Demon Seed - Noise Apocalypse

video upload by circuitbenders.co.uk

"Every year we make a pedal to donate to the raffle prize fund for the local Christmas Covers Southsea gig, where various idiots play ridiculous cover versions to raise money for Rowans Hospice and Music Fusion. This year its the Demon Seed!

The circuitbenders.co.uk Demon Seed is a fuzz / distortion / frequency shifting / 8-bit / lo-fi / filth pedal that makes noise in industrial quantities more than sufficient to made deaf people weep.
It utilises the Holtek HT8950 voice changer chip that was designed specifically for use in toy robot voice changer megaphones. The HT8950 converts the analogue guitar signal to 8-bit digital, applies 6 selectable types of frequency shifting or a weird robot arpeggio effect, and then converts the digital signal back to analogue again.
Before someone points it out, yes this pedal was to some degree inspired by the excellent Death By Audio 'Robot' pedal, but with the addition of several features that the HT8950 chip offers but the Robot pedal doesn't use. The Robot is the original HT8950 pedal. All hail Death By Audio!

This demo was recorded using just the Demon Seed pedal and and a clean amp simulator. You'll have to forgive the inability to play the guitar.

We may well have some of these available in the new year."

KeyStep Pro - What's new in the 2.5 firmware update (and how do you use it)?

video upload by Oscillator Sink

"The version 2.5 firmware for the KeyStep Pro brings with it a number of useful enhancements to the controller, including per-pattern program change messages.

In this video I'll run through each of the upgrades, demonstrate how they work and clarify what's the difference between the Chroma and original versions.

Transparency notice: Arturia kindly provided the KeyStep Pro Chroma for free for the purposes of making this and other videos. I was not otherwise paid and Arturia did not request, nor were they given any editorial oversight.

Chapters
00:00 Intro
00:27 What's the deal with the original vs the Chroma?
00:43 Track Colours (Chroma only)
02:08 Fixed Velocity
04:01 Program Change per Pattern
08:15 Transpose Latch
10:47 Outro "

J3PO meets the UDO Super Gemini

video upload by J3PO

"Just got the new SUPER GEMINI synthesizer by UDO in my studio and upon taking it out of the box, I immediately fell in love. Just incredible. I will be creating a preset library for this beast in early 2024.

Learn synthesis and sound design with me: https://musixup.com/synthesis-and-sou...

I have presets available for the Super 6, Prophet 6, Prophet 5/10, Prophet Rev 2, OB-6, OB-X8, Spectrasonic's Omnisphere, Arturia OP-Xa, and many others — all available on my website. If you're a Nord Stage 3 or Wave 2 user, download my bank from the Nord Keyboards website."

UDO Super Gemini - Getting Started With Hazel Mills

video upload by UDO Audio

"Welcome back! With the first Super Gemini now available, we thought it's about time that we give a quick beginners guide to the user interface, helping you find your bearings with your new synth.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:20 - Overview
0:36 - Keyboard Modes and layers
1:43 - Effects
3:05 - Patches and Performances
4:33 - Init Patch
5:11 - Ribbon Controller
5:29 - Modulation Matrix
6:25 - Outro

Find more from Hazel here:
https://www.hazelmills.com"

Elektron Octatrack MkII & Waldorf M jam

video upload by lushlow

"All 4 Waldorf M separate outputs are processed independently by Elektron Octatrack Mk II. OT is also used for playing drums and for live performance twaeking. Lots of fun with this setup.
The genre is kind of an emotional dark synthwave or something :)"

Buchla Sili Con Cellosax Model 298 By M.E.M.S. & Associates

video upload by Source Of Uncertainty

"A lengthy deep dive and demo of the Sili Con Cellosax module. I cover its functions, what it does within the specific patch it was designed for, and then I present an adaptation of the patch and perform with it using a guitar.

More information about the module: https://modularsynthesis.com/mems/298...

More information about The M.E.M.S. Project: https://www.memsproject.info/"

See the link above for additional info.

"This module detects musical phrases defined as continuous sound followed by a short period of silence It starts by counting musical phrases 1 to 7. They are indicated by the appropriate LED at the end of the phrase. After the 8th phrase the Go LED indicates and the mode switches to generating a Response pulse, End of Response pulse, and a Delayed End of Response output.

If silence is detected in this mode for approximately 15 seconds the Time Out LED indicates as a warning that this could be the last phrase. If silence continues for approximately another 15 seconds the Last Phrase LED indicates and the Response outputs no longer function.

Any new phrase detected either during a Time Out or Last Phrase reinitiates the Go mode where the cycle repeats. A System Initialize is required to restart the Phrase Counter."

At last: the Krell Patch on a Frap Tools modular system!

video upload by Frap Tools

"It's time to confront ourselves with a pinnacle of modular synth techniques: Todd Barton's Krell Patch.

Inspired by Bebe and Louis Barron's soundtrack for the 1956 sci-fi film "Forbidden Planet", this patch revolves around a 'modulation feedback': a single LFO drives the whole patch and triggers many S&H circuits that generate random voltages, which, in turn, constantly modulate the LFO speed and shape.

Original track from the film score: [below - also see this post]
Original Todd Barton's Tutorial: [posted here back in 2012]

00:00 Introduction
01:03 The krell patch as per Todd Barton's instructions
14:25 An extra tip with the USTA sequencer"

Ancient Krell Music

video upload by Louis & Bebe Barron - Topic

"Provided to YouTube by The Orchard Enterprises

Ancient Krell Music · Louis And Bebe Barron

Forbidden Planet

℗ 1956 Planet Records

Released on: 1999-01-06

Auto-generated by YouTube."

Patch Tuesday | Compare 2 | Comparing Sequences

video upload by Joranalogue Audio Design

"Welcome back to Patch Tuesday, a video series where we demonstrate the endless possibilities of the Joranalogue system!

Have you ever wanted to accent specific notes in your pitch sequence? This week, Frits explains how to easily do so with Compare 2.

Mult your pitch CV sequence, send one copy to your VCO and another to Compare 2's input. When the pitch CV is within your chosen window, a gate is generated. You can use this gate to, for example, open an extra VCA. This way you can create a send/return effect path that's enabled whenever the target note is hit."

pikoloops by Manecolabs

video upload by Manecolabs

"Pikoloops eurorack module by Manecolabs"

296t by Buchla & Tiptop Audio - 3 first patches explained.

video upload by Stazma

"Support on Patreon to get samples from this session: https://www.patreon.com/join/stazma

Hello there!
I have been waiting for this giant beast for such a long time that I couldn't resist going in straight away with a video, on the first day I received the module.
So here you are my first three patches with it, on top of a basic oversview of how the module work."