MATRIXSYNTH

Arturia Polybrute & Moog Subsequent 37 - Ambient Noodling

video by Lost Clouds

Tweaking the Polybrute Preset Sounds

video by Pure Ambient Drone

THIS IS TECHNO - 130 BPM (65 min Fully Improvised only with Volcas)

video by VolcaNiced

"That's why I will NEVER sell my VOLCAS.

Friends,
at the moment i really enjoy recording long jams.
It's not that I plan to do that. Today's jam should only consist of the first song. And done.

Fortunately, I made a different decision and continued jamming.

Otherwise we would unfortunately not have some very awesome passages on video that you can enjoy now. This time I really made sure to leave the individual parts longer so that you can get used to them sooner. I hope that is ok.

Timecodes:
0:00 Cascade of Gold
12:15 Jumping Bassline
18:00 Acid of an Alien Race
30:00 Resurrection of Melody
38:00 In-dust-real Revolution
44:00 Nothing left But
50:00 Arppeggios for Life
53:00 Storm
57:30 The Amount of Sound
1:04:00 Slowless

_KORG_VOLCA_BASS
_KORG_VOLCA_KEYS
_KORG_VOLCA_DRUM
_GFI_SPECULAR_REVERB_V3"

Spotted on discchord.

Getting started with Fenix IV - This is Not Rocket Science

video by Making Sound Machines

"In this video, we'll take a closer look at This is Not Rocket Science's Fenix IV modular synth!

Over the course of 30 minutes, we'll guide you through all the steps you need to get started - you'll gather an understanding of the color codes and signal flow, including analyzing audio with the built-in scope. We'll take you from basic tone generation to your first patch using the onboard Generators, Envelopes, Modulators, Filters, Effects, Utility modules and the sequencer.

If you are watching this having a Fenix in front of you, this tutorial is meant to show you all you need in order to go and explore on your own. So join us and and watch us gleefully fumble through the insane bag of tricknology that is This is Not Rocket Science's Fenix IV."

Composing with Negative Space

video by MAKEN0ISE

"Modular synths make it easy to make noise happen ALL THE TIME, but a lot of what makes music tick is the spaces in between. Let's patch!

http://www.makenoisemusic.com"

Making Music with UNO Synth Pro | What’s it like? | haQ attaQ

video by Jakob Haq

"The UNO Synth Pro (USP for short) is IK Multimedias new Flagship Synthesizer and it sounds really good! So good that I produced and entire track with 100% USP sounds. So what is it like actually like making music with the USP? Easy? Fun? Well, press play and find out why I highly recommend this beast!"

"Progress" - Moog DFAM / Mother 32 / Subharmonicon, Subsequent 25 Walrus Audio D1, and Double Bass

video by Joel Negus

"This is a full performance of the song "Progress" on the album I recently released with Jambox. Interested in licensing this song? Check out the link below! You can also listen to the whole album on Spotify.

Want to hear more sounds? Be sure to check out my Instagram!

Instruments used:
Moog DFAM
Moog Mother 32
Moog Subharmonicon
Moog Subsequent 25
Walrus Audio D1
Double Bass

Jambox: bit.ly/negusjambox
Spotify: bit.ly/spotifynegus
Instagram: bit.ly/instanegus
"

MSHR - Liquid Conglomerate Presence Cycle

video by FACTmagazine

"MSHR is the audiovisual performance collective of artists Birch Cooper and Brenna Murphy, a collaborative project focused on the building and exploration of sculptural electronic systems, cybernetic sessions that are captured as AV compositions, installation work and live performances. For the last decade they have toured the world with their unique, improvisational live show, centered around self-built analog synthesizers that use feedback from light and movement to create dense sonic landscapes. This innately somatic approach to synthesis is complemented with reactive visuals that form city-like circuitscapes, which are themselves extruded from diagrams describing the signal flow of MSHR’s electronic musical systems.

“The physical design of our musical interfaces comes out of our installation practice. It is important for the interfaces to have a poetic logic and facilitate deep, intuitive playing,” they explain. “This work explores the intuitive and technical gradients between sonic and sculptural forms, using digital chip conglomerates run as analog circuits and open-source software to sculpt mutually resonant hyperobjects.”

Liquid Conglomerate Presence Cycle marks 10 years of their singular performance practice, serving as a multimedia document of both the sound and visuals of their live show. The film is split into four chapters, Symbiotic Vocal Weave, Knotted Presence Tracer, Light Pulse Formation and Liquid Hand, with each chapter featuring a different improvisation with its own cybernetic framework. Recorded during a residency at the sound art organization Sonoscopia in Porto, Portugal, Cooper and Murphy describe Liquid Conglomerate Presence Cycle as a “a prism for the live set,” one that showcases the improvisational, exploratory DNA of their performance practice.

“In performing this composition, we act as agents within a synthetic ecosystem,” they say. “Improvisation inside a light-audio feedback system feels like moving stones in a river, interacting with an environment to shift the flow of its elements. These recordings capture the sonic dimension of raw electricity surging through a morphing constellation of analog computer chips, flashing bulbs and extreme (in)human presence.”

“This exploration comes out of an ongoing fascination with the emergent complexity displayed by the interwoven biological, ecological and technological structures that frame our experience as embodied humans today.” they continue. “Constructing and exploring our own synthetic generative systems is our way of engaging with these unperceivable fundamental forms.” Editing glimpses of live footage into the refractive textures of their lysergic circuit landscapes, MSHR visualise the emergence of the human from within the machine.

As much a response to their unique approach to improvisation as it is to the complex spatial theory that is central to their work, the pair have developed a reactive visual language to interpret the insertion of somatic gestures into electronic forms. Over its four chapters Liquid Conglomerate Presence Cycle represents a comprehensive statement from the duo in this language, tying together the many facets of their varied audiovisual practice.

Liquid Conglomerate Presence Cycle will be released collaboratively by Sonoscopia and Ehse Records. The sounds Liquid Conglomerate Presence Cycle of will be available via Ehse Records on May 14."

mtl.asm Count to 5 Experiments 01 - Microwave XT, Spitfire Tundra

video by Mason Chrysler

"So, I decided it was time to begin making my own Experiments series with the wondrous Count To 5 by the Montreal Assembly. This pedal is running the Nightly firmware. For the music in this video, I ran the short demo track I created for my last video (with the Microwave XT & Spitfire Tundra) through the CT5 in mode 2, 100% wet, twisted the bottom 3 knobs at times, and had an expression pedal hooked up as well with the E switch down. There are other worlds inside of this pedal. I love it!

Also, I've recently been having some fun experimenting in making motion loops in Photoshop for my videos. This is my favourite so far.

Thanks for stopping by!
MC"