DSI Prophet Rev2, Sequential Prophet 6, Access Virus TI2 and Eurorack: Space Ambient

video upload by lucafrancinimusic

"I've recently bought a 2 tiers synth stand so now I can use my two Prophets at the same time. Here's a short ambient track featuring: Prophet 6, Prophet Rev2, Access Virus TI2 and my little Eurorack system which includes Mutable Instruments Marbles, Rings and Beads and O_c Ornament and Crime.
Everything passes through Strymon Big Sky Cloud reverb.

I hope you will enjoy this.

As usual if you want to support me, follow me on:
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Instagram: lucafrancinimusic"

A Few User Tributes to Dave Smith

I have a search on Sequential that brings up daily videos. The following are some of what went up today. I thought I'd share them. One thing to remember is Dave brought us MIDI. His influence extends beyond Sequential. I thought it was fitting that someone made a tribute to that. Note some of these are tributes and some aren't. I got a kick out of the kids playing below. It's a reminder that his instruments will touch generations to come. P.S. a big part of this site is sharing what end users are doing out there with the gear we love. This post is a snapshot of some of what went up today.

First a beautiful tribute by lucafrancinimusic:


DSI video upload by lucafrancinimusic

"My humble tribute to Dave Smith. I don't know how many times I've printed a track from Rev2, especially when making retrowave sci-fi music; this synth has a special place in my heart. Sad news."

Sequential Circuit - Another Tribute

video upload by Colin Powell

"We have lost yet another synth pioneer but this time a founding father of synth technology, Dave Smith. Maybe not a familiar name to many but without his developments, including the 'Musical Instrument Digital Interface' (MIDI), electronic music would have been very different today and nowhere near as popular. Here is my tribute, using MIDI and various synths, on my iPad."

Goodbye #davesmithinstruments #sequential #midi #synth

video upload by axs203

Short piece of music with Sequential Circuits Six-Trak synth (and a bit of Yamaha CP-70)

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"Six-Trak sound is clean with a bit of reverb to give it some air. Yamaha CP-70 is played through vintage Deluxe Electric Mistress flanger by Electro-Harmonix to hide the fact it's completely out of tune :)."

“Take on me” Sequential prophet 5 and fender Rhodes cover
video upload by ABE GAN

Eurorack: Ukulele into Clouds + Basimilus Iteritas Alter

Published on Mar 11, 2020 lucafrancinimusic

"The drone note is a plucked ukulele string (captured by a piezo pickup into Ears module) which I stored in Clouds buffer. The pitch of the note is modulated by Marbles X section. I have manually tuned the pitch of Basimilus Iteritas Alter to get a bass note, triggered by Marbles t2 (no random skipping beats).
Marbles is receiving the clock from Pamela's New Workout.
I don't have any VCA modules yet so I've used the Dry/Wet blend knob on Clouds to balance the levels of the drone and the bass.
A very simple patch, but quite relaxing and hypnotic imo."

Eurorack feat. Access Virus TI2: 3 Minutes Trance Jam

video upload by lucafrancinimusic

"Quick and dirty trance jam with Eurorack, with the external help of the Virus TI2 Hypersaw."

Eurorack: Modular and Nature - 2x Dixie II+, Maths, Moog Minitaur, Big Sky

Published on Apr 6, 2020 lucafrancinimusic

"The core of the rhythmic idea is Maths with both cycles active; its Fall knobs are modulated by two LFOs with phase inverted, which creates the "alternated plucky contraction" in both Dixies. The pitch info is provided by Marbles.

Chronoblob2 delay and Clouds give each oscillator a different space and flavor.

Going out of the Eurorack, there's a Minitaur playing a simple sub line and a Prophet Rev2 doing some ornaments here and there and a BigSky reverb pedal in Clouds mode which is processing the Eurorack only.

The nature sound effects come from my personal library, recorded with a zoom H6, I thought they would add a nice touch to the track.

The nature footage is licensed through Envato Elements: 1.envato.market/k1nMn"

Eurorack: Ethereal Glitches with Chord V2 - Data Bender - Nautilus

video upload by lucafrancinimusic

"I've recently got a few modules for my new Eurorack case and this is the first video with all of them. The patch notes are in the video and below:

I've programmed 4 chords in Qu-Bit Chord V2 and I've stored them in the User bank. The two 4-steps sequences from Bloom select the chord and the root note.
Mixup is used to sum all four Outs (3rd and 5th are patched in Mixup stereo Ins to get a wide stereo image of the chord pad).

Mother-32 is sequenced by Intellijel Metropolix (the master clock of this patch), it goes into Data Bender and to Cosmix Pro where it receives a touch of Nautilus delay, which is patched as parallel fx in the mixer.

Chances modulates the cutoff frequency of Mother-32.

This video is NOT sponsored by any of the brands visible and mentioned throughout this video."

Ambient 100% Korg MS-20 Mini

Published on Aug 10, 2019 lucafrancinimusic

"Cinematic Ambient track created using Korg MS-20 mini synthesizer only. I processed the parts with delays and reverbs inside Cubase. Get the track on Bandcamp: "

Korg MS-20 mini + Moog Minitaur + Prophet Rev2

Published on Jan 6, 2020 lucafrancinimusic

"Here's a little raw electronic jam sequenced in Cubase.
Bass: Minitaur
Arp: MS-20 mini
Pad: Rev2
Reverb: Big Sky in Cloud mode

The pad patch of Rev2 is available in my free soundbank:" [posted here]

Eurorack: A Relaxing Semi-Generative Ambient Soundscape

video upload by lucafrancinimusic

"Something relaxing for this weekend:
2hp Play provides a looping rain and thunder sound I recorded some time ago.
Mutable Instruments Rings through Beads receives cv from Mother-32 and the other Mother-32 plays a few notes. Both M-32's sequencers are in random mode.
Moog Subharmonicon does the filtered chord progression. Everything is mixed into Intellijel Mixup and goes through Strymon BigSky reverb pedal in Cloud mode.
Not in camera, but towards the end I improvised on the second M-32 with its little keyboard."

Prophet REV2 Cinematic Electronic Soundbank - FREE

Published on Nov 18, 2019 lucafrancinimusic

"Audio reel of my 32 custom patches for DSI Prophet Rev2 synthesizer.
The styles covered are Cinematic, Sci-Fi and Electronic. Price of the bank: FREE!
I accept donations via Paypal if you really enjoyed it.
To download the soundbank send me an email: lucasoundbank at gmail.com"

Moog Matriarch - Ambient Cinematic Pad: Space Melancholia (Strymon BigSky)

video upload by lucafrancinimusic

"Moog Matriarch into Strymon BigSky in Shimmer mode, for some lush cinematic pads."

M83 - Outro Pad with Prophet Rev2 + Strymon BigSky

Published on Aug 23, 2019 lucafrancinimusic

"The first patch I made with Rev2 is a soundalike of the famous and amazing Outro pad by M83.
I still prefer the original sound but I love this one too :)"

Eurorack: Electronic Jam with Patch Notes

video upload by lucafrancinimusic

"An electronic jam with a bunch of Eurorack modules. Patch notes in video."

Prophet Rev2 FREE Progressive House Pluck Patch

video upload by lucafrancinimusic

"Download this free patch for the DSI Prophet Rev2 at https://lucasoundbank.gumroad.com
The Modwheel opens up the sound; the patch itself is dry, I recommend using a stereo delay and/or a reverb in yout DAW."

Eurorack: Polyrhythms Electronic Jam feat. Metropolix - Subharmonicon - Mother-32

video upload by lucafrancinimusic

"I've programmed two sequences in Metropolix, the second one skips a beat creating an unfinished loop. The Doepfer clock divider spits out triggers at various divisions that clock the DFAM, Mother-32 and the Subharmonicon, which at the end of the video adds its own polyrhytm using the two internal sequences.
A few patch notes in the video"

Ambient 100% Korg MS-20 mini - "Broken Romance"

Published on Aug 14, 2019 lucafrancinimusic

"Cinematic Ambient track created using Korg MS-20 mini synthesizer only. I processed the parts with delays and reverbs inside Cubase. Get the track on Bandcamp: https://lucafrancini.bandcamp.com/tra..."

100% Moog Minitaur - Happy 2023!

video upload by lucafrancinimusic

"Ambient electronic track produced using nothing but Moog Minitaur. Thanks for listening."

Raw Electronica 100% Korg MS-20 mini - "Dirty Impolite Bass"

Published on Aug 17, 2019 lucafrancinimusic

"Simple electronic track created using Korg MS-20 mini synthesizer only. Get the track on Bandcamp: https://lucafrancini.bandcamp.com/tra..."

Beethoven rockin' on an MS20. Literally.

Sequential Prophet 6 + Eurorack (O_c - Marbles - Rings)

video upload by lucafrancinimusic

"Blending my small Eurorack system with the warm Prophet 6.

I'm running the Viznutcracker,sweet! app in Ornament & Crime sending the crazy 8bit noises into Rings Audio Input. The noises are constantly changing because a multed "Y" random signal from Marbles modulates the parameters generating the aforementioned sweet noises.

Marbles STEPS knob is set fully CW, so it only outputs one note in various octaves. Rings is tuned so that this one note is the same as the root key of the pads.

While running the modular patch through Valhalla Supermassive reverb it reminded me of those kind of lonely space communications, so I used this inspiration to build some pads around the glitchy signals and noises, using my Prophet 6 which I think it's the quickest and easiest synthesizer to program and it also has a nice warm and creamy tone.

I've then layered a second patch from the Prophet whit this Blade Runner-like lead sound.

I love messing with Eurorack modules but sometimes the outcome cannot find its way out of the case, so I think showing one of the possible workflows to actually turn a patch into a track can be helpful and inspirational.

I hope you liked the track,
See you next time!"

Moog Matriarch - Progressive Pluck

video upload by lucafrancinimusic

"I can't get tired of the classic plucky progressive sound; here's the Matriarch version."