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Moog at AES - The Future is Female

via @moogmusicinc

"The future is female. #AES2016 #aes #AESLA #womeninelectronicmusic"

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Ninstrument ‘SUPER’ Eurorack Modules - QCDG8, UTILITA, & COMPRESSWITCH

via Ninstrument

"Continuing in the same thread of combining eurorack modules together, here are a couple more examples. First is the QCDG8. I took a 4MS QCD and expander and smashed a Circuit Abbey G8 right in between. I also added much needed bufferred mults to the outputs of the QCD and expander. This has a nice flow with all of the jacks down the middle of the panel.

"Next is the UTILITA. Where do all of those clock outputs from the above QCDG8 go? This modules combines a Doepfer A-150, a Blue Lantern CMOS Party, 3 NE Sinclastic Empulatrix and a MI Branches. By combining them into one panel I can ‘normal’ some of the inputs making it much easier and quicker to patch. I also solidify my workflow. Remember ‘Familiarity’ breeds content. The more you get used to something the more it will seem like second nature."

"And last but not least is the COMPRESSWITCH. Here I take two Compressors from WMD and a Pittsburgh Switch and make them into one bad ass switchable compressor. This gets used in every patch I make.

As you gain experience with your modular synthesizer, you will start to see you will regularly patch your modules the same way most of the time. Once you establish the workflow you use most often, it makes sense to combine modules together into ‘SUPER’ modules if you will. You will obviously have your own ideas what you would make into a SUPER module, but that is the point. You are starting to think of your modular as your custom instrument and less like test equipment. Don’t be afraid of learning about what is behind the panel. It can be just as much fun as what is in front of the panel!"

KORG EX-800 SN 003702 with Wood Side Panels

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elektron | Discovery

Published on Oct 1, 2016 Jeff Purgason

"Korg SQ-1 sequences the Korg Wavestation, TR-909 sends rimshot out to Roland SH-5,"

Published on Oct 1, 2016

"Trippy Sound from Yamah's SY35 Dynamic Vector Synthesis..."

Roland sh201 patch creation part1

Published on Oct 1, 2016 synth-love

"An exploration of the Roland sh-201 synthesizer. Includes the sh201 supersaw.

Various thoughts on the sh-201 (especially vs the jp 8000)

Short version, if you can get a JP-8000 there is little reason to buy the sh-201. However, the sh-201 is a great synth and not as crippled as it may appear. Nearly all parameters are accessible from the synth via various key combinations.

The sound is different with the sh-201 being a bit more raw to my ears. The JP-8000 sounds smoother. The sh-201 has a lot of aliasing on high notes. It did not show up in normal use but interesting for testing purposes. If I had to guess I would think that perhaps the sh-201 has parts of the audio path and/or dsp that are cheaper than the jp-8000. This gives bad sound in the high notes but actually makes the mid-range sound very nice and raw.

The envelopes seems tuned a bit strange - hard to get the right feel and seems to be a bit of dead space on the filter env amount slider.

It is very hard to come to a judgement on the sh-201 supersaw vs. the jp-8000. I have recorded some video to address this in particular.

The sh-201 distortion/overdrive is very useful but not like the jp8080 distortion. The jp8080 rack distortion is much more flexible. The jp8000 has no distortion at all.

The reverb is nice but I would take the JP-8000 chorus + delay over it. I feel I could get similar reverb elsewhere. The JP-8000 delay and chorus are special. The sh-201 delay can be made to give chorus and it does widen the sound nicely.

It is easy to double the patch memory by programming separate sounds for the upper and lower tone. I was not aware of an easy way on the sh-201 to make arbitrary pairings for splits and layers though.

The synth is very light. Construction seems ok - mine had an issue where the mod lever would activate itself and could only be fixed by a reboot. I only had the synth for a few weeks and did not attempt to fix it.

Also of note, the random and sample and hold LFO's are nice but slower than the JP-8000. I could not achieve a nice noise-lfo type sound with the fastest modulation."

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Buchla Drum Samples - Buchla Music Easel - Free Sample Pack : Link in description

Published on Oct 1, 2016 100 Things I Do

"I'm bored and uninspired of late with all the drums sounds I have in my library so I've started to make some new custom sounds from each of my synths. As the Music Easel does not have a noise source I thought it would be interesting to share some exploration of drum creation using mostly the opto-gates and modulation.

My Free Sample Pack available from

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BxrQ...

Click the down-arrow at the top right of the google drive screen to download.

I've also snook a few moments of preview from my new album which I hope to have out before the end of the year!

Hope you all enjoy."

Absolute MOOG Analog WAV Collection 2gb Samples Minimoog Voyager Phatty Minitaur

Published on Oct 1, 2016 SynthgodXXX

"Absolute Moog Analog Wav Collection
by Rik Marston 100% No Talking!
**Watch in HD & with Headphones!**

.Wav Sample Names, Key Locations & place in video listed below:

LITTLE PHATTY "DARKVIBE C4" @00:02
LITTLE PHATTY "HOLY MOOG 2 C4" @01:25
LITTLE PHATTY "MR SPOCK C2" @02:33
MINITAUR "ALIAS C3" @03:42
MINITAUR "AWESOME! C2" @04:21
MINITAUR "BOOTY BASS C3" @05:10
MINITAUR "DANCE BASS" @05:43
VOYAGER "ASTEROID C3" @06:22
VOYAGER "BEASTIE C3" @07:29
VOYAGER "FLEET C3" @08:29
VOYAGER "GOLD C3" @09:32
VOYAGER "PERFECT 2 C5" @10:17

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SM#1 Project

Published on Oct 1, 2016 MoonSatellite Lone Wolf

"A little session in studio...
Sorry for some mistakes, no rehearsals ;-)
Sequences : P6 & OB6
Pads : OB6 & A6
Lead : Minimoog Voyager"

Ghost of Jordan Levitt (MU modular synth jam)

Published on Oct 1, 2016 Autotross

"Giving the new Synthcube/Moogah SEM filter a workout - it really starts to shine at the 3 minute mark.

Both parts sequenced by the Q960. Drums from Roland TR-8.

Strymon El Capistan and TC Hall of Fame used for delay and reverb."