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Sequential In The Spotlight Interview with PROTOVOLT

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

"Lord of synths, shredder of guitars, and ace of percussion (except the bells), Protovolt mixes modern vision with 80s nostalgia into a style that’s equal parts John Carpenter and John Hughes. With influences ranging from the arcade to the silver screen to retro technology, he lends his style to film scores, artist collaborations, and cross-genre production.

We chatted with Protovolt on how he’s using the Prophet X in his music"

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

The EMS Polysynthi In Action

Published on Mar 4, 2019 Doctor Mix

ELEKTRONIKA EM25 - Vintage Analog String synthesizer USSR Soviet Russian

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Published on Mar 4, 2019 GLvintageSHOP

"EM-25 is an interesting Soviet string-synth that looks and feels like a curious cross between Moog Opus 3, Yamaha SK15 and ARP Solina. Like other Soviet synths, has got a distinct sound of its own and can easily compete with synths that have grown to become classics.

Organ has great vibe - I like its etheral and gentle vibe in upper register. It has one percussive drawbar (again a plus for total tonal variety).
EM-25's organ is quite interesting, potent and woody with full registers, almost acoustic sounding. With a touch of LXP-1 reverb, a single drawbar turns into real Cathedral organ!

Synth section (called brass on EM-25) is VCO fixed preset on both, with full filter section - but only one filter for all voices.

All said, EM-25 is unique and rare and a real stringer."

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READYdot's Experiment: Casio SK-5, Empress Reverb, Bastl BitRanger, Korg Monotron, Ambient

Published on Mar 3, 2019 R E A D Y d o t

"It has been a very long time since I recorded anything. Since I sold my Eurorack I start to enjoy experimenting and music-making again. Hope you like what you hear and see. If you have any questions about the setup or technicalities feel free to comment!"

Korg MS-20 Dirty Bass And Abstract Bleeps - Watch Your Bassbins and tweeters! MS-20M Kit

Published on Mar 4, 2019 Surface Noises

"Experiment using Reaktor Blocks to send CV, sequences and audio rate modulation to oscillators and low pass filter, whilst using the MS-20 high pass filter to generate a dirty bass. You can get quite a lot of sounds out of one synth using Reaktor!

This needs proper speakers to hear the bass - but there are a few loud peaks so watch your tweeters.

Unprocessed so you can the filthy MS-20 low end in all its glory. The patch uses the first version of Korg's famous filter."

How The TB-303 Changed Music with Rob Hood, Richie Hawtin, Martyn Ware | Red Bull Music Academy

Published on Mar 4, 2019 Red Bull Music Academy

"Producers and DJs including Robert Hood, Martyn Ware (Heaven 17 and The Human League), Cosey Fanni Tutti (Throbbing Gristle), Richie Hawtin and more recall the impact Roland's TB-303 made on them and their music. #303 #Roland #RBMA"

Tears For Fears Prophet 5 Heritage Synth Restoration - Part 2

Part 2 added here.

Tiptop Audio VCA - AM - Amplitude Modulation

Published on Mar 4, 2019 Station 252

"Running a simple sequence from Z8000 via QuantiZer into two Z3000 oscillators, one is going into VCA input and the other one into VCA control voltage input. Forbidden Planet after the VCA for some additional processing on especially rich sounds."

Erica Synths Sample Drum demo (part 2)

Published on Mar 4, 2019 Erica Synths

"Part 2 of the Sample Drum demo.

00:03 - Performance mode jam
01:15 - Synth sample pitch tracking
01:47 - Single shot sampling
02:43 - Same sample in both channels
03:51 - 22KHz Eastbam
04:20 - Loop sampling and slicing
06:00 - Audio rate sample triggering
06:26 - Slice index reset
07:11 - 22KHz Napalm

NB! Not all samples used in this demo are included in the stock sample pack."