Hartmann Neuron Overview by studentsmusic

Hartmann Neuron - Part I: The Design

Published on Mar 9, 2017 studentsmusic

"Measuring an instrument by only playing and listening has never been the whole aspect of it. Hartmann Neuron is a very good example for the aesthetical statement of musical instruments. If you don´t get the point, just buy Software."

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Modular Synthesizer for Beginners: how to build up a System

Published on Feb 26, 2017 studentsmusic

"Not everybody has endless cash credit - especially the younger ones. How can you begin to start with Modular Sythesizers on a well planned basis, without too high risks of overload and frustration? Here are some answers."

Couple of EMS SYNTHIs in the background.

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EMS Synthi-AKS (three!), Keyboard DKE-a, DK.2 Impro

EMS-Synthi AKS Tribute - Part I: spirit of rare vintage

Published on Mar 6, 2017 studentsmusic

"Vintage Synths are more than dead machines. Treat them as unique instruments, get the spirit, know the difference to digital plugins and probably own one with respect and understanding what it might mean to you and to our culture."

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Roland Juno 106 - Part I: is it still worth it in 2017?

Published on Mar 13, 2017 studentsmusic

"Short introduction to Roland Juno-106. Checking, if it is still in shape in 2017 and why/how one could use it. In Part II follows the answer, for which kind of music it might be convenient and why the original is sometimes better than fakes."

Roland Juno 106 -Part II: 80´s Rock Track Live

Published on Mar 13, 2017 studentsmusic

"Took me about 60 Minutes do do this little Idea from scratch. Juno 106 was a great surprise. What a nice polysynth. An 80s coverband should use it. It´s the real thing. Everything played into Audiotracks without MIDI directly. Quantising is death to this organic synth and the showrock magic!"

Superbooth 2018 - studentsmusic walkthrough

Published on May 5, 2018 studentsmusic

"Tribute to all makers and enthusiastst of this great event!"

Superbooth Berlin 2019 studentsmusic personal view

Published on May 12, 2019 studentsmusic

"excerpts from many things i found interesting, strolling around and checking. also liked GRP Vocoder - together with A2 and Sequencer makes aperfect system! errata: motor synth is a synth, not a distortion device..reminds me to cahills telharmonium in a way (microversion of a historical beast) Overssen Behringer RD 909...also 'new'"

Hartmann Neuron - Part II: Demo and Sounds & Part III: Audiovisual Soundtrack

Published on Mar 9, 2017 studentsmusic

"In Part II we come to the core of Neurons Architecture and Sound. How does it work, how does it sound, how can i use it."

Hartmann Neuron - Part III: Audiovisual Soundtrack

Published on Mar 10, 2017 studentsmusic

"Neuron in action. MIDI, audio, visuals = little eclectic reatime improvisation. Sticks used to manipulate soundcharacters. Connected to Cubase 9 via MIDI - Arpache MIDI Arpeggiator used. Neuron is normally much more soundscaping and experiment - this imperfect tune is just to relax.'

All parts here.

Modular Synthesizer: for beginners - Part II: how does it sound

Published on Feb 27, 2017 studentsmusic

"So how does the minus 1000$ System for beginners sound?
Mainstream and experimental - two approaches."

Part 1 here.

"must see" - worldclass rare vintage synth collection

Published on Apr 5, 2019 studentsmusic

"Have an eye on every serious synthesists dream in one place !

EMS, Roland, Oberheim, Yamaha, Moog, Serge, PPG (howard jones used Roland Jupiter 8- not ppg wave i suppose), Waldorf, Ekdahl, Arp, Synclavier, Fairlight, John Bowen, Elka, Mellotron, Alesis, Korg, Prophet, Emulator,....and many more"

modular synthesizer for beginners part III: the deeper meaning of waveforms

Published on Feb 27, 2017 studentsmusic

Waveforms on an EMS SYNTHI.

"look behind the surface of what you are doing with your modular. One option: analyse and visualize waveforms and modulations - in the end you might gain a much deeper understanding of what you are doing and whcih effects it has on you than just being technical or musing...

Errata: shoud=should
Chaldni=Chladni

Sorry - everything just improvised without text or rehearsal of course.."

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Doepfer MOGLI Midi Glove (Rare - Vintage)

Published on Feb 19, 2017 studentsmusic

"Mogli was a nice attempt (Doepfer cooperated with the Band Kraftwerk on this) in 1993, to control MIDI via a Nintendo game controller glove. Probably only about 350 were built because the glove went out of Nintendo-production. So here´s a rare basic demonstration how it works.

Semi-Fun factor (realized it afterwards):
sorry for associating my glovehand going up with political implications plus darth vader...no worries i´m somewhat a liberal democrat :-)"

You can find some additional info on the MOGLI previously posted here.

MFB Nanozwerg Pro - nice starting module for eurorack beginners and pros

Published on Apr 29, 2018 studentsmusic

"a nice little eurorack fully analog synth module with astonishing sound and features. Hear some sequenced examples. Besides gate/cv it also has a MIDI Input and diverse patching possibilities. Just added Erica Pico DSP here and there."

Sequential Pro3 Monosynth - synched grooves with Akai MPC

video by studentsmusic

"Take live groove tweaking to a different level with Pro3 and MPC one"

Clouddance Live Impro with Moog One, Prophet 10, Matriarch

video upload by Chris Mick: Studentsmusic

"No Mix, Roomsound, just improvising to a video i did flying. Crazy that even with gopro audio from the camera in the room it sounds quite acceptable. Analog mojo :-)"

Ipad Synth or Original: IVCS3 compared to EMS Synthi AKS

Published on Dec 13, 2018 studentsmusic

"Some additional Infos: excerpts from trying to get objective data comparing an app with the original synthesizer. Don´t take it for granted, especially comparing waveforms here in such a short feature. So probably with mistakes, but somehow the tendency: the app is quite good! One core challenge that should be done better is comparing the filters, which might behave different in every hardware device and are one important character of the ems synths.
Interesting: Sine (sorry for german/latin "sinus") wave on AKS AND IVCS is not pure and has quite some harmonic distortion (due to Wave shaper?). Normally around 5%THD. The sine of the self oscillating Filter should be around 3% THD. Here its more, but somehow congruent analog and digital!
Of course there can be endless discussions comparing virtual with analog vintage. We all know its two different Animals. But as it comes to sound and hearing this might be a trigger for you to check by yourself, whats cooking with your hardware/app gear. Believing is not knowing."

spotted on discchord.

"bird swarms" modular synth ambient live sequencing

Published on Feb 28, 2019 studentsmusic

"live synthesizer improvisation inspired by large bird swarms coming back for spring. Novation Peak, Mutable elements, Plaits, Makenoise Morphagene, Arturia Keystep, Beatstep Pro"

Roland Jupiter X - check and thoughts

video upload by Chris Mick Studentsmusic

"one synth for all purposes? between greatnes and , confusion"

Ultimate 10 Highend Synthesizer Comparison 2023

video upload by Chris Mick Studentsmusic

"Moog one, Matriarch, Voyager, Arp Odyssey, Prophet 10, Waldorf Quantum, Novation Peak, Prophet Rev2, Oberheim OBX8, Roland Jupiter X ."

EMS Synthi AKS "one the run" revisited 2018

Published on May 13, 2018 studentsmusic

"a little psychedelic sequencer trip impro showing the incredible capabilities of the AKS sequencer. PLAY IT LOUD!"

Moog Theremin vs Alesis Airsynth (adding Roland VT3)

Published on Jun 17, 2018 studentsmusic

"Comparing two Theremin concepts adding VT3 for sound variations"