MATRIXSYNTH

Elektron Digitakt & Sequential Prophet 6

3rdStoreyChemist

Sequential Prophet 6 & ProCo You Dirty Rat

3rdStoreyChemist

Quads

UncertainMusicCorps

"Short ambient test drive of the new dual wavetable algorithm for Disting EX.

Disting EX is set with dual wavetables on both sides, giving 4 voices in total. Right side provides a drone base, left side provides melodic lines determined by Marbles.

The Disting Mk4s contribute a low-fi delay and a rotary speaker effect. Both applied to the melodic voices.

The mix is done in the case (TomaTek 4x2 matrix mixer) and recorded as a stereo pair direct to camera."

Latest TTSH build (Arp 2600 clone)

Todd Murray

"This is from the latest V4 TTSH PCBs from Synthcube. There have been many mods done to this as well, including waveshapers, gatebooster, VCO sync, etc. Although most of the voltage control still uses the LM301, many are selected for the lowest input offset voltage as possible. Additionally the entire audio path uses OPAMPs that are closer to the original MC1439s in either fast slew rate or lowest input offset voltage where needed. VCOs, VCA and VCFs make heavy use of matched (Vbe) transistor (NPN/NPN or PNP/PNP) pairs, matched JFETs and NPN/PNP pairs selected for identical and optimal Hfe."

Démo Töörö, 6 voice hybrid polysynth by Fred's Lab

coyotesynth

"A demo made with the 6 voice polyphonic hybrid synth by Fred's Lab: the Töörö.

All sounds (even drums) made with Töörö.
Most of the FX added in DAW (logic Pro X, Dimension D Arturia, BL20 Flanger Arturia, VCA compressor Arturia, SoundToys little Plate, Eventide Ultra Channel, Native Instruments Replika, Native Instruments Raum)"

See the Fred's Lab label below for more.

(Vermona '14/Rucci Drone/MxB): "Da Day Dawn" (Traditional)

Kris Lennox

"The beauty of the Vermona - my synth of choice for lyrical, melodic work. Tone is ideal for lonesome-sounding melodies. The included patch took quite a while to set up - the aim was for a flute/vocal-like tone, with a bird-like quality. Something that always appealed to me RE the Vermona is the bird-like tone - ideal for traditional music.

Rucci Drone enters after the first playthrough, with a low octave added after the second playthrough. Very subtle - but great tone.

Matrixbrute is providing the moorland wind effect. In fact, the MxB's various noise options was one of the primary reasons for my purchasing it (especially the pink noise - which is ideal for wind-like effects). Being on the hill most days, I say in all humility that I'm quite familiar with the sound of the wind in nature: in terms of hardware synth, you won't go far wrong with pink noise on the Matrixbrute through a bandpass filter.

"Da Day Dawn" is a very old piece - possibly Celtic, or possibly a Viking piece. The work is traditionally associated with Shetland, with the island itself a marriage between Celtic and Viking. Stunning melody.

For historical/reference purposes, at the end of the video I've included an image of the score (or rather, a version of it), plus a typed story by one of the locals, which should be very useful for those looking for some historical context (especially given the mentioning of names/places within Shetland). If you pause the video, you'll be able to read/screen capture. This score/text should, for those in traditional music circles, prove very valuable.

Who we learn our tunes from determines how we play our tunes - hence there will always be 'local' variations RE interpretation. However, this variation certainly adds to the interest.

The moorland footage: after recording the Vermona part (4th Nov 2020), I went out on to the moor to get some footage to use for the video. Unfortunately the weather was a little too nice (moody sky would have been ideal), but I've used this footage as it was from the same day of the recording, thus feeling appropriate.

Enjoy/all best
Kris"

YAMAHA CS-01 ADDING UMR-2 MIDI KIT, SOME REPAIR AND FILTER TWEAKING

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Mindburner

"Here I attempt to add the Highly Liquid UMR-2 MIDI kit to the Yamaha CS-01
I also make an unfortunate stupid mistake. doh!
Apologies for the noisy video
Synth audio has a slight delay effect added

Here is a link to some old documentation I found on fitting the UMR-2: https://www.dropbox.com/s/d20xnyicyt3..."

Inside a Yamaha CS01.

Vintage Schulmerich Carillon Bells

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I spotted the keyboard and decided to post it. I searched YouTube for demos and couldn't find one, but I did find demos for the other models above. I then found the Model 110 and Model 36-192 and figured I should capture them as well, especially with how the Model 110 to the left lives in a giant metal locker. Kind of a Dr. Who/Tardis/Phone Booth vibe going. Open the unasuming locker and inside you find an eccentric world of audio.

If you are curious what these are, they produce bell chime sounds, mainly for church use. I thought the keyboard version was interesting, and could make for a unique tool in the studio. I guess the larger models could as well. Definitely a talking piece. The vacuum tube logo is pretty cool. It looks like an old school rocket ship!

BTW, it turns out this isn't the first Schulmerich post on the site. There were a few others you can find here, including a demo of a three tier keyboard model here.

Although not technically test equipment, I'm giving it the label as those looking for test equipment sound sources might find these interesting. They are also borderline synth rorschachs, but skipping that label as these do indeed produce sound.

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Alesis AirFX

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"Remixers and DJs will go nuts over this utterly unique instrument that looks and acts like UFO original equipment. There are no strings. No pedals. No keys. Just move your hand (or other body parts) through the invisible infrared sphere to twist and shape sounds into awesome trip-hop fodder. Seriously, this machine is tons of fun. It's loaded with 50 flipped-out effects and sounds such as panning, flanging, vinylizing, skratching, pitch-shifting, and vocoding for hands-off sound shaping."

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