Building a Patch on the Bastl Kastle

Published on Jan 3, 2017 Aidan Burns-Fulkerson

"Using the OP-1 for volume attenuation, I construct a patch on the Kastle, mess with it a bit, and then deconstruct it. This tiny machine is quite powerful!"

Modstep and roland boutiques in a "Cabin Fever" techno session

Published on Jan 3, 2017 DubMasterFish

"My post Christmas holiday trip to the cabin was disturbed by a nasty flu.
Fortunately i picked up a TR-09 just before Christmas as well as Modstep and the ARP Odyssei app.

So instead of skiing i got some time to try this setup by the fireplace!

To get the whole thing running smooth the TR-09 was "master" and the TB-03 was sequensed by modstep running as slave."

New Polivoks Desctop Clone Demo Videos by Alexey Taber

Published on Jan 3, 2017 Alexey Taber

Playlist:
morse play with polivoks
acoustic feedback with Polivoks. mic - external input .1
acoustic feedback with Polivoks. mic - external input .2

Joué - Focus on SCALER & STRIPS Modules

Published on Jan 3, 2017 Joué SAS

"Joué, the most expressive and modular MIDI controller is available now on Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2gO0R3Q
It is an innovative and evolving instrument simplifying digital music playing. It offers beginners and professional artists a unique level of expressivity and spontaneity.
It comes with 8 modules as first. Here is an introduction to the SCALER module."

Joué - Focus on STRIPS module

Published on Jan 2, 2017

E-mu xl-7 (proteus 2000) acting wavetableish

Published on Jan 2, 2017 Mike Perkowitz

I thought this was pretty interesting as most PCM based synths do not allow you to modulate through oscillator waveshapes like on classic PPG & Waldorf wavetable synths. I reached out to Mike to find out exactly what was going on here. Here's what he had to say:

"It's crossfading through 8 different waveforms in succession. The e-mu doesn't let you modulate actual waveform selection, but you can assign 4 different waves to the 4 layers of a patch, and then set up a thing that lets you sweep through them, crossfading from one to the next (it's called realtime crossfade in the manual). in effect, it's a lot like one of the PPG wavetables where it interpolates from one wave to the next gradually. I have it set up so that one of the knobs is assigned to the crossfade position directly. I also have an LFO assigned to the crossfade position, with knob control over the rate and depth. I also have an AD envelope assigned to the crossfade, with knob control over attack, decay, and depth. Finally, I layered two of these patches, with the crossfades set up so that they cover the entire crossfade range with their combined 8 waves, and I chose some metallic, ppg-sounding waves for part of it. it took some meticulous programming, but now that I have a patch set up, it's fairly easy to try out different waves in the 8 positions and to play with different modulators."

I own a Morpheus myself and was curious if this was possible on it. I know, I know, I should know this owning one, and being mr. matrix and all, but I never got around to it. Mike, however, did know, and had the following to say:

"Aside from the filters, the Morpheus is a lot less sophisticated. You can't do this kind of stuff with a Morpheus -- it only has two layers per patch, and it doesn't have a whole lot in the way of interesting modulation, aside from the function generators. http://blog.perkowitz.net/2015/07/06/the-e-mu-morpheus-review-20-years-later/

The proteus-2000 synths are really, really deep, with a very good collection of waves for making synth sounds (especially if you get the XL-1 rom; I'm guessing the vintage rom is great too). The editing is not great, in various ways, and the very important edit knobs don't seem to hold up well, but it can do a lot if you put in the time."

Some Like It Hard, Tiptop ONE

Some Like It Hard, Tiptop ONE from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"Beta testing Tiptop Audio new module called ONE"

The Schmidt Synthesizer

Published on Jan 3, 2017 MrFirechild

"This track is using sounds only from one of the most unique synthesizers ever made, The Schmidt eight voice polyphonic Synthesizer! Only 50 units will be made. Each voice has 4 oscillators and 7 filters. Flexible routing and also the best looking synthesizer on the planet! Produced and composed by www.firechild.se"

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JUPITER-8, JUNO-60, SH-101, TB-03, MS-20, "Your Precious driveway""

Published on Jan 3, 2017 sloocer106

"'Your precious driveway' ... inspired by the great movie 'Christine'."

tell time

Published on Jan 3, 2017 justin3am

"Live modular synth performance.
I'm starting to get the hang of recording songs this way. Camera angle provides a pretty good shot of my ass. I'll figure out a good angle, eventually."

Funny. :)

Trigger Riot + QuantiZer + Z8000

Trigger Riot + QuantiZer + Z8000 from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"Circadian Rhythms plays BD808 and clocks Trigger Riot from track 1 to swing it and Z8000 (horizontal snake), which is clocked from Trigger Riot with high probability division of one and 100% probability division of three the same clock also triggers 2x Z4000s (filter and VCA) and the Quantizer. One Trigger Riot out resets the snake and one clocks horizontal ch.4 for transpositions. A couple of presets on Trigger Riot to store variations. At some point, I stop transpositions from the TR and manually change scales on the quantizer. I also manually change octaves with the slider.

The high hats sound is a white noise from maracas module aslo sequenced from the Trigger Riot"