This video captures an overview demo of the Alesis Vortex keytar MIDI controller, by Sweetwater’s Daniel Fisher.
Alesis Vortex Keytar Demo
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Vangelis Improvisation
Sunday Synth Jam: Here’s a synth jam from none other than Vangelis himself, rare footage of him improvising at Nemo Studios, where he recorded many of his best-known work.
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Ambient Experiment For Piano & Modular Synthesis
Sunday Synth Jam: Reader Chris Stack, aka experimentalsynth, improvises over a dark ambient drone backing.
For the backing, Stack used the Make Noise René Cartesian Sequencer, Maths and a variety of Moog synths.
MIDI Keyboard Controller Comparison – What To Look For
Leonard from Kosmic Sound takes a look at MIDI control keyboards.
While this is a promo for Kosmic Sound, it does a pretty good job of introducing some of the key differences to consider in buying a MIDI control keyboard and looks at examples from Behringer, AKAI, M-Audio, Novation and Roland.
The Analogue Systems French Connection
In this video, Frankie Bellani demonstrates using the Analogue Systems French Connection to control a Dotcom System 110 modular synthesizer.
The French Connection is a control voltage keyboard controller that was inspired by the Ondes Martenot. It features a ring controller that allows for continuous pitch control.
The French Connection doesn’t make sounds on its own, but is used to control analog synths that support CV control.
Details on the French Connection are available at the Analogue Solutions site.
Martin Peters’ Contained – Modular Synth Jam
Sunday Synth Jam: This video captures Martin Peters‘ live performance of Contained.
Technical details below.
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This video kind of starts where my last video ‘Vernal Season’ left off.
It begins with a 4-step sequence on the Synthesizers.com Q960 with only step 1, 3 and 4 active on the Q963 trigger bus. During the song I alternate between the 3 rows of the Q960 using the Q962 sequential switch. The Q960 drives the Rob Hordijk OSC HRM, one Synthesizers.com Q106 VCO and the Ian Fritz Teezer Through-Zero VCO connected to the Blacet Miniwave.
The Mellotron strings, played on the Roland XP-80, joins and after that a 4-step sequence on row one of the Doepfer MAQ16/3 driving the Creamware MiniMax ASB. An 8-step sequence from the MAQ16/3 driving the self-built Modular joins after that.
The Klaus Schulze like S&H percussion comes from the Waldorf Q Keyboard. The solo’s are performed on the Clavia Nord Lead 1.