MATRIXSYNTH

Constant Hope

video upload by Wake Rise Fall

"I don't play guitar much anymore but I'd like to. Here is some guitar."

Morpheus | A tribute to Dave Rossum and E-mu Systems

video upload by Cinematic Laborat

"Back in the 80's, I used to own an E-mu Proteus 2 and the legendary Emulator IV sampler. I noticed the Morpheus, but I did not pay much attention to it, because I felt the Emulator could record samples AND do Z-plane synthesis. No idea what it was, never used it. But the Morpheus became an ambient legend because of those Z-Planes. The specs didn't make much sense. It offered three AHDSR envelopes and two complex 8-stage function generators per voice, where each stage could do something different and you could jump to a stage based on conditions (like key velocity) With the knowledge I have today I'd immediately say WOW.

E-mu Systems is gone (due to the PC/Mac), but Dave Rossum's creations live on in Eurorack. The Assimil8or could be compared to the Emulator sampler. Control Forge is the multi-segment conditional function generator and the Morpheus now only provides the Z-Plane filter. To get an idea, it's like a 3D wavetable for filters you can traverse with X, Y and Z coordinates mapped to frequency, morph and amplitude (not 100% sure).

So yes, I was thrilled to give it a try. I hooked up Plaits and a bunch of LFO's, only to discover it sounded like crap. Que? Yes. Plaits came in too hot so I had to use a VCA. Uncontrolled CV can make the Morpheus explode in extreme clipping which the module - and your 24 bit audio interface - can't possibly handle. So It needs a limiter too if you just throw CV at it. After one day of shooting video I was very disappointed and almost decided to put it back in the box and do something else. I checked videos from collegue YouTubers and it all sounded 'more is less' with the frantic filter changes, clicks, pops and digital harshness. Terrible. Was this it? It can't be. Not from Dave Rossum.

It's impossble to cut a long story short now, but I studied the old Morpheus brochure and listened to some orginal sounds. Then all the pieces fell together. It sounds best when used like the old E-mu. It needs a polyphonic source, a big pad or a collection of moody samples. It needs a clever function generator, like two chained Maths or a Buchla 281 quad function generator. Or a ZADAR! I tried a little proof of concept with Knobula Poly Cinematic and one Maths, and yes. This is the way. In the final patch I used BitBox with a bed of three layered samples (Emulator!) and three complex functions from Zadar, triggered by Maths. And there it was. A eurorack Morpheus doing true Z-Plane Synthesis."

revisiting (h)ours: full synth performance (Prophet 10)

video upload by shookmusic

"Here is a full synth recording of a song of mine called '(h)ours). It first appeared on my album Spectrum a few years ago. The original was made on a DX7 and a Prophet 08. Vinyl Re-press of Spectrum is available in my shop: https://bit.ly/3ODtrEm ❤

Today I thought it would be nice to revisit this one on my Prophet 10, it's a really nice piece to perform I think and I should play it more often haha.

This time I play it very expressive and soft on the prophet 10 synthesizer, with an alternate simple beat i programmed. This song is very emotional for me and playing this really calms me.

Pad is from my Yamaha SY77
SSL Six for all inputs with some compression

I hope you all enjoy! much love all,

-Jasper"

A Take on the Sequential Take 5 !

video upload by Yuki The Synth Dr

0:00 opening demo
1:00 Opening thoughts (pros and cons)
5:33 sounds and making patches
18:20 closing

Note regarding the filter, it's actually based on the Prophet-5 Rev 4. Via Sequential where you can find additional info:

LOW-PASS FILTER
Four-pole, resonant, low-pass filter per voice, based on Prophet-5 Rev 4 design
Filter can be driven into self-oscillation with the Resonance control
Bi-polar filter envelope amount

KORG Pa5X Is Here! Unboxing, First Impressions and Demo

video upload by Woody Piano Shack

"You asked for it! Korg's flagship Top-Of-The-Line KORG Pa5X PROFESSIONAL ARRANGER KEYBOARD is finally in the shack! Unboxing, first impressions review and demo of the styles and sounds."

MORE WOODY PIANO SHACK
► https://woodypianoshack.com

Hell Modular Synthesizer - 24dB Lowpass-Filter

video upload by Cornel Hecht

"Hell Modular Synthesizer - 24dB Lowpass-Filter"

Exploring Modular Delays!

video upload by The Unperson

"Delay is my favourite effect! In today's video I explore various delay effects in the eurorack realm, and some different techniques for making music! What is your favourite delay of all time?

CONTENT
0:00 - Intro
1:48 - Sampling Trails
5:07 - Clocked Delay
10:49 - Send & Return
14:16 - Sound on Sound
18:51 - Delay Chains
21:40 - Outro"

lil ambient sesh - moving day (NORNS rachim JAM)

video upload by tworoundrobins

"deep apologies, but no talkie this week. I heavily underestimated how much work moving flats would take me...I did manage to record a short jam however and will be returning to talkies next week! thank you for your patience and and thank you for sticking around!

i'm using a new script by infinitedigits called rachim and it sounds massive! it's using it's own SC engine and the ears don't fool you - it does sound absolutely wonderful. do give it a spin!

#norns #monome #jam

rachim is a generative sequencer by @infinitedigits
https://github.com/schollz/rachim/tre..."

New Moog Muse 8 Voice Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer in the Works?

Visible Controls:

Oscillator 2
Oscillator 1>2 Cross Mod w/ ammount knob?
Frequency knob
16' 8' 4' 2' Octave Range switch
Triangle to Sawtooth shape knob
Pulsewidth knob w/ PWM input
Wave Mix - mod input for the waveshapes or additional waveforms? Note the five marks.

Mixer Section with Sliders for:
OSC 1
RING MOD
OSC 2
MOD OSC
NOISE
OVERLOAD

KEBOARD Tracking on right for the filter?

ARPEGGIATOR