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Sunday, January 31, 2021

Blue Roland SH-101 Keyboard Synthesizer w/ Mod Grip

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Korg Poly-800 SN 007601

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"Korg Poly-800 vintage analog synthesizer. This works, there is sound and all the functions / buttons on the synthesizer are working but I'm getting a slight "wobble" on the sound, like the tuning goes in and out very slowly - and so I think it needs service."

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Ludum Modularium - 01 - The Doepfer 3D Joystick A-174-4

video by FunKeyLicious

"A quick test of the Doepfer A-174-4 3D Joystick controlling 3 different parameters in my modular system:
X-axis: Filter cutoff
Y-axis: Filter resonance
Z-axis (turning): Delay feedback

Main modules used:
1st VCO: Erica Synths Fusion VCO2
2nd VCO: Erica Synths Black Wavetable VCO
VCF: NANO modules FONT
Delay: Erica Synths Black Stereo Delay"

Saturday, January 30, 2021

Arp 2600 with Wavolver II waveshaper module by Ian Fritz

video by O.Z. Hall

"This is a demo of the Ian Fritz Wavolver II waveshaper driven by the triangle output of VCO2 on the ARP 2600.
Ian Fritz has a great basic video on this module. [3rd video here from 2011]

I hope you enjoy this video!"

Nocturnal Droplets - Microcosm / Felt Instruments Lekko

video by Omri Cohen

Hollogram Microcosm

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

Future Sounds V1 For Novation Mono Station

video by Igor Leus

No External Effects! Only clear Mono Station sound.

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Future Sounds V1 for Novation Mono Station is a new level soundbank. It unleashes the deepest possibility of this small analog monster. You will find here the most experimental sounds ever made for Mono Station. The video demo clearly showing just some of the examples. You can easily start your new track using these sounds, without learning all the algorithms of synth.

The variety of using includes every Electronic Music style is possible, from Melodic Techno to Trance, Dubstep, Ambient, Progressive, House, Cyberpunk, and even Synthwave.

Soundpack includes:

20 - Leads
16 - Basses
8 - SFX
1 - Pad
1 - Key
17 - Drums/FX's"

LGR: Building a Bigger, Badder MIDI Mountain & Studio Tour

video by LGR

Two cool studio vids spotted and sent in via Soviet Space Child. First one above features Roland, Korg, and Yamaha half rack MIDI modules. Second one below is the full studio tour.

"Let's assemble a MIDI RackMountain! The idea is the same as the first MIDI Mountain: combine a bunch of MIDI synths together to make a mountain of musical goodness. But instead of just stacking it all up, this time it's going in an 8U rack-mount case! Plus a few upgrades, like a rack-mounted Roland MT-32, an 8-channel mixer and MIDI thru box, a clicky power strip, and more vintage General MIDI modules. Also a stupid equalizer, ha."

It's time to talk about my synth setup.

video by LGR

"I've put off talking about this stack of synthesizers, drum machines, and audio gear for long enough. Let's dive into the main LGR synth setup and what I do with it! I'm still an amateur with this but here's a bit of a studio tour anyway. Weird electronic music and cool sounds of all kinds, I just can't get enough!"

ST Modular - Singer (PT2399 Craziness)

video by Stefan Tretau

A very simple patch to create some PT2399 noises

0:00 Take 1
0:57 Take 2
1:20 Take 3
2:10 Take 4
3:15 Take 5
4:15 Take 6
4:41 Take 7
5:03 Take 8
5:43 Take 9
6:43 Take 10

Yamaha SK-30 | The Ambient Organ

video by MIDERA

"Yeah... So I picked up a Yamaha SH-30.

It's big.

Very big. And heavy.

It probably was not the smartest idea to get this, as I literally have no room for it. But did it intrigue me? Yes. It did.

It's got 4 different parts. A monosynth engine, an organ, a 'string synthesizer', and a 'polyphonic' synth section (which is a lie, it's actually paraphonic, but there is a bandpass filter setting which is cool).

The monosynth part has aftertouch (but only on the 'SOLO' section - but that makes sense because the 'Manual Bass' section was meant to be like for a foot pedal? I don't know. I don't use organs or foot pedal bass things. But aftertouch is cool anyway on that part. The monosynth engine is AWESOME. I think the SK-30 is worth it for that alone.

The organ section - used here - is kinda cool too. Good for ambient stuff mixed with FX. Which is what I did. El Capistan and Eventide Space mixed. I wanted to bring in other things, but I didn't do it. Anyway, pretty basic, no real ADSR (organ's usually don't anyway?), but it does allow you to have sustain and decay. That's cool.

The string section doesn't seem to have a dedicated section on the front panel. I think it also uses the Poly-synth section, but it's not that interesting to me. Mixed with the poly-synth section IS COOL.

So... the Polysynth section. I'll admit that when I agreed to buy it - or had committed, was prior to when I realized the Poly Synth section was PARAPHONIC, meaning all the sounds go through a single filter. That sucks. But yeah, it sounds pretty good anyway, but nothing to write home about. If this had actually a proper poly synth egine, I'd probably be over the moon with this synth.

As it stands, I'd say the best part is the monosynth engine. Also cool is the ability to mix all these parts. Mixing the monosynth with the other parts can give it a much fuller and interesting sound for the monosynth. You could probably just mix a mono and a poly synth to get a better effect, I'm not actually sure. That said, it's really beautifully made.

If I were to rate it after one day of use, and not being someone interested in organs or string synthesizers - well, I think that would be unfair. It doesn't really 'sing' to me yet. And it might not either. Being that it's too big for my studio, I am hesitent to grow attached to it.

That monosynth engine is beautiful though - I should probably look up what else uses that VCO, because it's good. Funny that here I am gushing over the mono when all I used here was the Organ part alone, hehe. I guess that's just the way I am. I'm not really good at coming up with interesting mono sounds, because... what am I going to actually do? Anyway... more to come, surely."