YAMAHA DX7 II FD with E! board FM Synthesizer (1987) RetroSound Soundscapes - Sound Demo

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YAMAHA DX7 II FD FM Synthesizer (1987) with Grey Matter E! expansion board

The DX7 II is one of my favorite synths for digital sound textures. In combination with warm Juno pads have you the perfect sound for 80s synth music.

RetroSound synthesizer demo videos since january 2007.
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Against The Clock: Bloody Mary

FACTmagazine

"Against The Clock is a series where we give an artist 10 minutes in the studio and see what they come up with.

Bloody Mary has been a fixture on Berlin’s techno scene since she arrived in the city from France in 2005. In 2010 she founded her own label, Dame-Music, which has released music from artists like KiNK, Thomas P. Heckmann and Innerspace Halflife.

In the studio and on stage she makes use of classic gear such as the Roland TR-909 and TR-707 drum machines with modern equipment like the Mode Machine Xoxbox and Dave Smith Pro 2. We paid her a visit to see what kind of techno she could create in just 10 minutes.

Bloody Mary’s latest release, a collaborative EP with Cardopusher, is out now. Find the rest of the Dame-Music catalogue at Bandcamp.

Filmed by Frank Zerban

https://soundcloud.com/bloody-mary
https://dame-music.bandcamp.com"

Prok Drum Modules - Overview and Tutorial Part I

Omri Cohen

You can find additional resources available from Omri Cohen at https://www.patreon.com/omricohen

00:00 - Introduction
04:32 - Patch 1
08:27 - Patch 2
12:23 - Patch 3

Gotharman's SpazeDrum & Moog Subharmonicon

Phaneronaut

"An evening jam with Gotharman's fantastic SpazeDrum and the Moog Subharmonicon. The SpazeDrum clocks the Subharmonicon, an the Neon-Egg Planetarium provides effects (plus some gentle sidechaining) for the Subharmonicon. A little bit of reverb was added to the SpazeDrum during mixing.

More information on the gear:

http://www.gotharman.dk/spazedrum.htm
http://neonegg.com/Info/
https://www.moogmusic.com/products/su...

My music: https://phaneronaut.bandcamp.com

You can get all my electronic music in a variety of styles on Bandcamp for free. Of course you're welcome to pay for them as well if you like what you hear. But just downloading is fine, too."

Simmons SDSV 3047 Preset 1 070720

The Simmons Guy

"Quick demo of SDSV 3047 using Preset 1."

Plugin Alliance Announces Enhanced Emulation of Knifonium Tube-driven Synth

Knif Audio Knifonium - Playthrough


Knif Audio Knifonium - Overview with Matthew Wang

Plugin Alliance


"SANTA CRUZ, CA, USA: Plugin Alliance, supporting all major plugin formats and uniting some of the best-known international audio companies under one virtual roof, is proud to announce availability of Knif Audio Knifonium — solidifying sister company Brainworx Audio’s new plugin partnership with Finnish pro audio equipment extraordinaire Knif Audio as an enhanced emulation of the extraordinary Knifonium, an exceptionally beautiful-sounding monophonic synthesizer that is driven by a whopping 26 vacuum tubes — as of July 7…

As an upscale synth sensation, the Knifonium features two tube-driven oscillators, a 4th order ladder filter, a ring modulator, and a gorgeous ‘steampunk’ aesthetic (worthy of American science fiction author K. W. Jeter — originator of the term — himself). Handcrafted in small batches by high-end audio device designer Jonte Knif, the original hardware unit really reflects his incomparable attention to detail. But beautiful as it is, the Knifonium is not just expensive eye-candy capable of making ‘weird noises’ but rather an exceptionally musical and inspiring instrument that offers countless possibilities for shaping and modulating sounds.

Although a new addition to the Plugin Alliance family, the notable Knif Audio name is revered by hardcore synth freaks and audiophile engineers alike. And although lead designer Jonte Knif has been making vacuum tube-based hardware for mixing, mastering, and sound design for years, his Knifonium synth sensation is carefully crafted to be second to none. No one sums it up better than Jonte himself, however, who simply says: “It sounds like nothing else.”

Engineers at Brainworx Audio have taken a great thing and made it even better. Because not only is the plugin version of the Knifonium even more accessible and easier to use than the original, it also adds features that just aren’t possible in the analog world.

With eight independent voices added to the synthesizer, Knif Audio Knifonium opens up an entirely new universe of possibilities as an enhanced emulation — for instance, imagine an atmospheric-sounding pad produced by a total of 208 vacuum tubes!

The software version also adds M/S (mid-side) and stereo Spread capabilities, a powerful Unison mode, as well as the carefully-curated FX section, including a well-known vintage-style Phaser, plugin partner brand SPL’s EQ Ranger, Wavefolder, and more as a wide range of effects that Knif Audio Knifonium users will actually want to use.

Ultimately, Knif Audio Knifonium sounds uniquely rich and captivating — even at its most basic. But best of all, Jonte Knif confirms that it sounds and behaves just like the real thing. This should come as little surprise since Brainworx Audio meticulously modeled the complete circuits of the original hardware — including all 26 tubes, and applied its patented TMT (Tolerance Modeling Technology) to recreate the natural variations in Envelope parameters, Pitch, LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) speed, and so many more characteristics to make this digital recreation sound as realistically analog and natural as possible.

Knif Audio Knifonium is available for purchase (as an AAX AudioSuite-, AAX Native-, AU-, VST2-, and VST3-supporting, fully NKS — Native Kontrol Standard — compatible virtual instrument plugin for macOS 10.9 through 10.15 and Windows 7 through 10)
at an attractive introductory price of $199.99 USD until August 10, 2020 — rising thereafter to an MSRP (Manufacturer’s Suggested Retail Price) of $299.00 USD — from here: https://www.plugin-alliance.com/en/products/knif_audio_knifonium.html"

G-Sonique Alien303 Updated to 64bit

via G-Sonique

"Another boring imitation of the classic 303 sound? No way!
The Alien 303 is the ultimate synthesizer primarily aimed to generate the psytrance basslines easily which were always so hard to create and fine-tune using the traditional synthesizers. Alien 303 can
be used also as classic acid synth in many genres like: techno, acid house, rave, trance and others...

Even though the Alien 303 is based on vintage 303 concept it offers many more features. Its sound spectrum and possibilities are totally different from the other solutions. The Alien 303 delivers sharper, more digital and tougher sounds.

Try the new features like special digital oscillators with precise sound, simulator of unison / chorus or extra effective non-linear saturator. Don't waste your time with fine-tuning of psytrance bass with the classic synthesizers and try the alien 303 now !

The Alien 303 can be also used for creating tough acid sounds and melodies.

Features:
- 10 digital and virtual analog oscillators ( An.Saw, D.Saw, Saw HB, Saw DB, VNT Saw, An.Ramp, D.Ramp, D.Square, Square, Pulse )
- Vintage virtual analog filter with resonance, sharp and organic sound.
- Unison/chorus effect
- Non-linear saturation unit
- PingPong stereo delay
- Amp/filter envelope
- Portamento


PRODUCT PAGE: https://www.g-sonique.com/alien303.html

FREE DOWNLOAD for customers: https://www.g-sonique.com/login.html

Price: 13.90 Eur, time-limited Summer sale: 9.9 Eur!"

ARP Odyssey | On The Wire - RIP Buena Pearlman

Alex Ball

Buena Pearlman is Alan R. Pearlman's wife. She passed away Friday, July 3, 2020.

"This is an original composition and performance I made with the ARP Odyssey from the mid-70s.

A few days ago as I was finishing this video I heard that Buena Pearlman had sadly passed at the age of 93. I had the pleasure of briefly speaking to her on a Skype call last year whilst we were recording with an ARP 2002 and she said 'I remember those' with a wry smile when we proudly showed the instrument.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obitu...

As a small gesture, I've put this song up on Bandcamp and any sales I generate from it will go to the Alan R Pearlman Foundation.

https://alexball.bandcamp.com/track/a...

https://alanrpearlmanfoundation.org/

Thank you"

Update: via Levine Chapels

"Buena (Alcalay) Pearlman, age 93, of Newton, passed away on Friday, July 3, 2020. Beloved wife of the late Alan R. Pearlman. Buena was born in Belgrade, then the capital of Yugoslavia, on August 1, 1926. The lives of Buena, her brother, Albert, and their parents, Lepa and Samuel Alcalay, were interrupted by the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941. She and her family fled Nazi-occupied Belgrade, where Jews faced near-certain death, and were eventually interned in the Ferramonti camp by Italy's Fascist government before it fell, allowing them an opportunity to escape Europe for good. Years later, she recounted her Holocaust survival story to the Shoah Foundation.

Buena was a bookkeeper for several Massachusetts-based companies including ARP Instruments and The Society of Arts and Crafts. She was a crafts-person in her own right, creating beautiful enamels on copper.

A friend to many, Buena’s humor and kindness will be missed by all who knew her.

Buena is survived by her only daughter, Dina Ruth Pearlman of Kingston, New York and many nephews and cousins."

Alan R. Pearlman passed away on January 5, 2019

Syntaur: The Synth Wizards (Documentary)

Syntaur

"Filmmaker Lucas Fowler (@lucasfowler75) has created a short documentary on Syntaur, a company devoted to keeping old synthesizers alive, and on and Sam Mims, its founder."

Ensoniq ZR-76 Synthesizer Workstation

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via this auction

You can find demos of one here.

"Fully functional Ensoniq ZR-76 synthesizer with printed manual and disks.

The ZR-76 is Heavy and built like a tank. It contains stellar grand piano Perfect Piano card and superb panning Rhodes patches, as well as some excellent synthesizer pads and leads.

The ZR-76 was one of the last products Ensoniq designed before being acquired by Creative Technology. Its sound set is very similar to the MR-76, but with the Perfect Piano expansion board preinstalled. With three slots total, it can be expanded with two more of the Ensoniq EXP-series expansion boards. It can also load WAV and AIFF samples from floppy disk if the 4MB MR-FLASH expansion board is installed.

One of the more popular features of the ZR-76 was the "Idea Pad", which is a feature that has the keyboard always recording MIDI of what's being played so that when you play something you want to keep, you can send it to the sequencer for later editing and refinement.

This board is made for producing a whole, movie score, Practically - That's how good the sounds are sampled - some sounds are a little dated similar to Korg and Roland of that era, but when it comes to WoodWinds, Strings, and drum sounds and Natural rain forest loops they are just super clean and Fantastic!

A few cosmetic dings, but nothing broken missing or damaged.

Excellent Weighted Key action.

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