Patching in Dreamsynth

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"I love this thing. I live for making textures, and Dreamsynth truly brings it. It's not your mega-giant synth which some software tends to head towards—and which I indeed enjoy—but it has a good helping of what you need and lots of ways to modify things. Almost everything can be modulated, and there's loads of mod sources available. Same with the oscillators. There's three oscillators, two waves each, and hundreds of waves to choose from. In addition, each oscillator has its own independent pitch LFO, completely separate from the three regular LFOs. Throw in a complex multi-mode filter, five effects, arpeggiator, and I haven't even gotten around to the string section yet.

This video shows me making two patches from scratch. I did another patch before those two but I didn't "film" it, alas, although I did include the patch so you could see what it sounds like. There's pretty much no editing out of any long boring knob twiddling. What you see is what I did. Working with the synth is easy and fun; nothing hidden, everything on the panel. These are my first three patching attempts, too. Saw the intro video, immediately downloaded it, and then made these three patches. Very satisfying.

Featuring
Dreamsynth, from Cherry Audio https://cherryaudio.com/products/drea...

Edited in ScreenFlow https://www.telestream.net/screenflow/
Audio routing done in Rogue Amoeba Loopback https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures"

Dreamsynth Quick Minute

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"New from Cherry Audio.

Only had this a few minutes and already feel totally at home in it. Just made these three patches and wanted to get this out there so folks could get an idea of what it's about. This is the short version just to hear the patches though, the longer version will show how I built them. Might take me a day or three to get that edited though.

This thing's a winner. Three oscillators, each with dual waves with hundreds of choices, three LFOs, easy and flexible modulation and routing, sounds great. It's deep yet at the same time simple to operate. Recommended.

Featuring
Dreamsynth, from Cherry Audio https://cherryaudio.com/products/drea...

Edited in ScreenFlow https://www.telestream.net/screenflow/
Audio routing done in Rogue Amoeba Loopback https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures"

2¼ Minutes of Exquisite Distraction

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"Well, it was 2:15 in length when I started, but then I had to let it play longer so there'd be enough to keep going under the credits. I'm putting this in the "demo" category even though it's also actual music, but it may be quite some time before it's filled out, added to, totally finished.

So basically this is one way to work on the iPad. Four synths, effects, clips being launched, mixing, etc. Well, two synths I guess as the bass and the piano are pretty much set. And using presets kind of goes against the grain for me but the Other Desert Cities rhythm/echoes thing was just so juicy when I was flipping through the list looking for mine that I had to keep it. And then I used it again LOL. It just makes the thing come alive somehow.

So this tune shows how it all comes together on the iPad, at least for me. Everything in AUM (AUM as a platform?), with launchable MIDI clips in Atom Piano Roll 2. The first clip is just "on" by default, meaning it automatically starts up when the AUM play button is tapped. The others come in when manually launched. It may appear that they're not immediately starting when the button is pressed, mainly because that's true. The clips start on the beat, so if you're careful things can easily be kept in sync. And I'm not going to mention a take or two where I was not as careful as I needed to be and things were on beat two or three instead of on beat one. There's settings to deal with that if you care to, but I don't usually.

Bass courtesy of iFretless Bass, the closest to a Chapman Stick you can get without getting a Chapman Stick. As I've said before, always wanted one and may someday actually do it. There's a black 10-string Railboard (with aluminum dot inlays and a MIDI pickup) with my name on it somewhere off in the possibly distant future. But I digress. Weird but entrancing "clapping" rhythm provided by adding Other Desert Cities onto the bass. Flipping through the presets and I literally did a "whoa" when I stopped on that one. Piano chords from Ravenscroft; it just feels like a piano to me when I play it. Extra added space courtesy of Eos 2, kind of my go to. Then some ridiculously thick and moving textures from Flowtones. Only had it a little while but it's already one of my favorite synths, enough so that I'm probably going to get the Mac version too. And then I decided I needed a little bit more of some punchy rhythm so I went for Laplace and cranked up some resonator action. And then I sent that through the same Other Desert Cities preset and on into Shimmer for added texture. As one does. And then we'll see what happens after that once it's given some time to develop.

Featuring
AUM http://kymatica.com/apps/aum
Atom Piano Roll 2 (x4) https://discchord.com/appDB/id1536259776
iFretless Bass http://www.ifretless.com/ifretless.php
Other Desert Cities (x2), Eos 2 https://www.audiodamage.com/collectio...
Ravenscroft 275 https://www.vilabsaudio.com/ravenscro...
TB Flowtones https://www.toneboosters.com/tb_flowt...
RE-1 Virtual Tape Machine https://numericalaudio.com/re1/index....
Laplace https://icegear.net/laplace/
BLEASS Shimmer https://www.bleass.com/bleass-shimmer/

Edited in ScreenFlow https://www.telestream.net/screenflow/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures

With the sincerest of apologies to David Torn, who wrote 3 Minutes of Pure Entertainment. I never intended to name it something like this, it just sorta happened organically."

Philip Glass Riff Automaton

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"In which we create a Philip Glass Riff Automaton in order to be able to simply put our feet up and listen forever.

About a week ago I saw a random tweet of a YouTube video organ piece from Satyagraha, and for some reason it came to me that I could have the riff play and then alternate between two different versions of it. Well, it took me almost that whole week to get it working but I'm pretty happy with the results. I could see taking this and going much further with it—having more than two parts , for example, as well as adding harmonies, counterpoints, and bass drones—but for now this is a good proof of concept showing it's indeed possible to get it working. Had to figure out how to get all the logic flowing properly, and luckily Voltage Modular has a good selection of switching and logic modules available.

The video that got me started:
Satyagraha, Act III - King: Part 3 https://youtu.be/8sF2ykI-ong

Featuring
Voltage Modular, from Cherry Audio

Other Modules Used
From Playertron: Switchboard
From HetrickCV: Flip-Flop, Boolean Logic
From Andrew Macaulay: Trigger Delay, Micro Switch, Dual Counter, Micro Envelope VCA
From P-moon: Buttons 2/1
From haslo: Hääschen

Screen capture video recorded and edited in ScreenFlow
Audio routing done in Loopback, from Rogue Amoeba
Voiceover recorded in Felt Tip Sound Studio, using an Audio Technica BPHS1 broadcast headset

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures

Chapters
00:00 The Manual Switching Version
11:59 The Logic Diagram
14:26 The Automatically Switching Version"

BLEASS Omega Patching

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"The new BLEASS Omega synthesizer is a 4-operator FM synth that's pretty easy to program and kind of fun to use. And it's colorful! Which actually helps with the patching as each operator is color coded so you can keep them all straight. The synth has 16 algorithms, which gives you a good bit of flexibility. There's also a modulation page that has two LFOs and a spare envelope generator, a motion sequencer page, and a waveshaper and filter page, as well as an effects page. Somehow when new apps are released I always want to record my first efforts but I never seem to remember that when I'm busy unwrapping a new toy. So I missed the first patch, a nice chorus-y string-y pad. I got the next several patches though—lead, bass, and cheesy electric piano. As a bonus there's a crazy bleeping and blooping thing that happened when I clicked the randomize button, which can sometimes result in great fun.

So bottom line is I was pleasantly surprised how quick and easy it was to make usable and interesting patches with the BLEASS Omega synth. Everything's clearly laid out and even though there are things on different tabs it's all easy enough to get to without any menu diving needed. The video's about 20 minutes, with the three patch constructions being about 4 or 5 minutes each.

I recorded this demo on a Mac but note that the iPad app is identical and with a little work (via importing/exporting) you can share patches between them.

Featuring
BLEASS Omega https://www.bleass.com/omega/

Edited in ScreenFlow https://www.telestream.net/screenflow/ Audio routing done in Rogue Amoeba Loopback https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures

Chapters
00:00 Creating the Juicy Lead patch
07:02 Cheesy Electric Piano patch
12:47 FM Bass patch
19:28 Random Bloops patch LOL"

Loopy Pro AUv3 Effects

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"Loopy Pro is great fun on its own but you can add AUv3 effects in several different ways. First is when you're recording (not shown in this video), second is adding an effect to an already existing loop, and third is by adding an effects bus and then sending other channels through it. Just a quick how-to to show how it's done."

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures

Surge XT Quick Minute

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"Well, this was not the video I was expecting to upload today but was surprised with the release yesterday of Surge XT. New and improved! I really liked the original (non-XT version) and I really like this one; can do all sorts of things with it as it's easy to use but super deep. This is just a minute or so, basically just a shimmering pad (my usual I suppose). Gimme a few weeks and who knows what'll happen! 100% Surge XT, nothing else.

https://surge-synthesizer.github.io

Audio routing done with BlackHole16
https://github.com/ExistentialAudio/B...

Screen capture, audio recording, and video editing all done in ScreenFlow
https://www.telestream.net/screenflow/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures"

Cherry Audio Quadra demo tune—The Four

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"Recently got Quadra from Cherry Audio, a modern software recreation of the ARP Quadra. In a way it's a pretty limited instrument, but that's what the Quadra was. You got four basic elements—bass, strings, poly synth, and lead synth—and they all had a few controls for each, some more than others. The beauty of the Quadra was that for the price of one instrument you had access to all of those sounds, so in a sense it was a real bargain back in the day.

The Cherry Audio Quadra does a good job of recreating the instrument, and it adds a number of things, as usual. There are more effects modules, an arpeggiator, and programmable keyboard zones for separate or overlapping sounds, for example. And pitch and mod wheels (!). And the thing sounds darn good.

This tune was originally supposed to be just the four pure tracks, one for each of the Quadra sections, all my own patches of course. But I couldn't leave it be and had to add a fifth track with another lead section, and I couldn't leave well enough alone and had to make it an impure not-Quadra-only track by adding a pedalboard and a Nembrini Audio Sound Master amp simulator. Just had to get that biting lead sound. Because that's how I roll. As usual. And I make no apologies for it either!

So bottom line, Quadra from Cherry Audio sounds great. I never had an ARP Quadra back in the day, but now I've got those sounds.

Featuring:

Quadra from Cherry Audio
With a side helping of Sound Master from Nembrini Audio

Recorded in Logic Pro
Screen capture video recorded and edited in ScreenFlow
Audio routing done in Loopback, from Rogue Amoeba

Cherry Audio Quadra https://cherryaudio.com/products/quadra
Nembrini Audio Sound Master https://www.nembriniaudio.com/collect...
Screenflow from Telestream https://www.telestream.net/screenflow...
Loopback https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures"

VM900 Pseudo Clocks

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Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures

"In one of my previous videos I was bemoaning the fact that the 960 Sequential Controller modules—henceforth to be called sequencers, as is right and proper—did not have clock inputs. And while technically true, at some point in a week or so of having given up on the idea and not thinking about it, it somewhat randomly occurred to me that you could make use of the Shift input to essentially clock the sequencer. The "proper use" of the Shift input is to force the sequencer to advance to the next stage when it sees an input voltage. It's not exactly a true clock because technically the sequencer clock would not actually be running but the effect is more or less the same; when the Shift input sees a pulse, it advances the sequencer to the next step. Sort of like a clock.

So normally what one does with a running sequencer is have it send out voltages on each step that get converted into notes by an oscillator. However, while that's the usual there's no reason you have to actually use it that way. In this instance, we're using the second row of voltage knobs to send out 2 volts on the first step and 0 volts on the others. Essentially this means that if the sequencer is set to 4 steps we've now divided that by four if we only send out a voltage on that first step. Voilà, we just made a 4-to-1 clock divider using only analog circuitry.

But that's just the beginning. Let's say Sequencer 1 is set to three steps and Sequencer 2 is set to five steps. If they're both being clocked by the same external oscillator, you now have a 5 against 3 rhythm going on. But what if you turn up knob 4 on that second sequencer? Now you have 1 and 4 out of 5 playing against the 1 out of 3 of the first sequencer. And now we're headed for polyrhythms. But why stop there? You can add in a third sequencer, for example. Or you can start ratcheting some of the steps to make even more complex rhythms. Or what would happen if you used the voltage of one of the sequencer steps to change the frequency of the clocking oscillator? Or how about doing all of these sorts of things and also have the sequencer's internal clock running as well? That's the beauty of modular; you can do all sorts of things.

I haven't explored all of those options in this particular video because if I did it would've been three hours long. Perhaps next time. What I've done this time though is go through all of the steps to get something like this working, more than enough to get you started if you're so inclined.

Featuring

Cherry Audio Voltage Modular VM900 Collection: https://store.cherryaudio.com/bundles..."

Animoog Z Quick Minute

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"Well, this was not the video I was expecting to upload today but Moog surprised us with the release of Animoog Z. New and improved! I really liked the original and I really like this one; it's a bit of an odd synth, but you can also make some incredibly unique textures. This is just a minute or so, basically the first thing I did with it. Gimme a few weeks and who knows what'll happen! 100% Animoog, nothing else used."

See here for aditional Animoog Z posts.

Voltage Modular VM900 System 35 Sequence

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"Built a Moog System 35 modular system using the VM900 Collection modules in Voltage Modular. Essentially the System 35 is one row of modules, but in this case I've also added the Sequencer Complement B Expansion Cabinet as well. I've also built the larger System 55, which adds another row of modules to the cabinet, and am planning to make the smaller Model 15 as well. Can't quite duplicate them exactly but they're darn close. One of the things that's not the same is the signal routing modules, which aren't in Voltage Modular, although to be fair you don't at all need them in the software version the way you do in hardware. Another difference is that there's "only" a selection of modules as opposed to everything Moog ever made. That's also not a problem either. As an example, the 921ABB dual oscillator module in the System 35 isn't included in the VM900 Collection, but the 921ABBB from the System 55 is, so while not 100% authentic you can just pretend your System 35 doesn't have those extra B oscillators. Another difference is the keyboard interface modules, but again, because this is software that's not really a problem. Lastly the half-height row of the cabinet, the one at the bottom with the Console Panels, isn't part of either Voltage Modular or the VM900 Collection. But once again, that's not really an issue as you do have the functionality of those modules in the software regardless.

This video was recorded uninterrupted from start to finish, with no cuts or edits in the video at all. Note that it takes a few minutes to patch together enough modules for the thing to actually make noises, perhaps around 5 minutes or so. Also, I start from the bare System 35 and patch it all from scratch, with captions and highlights to show what I'm doing. Downloadable patch files will be posted for my Patreon subscribers shortly, so if you'd like to grab those head on over there and join up if you'd like."

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures

Voltage Modular VM900 Tangram

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"Well I've always loved the Tangram sequence. It's iconic, what I think of when think of sequencers. From the Tangerine Dream album in 1980 of the same name. It's four patterns of 7 notes, each played twice. I even already did a video about it several weeks ago, except I used "standard" digital modules to do it. Three sequencers, the kind where you put in note names (such as A3, B5, etc.), and were you have digital clock modules controlling everything. Makes things easier! Except now that Cherry Audio's come out with the VM900 Collection of Moog-style modules, I now have a real (LOL) sequencer to work with. Totally analog, nothing digital. Which means you can't say something like, "give me 96bpm," you have to figure out the precise voltages you'll need to get the results you want. And you have to use analog logic and programming to get all your events happening when you want them and all in the proper order. Endless fun! (No, I mean it!) It's not that it's harder to do, it's that it makes you think differently to get things working. Wouldn't have it any other way.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures"

Voltage Modular VM900 Random Ratcheting Deep Dive

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"I suppose I should've started giving these VM900 videos chapter numbers. This one's Chapter Three. The first two were a basic sound demo and the second was a brief ratcheting demo. This one is definitely not brief. It's a deep dive into the 960 Sequencer module, how to patch it to get controllable ratcheting, and then how to patch together a set of modules essentially doing analog programming in order to generate random ratcheting entirely in the analog domain.

00:00 intro
01:30 patch basics - module tour
04:00 sequencer intro
10:40 ratcheting explanation
21:05 ratchet randomization concepts
22:45 randomization patching explanation
26:30 analog domain vs. digital domain ratcheting
29:10 outro"

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures

Voltage Modular VM900 Ratcheting

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"Well, been playing almost nonstop in Voltage Modular with the VM900 module collection, basically a pile of Moog-style modules from Cherry Audio. So what does one do with a Moog modular? For my part I'd head straight for the 960 sequencer. And what does one do once you've gotten that working? Well, ratcheting is the next step, of course. Voltage Modular does have a number of ratcheting modules, and the clocks to drive them, but I wanted to do it analog-style, not any of this new-fangled modern digital stuff (ignoring for the moment that this is all in computer software, of course). Was pretty satisfying to get it working. To be totally transparent the ratcheting aspect of the patch was not my original design. Many years ago Roger Arrick of synthesizers.com did a demo video of his Q960 sequencer module and how to use the 962 switch and an oscillator to make the ratcheting pulses. That video has been in the back of my mind for years, and in my bookmarks, but I don't quite have the Euro hardware for it and there hasn't really been a 960-style sequencer in Voltage Modular. Until now, that is.

So I took Arrick's basic concept, which is pretty ingenious, and adapted it to the slightly different modules in Voltage Modular. Turns out doing ratcheting in the analog realm is a lot more work than using a digital ratcheting module. Surprise! Was incredibly happy to get it working.

In this setup I'm using Row A of the sequencer for the notes and Row B for voltages used to generate the extra triggers. And it's great fun to play with the knobs and change the number of ratchets and which notes in the sequence get them. However, that's a lot of manual labor, and I wanted to take it a step further and make the ratchets happen on their own at random steps. That is not in this video, alas, but fear not, I've been able to patch it up and that's what the next, more in-depth video will be about. Still done entirely in the analog module realm though, for authenticity's sake."

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures

Voltage Modular VM900 Quick Demo by boxoftextures

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"Saw a tweet from Cherry Audio about the newly released set of VM900 modules about two hours ago, instantly purchased them, and then made this video as a quick demo. Nothing fancy, single oscillator, no LFOs, minimal envelope count, but it still sounds fantastic. For me it was a no-brainer instabuy. Will certainly make some more in-depth videos of the VM900s, just wanted to get this out there."

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures

Fun with Random Ratcheting

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"Ratcheting is when you take one step in a sequence and have more than one note play in the same amount of time. Some sequencers let you specify how many notes you want in each step, but most just play one note per step. Ratcheting can take a "regular" sequence and give it a bit more pizzazz, and that's fine as far as it goes. In this video we're going to use clocks, a sample and hold, and a special ratcheting module to insert occasional ratchets in randomly chosen steps to take things to another level. Standard ratchets are perfectly fine, but when they come in at unexpected and unknowable semi-random moments the whole sequence keeps you just that much more on edge.

One thing I should perhaps mention is that I got a snazzy new lavalier microphone. However, due to user error I think what I actually did was record the voiceover in Logic using my laptop's built-in mic. I route my audio in Loopback but even if you set everything up correctly you still have to double check and make sure Logic knows to use Loopback for the audio routing. I've made this same mistake before with my headset mic but I've always caught it in the past. So let's all take this as an opportunity to learn that no matter how hard you try it's very easy to realize you didn't quite try hard enough. Or something.

This video description brought to you by the letters A and Z, mostly because it's hard to believe I actually use both pizzazz and snazzy in the same bit of text.


Video captured with ScreenFlow 10
Audio recorded in Logic Pro X
Audio routing done with Loopback

Edited in DaVinci Resolve 17
On a MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)

Cherry Audio Voltage Modular https://cherryaudio.com/voltage-modular
Screenflow from Telestream https://www.telestream.net/screenflow...
Loopback https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/
DaVinci Resolve https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...

Twitter: https://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures"

The Tangram Sequence

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"Tangram, from Tangerine Dream. The sequence that starts it off has been in my head for over 40 years, and I was always a little annoyed they didn't let it run longer before they stepped on the end of it with the start of the bass line LOL. But thanks to modern technology I've now been able to fix that oversight and can press Play and let it burble along for hours and hours with none of those pesky interruptions. As it was meant to be heard. Sort of. Well, not really I guess.

Not much to it in a sense—a relatively simple synth voice, four sequencers, a voltage controlled switch, and a clock and clock divider. But in another sense it's a pretty involved patch. Which was a ton of fun to put together.

Video captured with ScreenFlow 10
Audio recorded in Logic Pro X
Voiceover recorded using an AudioTechnica BHPS1 Broadcast Headset
Audio routing done with Loopback

Edited in DaVinci Resolve 17
On a MacBook Pro (16-inch, 2019)

Stuff used:
Cherry Audio Voltage Modular https://cherryaudio.com/voltage-modular
Screenflow from Telestream https://www.telestream.net/
Loopback https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/
DaVinci Resolve https://www.blackmagicdesign.com
Audio Technica BPHS1 broadcast headset

Twitter: @selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures"

Remembered

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"Well, not quite the usual I suppose. Always loved the sound of the saxophone but never got one, alas. In junior high I wanted French and the flute or sax, but they gave me Spanish and the baritone horn. And I suppose that explains everything, ya know? But hey, now we have iPad software! And iFretless Sax sounds pretty amazing. I also have iFretless Brass, used here as well, and iFretless Bass, which to me feels very Chapman Stick-like, which I love. They also have a guitar app but I haven't tried that one yet for some reason. So one day I had an electric piano going in SnakeBud and I was just sitting there playing "sax" and from out of nowhere, or wherever the music comes from, Remembered arrived. Add a synth wash, as usual, and a shimmered trumpet, et voilà, we now have jazz. Or something.

And as always, I thought the video edit wouldn't be a big deal, but somehow every time I think that it's just more and more ridiculous. Which is why I used that screen as the thumbnail for the video. To celebrate it, of course.

This one is sort of both how-to and also music, so again, not quite the usual as more often it's either one or the other. But today it's both. And also, putting together the "stuff used" list for something that sounded like it was "simply" using just four instruments, it somehow turned out to be, well, rather lengthy.

Software setup and testing: 00:12
Remembered: 02:22
Very fast hardware setup: 08:28

Stuff used:
Audio Evolution Mobile http://extreamsd.com/index.php/produc...
Audiobus 3 https://audiob.us
AUM http://kymatica.com/apps/aum
SnakeBud http://keybudapp.com/snakebud
House Mark 1 https://audiokitpro.com/house/
Atom Piano Roll 2 https://discchord.com/appDB/id1536259776
SynthMaster 2 https://www.kv331audio.com/synthmaste...
Eos 2, ADverb2 https://www.audiodamage.com/collectio...
iFrelessBrass, iFretless Sax http://www.ifretless.com
BLEASS Shimmer https://www.bleass.com/bleass-shimmer/
Roli Lumi keyboards https://roli.com/products/blocks/lumi...
IK Multimedia iLoud Micro Monitor https://www.ikmultimedia.com/products...
FiLMiC Pro https://www.filmicpro.com/products/fi...
DaVinci Resolve https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...

And I have a Patreon as well at http://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures. Would love for you to sign up to get more frequent updates, possibly with greater depth than I'm able to get to here.
Twitter too! http://twitter.com/selgart"

SynthMaster 2 Patch Analysis

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"SynthMaster 2 has become one of my favorite synths. It's powerful, flexible, easy to use, and sounds great. And you can make tons of really good synth patches without too much trouble. SynthMaster 2 used to be only on computers but they've recently released an iPad version and it's a major benefit to now be able to easily take it everywhere. I happen to like large swirly textures, and SynthMaster 2 excels at that sort of thing. And you can make any number of other types as well, of course. This one uses the vector and wavetable oscillators along with a pile of LFOs to provide that sweet, sweet swirling action. So while this isn't exactly a SynthMaster 2 tutorial you can probably get a good idea of how the synth works as I take apart the patch I made."

Memorymode Patching Demo

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"I love this thing. When I was in my 20s I suppose this was *the* polysynth. Yes, I know there were others, but this was the one I always wanted but I had no chance of being able to afford one. So when Memorymode came out I jumped on it immediately. Is it the same as the original? Not sure, but I think that's the wrong question. And the answer is that Memorymode feels like the original and can make the patches I've always wanted to make. And hey, it costs about $8,000 or $12,000 less than the original to boot, so I'm not complaining at all.

In a way I don't have all that much to say about this synth, other than that it's easy to program and sounds great. Three thick oscillators, nice filter, and some decent modulation capabilities (a little limited, but hey, that's how things were in the '80s). Plus, I can toss it in my backpack, which is something you could never do with the 70 pound original.

Recommended.

Memorymode https://cherryaudio.com/instruments/m...
CleanShot X https://cleanshot.com
Loopback https://rogueamoeba.com/loopback/
Sound Studio https://felttip.com/ss/
DaVinci Resolve https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/prod...

Twitter: http://twitter.com/selgart
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/boxoftextures"