JU 06 and JX 03 Jam

Published on Apr 10, 2017 SYNTHWAY

"Sorry for the not so good image quality..... new camera, new problems. Just having fun! Nothing too fancy...

Monologue used just as a controller. JX-03 internal sequencer."

Sunday Synth Jam - Analog Four, Sub Phatty and Prophet 08

Published on Jul 10, 2016 SYNTHWAY

"This is my first live jam with the Electron Analog Four. Everything was recorded live thru Overbridge, with audio from Prophet 08 and Sub Phatty being processed by A4's internal effects. Once again, inspired by the work of Nick Batt's live jam (incredible BTW).

Sequence was pre-programmed inside the A4, and the synths were played live on top. There are some knob movements on the A4, which is used in performance mode.

I hope you enjoy it!"

Novation Jam - Mininova and Bass Station II

Published on Jul 9, 2016 SYNTHWAY

"New video... just watched Nick Batt live at Cymrus Beats [posted here] and got inspired. Not exactly the same quality, but liked what I've done - improvised in Cm.

Novation Mininova on bass sound, Bass Station II on the lead sound.

Sorry for this soft horn lead once again, it's just that I simply love this sound and it's essential to me that a synth can do it. I could use the Mininova for leads, but it sounds way better on the BS2.

Enjoying both synths! Part of a small gig setup, with Volca Sample and Bass to complete the party. More on future videos... I actually finally have a place to put all my stuff together and play."

Improvisation II - DSI Prophet 08 and EHX Cathedral

Published on Nov 4, 2015 SYNTHWAY

"This is an improvisation on a theme with the amazing DSI Prophet 08 and EHX Cathedral reverb. They sound nice together...

The sound is an ambient pad, using both layers, therefore leaving me 4 voices of polyphony, which isn't exactly enough. Anyway, I think I managed to extract musicality out of it.

Not my best work, but I liked the result and decided to share with you guys. Thank you for watching!"

Ambika - Sequencer Fun

Published on Oct 31, 2015 SYNTHWAY

"Just messing around with Ambika's internal sequencer. I've done a (poor) acid jam just with the Ambika, no external gear or MIDI devices used.

The sequence itself is pretty simple, and so are the sounds. I'm using the performance page on Ambika to control the bassline cutoff, envelope and resonance, and volume for the other parts. Everything is simple, I just had a little fun with it.

I'm sorry that drum parts were not the best. I'm going to use it extensively with my Volca Bass and create something a little more complex and musical.

I hope you enjoy it...

More Ambika videos to come."

Animoog and Sub Phatty Jam

Published on Oct 25, 2015 SYNTHWAY

"I was away for some time... now I'm back! :)

Just having fun with Animoog and Sub Phatty.

Animoog is playing a drone-pad sound, controlled with Keystation Mini 32 connected with CCK. The Sub is just playing my favorite lead sound, translated from the Little Phatty.

This isn't the most creative thing I've done, but the 25 + 32 key range makes me more limited than usual. I'm also rusted...

Cheers! Thank you for listening!!"

Mutable Instruments Anushri and EHX Deluxe Memory Boy

Published on Sep 25, 2014 SYNTHWAY

"Just received my Anushri, and all I can say is that it is an amazing monosynth. I'm enjoying it a lot! Thank you Adam Armstrong once again for this beautiful synthesizer.

While playing and having fun with it I did this amazing sound (at least to me) with the Anushri and decided to record it... my girlfriend helped me with place choice and filming.

The sound is made with the internal digital oscillator detuned with the VCO (which is responsible for the higher pitched sound), long envelopes and subtle modulations. I really liked it!

There's an additional video that was made today, but couldn't edit just yet... I'll share as soon as I can!!

Please tell me what you think about it and what would you like to see next with the Anushri."

Animoog with the MIDI Expansion Pack appears to be the controller for the video.

Ambika and TRON - Derezzed Cover

Published on Aug 16, 2014 SYNTHWAY

"Mutable Instruments Ambika + Genome MIDI Sequencer

This is a cover for TRON: Legacy Derezzed by Daft Punk. Using the iPad as a MIDI sequencer for MI Ambika.

In this video you can see a very nice aspect of the Ambika: it can act as 6 monosynths at the same time, recording each synth voice with a different MIDI channel, which is what I did for this video. As you can see, you're able to tweak several parameters from different section within the same page (Performance Page).

I'm tweaking the following parameters:
First row - osc1 para / osc2 para / osc2 pitch / bitcrush amount
Second row - filter cutoff / filter resonance / 2 others not used

I hope you enjoy it!

Before anyone asks... this is a 6x SMR4 Ambika."

iTunes: Genome MIDI Sequencer - White Noise Audio Software

Sounds of Ambika

Published on Jul 11, 2014 SYNTHWAY

"Playing with combined presets in a MULTI setting. 3 voices for each sound... one is a constant beating bell-like sound, with interesting modulations, and the other is a plain lush pad sound.

My second day with the little beast and I just wanted to share why I'm so happy with it! Beautiful sounds out of this little machine!

Out of curiosity, this is a 6xSMR4 Ambika being controlled by Animoog for iPad. I can't really show any playing skills with those tiny "keys", but you can hear how it sounds, and that's what really matters.

My girlfriend was responsible for filming this (and also the next video!)..."

Sounds of Ambika - No 2

Published on Jul 11, 2014

"Again, showing a MULTI on the Ambika, controlled by Animoog. It's simply an incredible synth with lots of tonal possibilities and an amazing analog filter to go along with the digital wavetables on the osc section.

This time I'm using 3 layers: 1 with a 4-voice pad; 2 mono synth with an arpeggiated up pattern; 3 a monosynth with another arpeggio up&down pattern, available only on some keys. The sounds are more basic, but shows the other kind of sounds this amazing thing can make. I'm just scratching the surface since it's my second day with it! :)

Don't mind my playing skills with the iPad... I'm originally a piano guy and the tiny "keys" on the screen makes it difficult for me to play (I could make the keys bigger, but I would miss the range I wanted to play on).

6xSMR4 filter on this Ambika! It was build for me by Laurentide Synth Works BTW..."

Improvisation I - DSI Prophet 08 and EHX Cathedral

Published on Mar 18, 2014 SYNTHWAY·26 videos

"After a lot of videos just showing instruments/effects, I'm back to the traditional videos about music with synthesizers. After watching a lot of videos on Sacred Synthesis's channel, I have to say that I was inspired enough so I could create music with the Prophet 08. Thanks for the enlightment! Your music is great!!!

This is some kind of improvisation, with the main theme defined and evolved music around it. I hope you enjoy the music and sounds... the pad is originally one of the sounds I've made with the Prophet 08 and uses both layers. Since I wasn't happy with the 4 voice limitation of using 2 layers, I tweaked one of them to give me the sound I wanted. I think this music also shows that the P08 is capable of smoother sounds. Add reverb or delay to the sound of this beast and you're in synthland!

Thank you for watching!"

Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Boy and synthesizer sounds

Published on Mar 17, 2014 SYNTHWAY·25 videos

"In this video I'm just showing some synth sounds with EHX Deluxe Memory Boy delay pedal. Unfortunately I didn't get to fit the pedal itself on the screen, but you can hear and see that I tweak it live.

I tried my best to show something musical and not random notes. I hope you enjoy this. I also included some subtitles to help you understand what's going on.

Next on: Prophet 08 and Cathedral Improvisation!"

Minitaur soul on Sub Phatty?

Published on Mar 13, 2014 synthway·24 videos

"Showing some Minitaur inspired sounds on the Sub Phatty while testing some new camera angles. See full description to understand what's going on.

On the first few minutes I'm just showing some Minitaur inspired sounds. After that, I'm tweaking the Sub Phatty with the limitations of the Minitaur. The presets also share these limitations:
- 2 OSC, saw or square, with VCO reset, 1 octave limit between OSC
- 1 VCF, not using MULTIDRIVE
- 2 ADSR, with shared time for DR
- 1 LFO with triangle wave (not used)

My impression is that the Sub Phatty is capable of delivering some very nice Minitaur sounds when VCO reset is on. The thing just sounds heavy.

Some observations:
- Sometimes I'm tweaking out of the Minitaur possibilities, but I'm skipping these results (you'll see pretty clearly).
- From what I've read, the oscillators on the Sub can sound close to the Minitaur ones, and from my experience, using the volume of up to 9 give better results.
- I'm eventually using OSC2 just to give some harmonics to OSC1 (low volume), but you can still hear some of that detune magic happening.
- Things start to get out of Minitaur's comfort zone when too much resonance is added (not that it isn't capable of doing that....).
- Unfortunately I dont have a Minitaur so I can compare both. I have a Little Phatty though, so if you want to hear something specific, please share on the comments.

Thanks for watching!

Next video: EHX Deluxe Memory Boy with lots of different synth sounds (with the Moog Little Phatty)."

EHX Deluxe Memory Boy and Sub Phatty

Published on Dec 22, 2013 synthway·23 videos

"Just showing some possibilities with the EHX Deluxe Memory Boy with synthesizers. Using the Sub Phatty with a plucked sound, almost no editing in the synth, just tweaking the pedal's knobs. Improvising the melodies...

Is there something you want to hear from this delay? More standard sounds, polyphonic...... please tell me! I'm a bit uninspired to make new videos and would like suggestions.

Someone asked for an "acid like" demonstration with my synthesizers... I'm currently working on it. Thank you for watching!"

Prophet 08 Wagnerian

Published on Dec 9, 2013 synthway·24 videos

"Just improvising with this incredible preset for the Prophet 08. It shows the raw sound of the P08, without effects. I've tweaked it a bit so the "pan spread" was good for me.

Just hope you like it!

Check out my other videos with the Little Phatty, Sub Phatty and Prophet 08."

Prophet 08 Improvisation and Arpeggios

Published on Dec 3, 2013 synthway·22 videos

"Just showing a custom sound and improvising with it. This was made out of a blank patch. It's a bassy plucked/bell like sound with some modulations going on. To me, it's a very special sound that really shines when arpeggio turns on... you get one arpeggio tempo for each layer and the combination sounds great. The "music" is just an improvisation that came out right after sometime playing with the P08.

Do you have a video suggestion? Please tell me!"

Prophet 08 First Experiment

Published on Nov 30, 2013 synthway·21 videos

"This is the first video I've made with the Prophet 08. It's a chord sound inspired by a demonstration of the 8-voice SEM. Just playing a chord progression with it. I hope you like!"

V Synth GT - Saying Goodbye #3

Published on Sep 16, 2013 synthway·19 videos

"This is my last video with the V-Synth GT. It's already gone now...

I'm just showing some custom made FX patches with it, using samples and internal synthesis. I think that it really shines with these... it's really easy to get this kind of sounds out of it and you can get lost a lot hours having fun with these drone FX sounds."

V-Synth GT Goodbye #2

Published on Sep 8, 2013 synthway·18 videos

"As a part of my goodbye, I'm sharing this new video. Just showing how amazing this thing can sound when combined with samples from another keyboards. I'm showing the same sound made with two types of oscillators... the first is using internal "analog waves", the second is made with two Little Phatty samples (one for each oscillator). To me it's clear that it sounds better...

I don't know if you guys enjoy this, but since there's not a lot of videos with the GT, I'm trying to share what I can.

On the next video (already made) I'm going to share some weird FX sounds made with sampling and Variphrase."

Roland V-Synths on eBay

V-Synth GT - Saying Goodbye #1

Published on Sep 7, 2013 synthway·17 videos

"Just making some video with the V-Synth GT in it's final moments with me. Just playing something musical with my favorite sound within the GT's presets. I know that just playing presets isn't the correct way to show this amazing synth, but I just wanted to show how you can make music with it, and not just noise.

I'll be sharing more videos that show where the V really shines. I'm sure you'll agree with me that this can sound impressive... you just have to work on it.

I'm passing it to someone that can appreciate it more than I am right now. I really think that this is as excelent synthesizer... I'm just not into digital synths anymore."

iPad and Sunrizer Improvisation #2

Published on Aug 16, 2013 synthway·16 videos

"Just like the one that came before it... just showing what this incredible App is capable of. An amazing synthesizer for just 5 bucks. It's really impressive!

There are some mistakes, but it's kind of hard to improvise everything in a very short period of time without any mistakes. This was recorded a few minutes after the first one.

V-Synth GT controlling an iPad thru CCK + UM-One MK2."

iTunes:
Sunrizer synth - BeepStreet