monop - Korg Mono/Poly & Buchla 100

Published on Sep 19, 2018 zack dagoba

"Just had the Korg Monopoly fixed up - its sounding SWEET. I love the way the arpeggiator works in polyphonic mode - you can mess with the waveforms and octaves of each of the 4 notes as it goes along, which gets some unique results, sort of half way between an arpeggiator and sequencer in a weird way. The Buchla is doing the percussions, using filtered noise through the 194 bandpass filter and a mixer to change the sound in real time"

Rhodes Chroma Polaris - Exploring the Presets - Part #2 - Midiverse - TV

Published on Sep 19, 2018 Midiverse - TV

"What's up everybody? Welcome to Midiverse - TV. Today we're going to be checking out the Chroma Polaris. Let's have a look and listen..."

Knobcon: New DU-INO Module 'The Ultimate Eurorack Arduino Shield'

Published on Sep 19, 2018 Synthtopia

"At Knobcon 2018, we talked with Aaron Mavrinac who gave us a quick intro to his DU-INO - an Arduino-based Eurorack module that lets you run a variety of firmware, so the module can take a variety of functions within your modular synthesizer.

If you're a programmer, you can also create your own custom firmware for the module using standard Arduino tools."

Knobcon: 1010music Euro Module Updates At Knobcon

Published on Sep 19, 2018 Synthtopia

"At Knobcon 2018, we talked with Aaron Higgins of 1010music and he gave us a quick overview of updates to his Eurorack modules, including FXBox, and an intro to a new module, the MIDI Merge."

11-Polyend Dreadbox Medusa-Part 11: Grid Performance B

Part 10 added here.

Kit Review 28 - EVEN VCO Demo

Published on Sep 19, 2018 Synth Diy Guy

"The demo portion of my review of the Befaco Even VCO diy kit for eurorack!"

Build video here.

New Expert Sleepers Disting MK4 Firmware v4.8 Update

Published on Sep 19, 2018 Expert Sleepers

New in firmware v4.8.

disting mk4 - Quantizer 2
disting mk4 - Audio Playback with Crossfade
disting mk4 - Sample triggering and polyphony via MIDI

Bach Goldberg Variations Aria with Synthesizers

Published on Sep 19, 2018 once upon a synth

"Playing Bach's Goldberg Variations Aria with two synthesizers (Moog Grandmother and Korg Mono/Poly). This is, in my opinion, one of the most beautiful pieces of music ever written. I cannot do it justice with my playing, but I love it enough that I decided to try. To get a true sense of the piece I urge you to listen to Glenn Gould's 1981 recordings."

Virus Ti2 - AE Private Collection - 128 ambient patches (2018)

Published on Sep 19, 2018 Alba Ecstasy

"Presenting a short track using 4 patches from the new #AmbientPatches for #VirusTi2 I created for my personal use, for the last couple of years.
Patches can be purchased from here: https://www.albaecstasy.ro/virus-ti-p..."

Posts You Don't Want to Miss

I've added thumbnail icons on the top of the site, right under the Sequential banner. Clicking on them will take you to the corresponding posts. They will feature what I consider to be the biggest news featured on the site. Remember to regularly check the New Gear and Popular Posts links on the top right of the site as well.


Update: It turns out the thumbnail icons were good in idea but not so good in practice. I've opted to bring back the Featured posts label and go with a new menu bar up top.

Here's why the thumbnails were a bad idea:

1. Once they drop off the front page they get lost. I created a "roll off" page to host the thumbnails, but over time that page would likely get too large to load. It makes more sense to just give them the FEATURED label.

2. The thumbnails were all set for the same height (100 pixels). As the width of images vary so does the overall width of the section. One too many and the last thumbnail wraps to a new line. One short and it just throws the formatting off.

3. Upkeep of the thumbnails and the "roll off" page was clearly going to be too much maintenance.

4. And finally, I am prone to error. I found a couple of the thumbnail links had typos in them or were incorrect. Not good. Going back to the FEATURED label should eliminate that problem entirely.