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Farfisa Syntorchestra 4 - trial Published on Jun 9, 2014
"Trial of an old Farfisa Syntorchestra 4 poly + mono synthesizer ( you can either select poly, mono, or play both at the same time ), please note that i am not a keyboardist so be gentle :P
The Farfisa is plugged into a line mixer, no ext. effects were added while recording..."
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ELKA solist 505 synth monofonico
Published on Dec 4, 2012 nuovafesta
"The Soloist 505 is a very simple monophonic synth. Its look reminds one of a Roland SH-1000, but with its controls on the front. The sound is very clear and clean like many Italian cousins (Siel). There is a preset section but the waveforms can also be modified in 'free' mode. Funny sounds, lysergic and ancestral. But the keyboard is good and there are some presets such as the sax, trombone, cosmic, flute e telstar which have some power worth exploring. It's cute and slightly rare. No MIDI or CV here."
"Great analog preset monosynth, unique sounding - one of a kind!
There are two Moog ladder filters in this thing, which makes it sound nice and fat.
Check out the video for a run through of the presets and filters, great for library / afro funk type sounds, real greasy!"
"This time we had an opportunity to visit polish musician Michał Wolski. He is using Polyend Poly MIDI to CV converter to combine the analogue universe with a power of digital force. This combination unveils a whole new territory in his creative path. It was an honor and pleasure to visit your sonic temple, thank you for the tea Michał!"
"What's up everybody? Welcome to Midiverse - TV! Today we're going to be checking out a VCF Eurorack Module from Doepfer, the A-121-2 12dB Multimode Filter. Let's check it out..."
You can find them at Re5etuk's Society6 store. You will find other non-synth designs there as well.
"They feature unique designs for classic synth and drum machines including sh101, mc202, tb303, Juno 106, tr808, tr909.
Each logo feature isometric lettering / numbers with a touch of colour and I’ll continue to add more designs and manufacturers over the coming weeks."
I like the matching color badges on them.
Some background on Re5etuk and his designs from the site: "Video game developer of almost 30 years , recently developed my passion for illustration based in London, working towards developing abstract illustrations within digital and 'real' mediums . My work focuses on hand created illustrations avoiding the use of 3d rendering packages as a way to differentiate the work undertaken in typical game development.
Details in the work is largely clean and precise for the majority of the process , towards the end i like to fracture it a little , add elements of optical illusions and twist elements to ensure it'd be difficult to recreate in typical 3d."
entire sounds by Plaits ,7 tracks
Make Noise Rene, Optomix, QMMG
Doepfer R2m, A 134,A 143-9, A131, A 138c
Analogue Systems RS 110
Flame Q Slides
SSL Modulation Orgy
for choices
FX; TC M3000, Boss VF-1
Mackie the Mixer
vid #1755
This one is not necessarily a synth demo, but considering how prominent the DSI Tempest is featured, I thought it deserved a post. Also, I thought it was kind of cool that there is a credit for "modular synth" in the description for the video below. I remember the first time I heard this song in the background while posting away. About a minute in, I was like, "what the heck am I listening to?!" It was like the bizarre thoughts that go through your mind right before you fall asleep. Some of the other tracks on the album are like that as well. This track and some others grew on me. Regardless of our musical tastes, the Tune-Yards are great musicians and the production quality of the album is top notch.
"'Look at Your Hands' by Tune-Yards. New album 'I can feel you creep into my private life' is released January 19th 2018: http://smarturl.it/TYICFYCIMPL
Video by Michael Speed
Footage by Marisa Gesualdi & Jennifer Sommer
Additional photos by Nate Brenner, Ginger Fierstein and Merrill Garbus
Nate Brenner (bass, sequences, modular synth)
Michael Coleman (synth solo, crazy keys, bleeps/bloops)
Merrill Garbus (vocals, MPC and other drum programming, keys)
Maryam Qudus (vocals)
Jason Slota (drums)
Beau Sorenson (drum machine processing, vocal effects)
John Vanderslice (vocals)
Engineered by Beau Sorenson at Tiny Telephone Oakland
Mixed by Mikaelin 'Blue' BlueSpruce at Lounge Studios NY
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"It's time for another update :-) The past week I decided to focus on MIDI-related features in our SSP software. I wanted to add listboxes to the Global menu of the SSP so you can see MIDI input and output devices connected to the SSP, and I wanted it to work in such a way that when you connect a USB MIDI class-compliant device, the ports would be automatically discovered and added to the listboxes. In addition I also wanted the first new input and output port to be automatically opened, and I wanted to make sure that repeatedly plugging/unplugging different MIDI controllers would not cause any problems in the software, with ports remaining open while the device is already gone. Obviously there were a lot of subtle bugs and challenges, as a MIDI input or output port might be used multiple times in the same application and connecting MIDI devices/ports in Linux is done using Virtual ports in the ALSA stack.
You might remember from the videos we did during the campaign that we did a 4-voice wavetable synth demo. I decided to revisit that idea and recreate the preset on the SSP: 4 wavetable oscillators, 4 amplitude envelopes, 2 LFOs for XZ modulation, 2 input modules for interfacing with the Intellijel Dixie II and Make Noise MATHS for XY modulation, and of course the global delay and reverb section (also running on the SSP, of course).
In the video I connect a generic USB MIDI controller, the Nektar Impact GX61. It shows up immediately in the Global menu, after which I can start playing the synth patch. In the patch I've created prior to the video, I've mapped the 4 wavetable oscillators and the 4 amplitude envelopes to the 4 voices. The MIDI notes are assigned round-robin to the voices.
Meanwhile Celine has been working on some other exciting features: signal visualisation and scaling in the network editor. We'll be posting a video about her work in the next update :-) Until next week, and thanks again for your patience and support.
I wanted to add listboxes to the Global menu of the SSP so you can see MIDI input and output devices connected to the SSP, and I wanted it to work in such a way that when you connect a USB MIDI class-compliant device, the ports would be automatically discovered and added to the listboxes. In addition I also wanted the first new input and output port to be automatically opened, and I wanted to make sure that repeatedly plugging/unplugging different MIDI controllers would not cause any problems in the software, with ports remaining open while the device is already gone. Obviously there were a lot of subtle bugs and challenges, as a MIDI input or output port might be used multiple times in the same application and connecting MIDI devices/ports in Linux is done using Virtual ports in the ALSA stack. 
