Roland GP-6 Piano and GAIA 2 Synthesizer - All Playing, No Talking with Scott Tibbs

video upload by Kraft Music

"Find exclusive Roland GP-6 deals at Kraft Music:
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Check out the GAIA 2 at Kraft Music for exclusive bundles:
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Scott Tibbs visits The Gallery at Kraft Music and gives an improvised performance using the Roland GP-6 digital piano and GAIA 2 synthesizer.

The Roland GP-6 offers premium GP features in a luxurious baby grand cabinet that brings a sense of sophistication to every space. Elegant curves and finely crafted details deliver the unmistakable presence of a fine acoustic grand, while Roland's Piano Reality design approach and the advanced technologies inside deliver the touch, tone, and sound projection to match. You also get a world of modern benefits that flow with today's lifestyles, including low-maintenance operation, onboard learning tools, Bluetooth connectivity, and much more. The companion Roland Piano App seamlessly extends the GP-6 experience with remote operation from your smartphone or tablet, offering the ability to control GP-6 features, explore lessons, and more.

Kraft Music is dedicated to providing you with the best possible Roland premium digital piano shopping experience. We're here to guide you each step of the way, from research to delivery, with our friendly service. Free product support is included with purchase to ensure that you understand the features and setup of your new piano.

Looking for a custom Roland GP-6 digital grand piano package for your home, house of worship, or other venue? Please contact us – our knowledgeable Sales Advisors are happy to assist with finding the bundle solution that's right for you!"

Tone2 Audio Releases Icarus3

video upload by Tone2 Audiosoftware

Download link: https://www.tone2.com/icarus.html

"Icarus is an epic synthesizer and a must-have for producers and sound designers. This award-winning workstation is one of the most versatile and powerful synthesizers ever created. Icarus offers a huge sonic range and is capable of producing all the classic synthesizer sounds as well as a wide range of fresh sounds not possible with other products. The audio engine offers many exciting features like 62 (!) different synthesis methods, a drum sequencer, a vocoder, 65 (!) filter types, a glitch sequencer, a wavetable editor, an extremely powerful oscillator section, MSEGs, ...

A reliable re-synthesis can recreate any sound with a single mouse click!

Yet the synth remains very easy to use. A comfortable interface gives you instant visual feedback, immediate acoustic results and context-sensitive help.

The synthesizer delivers true high-end sound quality with low CPU usage.

It ships with over 2000 inspiring, production-ready sounds from professional designers."

VEKT - Portable Drum Computer V.4

video upload by uszymyszy

"Hi! Here is v.4, I redesigned the enclosure to be more rugged, we have also a battery and speaker. Most of the errors are solved, the UI is quite cluttered yet and I make a lot of missclicks/wrong shortcuts but after some tweaks everything should go fluent.

The idea is to have a pocket version of Ableton workflow, simplified but easy enough to create sketches for further polishing in DAW. I plan to build several units for testers but is still a lot of work to do and I cannot guarantee anything at the moment. I will try to progress as much as possible to finish this in this year."

And from one year ago:

Vekt - Portable Drum Computer

video upload by uszymyszy

"I built a Pocket Operator alternative. It can now record and play internal synths. There are 4 engines:
- Bass (Roland TB-303 mod),
- Lead (8bit style),
- Braids (implementation of Mutable Instruments eurorack module),
- Wavetable (several waves mixed by knobs)

I hope the UI is self explanatory, it is focused on simplicity and uses Ableton-like mini session view to launch clips"

The first prototype was shown 3 years ago on reddit.

It looks like a Dirtywave M8 tracker, but is different in both build layout and function. From the creator:

"M8 is a stunnig device for complex projects, I plan to keep my Vekt operator more like pocket op where you can quickly create sketches/ideas and polish them later on DAW. And the main idea for me personally was to quickly create rhythmic sequences which I can use with my visualization app instead making them in DAW, this will speed up the process."

AE Modular: Making a Berlin School Track

video upload by The 5th Volt

"In this video I give a step by step tutorial on how to make a very simple track in the Berlin School style of electronic music. I'm using the Synthexplorer from tangible waves with only a few basic modules, so you should be able to follow along with pretty much any system (even Eurorack!)

00:05 Intro Track
01:08 Introduction
02:52 The Tutorial
22:42 Bonus: The whole track

All sounds from the AE Modular from tangible waves recorded using the Zoom H6 recorder and processed in Da Vinci Resolve."

Adam F, Circles (short cover)

video upload by fischek

"I love this track.

Gear:
*Nord Lead 2X
*Arturia Minilab 3
*Vital VST
*Korg M1 VST
*Korg Wavestate VST"

Novation Ultranova, Circuit Tracks in Boards Of Canada-like Ambient Jam

video upload by Blossom Bisquits

Let's Make 80s Computers Talk | 1980s Commodore Speech Synthesizer

video upload by Kari

"Today, I take a non-technical look at a couple of speech synthesisers from my collection on my C64 from the 80s. Specifically, the Commodore Magic Voice and Currah Speech 64."

You can find additional posts featuring the Currah speech synthesis here.

Herbie Hancock “Chameleon” Synth Bass Breakdown

video upload by Anthony Marinelli

"Check out my breakdown of Herbie Hancock's 'Chameleon' bass sound. I'll show you step by step how to re-create it using the same 1972 ARP Odyssey model synthesizer as Herbie...including performance tips!

Not only is it one of my all-time favorite synth bass sounds, it also changed the reach of jazz music by opening up the mindset of both jazz musicians and the listening public to fresh new sounds. This was much needed in the 70's to compete with rock 'n' roll's dominance of the airwaves. Synth sounds allowed jazz musicians to connect with a larger set of minds and voices yet retain still retain musical complexity, quality, and integrity.

The cornerstone techniques in this video will effectively elevate your synthesizer power, no matter what style you prefer.

00:00 "Chameleon" intro cover performance
00:30 Anthony's Intro
01:25 ARP Odyssey Panel Explanation
02:12 Setting the Oscillator Pitch & Waveforms
03:06 Setting the Mixer & Voltage Controlled Filter VCF
04:05 Setting the ADSR Envelope Generator
04:59 Setting the VCA
05:37 Setting the Keyboard Control Voltage
06:56 Dialing in the Distortion
08:35 Keyboard Articulation & Phrasing
09:34 Summary of "Chameleon" Bass
10:22 Logo (theme music)"

Erica Synths (Dub) Techno System Overview and Q&A!

video upload by Electronisounds Audio

"Here is a breakdown of EXACTLY what is in the case I used: https://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/v...

Of course, I also used the 1010 Music Blackbox mixer, which gave me enough space in the case (no mixer modules needed) to get all the sound modules I wanted in there!...

In this stream, I'll be going over the entire system, explaining how it works and answering any questions - BEGINNER FRIENDLY!"

4/4/24 (swarm) Gieskes Klok & No Drum + Zerosum Inertia PLXNA2 + OAM Uncertainty + Lexicon PCM 70

video upload by Cfpp0

"Butterflies, bats, 16mm swarm: Gieskes Klok modulates itself and No Drum and Olivia Artz Modular Uncertainty, which modulates No Drum, while Klok gates No Drum."

You cand find additional Gieskes Kok module posts here.

This appears to be the first post to feature Olivia Artz Modular. Details on their modules follow via Perfect Circuit and Noisebug.

"Uncertainty from Olivia Artz Modular is a 2hp coin toss module; it is open source, with new, user-swappable firmware being developed. So, it will continue to grow and offer new functionality!

In the standard firmware, the top input accepts gates, triggers, or any signal between -5V and +5V. Based on whether the input is positive or negative, it uses two different types of logic to produce gates at the corresponding eight outputs. If the input is above +1V, then the module does eight differently-weighted "coin tosses"—one for each output. If the outcome of the toss is "heads," a +5V signal is output for as long as the input stays above 1V. If the input signal is -1V or lower, a slightly different coin toss algorithm is used, where the outputs are paired—if the result of the toss is "heads," the upper output of the pair in question sends out a signal, and if it's "tails," the lower outputs sends out a signal.

Alternate firmwares are available for free, and loading them is as easy as plugging in your module via the rear PCB USB connection, dragging on a file, and you're done. The first new official firmware is a VU meter—with the panel LEDs displaying the current voltage level, and each LED getting a dedicated gate output—somewhat like a multi-window comparator! Olivia Artz's Uncertainty module is a great way to add chance operations to your rack without sacrificing space.

UNCERTAINTY FEATURES

2HP chance module with alternate firmwares available
Default firmware uses two distinct coin toss algorithms to convert incoming bipolar signals into eight streams of outgoing gates
Open source
One CV input with 10-bit resolution
Eight gate outputs"

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