Arturia Microfreak and String Quartet - Perfomance and short review

video upload by The machine in the botanical garden

"Composition for Microfreak synthesizer and string quartet. Short review of the arturia machine and description of the composition

I have written the score with the Staffpad score player and editor. The library used for the string sounds is Berlin Strings First Chairs from Orchestral tools (Staffpad version).

The composition is titled: Painting I"

Roland J-6 Chord Synthesizer

video upload by Nicode ♪ | Nicolas Deligne

Roland AIRA Compact J-6 Chord Synthesizer
Inspiration machine
Korg Volca Mix
Nu:Tekt NTS-1
Alesis Q25

Creating deep modulation for cool house style chords in Eurorack with WMD OSD, Javelin, and Overseer

video upload by WMDevices

"WMD OSD (OR/SUM/DIF) was released earlier this year and although it's a tiny 4 HP utility, it can be used to make some really cool, deep modulations with envelopes and LFOs.

In this video, Alex walks through creating some unique deep house style chord samples for the Rossum Electro-Music Assimil8or by modulating a rather simple chord sound with two envelopes and one LFO all at the same time with OSD's analog OR function.

Logic in Eurorack modular synthesizers can be confusing and intimidating, but it's really rather simple. This video shows the best way to combine multiple CV signals to create unique textures that can then be used in a performance or recording setting."

Dreadbox Dysmetria DIY Groove Synth - the complete build

video upload by Molten Music Technology

"In this video I'm building the Dysmetria from Dreadbox and showing you every step in more detail than you can possibly imagine. In a companion video I'll show you the testing, tuning and calibration procedure."

Index - 0:00
In the box - 2:35
Preparation - 4:15
Measuring Resistors - 7:46
Resistor soldering - 15:29
Diodes - 29:25
Crystal and regulators - 34:23
Trimmers - 35:31
IC Holders - 37:16
Power USB board - 45:25
Capacitors - 47:32
Electrolytic Capacitors - 53:37
Transistors - 58:16
Headers - 59:40
Power Header - 1:02:03
Patch Sockets - 1:04:35
Push Buttons - 1:07:20
Sliders - 1:11:33
Switches - 1:17:46
Knobs - 1:20:15
Spacers - 1:23:07
Mounting the power board - 1:24:05
Power testing - 1:25:37
Place the ICs - 1:27:53
Header socket - 1:31:23
Knobs, front panel and screws - 1:36:55
Initial testing - 1:40:58

Dreadbox Dysmetria Testing, Calibration and Tuning

video upload by Molten Music Technology

After an epic build of the Dysmetria you need to test it and then calibrate and tune the oscillators. That's what this video is about."

Index - 0:00 Testing the synth works first - 4:04
1V/Oct Calibration - 14:21
Oscillator tuning - 24:15
Noise level - 34:41
Rare scale fix - 36:42
Finishing up - 38:07

New Moog Mavis Semi-Modular Synth Coming in 4 Days?

[Update: full details, pics and demos here.]

Fuzzy thumbnail from the upcoming video below. I will put up a new post when it goes live if legit.

It this is real, it would be odd Moog didn't anounce and show it at NAMM.

I thought it might be the DFAM, Mother-32, or Subharmonicon but note the patch bay is on the left with lettering below. Even if you turned them upside down they wouldn't match. It's also considerably thinner and smaller. Maybe The form factor is more similar to the Werkstatt-01.

The Trademark was filed back on 2021-09-03 under:

"Electronic musical instruments; Electronic musical keyboards; Music synthesizers"


First Look: Moog Mavis semi-modular synthesizer

video upload by Marcus Schmahl

Goes live in 4 days. I will post it here on MATRIXSYNTH if legit.

"Unboxing, assembling and first sound check of the new Moog Mavis semi-modular synthesizer.
Sequencer: Torso Electronic T-1"

Teensy-Poly6 Homemade Polyphonic Synthesizer!

video upload by Albert Nyström

"This is a 6-voice polyphonic synthesizer i programmed and built from scratch using a teensy 3.5.

The total build cost was around $120.

Here's a link to the code and a rough schematic:
(warning, it´s very messy and ugly heh)
https://github.com/albnys/TeensyPoly6

0:00 - Intro
0:50 - Distorted Fm
1:30 - Pulsating Pad
2:10 - Saw Lead
2:30 - Spooky Fm
3:15 - Funky Chords
3:45 - Funky Bass
4:20 - Bright bells
5:00 - Walkthrough
10:45 - Outro"

Looks like a four octave KORG Prologue. See the Nyström label below for more.

Tiptop 245t with 281t delay

video upload by Todd Barton

https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd

TEST SERIES 4ms Stereo Triggered Sampler Dual Looping Delay Tapographic IOLabs Flux Polyend Preset

video upload by Outsider Sound Design

IOLabs Flux
Polyend Preset
4ms Stereo Triggered Sampler
4ms Dual Looping Delay
4ms Tapographic Delay

"Please consider supporting this channel by purchasing a sample pack or music download from www.outsidersounddesign.com"

disting EX - Tracker, live

video upload by Expert Sleepers

"People asked for a demo of the new Tracker algorithm tracking live audio instead of samples, so here's me playing my bass clarinet through it.

Clarinet into Little Mikey, into disting EX running Tracker. CV/envelope from that into another disting EX running the Poly Wavetable algorithm (using the CV/Pressure input option).

First a couple of phrases using the tracked pitch, then I change the output to be a harmony CV so the synth voice is a third above the clarinet."

Bad Gear - Roland MC-808 Groovebox

video upload by AudioPilz

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about the Roland MC-808 Groovebox. Why didn't the last classic Roland groovebox and scaled down version of the MC-909 become a classic? Are the motorized faders cursed?

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:54 Overview Roland MC-808 Groovebox, D-Beam
01:26 Sound generator
01:59 RAM situation, Compact Flash card, sample loading times
02:23 Sampling
02:59 Motorized faders
03:11 Synth engines & UI
03:28 Drivers, editor, synth engine deep dive, sample editing
04:05 FX section
04:23 Sequencer, arpeggiator, chord memory, RPS, additional features
05:26 Corny preset patterns
05:40 What else???
05:54 Hate
06:17 Jam 1 (Drum'n'Bass)
07:15 Jam 2 (Downtempo)
08:22 Finale (Epic Techno)
08:53 Verdict"