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video upload by LARIX ELEKTRO

"Here’s a video, just 'for nothing.'

I wanted to do a demo of future modules, but I just wasn’t feeling it. Feeling down.
Sorry, but with what’s happening in the world, from France where I am, to the other side of the planet, it makes me anxious (a rather useless word…), and it makes my modules and my business feel so pointless…

Anyway, I'm posting what I did, as is, without edits, just a bit of reverb and 'mastering' to finish it off. (Listening with good subs and a good stereo is recommande)
Think whatever you want about it, I Don't care.

And yes, the image isn't of good quality, I edited it so the tools used aren't highlighted: that's not the point here.

More, later..."

SmartLab: Error Instruments - Beijing Modular 26

video upload by sonicstate

"Nick caught up with Paul Tas from Error Instruments about SmartLab, a standalone desktop instrument developed with Stijn Cuypers from *This Is Not Rocket Science*.

SmartLab mixes physical modelling, granular processing and a large effects processor, with nearly 40 sounds per engine and the ability to run two sounds at once. It includes a built-in microphone, stereo outputs, two inputs at Eurorack level, headphone output, CV outputs and MIDI support.

The interface centres on motion control. Each fader acts as a function generator, and movements can be recorded and repeated. Short gestures stay active, while longer ones fade away. The coloured LED ring interface gives visual feedback for recording and playback, and the same motion data can drive internal sound engines or external CV, acting like a repeating LFO.

Sample storage includes ten slots, with up to five seconds per sample at 32kHz. The Grenoble ring can store five new sounds, although that part of the software is not finished yet.
The target price is €600–€700, with shipping expected before Christmas or early in the new year."

Wing Pinger: Meng Qi Music - Beijing Modular 26

video upload by sonicstate

"Meng Qi *from Meng Qi Music gave us a look at *Wing Pinger the new handheld version of the resonant analogue instrument. He explained that the earlier 2019 version used a larger wooden enclosure - the new version has a smaller metal enclosure with a touchscreen/keyboard.

Wing Pinger uses two analogue resonating filters which can ping each other through logic circuits including a shift register, and they support direct frequency modulation. The touchscreen supports fast response, gesture control, latching and note panning. A Q envelope changes the response from pad-like to more percussive sounds. It also includes tape emulation, noise controls and an internal delay with the filters in the feedback loop.

Availability is expected around November or December, with pricing hopefully around a couple of hundred US dollars.

More Info: https://www.mengqimusic.com"

François from Shakmat's Epic Live Rig - Beijing Modular 26

video upload by sonicstate

"François *from Shakmat* showed us his Live System, the modular, Elektron Octatrack and *Mixer *based rig he uses for all his live sets, including the epic set just last night in Beijing. He explained that the setup grew out of Shakmat talks, then became a more portable performance system after earlier versions proved too large and heavy for touring.

The rig combines Shakmat drum modules including Battering Ram*, *Lancer's Lash and Archer's Rig with Ballista Blast *voices, *Bishop's Miscellany sequencing, a mixer-based dub workflow, tape delay and reverb pedals, plus Octatrack material sampled from the modular. The *Ballista Blast *is a hybrid voice with digital VCO and modulation, plus analogue filter, distortion and VCA stages.

He also explained Shakmat's Select Bus workflow. The system uses the Eurorack power-bus pins for MIDI-style preset changes, so multiple modules can change together. A new firmware for Ballista Blast and Bishop's Miscellany adds exclusive Select Bus messages with channel, bank and preset control. Preset recall is a hard switch rather than a morph, and the firmware is due in late November."

The Usual Suspects - Nodal Mod G1 demo

video upload by Numero Uno

Also see Nord Modular G1 emulated in Gearmulator: it finally makes sound | #1

"30 instances of Nodal Mod 1 are used in this track. All presets hand crafted. No other sound sources used.

Soon in alpha:

Nodal Mod 1 = Micromodular
Nodal Mod G1 = Modular
Nodal Mod G2 = Modular G2"

AceTone Rhythm Ace FR 8L Sound Variations with Roland SDE 1000 Digital Delay

video upload by SUBTOKYOSHOP Music Gears

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ambient synth live | OP-1, Kaleidoscope, Arturia Pigments, NI Reaktor

video upload by Mamotreco

"I played some extra layers of reverberating synth ambience on the Teenage Engineering OP-1, Kaleidoscope by Vadim Minkin processed through the Teenage Engineering EP-135 Sidekick Mixer as well as additional plate reverb and tape echo emulation in Ableton Live as I was recording in. Ableton Live was playing back a composition with Arturia Pigments, NI Reaktor ensembles (Razor, Steampipe 2), GForce Software OB-X synth plugins

Current channel music compilation: https://mamotreco.bandcamp.com
Previous music releases available here: https://synthandsundry.bandcamp.com"

Skiff 2.0: a new sequencer, songs that chain, your own drum kits (M-VAVE FM-1)

video upload by Skiff

You can find the M-VAVE FM-1 on Amazon.

"Skiff 2.0 is out: free, open-source firmware that turns the M-VAVE FM-1 into a six-track groovebox, and M-VAVE's SMK-37 Pro keyboard too. This video shows what's new in 2.0 and 2.0.1, set to one song made on it: a new sequencer (notes that overlap, NOTES and FEEL on a selection, copy and paste), songs that chain, play once and change sounds, drum lanes panned and your own drum kits, one mute, one MOD page and one shaper, new save formats with a converter, and 2.0.1's fixes.

Everything you hear is Skiff 2.0.1's own code playing that song: the firmware's source, run on a computer, so the sound and the screens line up to the frame. Every sound comes from its engines and two user sample kits, and every key, button and knob shown is a player's, performed in the firmware at its bar. Nothing was added afterwards; only the overall level was set. The song is played with MENU › SYSTEM › CPU on 2 CORES (BETA): 12 voices. The FM-1 is drawn in 3D, its screen Skiff's own display. The editor and installer pages are the real 2.0.1 pages, the editor on its built-in demo device."

▶ Get Skiff (free, GPL-3.0): https://github.com/illuminus5/skiff

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What if your filter is capable of more?

video upload by Vadjuse

"Presets from this and other videos: https://github.com/vadjuse/kaleidosco..."

Rev2 Demo No. 2 - Improv With Custom Programs

video upload by Theodore Kloba

"Improvisations on the DSI (Sequential) Prophet Rev2, using my own custom programs."

00:00 Start
00:03 Pressure Pad MOD
01:00 Pulsating Quasar
01:35 Mysterious Isle
02:15 Ought to Wah