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"Synths: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the Starship Lightbath. Its eternal mission: to explore strange new sounds; to seek out new noise and new joy; to boldly go where no synth has gone before!"
Playlist:
1. Synth Trek, Ep 1 • Treats First, Then Pets | Beginner FM Modular Synthesizer Tutorial
Synths: the final frontier. Captain Lightbath investigates the planet FM where the inhabitants are rumoured to have a complex spoken language 🖖
Episode 1 Treats First, Then Pets
00:00 - Opening Theme 00:39 - First Encounter 01:10 - Tutorial 04:56 - Moar Treats 05:48 - End Credits
2. Synth Trek, Ep 2 • Barton's Recipe | Beginner FM Modular Synthesizer Tutorial
Synths: the final frontier. Captain Lightbath seeks the help of Chief Engineer, Lt. Cmdr Barton and his Buchla synthesizer to cook up tastier FM treats to impress the furry lifeform known as Børk 🖖
"Liquid is my and Timo’s favorite character to benchmark the Neutron Flux with. I happen to have a Feedback 106 chorus in the rack so of course I had to patch it in. This time it’s before the filter to alter the raw Demon Core Oscillator sound rather than effect the filtered sound.
I also patched in a S&H to randomize a voltage in the stereo CV with each gate signal. The change is subtle but the stereo offset makes the envelope to act asymmetric, changing from chord to chord. It animates the stereo image subtly but effectively in the mix."
"The DB-01 has some excellent randomization features. Go into play mode, press and hold a step and select either a percentage chance for that step to play; or select a ratio of plays to pattern cycles. With a little planning you can get some very long and complex patterns. Added to that is the pattern randomization page with all sorts of options that can be great starters:
0:00 Intro and Play Mode 1:00 Percentages in Play Mode 1:52 Step cycles in Play Mode 3:11 Randomize Pattern Mode 3:30 Deleting modulations 4:20 Accents 4:37 Slides 4:44 Filter modulation 5:12 Pitch envelope 7:17 Gate distribution 8:28 Cycles and percentages 9:37 Gate length 9:58 Scales and note ranges 11:32 Creating a user scale 13:50 One-note scale 14:36 Fixing the start point 17:08 Saving settings per bank 18:42 Scale bug on save settings
The Benjolin's slow second VCO is the master clock, triggering the Little deFormer 3. The Benjolin's audio (mostly filter pings from the two slow VCOs) is also sent through the LD3, as well as the microphone's Haferflocken Shaker signal. In the LD3 both signals are mixed with three internal sine wave VCOs playing semi-random melodies in D Minor, which change their "pulse widths" during the performance, creating sounds similar to a music box. The Klangbau Joystick CV Processor modulates analog filters and granular effects inside the Little deFormer, as does the Benjolin's Rungler. The clock is affected by the Rungler too, giving the piece non-static rhythms.
We’re trying something a little different with this pack: CLEAN SOUNDS! This pack contains nothing but pure, crisp sounds recorded directly from a Vermona DRM1 MKIII. That’s not to say things don’t get weird–the DRM1 has plenty of range all on its own."
"You asked for it, you got it! So many folks loved Rachel's performance of AQUATARKUS and asked us for the full version with all the movements. So, here ya go.
Whether you're here for Rachel's amazing performance, the synthesizers, organs or Keith's Emerson's gear, you can find us at www.emeapp.org where we invite you to join us as a member."
