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Sunday Synth Jams: This synth music jam is pure analog, with the Eminent and the Roland SH 3A, wih Roland DEP 5 & Electro-Harmonix Small Stone phaser added for effect.

via magevers

Free Music Software: In the late 60’s composer Steve Reich stumbled across a technique he called phasing, which was to have two identical tape loops that run at slightly different speeds, the result is that every possible combination of sound is cycled through until they arrive back in sync. The result with a melodic piece of music is that it moves through moments of chaos and moments of melody.

Phase Shifter is a Windows VST designed to make it easy to create phase shifting music, like the early work of Steve Reich. It also has a built in recorder so that the output can be recorded directly to disk. It works by loading up to 2 WAVs, and is triggered via a MIDI keyboard. Middle C will play the WAV at it’s original speed.

You can preview the results of Phase Shifter below.

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This video demos using two Small Stone Phasers as a stereo phaser effect for synthesizers to get the classic phased synth sound of Jean Michel Jarre. Read more…

This synth jam, via magevers, features Roland SH 3a synthesizer + Eminent 310 U for the Jean Michel Jarre style synth strings.

This is nice Jarre-style audiovisual demo of classic synth gear, via retrosound72:

analog strings: Logan (Hohner) String Melody 2 (1977)
drums: Keio (Korg) MiniPops Junior analog preset drumbox (1972)
FX: Electro Harmonix Small Stone phase shifter (Original from the 70ies)