Cummings and Goings step sequenced synth sounds

Published on Sep 7, 2019 Vykaar Tones

"A dozen synths, sampler and drum machine in a spontaneous improvisation. Looped reverse samples at the beginning are from the Korg Microsampler. Bass riffs are SH101 with tubbutec sequencer mod and Korg MS20 controlled by Arturia Beatstep Pro. Big trance chords are SH201. Wailing cries are the Jasper. Other poly sounds are Nord Rack 2, V-Synth and Korg Triton Extreme. Sync oscillator sweep tones are Arp Odyssey and later also on the SH201. Ambient noise are the Korg Wavestation SR and drums come from Mutant bass and snare controlled by Doepfer A-157-1 aswell as the Roland CR8000."

Raving Loony Tones

video upload by Vykaar Tones

"1990s Quasmidi Rave-o-lution 309 meets my more 1970s style synths, 960 sequencer and string machines."

Elektor Formant Modular Analog Synthesizer Demo

video by Vykaar Tones

"The Elektor Formant made in this one off unique style in 1978. Most were made using separate panels available from the Elektor magazine but this one is a custom build. 3xVCOs, VCF switchable HP or LP and 6,12,18,24dB, ADSR and AD envelopes. Dual VCA. Resonant filter module, ring modulator and envelope follower. White and Pink noise, LFO and TR808 cymbal tone generator added by me a few years ago. The CV and Gate are provided by a 960 sequencer and CV transposed with a Keystep37."

Electro Comp model EML- 200

Published on May 21, 2019 Vykaar Tones

"Demo using the oscillators, electronic switch, ring modulator, sample and hold, noise source, low pass filter and reverb of this vintage instrument"

Ausfahrt

video by Vykaar Tones

"Improvisation using SH101, Arp Odyssey Mk3, Prophet 5 desktop, Mutant drums, Blofeld, String machines and various euro rack modules. Video recorded 10 minutes after performance just to show the setup used."

MAQ16/3

Published on Nov 10, 2014 Vykaar Tones

"My MAQ16/3 self edits to whatever values are set on pots in a random fashion on all channels. This video shows 3 rows of 16 notes every note programmed to low C or Minimum value and saved to preset 6. If the pots are all at min or max there is no problem but any other setting will show changes to pitch values at random times without any pot being moved. First note changes at 0:40 and a couple more later. Midi channels 1,2 & 3 go to 3X Dark energy Mk1 synths. Is this normal behaviour for the MAQ16/3?"

MelloBeats

Published on Oct 18, 2019 Vykaar Tones

"Improvised jam testing diy sloth chaos random CV circuit modulating jupiter storm cosmic noise oscillator shaped by diy cowbell vca circuit and lots of other stuff... Mellotron samples played on Korg microsampler, Bass riffs from minibrute2S and Korg MS20."

Half Blood Thunder Moon Caravanserai

Published on Jul 15, 2019 Vykaar Tones

"Improvised sequences with an eastern feel composed after watching this unusual looking full moon out of my window. First synth heard are the kassutronic modules sequenced by a darktime sequencer with glide added by the frequency central trans europa module. Next is the Jasper synth going through the tau pipe phaser and being sequenced by the per|former sequencer midi out to a kenton pro-kadi to wasp interface. The higher note sequence is the boomstar 4075 controlled by cv and gate from the per|former sequencer. Cr8000 drums and mutant bass and snare triggered from doepfer A-157-1 and Vermona random rhythm. Low bass notes from DoepferDark Energy MK1 and maq16/3. Vocal sound is from the Roland V-Synth."

Doepfer A 160-5 Voltage Controlled Clock Multiplier / Ratcheting Controller pot wiring modification

Published on Dec 26, 2017 Vykaar Tones
Update: new video Aug 22, 2020

"Doepfer A 160-5 Voltage Controlled Clock Multiplier / Ratcheting Controller pot wiring modification to allow adjustment of the incoming CV level. As standard the pot has no effect when an external CV is input which I found unuseful.This simple modification requires lifting R17 at one end and and rewiring the pot connections - the picture at the beginning and the one at the end clearly show how to do it. The lifted end of the resistor goes to the pot wiper, the 2 holes where the pot was wired to are connected with a link and the right side of the pot is wired to where the resistor was lifted from. The left side of the pot is attached to ground and not altered and the function of the pot as a manual control when no CV jack is inserted is unaltered. In the video I am using the darktime sequencer to create random ratcheted notes. These are very useful modules and as you see I have two of them.
Thinking up this mod is the sort of thing devout atheists do on boxing day as a form of therapy. Peace to all."

Ace Tone Rhythm Ace FR-1 Full Auto Automatic Rhythm Instrument w/ Original Box

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Published on Mar 19, 2018 Vykaar Tones

"Ace Tone Rhythm Ace FR-1 Full Auto Automatic Rhythm Instrument quick demo of presets - is the background hum and noise just part of the way they are on these 50 year old machines?"

via this auction

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Revision 3.3 demo of all 120 factory patches

Published on Jul 17, 2019 Vykaar Tones

"Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Revision 3.3 demo of all 120 factory patches recorded flat with no equalisation or effects. This one is a virgin without midi - for people who have hands. I have limited keyboard skills but I think you can get a good idea of what is possible with this classic analog from my half an hour of random noodling. This one is in nice cosmetic condition having been stored in a cupboard unused for over twenty years... Originally bought from Rod Argent's keyboard shop in Denmark Street London when I was working there in the 1980s. Now available for sale if anyone is interested - it has been cleaned, tuned and the keys have been re-bushed so it sounds and feels like new."

Minimoog with old type oscillators playing and making sounds demo

video upload by Vykaar Tones

"The first versions of the minimoog oscillator were prone to drifting with temperature changes so were a pain to keep in tune at gigs and outdoor events. I have found however, that they can work perfectly well in a studio if calibrated correctly. This one has a serial number in the 8000 range and had multi turn pots fitted to the master tune and osciliator 2 and 3 tune probably in an attempt to make it more useable live. I have just finished servicing it. Now over 50 years since they were introduced it still sounds marvellous."

Oberheim OB-8 polyphonic synthesizer

video upload by Vykaar Tones

"Making sounds in manual mode."

Roland SH101 Tubbutec SH1oh1 mod and Stereoping controller

Published on Jan 6, 2016 Vykaar Tones

"A quick demo of the Tubbutec Roland SH101 midi and sequencer mod being controlled by the Stereoping controller kit which I had just built and installed for someone. Sorry for hand held camera and poor sound quality but I had little time before these were collected from me."

Details on the mod from Tubbutec where you'll find some samples:

"Main features

Midi in- and output. Can output key presses, arpeggiator and sequencer.
Additional Accent Envelope: Programmable accent for volume and filter with adjustable decay.
Additional filter LFO A triangular LFO with the high range of 0.2Hz — 8kHz can modulate the filter
Additional ADSR for filter: Completely independent envelope with adjustable parameters
Improved Sequencer:now has 32 sequences with 120 Steps each
Song mode: Sequences can be chained to create a “Song” and programmed live
More sequencer and arp modes: Forward, backward, random, ping-pong,..
A lot of midi controllable parameters, velocity can be mapped to 9 different targets including accents, filter and 2nd ADSR:
Midi filter, pitch bend, arp and s/h-lfo control
Clock dividers for internal arp clock and trigger including din-sync compatible divider
Settings via an internal configuration menu or external midi controller.
Extra features accessible using the existing SH-101 controls
Comes with sticker overlays and all necessary parts
Easy to install in any SH-101 and compatible with analogue mods
For a complete list of features please refer to the user manual.

Some features in more detail

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More Analog Stuff

Published on Jul 8, 2017 Vykaar Tones

"DIY Clones of TR808 bass and snare compressed and gated with Alesis micro limiters and gate. Beatstep pro with new v2 firmware."

Mangling Donald Trump with a Ginkosynthese Sampleslicer and Music Thing Modular Radio Music

Published on Aug 17, 2016 Vykaar Tones

"Ginkosynthese Sampleslicer and Music Thing Modular Radio Music chopping up Donald Trump"

Sweat dreams....

Man at Work

Published on Jan 5, 2020 Vykaar Tones

"Mutant bass and snare with diy cowbell circuit shaping jupiter storm noise and ring modulated vco. Bass octaves are Moog mother_32 and Boomstar 4075. Tuned fourths and fifths are Model-d and Pro~1. Later Dark Energy modules are mixed in. CR8000 cymbals and hand claps. Formant noise bursts."

Waldorf NW1 Wavetable module testing with KLEE sequencer and Turing Machine

Published on Oct 12, 2016 Vykaar Tones

"Waldorf NW1 Wavetable module testing with KLEE sequencer and Turing Machine through Mackie mixer with Eventide Reverb and Delays."

ElectroComp Synthesizer model 101 Electronic Music Labs Inc.

Published on Mar 4, 2018 Vykaar Tones

"Twiddling knobs on this great American vintage analog synthesizer half way through restoration and repairs. Very well built hard wired to tag strips like an amp inside and sealed AB pots like minimoog ( a pain to open and clean) some of the caps have died and oxidation on all metal parts... The lack of connectors inside is a blessing as in my opinion most Moog synthesizers for example suffered from far too many unreliable connectors which constantly oxidised and caused random faults.

Some info from vintagesynthcom:
The ElectroComp 101 was the successor to the rare ElectroComp 100 from Electronic Music Laboratories (EML), a small synthesizer company based out of Connecticut in the USA. Like the ARP 2600, the 101 was a patchable (1/4'' patch cords) semi-modular synth with a pre-wired voice path that could be over-ridden via patching. But unlike the ARP (or Minimoog for that matter), the 101 had as many as four oscillators (two of which could go sub-sonic, for use as LFOs) with multiple waveforms that you could sweep between using its rotary knobs. The 101 was also Duophonic so you could play up to two notes at once. Another major distinction was that unlike Moog and ARP, who used transistors that would tend to drift out of tune under various operating temperatures, EML used op amps which proved to be far more stable and reliable.

Other onboard features included a voltage controlled 12 dB/oct multi-mode filter with resonance, two envelope generators, ring/amplitude modulator, noise, and sample-and-hold (they call this the "Sampler"). In addition, the 101 makes no distinction between control voltage and audio paths allowing just about any source to be patched to any control or audio input in any order. The 101 could easily be closed, secured and carried inside its wood casing.

In its day, the 101, as most of EMLs instruments, were marketed and sold to universities and other educational markets. But with the 4-oscillator architecture, multi-mode filter, and elaborate patch control, the EML-101 was undoubtedly one of the most flexible of all of the portable patch-synthesizers available at its time of manufacture. So it did not take long for it to find its way into mainstream music. It has been used by Skinny Puppy, Tommy Mars, Download, Weezer, Foreigner, and Ohm."

I was working in the lab late one night...

Published on Feb 25, 2016 Vykaar Tones

"When my eyes tired of fixing a pile of S****
The Rev1 Prophet 5 is always a challenge to resurrect so after replacing and socketing 10 chips I took a break to video my new keyboard setup which now effectively blocks all my natural light..."