Deep Forest Ft. Oyme - Oyme's Song (EVO DEVO)

Published on Nov 23, 2015 Deep Forest

http://www.deep-forest.fr/

Buchla & eurorack modular, Waldorf Wave, Alesis Andromeda A6 & more synth spotting.

Update: you can pre-order the upcoming album alongside limited edition merchandise and special experiences by Deep Forest here.

The Thingamagoop 3000 - First Look

Published on Nov 22, 2015 Bleep Labs

bleeplabs.com

"The Thingamagoop 3000 is a light controlled synthesizer, effect, and noise friend.
After years of development, the next Thingamgoop is here with all new sounds and effects modes."

Tech Will Save Us Salutes Kraftwerk

Published on Nov 21, 2015 Technology Will Save Us

"The Godfathers of Electronic Music, Kraftwerk + DIY Synth Kit + Awesome kids = Future Inventors

Inspire your future musicians this Christmas, whether they’re just dabblers or composers. Understand how to put your synth together and then create your next track with our DIY Synth Kit. Put together 3 Synths in one; Atari Punk, Dub Siren and Stutter!

All music created with the Tech Will Save Us DIY Synth Kit.

Technology Will Save Us make DIY Kits to spark creative imagination.

Useful Links:
Build your DIY Synth
Buy your DIY Synth Kit"

RedSound Darkstar Demos & Review by Ostraka (John Keston)

Great demos.  Check out the full review on Audio Cookbook.  According to the review the DarkStar was the "Internet's most reviled synth".  I don't recall this, but then I didn't spend too much time in the forums after launching MATRIXSYNTH.  I have an XP2 myself and love it, although the interface does take a little getting used to.  It appears John Keston is pro Darkstar as well:

"For me the DarkStar fulfills a spectrum of features that I’ve been looking for in a desktop poly. It has a low profile so I can use it along side a collection of other devices while performing. It has eight voice polyphony allowing me to produce dense harmonies. It has a bloody joystick to control the filter and resonance! The joystick can also be configured to control ring modulation and oscillator mix. Many knobs make sculpting the sound in realtime possible. The LFOs have ramp, triangle, square, sine, pulse, sample & hold, and “random” waveforms. What random does is pretty remarkable. Similar to slew on the Novation Bass Station II, it interpolates or slides between random values instead of jumping to them like sample & hold does. This is especially nice for panning and one of the things that distinguishes the DarkStar from other VAs of the time."

Roland System 500 Eurorack Modular Workshop LIVE @analoguezone 23.11.2015.

Streamed live on Nov 23, 2015 Analogue Zone Showroom / Synths and Studio

Update: presentation just added below.

http://www.analoguezone.com/

"Roland had already mesmerised us with their SYSTEM-500 eurorack series, which will be a full analog series as opposed to AIRA modules released so far. These modules are based on the classic SYSTEM-700 and SYSTEM-100M modules - the classic Roland sound is finally back in eurorack.

The workshop will be held by Veijo Laine, product manager from Roland Europe Group."

Roland System 500 Eurorack Modular Presentation @analoguezone showroom 23-11-2015

Published on Nov 23, 2015

"The presentation held by Veijo Laine, product manager from Roland Europe Group during the Roland System 500 Eurorack Modular workshop 23-11-2015 at Analogue Zone Showroom / Budapest."

Update: impressions posted here.

Bana Hafar at Moog Modular On the Spot 11-02-2015

Uploaded on Nov 3, 2015 artistcalled6

Making the Moog Sub 37 Scream Like an Electric Guitar

Published on Nov 23, 2015 Amplitude Problem

"Making the Moog Sub 37 Scream Like an Electric Guitar: The EGuitar Patch by Amplitude Problem
Full text from video: http://amplitudeproblem.com/index.php...

Moog Sub 37 grittiness plus the ability to play two notes simultaneously equals electric guitar power chords! Or at least some sort of approximation. Let's also see how close we can get to an electric guitar sound when playing this patch as a lead as opposed to power chords."

Taide'n Borg - A blurred highway to unknown destination

Published on Nov 23, 2015 Sun's May Flower (Official)

"Equipment:

Bass,Polysynth,Pads,Square Lead Synth - Roland Jx 10
Solo Synth - Korg Monopoly
UFO and Bleeps - Roland Juno 60
Drums - Tr 626, Akai S900, Alesis HR 16 (Strellis ROM)

Effects:

Reverb - Lexicon LXP 15II
Delay - Digitech Studio 400
Chorus - Boss CH 1 ( on Monopoly)
Chorus - Roland GP 8 (on Roland JX 10)"

When the future becomes the present, only the past improves

Published on Nov 22, 2015 MIDERA

"Radikal Technologies Spectralis 2 (Sequencing all gear and bass/blips)
Radikal Technologies Accelerator (Bell/pad sound at 2:01)
Access Virus TI Polar (transition pad sound)
Korg Radias (initial melody sounds)
Korg ESX (drums, sequenced by spectralis)
Eventide Space (reverb for Spectralis)"

DSI Poly Evolver Keyboard: Improvisation LVI

Published on Nov 22, 2015 Sacred Synthesis

"A gentle piece performed entirely on Evolvers, with a soft digital pad on one instrument and a violin-like analog patch on the other. One Poly Evolver Keyboard has eight voices and the other only four. The two together make a perfect compliment, with the four-voice instrument being reserved for melody, yet with the ability to add a few harmonies. With this arrangement - and especially with the bass being provided with the feet on the pedalboard - there is no sense of musical limitation. Anything but! It's all a matter of thinking correctly as you sit to play.

Music for a long reflective walk through the New England woods in late fall. The autumn colors have faded, the sweet scents of apple and grape are gone, and the ground awaits the first snow. life, death, growth, change, sadness, but always hope and trust in God.

Instrumentation:
DSI Poly Evolver Keyboard (2)
DSI Poly Evolver Rack
DSI Evolver Desktop
Hammond XPK 200L

Effects:
Lexicon MX300

Performed live and recorded directly to CD

All music property of Sacred Synthesis"