Valmont - LIVE 0: Echos Diaphanes EP teaser (ft. Angèle B. & Tim)

Valmont / Mooggy

Sequential Circuits Prophet-600 & E-mu Emax II on the right.

Valmont Naudin (Keyboards, Programming)
Angèle Borscha (Keyboards, Voice)
Timothé Magis (Bass, Guitar, Saxophone)

1) 00:15 - Do You Think Real? [Prototype 1: The Sounding Goat]
2) 01:33 - Mille Ponts [Echos Diaphanes I]
3) 05:37 - Breath [Prototype 2: 7!]
4) 08:04 - Souviens-Toi l'Angleterre [Echos Diaphanes I]
5) 12:18 - Horizons [Echos Diaphanes I]
6) 15:48 - Jordyn [Echos Diaphanes I]

All tracks written & arranged by Valmont Naudin
Lyrics written by Dominique Bevilacqua on (2)(4)(5)(6)
Lyrics co-written with Valmont Naudin & Timothé Magis on (2)(5)(6)
Vocals arranged by Angèle Borscha

Recorded at LeStudio, Paris IX
Produced & recorded by Digital Systemic, Valmont Naudin

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Valmont - Live 3 @ Mains d'Œuvres

video by Valmont

Fête de la Musique 2021!

0:00 - 4 mains [Intro] / ID
2:16 - Brise / Upcoming release
5:28 - Jordyn / Echos Diaphanes EP
10:11 - Un Carré / Upcoming release
13:47 - Horizons / Echos Diaphanes EP
18:09 - Souviens-Toi l'Angleterre / Echos Diaphanes EP
22:15 - Mille Ponts / Echos Diaphanes EP
26:44 - Wish You Were Here [Outro] / The Sounding Goat Prototypes

Valmont - Guitar, Keyboards
With the participation of:
Angèle Borscha - Vocals
Timothé Magis - Bass, Guitar, Bouiboui
Ornella Noulet - Alto Saxophone
Katia Pucheta - Keyboards

You can find synth demos & music by Valmont in previous posts here.

Valmont - Analog Jam 3 : Nation

video upload by Valmont

"Chords: Sequential Prophet 2000, Steven PDD-3000, Dynacord DRP-16, Ibanez UE-405
Bass: E-Mu Emax II playing a CS20M+Fairlight III patch
Bold Bass: Arp Axxe (mk2 in mk1 body), Ibanez UE-400
Flanged Chords: Akai AX-80, Boss BF-1
Drums: Behringer RD-8, Roland SIP-301, MPC Electronics DSM 1 (not to be confused with M.P.C), Yamaha R-1000, Alesis MidiVerb
Bright Pad: Sequential Prophet 600
Emax, AX-80 & RD-8 are live sequenced in Audacity, the Prophet 2000 is audio-looped on the two first cycles"

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Lewis OfMan - Attitude (One-shot cover by Valmont)

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Attitude!
As usual no computer, the backingtape is sequenced on my old Roland R8, synchronized with the Emax, the RD8 and my modulars.

Kawai K3, Sequential Circuits Prophet 600, Yamaha CX5M-II, Elka EK-44, Yamaha DX-7, E-Mu Emax II, Behringer RD8, Roland R8, Ladik C-215, C-212, S-143, L-111, A-541, Synthesis Technology E-330, Doepfer A-110-2, A-190-3, A-118, A-138, Dreadbox Hysteria, Nostalgia, Behringer 121, 130, MFB VCF SED, Electro Harmonix Small Stone Mk4, Boss DD-200, Boss CH-1, Mode Machines MM5, SynthTronic Chorus, Arturia 1973-Pre, XLN RC-20, TAL Dub-X, Fuse Audio Labs Chorus-65, Xfer LFO Tool, IK TR5 EQual, Alex Hilton Stereo Control, Waves CLA-2A, Izotope Mastering Essentials, Eventide Blackhole, Eventide Octavox, TAL DAC, Waves CLA-Vocals, Waves J-37, Kjaerhus Delay, Fuse Audio Labs VQP-258A, A.O.M Invisible Limiter, JST BG-Mix, Microsoft Hortense French, Microsoft David US

Roland R8: sequences
Emu Emax: voice & drum samples
Yamaha CX5M-II: baseball organ
Modulars: Bass
Yamaha DX7: FM 1
Elka EK-44: FM 2 + organ
Kawai K3: Lead
Sequential Prophet 600: Strings
Behringer RD8: drums

Attitude, a song by @Lewis OfMan
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Yamaha DX7 Patch Recreations by Valmont

Synclavier Church Bell recreated on Yamaha DX7 video upload by Valmont

"Check the Synclavier voices patch from Genesis 'Mama' recreated on DX7 as well here: [below]

The Synclavier being linear FM, one of the only suitable algorithm on a DX is the one with 3 parallel carrier/modulator. So in this patch, we have 3 partials but the original patch had 4. This is no big deal, as we can just detune more the DX operators. However, the Synclavier had a 1st harmonic on carrier 1 at 20% level, which is something we can't achieve on DXs because they aren't additive... Just use some feedback, to be honest it's absolutely unnoticeable ;p

The Synclavier vinyl: https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/67...

Based on 'init' patch:
Algorithm: 5
Output level: 99, 84, 99, 84, 99, 84
Coarse: 1, 1.43, 1.01, 1.44, 1.02, 1.45
Detune: 0, 0, -2, -2, -2, -2
Rate 1: 90, 75, 90, 75, 90, 75
Rate 2: 17, 0, 17, 0, 17, 0
Rate 3: 99, 20, 99, 20, 99, 20
Rate 4: 25, 20, 25, 20, 25, 20
Rate Scaling: 2
Feedback: 4
Transposition: C2"

Synclavier "Voices 1" from Genesis 'Mama' recreated on Yamaha DX7 [Supermax]

video upload by Valmont

"This one was more simple than the previous Synclavier patch. The subtlety is that the two triple-harmonic operators are doubled by the Synclavier chorus function, and that both use asynchronous LFOs. So you get a 2x6 linear operators sound, with two moving parts in the whole thing. We can't do this in a DX7, however we have the Supermax delay function which allows something in the very same spirit. Not having a Supermax results in a strictly halved-stack, which is noticeable but okay if you add thick chorus behind.

The two Synclavier operators both contain harmonic 1, 2 and 3. They're detuned from each other, so until here the DX7 can follow. Then with the trigger-delayer, we ask the DX to play each note a second time very shortly after, with an augmented pitch. We get twice the sound, twice fatter. But we still only have one LFO for the voices, delayed or not, so the sound is phasing out a bit less. Just add a lil chorus on the output and there it goes. Tho we can remark that the patch used on 'Mama' by Genesis has less LFO modulation, it's smoother. But I wanted to recreate the real Synclavier sound x)

Also note that Depeche Mode used this patch on 'Love in Itself', just like the ChurchBell sound I recreated a month ago. [above]

Based on 'init' patch:

Algorithm: 32
Output level: 96, 84, 80, 96, 84, 80
Coarse: 1, 2, 3, 1, 2.02, 3
Detune: -4, +4, -4, +5, +5, +7
Rates for all operators: 50/99/99/40
Levels for all operators: 99/99/99/0
LFO wave: sine
LFO speed: 36
LFO delay: 16
LFO PM: 28
-----------------
Supermax functions:
Delay: 140
Volume: 3
PT: 0.38"

Synclavier "Voices 1" from Genesis 'Mama' recreated on Yamaha DX7 [Supermax]
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"This one was more simple than the previous Synclavier patch. The subtlety is that the two triple-harmonic operators are doubled by the Synclavier chorus function, and that both use asynchronous LFOs. So you get a 2x6 linear operators sound, with two moving parts in the whole thing. We can't do this in a DX7, however we have the Supermax delay function which allows something in the very same spirit. Not having a Supermax results in a strictly halved-stack, which is noticeable but okay if you add thick chorus behind.

The two Synclavier operators both contain harmonic 1, 2 and 3. They're detuned from each other, so until here the DX7 can follow. Then with the trigger-delayer, we ask the DX to play each note a second time very shortly after, with an augmented pitch. We get twice the sound, twice fatter. But we still only have one LFO for the voices, delayed or not, so the sound is phasing out a bit less. Just add a lil chorus on the output and there it goes. Tho we can remark that the patch used on "Mama" by Genesis has less LFO modulation, it's smoother. But I wanted to recreate the real Synclavier sound x)

Also note that Depeche Mode used this patch on 'Love in Itself', just like the ChurchBell sound I recreated a month ago. Check it here if you haven't seen it yet! [above]

Based on 'init' patch:

Algorithm: 32
Output level: 96, 84, 80, 96, 84, 80
Coarse: 1, 2, 3, 1, 2.02, 3
Detune: -4, +4, -4, +5, +5, +7
Rates for all operators: 50/99/99/40
Levels for all operators: 99/99/99/0
LFO wave: sine
LFO speed: 36
LFO delay: 16
LFO PM: 28
-----------------
Supermax functions:
Delay: 140
Volume: 3
PT: 0.38"

Parsedalis on Prophet 2000, Dynacord DRP16, Ibanez UE405

video upload by Valmont

1985 Sequential Prophet 2000 (12 bits Sampler)
1984 Dynacord DRP-16 (12 bits Reverb)
1982 Ibanez UE-405 (Analog Chorus)

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Sequential Prophet 600 poly-mod sounds

video upload by Valmont

0:07 - Poly-mod 1
0:47 - Poly-mod 2
1:21 - Poly-mod 3

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Valmont - Sequential Circuits Prophet 2000 (1985) : Novembre

video upload by Valmont

"Impersonation of a Prophet 600... on a handful of kilobytes
Featuring a 1985 Sequential Circuits Prophet 2000 and some more stuff

The Prophet 2000 is a 12 bits sampler with analog VCF/VCA (CEM3379)"

Demo 13 - Juju 60, Prophet 600, DX7, Bit One, reveeeerb guitar and 🅱Ass

Valmont / Mooggy

"13th demo 4th EP but the 3rd one isn't released yet and the 2 firsts are in prototype state

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Roland Juno 60, Sequential Prophet 600, Yamaha DX7, Crumar Bit, 1983 Quest Black Magic Bass, 1987 Young Chang Stratocaster, Strymon BigSky, EHX Small Clone, EHX Clone Theory, Waves J-37, Softube Drawmer S73, Arturia Tape-201, Eventide Blackhole, Waves CLA Bass, IK TR5 EQual, iZotope Mastering Essentials, Goodhertz Vulf Compressor, XLN RC-20, JST BG-Mix, A.O.M Invisible Limiter, Nomad Factory 80's Spaces, VPROM"

Valmont - SaintClavier & Arp Axxe : Contrejour

video upload by Valmont

"Lead : Modified Arp Axxe (for sale)
Bass : SaintClavier (my modular keyboard)

The SaintClavier patch includes :
MachineRoom Trilobite VCO, GStorm Electro Tonus VCF MkIII, Behringer 130 VCA, Intellijel Designs Dual ADSR, MusicThing Modular MiniDrive, Rides In The Storm TUL, Doepfer A145-4 LFO, Feedback Pre BX"

Yamaha CS-20M like you've never heard before

video upload by Valmont

"Was tryna mod my CS-20M to get the CS-80 VCF configuration... Doesn't work yet, but has some interesting changes! CS filters have a frequency-dependent Q factor, coupled with a fixed LP filter. The CS-20M bridles the cutoff to max 7.5Khz, if you want to push it further you may lose some of the Q effect. Here I lowered the bandpass feedback R/C pair (R from 820K to 100K), this pushed the Fc but damped the resonance.
I am not quite sure how to change the max filter cutoff without affecting the feedback damping... Maybe some day I'll figure out x)

Tho I was lucky to record a test with a tempo click, so I could add those percussions afterwards! Apart from that this is 100% the CS-20M with no sync, almost no FX. Just everything at max values.

Interconnections: https://linktr.ee/Valmont

Track copyrighted and protected by the Sacem"

Big big big big brass Prophet 600 + Crumar Bit One combo

video by Valmont

"In between fluid dynamics exams and record label contracts, both aren't substantially inconsistent Give it more brazz 💛
https://linktr.ee/Valmont​"

Synth Sounds of "Autobahn" by Kraftwerk (1978 Minimoog)

Published on Mar 18, 2020 Valmont / Mooggy

"Song starts at 2:35
0:12 - Major Lead
1:20 - Delay Bass
1:46 - Swing Plucks
2:04 - Car FX

Analog drums on Arturia Modular V3, Kraftwerk Tribute design
Thickkk phaser: Audiothing Phase Motion 2

Kraftwerk - Autobahn, ℗ 1974 Phonogram GmbH"

Moog Minimoog (1st gen. VCO)

Published on Mar 16, 2020 Valmont / Mooggy

"Just every sound from this icon is a marvel of the analog dream
I can't stress this enough :D"

Valmont - Anvers (on 1975 Arp Axxe & 1982 Ibanez UE400)

video upload by Valmont

"(modified) Arp Axxe, Ibanez UE400
the arp is controlled via a cv-generating plugin I made for this jam"

YMO - "La Femme Chinoise" on Prophet 600, Emax, Juno, Opera 6, Bit One, DX7, K3, Elsita & Linndrum

Valmont / Mooggy

"Ok this one took me a month to edit lol
19 tracks recorded with: Akai AX-80, Siel Opera 6, Crumar Bit One, Yamaha DX7, RMIF Elsita, Roland Juno 60, Sequential Circuits Prophet 600, Kawai K3, E-Mu Emax II.
Additional Linndrum LM2 played on VPROM.

- Akai AX-80: Bass, Verse Strings
- Siel Opera 6: Chorus Chords, Main Lead, Fonk Stabz Verse
- Crumar Bit One: Break chords, Chorus Syncope Chords
- Yamaha DX7: Main lead backs, Verse Stabs
- RMIF Elsita: (Played on a Roland R8) Snare double
- Roland Juno 60: Second Verse Lead
- Prophet 600: Chorus Strings, Chorus lead counterpoint, Chorus ponctuation
- Kawai K3: Verse Lead, Verse Lead Octave
- E-Mu Emax II: Verse Strings Lead Double, Bass ponctuation, Verse Stabs

Effects processors used:
Eventide Blackhole, SynthTronic Chorus, XLN RC-20, Waves J-37, Arturia 1973-Pre, IK TR5 EQual, U-He Presswerk, Xfer LFO Tool, Alex Hilton Stereo Control, Softube Drawmer S73, Nomad Factory 80's Spaces, XLN DS-10, Izotope Mastering Essentials, Fuse Audio Labs Chorus-65, Arturia Tape-201, JST BG-Mix

This song was written by Yukihiro Takahashi and Chris Mosdell, on the album 'Yellow Magic Orchestra' by YMO in 1978. Co-arranged with Ryuichi Sakamoto.


Find my stuff here! https://linktr.ee/Valmont"

E.M.I Ritm-2 working back again! (a demo)

video upload by Valmont

"I was tired of having to pay absurd prices for servicing so I did it myself x)
Turns out the power supply was dead for a third time."

Mercuriales III on 1984' Ритм-2

video upload by Valmont

"blessed pulse width"

Oberheim DMX thru Roland SIP-301 (quick patterns demo)

video upload by Valmont

"That day I forgot my camera stand so my friend Steph had to hold the camera for me x)
Just throwing some Oberheim DMX (factory eproms) grooves through a 1979 Roland SIP-301 bass preamp/comp... that has a very crunchy opto comp actually!

Recorded at MusikMusicStudio some time ago"

Minimoog-overdriven Oberheim DMX

video upload by Valmont

"Obi DMX plugged into a 78' Minimoog external input!
I really like the natural ducking effect of the mixer section... And that drive color :p

Recorded at my friends from MusikMusicStudio some time ago"

Dark Soviet Beat (EMI RITM-2, RMIF Elsita)

Valmont / Mooggy

With 80's soviet stuff
1984 E.M.I RITM-2 - Bass
1989 R.M.I.F Elsita - Analog percussions

Sequenced on Roland R8
Some samples from Молчат Дома

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"Love Like Blood" sound on Akai AX-80

video upload by Valmont

"Waking up from a 9 minutes nap the other day I thought, out of nowhere, that the AX-80 had this OB-X resonance character... Immediately wondering about the hollow synth patch from Killing Joke, "Love Like Blood". So I went to recreate it, and well it sounds pretty close - especially when you know how far an OB-X and the AX-80 are from each other. The OB-X has discrete VCF, somewhere based on the SEM module, when the AX-80 has the CEM-3372 chip, which came later in the Oberheim Matrix-12 / Xpander. So that's some funny coincidence these sound in a similar way!

0:25 Creating the AX-80 patch
1:37 Effects
2:43 Sound check

Detailed AX-80 patch:
- OSC 1: Range 4' / Saw / Sub On / Out 99
- OSC 2: Range 16' / Detune 40 / Saw+Square / Cross Position 1 / Out 99
- VCF: Cutoff 55 / Resonance 63 / EG 50 / Key Follow 39 / High Pass 35
- EG: VCA=VCF mode / Attack 34 / Decay 46 / Sustain 70 / Release 23
- LFO OSC 1: Depth 10, Speed 21, Wave 4 (Triangle)

Detailed FX:
- SoundToys Decapitator
Brings some crunch material on the high part of the spectrum.
A gentle drive at 5%, in mode A, High Pass at mid range, tone at about 2pm. The whole thing 100% wet.
- Arturia Flanger BL-20
The closest plugin I had for that super slow phasing effect. I feel like the original sound had an additional chorus, before the flanger. Anyway, not too much doppler effect (Mix at 25%), rate at mid range, depth at 2pm. Add some High Pass on the wet signal at about 40%.
- Brainworx ACME Opticom XLA-3:
An opto comp that adds a bunch of super cool sounding harmonics. The input stage is always driving, so more than an opto comp I use it to give some super analog feeling. Basically slow response, overdriving the input (Input at 4) and well that's all x)
- Brainworx SSL4000-E
My favorite console sound :D Add some THD (-57dB on my slot), -6dB at 450Hz (LS), -2dB at 600Hz (HMF) and +5dB at 5.5KHz (HS). I really love the airy sound of this channel, it brings so much harmonic content created by the previous stuff!
- GoodHertz Megaverb 3
Depending of the mix version for the song, the amount of reverb is different. So I chose a nice long discrete verb for listening pleasure x) Basically reverb tone C, 4s decay, frequency range from 225Hz to 6KHz, at 9% wet.
- IK TR5 EQual
Remove some bits of the spectrum to get it less heavy: attenuation on the first harmonics (700Hz) and top-end content to avoid too much distortion sound in the balance. One more High Pass at 200Hz... And that's all!

https://linktr.ee/Valmont"

Prophet 600 twins: Prophet 1200

video upload by Valmont

"I've been wondering about that one, I thought this would make a P10-esque stack, but happens that not really! The problem I had capturing this video is that P600s are phasing out, non stop. It drifts so much that it is impossible to merge them in a coherent mono signal! (Yo, 24 unstable analog VCOs at the same time??) So it's nice on headphones, sweet on largespeakers, but hell on mono devices. Also having twice the same instrument that has this very strong signature makes it not really simple to stack. It is more meaningful to have 2 different ones, like I did here: [previously posted here]

Anyway, it had to be done, and I'm happy to know I don't need a second Prophet 600 x))

Oh and about the question, 'Do two Prophet 600 sound different?', the answer is a bit yes! To my ears, one was brighter and thinner. The other one's VCOs were harder to tune, and it was darker in the way that it didn't bring as much overdrive as the other P600. The thing is that you can't trim the VCA load, so no way to adjust this. Also I have the voicepanning board installed, that I bypassed for this video (All trims to left side), but it may change the sound. I guess all of this is mostly due to different aging of CEMs? Like my friend's one slept for years, and mine is being daily used and taken on stage idk but I prefer mine x) Funny thing tho, they didn't have the same build quality, pots were feeling a slight bit different, and inside there was differences for capacitors used (none had ever been recapped tho), for connectors and power supply too. Early models look less reliable, late ones are safer.

0:10 Soundcheck
0:20 Sound 1
0:36 Sound 2
1:03 Sound 3
1:43 Sound 4
2:00 Sound 5

Recorded at my friends' from MusikMusicStudio some time ago"