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SYNTHBLOCKS: Mr. Hyde by Analogue Solutions

Published on Jul 2, 2017 rezfilter

"Mr Hyde is the first in a new series of ‘synthBlocks’. These are small table top effects processor, and later synthesisers and sequencers.

Designed by renowned UK synth designers Analogue Solutions who have over 24 years in the industry.

Mr Hyde is an analogue filter effects box use for subtle to extreme filtering and modulation effects.

SynthBlocks are used to process any sound that you feed into it from your DAW, Mixer or some musical instrument (with prior pre-amplification where necessary). To give your plug-ins some real analogue hardware life.

Mr Hyde has 1/4” input and output jacks on the rear, so it can be connector straight to a mixer or DAW audio interface without the need for adaptors.

On the top panel are mini jack sockets to patch with a semi-modular synth, such as AS’s very own Fusebox, or to Eurorack and other modular systems.

Mr Hyde can change the sound in subtle ways, such as nice sweeping filtering, right up to mangled FM mayhem!

Designed, engineered, and hand built in England.

Further synthBlocks are already in development including Dr. Strangelove, who will be with us soon!"

'How This Works' - ngarjuna

Published on Jul 1, 2017 ngarjuna

"Modular Jam 78 - 'How This Works'
Produced by ngarjuna
© 2017 Acid Coast

Q: Wow it has been a while since your last video, where have you been?
A: Computer troubles and more computer troubles. All that behind us we return to bringing you funky videos.

Q: Why are these patch notes so sketchy?
A: A lot of this stuff was recorded 'before the crash' and some of those patch descriptions got lost. We did our best from memory (I didn't have much video from those patches either) but they may or may not be super accurate.

Q: What's next from ngarjuna?
A: Look for a new album in the late summer/early fall from Acid Coast Records. And of course more videos.

Patch Notes:
Drums
Olympia Noise Co. Patterning

Acid Voices
Abstrakt Instruments Avalon
Proco Rat

Bass
Pittsburgh Oscillator into Omsonic RNF VCF
RNF into AJH Minimod VCA
enveloped by AJH Minimod Dual Contour Generator

Sync Lead
Sequenced in ModStep
Medic Modules Cranial Saw VCO into Intellijel Polaris
Modulated by AD Octocontroller and IJ Dual ADSR
into uVCA enveloped by IJ Dual ADSR

West Coast Hash
Make Noise STO, Sputnik Oscillators (cross modded FM) into MN Optomix
Enveloped by MN Maths
Sequenced by Audio Damage Sequencer One and MN Rene
Modulated by Abstract Data Octocontroller and MN Wogglebug"

Three Willow Park - Raymond Scott Electronium Release

Three Willow Park Promo from Stan Warnow on Vimeo.

Promo from Reckless Night Music for Basta Music's new release of Raymond Scott electronic music:Three Willow Park--Electronic Music from Inner Space 1961-1971

A new release featuring Raymond Scott's work on the Electronium, available on multiple formats via Amazon, digital on iTunes, and currently sold out at Dusty Groove.

via Raymondscott.net, where you'll find the full post.

"Three Willow Park: Electronic Music from Inner Space, 1961–1971, now available from Basta, represents the second anthology of pioneering electronica by Raymond Scott. The album contains 61 previously unissued gems, many featuring hypnotic rhythm tracks played by Scott’s Electronium — an invention which composed and performed using programmed intelligence. Three Willow Park reveals that Scott was producing beat-oriented proto-techno before the 1970s explosion of electronic music and rhythms on the pop charts, a significant achievement that should not be overlooked."

Buchla format Dual Programmable Oscillator

Published on Jul 2, 2017 Todd Barton

"I've been test driving a wonderful new, fully analog dual oscillator in Buchla format -- enjoy these little explorations."

Prophet 6 and ARP Omni synthesizers - A Lover's Concerto

Published on Jul 1, 2017 Tom Loncaric

"I recently did a gig with Barbara Harris of the Toys and still have this little melody on the mind. The 1965 hit song is based on a Minuet by Christian Petzold, and found in the Anna Magdalena Bach Book. Omni does the trumpet, and Prophet, with its mellower timbre, adds the complimentary trombone.The ARP Omni (made in about 1977) is a recent acquisition. The ARP's j-wires keep breaking, so a few notes don't work. That will be fixed shortly. In the meantime, the key of E major remains available, so that's why the piece is transposed."

Improvisation LXXVIII for Poly Evolver Keyboard

Published on Jul 2, 2017 Sacred Synthesis

Improvisation LXXIX for Poly Evolver Keyboard

Update: part LXXIX added above. From the same session as below (Improvisation LXXVIII for Poly Evolver Keyboard).

"The pipe organ is deservedly called the 'king of instruments'. I was a working Church organist for twenty years, and I treasure every minute of it. My main musical influence, then, is the magnificent tone of the king of instruments, with its principals, couplers, reeds, mixtures, and 32' posaune in the pedals. When I returned to synthesizer a number of years ago, the love for this sort of massive musical sound was simply transferred to another instrument; which I would call the 'queen of instruments'.

It would be an interesting study to explore the reasons behind a person's need to musically express themselves to such dramatic forms levels, but I'll leave that to the shrinks and my wife.

Regardless, I have found that Dave Smith's synthesizers provide a similar musical potency in their ability to create a large, full, and dignified tone that definitely resembles a pipe organ, or even an orchestra. This is the sound I'm always after when I improvise or compose.

This piece of music is Evolver from top to bottom. A four-voice Poly Evolver Keyboard provides a reed-type sound for an occasional soft but bright melody. A second eight-voice Poly Evolver Keyboard offers the main patch with an envelope modulated filter and a slow VCA attack. The modulation wheel is set to open the cut off frequency, which reaches such a level at the top as to make it sound like a bright string patch, but it's far more. This provides for the fuller dynamics, which are further supported by an equally full bass pedal setting on the Evolver Desktop. As I play, the pedal programs have to be adjusted to suit the musical moment. In this piece, I used three different bass programs.

Why am I making one Evolver recording after another, and what happened to the Prophet '08's? Since all the excitement these days is over the just released DSI Prophet Rev2, I thought I'd back away and focus instead on the now forgotten Evolvers. They, too, are magnificent musical instruments. When the commercial hype settles down, then I'll return to the other instruments.

Instrumentation:
DSI Poly Evolver Keyboard
DSI Poly Evolver Rack
DSI Evolver Desktop
Hammond XPK 200L Pedalboard

Effects:
Lexicon MX300

Performed live and recorded directly to a Tascam CD-RW900 Mk II.

ALL MUSIC PROPERTY OF SACRED SYNTHESIS 2017"

AI bytebeat Sequencer

Published on Jul 1, 2017 Robert Shipe

"Using the 'Age' equation in o_C's Viznutcracker, sweet! mode to sequence the STO. Sounded gnarly for a single oscillator so I whipped out my iPhone and recorded a bit. The numerous equations can really be put to use, not only as drones but strange LFOs and wilder modulators. Each one has its own 'personality.'"

Elka Synthex SN 1270

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folktek Modded Suzuki Omnichord OM-84

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"This a Folktek OM-4. This is really hard to get rid of! but need to get more gear. Its in mint working condition and pretty close if not in mint cosmetically. Explaining the OM-84 is hard. Folktek has video on the website that are pretty good but doesnt give everything it can do. make ur own loop,sounds,bass.crazy chord patterns and much more. Every time I take it out of the case I record everything!!! It rocks!!!"