Korg Minilogue Delay Feedback & Ambient Explorations

Published on Jul 23, 2016 Nick Jackson

"This is a quick demonstration of the 'noisy' delay people are talking about on the Minilogue. I happen to love it and think it can have some pretty cool applications, especially in an ambient context. I really opened up the feedback here, just to show how it can run away and self-oscillate, which to me is pretty cool. I'm also running it through a Strymon Blue Sky for some pretty pronounced reverb. I do apologize for the terrible video quality, I had to upload this as an AVI because youtube was giving me the grey screen when I tried uploading as MOV (suggestions for fixing this?)

Alsoo, at parts of this video, mostly when the filter is more closed, you can hear the notorious 'clicky' envelope that everyone is talking about. It happens when the envelope's attack is set fast and is especially noticeable on the lower notes who's harmonics stay out of the 'click' range. Not gonna lie, it's kind of shitty. Sure, you can dial it out by adjusting the attack back a bit....buttt what if I don't want to adjust your attack? What if I want a fast attack? Some people (who are probably just defending their $500 purchase) say it's no biggie and kind of adds character to the synth. I do think it is a flaw. With an instrument designed to create custom sounds, nobody should have to 'deal with' a click if they don't want one. I can see Korg coming out with a V2 of this synth sometime in the future that amends this issue..

But overall, I'm having alot of fun with the Minilogue and think it has some great capabilities, especially for people into ambient stuff like myself. Plus, oscilloscope bro!"

Reawakening -- Minilogue Ambient

Published on Jul 31, 2016

"Here's some more ambient ramblings with the Korg Minilogue. I've got some pulse-width modulation going on here. About halfway through the performance I start playing with the delay's feedback, something I've found I am quite wont to do. There is also some reverb dialed up in my DAW for some added ambience. Once again, the quality is shit, because I'm having trouble uploading .mov's lately. I had to upload this as an .avi, so the video quality is terrible (makes me look black) and the audio is only 16-bit (just think of it as a sweet digital bitcrush plug-in! lol) Anyway, i hope you enjoy or somehow find this helpful, thanks for listening."

Minilogue Ambient Rambling #3

Published on Aug 20, 2016

"In this one I am running the Mini through my guitar pedalboard with a few units engaged, such as a compressor, a couple distortion boxes, and of course that sweet sweet Strymon reverb. The only post-processing is a high rolloff around 17khz in order to tame the more piercing frequencies, because as you may have gathered, I like a bit of noise. As always, hope you enjoy and thanks for checking it out!"

KORG Minilogue analog synth rundown

Published on Aug 11, 2016 GUITARGUITAR

"Winner of 'Best Keyboard' at NAMM 2016 and it’s obvious why. We took a closer look at the Minilogue with Luke from KORG."

Roland System 8 PLUG-OUT Synthesiser

Published on Sep 27, 2016 GUITARGUITAR

"Possibly one of the most exciting new synthesizers on the market today, the new Roland System-8 redefines the future and recreates the past."

Roland VP-03 Vocoder

Published on Sep 30, 2016 GUITARGUITAR

"Possibly the most surprising of the new Roland Boutique synths, the VP-03 is based on the classic VP-330 vocoder but adds in a whole host of extra features (including it's own goose-neck microphone and sequencer) which really extends the potential way beyond what you would expect.

Here we have our Roland Planet Specialist John Sweeney speaking with Roland Product Expert David Ahlund where we get a chance to see some of the possibilites of this amazing new machine."

The TR-909 & TB-303 meets the TR-09 and TB-03

Published on Sep 26, 2016 GUITARGUITAR

"We invited long time TR909 and TB303 owner DJ Mallorca Lee (Ultra-Sonic/Public Domain) along to meet Roland Product Specialist David Ahlund who had the first TR-09 and TB-03 units in the UK with him."

Adamski signed 909. Anyone recognize the others?

Update: a couple more:

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8bit Cipher

Published on Oct 3, 2016 cirtcele

"8bit Cipher being used as the timing & CV source for a patch involving Doofs, bong0s, badum Tisss, CEM33400 VCO, timbre! & LPG.
The 8bit Cipher is getting its clock and data signals from 2 LFOs.
More info: http://nonlinearcircuits.blogspot.com..."

Elastic Drums "sampler" update 1.9 preview

Published on Oct 3, 2016 Oliver Greschke

"Elastic Drums update 1.9 is near! It will have a new sampler instrument included, that is capable of producing 'elastic' sounds, you are not able to do with a standard sampler. The sampler is able to pitch, play forth and back a sample, and you can also loop a certain period of the sample. For the iPad version there is also new "fader view", where you can edit your velocity and automation records in a more detailed way"

iTunes: Elastic Drums - O-G-SUS

ARP 1602 Sequencer + MOTM Modular + Watkins Copycat

Published on Oct 2, 2016 thainmlh

"ARP 1602 Sequencer controlling the pitch of MOTM Modular Via Channel and the frequency of a filter acting on a white noise source.
All of the audio is run through a vitange Watkins Copycat tape echo."

Tattered Shirt Set

Published on Oct 2, 2016 MrSharps02

"cute pattern i needed to record before moving on to other things. all the usual suspects, eurorack with metropolis on brownian sequence duty, octatrack on drums and mixing, analog four doing bass + other melodies. still working on my live chops, trying to keep things interesting while using as few patterns as possible."

Volca FM thru Boss DD 6 Delay

Published on Oct 2, 2016 HardtekStudios

"Even a basic guitar pedal can do wonders for the already amazing Korg Volca Bass. This time I run the FM thru a Boss DD-6 Digital Delay pedal. No midi or gate syncing. The timing is not perfect, but it adds a little bit more groove & dimension to the sound than if it was perfectly timed. Watch till the end for an awesomely thick texture made from cranking up the feedback!"