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Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Signal Sounds favourite music gear of 2024
video upload by Signal Sounds
"To round off a cracking 2024 in the world of music tech, we asked a few of our staff and some good friends of the store to pick their favourite pieces of gear of the year.
All the gear mentioned is available to buy or pre-order here:
https://www.signalsounds.com/teenage-...
https://www.signalsounds.com/soundfor...
https://www.signalsounds.com/arturia-...
https://www.signalsounds.com/joranalo...
https://www.signalsounds.com/melbourn...
https://www.signalsounds.com/expert-s...
https://www.signalsounds.com/future-s...
https://www.signalsounds.com/ryk-modu...
Chapters
00:00 Luke
01:54 DivKid
03:21 Michael Manning
04:53 Tom Churchill
06:42 Molly
07:52 Kyle
09:22 Aleks
10:46 The Unperson"
LABELS/MORE:
Arturia,
eurorack,
Expert Sleepers,
Future Sound Systems,
Interviews,
JORANALOGUE,
Melbourne Instruments,
RYK,
SoundForce,
Teenage Engineering
Friday, December 13, 2024
MFB 512
Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
video upload by Marc van der Holst
"Sorry about that; especially the recording the sound with my phone part. If I get bored – and I get bored easily, if you were wonderinig while watching this stupid video. Again sorry. There is just one other clip of the MFB 512, far as I know, it lasts 3 seconds and sounds great and just better in every respect. Except the special FX, maybe. If this doesn't sell (on Reverb), I'll make a proper video. With real explosions and stuff, and a love story sub plot line and Indiana Jones. A costume drama. Well, a drama for sure. Cheers!"
via this listing
"This seems to be in pretty very good condition, switches knobs switch- and knobable and then do things, most of the time, sounds fantastic (eh though not so much in my stupid yt video, unfortunately, that I've linked to, that's my phone's little no good mic — go check the other 512 clip, that one's way better).
So, great, and "great price, I've seen them go for a lot more!"
Yes, you may have, BUT here's the but, but, it's not so big a but, all is probably im Ordnung, but since you never know, I don't, I never know anything:
A) these have Trigger In for syncing, no MIIDI (which I thought it had and is the reason for selling), and I have nothing to check that with atm and
B) I've tried for an hour a little less but I couldn't tell you how to replace those (very nice, I think) presets with your own programmed patterns. You can definitely do something with that left know, something sequency, but I haven't figured it out yet, and I may never, you figure it out, you're smarter than me I know.
Both things I'm educatedly guessing are highly likely fine, but since I can't tell for sure I won't tell you for sure."
video upload by Marc van der Holst
"Sorry about that; especially the recording the sound with my phone part. If I get bored – and I get bored easily, if you were wonderinig while watching this stupid video. Again sorry. There is just one other clip of the MFB 512, far as I know, it lasts 3 seconds and sounds great and just better in every respect. Except the special FX, maybe. If this doesn't sell (on Reverb), I'll make a proper video. With real explosions and stuff, and a love story sub plot line and Indiana Jones. A costume drama. Well, a drama for sure. Cheers!"
via this listing

So, great, and "great price, I've seen them go for a lot more!"
Yes, you may have, BUT here's the but, but, it's not so big a but, all is probably im Ordnung, but since you never know, I don't, I never know anything:
A) these have Trigger In for syncing, no MIIDI (which I thought it had and is the reason for selling), and I have nothing to check that with atm and
B) I've tried for an hour a little less but I couldn't tell you how to replace those (very nice, I think) presets with your own programmed patterns. You can definitely do something with that left know, something sequency, but I haven't figured it out yet, and I may never, you figure it out, you're smarter than me I know.
Both things I'm educatedly guessing are highly likely fine, but since I can't tell for sure I won't tell you for sure."
When Worlds Collide | Why I don't need a lock-in amp | COLLIDE 4 Ep. 03
video upload by Cinematic Laboratory
Cinematic+Laboratory+COLLIDE+4
"I didn't realize my episode 01 was about three weeks ago. It felt like three months or more. As you may know, this channel is not sponsored and I usually do my research before I buy a module. So far, it didn't work out well and since I am planning to clean-up my collection in 2025, it ended up on my 'may need to go' list.
Don't get me wrong, I think it deserves the 2024 eurorack design award. It's just me not getting along very well. It's advertised as a lock-in amp, but its main purpose is kind of useless in electronic music. So it's meant to be creatively 'abused' and 'repurposed'. Please note I am not trying to use it as a lock-in amp, I am exploring new creative ways to use it.
Instead of making sure your delicate faint source doesn't clip, you'd go for 30 dB gain compensation, turn up the resonance and then gain the filter some more. It's designed to isolate a faint sinewave hiding in a wall of noise and extract phase and amplitude. But why should we even want to do that? And then there's a simple ringmod, a relatively simple sine VCO with TZFM support and some logic. It can't process stereo signals because it will cancel out your center information.
Since I have a huge collection of modules, I always wondered about making my own 'recipe' with a separate amp, filter, frequency shifter, ring mod and quadrature VCO. I think I came a long way this time, only enforcing the idea that the C4 is 'obsolete' in my collection. So even though it's an excellent module, you'll need to double check if you can build one with separates. It wouldn't be a lock-in amp, but I truly believe I don't need one in its designated role and I will explain why.
If you do not agree, PLEASE don't just dislike this video, but share your tips and patching tricks, so the community will be able to learn how to appreciate it - including myself.
And then I hooked up the C4 with my improvised version, and a wonderful world of magic opened up. It was so good that I decided to keep the C4 after all, and follow that path. So it's an all over-the-place personal struggle video, but I think it's real and honest. We all end up struggling from time to time. However, my number 1 rule is 'when you feel a module sounds bad, you're not patching it right'. It's not always true, but it encourages me to try things.
Hainbach is a master in restoring life to old 'crap' we'd throw away as trash, and I love his work. But I am not Hainbach and he's not included in the box. I can only stumble in his footsteps. Fortunately, I can just be myself and do my own thing. Just like there's nobody like YOU either."
COLLIDE 4 | Episode 04 | Post-Collision Course
video upload by Cinematic Laboratory
"I felt I had to make this episode before anything else. In episode 03 I posed the question whether or not I'd need a 'lock-in amp' in eurorack. I got myself into kind of a rut after making two episodes, wondering if I made the right decision to get one. And if this happens, I need to openly reflect on that because there's something to learn from it. If it happens to me, it will definitely happen to you too, because I make these mistakes for a living.
By all means I never meant to say 'do we need a C4'. It depends on your own journey. It turns out Hainbach needs four. Blush Response definitely loved every single HP of it. For his genre and style, the C4 immediately delivers. Truckloads of it.
I was hoping to open a discussion and learn from others, but I've also seen signs of the wasp-nest cancel-culture. I've seen comments I had to delete and I permanently muted some. I do not allow any insults to me, my fellow youtubers and beloved manufacturers. To anyone. But I am too old to get angry about it, or take the insults personally. I learn from personal opinions, I learn from revising my own conclusions, and I always rectify a few episodes later, sharing any new insights. This is a good example.
I kind of promised if there would ever be an episode 04, it would be about a C8, a dual COLLIDE 4. I'll need to work some more on that, but the lab now has two. I had to pay for both of them myself, so there's no 'paid promotion' of any kind. There were no discounts. This is also why it's so much fun to run this channel. I try to be honest, but I can't be objective. I don't ever want you to buy two because I did. I want you to know what you're getting yourself into. The COLLIDE 4 is an open platform. It has no intended use except the scientific measurements of cyclic waveforms in noise. What you get out of it is what you dialed and patched in.
Thanks for your patience and resilience, and be nice to each other."
Thursday, December 12, 2024
Blue Mondayish ELKA OMB5 with Custom Drum Kit
video upload by ohm_studi_ohm
"I just finished servicing an Elka OMB5 and building a custom drum kit for it so I had some fun with it.
All sounds are from the OMB5, no fx used."
ELKA OMB 5 with custom drum kit
video upload by ohm_studi_ohm
"herre is a demo of an Elka One Man Band with custom drum sounds.
The OMB5 is a nice 4 part arranger with rhythm channel, bass channel and 2 accompaniment tracks. Sounds are FM (from the elka ER/EK/EM 44) and the drums are PCM sampled from the Drumstar 80. It has MIDI in and out so you can either control and play the different part from the keyboard or from MIDI, it syncs and transmits clock as well as single input notes or sequenced notes. I like using it with external midi controller so I can play the 3 different melodic part separately (when playing from the keyboard notes always trigger the 3 part together).
Though the drum samples are actually quite good if you like 80s sounds (especialy percussion and cymbal sounds), I decided to replace some of them with some I favor more, using sounds from LinnDrum, Oberheim DX, Roland TR808, CR8000 and TR707. I also adjusted level by using compression on some other stock sounds.
The audio format used in the OMB5 (and the Drumstar 80 which drum part is derived) is the same as in those classic 80s PCM drum machines, ie 8 bit µ-Law unsigned sample. Sample rate is 25000 hz (or so) in that one.
Replacing sound is not as straightforward as in those drum machines because instead of using 1x eprom per sound there are several samples per eprom (7x 256 kbyte eproms are used in the OMB5 to accomode for 32 sounds) so you need to edit the audio file and replace the existing sample with your own but it needs to start at the exact same adress as the original one and it should have the same length or be shorter.
So basically what you do is:
read the eprom bin
convert to uncompressed audio
edit that file and edit/replace the sound you want making sure you dont change file size nor start adress of the sound
convert the uncompressed audio to µ-law 8 bit
burn the new bin file
if you're interested in getting those sound I can sell you a full 7x eproms kit ready to use. I can be fitted in the DrumStar 80 too.
here is a list of the 32 sounds, with original and replacement when there is:
Saturday, December 07, 2024
EMU ESI 4000 Granulizer
video upload by Stereoping
"Another Synth Controller edition ... for #EMU #ESI Samplers! No, it can not edit LFOs and Envelopes because the ESIs do not support it in any way. But the #Granulizer makes creative use of the ESI's feature of modulating the Sample Start point by velocity. I saw this in a video of youTuber @Stereo Realist (source below) and wanted to see how far i come with a dedictad hardware device.
The Controller replaces velocity of incoming midinotes with knob tweakings while rapidly firing these manipulated notes on the ESI, like an arpeggiator with built in mididata manipulator. GRAIN LENGTH determines the duration until the Note Off event is sent. The result is a really bad but funny granular sampler.
Besides the controls for grain length, position, random position, pitchbend (cool for tuning frozen choirs or screaming cats to changing musical context) it offers some CC-knobs for realtime editing of VCA Level & Pan, VCF Cutoff & Q. Pressure can be freely assigned in the Realtime mods, e.g. to Attack.Yes, we all know: software and iPads can do this much better and cheaper but ... it's HARDWARE ! Edition's firmware and addendum (for details) available in my shop under DOWNLOADS.
0:15 - Introteaser
0:55 - Settings on ESI to get it working
3:16 - The controls demoed
5:40 - midisync for grain seeding
7:21 - Crossfading samples"
E-mu ESi Granular Synthesis: An Impromptu Guide
video upload by Stereo Realist
"Rudimentary granular synthesis on an old hardware sampler; not entirely practical in most situations, but a good way to mangle your sounds for later resampling. You could probably go even deeper on the higher-end e-mu samplers of the era since they have a lot more modulation options from what I hear, though I've never personally used one."
Tuesday, December 03, 2024
microKORG2 NEW SOUNDS (4 BANKS - MUSIC DEMO) 🎹🔥
video upload by FutureMusic.es
"Korg has announced with great fanfare the release of four new microKORG2 sound packs, featuring completely exclusive programming for this versatile and popular best-selling synthesizer…
[ESP] Korg anuncia a bombo y platillo el lanzamiento de cuatro paquetes de sonidos microKORG2, con programaciones totalmente exclusivas para este versátil y popular sintetizador superventas…
00:01 microKORG1 Best Selection
01:54 Templates And Tutorials
03:32 BLINKSONIC Vol1 Classics
05:16 BLINKSONIC Vol1 Acoustic Feel
07:31 BLINKSONIC Vol1 Calm
11:00 BLINKSONIC Vol1 Hybrid
15:11 BLINKSONIC Vol2 Energic
18:51 BLINKSONIC Vol2 Wild
22:08 BLINKSONIC Vol2 Weird
25:48 BLINKSONIC Vol2 Basses
Toybox Audio FM Zone
Toybox FM Zone Synth: Very Good, Very Easy AND Very Deep // Walkthrough & Review
video upload by Gavinski’s Tutorials
"This video is a detailed walkthrough, demo and review of ToyBox Audio’s FM Zone. I go into many aspects which are not included in the manual, at least not at the time of release. FM Zone is an excellent ‘boutique’ FM synth for desktop and iPad, an runs both as a plugin and standalone. I really like it, and think it will appeal both to FM experts and people who don’t know much about FM or even subtractive synthesis. It is very accessible but you can also go super deep if you want to. It’s also very reasonably priced. It is based on 4-operator FM, but allows for use of lots of different waveforms so you can incorporate elements of physical modeling, ring mod, AM, additive synthesis and more. The envelopes combined with looping options for envelopes allow for mad sound design possibilities. It also has a massive collection of great sounding filter types. Links etc can be found below. Enjoy!"
Exploring Toybox Audio's FM ZONE (sponsored)
video upload by DATABROTH
Toybox Audio also brought us Buzz Zone featured here.
"This stream is sponsored by Toybox Audio: https://www.toyboxaudio.com/
Read my review here: https://www.databroth.com/blog/fm-zon...
check out my wavetables and presets at https://gumroad.com/databroth
join my Patreon / databroth"
via Toybox Audio
"FM Zone is an easy-to-use polyphonic synthesiser plugin with sophisticated FM and sample engines and a bank of flexible multi-segment envelopes to shape the sound in any direction you desire. Perfect for huge FM basses and cutting leads
The synthesiser features two powerful engines that can be layered together for a variety of complex sounds and textures. The ‘Synth’ engine features a powerful FM engine with a variety of 'special' operator types (FM, supersaw, additive, physical modelling etc) for expressive, harmonically-rich timbres. The ‘Sample’ engine can be used to mix additional textures or attacks samples over the sound."
video upload by Gavinski’s Tutorials
"This video is a detailed walkthrough, demo and review of ToyBox Audio’s FM Zone. I go into many aspects which are not included in the manual, at least not at the time of release. FM Zone is an excellent ‘boutique’ FM synth for desktop and iPad, an runs both as a plugin and standalone. I really like it, and think it will appeal both to FM experts and people who don’t know much about FM or even subtractive synthesis. It is very accessible but you can also go super deep if you want to. It’s also very reasonably priced. It is based on 4-operator FM, but allows for use of lots of different waveforms so you can incorporate elements of physical modeling, ring mod, AM, additive synthesis and more. The envelopes combined with looping options for envelopes allow for mad sound design possibilities. It also has a massive collection of great sounding filter types. Links etc can be found below. Enjoy!"
Exploring Toybox Audio's FM ZONE (sponsored)
video upload by DATABROTH
Toybox Audio also brought us Buzz Zone featured here.
"This stream is sponsored by Toybox Audio: https://www.toyboxaudio.com/
Read my review here: https://www.databroth.com/blog/fm-zon...
check out my wavetables and presets at https://gumroad.com/databroth
join my Patreon / databroth"
via Toybox Audio
"FM Zone is an easy-to-use polyphonic synthesiser plugin with sophisticated FM and sample engines and a bank of flexible multi-segment envelopes to shape the sound in any direction you desire. Perfect for huge FM basses and cutting leads
The synthesiser features two powerful engines that can be layered together for a variety of complex sounds and textures. The ‘Synth’ engine features a powerful FM engine with a variety of 'special' operator types (FM, supersaw, additive, physical modelling etc) for expressive, harmonically-rich timbres. The ‘Sample’ engine can be used to mix additional textures or attacks samples over the sound."
Sunday, December 01, 2024
Nightverb automated by the Midicake Arp (no talk)
video upload by Richard DeHove
"Here's a somewhat chaotic collection of MIDI CC automation experiments using the Midicake Arp to generate the data. The Arp feeds the Nightverb synced data which affects the sounds coming in from the LXR-02. The Arp and LXR-02 are running from an external clock.
Originally I was blathering over the top about how it was all done but perhaps just seeing some of the twiddlings, especially toward the end of the video, may get the idea across just as well. I tried to give a wet and dry example of what's happening but this is all pulled from about a dozen or so meandering noodles so forgive me if they're not all perfectly structured. Headphones reveal some of the finer modulation timings. There's also a lot of unpleasant oddities but I thought them worth keeping to show the range of modulation.
The real star here is the Midicake Arp. The new v7 firmware is what opens up synced MIDI CC automation. Unless you've got a good dedicated sequencer, or take feeds from your DAW, chances are this hasn't been easily available. I remember looking into devices which would allow simple synchronized MIDI CC automation a few months ago and there weren't many choices. It's why I ended up selling my El Capistan. I bought that specifically for its "degrading loops" functionality but that only available by MIDI CC. In itself that's not too hard, but if you want it clock synced then that's another story.
Sending four channels of automation to the Nightverb, sometimes with extremely fast LFO-like modulations, did sometimes overload the Nightverb and require a power cycle. This usually happened if I flipped between intense presets while running.
If you have any high-end effect units chances are there are all sorts of interesting things available via MIDI CC. With Arp is very easy to access them in real-time sync. So congrats to Midicake for adding this excellent functionality!
0:00 Tippytap
0:40 Heavy gate
1:21 Distortomax
2:27 Bathroom War
3:30 Synth Mutant
5:08 Squarewaves
Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"
Thursday, November 28, 2024
Rhodes Chroma Polaris 64-Key 6-Voice Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer
Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
via this listing
"It’s in phenomenal physical shape for its age. The membrane buttons had been previously replaced so they work like a charm. Comes with power cable and will be packaged very securely.
The only strange workaround is that the Assignable Control Fader doesn’t work. Instead, the Volume Envelope Release Fader controls both the selected Assignable Control parameter and the Volume Release at the same time. So when you move the Release fader, it affects both. Weird, but I usually set the Assignable to something that doesn’t affect the sound so it never bothers me. It’s probably a simple fix in the right hands. This synth just sounds too good to care! Everything else works well and I haven’t had any issues creating with it. One day I will regret letting this one go."
via this listing
"It’s in phenomenal physical shape for its age. The membrane buttons had been previously replaced so they work like a charm. Comes with power cable and will be packaged very securely.
The only strange workaround is that the Assignable Control Fader doesn’t work. Instead, the Volume Envelope Release Fader controls both the selected Assignable Control parameter and the Volume Release at the same time. So when you move the Release fader, it affects both. Weird, but I usually set the Assignable to something that doesn’t affect the sound so it never bothers me. It’s probably a simple fix in the right hands. This synth just sounds too good to care! Everything else works well and I haven’t had any issues creating with it. One day I will regret letting this one go."
Monday, November 25, 2024
Prophet Rev 2
video uploads by Daniel Mana - sound designer & composer
Playlist:
1. The Prophet Rev2 makes me dream
I love spending hours just tweaking the knobs of the Rev2, the Prophet Rev2 makes me dream and it takes me to unexplored territories. As I said in a previous videos it's not an "easy" synthesizer, it takes time to find the sound you are looking for but it's capable of anything really.2. How does the Prophet Rev2 filter sound? I love it!
How is that possible? do you think it spunds bad? How does the Prophet Rev2 filter sound? I love it! it's great! please let me know in the comments.3. Prophet Rev 2 + Moog Grandmother arpeggio on a sunday morning
The Sequential Prophet rev2 and the Moog Grandmother are a perfect combo, the first one is a polyphonic synthesizer, the second is a dream monophonic semimodular synth.4. Sequential Prophet rev2 // a unique sounding synthesizer [previously posted here]
This recording was part of my usual sunday morning making music routine, after playing a little bit with the Sequential Rev 2 and its modulation I came up with this patch that I really liked and it sounded great as a layer for the Grandomother arpeggios running over it. I play with the filter and with the envelopes on the grandmother and towards the add I add the extra modulation to the vcf from the lfo. Pretty happy the way it came out.
The Sequential Prophet rev2 is a unique sounding synthesizer, I have read so many things about it, a lot of people say it doesn't good, some say it's the best synth ever, well....I love it!
Does it sound like a Prophet 5? No
Does it sound like a Prophet? Absolutely yes
Is it better or worse than a Prophet 5? it's different, it has its own sounds and I really like it, you can dial in any sound really, and it does sound big!
There is one thing though that I've read and I do agree with, it's not an "easy" synth, and by easy I mean that it does take a little bit longer in order to dial in a certain sound that you are looking for.
It offers infinite possibilities of modulation, maybe too many, but it's very easy to use and intuitive.
The possibilty to split the keyboard or to stack two layers of sounds makes it a beast!
Saturday, November 23, 2024
Oberheim DMX 8-Voice Drum Machine w/ Eight Additional Voice Cards
Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
via this listing
Pics of the inside below.
"Oberheim DMX with MIDI and fill set of Oberheim DMX Soundcards - in very good condition, very clean, had service by ElectronGate some years ago and was stored away since that point time.
In addition five additional voice cards with Linn Drum Sounds (original data - exact binary images, no samples) and two additional voice boards with Sequential DrumTraks sounds (also exact binary images).
In total seven additional voice boards with additional Linn and DrumTraks sound...
Comes in a nice vintage soft case - will be packed very carefully..."
via this listing
Pics of the inside below.
"Oberheim DMX with MIDI and fill set of Oberheim DMX Soundcards - in very good condition, very clean, had service by ElectronGate some years ago and was stored away since that point time.
In addition five additional voice cards with Linn Drum Sounds (original data - exact binary images, no samples) and two additional voice boards with Sequential DrumTraks sounds (also exact binary images).
In total seven additional voice boards with additional Linn and DrumTraks sound...
Comes in a nice vintage soft case - will be packed very carefully..."
Friday, November 22, 2024
The Soul of Moog One: Custom Sounds Part 2
video upload by Synth Universe
Part 1 here
"This Part 2 continues my musical exploration of Moog One featuring custom-created patches from five years of owning and using this monster synth.
Does it have a characteristic sound? What are its sweet spots? How does its sound compare to the Moog Muse? I hope this video and part 1 will help to answer those questions.
With the Moog One discontinued and the release of the Moog Muse, I figured it was a good time to make these videos. The Moog One has at times been misunderstood and maligned. It didn't offer the sonic 'instant gratification' of some other classic synths because in a way it's in a category all by itself. It takes time to figure out how to get the best out of it, but when you do, it's one of the most powerful, musically rewarding and inspiring synths ever made.
All the sounds you hear in this video were created by me on the Moog One 16 voice and include poly synths, pads, strings, ambient, soundscapes, keys, arps and hybrid patches.
Any effects you hear on the sounds in this video are internal to Moog One. I mainly use delay and reverb and several patches use no FX at all. I generally do not use the chorus and modulation effects as they colour the sound too much (in fact my main use of the chorus effect is set at 0% mix to add gain to patches). No external processing was applied.
*** If you are a Moog One owner, all the sounds in this video and many more will soon be available to purchase as part of the Synth Universe Moog One Sound Banks. Please subscribe and enable notifications and you will be alerted - thanks."
Moog Memorymoog Plus SN
Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
via this listing
"Fantastic Moog Memorymoog Plus. Full refurbished and restored. Very good shape, for its age. Always used with care in non smoking studio. Recap done, new battery, refurbished few years ago for preventive service.Works and sounds awesome, is one of the best sounding analog polysynths ever made for sure."
via this listing
"Fantastic Moog Memorymoog Plus. Full refurbished and restored. Very good shape, for its age. Always used with care in non smoking studio. Recap done, new battery, refurbished few years ago for preventive service.Works and sounds awesome, is one of the best sounding analog polysynths ever made for sure."
Thursday, November 21, 2024
Roland JX-1 Performance Synth - realtime tweaking on a 90s Rompler. The best of „both worlds“
video upload by Ted murena
"The the Roland JX one is a 90s romper built as part of the JX series. This synthesiser gives the user a lot to control in their play mode but it is not a workstation and does not have a lot of ability to truly create brand new sounds effectively you are able to tweak the presets to come up with some pretty good useful sounds this has been used by many, techno and trance artist over the 90s as a nice entry synth and also a real usable playable instrument for those that may be more likely to be focused on DJ activities while making music."
Wednesday, November 20, 2024
Rhodes Chroma Polaris 64-Key 6-Voice Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer
Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
via this listing
"00% working and currently has the original preset bank loaded. The membrane switches are all working. Over the years the unit has had a few repairs, including one of the pot muxes and replacement of all of the VCO tuning caps (Believe me, you want this done on any Polaris you find) The headphone out circuit on these is a rather poor design, which causes a good deal of hum. I have disabled this, as I want the cleanest sound I can get from the Hi Z output jack. (The Hi impedance output is the one that sounds the best) All of the keys are working perfectly. One key has a slight wiggle, which is very minor and doesn't affect playing."
via this listing
"00% working and currently has the original preset bank loaded. The membrane switches are all working. Over the years the unit has had a few repairs, including one of the pot muxes and replacement of all of the VCO tuning caps (Believe me, you want this done on any Polaris you find) The headphone out circuit on these is a rather poor design, which causes a good deal of hum. I have disabled this, as I want the cleanest sound I can get from the Hi Z output jack. (The Hi impedance output is the one that sounds the best) All of the keys are working perfectly. One key has a slight wiggle, which is very minor and doesn't affect playing."
Sunday, November 17, 2024
New Demos of the Upcoming Groovetube by Telmatronics
video uploads by Telmatronics
Playlist:
1. Good sounds on the bench
Production prototype running with pcb faults fixed. This circuit will go in to the first batch of machines.2. Experimental plasma tube
This is the first custom tube made for this machine by Julia Bickerstaff @NeonJulia3. Slow/mellow with input gate
We have more work to do on these, but this is a fantastic sound on first go!
The input signal here is low-frequency, the higher sounds are from the plasma. When the input is gated enough, you just hear the plasma sound.
The gate can be applied to input and/or output signals.4. Lots of distortion
Here it is set half-on, and sent to input.
A mix of LFO signals can also be sent to the gate.
Still some noise on the input channels with this pcb, hoping the new board will be quieter...
With RF set low, lots of plasma noise that can be modified with a magnet. A few clips getting different distorted sounds, last one noisiest.5. Lots of bass
Bass frequencies easily make the plasma break up as the input signal is large amplitude. The noise component varies a lot with tube power and input drive/waveform.
Thursday, November 14, 2024
Techno jam with LXR-02 🔴
video upload by Yan Cook
"A wild digital beast with a lot of features for the price.
My first impressions:
• Cool design
• Solid build quality
• Love the faders
• Sounds very good
• Deep sound design capabilities
• Doesn't feel like a toy
• I wish it also had reverb
• Couldn't figure out a way to get rid of trigger clicks when using longer decay
• Couldn't figure out how to retrig synced LFO from same position every time I press play
🔥 Raw Techno Sample Pack:
https://yancook.bandcamp.com/album/ra..."
Friday, November 08, 2024
Roland JX-8P 61-Key Polyphonic Synthesizer
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via this listing
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"This JX-8P is far from good condition. Aside from the aftertouch being a little stiff, the synth is fully functional with no other issues we could find. It's definitely seen a fair amount of use and abuse in its time. This isn't for no reason however, as this synth has some really neat sounds and features in its back pocket. Some of this wear on the synth includes: minor cosmetic play wear, worn away faceplate labels, scratches along the perimeter of the synth, some deeper scratches that are pictured and side panels that are just about ready to another dimension. The plastic on the sidepanels went a little brittle and the bushings gave way. It's a fairly easy repair if you have the time and patience, but as of now we do not."
via this listing
Additional SYNTH CITY Listings
"This JX-8P is far from good condition. Aside from the aftertouch being a little stiff, the synth is fully functional with no other issues we could find. It's definitely seen a fair amount of use and abuse in its time. This isn't for no reason however, as this synth has some really neat sounds and features in its back pocket. Some of this wear on the synth includes: minor cosmetic play wear, worn away faceplate labels, scratches along the perimeter of the synth, some deeper scratches that are pictured and side panels that are just about ready to another dimension. The plastic on the sidepanels went a little brittle and the bushings gave way. It's a fairly easy repair if you have the time and patience, but as of now we do not."
The Soul of Moog One: Custom Sounds
video upload by Synth Universe
"A musical exploration of Moog One featuring custom-created patches from five years of owning and using this monster synth.
Does it have a characteristic sound? What are its sweet spots? How does its sound compare to the Moog Muse? I hope this video will help to answer those questions.
With the Moog One discontinued and the release of the Moog Muse, I figured it was a good time to make these videos. The Moog One has at times been misunderstood and maligned. It didn't offer the sonic 'instant gratification' of some other classic synths because in a way it's in a category all by itself. It takes time to figure out how to get the best out of it, but when you do, it's one of the most powerful, musically rewarding and inspiring synths ever made.
All the sounds you hear in this video were created by me on the Moog One 16 voice and include poly synths, pads, strings, ambient, soundscapes, keys, brasses, leads, bass and chimes.
Any effects you hear on the sounds in this video are internal to Moog One. I mainly use delay and reverb and several patches use no FX at all. I generally do not use the chorus and modulation effects as they colour the sound too much (in fact my main use of the chorus effect is set at 0% mix to add gain to patches). No external processing was applied.
*** If you are a Moog One owner, all the sounds in this video and many more will soon be available to purchase as part of the Synth Universe Moog One Sound Banks."
Thursday, November 07, 2024
Sequential Prophet VS soundscape | Another world
video upload by MIDERA
"I'm fighting the urge to sell this thing. I haven't yet figured out what is so great about it. Good filter (but the Prophet 10 has what sounds like the same thing). Cool ability to mix oscillators. That - that feels like it. I'm not sure I understand the appeal still. It might be on its way out. Maybe it's the mix of some pristine sounding oscillators (sort of DX7/JD800 style) with the analog filter that makes it so popular? I just don't know.
Strymon Volante for delay
Valhalla Supermassive for reverb
Sequential Prophet VS for sound"
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