Progression from an initialized patch on an Alesis Ion to a completed drum 'n bass bassline.

Alesis Ion Patch Design

Minimoog vs Diva - Basslines

Minimoog Model D from 1973 vs U-he Diva, this time a square wave. I've fixed the levels a bit - the previous version had a noticeable difference.

Minimoog vs Diva Square Bass 2

TempleOfJV

The reversed version of Whitewash reverb. Again, this was achieved by employing several reverbs in series with multiband compressors in between.

Whitewash Reversed

Not meant as a musical exercise, but as a demonstrative one for the speed of the envelopes of a regular, unmodified blue-face 2004 Studio Electronics SE1x monophonic analog synthesizer. First, some presets, then the raw waveforms, unfiltered. The playing isn't spectacular, but hey.

Studio Electronics SE1x envelope comparison

These weren't made with an expensive $20K system - but with something far, -far- cheaper.

Buchla Budget Bongos

The DX7 had several 3rd party products; from synth upgrades to cartridges. One of these is the Hypra-ROM cartridge with 1024 sounds, accessible with dipswitches in groups of 32. This demo features the following patches: Backline 1, Backline 3, C.Bass, CP 80b, PPG Vol. 5, OCEAN BAY, Wurlitzer, Synclav. 3


DX7 Hypra ROM demo

3 Roland synths playing arpeggio, pads and sparkling top sequence.

JX3P, JX8P, Juno-60

Hartmann Neuron VS, FM8. Made for a compo.

Periodic Prairie

Juno-60 through DSP16 and TC M300 for the arpeggio, Virus C for the pads, Roland XP-30 for the high sparkly strings.

Arpbient

Juno-60 sequenced by JSQ-60, FX courtesy of Digitech DSP-16+, TC M300. EQ by Mackie 24.4 VLZ Pro.

Junoverb

Alesis Ion and Line 6 Echo Park

Demo on how to make simple "spectral" pad sounds.

Spectral pad

BoC pastiche. Juno-60 for lead, JX8P through Alesis Ineko (vocal filter) for bass.

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