NYE Modular Techno Livestream

video upload by Extralife

"Let's kick off 2023 with bleeps and bloops"

Exploring the Roland Jupiter 6

Exploring the Roland Jupiter 6 | What did I get myself into? video upload by MIDERA

"I spent too much money on this. I told myself I shouldn't get it. I knew I didn't need it. I knew it wouldn't add anything to my setup. I knew it would be a project... And yet, I bought it. The Jupiter 6.

The Jupiter 6 belonged to someone I know and have bought other things from. When we started our discussion, only 2 issues were known. The Master 2 knob and the ENV2 keytracking weren't working. I figured I could fix this. Then VCO MOD ENV-1 tracking wasn't working. Then, the unit wouldn't power on at all. They managed to get the power working again (the switch itself wasn't working). So I decided to go ahead with the purchase.

I drove an hour to pick it up.

I got it home and, yes, those issues persisted, but I tested it out and decided right then that this was indeed a mistake. My Prophet 10 is a better synth with less issues. Anyway, a few days passed and I decided it was time to open it up. I replaced the power switch. I tore out the 2 faders that weren't working. I cleaned them and fixed them. I cleaned out a few others that seemed to have intermittent issues.

All seemed well... until I made this video. It was at the very end of this video when I realized that Oscillator 2 has one voice that isn't working correctly. The Pulse wave is silent. Digging deeper into this, I've found that IC36C pins 4 and 5 are not receiving any voltage. This is voice C (or 3). Unfortunately, so far this is beyond my skillset to fix, but it seems something (hopefully common between these two pins, both related to Pulse wave and PWM) is not working. It's not a bad chip, because I swapped chips and the issue persists on the same location, i.e., it didn't follow the chip. One possibility is that this location is not soldered properly, and those two aren't receiving any information. I'm not sure. I'd have to delve deeper, but again, I'm just out of my depths here.

So what are my thoughts now? I'm frustrated that I put so much money into something that really needed more work than I originally thought... But then again, I've also learned a lot, like how to repair faders, how to do some basic IC chip testing.

I am shocked by people saying it's 'cold'. I don't know what that is about at all. Doesn't sound cold at all to me. It sounds like a proper Roland synth. But wow it has a ton of range. I didn't properly capture it here, but a few sounds I have made sounded like hitting a stringed instrument... it's like you can feel the electricity, where I don't often feel that way with the Prophet 10. It's really a great sounding synth. To me, it retains everything I liked about my Juno 6 and added a lot more. The only thing I really miss about the Juno 6 is the better feeling faders and the smoother cutoff when modulated.

All I can say is - I can't wait to have this thing back to 100%.

Happy New Year!"

#TS1sequencer plays with #samplers #bassdrum and claps.

video upload by bvr-instruments

"This video is dedicated to a demo with #TS1sequencer with #bassdrum #claps and #STS sample player. Each 2 ways audio are filtered with Boss SP 202 and Zoom St224.
The sampled signals are routed to the bass drum external audio input and thus side chained with the drum envelop...

Audio recorded simply with 2 channels on DSLR, one for bassdrum output and claps for the other one. Mastered with Reaper."

Angry Bot early prototype. Happy new year edition

video upload by SPHERICAL SOUND SOCIETY

Hamburger Lady (cover version)

video upload by Richard DeHove

"What better way to set the tone for 2023 than a cover version of the uplifting 1977 pop hit "Hamburger Lady" by Throbbing Gristle. Here all synth sounds are generated by the PWM Malevolent synth - the perfect family sing-along keyboard. (The 'heartbeat' displayed waveform is also the Malevolent synth.) Vocals are by my daughter processed through the Bitspeak and Manipulator VSTs.

A 256K MP3 of this track is on Patreon for supporters - as well as loads of other downloads: https://www.patreon.com/richarddehove Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"

Jon & Vangelis - I'll Find My Way Home cover by AtomoSynth

video upload by Atomosynth

"Hello World, this is a raw and mesmerizing cover of Jon & Vangelis' classic hit 'I'll Find My Way Home' performed on the mochikaX5 synthesizer and vocoder (all sounds except for strings cs80V and drums) Paying tribute to the legendary Vangelis. May this song be a beacon of hope and inspiration as we strive towards a brighter and more peaceful year ahead."

http://www.atomosynth.net

The Tale of The Ondioline: Music's Oldest Synthesizer?

video upload by The Lemon Master

0:00 Intro
1:21 Design
5:50 History
7:46 Rise
10:39 Downfall
12:47 Revival?
14:24 Outro

Note the first "synth" is debatable. The Telharmonium (1897), Ondes-Martenot (1928), Mixturtrautonium (1936), Novachord (1939), amongst others predated it. The Theremin, although not a keyboard instrument, but the inspiration if not the basis for Bob Moog's creations arrived in 1921. For a timeline of electronic instruments see https://120years.net, and for more synth centric, as we know them, see The First Synth to.....

For reverything Ondioline see https://ondioline.com

And related posts:

Jean Jacques Perrey & Dana Countryman - The Good Old Days

New Website Dedicated to the Ondioline

Jean-Jacques Perrey et son Ondioline (pics of my copy here)

And of course, see the Ondioline label for additional posts.

Rare Powertran Polysynth Repaired Again.......

video upload by THIS MUSEUM IS (NOT) OBSOLETE

"Fixing a problem as it decided to die a bit more! turns out it all could have been avoided if i just replaced those other little caps too. dang, one problem can lead to another and another and so on.
and Support the museum here :-
https://www.patreon.com/lookmumnocomp..."

THIS MUSEUM IS (NOT) OBSOLETE Powertran posts

5 Layers of Acid Basslines Sounds AMAZING // Blackbox meets Avalon Bassline, A Compact Creation

video upload by

"Inspired my the one of my favorite tracks, i wanted to play with the idea of layering multiple acid style basslines and bringing them in and out using the looper function on the 1010 blackbox. I'm realising i do something similar in my live setup. I'll take multiple midi sequences and send them all to the same synthesizer (ex. [Dawless Live Set below]) Anyway, this turned out a lot cooler than i had hoped! Also, running a straight forward analog monophonic subtractive synthesizer through some FX can REALLY help it go a lot further."

00:00 How are you? This is what's up.
00:29 Listen to this..
01:12 The idea I want to create
02:15 This might be "that type" of track 🤦🏽‍♂️ help me!
02:41 Lets jam it out!
03:25 Layer 1
03:59 Layer 2
04:21 Layer 3
06:00 Layer 4
07:58 Blackbox cons and quicks
08:58 Rough arrangement of the song
10:19 Put FX on your mono synths.. it helps
12:19 What I love about the Avalon
14:35 Layer 5
15:18 Rough mixing with filters
15:42 The final sound

Larry Heard Presents Mr. White: The Sun Can't Compare (Long Version)

video upload by Streptoccoccus

My Dawless Live Set is Back! // How it's setup and the troubleshooting I did


"// Today I wanted to explain how I setup my live dawless setup. How i'm using Peak for live transitions with Octatrack. Using Digitakt for program changes and a weird hack I figured out. Plus so much more!"

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