By BrainPain

DARK SYNTH

Synthesizer Spec

Giaga Robot - Every Monday (Irregular Synth Bootleg) [FREE DOWNLOAD]

I don't speak German but it's the best language for synth pop.
Made in Reason.
Almost only Arturias softsynt version of Oberheim OB-Xa was used for the track.
https://www.arturia.com/products/analog-classics/ob-xa-v/overview

Mechanisches Duett

Tune in and rediscover the bona fide hits which made folks groove decades ago. Get to know the music pioneers who laid the foundations for the techno, house, and electronic club music genres. Be ready to sweat it out to exclusive disco funk and electric boogie mixes served fresh every month.

Tracklist.
(00:12) Space Project - Conquest Of The Stars
(08:15) Elektrik Funk - On A Journey (I Sing The Funk Electric)
(13:40) Midnight Star - Electricity
(20:27) Patrick Cowley - Megatron Man
(29:04) Kano - I'm Ready
(35:39) Vera - Baby Won't You Dance with Me
(41:54) Gino Soccio - Remember
(47:57) Bobby O - She Has A Way
(53:33) Trans-X - Vivre Sur Video
(59:28) Lime - Don't You Wanna Do It

Synthesizer Special

Unidisc Radio - Episode 010 - Synthesizer Special

in 2012 talented synth artists submitted tracks to Synth Scene Magazine for a 2nd zine/comp cd that never was produced. the money ran out after SS#1. here is that collection of songs submitted for SS#2... they need to be heard.

SS#2/ Femka-Sex Robot (Adam 01 mix)

DISCONNECT

Title/Artist is guesstimate... Please comment with correct song/artist info

Revenge Of The Nerds (They're So Incredible ?) - Unknown

The Spanish Inquisition.

This song took longer to finish than I thought when I started. It is difficult to get the frequencies right so that all the sounds don't flow together into a mush. A good sound engineer knows the tricks we amateurs tear our hair out over.

As usual, I use Reason:
https://reasonstudios.com/
Samples are from bundled refills.
Massive use of Polar, dual pitch shifter and Synchronous, Timed effect modulator.

Primary synth is Pigments from Arturia:
https://www.arturia.com/products/software-instruments/pigments/overview

Some mean sounds are made with Synclavier V from Arturia.
https://www.arturia.com/products/analog-classics/synclavier-v/synclavier-v-resynthesis

A little bass from Blamsoft, VK-2.
https://blamsoft.com/rack-extensions/vk-2-viking-synthesizer/

Text to speech:
https://voicegenerator.io/
Google UK English Male. Pitch 0,6. Speed 1.

Finally, Monthly Python’s flying circus.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spanish_Inquisition_(Monty_Python)

TheSpanishInquisition

Lol okay I lied ONE last K.K. Slider song for now

It’s one of the newer tracks from New Horizons, K.K. Robot Synth!

K.K. Robot Synth Remix

Paradox Obscur - Dark Fortress

Made in Reason.
The only synth used is Arturias VST of Buchla Easel.
Quite different approach to sound synthesis. I wont use it again...
Text to speech: voicegenerator.io

BuchlaChatGPT

Let me start with an apology to all french speaking listeners! I don't speak french and just translated English sentences based on French words that rhyme.

The song is a pastiche (French word!) on the New romantic band Visage.
It was the result of testing the new VST plugin “paralogy64” from Full Bucket Music, “           simulating the paraphonic Crumar Trilogy and Stratus keyboards from the early 1980s”.
https://www.fullbucket.de/music/paralogy.html

French voice is provided by https://voicegenerator.io/
It has manually been split and pitch adjusted to resemble a French singer…

As usual, I have used reason and soft synths from Arturia and Cherry Audio.


LaChansonDeVisage

A vibrant fusion of retro flair and modern energy, this track pulses with neon-lit synths, groovy basslines, and infectious dance rhythms. Channeling the spirit of ‘80s dance floors with a futuristic twist, it’s a celebration of nostalgia reimagined for today’s motion and momentum

Lost Robot

TATA Box - Cruise Control [SiYu Rec]

A little song about FORTRAN.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fortran

Made in Reason.
www.reasonstudios.com

Oberheim SEM and OBXa from Arturia.
www.arturia.com

Text to speech, Voice generator. (free)
voicegenerator.io

FORTRAN (GOD is REAL unless declared INTEGER)

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An old fart making old music.

Everything is made in Reason, https://www.reasonstudios.com
I love it since it let me use patch cables the way I'm used to.

Arturia V-collection, https://www.arturia.com, let me play with synths I couldn't afford back in the days.

Full Bucket, https://www.fullbucket.de, make some fantastic VST soft-synths that I love. He has an impressive setup of Korg clones that I recommend. Try FB-3300, the best synth Korg has ever made.

Cherry Audio, https://cherryaudio.com, is another source of old synth clones that sound fantastic. Good price and wonderful sound.