Erica Synths Black Hole DSP 2 Sound Demo (no talking)

Published on Aug 26, 2018 Bonedo Synthesizers

Waldorf Quantum Presets by Synthesizer Video Service

[demo] My Own Presets (Quantum) Published on Aug 26, 2018

"Due to the fact that I really don't like the factory presets, I decided to program some own sounds for this little monster. I tried to cover a wide range of sounds, including bass, bellish, wavetable and string sounds but also sampling, granular and sequences. Some of you want to hear sounds without effects so I bypassed them from time to time. I also jumped between some menu pages so you can see a few configuations. Have a look on the modulations - there are some surprises!"

[demo] Resampling and Granular (Quantum)

Published on Aug 26, 2018 Synthesizer Video Service

"In this video I'm showing the resampling function which lets you record the output of the Quantum and use it again in the oscillator as a sample. Then I'm processing this sample with the particle/granular function, trying different configuations and values."

Waldorf Blofeld Beginner Tutorial Videos by Synthesizer Video Service

Published on Aug 26, 2018 Synthesizer Video Service

Playlist:

[tutorial] Blofeld Beginners 1: Menu Pages
[tutorial] Blofeld Beginners 2: Multi Mode
[tutorial] Blofeld Beginners 3: Oscillators
[tutorial] Blofeld Beginners 4: Filters
[tutorial] Blofeld Beginners 5: Envelopes and LFOs
[tutorial] Blofeld Beginners 6: Modulation Matrix
[tutorial] Blofeld Beginners 7: Modifiers
[tutorial] Blofeld Beginners 8: Effects
[tutorial] Blofeld Beginners 9: Arpeggiator
[tutorial] Blofeld Samples 1: Is the Blofeld a Sampler?
[tutorial] Blofeld Samples 2: How to activate? (+ Factory Samples)
[tutorial] Blofeld Samples 3: How to prepare samples?
[tutorial] Blofeld Samples 4: How to transmit samples?
[tutorial] Blofeld Samples 5: Using samples + tricks!
[tutorial] Blofeld Beginners 10: LFO Basics
[tutorial] Blofeld Beginners 11: LFO Synchronization
[tutorial] Blofeld Beginners 12: LFO Randomness
[tutorial] Blofeld Beginners 13: Binary Modifiers
[tutorial] Blofeld Beginners 14: Modulation Resolution
[tutorial] Hard panned voices, again... (Blofeld)

Sunday Synth Jam - Sub Phatty and Minilogue

Published on Aug 26, 2018 SYNTHWAY

"Just a little jam with these incredible little synths.

Minilogue is playing a chord progression with the ARP MODE selected, going thru chorus and reverb.

Sub Phatty is playing a base sound with reverb.

The camera angle was far from ideal... sorry for that. The little Elektron box on the side is the Analog Rytm, not used in the jam."

Moog Grandmother Plays Cover of Jean Michel Jarre`s Equinoxe Pt. VII

Published on Aug 26, 2018 Denis Polic

"I usually do not make cover tracks, it came to me suddenly as i was noodeling with the sequencer of the Grandmother, and i tought: 'this sounds familiar to me', and i was simply forced to play it. It was a feeleng of a child i was once, hearing this tune for the first time that completely changed my approach to the music itself. Thanks Granny, i have this feeling once again, and i just wanted to share it with you, cheers and peace!!!"

Roland GAIA Tutorial - How To Find & Use The Hidden PCM Patch Bank

Published on Aug 26, 2018 thesoundtestroom

Live Patterns 2018 - a 21 minute selection of Cirklon scenes for a live performance 2018

Published on Aug 26, 2018 Luke Killen

"I played a short live set in Sydney this weekend. My last video was of the first quarter of the patterns which i've developed over the last few weeks, but there are a lot more, so decided that i'd string together the rest of the patterns which made to cut.

The set was only half an hour so i made about 20 minutes worth of patterns so i could linger and dub on certain sections.

There is no lingering and dubbing in this video just a string of scenes.

The setup is Cirklon sequencing a Eurorack Synthesiser and Clavia G2 modular synthesiser."

Infini - Prophet 6 - No external Effects

Published on Aug 25, 2018 100 Things I Do

"While waiting for the F1 to start last night I though I would spend some more time investigating the Prophet 6. I came up with a basic sequence then played over the top. I found the sequencer with delay plus the voice stealing from the sequence when you play over the top gives a very interesting effect. It makes the sequence sound more like an evolving arpeggio or pattern!

In this clip I have only used the Prophet 6, its inbuilt effects and sequencer. I did a very small bit of EQ to control the bass and added limiting on the output to keep all the levels sensible."

Meet OTTO - New Raspberry PI Based Multi-Engine Based Synth Inspired by the OP-1

Details via Github:

"Making electronic music is awesome! But for most of us, it requires a lot of setup, a lot of moving a mouse around on a laptop that's probably not quite equipped to handle realtime audio processing. Don't you wish you had one single device, which was xbuilt to do it all for you, easily and on the fly?

Introducing the OTTO!

The OTTO is a complete hardware and software solution, with synths, a sampler, effects, sequencers, and studio modules. The interface is modal, easy to use, simple, but most of all, it encourages experimentation. The graphics are quirky, and the workflow is minimal.

That sounds cool and all, but haven't I heard about this before?
— You

Yes, the OTTO is heavily inspired by the OP-1, in fact it started off as a direct clone, but these days we try to take a different spin on an idea that is fundamentally the same.

At this point it might be important to mention that the OTTO is not, and will never be, a commercially aimed product. It is open source by nature, in both hardware and software. If you want an OTTO, you're going to get your hands dirty, if not with the code, at least with the hardware.

Now that proper introductions are made, we would like to invite you to our discord server where we hang out and discuss all things OTTO.

The OTTO is basically going to be a Rpi3 (or other similar boards, we are looking into that), a screen, a DAC, 4 encoders and some 30+ buttons/keys. Some of us are currently building prototypes, and the formfactors and features vary greatly. Below this you see two OTTO hardware prototypes. Feature wise they are similar, but the first one is hand-wired, lasercut, and uses arduino pro micros for handling the keys/encoders. The second one is 3D printed, uses a PCB with onboard microcontroler etc.

As you can see, the OTTO can be built very differently depending on your skills, your avaliable resources and tools, and your priorities. You can also have other features than these two, for example the DSP all supports velocity sensitive keys.

You can find more info about the first prototype design on the "Otto Proto One" on this dedicated repo, and @cester-ino's over at his repo

The software

The software is written in (very) modern C++, and the goal is to be as modular and flexible as possible.

Technology
Core C++ 17 (you will need a very new compiler.)
Graphics C++ wrapper on top of NanoVG, with swappable backends, currently GLFW and EGL are available.
Audio/MIDI Designed to be swappable, though currently the only one available is jack.
DSP C++ and Faust (compiled down to C++)
It is possible to run the software on the desktop, with keybinds emulating the physical buttons and encoders.

For build instructions, check out the wiki.

Backbone

While OTTOs may differ on a lot, some things are fairly set in stone :

A Raspberry Pi (or similar) at the core, running a minimal Linux distro.
A >= 320x240 RGB screen, preferably AMOLED.
~30 hardware buttons, so nearly every feature has its own button.
4 colour coded rotary encoders (full credits to the OP-1 for that idea), as the main controls. Each screen has a maximum of 4 variables which will be coloured corresponding to their encoder.
Roadmap

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