Experimental Synth Lets You Draw Music With A Pencil
A video demo of Christian D Cerrito’s The Draw Synth. Sound is made by the resistance of the graphite imprint of the pencil, causing a change in the sound frequency.
Category: Synthesizers
Roland Offering Free Sounds For V-Synth GT
Roland is offering a free collection of sounds for its V-Synth GT synthesizer: The download adds a synth museum’s worth of sounds to the V-Synth GT, with over 450 recreations of classic analog synthesizers from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s plus a host of classic Juno, Jupiter, SH, 303 and D-50 sounds. There are also… Read More Roland Offering Free Sounds For V-Synth GT
Karplus Funk – Physical Modelling On A Modular Synthesizer
This video, Karplus Funk, demonstrates Karplus-Strong synthesis with a modular synth. Patch details: Doepfer A-188-1 512 BBD, A-131 VCA, and A-140 ADSR (foreground). Doepfer A-121 filter in low pass modulated by another A-140 (background). Percussion is Doepfer A-111 and A-117. Sequencing is A-152 and A-160/161. Karplus-Strong string synthesis is a type of physical modelling synthesis that feeds… Read More Karplus Funk – Physical Modelling On A Modular Synthesizer
Why Buchla Synthesizers?
At the new Buchla Tech blog, Mark Verbos offers 14 reasons why the Buchla 200 is “the best modular electronic instrument ever made.” Here are a few highlights: 1. Don Buchla designed the front panel of his instruments first and the electronics second. A musician himself, this means that each module was an idea for… Read More Why Buchla Synthesizers?
Use A Modular Synthesizer To Create Vocal Sounds
This how-to, from Stretta, demonstrates how to use a modular synthesizer to create a vocal “aahh” sound.
Synthträff i Oslo
Proof that people love synths everywhere – or at least that there are synth geeks everywhere. Så här kan det se ut om man åker till Oslo för att kolla på synthesizers.
MFOS Modular Analog Sequencer Video Introduction
DJ Thomas White has created this 8-part introduction to the Music From Outer Space 16-stage modular analog sequencer. MFOS Modular Analog Sequencer 1 of 8
Moog Modular With ModCan Quantizer
A short video demonstration of a ModCan Dual Quantizer in action. This module can take a sequencer, noise or any other signal and map it into musical scales and perform transposition. Both scales and transpose are voltage controllable also. This particular module is a custom black one. Most are white.
ABoT Puts Techno In A Box
Eric Archer’s ABot (Another Box o’ Techno) is an interesting collection of DIY experimental synth circuitry. It features: Dual VCO w/ digital sub-bass sinewave 12dB/oct VCF SyncLFO LFO-Sequencer WaveFucker (1-bit pitch shifter) Analog-controlled speech synthesizer Generative CV sequencer for melody control The ABot synchronizes with Archer’s BBoT (Big Box o’ Techno). Continuing with Archer’s BBoT ethos, there is… Read More ABoT Puts Techno In A Box
DSI MoPho Feedback Loop
A demo of an audio feedback loop with the Dave Smith Instruments MoPho. Run one audio out into the external audio in. Make a weird patch. Push the button.
