Official Alesis Andromeda A6 Introduction Video (Synth Demo Promotional Reel) - VHS Source Copy

video upload by OldManZero

"I came across this old VHS that had an "introduction video" for the Alesis Andromeda synthesizer. The quality is OK, but there may be better sources out there as my copy was re-used. Under the labels for the promotional video, you can see that the tape was originally an Alesis Masterlink demo video. They just copied over it and added new labels.

The full video had this segment repeated over and over again for about an hour. I guess this was to play on screens at trade shows or music stores to drum up interest.

The demo sounds don't really hold up to today's standards or to what the A6 can actually do, but Alesis seemed to want to cater to the more upscale client that could actually afford the $3K price tag when it was released. (Think studio or session players.). So the sounds shown seem to cater to them. You do seem to hear a few snippets of actual crazy Andromeda sounds here and there though. What you see and hear here is peak late '90's/early 00's through and through."

Chase Bliss Generation Loss MKII Sound Demo (no talking) with Synths: Circuit Tracks / Roland S-1

video upload by Limbic Bits

0:00 Ambient Pattern
1:22 Broken Tape from the 80s
2:27 Ignite
3:21 Ambient IDM Lead
4:12 Chillout Base
5:57 Indie-Lead (old and overdriven tapes)
7:22 Dronabinol (Ambient with subtle wow / flutter)
9:56 Generation Loss MKII as Drum Processor
11:16 Epic VHS Outro
11:56 Formant Acid (Classic Mode)
13:15 Generation Loss MKII as Sound Source (Drone)

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Circuit Techno (VHS) 03/01/24

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Technosaurus Cyclodon

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"Swiss quality. Big fun in a small package. This is a Technosaurus Cyclodon—a compact, but powerful analog sequencer. How compact? About the size of a VHS tape with knobs! How powerful? You can choose 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, or 16 steps. You can change the step amount on the fly too. With all four switches down it’s 16 steps, but flip the first switch up and it’s 8 steps, etc. This gives more possibilities for performance. You can step it manually like a keyboard, or to play along to recorded sound or live when there’s no clock. You can use the internal clock or externally clock via Din Sync."

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Dreadbox Erebus Reissue Sound Demo (no talking) feat. Meris LVX: Presets for Techno and Electronica

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0:00 Melodic Techno Lead 1
0:52 Duophonic Pad
2:00 7th LFO Lead
3:00 Melodic Techno Lead 2
4:19 Electronica Sequence
5:30 Trance Lead
6:30 Bass 1
7:08 Precint Bass
7:41 Ambient Electro Pluck (ignore the orange cable)
9:38 EBM Sequence (ignore the orange cable)
10:58 VHS Lead
12:10 LFO FM Drone
13:05 Kicks & EFX
13:53 Extreme Formants
14:14 Out of Tune BBD

Korg X3 Synthesizer Music Workstation VHS Video Manual, Freelance Goes to School

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"This is an original Korg X3 VHS tape Video Manual, for use with the X3 synthesizer workstation. It is in very good condition, and comes with it's notes and it's original KORG box. The title is: Freelance Goes to School: X3 Power Music Workstation, from Korg."

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E-MU Systems Emulator III 61-Key 16-Voice Sampler Workstation w/ Spare Cards SN 0380143

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"This is the FULL 8MB version and all 16 voices work 100%!

This keyboard has been painstakingly repaired and restored, with a new OLED display, ALL NEW buttons (switches and caps) and faders, ALL NEW LEDs, and ALL NEW internal ribbon cables and connectors, and new quiet cooling fans with internal thermostats.

Not only do you get the above repairs, I have replaced the internal SCSI hard drive with a SCSI Compact Flash emulator (internal) as well as an external CF reader. I AM ALSO INCLUDING ALL EMU SYSTEMS CD-ROM BANKS FOR EIII, ready to load. on CF cards, which I painstakingly transferred from the original CD-ROMs.

Included in this sale:

E-Mu Systems Emulator III Digital Sampler/Workstation with 8MB RAM
Internal CF reader with fixed (internal) 1GB boot/storage bank
External (Floppy drive slot) CF PCMCIA card reader
New OLED display
All new tact switches (buttons) and caps
All new LEDs
All new internal ribbon cables and power cables
VHS Instructional Videos
E-III Manuals (two binders)
8 CF CARDS containing original E-Mu CD-ROM Library for EIII, plus "DM Sample Bank".
Complete set of spare cards (Digital, DAC, ADC, RAM with 4MB RAM and NO CEM chips).
One complete "Card Cage" (internal backplane, mother board and card-holder).
One original EIII (spare) PSU
This Sampler contains 16 CEM 3387 analog filters which give the samples this amazing clarity and depth. The all CLASS A internal circuitry cannot be matched these days and the sound the comes from this sampler is BIG. Supports SMPTE time code, MIDI, SCSI, as well as 16 (!) individual outputs as 1/4" jacks, in addition to Stereo out."

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15 Pads & Textures on Kawai GMega / K11

video upload by Valmont

"Some very different synth from the usual stuff I play :p
This is a 1993 rompler, just like the Korg M1 and all these realism-aiming synths. It's a keyboardless version of the Kawai K11, with 256 waveforms, 32 voices, 32-multitimbral in a desktop 1/2 rack format. Most of the sounds are single-waveform, so you get these typical 90s static pads, which sound very nice with verb. The only downside is that you need to program it thru 4 buttons and a rotative encoder... Very 1990 again x)

0:00 - Blue Sheen
0:29 - Presence
1:15 - Breathy M1
1:35 - Liminal Space
2:04 - Turquoise
2:26 - VHS Strings
2:42 - 1993
2:58 - Bottles Orchestra
3:17 - Additive II
3:43 - Little Bell
4:00 - MIDI Bass
4:10 - Hot Water
4:36 - Hybrid
4:51 - Birds From Eden
5:37 - Scissors Echoes"

Elektron MachineDrum UW mkII 160BPM quick rinse

video upload by Time Rich

"Just messing around with an MDuWmkII when I had one - room audio but given the VHS camera saturation treatment."

WWWS live with Folktek Mescaline & LepLoop Multicassa SPLITTING THE ATOM LXI

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"I have taken two of my favourite experimental instruments the Folktek Mescaline & LepLoop Multicassa to play at the long-running event Splitting the Atom a Lost Property and Club Zygotic’s bi-monthly showcase of aural oddities, held in the strange gloom of The Green Door Store in Brighton UK.

Setup Detail
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Sound sources:
* Folktek Mescaline V1 - Used for otherworldly sound textures, noise ,cosmic growls & glitchy vibes
* LepLoop Multicassa - Hartbeat and hypnotic organic rhythms
* DIY Soup tin microphone - Don’t trust any words that go through it.

Audio processing:
* Strymon Volante Magnetic Echo Machine - In looper mode. I love this pedal
* Empress Reverb - The world's greatest reverb (at least in my opinion the best I ever played)
* Chase Bliss Generation Loss MKII VHS Duplicator - a small task for a mighty pedal. It set before the reverb to create movement in the sound. Each time a kick from the Multicassa hit the reverb it caused a different reaction of the reverb.

I did not have much video footage of my set so used other acts that played on the day and from the previous event as those were both a pleasure to the ears and the eyes."

The Power Of CS1x - Ep1 - Airwolf, The Terminator, Don't You Want Me, Knight Rider and Jump

video upload by KOSmusic

"For many years my wife and I have wanted to create something dedicated exclusively to the Yamaha CS1x synthesizer. Finally, after so much work, we are very happy to present you this mini series in which the sounds of the CS1x will be the protagonists.

Each episode will consist of 5 famous music presets that I created and performed on the CS1x.

The visual style and structure of these videos is inspired by early 90s learning video tapes.

The initial logo and the music, is a tribute to one of the most important distributors of VHS in those years in the United States, the 'Simitar Entertainment'.

To make these videos useful even for those who just want to learn how to play some pieces of this music from the past with their own keyboard/synth, I filmed the synthesizer from above in order to better understand the keys I press.

In this episode there is a brief description of the CS1x and a demonstration of 5 presets:

• Airwolf Theme - by Sylvester Levay - (Lead)
• The Terminator - Main Title - by Brad Fiedel - (Lead)
• Don't You Want Me - by The Human League - (Brass Chords)
• Knight Rider Theme - by Stu Phillips and Glen A. Larson - (Lead)
• Jump - by Van Halen - (Lead)

For the first time the videos where I play are live (improvised without a metronome). The sound you hear is pure CS1x, with no external effects.

All the presets you heard in this episode are available in SysEx format on my website: https://kosmusicovers.altervista.org/...

Original music:

• Theme - 'Synth From Space' by KOSmusic
• End Credits - 'Automatik' by KOSmusic

A special thanks to my dear friend @Julian Croot, for helping me with the English translation. If you don't already know him, check out his channel filled with amazing recreations of past classics:

/ @juliancroot

We hope that CS1x owners and music fans will like this new idea :)"

Cherry Audio Memorymode - Sound Bank '79

video upload by Polydata

"Drawing from the earliest days of polyphonic synthesizers, Sound Bank ‘79 for the Cherry Audio Memorymode finds its inspiration in synthesizer music found in documentaries and library music from the late 70’s and early 80’s.

A bank comprising 40 patches for instant inspiration. The goal was to squeeze as much vintage analog juice out of this plug-in as possible, primarily working within the constraints of the original Moog Memorymoog analog poly synth. There's a unique richness to the sound of a Memorymoog, along with it's expanded feature set, and Cherry Audio have definitely captured that.

Sound Bank '79 is a series of vintage tones for different synths and plug-ins, so look out for future releases. Recorded completely dry with no external effects or processing.

Link:
polydata.bigcartel.com"

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RARE! KORG WAVESTATION EX and KORG WAVESTATION A/D Original VHS Promo Video from 1991

video upload by WayneJoness

"When I first moved to Los Angeles I got a job working for Joe Goodman at the flagship Goodman Music store on Cahuenga Blvd. We were advised to specialize and I became the 'Wavestation' guy. I bought one myself and used it on every music project I worked on. I tried to sell a Wavestation to everyone who walked into Goodman Music. The night I brought home my Wavestation was magical. This was synthesis on a whole new level. Korg distributed VHS tapes to educate the public on the Wavestation EX and A/D units. I saved mine and decided to upload this video. I had a great time working at Goodman Music where I got a lot of opportunities to meet some great musicians. And the staff was great, I particularly liked working with Galen Walker and Michael 'Doc' Dosco who I kept in touch with for years, and manager Jim Mona."

Arturia Prophet VS - Summer School '86 Sound Bank

video upload by Polydata

"You really blew it this time. You failed Chemistry. Now you have no option: you have to go to summer school. A hot walk every morning and a hotter walk home. Emptier hallways, quieter lunchroom and no chance of sleeping in. But one afternoon you go to the local music shop and get to try out a new instrument: The Sequential Prophet VS. All-digital oscillators with vector cross-fading. You've never heard anything like it, and it's sound seems to keep echoing in your head all summer...

A bank of 30 patches showcasing the unique beauty of this instrument's design and sound, while still focusing on warmth and musicality, and providing a complexity not found in other Polydata sound banks. The sound that will always take you back to that summer.

** Note: This is for the original "Prophet V3" plug-in, not the newer "Prophet VS V" plug-in that comes with V Collection 9. Please ensure you have access to the correct plug-in before purchasing. **

Link:
polydata.bigcartel.com

After payment, you will receive the file in your email within 24 hours. Recorded with no external processing - what you hear is all from the plug-in.

POLYDATA music
polydata.bandcamp.com

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Kurzweil K2000/K2000S Synthesizer Guides, Docs & VHS Cassette

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"SMP Sampling Options Version 2 Software Guide

K2000 Version 3 Software Musician’s Guide Supplemental. Very Good Condition

K2000 Musican’s Guide. Very Good Condition

Kurzweil K2000 Video Training Manual VHS 1991 - Very Good Condition — Never played!!! Rare!"

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UDO super 6 Desktop synthesizer demo VHS

video upload by Time Rich

"Some sounds I made with the UDO Super 6 while reviewing it for Mixdown Magazine. Made in homage to Jexus VHS style demos he made in the early years - check out his video for much deeper sound design."

Contaminated

video upload by nbor

"A plethora of @buchlausa sounds fed into a @MerisUs LVX looper delay pedal, all floating on a VHS world of dreams and nightmares"

Sequential Prophet REV 2 - Sound Bank '79

video upload by Polydata

"Drawing from the earliest days of polyphonic synthesizers, Sound Bank ‘79 for the Dave Smith Instruments / Sequential Prophet Rev 2 finds its inspiration in synthesizer music found in documentaries and library music from the late 70’s and early 80’s.

40 patches for instant inspiration. Sound Bank '79 is a series of vintage tones for different synths and plug-ins, so look out for future releases. Recorded completely dry with no external effects or processing.

Link:
polydata.bigcartel.com

After payment, you will receive the SysEx file in your email within 24 hours. Loads into User Bank 2 by default, slots 1-40.


POLYDATA music
polydata.bandcamp.com

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The Fantastic Pikes – The Synthesizer Sound Machine

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The Fantastic Pikes – The Synthesizer Sound Machine

Label: Sonic – 9044
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: Germany
Released: 1972
Genre: Electronic, Pop
Style: Instrumental
A1 Bottoms Up 2:56
A2 Mouldy Old Dough 2:42
A3 Boccherini's Minuet 3:12
A4 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly 3:34
A5 Mozart 40 3:05
A6 Popcorn 2:29
B1 House Of The Rising Sun 4:40
B2 Heykens' Serenade 2:06
B3 If You Could Read My Mind 3:18
B4 La Journée 2:58
B5 Ghostriders In The Sky 2:31
B6 Telstar 2:30

The Fantastic Pikes

Profile:
Anonymous group that recorded for the german Sonic (Miller International)-label.
Members:
Dieter Horns, Joachim Rietenbach, Peter Hecht, Peter Hesslein

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ARP 2600 on the cover.

2001 KORG KARMA VHS Promo Video

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video upload by Ross Totino

"Promotional VHS video from Korg introducing the KARMA workstation."

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