STAR WARS Lightsaber AMSR // Soma Labs Lyra 8 Drone Synth Demo

Published on Jul 31, 2019 Ron Cavagnaro

"Programming and Improvisation by Ron Cavagnaro. All of the sound you hear is 100% from the standalone unit. Since this is improvised, a few parts might not sound exactly like lightsabers , but watch as I mold them into the sound eventually.

ASMR signifies the subjective experience of 'low-grade euphoria' characterized by 'a combination of positive feelings and a distinct static-like tingling sensation on the skin'."

Modular Synth Workshop With Live Performances by Zachary Paul & Dillon Bastan

Published on Jul 31, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"We will be going over the basics of modular synthesizers, both using them and putting them together. We will also have live performances from Zachary Paul and Dillon Bastan on eurorack systems, you might have seen their performances in our recent Mojave Desert Modular Experiment videos." [posted here]

Polynorth - a hybrid analog/digital polyphonic synthesizer

Published on Jul 31, 2019 Jon Petter Skagmo

via skagmo.com

"The Polynorth is my first attempt at designing a polyphonic synthesizer. It's got a completely analog filter section, combined with a powerful 200 MHz 32-bit microcontroller.

I've always wanted to build an analog polyphonic synthesizer, but they often end up being very large and complex because the size of the electronics pretty much scales linearly with the number of voices.

In many ways I think the filters are the hardest part of a digital synthesizer to get to "sound analog", so I figured out a good compromise would be to keep the filters analog and do all the rest with a microcontroller. The mostly digital architecture also has some important benefits:

- Flexible internal signal routing like a modular synth, but without a ton of patch leads
- More advanced modulation options (FM)
- Patch store/recall (including the routing)
- Much smaller size

I stumbled upon the SSI2144 filter, which is a modern remake of the classic SSM2044. It's very similar in many ways, but in a much more compact package and with better dynamic range, so a 6 voice synth could be made pretty compact. This is what kicked off the project.

The system architecture is explained in this block schematic."


See skagmo.com for additional details.

Logan Vocalist Analogue Choir Synth SN 678

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You can find some demos of the Logan Vocalist in the archives.

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Red Roland SH-101

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Custom Minilogue XD Flashback Bass Analog Digital Hybrid Synthesizer Rik Marston

Published on Jul 31, 2019 Rik Marston Official

Update: one more video added below.

#korgminiloguexd #hybridsynthesizer #analogsynthesizer
"Custom Minilogue XD Patch Flashback Bass"
Synthesizer Demo by Rik Marston
***Watch in HD!!*** ***Turn it UP!!*** ***No Talking!!!***

Custom Minilogue XD Patch "Flashback Bass"
Just one of the 100 NEW Korg Minilogue XD patches
coming September 1st 2019! I'm making a few banks of
sounds for the Korg Minilogue XD, Behringer DeepMind 6
& Roland Alpha Juno 1. Check back for updates!
I love getting new sounds! So do YOU!!!
This Fall 2019 will be AWESOME!

Recorded into Ableton LIVE with no extra FX! ;)

Thank you for watching!

Shasta Cults - Configurations - Buchla 700 Release

Shasta Cults - Configurations - Available Sept 13, 2019 Published on Jul 30, 2019

"pre-orders available now via: imprec.com

A ship sinks beneath the silver mirror of the sea-top, temple gongs ring through an empty valley, industrial machinery sputters, heaves, lurches forward, stops, falls apart… These sound events may be the most acute musical referents of Shasta Cults, the music project of Canadian synthesizer technician Richard Smith. Using obsolete electronics, Shasta Cults pursues the true sound of the instrument, freed from the tyranny of emulation, no strings/woodwinds/piano presets. Shasta Cults' compositions seek out unchartered territories where sustained drones may swell, build, or evaporate; where timbres collide, amplitudes fluctuate, sounds emerge, raw, primeval, new hybrids form from the collisions of electricity and frequency. There may be stretches of silence punctuated by bell-ish tones from futures unheard; a sequence of notes may verge upon melody before mutating into ugly moans, the sonic equivalent of funhouse mirrors. But the end result is far more than chance operation, sporadic sound fields, or indeterminate academic exercise. Instead, Shasta Cults brings us back to nature, back to the possibilities inherent in nature, to the truth of evolution, stitching both musical tones, and the sounds of 21st century living into a form which is as real, as imponderable, and as ungovernable as our own memories.

Recorded in 2017, employing the processes of non-linear waveshaping, frequency modulation and feedback, Configurations consists of eight programs captured live to multitrack using a rare, fully functional Buchla 700 digital-hybrid instrument designed in the late 1980s. Whereas previously released works made with the 700 almost always consist in simple manipulations of the single factory preset, this album delves deep into the instrument's rich sonic vocabulary to offer the listener a more elaborate demonstration of the system's capabilities.

Presented here in limited quantities this release is intended as a high fidelity audio archive of this obscure musical artifact."

All Buchla 700 and effects.. a 266 controlling filter cutoff on one track.

Elektron MonoMachine "Ambient" take ONE by ElektroNoiser

Published on Jul 31, 2019 ElektroNoiser

"only monomachine, only one hand (left hand in the movil)
I've been with this mkI monomachine for a few months, but, only a two weeks to make this demo track."

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That custom knob looks like a poker chip!

Prophet XL - PMM sounds

All sounds and EFX - SEQUENTIAL Prophet XL
(no Compression, no EX)

Aletsch Glacier Shrolca Instadrone

Published on Jul 28, 2019 strom morts

I think this wins for best outdoor view. Wow!

video by strom|morts
featuring the Shrolca synthesizer powered by Ripcord

https://strommorts.bandcamp.com/

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See here for details on the Shrolca, and here for an additional demo.