Sequential In The Spotlight Interview with S Y Z Y G Y X

You can find the interview on Sequential's website here.

"Bleak, post-apocalyptic soundscapes powered by retro punk biting synth lines and minor scale hooks fuel the sound of S Y Z Y G Y X. A creative collaboration between Luna Blanc and Josh Clark, S Y Z Y G Y X currently have three EP’s out that are generating attention and accolades (Hex’n Equinox on Cleopatra Records, Broken Mirrors on Burning Grave Records, and Encounters on Cold Transmission). Over time, their music has evolved from mostly instrumental pieces with heavy distortion to more recent work that weaves together catchy vocals and melodies. The group continues to evolve.

Josh and Luna play equal parts in the creative process and the production of their work. They enjoy taking turns at vocals, creating different sounds, with each engineering different parts of their songs. Be on the lookout for heir debut L.P. soon to be released on their own imprint, Burning Grave Records.

We chatted with Luna and Josh about how they’re using the Prophet Rev2"

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You can find previous posts featuring Sequential's Spotlight series here.

Flat Beat Synth Tutorial (Korg MS-20)

Published on Jan 7, 2019 Alex Ball

"Following my Daft Punk synth tutorial [here], a number of people sent me messages asking for a demonstration of Mr Oizo's "Flat Beat" which was done on a Korg MS-20 and an Akai S1000.

In the video we look at the principals of setting up that sound and why I concluded that he likely created it from a composite of samples, rather than in one pass."

Tony Rolando of Make Noise to Show New Eurorack Module at Perfect Circuit, January 23

"Join Make Noise engineer & designer Tony Rolando at @Perfect_Circuit on January 23rd for a sneak peek of a new all-analog stereo signal processing module! Tony will be giving a talk & a demo of the module in action. There will be food, drinks, and more! Hope to see you there!"

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Remember, Supporters of MATRIXSYNTH get %10 off at Perfect Circuit!

Short space telegrams by Callenberg

A space meditation reverb synth track in two parts.
A project found on my computer from the days when I owned a Yamaha CS70M. I guess 2017.
Synths and drum machines used;

5U modular; MOTM480 cs-filter and Sea devils filter
Yamaha CS70M
Korg Wavestation EX
Vermona DRM1 mkiii
+ two voice samples

Landscape Stereofield

Published on Jan 6, 2019 Stefano Bertoli

"First session with the Stereofield alone. Delay and reverb from MR12"

ARP Belt Buckle

via @RetroSynthAds

"Wearing my 1977 ARP belt buckle today. Because carrying my Odyssey around all day after all that snow shoveling just isn't an option. RIP Alan. Respect!"

Retro Synth Ads

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RIP Alan R. Pearlman

Be sure to see the ARP label at the bottom of this (and any) post for everything ARP on the site.

DIY Keyboard Synthesizer by Niklas Wallin

Published on Jan 6, 2019 Niklas Wallin

"Quick demo of my synthesizer..
First doing reset of sound, then some pwm and xfade modulations and such.."

Some additional info via Niklas:

"It has 8voices , every voice has two oscillators, every oscillator has two waves that can be crossfaded. There are two filters, connected to each oscillator. The one connected to osc1 has some resonance. It's just a "simple" simulated two stage rc-filter, but the sound chain it's pretty much ALL written in pipelined code, so it's running at about 15Mhz sample rate per channel through the memory reading code all the way down to the filters that's running at 3,75Mhz and then a cic filter before exiting in 8 dac8550 1Mhz dac's. There is a modulation matrix with 31 non programmable slot's easily changed at compile time, that's kind of the heart of the whole thing. You can store 256 sounds on a Ferroram. For space reasons , most parameters are signed 10bit registers."

Easel Shakuhachi Duet

Published on Jan 7, 2019 Todd Barton

"For years I have been exploring ways of composing for Buchla Music Easel and the Japanese Shakuhachi bamboo flute. None have satisfied me until this morning. This is a sketch and hopefully a catalyst for more composition. Better audio here:"

BURG - Froesen In Time (Subsequent 37, novation peak, Nord Lead A1)

Published on Jan 7, 2019

"If you like my stuff please support me on http://music.ollilab.com/ and https://www.patreon.com/theBURG

#Subsequent37 #NovationPeak #BerlinSchool

Happy 2019 !!

This was just one of those things that happened as a happy accident, I had a 8 step sequence in my head for some time due to overconsumption of TD and wanted to just get it out of my head into a sequencer. While programming it, I was like.. what the heck, let's record something. :)

The KORG grandstage has a decent string machine emulation / sample which i use on the intro. Also from the grandstage but recorded in the 720 stereo looper is a Rhodes piano loop.

NLA1 does bass pads + a loop I recorded into the ditto, a rotary/tremolo and LFO modulated slow arpeggio thing. They both pass through the empress reverb which uses the Ghost algorithm, heavy on modulation.

The peak does 8 note sequence programmed using the Keystep. Some internal minor modulation on filters, with an LFO plus Envelopes. Internal peak FX are only used on this sound.

Sub 37 does the most complex things on this one, 3 distinct variations on one and the same patch.

The first one is vanilla lead with some filter drive, with no modulation 2VCO + very little sub.

Second part is that I also do a super fast arpeggio which i turn on just to add some extra spice toward mid track, using the same sound.

Lastly, I turn up the EG on the filter on which I have set the filter envelope looping so i can adjust the speed of the loops with the attack knob to create a pingpong effect you hear at the end. While playing with the attack turned up in the beginning it sort of sounds like a normal LFO.

I hope you like this one!

BooOooM!

Gear Used:

- KORG grandstage + Particle, Eventide Space, 720 looper
- Nord Lead A1 + empress reverb and ditto looper
- Novation Peak
- Arturia Keystep
- Moog Subsequent 37 + RE-20, BlueSky

VJ Loops - CC from beeple-crap.com"

First Jam with Digitakt + Eurorack Setup #Jamuary2019

Published on Jan 7, 2019 BoBeats

"I built a new eurorack + digitakt jam setup and here is me talking about that + playing my first jam. You can support my videos here: https://www.patreon.com/bobeats

MY MUSIC
☀http://bobeatsmusic.bandcamp.com"