This Video May Ruin Your Roast!

YouTube Uploaded by blwvideo on Jul 7, 2011

"Just another sequence with the same patch as before. Anyone who can identify the opening clip wins a pat on the head, but you have terrible taste in movies!"

Maas-Rowe Vibrachime through STG Sea Devils Filter

Uploaded by blwvideo on Jun 4, 2011

"This is my new carillon, first with a dry signal and then lightly processed through my synth. Apologies to your eardrums for my cludgy playing. I really like this instrument. It has a wonderfully rich tone.

PS. Yes, as a matter of fact I do have a synth case standing on its side. Thanks for noticing. [smirk]"

Synthi Bringin' the Sizzle ;-)

Published on Jun 5, 2020 blwvideo

Gets going after 1:12.

"All sounds from EMS Synthi A. One live take, no external processing or edits. Maybe the 'noise' build is a touch long, but give peace a chance . . ."

blwvideo Synthi posts

Self-Playing Synthi

Published on Jun 5, 2020 blwvideo

"I've gotten a little bit fascinated with creating note sequences on the Synthi. This patch uses the sync relationship between osc 1 and 2 and the trapezoid to create stepped pitches. The joystick transposes both vco's. This was a live take of the patch, with a second pass with the filter self-oscillating added for another layer."

I/L/W live set (Jupiter 80, EMS Synthi, Eurorack modular)

Published on Feb 25, 2019 blwvideo

"Clips from our live show at Insomnia Gallery. Jupiter lead, modular backing . . . what could possibly go wrong?"

String Theory: Dotcom Modular

Published on Dec 28, 2012 blwvideo·33 videos

"Recorded in Dec 2011 using Synthesizers.com modular and ES2 for strings, etc."

Rattlesnakes Sucked Out of the Airlock

Published on Apr 24, 2013 blwvideo·34 videos

"Tube-amplified noise run through a fixed filter bank recreating the oft-heard sound of rattlesnakes being sucked out of an airlock and into outer space . . . if there was sound in the vacuum of space, of course."

Zerosum Inertia tube modules.

In the Dining Room: EMS Synthi and Moon Modular

Published on Mar 12, 2017 blwvideo

"EMS Synthi A sequenced using a Moon Modular 569, 564, and 554, and playing the pins a bit. Recorded at my dining room table and named after the fact as the tiniest of homages to Mr. Ryle, whose musical magic happens in his dining room. The similarities end there, of course!"

Synthi Blippy Bloo

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"'Synthi Week' continues on my channel . . . perhaps pandemic boredom has finally set in . . . EMS Synthi Cornwall, recorded as two live takes. Fans of my rather attractive hands may be disappointed to learn they do not appear in this video."

Moon 518 Low Pass Gate

video upload by blwvideo

"Quick and dirty vid of the new Moon low pass gate someone requested. Maybe you are dying to hear it too?"

See this Noisebug post for an additional video and detais.

Oh How She Dances: Cwejman VM-1 + Modcan Dual Delay

Published on May 21, 2014 blwvideo·40 videos

"Sounds from Cwejman VM-1 and Modcan Dual Delay, sequence built with Moon 554 Octal Divider and VCA's, and burlesque dancing by some lady."

One Finger Melody: Make Noise DPO + Pressure Points

Published on Jun 27, 2014 blwvideo·41 videos

"Further adventures in Euroland: First patch with my Make Noise DPO and Pressure Points. Also featuring the Cwejman VM-1 filter section, RG-6, and Modcan Dual Delay. Your laptop or cellphone's speakers probably won't like this one."

Meh . . . Another Synthesizer Video and My Cat Plays Synth Better than Me!

YouTube via blwvideo
"This piece was commissioned by the late Boris Yeltsin--rest in peace, comrade--to commemorate the fall of communism and ponder the psychosexual implications of corn dogs. To address these subjects, I modulate a sequence with, um, another sequence via the Sea Devils Filter FM input. Great filter, maybe not-so-great performance."
Tags: Synthesizers.com STG Soundlabs Sea Devils Filter modular synthesizer Modcan Doepfer Schaltwerk Dotcom

My Cat Plays Synth Better than Me!

"My secret weapon for all two of my synthesizer videos is my cat, Buddy, who is a synthesizer virtuoso. He agreed to share one of his amazing jams with us. First he takes a stab at horror film fx, and then he goes slow and sultry with one of his more jazzy grooves."

Cwejman MBC-3 modulation demo

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"Before/after drum loop patched through Cwejman MBC-3 compressor. The crossover, gate thresholds, etc are modulated for additional textures, and then a delay is patched into the compressor's path because that always seems like a fun idea, too."

Bug Music: Double Deka VCO as Modulator

YouTube Published on Apr 26, 2012 by blwvideo

"A series of clips from a session tinkering with the SSL/Ian Fritz Double Deka modulating a pair of Dotcom Q106 oscillators and Q107 filter. I also included the CGS01 Suboscillator in the mix. There isn't any audio from the DD in this one. Many thanks to my 5U forum friends for the nice handful of patching tips I picked up today."

Sequence of Uncertainty (5U modular synth)

Published on Feb 3, 2016 blwvideo

"Sequences created with Sputnik West Coast Random Source, bipolar matrix mixer, and CGS01 suboscillators. Dotcom and Moon oscillator voices."

EMS Synthi A sounds

Published on Mar 1, 2017 blwvideo

"This patch makes use of some frequency modulation and the variable sync mod by Robin Wood at EMS."

Eight Notes: Q106 + STG Sea Devils Filter

YouTube Uploaded by blwvideo on Mar 27, 2012

"This is a eight note sequence repeated again and again and again . . . It's voice is comprised of two cross-modulated Dotcom Q106's and an STG Sea Devils Filter. Not your thing? Hey, they can't all be "zimmifryl (abridged)," baby!"

Sequential Circuits PROPHET VS Rack

via this auction




YouTube via blwvideo
"This is a quick video showing the condition of the Prophet VS I am offering for sale. I am demonstrating that the numeric keys work fine, since this is a common fault with the units, and giving a tour of the cosmetic wear. Thanks!"

Synthesizers.com Q106 Sync Effect

YouTube via blwvideo
"This video is primarily intended as a comparison to an earlier one I posted today.

This is a stripped down version of the other video, consisting only of Synthesizers.com Q106 oscillators. There are no filters, VCA's, envelopes, sequencers, or other modules involved, just Q106's with me playing the same notes as before, straight into the mixer and recorded in Logic.

I wanted to offer this version in part to demo the sync effect, which I think is cool, and to better illustrate what the STG filter adds to the patch in the other video.

The patch involves two Q106's with identical settings, except that one is hard synced and one is soft synced to a pulse wave from a third Q106, with the pulse width being modulated by a fourth Q106 acting as an LFO. The third and fourth 106's aren't being used for audio. No other processing is added.

My apologies for the messed up timing in the slide show!"

San Marcos: EMS Synthi sequences

Published on Mar 11, 2017 blwvideo

"Experimenting with creating voltage sequences within the Synthi using its envelope and oscillator whilst staying in San Marcos, Texas. Accompanied by assorted time lapse images from my hotel window."