Foreshadow by el crypto - Waldorf Quantum Track

"A jam with the Qu"

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This one was spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child: "According to the user, everything here besides the drums is from the Quantum"

Eric Archer Lite2Sound PX photodiode amplifier optical synth filter

Published on Jul 23, 2018 EA78751

"This video demonstrates a experimental audio filter effect. The Lite2Sound PX photodiode amplifier kit v.1.4 from rarewaves.net is used. The CRT is a Tektronix 603 X-Y monitor. Connect an audio sawtooth oscillator to the X input. Connect the Lite2Sound output to the Y input, and also to the speakers. Point the photodiode at the CRT. Objects that block the photodiode's view of the CRT are transformed into audio waveforms. The silhouette of the obstruction becomes impressed into the audio waveform and you can morph it in real time by moving your hand. The sound is like a combination of PWM and notch / bandpass filter. And at the end of the video, the original "comb filter" effect is demonstrated!"

Previous Lite2Sound posts.

Get Under the Hood of the Circuit Synth Engine

Check out the video here.

via Novation:

"Get under the hood of the Circuit synth engine

Easy-to-use graphical user interface for accessing the super-powerful Circuit synth engine

Picking up where Novation's popular Circuit Macro Editor left off, Circuit Synth Editor enables control over sounds by editing Circuit's two synths. It delivers an easy-to-use editor, perfect for getting under the hood of the whole Circuit synth engine. Circuit Synth Editor is fully integrated into the Components content manager for fast, stable performance. It's available now at components.novationmusic.com.

Key features

View output waveforms

Using the drop-down menu, it's possible to choose the oscillator wave type from the Classic wave types and Wavetable types. Having selected a wavetable type, it's then possible to select the waves within the table using the Index control, and select the amount of interpolation between the waves using the Interpolate control. The graphic display of the waveform changes to reflect the output waveform, taking into account the Index and Interpolate controls.

In-depth LFO editing

Controls for LFOs 1 and 2 are presented when the LFO tab is selected. There's a visual representation of the LFO type, as well as a drop-down box to select the LFO type. Controls for Rate and Delay are grouped, and common settings are arranged to the right. The large 1 and 2 on the left-hand side select between LFOs 1 and 2. All other controls on the tab update when these large numbers are selected.

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Octatrack + Analog Four - "Hope"

Published on Jul 23, 2018 MrGOFIOvideos

"...turning knobs on Sunday afternoon."

One Synth Challenge - Roland Jupiter 4

Published on Jul 18, 2018 Livebient

"Track I made using Roland Jupiter 4. Recorded to Logic Pro X where I did post production."

Roel Reine - Modular Beginnings

Published on Jul 22, 2018 Roel Reine

"Performance at home studio of a new song composed and performed with my Eurorack Modular synth. I call it Modular Beginnings, because it should be the first song of a complete Modular Eurorack Synth album that I want to make this year. In between working on all my other movie and tv-series projects. So this should be the beginning.

No computers were used in the performance of this song. All modular Eurorack synths, recorded live in a single take and into the ER-301 module."

Digitakt VS DrumBrute Impact - Workflow Comparison

Published on Jul 23, 2018 BoBeats

"In todays video we are doing a workflow comparison between the Digitakt and the new DrumBrute Impact. They are very different but a lot of people have been asking me about which one to get. Sound wise not comparable (one sample based one analog) but workflows you can compare."

Patron: https://www.patreon.com/bobeats

A History of Polyphony: Part 13- Multiphonic Homogenization

Part 13 added here.

The Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s Variations V

Variations V (1966) - Merce Cunningham Dance Company Published on Oct 14, 2013

"Merce Cunningham
1966, 49:05, b&w, sound

First composed and performed in 1965, 'Variations V' is a true testament to 1960's experiments with "intermedia"—a coexistence and cutting across of artistic genres that profoundly informed Cunningham's choreographic practice. Video is materially integrated into the performance, with projections by Stan VanDerBeek and overlaid TV distortions by Nam June Paik enveloping the dancers. Twelve sound-sensitive electronic poles dot the stage; sound is triggered by the dancers' movements and then altered or delayed by the musicians. 'Variations V' predates Cunningham's 'video-dances,' demonstrating a different moment in his relation to the technology.

MUSICIANS John Cage 'Variations V'
DANCERS Merce Cunningham, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Lloyd, Sandra Neels, Albert Reid, Peter Saul, Gus Solomons Jr.

© 2013 Merce Cunningham Trust. All rights reserved."

via @moogmusicinc

"On this date in 1965: Bob Moog collaborated with John Cage, Nam June Paik, and others on The Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s visual, sonic, and kinetic happening Variations V."

Polyphonic Synth Prototype by cnagorka

Published on May 9, 2018 cnagorka

Playlist:

1. Polyphonic Synth prototype demo

"A crude voice board made of twelve schmitt-trigger oscillators and twelve binary dividers hooked up to an organ keyboard. Sounds great!"

2. DIY Polyphonic keyboard update...

"This monstrous thing is making some good sounds...but there's a long way to go. This is demonstrating two oscillators, when the final product will 'go to 11' (oscillators, that is)."