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JOMOX MOD FM + MOONWIND MK2 JAM | SUPERBOOTH 2021

video upload by Blush Response

@Buchla MUSIC EASEL JAM | SUPERBOOTH 2021

video upload by Blush Response

2 nice "DJs" are demonstrating new eurorack size Buchla 200 made by TIPTOPaudio - Superbooth 2021

video upload by Robert Hood

"I have seen this nice live presentation at the Superbooth 2021, hoping I can present it here, just for information - what can happen on the Superbooth..."

Knight Dream // Synth Jam feat Sequential PRO 3 + Korg minologue XD + Access Virus TI

video upload by Sounds of Synth

"A synth Jam for the hardware jams challenge. Create some music to accompany a fantasy story / dream.

The story in full :

You awake, its early morning and the garden is full of cool mist. You stand up and consider your options, you notice another gate to your right through some trees and remembering the family is away this weekend you decide to go through the woods to the other gate. The gate is unlocked and walking through you now seem to be in some sort of castle turret. From a nook on your right an old man appears and he points at a large fish bowl. In the fish bowl there are two kittens, they are swimming in opposite directions and bump heads when they meet, the one crys when they bump, the other you notice has a blindfold on. You point to the one with blindfold and the man smiles and hands you the kitten. You take its blindfold off and gently place it on the stairs to your left and urge it with a friendly stroke to go up them. The man then points to the stair case on the right which you then climb. You find yourself at the top of the turret with two large wooden doors infront of you, and you wait for what seems like hours. Then you notice a large black panther on a balcony above to your left.....your heart starts beating twice the speed. The panther leaps down on you and gently licks your face, and you realise this is the kitten you chose. He gently walks to your right and sits down, and as you look at your new best friend you notice he has armour on, and then notice indeed you are holding a golden spier and are too dressed in armour. There is a creak as the doors begin to open, you know this going to be the start of something .....you look at your friend again glady trusting and knowing each other, then gaze forward watching as doors unfold to reveal a new world.

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Sequential PRO 3
Korg Minilogue XD
Access Virus TI
Launchpad for Sample triggering
Roland Gaia"

A Failure of Imagination (i) // Shot on Fuji XT4

video upload by Oblivion Corner

"Music by Cybersyn. Used with permission by Oblivion Corner.
Full Album available now: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com/a...
For inchoate ramblings, read on ...

A cold concrete bench on a seasonably warm day is a slice of heaven. Add to that a location in a quiet corner and we are proverbially off to the races. This video features a track that was set to be included in a concept album about Cybersyn, a forward-thinking 70s antecedent to the internet and ‘big data’, being fictionally smuggled out of Chile just as the democratically-elected government collapsed due to the autocratic onslaught by brutal forces backed by the CIA and US corporations, named and unnamed, since those events. Thinking of what could have been is always a wistful exercise when it comes to technology.

This music imagines a form of progressive technocracy as the backbone of the technological developments that occurred in France throughout the 70s and 80s: high speed rail, space launch systems, interactive information systems accessible to all and a home computing revolution. The fictional machination of the album linked above imagines that all this national progress was enabled by the visionary capabilities of Cybersyn. Once more, it’s worth emphasizing that this is fiction. France did develop Ariane rockets, Minitel information terminals and the TGV high speed rail network but this was primarily thanks to the decisive actions of the government of the time which pushed these projects forward.

However, the idea of Cybersyn and the future it potentially augured has both a more sinister and melancholic side too. This is also represented in the music and visuals of this video. The influences here are two-fold, cinematic and literary. First of all, there’s la Nuit des Traquées (Night of the Hunted) the under-appreciated B-movie by Jean Rollin, starring the incomparable Brigitte Lahaie. The premise is that a nuclear accident has caused the emission of dangerous fast moving particles that have affected people in the surrounding area, causing amnesia and a loss of cognitive ability. A shadowy organisation has detained and subsequently relocates those affected to an ominous corporate skyscraper as the victims devolve into haunted animalistic shadows of themselves. Secondly, Les Forteresses Noires a novel by Patrick Grainville about a banker, a nightshift doctor, a sculptress and teenagers worshipping an odd assemblage of sewage rats. The common element here is that both the film and the novel are set in La Défense business district in Paris.

The location captured in this video is very much reminiscent of the architecture and solitary concrete corners of La Défense business district. The ominous nature of corporate architecture as well as the promise and paranoia of technology are the notions being conveyed here. However another idea that lies at the foundation of this music and album it was going to part of is “what could have been”. Namely, how would technology have evolved if at every fork the market forces of shortsighted thinking, cost-cutting and convenience had not been heeded. For example, what if Betamax had become the dominant video format of the 80s? What if France had pursued its homegrown CYCLADES network protocol instead of the X.25 based TRANSPAC standard? What if PC compatibles had never become as ubiquitous? What would the technological landscape look like now? This track and all the others featured in the album above (they will get their own videos in due course) aim to give a feeling of what that would have been like interspersed with the aforementioned intrigues and ideas.

This video was filmed with the Fujifilm XT4 camera using the Fujinon XF 23mm f2 lens.

If you'd like to support this channel with a one-off purchase, please check out our affordably priced music: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com"

Instruments of Things SOMI-1 – The Sound of Me on Kickstarter

video upload by instruments of things

"SOMI-1 is now live on Kickstarter with 40% discount for the first 50 units!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/instrumentsofthings/somi-1-turn-your-movements-into-sound"

"Make your movements audible and become music yourself with the SOMI-1 motion sensor wearables for sound control.

SOMI-1 is a highly precise sensor technology that measures movement and transforms it into sound in real-time. The Bluetooth® sensors can be worn as wearables on the wrists and ankles, turning the user into an instrument.

Create Sound Via Movement

8 different movement parameters per sensor
Easy usage, no need of musical or technical pre-knowledge
Smartphone app as sound source
Connectivity to music software & hardware as sound source
Hub with MIDI interface (USB & TRS)
Wireless via Bluetooth® 5
Up to 6 sensors simultaneously

Each SOMI-1 sensor provides eight different motion parameters that can be used independently to control or trigger sound. The sound can either be generated via the SOMI-1 smartphone app, which offers several different sound presets, or by any instrument or music software that is compatible with MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) – for example Ableton Live. The motion data of the SOMI-1 sensors is received wirelessly via Bluetooth® 5 by the SOMI-1 hub, that connects to your sound source via USB or TRS-MIDI. Up to six sensors can be used simultaneously with a single SOMI-1 hub to create incredible soundscapes and allow multiple artists to operate together."

You can find additional details at the SOMI-1 Kickstarter.

BEST OF SUPERBOOTH21: Dreadbox Nymphes, Erica Synths PERKONS, Waldorf M, RK008 & much more!

video upload by BoBeats

"Today we are at SUPERBOOTH21 checking out the latest and greatest in synths & music tech. Become a Patron and support videos like this here: http://www.patreon.com/bobeats

00:00 intro
00:18 Waldorf M Sound Demo & Overview
02:57 Finegear Exclusive Teaser
03:58 Expressive-E OSMOSE first look
09:35 SUPER 6 DESKTOP
12:18 Dreadbox Nymphes Analog Poly
14:03 Erica Synths PERKONS drum machine (its crazy!)
15:46 Freds Lab Töörö & MORE
19:20 BEFACO Plethora (Yeah, I can't pronounce that!)
21:51 Enjoy Electronics GODFATHER (MUST SEE!)
24:37 Vermona DRM1 MK4 (can I justify getting one?)
26:20 ZAPS eurorack module (crazy cool!)
27:29 RetroKits RK008 MUST SEE
33:33 Patching Panda Modules
35:00 AE MODULAR and MORE!!
40:17 BONUS PERKONS SOUND DEMO"