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Friday, March 27, 2026

Hexdrums cranked, compressed & gated (no talk)


video upload by Richard DeHove

"Compressor hiss? Meh, the world's full of noise and hiss. Levels pushed, why not? Some limiting on the output - sure. We're just having fun here, not trying to educate anyone on noise levels or production techniques. And as usual this video has completely mutated from its original form. The intention was to show the new Nightverb gated reverb option and blather on about drum machines. Then I started playing with Hexdrums' compressor. So instead of my long diatribe on drum machine programming I chopped that all out and just kept the actual drums.

Compressor's aren't my thing. Yet with the Hexdrum compressor I had fun. Pushed past noon it will start giving an audible hissy noise floor but if you're cranking lots of other things that that just disappears :D If I was making an album track I'd probably try to get rid of it but for now every noise is welcome.

On the routing: Voice 1 (bass drum 1) and Voice 3 (snare) are on separate outs and are completely dry - although I was severely temped to do some processing on them. All the other voices go to the Hexdrums stereo out, then to the Nightverb on the gated reverb option; then to the Echolocator. With either effect unit turned to 100% wet it's up to the dry voices 1 & 3 to keep things together.

At times I turn up the release on Voice 2 (bass drum 2) and that's what upsets the compressor and holds it open so long that the gated reverb doesn't get a turn.

The main reason I like this setup is that you can get variations on a single drum pattern without having to program any new drum patterns :)

The main out from the DAW has some mild limiting to catch stray spikes but otherwise this is an unedited one-pass twiddlefest.

Many thanks to my kind patrons who keep this channel ad-free
My website: https://richarddehove.com/"

Roland SH-2 with System 104 sequencer #rolandsh2 #rolandsystem104


video upload by analogia pl

the weird world of bytebeat synthesis


video upload by Stephen McLeod

0:00 Intro
1:10 What is bytebeat?
3:24 Synth overview
4:57 How does it sound?
6:06 The Visualiser
7:07 A special mention...
7:38 Who is it for?
8:54 My Thoughts

MultiWAVE MIDI | MakeNoise New Universal Synthesizer System | Episode 06


video upload by Cinematic Laboratory

"Midi on the MulitWAVE is a big deal. It seems it just adds polyphony from your DAW or midi host, but how many keyboards do you know where you can actively control eight separate voices and put each voice in its own VCA, with its own modulation and FX? I know only one. And then you can still go hybrid and plug all kinds of CV in it.

It's also a big deal because you can make moving soundscapes which are either super hard or totally impossible with regular hardware keys. Sure you can use multiple instances of VST's in the daw, but that doesn't count because a PC is not a fair compare.

I am still waiting for my MIDI expander strip to arrive, so I 'broke the rules' by using a direct USB connection with Ground Control. MakeNoise does not support this due to all classic 'interference' problems with USB loops between controllers, hosts and output devices. The 'strip' mitigates those problems, and it offers a front panel input instead of running USB cables through places where they can't go. But this video was simply to short to wait for the strip to arrive. Next week the new GTE will also be here, so I'll stitch it up properly soon and try an MPE controller."

PMC 01 - Meska - Forgotten Path


video upload by Meska (Meska)

"This is part of a bigger compilation you can found here :



During the 2024 we make some jam/sound design session in paris , record everythings and after all menber have using the audio material for building track here is my take on it.

Thank you for watching.
My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly 'dark and expérimental' music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with.

You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/

If you'd like to support the channel​ consider buying music from bandcamp ;)
Contact/booking: meskastatik@gmail.com"

Bad Gear - The OG


video upload by AudioPilz

"Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world’s most-hated audio tools. By now it must have dawned on even the most terminally online late GenX/early millennial person that calling something The OG is cringe.

Today, however, we are going to talk about Novation Bass Station. This 1993 mono synth and predecessor to the incredibly popular Bass Station 2 is more than deserving of the title because A - it was one of the most important heralds of the 90s analog revival and B - it even got a little shoutout by The Wu Tang. Dolla Dolla Bills y’all.

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
00:55 Overview Novation Bass Station I
01:39 Synth Engine, Oscillators
02:06 Filter
02:21 LFO
02:38 What's under the Hood? (UI Problems)
03:18 OG Bass Station vs. Bass Station Rack
04:16 Build Quality, Pricing, Thanks
04:42 H*te Screen
05:07 Jam 1 ( Acid )
06:05 Jam 2 ( Drum'n'Bass )
07:05 Finale ( That other Acid )
07:34 VERDICT

Sequential Circuits Six-Trak song Pure VCO Analog 27.3.2026.


video upload by Veli-Matti Rautio

"Got new Eprom V14 to Six-Trak and changed it. Next was testing the synth's working and here is that test session. Arp & latch sound nr. 14, lead & bass sound 01. No additional effects used, only Six-Trak's pure single VCO analog sound. Sony FDR-AX43A video kamera. Composed, played live, arranged and improvised by me in Studio Tupos 27.3.2026. Nr. 1544.
Tilasin Ebay:stä Six-Trakiin uuden V14 Epromin. Vaihdoin sen paikalleen ja pitihän sitä testata, että toimiiko enää? En toki saanut Six-Trakin sekkaria synkkaamaan RX21 rumpalin ohjaukseen, mutta sentään soitto onnistui :) Arp & latch soundi nr. 14, soolo ja basso nr. 01. Sony FDR-AX43A kuvaajana."

Selling The Best Sounding Synth Ever


video upload by Woody Piano Shack

"Discussion, demo and review of the KORG WAVESTATE Synthesizer."

MORE WOODY PIANO SHACK
https://woodypianoshack.com

New TipTop Audio 248t Tutorials by Todd Barton


Tutorials 4-7 have been added to the playlist in this post. Click Play and used the right arrow keys to flip through videos in the playlist when you get there.

SCJS#87 - BAD SCANNER


video upload by FL3SHB4CK

"Small Case Jam Sessions #87 - BAD SCANNER

FM RADIUS into ZERSTORER distortion, TABOR into EFI (MS 20 style filter),
BATTERING RAM kick, all modulations by QUIVER

Recorded live thru Syntakt delay & reverb"
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