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Thursday, October 24, 2019

Waldorf Q | Transmission Coefficient


Published on Oct 24, 2019 Alex Ball

"An unexpected visitor from 1999; The Waldorf Q in the "Halloween" colour scheme.

The Q is a DSP-based virtual analogue synthesizer from the era when knobs, sliders and analogue sounds came back in fashion, but when digital engines were able to handle the reproduction, provide comprehensive control over them and add newer features. The Roland JP-8000 and Korg MS-2000 are two other examples of this era of instrument.

The Q has three oscillators (plus two sub) per voice with your usual pulse, saw, sine and triangle, but the first two oscillators also have two "alt" settings that are wavetable generators somewhat in the territory of synths like the PPG wave. Not overly surprising as Waldorf founder Wolfgang Düren had been a distributor for PPG in the 80s. In fact, the dual multimode filters even have a dedicated "PPG" setting along with 24db/12db low pass, high pass, band pass, notch and comb.

There's three LFOs that can be clocked with various note values or they can be free running. There's also four envelopes that are bipolar and can loop if desired.

It's multitimbral and has 16 or 32 note polyphony (with expansion) dependent upon how many parts you're using.

There's a sequencer and arpeggiator, eight different on board FX, ring mod and even a 25 band vocoder which I used in the vocal section at the end.

Everything is controllable over midi CC and even though there's loads of knobs for quick access, there's quite a lot of menu diving and the knobs can have numerous secondary functions dependent upon what you're doing via the main menu. I did have to use the manual quite a bit so I could figure out what I was trying to do.

It's got 300 single patches and then 100 multis. I set up a few sounds of my own from scratch and also took some of the presets and altered them. The presets are usually overblown to demonstrate what the instrument can do, so they are quite unusable in a mix, but if you cull all of the whistles and bells, you can get at a part of the sound you like and mold it.

I did quite a few sounds via midi with the cc mapping various parameters and clocking things. Whilst this got everything where I wanted it, filming a static synth with a midi cable going into the back of it didn't make for compelling viewing, so this video isn't quite as hands on as my others. However, I did make sure to perform some parts so that I had something to show."

Kaushik Todi Scale by Ornament and Crime


Published on Oct 24, 2019 Ebotronix

Kaushik Todi number of notes: 5
notes (in cents): 0, 293.8, 497.7, 589.8, 792.2

Review and tutorial: VRL (Voltage Research Lab) from Pittsburgh Modular


Published on Oct 24, 2019 loopop

"Chapters about Sample and Hold, LFOs and Eurorack for beginners in my ever-expanding book of synth and electronic music ideas, tips and tricks here:

► Patreon: https://patreon.com/loopop

A full download of the jam is available on my Patreon as well as an exclusive Patron benefit.

TIMELINE:
0:00 Intro
1:05 Overview
3:20 MIDI
4:45 Clock
5:00 Arpeggiator
6:50 Primary oscillator
11:10 Secondary oscillator
12:30 FM, AM, Ring, and wave modulation
14:45 Function Generators
17:10 Unison
18:00 Dynamics controllers
19:30 Response
20:40 Pluck
21:40 Analog Delay
23:00 Random tools
24:40 Touch controller
28:00 Sequencing
29:30 System utilities
29:50 Pros & cons
32:50 Outro jam "

06-The Behringer VC340 Vocoder-Part 6-The Vocoder


Published on Oct 24, 2019 AutomaticGainsay

"Here is a demonstration of the sound and functionality of the vocoder present in the Behringer VC340.

This video was funded by the Patreon supporters of Automatic Gainsay. Support the creation of this video and all of the Automatic Gainsay videos that have helped you by becoming an Automatic Gainsay supporter on Patreon!
http://www.patreon.com/automaticgainsay

The theme was created primarily with the Behringer Vocoder VC340. The bass was performed on a Behringer D. The drums were sequenced on a Korg Triton LE."

Behringer VC340 videos by AutomaticGainsay

Halloween LoFi Beat (Roland SP404sx)


Published on Oct 24, 2019 Little Music Boxes

Halloween is almost here. Keep an eye out on the orange Halloween label on the top left of the site and feel free to send your Halloween tunes in. Email link is the little letter icon on the bottom right of the site.

"I was in Savannah Georgia and it's definitely haunted. I made this spooky beat in a graveyard.

Vocal Sample: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQNb_..."

Roland Jupiter-Xm demo


Published on Oct 24, 2019 Hunart©

"Hi Everyone!

I`ve had a short chance (about 5 hours) to check out the new Jupier-Xm (in a hotel room). Everything was recorded in to Ableton Live. No EQ, compression or external FX, just a limiter on the whole material.

Feel free to ask any questions!


Enjoy,

Hunart©"

Befaco VCMC Voltage Controlled MIDI Controller for Eurorack


Published on Oct 24, 2019 Molten Music Technology

"Let me introduce you to the VCMC from Befaco. It takes all your Eurorack CV modulation, notes and gates and maps them into MIDI so that your DAW or your MIDI synth or soft synth can be controlled and played from your rack. With VCMC you can incorporate soft and hard synths into your Eurorack workflow - that's blooming excellent!"

VOLTAGE CONTROL YOUR MIDI GEAR! with the Befaco VCMC

Published on Oct 24, 2019 DivKidVideo

"Here we have a lovely final piece of the puzzle in terms of studio and live connectivity between voltage controlled gear (primarily Modular Synths) and MIDI gear. The Befaco VCMC is a "voltage controlled MIDI controller" that provides 8 gate inputs, 8 buttons, 8 faders, 8 CV inputs and 2 additional aux inputs that can all be configured for various 1v/oct + gate to MIDI note, gate to MIDI note, MIDI CC, velocity, pitch bend and a whole manner of MIDI data. Set up is relatively quick and easy selecting the input, choosing it's function and then it's MIDI channel. Once your voltages are converted to MIDI you have a USB B and 5 pin DIN MIDI output to connect to all your MIDI gear, modern, vintage, computer based etc. I have more videos to come with the VCMC including looking at using Bitwig and the Boss RV500 reverb pedal. Do let me know what else you'd like to see with the VCMC in the comments.

TIMING INDEX // SECTIONS

00:00 intro and previews

02:22 Getting around VCMC and basic set up

03:12 Monophonic CV gate control of a MIDI synth. Korg MS-20 (kit version).

04:19 Setting up the MS-20 1v/oct to MIDI note patch

05:08 A quick look at the new Instrument Interface from Befaco (used for processing external gear through the modular set up in this video).

05:29 Sequencing the Korg Volca Sample with modular gate sequences + using stepped random CV to modulate MIDI CC parameters AND an additional slider CC controller.

06:52 Setting up gate sequencing and voltage modulation patch.

08:18 Duophonic sequencing of a Casio CZ-1 phase distortion synth. Using two pairs of gates and 1v/oct signals.

09:17 Setting up duophonic voltage sequencing

10:40 Modular fader box to voltage control DAW software"

Automatic Drums


Published on Oct 24, 2019 Corsynth

"Fun patch :) No sequencers involved in this patch. Just an LFO and a clock divider, lots of modulation and delay."

SEGA MASTER SYSTEM SYNTHESIZER MEGA MODIFICATION


Published on Oct 24, 2019 LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER

"So I Built This #Sega #Synthesizer the other day.

Stems/loops and samples are all available over on my patreon! thanks for the support it helps a lot with projects like this! i have been talking about this project over there since i picked up the master system this weekend! :-
https://www.patreon.com/lookmumnocomp...

more info on it to come! i will be making a web page for it this evening. including the arduino code etc."

The Secret Of Monkey Island - The Voodoo Shop on Moog Sub37


Published on Oct 23, 2019 Luca Di Gennaro

"Split screen cover of 'The Voodoo Shop' by Michael Land from The Secret Of Monkey Island (© 1990 LucasArts) just with a Moog Sub 37 and Logic Pro X drums.

Keyboard: Moog Sub 37
Midi drums: Slow Jam, Latin+ (Logic Pro X)"
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