VHS Synth | Lo-Fi 80s Retro Synth, Synthwave by Brian Funk & AudioKit

video upload by MATTHEW FECHER

"Video Music by Ender Alders, Brian Funk, and AnalogMatthew"

via AudioKit

"Pure 1980s Synthesizer Glory! This app is made from various analog and digital synthesizers (including Dave Smith’s Prophet 6, The Moog Realistic Concertmate, Novation Bass Station, Korg Volca FM, and various digital synthesizers) recorded to a VCR!

VCR WAVE EXPANSION
BONUS PACK: FREE OP-1 expansion pack recorded to VHS Tape and re-sampled. These sounds are dripping with Nostalgia and Lo-Fi Charm. Now free! Includes Free Presets by Jakob haQ, Red Sky Lullaby, The Garage Band Guide, DJ Puzzle, SOI, DJ Mantra, Marc Hupkens, AnalogMatthew, JEC, Da Fingaz, Brian Funk, and more

Give yourmusic an instant vibe. Created from the best-selling 80s VHS Synths and VHS Wave soundpacks by Brian Funk.

FEATURES:
Standalone app & iOS AUv3 Plugin
Over 250+ presets to inspire you
Compressed to under 150mb to save space
VCR Sound Effects (Buttons, Tape Hiss, More)
VCR FX section to customize the sounds
FREE Expansion Pack: OP-1 recorded with a VCR
iPhone & iPad version included for one low price
FEELS LIKE YOU GREW UP IN THE 80’S, WATCHING MTV AND VHS TAPES.

The samples were recorded onto VHS tapes with an old VCR by producer Brian Funk, and then custom processed. You can hear the warmth, noise, and inconsistencies of the VHS tape in each instrument.

For the first time ever, these sounds are now available on iOS!"

Pic of the gear below.

FINALLY! E-MU Morpheus Z-Plane Synthesizer Tutorial!!!

Published on Apr 5, 2019 Ran Jurgenson

"A video introduction to the E-MU Morpheus vintage synthesizer.
RARE VHS TAPE RIP.
N'jOY :)"

If I could give a post of the day award, this would be it. I believe this is the first time this has popped up anywhere. You can find some great demos of the E-Mu Morpheus in the archives, but not the official E-Mu VHS. BTW, creating a new VHS label for these. If you see any older official VHS video posts let me know and I'll add the label.

Update: here's an image of the VHS from a previous listing.

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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Circuit Bent Single Oscillator With Photo Resistor Theremin Style Control

YouTube via BentElectronics

"Circuit Bent Single Oscillator with Photo resistor in a Medicine Bottle Blacklight Reactive .Hand Painted and Built By SKINSINK.."
Available at LINK

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haQ attaQ - Halloween Special [featuring Laplace, VHS FX maker]

Published on Oct 31, 2014 Jakob Haq

Spotted this one on disschord.

"In this haQ attaQ Haloween special I am showing you how I go about creating a scary "movie trailer" using apps and iDevices only. Happy Halloween!

Laplace on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/lapla...

Cubasis on iTunes
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/cubas...

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MINISTRY 'Same Old Madness' 1982 (unreleased track pre-'With Sympathy')

Uploaded on Feb 2, 2012

Moog Opus 3 for strings, Moog The Source for solo sounds. Vocals remind me of early Cure & the sequence reminds me of Spandau Ballet's To Cut a Long Story Short (see if you can ID the synth below).

This one in via El Estereo on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge, via Dangerous Minds here you'll find where you'll find an article on early Ministry. Cleopatra Records is coming out with an expanded reissue of Ministry’s Twelve Inch Singles 1981-1984 collection.

Video description:
"Same Old Madness - Unreleased single and video from 1982. Originally intended to be a single in the spring of 82. Video was shot before Al signed to Arista. I remastered the audio in attempting to get highest quality of this video out there. I got it dubbed onto VHS in 1997 by a really good video collector who had a access to a pristine copy, that i took special care of myself and rarely played. Needless to say, i knew how much of fucking gem this video is. From my personal VHS archive of rare Goth & Industrial music videos and live performances. Archived and circulated through years VHS tape trading and Video collecting."

The Cure - Primary


Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short

MC-8 Roland Microcomposer demo VHS tape 1978

Published on Nov 21, 2018 AnalogSynthMuseum

"MC-8 Roland Microcomposer demo VHS tape 1978"

Update via peahix:

"This isn't a demo VHS tape from 1978. It's stolen from my own MC8 demo video, the original of which you can see here [embed below]

The music on my original video was replaced with a piece of music by Ralph Dyck taken from my MC8 blog"

Roland MC-8 Factory Demo Program - Bach Invention #1

Published on Feb 1, 2010 peahix

"This is another of the demo programs provided in the Roland MC-8 manual. This time it's a Bach Invention, played back on a Roland SH-101 synth (not seen in the video). The first part of the video is specifically designed to bore you with stunning footage of me entering the channel 1 CV data for the first 3 pages of the 10-page score. Be thankful that I didn't decide to include the entire CV/Step/Gate data entry process for the entire score. In the 2nd part of the video, you hear the entire mixed piece, played back in sync with the MC-8 displaying the CV data for channel 1.

After posting this video, I was informed that Yellow Magic Orchestra featured this very same demo at the very end of the show during their 1980 world tour. You can hear their version here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l1qocP...

For more info about the MC-8, and to see high-res scans of the score & program data sheets for this piece, please visit http://www.rolandmc8.wordpress.com"

The Perfect Pad | Twin Peaks Breakdown w/Roland JX-8P, Juno-106 & Jupiter-8

video by Espen Kraft

"The best music to any TV-series in my opinion. Only rivalled by the Miami Vice soundtrack. The synthesizers used in this video are Roland JX-8P, Juno-106 and Jupiter-8. And a touch of Alpha Juno 2 that does the signature bass line in the climax, it's mixed pretty low though.

I've made a version that is not a note for note copy of the beautiful Angelo Badalamenti original, but a free interpretation of how I remember it.
It's also a Roland fest, where I use no other synths than the JX-8P, which is also used for the pad/strings in the original (MKS-70 though), the Roland Juno-106 for the muted bells in the build up and the Jupiter-8 for the bass/piano and solo, but I use the arpeggio and play the arpeggio in a slightly off-beat way, which I show.
All played and recorded by hand, no MIDI involved except for sending a clock pulse to trigger the arp of the Jupiter-8. This comes from the DAW as MIDI and is converted in a Doepfer MSY2 that converts it to a clock/trigger pulse feeding the Jupiter-8.

The first 3 minutes are filmed with a Panasonic M7 VHS camera from 1987 and ripped over to the computer. The edit is done in Premiere Pro. All my demo songs with videos will be shot on VHS from now on. Mostly. Tutorials and breakdowns will still be in HD or half HD. I don't own any 4K cameras nor do I feel I need it. My videos will not be optimized for mobile phones in the near future either. I recommend watching my VHS videos on a CRT monitor. ;-)"

The Indiana Revolver VHS (DIY MIDI Controller) Unboxing

Published on Oct 3, 2015 KM Productions

"The official unboxing (and example) of Kyle's hand crafted DIY MIDI Controller "The Indiana Revolver VHS". It consists of 12 potentiometer knobs built inside an Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark VHS cassette tape. In this video it is controlling 12 FX knobs in Ableton Live.

Controller is using a Teensy 2.0 Board

*Special Thanks to Toby Hendricks aka Otem Relik (https://www.youtube.com/otemrellik) he helped out a ton with providing base code/sketches for this."

Roland MC-303 Demonstration Video, MC-303 TurboStart, & DJ/Dance Products VHS Tapes

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Roland MC 303 Promo Video (1998) Published on Sep 19, 2014 Perfect Circuit Audio

"Enjoy this old school product promo video from Roland circa 1998!"

via this auction

"Learn how to use the Roland MC-303

VHS tapes are is in Good working condition"

I'm guessing the demo VHS is the video above. Not sure though. If anyone does know feel free to comment.

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Fornax Void - Tomes of Erebus | Poly 800 MKII recorded to Portastudio, mastered to VHS Tape

video by Fornax Void

"Recorded without the use of computers or sequencers, directly onto 4-track tape and mastered to VHS.
The mini album, containing 17 small pieces of atmospheric music is available as from now on my Bandcamp account: https://fornaxvoid.bandcamp.com/

VIDEO:
Made with blender. Mastered to VHS."

The Fantastic Pikes – The Synthesizer Sound Machine

video upload by vhs vhs

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

Two pics via Amazon

ARP 2600 on the cover.

Liquid Landscapes VHS Visuals Rip - 磁鬼頻率

video by 56K Records

"VHS rip from 56K Records show 'Liquid Landscapes' at Geddes Lane Ballroom in Melbourne from the 25th July 2019.

Audio taken from various sets at 56K events by Melbourne-based synth artists. In order of appearance: Moses Carr, Nina Buchanan, Ryan Michael, Antiphon, Hollywood Real Thoughts.

Live analogue video mixing by 磁鬼頻率, taken from the Liquid Landscapes event.

See more of his work here: https://www.youtube.com/磁鬼頻率

56k Records bandcamp here: https://56krecords.bandcamp.com/"

Circuit Bent Laser Sound Module Powder Coated Aluminum case

YouTube via BentElectronics
"super cool special laser module, circuit bent by skinsink, housed in a Pyrismatic Black Powder Coated Aluminum Case,
Available at [link]"

Circuit Bent Laser Module and Atari Punk Console Bleep Box in VHS cassette Case Blacklight reactive

"Circuit Bent Laser Module and Atari Punk Console Bleep Box in VHS cassette Case Blacklight reactive
this and Other Creations from SKINSINK Available at [link]"

Justice Fuzz Single Silicon Transistor FuzzTone Circuit Built by SkinSink

Nice and Simple ..Super High Gain ...Great Chunky Fuzzy Tone...Available at [link]"

VHS Distress on the Teenage Engineering OP-1

VHS Distress by Duke Slammer
"Released by: Bonus7
Release/catalogue number: bonus7_004"

My Neighbor Totoro -- "Stroll" || VHS SYNTHPOP COVER ||

Amie Waters

'This video was filmed on a General Electic CG-9911 VHS Camcorder. It's been a weird project I have wanted to attempt for years and was one of the most fun projects I have worked on. If people enjoy it, I may just do more in the future so let me know what you think!"

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Synthesizer Commercial VHS 1983

Published on Oct 21, 2016 Superfunk Synths

"Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Synthesizer commercial VHS 1983"

Update:

Guessing this above is fake.  Here's a similar one uploaded for the "Galaxy synthesizer":

Galaxy synthesizer commercial 1984

Published on Oct 26, 2016 Superfunk Synths

KORG Prophecy Solo Synthesizer VHS Tape Featuring Jan Hammer & Joe Zawinul

via KORG on Facebook

"Here's the #vhs source for that awesome #Korg Prophecy video (feat. #joezawinul and #janhammer) that we uploaded to our YouTube channel! #tbt

Follow us on Instagram @korgofficial!

Watch the video at http://youtu.be/XZsJrAJXuWw."

From the Vault: Korg Prophecy Product Overview

Uploaded on Feb 3, 2012 Korg Official·395 videos

Prophetic Steps come in at :21. I could never duplicate it on the Z1 for a poly version.

"Straight from the Korg USA archives, here is a product overview of the revolutionary Korg Prophecy, with demos from world renowned keyboardists, Jan Hammer and Joe Zawinul. This video was originally produced in 1995."

Previously posted here.

Flower Electronics Little Boy Blue Deluxe

via this auction Close-up of the control sheet below. "The Flower Electronics Little Boy Blue Deluxe is a boutique synthesizer made by musician/sound artist Jessica Rylan. It was made in a limited edition, I purchased mine in 2006, and is no longer available from the manufacturer (i.e. pretty rare/collectable). Details are archived here - http://flowerelectronics.com/Deluxe.html Features: 2 voltage controlled oscillators, manual and voltage control of oscillator wave shapes, 1/4" input with variable gain, envelope follower with optional inverter, 2 channel mixer, intermodulating output stage, stylish oiled fir case LBB Deluxe runs on 2 9v batteries (supplied). Current drain is low, typically offering 50+ hours of battery life. The circuitry is hand-built with premium parts, using discrete transistors, no chips. Instruments are supplied with a set of banana cables for patching. Input and output are via standard 1/4" connectors. Output is a hot line level, for extra buzz. I have used this extensively for shows and recordings with the bands The Failed NASA Experiment, Black Stepdad, Lustfaust, Yajé, Evils, Fredrick Stanley Star and The (plexus) Collective. What that means is that whilst it has been well used it is really, really, really well built and has never failed. It is still in full working order and sounds as wicked as the day it was first bought. It has suffered a few scuffs and dents along the way and I have documented these in the pictures above to the best of my ability and these haven't affected the functionality at all. There are some sound samples on this page - http://flowerelectronics.com/Standard.html Here are some various videos to give you an idea of seeing it in action with other equipment: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fET6naTUrfc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=42SpcCP8a5w http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC0Gz4PYndU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJz1KMg8BDc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HfakMBKEag8 So it's a noisy little bugger ideally suited for power electronics, ambient noise and experiment scunge etc. It's great for effecting vocals/guitars/keys/etc or as a standalone sound/chaos generator. This (long and heavy going) VHS improv I did for Bang the Bore utilises the LBB Deluxe quite extensively - http://vimeo.com/21620771" [embed below]

Black Stepdad - Trancers 2 from The Lows and the Highs Records on Vimeo.

Black Stepdad - Trancers 2 - Vimeo by murray s ward "Live electronics dub/improv for the project 20/20. Limited VHS edition of 20 exclusively for participants in the project. bangthebore.org/ downloadable from - blackstepdad.co.uk/album/trancers-2 thelowsandthehighs.co.uk/"

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."