"Mr. intellijel Spock and his helpers generate patterns and the Turing Machine does random melodies through a uScale.

Everything apart from the drums is sequenced by the self-playing modular synth patch (even the MicroBrute), which is only clock-synced to the MPC.

Questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! :) Thanks for watching!

MORE INFO:

Gear used in this video:
- Eurorack Modular Synthesizer (with Vermona qMi, Malekko Wiard Anti-Oscillator, Intellijel, Koma Kommander, Sound of Shadows, Plague Bearer, Spock, RYO Optodist, Voice of Saturn VCF, etc. see: http://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/vi...)
- Arturia MicroBrute (analog synthesizer)
- Vermona DRM-1 mkIII (drum synth)
- Akai MPC 1000 (clock & drum sequencer)
- Zoom R16 (recording & mastering)

Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i)."

Peter Vogel - The Sound of Shadows (2011)

Peter Vogel - The Sound of Shadows (2011) from Jean Martin on Vimeo.

"Pre-published part of the documentary about Peter Vogel explaining his work in his atelier in Freiburg i.B., South-West Germany, by Jean Martin and Conall Gleeson."

T-t-talk to me - An Echophon, Planar and Ribbonz demo

Published on Feb 8, 2014 HardScienceAV

"I just got the Make Noise Echophon and decided to give it a go. This is the result of my first patch. Thought I'd make a video of my experience :)

Here's a basic breakdown: The Flame Talking Synth is going into the Echophon input. I took the aux out of the Echophon into the FoH Sound of Shadows and fed both Echophon and SOS outputs into the Fontronik MH01. There's a lot of modulation going on. The Talking Synth has all of its parameters controlled by the Monde Ribbonz (the ribbon controller at the bottom that you've never seen before) and the Echophon has most of it's parameters controlled by the Intellijel Planar joystick and the ZBK (the big knob in the middle!).

The video was then processed with the LZX Industries video synth.


For more videos and stuff by me, go to: Hardscience.ca (or vimeo.com/hardscience)

For more info on the Monde Ribbonz, and other Monde modules, go here: http://www.mondesynthesizer.com/"

Swinth Commodore 64 compilation in HD - C64 SID chip

Published on Jul 18, 2014 MrCaliforniaD

"Played on a REAL Commodore 64 with the 6581 SID chip.

I did not compose this and can't find out who did it. Sorry!

Songs:
- Theme from Stationnary Ark
- Saturdays in Silesia
- Excerpt from Vangelis's 'Spiral'
- Mike Oldfield's 'Tubular Bells'
- Theme song from Magic Shadows
- ???
- Oxygene II
- Pachelbel's Canon in D minor
- ???

From the program 'Swinth'."

Update via yeryry in the comments:

"Probably by Georg Feil:

COMMENT: All comments for this file are by Georg Feil himself and are denoted
by (GF).
"I wrote it around '84 or '85 as a demo for my music editor called
'Synth'. I was going to University of Waterloo at the time and just
gave it to a friend of mine... didn't even bother to put my name on
the thing. Anyway it soon started cropping up all over the place.
I never made any sequels with music, although there was something with
annoying sound effects done in the same style as Synth Sample that I
posted in the beginning of 1994. So any music you see that looks like
a sequel or has graphics added was done by someone else.
Anyway the computer bust of 85/86(?) hit and Synth was never marketed.
I had been negotiating with a software company but they went out of
business. By that time I was working on a new version of Synth that
was a sequencer program for Midi instruments (called MSS), and had
joined my first band. I've been in a couple other bands since then,
the last one was called SugarPush and we came close to getting signed
(but then broke up [...]). So I guess you can credit that little
program with launching my musical career..." (GF)
(#1)
TITLE: Stationary Ark
ARTIST: John Mills-Cockell
COMMENT: "Theme from Stationary Ark, a nature show on PBS. [...] It appears on
Synth Sample as interpreted by a friend of mine. I didn't know what it
was myself until I happened to see Stationary Ark one time. This song
does not play properly on some C-64's where the SID chip filter is
calibrated differently." (GF)
(#2)
TITLE: Saturdays in Silezia
ARTIST: Rational Youth
COMMENT: "A fluffy pop song I taped off the radio. Seemed simple enough to
render on the C-64." (GF)
Also used in the game Shocker.
(#3)
TITLE: Spiral [from Spiral]
ARTIST: Vangelis
(#4)
TITLE: Tubular Bells, Part 1 [from Tubular Bells]
ARTIST: Mike Oldfield
COMMENT: A little free-hand adaptation.
"I just thought this was ultra cool. Used as the music to The
Exorcist, unfortunately." (GF)
(#5)
TITLE: Magic Shadows, closing theme
ARTIST: Harry Forbes
COMMENT: "Magic Shadows was a half-hour movie show on TV Ontario, sort of the
Canadian equivalent of PBS. They'd show old movies in half-hour
installments. I have no idea if there's an album. I taped it off the
TV." (GF)
(#6)
TITLE: Funeral Music for Queen Mary
ARTIST: Henry Purcell
(#7)
TITLE: Oxygene 2 [from Oxygene]
ARTIST: Jean Michel Jarre
(#8)
TITLE: Canon in D major
ARTIST: Johann Pachelbel
COMMENT: "This is a very popular classical hit. I transcribed the notes from a
Transactor or Compute! article (this is the only Synth Sample piece
not transcribed by ear)." (GF)
(#9)
TITLE: Enola Gay [from Organisation]
ARTIST: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark (OMD)"

"Construct 11" - (Phonogene + TR808 drums)

Published on Jun 17, 2014 Strange UFO Music·48 videos

"I have completed assembling my 6U size (2 rows of 84hp) eurorack modular setup. There's room for future expansion, but there's plenty that can be done with this smaller modular set up.

For the recording, I extracted drum parts from my previous video called "Enigma 19", in which that track was in 19/16 time. This track turned into something new, beginning in 11/8, with using the Phonogene Only modules used in making of this track were the Make Noise Phonogene, Doepfer A124 & A130, and Flight of Harmony "Sound of Shadows". In addition, recorded in 3 tracks stereo, mixed and multitracked.

btw: For the 808 officinados out there. The tr808 drum sounds were actually recorded from the Roland SC-55 Sound Canvas. The SC-55 does have a pleasing 808 kit, and you can pick up those modules for very low cost."

"Tip Top Cafe 2" - Z8000 + 4ms RCD + FOH Shadows

Published on Jun 12, 2014 Strange UFO Music·46 videos

A 2nd variation of the original main theme. Totally different in form and time structures, derived from the same melodic notes in first version. This time making use of the 4ms Rotating Clock Divider, and delay effects from the Flight of Harmony's "the Sound of Shadows" module, and again made use of the Make Noise Maths v2, Analogue Solutions VCO Sub, and Doepfer A124 Wasp VCF.

Pictures showing modular under construction. Rearranging to make spaces for the remaining modules (arriving soon) to fill in the rest of this 2 row space. Followed by some more artistic images of the Tip Top Z8000 Matrix Sequencer / Programmer.

Hope you enjoy, Thanks for listening!

M-M-Modular Synth Jam (MicroBrute, Vermona DRM-1, Eurorack, MPC 1000, etc.)

Published on Jun 3, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines·105 videos

"Some more Koma Kommander action and a fun little drum roll thing by the 4ms SCD & Klangbau 3D VCF. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...

... also some low frequency rumbling unfortunately because one filter wasn't closed all the way. So, I guess you might wanna watch this on crappy earbuds without much bass :-P

Questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! :) Thanks for watching!

MORE INFO:

Gear used in this video:
- Eurorack Modular Synthesizer (with Vermona qMi, Malekko Wiard Anti-Oscillator, Intellijel, Koma Kommander, Klangbau Wavetable VCDO, Sound of Shadows, Plague Bearer, Voice of Saturn VCF, etc. see: http://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/vi...)
- Arturia MicroBrute (analog synthesizer, mixed with the Ataraxic Translatron VCO, through EHX Memory Boy delay effect pedal)
- Vermona DRM-1 mkIII (drum synth)
- Akai MPC 1000 (sequencer)
- Zoom R16 (recording & mastering)

Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i)."

K-K-Kommander Modular Synth Jam (Eurorack, MicroBrute, Vermona DRM-1, etc.)

Published on May 27, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines·104 videos

"This is a noisy, clicky synth jam. I think I want a second Koma Kommander now ... for even more crazy hand gestures :D Subscribe for more videos: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...

Questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! :) Thanks for watching!

I'm using the Kommander to control the following:
- Wavetable position of the Ataraxic Translatron VCO
- Wavetable position of the Klangbau Wavetable VCDO
- Shift input signal of the intellijel uScale quantizer (which gets a random melody from the Turing Machine)
- ADSR for intellijel uVCF cutoff frequency


Gear used in this video:
- Eurorack Modular Synthesizer (with Vermona qMi, Malekko Wiard Anti-Oscillator, Intellijel, Koma Kommander, Sound of Shadows, Plague Bearer, Ataraxic Translatron, Voice of Saturn VCF, etc. see: http://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/vi...)
- Arturia MicroBrute (analog synthesizer through EHX Memory Boy delay pedal)
- Vermona DRM-1 mkIII (drum synth)
- Akai MPC 1000 (sequencer)
- Zoom R16 (recording & mastering)

Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i)."

Pi in the Sky Synth Jam (Standuino 2π, MicroBrute, Eurorack, MPC 1000, Vermona DRM-1, JV1010)

Published on May 20, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines·104 videos

"Some airy strings and pings, plus digital and analog noise :) Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...

Questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! :) Thanks for watching!

MORE INFO:

Gear used in this video:
- Eurorack Modular Synthesizer (with Vermona qMi, Malekko Wiard Anti-Oscillator, Klangbau, Intellijel, Koma Kommander, Sound of Shadows, Plague Bearer, Ataraxic Translatron, Voice of Saturn VCF, etc. see: http://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/vi...)
- Standuino 2pi White Noise Edition (noise synth through EHX Memory Boy delay)
- Arturia MicroBrute (analog synthesizer)
- Roland JV-1010 (ROMpler Strings)
- Vermona DRM-1 mkIII (drum synth)
- Akai MPC 1000 (sequencer)
- Zoom R16 (recording & mastering)

Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i)."

Logical Modular Synth Jam (MicroBrute, Eurorack, MPC 1000, Vermona DRM-1 mkIII)

Published on May 13, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines·104 videos

"Mr. Spock and his helpers generate patterns and the Turing Machine does random melodies through a uScale.

Everything apart from the drums is sequenced by the self-playing modular synth patch (even the MicroBrute), which is only clock-synced to the MPC.

Questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! :) Thanks for watching!

MORE INFO:

Gear used in this video:
- Eurorack Modular Synthesizer (with Vermona qMi, Malekko Wiard Anti-Oscillator, Intellijel, Koma Kommander, Sound of Shadows, Plague Bearer, Spock, RYO Optodist, Voice of Saturn VCF, etc. see: http://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/vi...)
- Arturia MicroBrute (analog synthesizer)
- Vermona DRM-1 mkIII (drum synth)
- Akai MPC 1000 (clock & drum sequencer)
- Zoom R16 (recording & mastering)

Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i)."

Another Modular Synthesizer Jam?! (MicroBrute, Eurorack, Vermona DRM-1, Kaosspad Quad, MPC 1000,)

Published on May 6, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines·101 videos

"Yes, indeed! Still jamming with the Eurorackz ... couldn't think of a name this time. I also used one LFO from the Tinysizer, by the way :D Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...

Questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! :) Thanks for watching!

MORE INFO:

Gear used in this video:
- Eurorack Modular Synthesizer (with Vermona qMi, Malekko Wiard Anti-Oscillator, Intellijel, Koma Kommander, Sound of Shadows, Plague Bearer, RYO Optodist, Voice of Saturn VCF, etc. see: http://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/vi...)
- Arturia MicroBrute (analog synthesizer)
- Vermona DRM-1 mkIII (drum synth)
- Korg Kaoss Pad Quad (looper & phaser FX on Eurorack)
- Akai MPC 1000 (sequencer)
- Zoom R16 (recording & mastering)

Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i)."

Experimental Modular Synth Soundscapes (Eurorack, Tinysizer, DRM-1, MPC 1000, etc.)

Published on Apr 29, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines·99 videos

"Pinging filters, grain-shifting drums, droning drones and making whale sounds with the analog modular synthesizers :) Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...

Questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! :) Thanks for watching!

MORE INFO:

Gear used in this video:
- Eurorack Modular Synthesizer (with Vermona qMi, Klangbau DCO, Malekko Wiard Anti-Oscillator, Intellijel, Koma Kommander, Sound of Shadows, Plague Bearer, Ataraxic Translatron, Voice of Saturn VCF, etc. see: http://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/vi...)
- Anyware Tinysizer (modular synth)
- Vermona DRM-1 mkIII (drum synth)
- Korg Kaoss Pad Quad (drum FX)
- Akai MPC 1000 (MIDI sequencer & Clock)
- Zoom R16 (recording & mastering)

Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i) and a GoPro HD Hero 1.


LINKS:

SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL:
http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...

GET MY ELECTRONIC MUSIC AT BANDCAMP:
http://nightmachines.bandcamp.com

FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER:
http://twitter.com/Flixxx

MY OTHER YOUTUBE CHANNEL:
http://www.youtube.com/flx04part2"

Glitchy Wavetable Synth Jam (MicroBrute, Eurorack, Tinysizer, Vermona DRM1 mkIII, MPC 1000)

Published on Apr 22, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines·98 videos

"I'm manually switching through wavetables on the Klangbau VCDO module, while the rest of the modular plays random melodies and noise.

Questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! :) Thanks for watching!

MORE INFO:

Gear used in this video:
- Eurorack Modular Synthesizer (with Vermona qMi, Malekko Wiard Anti-Oscillator, Klangbau Wavetable VCO, Intellijel, Sound of Shadows, Plague Bearer, Turing Machine, uScale, etc. see: http://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/vi...)
- Anyware Tinysizer (modular synth, noisy sounds)
- Arturia MicroBrute (analog synthesizer, bass drone through MXR micro flanger guitar effect)
- Vermona DRM-1 mkIII (drum synth)
- Akai MPC 1000 (sequencer)
- Zoom R16 (recording & mastering)

LINKS:

SUBSCRIBE TO MY CHANNEL:
http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...

GET MY ELECTRONIC MUSIC AT BANDCAMP:
http://nightmachines.bandcamp.com

LET'S TALK ON TWITTER:
http://twitter.com/Flixxx (@Flixxx)

STAY IN TOUCH ON FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/nightmachines

MY OTHER YOUTUBE CHANNEL:
http://www.youtube.com/flx04part2"

Korg Volca Bass vs. Metasonix TM-7 Scrotum Smasher

Published on Apr 15, 2014 nooneimportant77·33 videos

"Still learning.

Signal chain for the volca is : MIDI out of computer for sync - Volca Bass - TM-7 - cwejman VCA-4mx - WMD Micro Hadron Collider (this isn't really doing anything) - FoH Sound of Shadows (obviously used delay, not changing the sound much).

There's a little drone thing, that's just a Synth Tech e340 Cloud Generator, and simple filters, nothin crazy.

Drums are in the computer. Though the TM-7 is really good on drums.
For more random music stuff: https://soundcloud.com/ripleysterling"

TinyPad Modular Synth Jam (MicroBrute, Tinysizer, Vermona DRM-1, Eurorack, MPC 1000)

Published on Apr 15, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines·97 videos

"Made a whiny ambient pad sound patch with the Tinysizer and then added some Eurorack bass, MicroBrute lead and Vermona drums :)

Questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! :) Thanks for watching!

MORE INFO:

Gear used in this video:
- Eurorack Modular Synthesizer (bass & water drop sounds, with Vermona qMi, Intellijel Dixie, Doepfer Phase Shifter, Sound of Shadows, etc. see: http://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/vi...)
- Anyware Tinysizer (modular synth, whiny ambient sound)
- Arturia MicroBrute (analog synth, main lead) through Electro Harmonix Memory Boy (analog delay effect)
- Vermona DRM-1 mkIII (analog drum synth)
- Akai MPC 1000 (MIDI sequencer)
- Zoom R16 (recording & mastering)

Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i).

LINKS:

GET MY ELECTRONIC MUSIC AT BANDCAMP:
http://nightmachines.bandcamp.com

FOLLOW ME ON TWITTER:
http://twitter.com/Flixxx

STAY IN TOUCH ON FACEBOOK:
http://www.facebook.com/nightmachines

MY OTHER YOUTUBE CHANNEL:
http://www.youtube.com/flx04part2"