Modal: SKULPT Synthesiser First Look

Published on Apr 11, 2019 Noisegate

"Tristan from Noisegate presents a first look at the new Modal Electronics SKULPT synthesiser."

KORG: Volca Modular Synthesiser Overview

Published on Apr 3, 2019 Noisegate

"In this video we take a deeper look into the New KORG Volca Modular
From the Sound Source, to Modulation, Effects and the sequencer, we cover all aspects of this Semi-Modular Synthesiser."

KORG Volca Drum: Performance Demo

Published on Apr 9, 2019 Noisegate

"Here is a performance video by our resident DJ & Producer Leroy on the KORG Volca Drum.
The Volca Drum is a drum machine like no other which will take your Drum sounds to a whole new level.
It's a rhythm sequencer, built around a digital synth engine, which can create a wide array of sounds. From gritty distorted crunches to metallic tones and impulses. These sounds can then be run through a waveguide resonator effect which can apply real world string or tube based resonance.
The results are absolutely wild."

Gotharman's Tiny LD proto - Favorite

Published on Apr 14, 2019 gotharman

"A great hit composed and performed on Tiny LD :-)
www.gotharman.dk"

Days of Light

Published on Apr 14, 2019 davidryle

"Modular synth piece. Large format 5U and Eurorack.
Starting off with the Q-Bit Chord generated round. Mutable Instruments Marbles sending it a pitch c/v. The Root run direct to the mix and the htree intervals sent through a Synthetic Sound Labs Seqwencer IV sequential vca. The next few sounds fading in and out are the MI Rings and Piston Honda. Both controlled from Marbles.
Finally the main melodic content is pitch directed by Instruo Harmonaig to the 5U. The Harmonaig is pitch controlled from a Q60 step sequencer from Synthesizers.com and a pair of STG Soundlabs Voltage Mini Stores for transposing and voicing.
The pitch data from the Harmonaig sends a root pitch to a Q106 vco and FSFX built MI Braids. The Q106 is fed through a modular build of the Behringer DD400 digital delay and the Braids is timbre modulated by an Oakley VCADSR.
The three other interval c/v's are sent to three more Q106's. The third interval is split into two rhythm patterns gated by a Moon Modular M563 trigger sequencer, STG Soundlabs Trigger Min Store and various LFO's from Mega Ohm Audio. The filter is an Oakley SVF (band pass). The second tap is into a Modcan 73B delay and direct to mix.
The fifth interval is through a Q107 resonant state variable in band pass with 1v/oct tracking for a sine wave output and send through a Strymon Blue Sky pedal. Slew is from the Harmonaig.
The seventh interval is routed through a Q150 transistor ladder low pass filter.
Other delays and reverbs are from a pair of Lexicon MX200's and a T.C. Electronic D-Two delay. Recorded direct to Cubase in one pass. Video from my iPhone and edited in Final Cut Pro.

Thank you for listening!"

Novation // Bass Station II 4.14 - AFX Mode

Published on Apr 14, 2019 NovationTV

"-CALC- introduces the exciting new update for Bass Station II - v4.14.

The latest firmware update for Bass Station II adds five powerful and innovative new features to Novation’s hugely popular monosynth, all of them developed in response to user feedback and requests, one of those users being particularly noteworthy…

--- AFX Mode (the realisation of Aphex Twin)
--- Fixed duration envelopes
--- Extended sub-oscillator control
--- Oscillator glide diverge
--- Envelope retrigger count

Bass Station II owner? Download the update for free now from components:
--- https://novationmusic.com/components

For more on Bass Station II, visit:
--- https://novationmusic.com/synths/bass...

Need help installing Bass Station v4.14? We have a handy guide here: http://bit.ly/AFXModeHelp
We have also created a new v4.14 User Guide here: http://bit.ly/AFXModeUserGuide

#WeAreNovation #BassStationII #AFXMode"

Update: and the press release:

"New Bass Station II x Aphex Twin firmware update

The latest firmware update for Bass Station II adds five powerful and innovative new features to Novation’s hugely popular monosynth, all of them developed in response to user feedback and requests, one of those users being particularly noteworthy…

AFX Mode

Electronic music legend Richard James, aka Aphex Twin, has already played an instrumental part in the Bass Station II story, having provided guidance for the implementation of the micro-tuning added with Firmware v2.5. His conceptual contribution to v4.14 is even more profound.

Letting his imagination run riot, James envisioned the decidedly radical notion of having a discrete set of synthesis parameters assigned to each note of Bass Station II, either variations on a ‘seed’ patch, or disparate sounds designed to constitute a chimeric whole. Although this sort of thing could already be kludged using very fast program change messages, having multiple sounds active at the same time would clearly be a far more creative and efficient system.

AFX Mode is the realisation of James’ out-there concept. Put simply, it lets you modify your Bass Station II patch on a key-by-key basis. Use it to introduce subtle changes to a sound as you play up and down the keyboard; divide the keyboard into multiple zones (one per key if you like!), each playing its own sound; or create entire drum kits in a single preset for triggering manually or via the Arpeggiator. It’s a truly inspiring feature that really does open up a whole new world of sound design and performance possibilities.

Fixed duration envelopes

Aiding in the programming of drum sounds and plucks especially, the sustain segments of Bass Station II’s envelopes can now be set to a fixed length, moving on to the release stage regardless of when the key or trigger is actually released after playing a note. When fixed duration envelopes are enabled, the decay stage is taken out of play, and the Decay slider instead sets the duration of the Sustain stage.

Extended sub-oscillator control

With Firmware v4.14, Bass Station II’s sub-oscillator, slaved to the pitch of Oscillator 1, can be detuned using the Coarse and Fine controls. Now you can set the sub to any non-octave tracking interval you like, and knock it out of tune – subtly or dramatically – for creative effect.

Oscillator glide diverge

Prior to Firmware v4.14, both of Bass Station II’s oscillators could only be set to the same Glide time, but now you can slow down the Glide time of Oscillator 2 relative to Oscillator 1 by a variable amount, causing the two to diverge for interesting portamento effects. Just the thing for adding thickness and character to basslines, pads and leads, and certainly not a function you’ll find on many other hardware or software synths.

Envelope retrigger count

The Firmware v2.5 update added envelope retriggering, and now, to help with drum synthesis, the number of times the envelopes retrigger can be adjusted.

Introducing AFX Mode, fixed duration envelopes, extended sub-oscillator control, oscillator glide diverge and envelope retrigger count, Firmware v4.14 is a free update for all Bass Station II users, available via the Components content manager for Mac and PC."

Meris Mercury 7 + OB6

Published on Apr 13, 2019 Uriel Ortega

"Check out this awesome combo! The OB6 is one of my favorite synthesizers, and together with the Meris Mercury 7, I can get some awesome sounds. This reverb definetly rivals my Big Sky! Enjoy"

SundaySynth #27 : Sequential OB6 Strings

Published on Apr 13, 2019 Khoral Central

"More work on the electro live set, DSI Tempest + Elektron Digitakt (with GForce M-Tron Pro samples) + Sequential OB6 controlled with the Tempest pads. Music by Negus."

Low Frequency Expander for OB-6. Demo of LFO 2.

Published on Apr 14, 2019 Steve Hunt

"Demo of LFO2. LFO1 is identical. SHIFT button lets me change the waveshape. For Tri and Sin, it changes the symmetry so it moves from saw up through tri (or sin) to saw down. With the ramp up and down, it changes the shape from exponential up, through linear to exponential down. For square it changes the pulse width. For the Step waveform, SHIFT determines how many steps there are. (Using a negative Amount will make the steps go down rather than up). For Random it changes the timebase, so the pulses occur more randomly as well as having random levels. For slew, it changes the slew rate between steps. For Walk, it changes the walking step size."

Zenith Vol 2 - Novation PEAK - 94 to 127 - GEOSynths.com

Published on Apr 14, 2019 GEOSynths

"Buy Now - https://www.geosynths.com/novation-peak

Final Patches demonstrated for my 2nd Bank of Patches for the Novation PEAK. All 128 Patches use at least 1 of the new Wavetables and often more! Extensive routing with the Animate Buttons, Mod Wheel, Aftertouch etc."

Zenith Vol 2 - Novation PEAK