T.D.O.D.

Published on Feb 8, 2015 br0therl0c0

"Taking a very basic 808 bass/snare beat quickly into noisy rhythm drone territory. The Tiptop SD808 snare sound feeds a Moogerfooger MF-104Z delay with a MF-108M Cluster Flux wired into its external loop. Tweaking the delay time on the Cluster Flux provides a ton of sonic character and variation. Two Korg MS-20's provide a bass drone (panned hard left and right in stereo). The Andromeda provides a string pad drone with some bell-like sounds from the Taurus pedals and the Prophet. The 5U modular provides a sequence using dotcom, Moon, MacBeth, STG, and SSL modules.

Everything is performed/sequenced live. All synths and FX are analog and CV controlled.

Annotated to provide a bit of info.

Details:
- The MS-20 Mini sits high up out of frame and is pitch/gate slaved to the MS-20 Kit via CV.
- Dotcom sequence is a single MK1 'A' oscillator through a heavily modulated STG Sea Devils Filter and into a MK1 'A' Lowpass Filter.
- Yes I'm using massive bass pedals to make a tinny little sound. It was time for something different.
- Live mixed using 2 Alesis Multimix 8 Line mixers.
- Recorded straight into Digital Performer using a MOTU 828 MK3 audio interface. No mastering.
- Shot in HD with a Canon Rebel t4i. Edited in iMovie."

Clock Work(out)

YouTube Uploaded by br0therl0c0 on Aug 20, 2011

"What started out as a stress test for my MIDI to CV Clock setup turned into a bit of a rhythmic jam. A little longer than I would usually record, by IMHO the best sound really kicks in at 5:45.

Details:
The Electribe Is sending out MIDI clock that is converted by a Moon M-553 into clock pulses that is further divided up by a Moon M-554 Octal Clock Divider. Clock pulses drive a Moon M-569 sequencer, a synthesizers.com Q119 sequencer, and a Moog MF-105 MuRF effects pedal.

The sequencers are driving all the envelope gates, plus LFO reset, LFO speed, etc...

Synth engines are MacBeth MK1 modules, Moog Voyager OS, Oberheim SEM, and Korg Electribe. FX are all provided by Moogerfoogers. Everything is pure analog except for the Electribe.

Again IMHO, the MacBeth modules are just amazing, and running through a Moog Phaser only makes them huger.

I hope you enjoy!"

Mellow MuRF Synth Sketch

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"A minimalist live experiment. One note from each synth, modulated and manipulated to try and get something interesting.

Voyager OS through MuRF which is sync'd to Electribe drums using the tap-tempo input (no MIDI-MuRF here). Fun because the MuRF keeps finding new tempos to try and lock to. Foot pedal is controlling MuRF mix. Prophet '08 and Andromeda are using internal sequencers for simple rhythm. Andromeda runs through MF-104Z delay.

Knob tweaking and sloppiness ensues."

Thingaperformance 1.0

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"A short performance using a Thingamagoop through a Moog MoogerFooger analog delay pedal."

New Tom Oberheim SEM + Dotcom Q119 Sequencer Demo

YouTube via br0therl0c0 — June 05, 2010 — "3 simple sequencer experiments exploring the raw sound of the new tomoberheim.com SEM (Patch Panel Version), using the synthesizers.com Q119 sequencer.

All audio is pure SEM without any added effects."

Mini Synth Jam 1.0

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"Just a sketch. Mostly analog, and all live. Andromeda arpeggio, Prophet 08 bass through Moog delay w/ expression pedal hooked into delay time. Electribe drums."

Moog Space Jam

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"Back to basics! A simple performance using just the Minimoog knobs. Pure analog.

Voyager OS runs through MF-104Z analog delay, with the external loop of the delay running through the MuRF. I've patched the mod wheel to control delay feedback and MuRF envelope shape, with some CV modification courtesy of the CP-251.

Annotated for the curious (and as an excuse to mess with iMovie)."

Carpentry

YouTube Uploaded by br0therl0c0 on Oct 1, 2011

"I put this together just for fun. While messing with my new Taurus bass pedals, I was inspired to create a stark and simple synth soundtrack in the style of the great John Carpenter.

Everything is sequenced/played live and is entirely analog except for the drums. No effects except for a little MF-104Z analog delay on the SEM.

Playing the bass pedals with my right foot. Out of frame, but that's why I'm looking down so much...

Electribe Drums, Taurus 3 bass, Prophet '08 filter sweep, Voyager Old School bass notes, Andromeda strings, and sequences on MacBeth MK1 modules and an Oberheim SEM driven by the Moon M-569 sequencer."

Allegory

Published on Sep 13, 2013 br0therl0c0·12 videos

"Delving back into dark rhythm-drone territory here. The basic structure is 3 outboard synths cross patched with the modular, each using a separate timing pulse. The trigger for the MS-20 Mini is a square LFO that is run through a filter before feeding the MS-20's VCA input. Adding resonance to that square wave provides an amazing amount of tonal variation. An Oberheim SEM, Moog Voyager Old School, and MacBeth MK1 Modular provide the rest of the sound.

Everything is performed/sequenced live. All synths and FX are analog and CV controlled.

Annotated to provide a bit of info.

Details:
- A Synthetic Sound Labs 1250 Quad LFO is the main clock source. This feeds a Moon M554 Clock Divider and M569 Sequencer.
- The MS-20's VCA trigger LFO is run through an STG Post-Lawsuit Lowpass Filter. The HP and LP filters are modulated by separate external LFO's.
- The Voyager's OSC2 is synched to OSC1 and modulated by the S&H LFO for the occasional "glitch" sound. Also run through an MF-104Z analog delay.
- MacBeth MK1 modules run through Q115 Spring Reverb.
- Live mixed using 2 Alesis Multimix 8 Line mixers.
- Recorded straight into Digital Performer using a MOTU 828 MK3 audio interface. Mastered with iZotope Ozone.
- Shot in HD with a Canon Rebel t4i. Edited in iMovie."

Hallucination

Published on Oct 11, 2012 by br0therl0c0

"Once again I find myself indulging in some retro dark soundtrack work. This time the opening credit theme for the sci-fi film I never made. A slowly evolving track that I wanted to play live and keep simple and raw.

Everything is played/sequenced live and is entirely analog except for the drums and built-in Andromeda FX.

Annotated as usual to keep me entertained and provide some info.

Synth nerd details:
- Electribe is clocking the Moon M569 sequencer through a M553 MIDI-to-Clock converter and M554 Clock Divider. Sequencer is controlling a tomoberheim.com SEM. Row 1 are main notes, and row 2 transposes those notes.
- Controlling the modular with a Novation Remote 25SL into a Moon M551 MIDI-to-Voltage converter. 3 MacBeth MK1 oscillators with individual glide settings into MK1 'A' Filter.
- Recorded straight into Digital Performer using a MOTU 828 MK3 audio interface.
- Shot in HD with a Canon Rebel t4i. Put together in iMovie.

I hope you dig it."

tomoberheim SEM Demo

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"A demo of the new tomoberheim.com SEM. This is more of a functional demo rather than a musical one. It's for anyone who may be curious how the Patch Panel version works, and/or how they might incorporate it into their rig.

I'm controlling the SEM with my Voyager Old School via the VX-351 CV Expander.

Hope you dig it, and thank you Tom Oberheim for recreating this amazing synthesizer!"

tomoberheim SEM Demo 2

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"A second demo of my new tomoberheim.com SEM (Patch Panel Version). This one is more about sounds and patches.

All audio is pure SEM without any added effects.

I'm controlling the SEM with my Voyager Old School via the VX-351 CV Expander. I'm also using the Moogerfooger CP-251 control processor to generate some CV signals."

Rhythm Drone

YouTube via br0therl0c0 | September 05, 2010

"Another performance experiment trying to create something interesting with very basic building blocks. A single sawtooth drone from the dotcom modular is processed by 3 Moog Moogerfoogers and an EHX Chorus. The Q119 sequencer is controlling various Moogerfooger FX parameters.

Pure analog. Annotated 'cause I like annotated things."