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More Sounds from the Star Shepherd Synthesizer

Published on Jul 9, 2018 Nightwind Records

"A sinister dreamy ambient drone piece made on the Star Shepherd synthesizer testing to see what it is capable of...exploring unknown territories. Don't mind the crackles and hiss - it is held together with tape and glue after all....The painting is called "The Star Shepherd Guiding his flock through Palm Springs' - more info on the Star Shepherd synthesizer on http://www.legowelt.org"

"Check out this new painting called “The Star Shepherd guiding his flock through Palm Springs”. Probably artwork for a future Nightwind Records release. Click on the picture to hear some more sounds from the Star Shepherd Synthesizer – a dreamy ambient drone piece to explore what this synth is capable of. Don’t mind the Lo-fi crackle, hiss and artefacts – it is held together with tape and glue after all! First more pure tones from the Casio 403 are processed through the filters, delays, pitch shifters of the Star Shepherd, later the radio noise oscillator comes in and gets heavily processed by the synth to create sinister dark harmonic tones."

MEDUSA by Polyend + Dreadbox (A quick SOUND DEMO)

Published on Jul 9, 2018 Dreadbox

"No external effects were used for this video.
Just the Medusa prototype connected directly to a Focusrite Scarlett 18i20 audio interface."

Roland System-500 531 Eurorack Mixer Module

Published on Jul 9, 2018 once upon a synth

"Tutorial and overview of the new Roland 531 from the System-500 series of eurorack modules. This series is heavily inspired by the old System 700 and 100m modulars from the 70s and 80s. The 531 is a 6 channel mixer with volume faders, mute buttons and CV-controllable panning. It also has a headphone output and an external input with preamp so you can plug a mic or line-level signal into it."

once upon a synth System-500 videos.

Audio Kit Synth One, iVCS3 and ARP Odyssei in a mix...

Published on Jul 9, 2018 James Edward Cosby

"I was asked the question... "Can all these iOS "Music" Apps be used to make actual music or are they just great for playing around with?"...
The short answer is "YES!" they certainly can! though they are great for playing around with or learning synthesis or learning recording and mixing techniques, constructively using time at airports or beside the pool or indeed just having fun!
This track is showing Audio Kit Synth One, #iVCS3, #ARPOdyssei and #iElectribe being used together in a mix...
They are all available in the App Store NOW and #AudioKitSynthOne is #FREE !!!"

Morgasmarings!

Published on Jul 9, 2018 Comparative Irrelevance

"Lately I've been spending some time with my new Morgasmatron! I've been a big fan of the MS-20 filter for a long time, and the Morgasmatron builds on that heritage but takes it to a different level in terms of flexibility and modularity. Still, that wonderful grit and scream is there once you start to push its limits. I think it makes a great pair with Rings' natural, clean timbres. It's almost like plugging a guitar into a crunchy tube amp or analog distortion pedal: all sorts of little gritty artifacts start popping up in the cracks of the sound.

I used this combo in the "Foehn Wind" video I published the other day [below] with just some sparse patch notes, so I figured I'd make another video to take a closer look at Rings+Morgasmatron. Now, this isn't patched up exactly like in Foehn Wind. In that video I used Pam's New Workout and µScale for sequencing Rings' pitch and Structure in the same way that I show in 3 Modules #64 [below]. And I used a sine wave LFO in addition to Sheep to modulate the cutoff, and modulated Sheep's wavetable selection with Mod Tools. I also used Clouds for reverb and additional "lofi-ness".

Here I've simplified a little, and I'm sequencing Rings with my SQ-1 (off screen), which is being clocked by Sheep's 1-bit output. Sheep is also modulating Rings' Position and the filter cutoff for both filters in opposite directions, which can make for a neat stereo effect at more extreme settings.

Rings is in sympathetic strings mode (yellow) and I have Damping set to fully open for most of this recording, which produces almost indefinite sustain. Morgasmatron takes care of the dynamics.

Most of the magic just comes from pushing Morgasmatron's input levels, Q-drive and resonance. Here I'm taking it into pretty overdriven settings.

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See you around! :)"

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Artists & ARTURIA #49 Robert Dudzic meets MiniBrute 2

Published on Jul 9, 2018 Arturia

"Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last 10 years, you’ll have heard the work of Robert Dudzic. Almost single-handedly defining that cinematic sound that give movie trailers their immersive, compelling sonic signature. We interviewed this humble genius, and revealed some of the secrets of legendary sound design, and how Arturia’s analog instruments enhance his workflow."

HHNOI - They Ate The Clouds (elephant version)

Published on Jul 9, 2018 HHNOI

"A live modular synth performance of the track "They ate the clouds", as featured on the HHNOI Kallocain EP, out July 6th on modularfields

Main track recorded in a single take without a computer involved for sequencing or editing. All modular sounds routed through Expert Sleepers ES 8 and ES 6 into Logic for mixing and mastering. No additional edits or computer voodoo involved.

Visuals done with a simple visualizer patch on an external laptop, which was fed with the monitor output and then projected on my living room wall.

Video was taken with an iPhone X through several sessions, hence the different angles. Cut, synced and processed in Final Cut Pro.

Dedicated to RP."

Making tracks - Belgium to Berlin - Electribe 2

Published on Jul 9, 2018 zafrosoundz

"On holiday in Belgium with tickets to watch Pearl Jam in Berlin. I always take something with me to make music, this time it is only the Electribe 2 as we're not staying as long as usual. The journey from Belgium to Berlin takes about 8 hours so I had the idea to make music on the way to alleviate the boredom and hopefully come up with some ideas for a little video. So here it is. Let me know what you think.

Recorded live using my Zoom Q8 and Go pro Hero."