EMW Patch Synthesizer JX-810P
EMW Patch Synthesizer for the Roland JX-8P and MKS-70.
“Our Patch Synthesizer is not just a patch randomizer, it uses an intelligent algorithm to create very usable sounds and has adjustable parameters to allow you to control the type of patch that will be created. Rediscover your synth with the EMW Patch Synthesizer series.”
Roger Powell ARP Odyssey Patches and Tutorial
Roger Powell
Odyssey Patches and Tutorial
Published 1973 by Arp Instruments Inc.
I’ve just put together the pics and the audio track from arpodyssey.com/roger-powell.html because it’s so nice to have it together…
This is the most beautiful tutorial for the ARP Odyssey i’ve ever heard. Thanks to Roger Powell for the tutorial and to Guy Phethean and the arpodyssey.com -people for keeping it alive.
While the Minimoog proved to be a runaway success as the first compact studio synthesizer, ARP responded with a compact and user-friendly studio synthesizer of their own with the Odyssey in 1972. An almost equally legendary machine itself, the Odyssey was ARP’s highest selling synth back then, and still is to this day in the second-hand market.
The Odyssey essentially gives you a simplified hard-wired ARP 2600 in a much smaller and affordable package. The Odyssey is a 2-oscillator analog synth (with duo-phonic capability) and it sounds really nice; the Minimoog has three oscillators and is capable of thicker sounds. The Odyssey comes well equipped with all the tweakable features and analog goodness you’d expect: a resonant low pass filter, ADSR envelopes, sine or square wave LFO, and a sample-and-hold function.
The Odyssey also added a few new features such as a high pass filter that could be used in series with the low pass, oscillator-sync capability, and pulse-width modulation. It is a very professional and expressive machine that can create nice analog basses, interesting leads, great effects and sweeping sounds straight out of a Tangerine Dream album!
There were many versions of the Odyssey over the years, each a little different. They can be broken down into 8 models spanning 3 Mark “Mk” versions.
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Holiday treat from Native – free synth – SKANNER
Xmas treat from Native Instruments 
SKANNER – our holiday gift for you: Stephan Schmitt’s raucous and exciting new synth is available for download now. SKANNER can be used either with the latest version (5.6.2) of the free REAKTOR 5 PLAYER, or REAKTOR 5.6.2.
Play samples like a synth – SKANNER will rip through your holiday lethargy.
“Created by Stephan Schmitt, SKANNER is an innovative, unorthodox instrument with a unique raw edge. It takes samples as source material and generates breathtaking new sounds, ranging from simple sine waves to walls of noise. A must-have for adventurous producers and sound designers, SKANNER is also completely free. Runs in the latest version (5.6.2) of the free REAKTOR 5 PLAYER, or REAKTOR 5.6.2. Download it today!”
Despite the complex synthesis going on under the hood, SKANNER couldn’t be easier to use. Two views offer different levels of interaction: The ‘A’ view features four macro controls that are mapped to multiple parameters – even subtle tweaks can create dramatic changes.
If you want to dig deeper into the architecture of SKANNER, the ‘B’ view (pictured here) provides access to more detailed parameters. Use SKANNER with REAKTOR 5.6 and you can replace the included samples with your own – discover their sonic potential when they get skanned. At the heart of SKANNER’s creative potential is the versatile Preset Morpher – morph between eight different snapshots for evolving sounds that are unworldly and unusual. The controls include morphing speed and LFO modulation – jam and morph from one extreme to another, and capture your performance in your DAW.*
TC-11 Multi-Touch Synthesizer – Performance Demo
TC-11 is a fully programable multi-touch synthesizer for the iPad. This video demos some of the 64 included presets, and shows the multi-touch performance and device motion control.
TC-11 uses multi-touch control like no other app. The relationships between touches are controllers that drive synthesis. Since TC-11 is fully programable, any touch controller can change any synthesis parameter.
More videos will be uploaded soon! Stay tuned for a full feature tour, editing demo, and tips on programming your own TC-11 patches.
For more information, visit www.bitshapesoftware.com.
C-MOnSter Sound Demo
“This is a sound demo of a CMOS based polyphonic synthesizer that I made. A keyboard controlled top octave synth that uses almost exclusively simple CMOS circuits to create and modify the sound. The full explanation is here. This is the technical explanation of a CMOS based top octave synthesizer. Check out my other video for a sound demo. The synth uses mostly CMOS chips to generate a the top octave twice, then divides it to get the rest of the notes. The sound is then shaped and processed uses more CMOS circuits, before finally going through dual Wasp filters.”
Enjoy
Tektronix TDS 350 digital oscilloscope displays waveforms from a prototype synthesizer
Tektronix TDS 350 digital oscilloscope displays waveforms from a prototype synthesizer. VCO, Envelope Generator, and VCA are demonstrated. This true analog synth has voltage/logic control of all parameters and runs on 5V single supply.
Physynth testing
“One of our testers having a go with a couple of Soundscape ideas in Physynth.”
Physynth turns your iPad or iPad 2 into a piece of real vintage synth hardware. Use the state-of-the-arts physics engine to explore organic, evolving, fluid music.With a vintage hardware design, groundbreaking 3D tilt camera, stunning lighting and unbelievable next-gen graphics push the iPad and iPad 2 to their very limits.
Physynth by Simian² (an amalgam of ‘physics’ and ‘synthesizer’) heralds a landmark moment in music creativity, combining cutting-edge user-created physics with an AAA quality game graphics engine for unparalleled immersion, Physynth brings traditional music applications out of the stone age and sets the bar very high for all other creativity apps to be judged. Created as a live experimental instrument and musician’s sketchpad, Physynth enables the musician to toy with new concepts, melodies, rhythms and unexpected aural pleasures using the power of physics and experimental design in an organic, fluid manner.
Physynth features a beautiful hand-crafted real 3D music hardware with custom shaders tailored especially for iPad and iPad2, Physynth really is vintage hardware in the palm of your hand. A labour of love and effort, Simian² have brought something that can only be experienced first-hand, into your hands.
FEATURES
– Four-track Soundscaping.
– Vintage hardware design with groundbreaking 3D tilt-camera, lighting and next-gen graphics.
– Realtime melody or rhythm over-dub.
– Physics-triggered sample engine with useradjustable parameters.
– A wide range of beautiful sounding instruments.
– Realtime mixing with pan and volume control.
– Realtime Reverb and Chorus digital special effects.
– Melody-Mode to allow use as a traditional musical keyboard.
JEM SX1000 SYNTHESIZER VST PLUGIN FREEWARE – DEMO
Download link: http://www.pianovintage.fr/fr/download/cat_view/57-free-vst-freeware-plug-in
JEM SX1000, is a new vst plugin synthesizer based on the original
JEN SX1000 hardware synthesizer from the 70’s and produced by pianovintage.fr
JEM SX1000 is freeware and available only on PC
30 presets including 6 original Jen’s preset
Single osc – filter+lfo + filter & amp enveloppe, glide, FX …
JEM SX1000 features :
One oscillator with pitch and tuning settings
Three waveforms + noise
Filter section with cutoff and resonance controls
Two Lfo — Filter & amp enveloppe
Delay and Chorus fx
30 originals presets including 6 factory presets
3D synth video – BRIZBOMB – 111108T1845 Anaglyph 3D test (red and cyan glasses needed)
Anaglyph 3D (red and cyan) glasses needed. 3D effect appears to work better further back from the screen. Audio & Visuals recorded live @ Westside Welding and Machine 2011 September 8th using primarily the LZX Visionary video synthesizer system. All sounds and visuals recorded live in real time with no editing and no pre-recorded material. Please visit http://brizbomb.com/
A quick look at the new Eowave Domino synthesizer
http://vimeo.com/33318312
.:.:DOMINO.::: is a discrete analogue synthesizer with a VCO in the tradition of MS20 and TB303. The VCO, filter & VCA are transistor made. This transistor architecture gives .:.:DOMINO.::: a unique raw sound. Rich and raw at the same time, no need of external effects to give life to the sound. The VCO offers a mix between sawtooth and square. Pulsewidth can be modulated by the LFO. The filter is a low-pass 24dB resonant filter. The analogue envelope range is from 1ms to 10s with attack, decay, sustain/release.The LFO has 8 different waveforms. On waveform 8, the modulation wheel can replace the LFO. MIDI CC 8 to 16 can transform the LFO in a sequencer to modulate pitch, pulsewidth, filter cutoff. The VCA can be modulated by a gate or by an envelope. In the legato mode, playing notes will generate glide between two notes. The glide time can be edited via MIDI CC. Additional features like a 8 steps sequencer, an arpeggiator and an accent recognition capability turns the Domino into a powerful tool.
Technical specifications
– 1 analogue oscillator from saw to square with tune and mix
– LFO modulation
– Pulsewidth modulation
– 24dB resonant filter
– Envelope modulation and LFO modulation of the filter
– LFO with Speed and Type parameters
– LFO syncable to MIDI clock
– Envelope with Attack, Decay, Sustain
– Analogue VCA
– Env/gate switch
-8 steps sequencer
– Arpeggiator
– Easy to use.
– Direct access to all parameters.
http://vimeo.com/33256988
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