Doepfer MS-404 vintage Synth. Still very nice and useful in 2020

Published on Jan 28, 2020 studentsmusic

"A Doepfer Synth from 1994 in Detail and connected to Eurorack."

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."

EMS Random Voltage Generator playing EMS Synthi AKS form 1973

Published on Dec 1, 2019 studentsmusic

"what can i say...this synth and ist extensions still blow my mind. it is very emotional to check ist possibilities and even after decades ist sounds amazing, fresh and innovative. Pure analog sound synthesis with a real technological icon sadly only a few synthesistes have access to and can understand its magic in depth"

Novation Peak: on-the-fly programming

Published on Sep 14, 2019 studentsmusic

"starting from 'initialize' this vid leads you into into a creative programming process including most features of the peak. try it by yourself or just recognize, what Peak can do."

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."

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'"

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"

"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"

"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"

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."

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."

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.

Minimoog 2018 - sound experiments

Published on Jun 18, 2018 studentsmusic

"Of course the re-issued Model d has some mods compared to the 70s original and allows some synth experiments. Especially the LFO (OSC3) the modmatrix using osc3,noise, filter eg, lfo amazed me, allowing also double FM, the lfo reaching into ultra low now what makes the whole machine more complex than the original. Here i improvise with these features - take your time and listen to the variability of this at first sight clear to understand synth."

Moog Theremin vs Alesis Airsynth (adding Roland VT3)

Published on Jun 17, 2018 studentsmusic

"Comparing two Theremin concepts adding VT3 for sound variations"

Minimoog 2018 - first minutes, first impros

Published on Jun 15, 2018 studentsmusic

"Moog reissue model d checked by trial and error. how fast do you get to musical results?"

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!"

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."

Superbooth 2018 - studentsmusic walkthrough

Published on May 5, 2018 studentsmusic

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

superbooth 2018: waldorf quantum, a short look

Published on May 5, 2018 studentsmusic

"of course it needs hours to understand, what quantum can do. but here is a first little improvised talk about some features."

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.