Live Workshop | Making a track with OB-Xa V (with Jakub Manaj)

Published on May 28, 2020 Arturia

"Welcome to our #OBXaV Livestream: Making a track with OB-Xa V"

Sonic LAB - Argon 8 OS 2.0 Q+A

Published on May 28, 2020 sonicstate

"We take a look at the new OS Update for the Modal Electronics Argon8 Wavetable synth. Lots of new features including MPE.

Argon8 is available in the original 37 key, Argon8M module and the Argon8X which has a 5 octave keyboard.
OS 2.0 is available as a free download from https://ModalElectronics.com

00:00 Intro
03:40 - new Features summary
07:41 New Envelope modes
10:28 Chord Inversion Mode
14:40 New Delay Modes
17:30 Differences between desktop and keyboard versions
20:45 Audio input
23:29 More sounds
25:30 Modal App platforms
28:00 Sequencer
32:43 MPE
40:45 Gain structure improvements
45:25 Polychain"

Headless Horseman Fusion System II demo

Published on May 28, 2020 Erica Synths

"Here's a demo where one of the most talked-about techno artists - Headless Horseman - explores the Fusion System II capabilities. In clips that have sequences the Elektron Analog Four MKII is used for sending all CV signals, meanwhile reverb used is Eventide H9 Max - Black Hole Reverb algorithm.

Fusion System II will be available on June 5th 2020

From the shadows to the stage, Headless Horseman's musical efforts are meticulously executed without compromise. The eponymous Headless releases sum up the modus operandi of this artist: dark, raw and rhythmic IDM flavored Techno. His hardware only live sets at Berghain, Berlin Atonal, Boiler Room and worldwide have showcased the Horseman’s insurmountable skills as a producer and cemented his place in today's techno scene."

Elektron Digitakt - Ambient "Mecanic Birds" - Live @home

Published on May 28, 2020 Luc Debeck

"This is an ambient track I made , only with the Digitakt. No external effects are used, straight from the box. I made my own samples, no existing presets"

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It appears we had a mini nature roll. It's interesting how this sometimes happens.

Synth Sounds of the Narwhal

Some LFO action there.

"With the help of Inuit hunters, geophysicists recently recorded the various calls, buzzes, clicks and whistles of narwhals as they summered in a Greenland fjord. The recordings help scientists better understand the soundscape of Arctic glacial fjords and provide valuable insight into the behavior of these shy and mysterious creatures, according to the researchers.

This animation illustrates how narwhal vocalizations match their behavior. The researchers captured several types of sounds made by narwhals, including social calls, or whistles, and clicks used for echolocation, the biological sonar used by dolphins, bats, some whales and other animals to navigate and find food.

The closer narwhals get to their food, the faster they click, until the noise becomes a buzz not unlike that of a chainsaw. This terminal buzz helps the narwhals pinpoint the location of their prey.

The recordings help the researchers provide a baseline of the kinds of sounds that permeate the narwhals’ pristine habitat. In combination with sightings, they also show narwhals get closer to glacier ice than previously thought for this area and the animals do forage for food in summer, contrary to some previous findings."

I always thought they could speak (magic unicorn of the sea and all) :

Strymon Volante with synth - Chapter 5: Plants vs. Strymon Volante

Published on May 28, 2020 While We Were Sleeping

00:00 : Plants vs. Strymon
01:04 : Patch 2: Tap taping on flowers is addictive
05:31 : I just watered the flowers for extra cosmic resonance

Weapons:
Flowers - A cheap distortion pedal that is extremely sensitive especially especially to flowers.
Strymon Volante - It will always delay the inevitable. Will take you on a sonic journey in small wobbly footsteps.

Bric à Brac Live

Published on May 28, 2020 psyfi

"Some Snippets from my new Bric à Brac Project live stream."

Starts with the Korg Mono/Poly, Yamaha DX7ii FD, and Sequential Circuits Prophet-5. Let this one play out. The first pieces kicks in at 2:53, but it's worth leading up to it. Beautiful.

Changing Wind (Model D + Polymoog 203A synth jam)

Published on May 28, 2020 shookmusic

"Love this combination! ❤🎹😎 Song 'Changing Wind'
Performed here with the Moog Model D & Polymoog 203a

Purchase vinyl: https://shook.bandcamp.com/merch"

Modbap Jam - EOC on Erica Synths #fusionModulator

Published on May 28, 2020 BBoy Tech Report

"So this isn’t intended to be any particular type of mindblowing musical expression but rather just an exploration of the end of cycle feature on the Fusion Modulator. EOC is common on various modules but I really dig the idea of EOC being tied to the looping EG. simple... make the EG loop (on or off) and the EOC fires at the end of every looping cycle. So many patch ideas there. Here I have EOC firing into the clock of Téte which is advancing a little sequence which is firing off plonk. That’s gonna be so fun in a more deliberate context."

FIVE MINUTES WITH Cwejman S1 MKII Synthesizer System

Published on May 28, 2020 sonicstate

"A rare look at the Cwejman S1 MK2 system. Cwejman modules are hard to come by dues to limited production runs, but they are considered to be excellent instruments.
The twin filter routing of the S1 MK2 makes its quite flexible in terms of voicings for the 3 oscillators

Download the jams in full:
https://soniclab.bandcamp.com/album/f..."