Yamaha EX-VD02 Super Syn VOICE DISK demos

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More great patches for the classic, late 1990s Yamaha EX5/EX7/EX5R series of synth workstations.
00:00 MIOSOTA
00:35 JARRESQUE
01:05 ANDES AIR
01:37 MOOGULAR
02:17 RAIN SUN

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Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 rev.2 - the 38 classic factory patches

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"Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 rev.2 from the late 1970s / early 1980s
- the 38 classic factory patches"

Oberheim OB-Xa - the 104 classic factory patches

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"Sorry - there are digital clicks towards the middle of the video, which were caused by a software malfunction during rendering / recording into the computer. I left them there for completeness. Skip them to 30:20 if they bother you a lot a lot."

Happy 808 Day 2023

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Gear used:
Roland TR-808
Oberheim Matrix-12
(synth reverb: Eventide SP2016 plugin)

STG Sea Devils Filter & SSL Mini Sequencer II

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"- Three demos of these two cool modules, in '1970s electronic' and '1960s Space Age Pop' styles.
- 2x oscillators: SSL VC Oscillators
- FX: Cubase reverb and modulated delay plugins
0:00 Demo 1
1:21 Demo 2
2:39 Demo 3"

SH-101 + Pro-One - May 13, 2023

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"Just some chaos recorded live in my studio, in style Early '90s Euro Techno that I used to play back in those days."

- SH-101
- Pro-One
- TR-909

Ensoniq Mirage (1984) - classic factory disks 21-30

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Ensoniq Mirage - classic factory disk posts

00:00 TROMBONES - HORN SECT UNISON
00:25 BARI SAX - HORN SECT OCTAVES
00:57 HORN SECTION - 2 OCTAVES

Ensoniq Mirage (1984) - classic factory disks 11-20

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Ensoniq Mirage - classic factory disk posts

00:00 ELECTRONIC DRUMS
00:37 ORCH PERCUSSION
01:11 XYLOPHONE
01:44 PIANO +1
02:25 DIGITAL PIANO
03:07 DRAWBAR ORGAN 2
03:43 "AH" VOICES
04:25 "BUM" & "DO" VOICES
05:23 BREATHY "OO" & SOLO "LA"
06:33 CELLOS - VIOLINS
07:36 ORCH BRASS - FR. HORNS
08:09 CHOIRS 1, 2, 3
08:45 SOLO CELLO -FLUTE
09:17 BASS CLARINET - CLARINET
09:54 BASSOON - OBOE
10:30 NYLON STRING GUITAR
11:05 HARP
11:34 TREM MANDO - MANDOLIN
12:26 SYNTH SOUNDS 1
13:08 SYNTH SOUNDS 2
13:46 SYNTH SOUNDS 3
14:18 MARIMBA
14:42 BRT BASS - PERC BOTTLES
15:13 TYMPELLO - WOOD FLUTES
15:44 PIPE ORGAN
16:15 PIPE ORGAN BRASS
16:41 PIPE ORGAN POSITIV
17:16 PIANO HARM - BELL TREE
17:46 SUST PIANO - PL. HOSE
18:20 CARL & TCHAIKOVSKY HITS

Ensoniq Mirage - classic factory disks 1-10

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Ensoniq Mirage - classic factory disk posts

00:00 AMBIENT DRUMS
00:41 LATIN PERCUSSION
01:22 VIBRAPHONE
02:02 CLAVI
02:39 ELECTRIC PIANO 1
03:16 DRAWBAR ORGAN 1
03:53 TA
04:25 DOO
04:57 MALE / FEMALE
05:40 STKD STRINGS - BOW
06:12 LOW STRINGS - PIZZ
06:40 STRINGS TREMOLO
07:01 BARI SAX - ALTO SAX
07:28 ROUGH TENOR SAX
07:47 VELO TENOR SAX
08:11 STEEL STRING GUIT
08:30 BANJO - FIDDLE
09:04 HARMONICAS
09:45 ROCK GUITAR
10:05 BASS - ALTO SAX
10:30 TABLA - SITAR
11:29 GONG - BELLS
12:09 BELL - KALIMBA
12:42 GONG - SLIT DRUM
13:14 PREP PIANOS
13:53 PIANO - FU YIN GONG
14:28 ORCH CLUST - GONG
15:01 ORG HIT - MARK TREE
15:40 SNARE, PHONE, MARK
16:09 ORCHESTRA HITS

AKAI S1000 vintage sounds

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"Nostalgic sound patches of yesteryear from a classic, iconic sampler: the AKAI S1000 (1988).
0:00 PWM 5THS
0:16 HOLLOW STRNG
0:55 DIGI CALYPSO
1:08 SYNTH HORN
1:37 5THS VCF SWP
1:54 DIGISTRINGS
2:42 BELL ORCHSTR
2:58 TRILL STRING
3:22 AIRY PHAZE
3:47 BELL PHAZE
4:15 VOICE PHAZE
5:03 TEST PROGRAM
5:29 DRUMS
5:58 BASS GTR
6:21 ROK GTR
6:44 OBXBRASS
7:11 OBX STR
7:43 HAMMOND
8:15 SYNCLEAD
8:49 PAN FLUTE"

Absynth 5 demos - Jan 7, 2023

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"I've been a big fan of Native Instruments Absynth since it came out. It's a wonderful synth, capable of amazing, evolving sound atmospheres. Here are seven Absynth evocative patches, with Relab LX480 on each track, and Eventide Blackhole on the mix bus"

0:00 6ft Tall Koala
0:23 A Scanner Darkly
1:16 Chronosphere
1:58 Artemis Choir
2:40 Frozen Voice
3:22 Titanic Singers
4:06 Airy Choir Attack"

Native Instruments dropped support for Absynth in September of 20220.

Also see:

The end of an era - Absynth Removed from Native Instruments Product Line

Absynth 2000-2022, a Statement From Absynth's Creator Brian Clevinger

Fairwell Absynth, generative ambient production

And additional Absynth posts here.

JX-8P + Blackhole - Jan 5, 2023

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"A crescendo of seven tracks on the classic Roland JX-8P from the mid-1980s - all tracks have different settings of the Eventide 'Blackhole' reverb plugin. Eventide 2016 plugin on the mix channel as well.

0:00 STRINGS 2
0:55 + SLAPBACK
1:51 + PIANO 2
2:46 + SYNDULCIMR
3:42 + VOICES
4:38 + SOUNDTRACK
5:33 + STRINGS 1"

Yamaha EX5 Swell Strings

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"When I was younger I rarely bought brand new gear. To get max. "bang for the buck", most of the times I bought used (remember local newspaper ad sections?). The Yamaha EX5R was one of the few pieces of gear that I bought brand new, on the spot, as soon as I tried it out in the store (Veneman in Springfield, VA, not existing anymore, it burned down) in 1998 or 1999 when it came out. I bought it right then and there because I was so impressed with its sounds and capabilities. It truly was a groundbreaking machine for the time, it was one of the first synths to have polyphonic arpeggiators, categories of sounds, multi-synthesis DSP, Virtual Analog, wind control, 128-voice polyphony, and I could go on and on with the whole kit and caboodle. It was the Yamaha flagship synth / workstation back in those days. Still kept it for all these twenty-five years. Of course, today it's been superseded by modern Yamaha synths, excellent propositions such as the Motif and Montage lines. But the EX5/R/7 still has a special sound that I like very much. I found an old file that contained a quick three-part string ditty that I made on it, utilizing three tracks of the awesome and hypnotic "Swell Strings" patch on it. In this video, I'm soloing the C pan, the L pan, the R pan, and then the ditty in full.

Happy Befana day to all.
0:00 CENTER PAN
0:57 LEFT PAN
1:31 RIGHT PAN
2:08 FULL MIX"

Roland JX-08 review

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"A great-sounding, portable machine based on the classic "JX-8P" (with PG-800 programmer) analog synth of the mid '80s.

Happy New Year!

00:00 Introduction
00:33 What's in the box
00:58 Front panel
01:34 Rear panel
02:11 JX-08 factory patch demos
20:06 Emulations of JX-8P factory patches
26:50 JX-08 new features
30:27 Conclusion"

AKAI S3000XL - some classic CD-ROMs

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AKAI S3000XL (1996) playing sounds from a few classic AKAI CD-ROMs of the era.
00:00 Intro
00:10 Choir / Vocals
02:09 Drums
04:32 Caribbean loops
08:42 Pop / Jazz Vocals
11:18 Atmo Pads
12:37 Phase Pads
15:10 Digi Pads
16:38 Ana Pads
17:30 Ana Pads 2
19:03 B-3
19:26 Farfisa
20:00 Minimoog
20:28 Prophet VS
21:03 Oscar
21:27 Moog Taurus
22:13 VOX Continental
22:50 ARP String Ensemble
23:37 Matrix-12
24:32 Wurlitzer
25:04 Mellotron
26:00 Jupiter-8
27:11 Memorymoog
27:47 Crumar BIT 01
28:25 Rlangpad
28:58 Expound
29:24 Oscar
29:58 ARP 2600
30:22 Moog Modular
31:09 Ending
MIDI controller keyboard: Roland W-30 (MIDI only, no sound)
Bit of reverb on some of the sounds: Mackie ProFX10v3 mixer set at FX program #6 "Concert Hall"

SynthMania Midnight Jam 8 Technical Overview

Third video added here.

Synthmania midnight jam 8

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"Eigth episode in the Synthmania midnight jam series. This one has Roland TR-808 drums, Sequential Circuits Pro-One synth bass, and Roland Juno-60 ethereal synth pad / melody. Two tracks of electric guitar. The few other instruments (dark synth, rising synth, piano, crash samples, are stock VSTs and samples in the Cubase DAW. Playlist with the other seven:"



Update:

A few people have asked... (technical info on Midnight Jam 8)

Roland JD-Xi SynthMania Kraftwerk presets demo

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"You can download these patches at this page here: https://synthmania.com/2022/12/12/rol..."

'80s Pro-One, Juno-60, TR-808 Dec 11, 2022

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"A typical soundset of the '80s is a polysynth through digital delay.
Synth bass sequence: Sequential Circuits Pro-One
Drum machine: Roland TR-808
Polysynth: Roland Juno-60
Mackie ProFX10v3: mixer with FX set at preset #17 'Delay 3'"

Paperoga build - 11/21/2022

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"The slow build of 'Paperoga', my newer portable DotCom, ancillary to Brigitta (but also great standalone). Paperoga (Fethry Duck) was one of my favorite characters of 'Topolino' (Mickey Mouse), a popular Italian cartoon magazine from when I was a kid in the '70s. Here in this video we are testing some oscillators, filter, envelopes. Drums from Cubase DAW."

Note the sequencer is a SYNTHETIC SOUND LABS - MINI SEQUENCER II. Some info via Noisebug:

"An upgraded version of our popular 1651 with greatly improved features. A collaboration with our friends at Division-6.

Feature enhancements over the 1650 include:

7 sequence memories
5 song memories (string sequences together)
SLUR- change pitch between steps without firing gate
Variable gate timing (including ratcheting)
ACC can be set to drop or not drop between steps, or follow gate timing for that step
Auto-advance step when programming
Live transpose (use the keyboard to shift entire sequence up or down while running)
Live edit (buttons you push while running get saved to the sequence)
1X mode (disable to use XP IN as a reset without requiring an external gate mixer)
Clock out (use ACC out jack to output clock if using internal clock)
The 1651 gives you standard CV and pulse out, plus an ACC out (Accent? Accessory?) Use the ACC output to open up a filter, enable a glide, trigger a drum, or whatever you can think of.

It has its own internal clock to get you up and running in a hurry, but you can connect an external clock if you need greater control of tempo or want to sync with other devices.

The module can store up to 5 songs of 16 sequences each, and 7 sequences of up to 16 steps each. Wow!"