Novation Peak Factory Patch Audition

Published on May 13, 2017 Synthesizer Reviews

The Peak comes in at 1:14.

"All factory patches for the Novation Peak. No tweaking, with the exception of utilizing the "Animate" buttons to show their functionality and potential use.

Warning - Patches vary in volume. The following audio has not been normalized."

Intellijel Dixie II+: Hard Sync & Flip (LMS: Eurorack Expansion Preview)

Published on May 13, 2017 Learning Modular

"In this movie I demonstrate creating a hard sync patch where the master is the single VCO that may be in a small core system or a semi-modular synth like the Moog Mother-32, and use it to drive a second oscillator such as the Dixie II+. For those who wonder exactly what’s going on when you use sync, I focus heavily on what’s happening with the waveform output. I also look at the Dixie II+’s unique Flip function, where the waveform reverses rather than resets when it received a sync pulse from its master, resulting in a new waveform with twice the overall cycle length of the master. For more information, see http://learningmodular.com/intellijel....

This movie is one of four on the Intellijel Dixie II+ from my online course, "Learning Modular Synthesis: Eurorack Expansion" (available July 2017). For more details including the list of movies and an overview of the course, visit: http://learningmodular.com/lms-eurora..."

Yamaha DX7, Roland D-50 & Korg M1 - 80's Synths Compared

Published on May 5, 2017 Power DX7

Playlist:
Yamaha DX7, Roland D-50 & Korg M1 - 80's synth Demo, Miami Vice, Pink Floyd and Yes, Part 1
Yamaha DX7, Roland D-50 & Korg M1 - 80's synth Demo, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Pink Floyd Part 2

"Want to know how capable Yamaha DX7, Roland D-50 and Korg M1 synthesisers are ? Can the DX7 keep up with the mighty D-50 and M1? Watch this video to find out!!!

This is a demo of Yamaha DX7, Roland D-50 and Korg M1 synthesisers, the 80’s 3 iconic digital sysnthesizers showcased side by side. Part 1 will compare e.piano, piano and pipe organ sounds.

Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer – The first commercially successful digital synthesizer with Frequency Modulation synthesis
a. Released in 1983
b. FM synthesis based on 32 algorithms to design a particular sound
c. A sinewave generating oscillator with an envelope is called operator
d. No filters, you create all necessary harmonics/ inharmonics from a sine wave

Roland D-50 Linear Synthesizer – The first commercially successful digital synthesizer with a fully digital subtractive synthesis, a virtual analog synthesizer and 8 bit sampled waveforms
a. Released in 1987
b. Digitally emulated subtractive synthesis with typical waveforms such as sawtooth, square etc
c. PCM section includes 8 bit sampled waveforms
d. Each unit is called partial
e. Structures to combine different partial
f. Digital filter with resonance

Korg M1 Work Station – The first commercially successful digital workstation with 16 bit sampled waveforms for acoustic sounds and drum kits, as well as an 8 track sequencer
a. Subtractive synthesis with 16 bit waveforms
b. Digital filter without resonance
c. 1 oscillator mode for 16 polyphony (2 oscillator per voice for 8 polyphony)
d. A well-designed workstation for music creation

Electric Piano
Korg M1 – Softer with a bit of sharp attack
Roland D-50 – Softer and mellow
Yamaha DX7 – Power DX7 Signature E.Piano patch with solid and sharp attack and a smooth chorusing effect

Piano
Korg M1 – Modified piano patch with amazing realism due to its 16 bit waveforms
Roland D-50 – No compared
Yamaha DX7 – Power DX7 Signature Grand Piano patch with amazing realism at lower and mid notes

Pipe Organ
Korg M1 – Factory Patch Pipe Organ with realism
Roland D-50 – Factory Patch, Cathedral with realism
Yamaha DX7 – Power DX7 Signature Soft Cathedral patch with realism
Yamaha DX7 – Power DX7 Signature Cathedral patch that faithfully emulates the pipe organ sound from Yes, Close To The Edge"

Funky Pupper

Published on May 13, 2017 Praxis Axis

"A tune based on Funky Drummer (James Brown), maybe the most sampled break in hip hop and breakbeat (etc.). Just having a bit of fun with it on an MPC 1000 (while it lasts . . . about to be replaced by the MPC Live YEHAAH). The dogs kept coming in to the studio so I thought, well they'd better be in the clip.

As always I'm using my most loved Moog Voyager and a Minibrute which has been in the closet for the last two years until I just recently and very flukily repaired it."

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 Rev 3.3 Polyphonic Synthesizer SN 4554

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"This Prophet 5 is fully functional and in good condition with some cosmetic issues. Some wear to the label badges and scratches around the perimeter of most of the knobs."

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Stranger Things Theme (Cover made with Roland Boutique JP-08 TR-09 TB-03)

Published on May 13, 2017 Calle Nilsson

RX-5 / JU-06 / D-550 / SDE-1000 Sketch

Published on May 13, 2017 Zachary Berry

"Messing around with the older version of Auxy (which still has MIDI out functionality) triggering the RX-5 on drums, JU-06 on bass and D-550 for chords. The clap of the RX-5 is routed through the Roland SDE-1000 delay. I wasn't super happy with the end result but it was still neat to see how the iPad can play with hardware so I figured I'd uploaded it anyway."

Nord G2 Modular Engine

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"Nord G2 Modular Engine in very good condotion with original box, cd, and cables."

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 2002 Rackmount 12-bit Sampler SN 0465

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"The Prophet 2002 is a rack-mount MIDI module version of the famed Prophet 2000 keyboard. It features 8-voice polyphony, a 12-bit ADC/DAC, 8 analog Curtis Voltage Controlled Resonant Filters (VCFs), 8 analog ADSR's, up to 30 seconds of sample memory, and 3.5" floppy disk drive for storage.

The Prophet 2002 is a VERY rare piece of gear, and extremely hard to find in this excellent working and cosmetic condition.

The Sequential Circuits Prophet 2002 Digital Rack-mount Sampler is an awesome example of Dave Smith's early 80's design team. They had the skills to cram a TON of features and power elegantly into a small package.
This unit has been serviced and cleaned, and works perfectly, and sounds fantastic!
All the potentiometer knobs have been serviced, cleaned and lubricated.
The floppy disk drive has been cleaned, and fully tested to read and write reliably.
The ADC has been bias adjusted to ensure no DC offset when sampling. The inputs and outputs have all been cleaned and fully tested. The internal PSU capacitors have passed inspection.

This machine is 100% functional
This unit recently came to us from a studio storage facility, where it spent the last 20+ years boxed up awaiting the 12-bit sampler renaissance."

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Vermona '14 Analog Synthesizer SN 002/222

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"Purchased in March 2017. Unit is number 002 out of only 222 units. The unit has only been played lightly for the last 2 months, and comes with all parts included with new product (with the addition of a European to USA grounded plug adapter), which are listed at the bottom of the description."

’14 Analogsynthesizer
Sustain-pedal
printed manual
Certificate
Dust cover
microfiber cloth

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