Virtual vs Original: Arturia Synthi V and EMS Synthi AKS

Published on Dec 6, 2019 studentsmusic

"A little approach to comparing different aspects of a digital clone to the rare vintage original. Sorry for the Sound at the last minutes. Of course much more work could be put into this which might be worth it, to overcome pure ideologies and 'opinions' with objectivity, reliability, validity. Transferable to clonewars out there."

Waldorf Quantum Synthesizer: "musical" programming from scratch to substance

video upload by Chris Mick: Studentsmusic

"after humble start getting more and more complex. A short realtime rundown and some ideas how i program the 'Quantum' and end up with a track idea"

Three Amigos: Prophet Rev2, Novation Peak, Moog Matriarch

Published on Feb 29, 2020 studentsmusic

"combining three great and diverse synths might be a good idea!?"

Analogue Solutions Fusebox Synthesizer modulated by cv in

Published on Dec 15, 2018 studentsmusic

"Excerpts from an improvisation, modulating Fusebox (Patternator) via Makenoise Maths/Doepfer LFO and VCO, syncing Korg Volca Sample. Fusebox is very versatile and gets unique sounds by CV in, making it also a perfect directly sounding Techno/Dance-Machine . Hear some small clips of strange rhythms and sounds."

Atari ST Series - Iconic Music Machines alive in 2019

Published on Feb 8, 2019 studentsmusic

"Video and Demotracks about the musical power of Atari St Series, Software (steinberg 24/ Music Mouse) plus rare extensions, still very useful in 2019."

Oberheim OBX8 - unpack, check, reflect

video upload by Chris Mick: Studentsmusic

"how is it made, how does it sound, why should I buy it?

a little first impression of a wonderful instrument.

errata: ist not 5500K (its 5.5K Euro) :-)"

Superbooth 2018: Urs Heckmann (UHE) on "Cvlization" Module

Published on May 5, 2018 studentsmusic

"Urs Heckmann taking the time to intensively explain UHEs first and brandnew Eurorack Module."

See the U-he label below for more.

sequential prophet 10 rev4: my first ideas and "notes" on an outstanding instrument

video by studentsmusic

"No test or showcase, just some first very personal just "unboxed" impressions and maybe useful ideas. Sorry if there are mistakes - must get more into it."

EMS Synthi-100: extremely rare 70s vintage modular in action

Published on Apr 12, 2019 studentsmusic

"basic footage of sounding EMS Synthi-100 - just some drones but impressive"

Superbooth 2021! Back again - Chris Mick impressions

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Modular Synth for beginners - Part VI: synaesthetical composition

Published on Mar 5, 2017 studentsmusic

"Excerpt. Improvised. No Keyboard used - only beginners Doepfer Patches . Along with synaesthetic live-vjing. Use Headphones (cursor centered to not get lost) and take care of extreme sonic/visual content. Referring to explanations in Videos I-V.

Audio tech details: Focusrite 24Bit/96Khz recording, Cubase 9, Izotope Nektar/Vocal Synth and Softube Reverb at a few places added. Ozone 7 Mastering, Apogee Dithering."

All parts here.

3d Virtual Reality Synthesizer - the future of Synthesis!?

video by studentsmusic

"synth vr by 42tones is a clever approach to 3d virtual synthesis. A short demo and some thoughts about the next step in music technology."

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Sequential Prophet 10 Rev4 - Basic Programming and Ideas

video upload by Chris Mick: Studentsmusic

"Going through the paramters in one improvised take to understand this synths possibilities. Probably with little mistakes, but maybe useful"

Moog One: finally Firmware 1.5 - first impressions and thoughts

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Moog Matriarch: Unboxing - Trial and Error

Published on Feb 6, 2020 studentsmusic

"Playing your new synth without manual studies"

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Novation SL MK3 with MIDI, Ableton, Eurorack

video by studentsmusic

"10 minutes basics of the SL mk3 connectivity and sequencing"

Roland Juno 60 and Roland RE 501 Nils Frahms perfect couple

Published on Jul 1, 2019 studentsmusic

"Mindblowing, what is possible with this vintage Equipment. Thanks to Nils Frahm who inspires us with this magical machines - what a sophisticated artist! Here´s just a short totally non prepared Impro. At 9.40. i was getting into it...and got lost meditatively into the magic of old synths and analog equipment."

sunday morning moog mood (matriarch, arturia mini)

Published on Feb 9, 2020 studentsmusic

"combining matriarch with arturia mini v3 - first take Impro."

ARP and EMS Synthi AKS from 73´- unequal sisters reunited in 2018

Published on May 10, 2018 studentsmusic

"excerpts from a little improvised track, combining the characters of both ARP Odyssey and EMS Synthi AKS. Still sounding fresh and after all these years. Very insprational for Synthnerd."

Modular synthesizer for beginners - Part IV: sequences and rhythm - anything goes

Published on Mar 1, 2017 studentsmusic

"After finishing your little budget system and having fun with strange sounds, you may want to use it for techno, sequencer, chillout, performance...here are some surprising features of our minus 1000$ system"

All parts here.