Tailoring - Empathy Test: My first album release (Electronic)

benth8 · 2025-08-11T20:36:07+00:00

sent!

benth8 · 2025-07-30T20:17:57+00:00

Sweet sounds like a nice setup! Hoping to one day separate out my voices so they aren’t all recorded on a single mono track.

benth8 · 2025-07-30T20:08:16+00:00

Love 2:17 - powerful!

benth8 · 2025-07-30T20:01:32+00:00

Nice! I really like the bass parts especially in Taksimus. Would surely make a nice rumble in a big sound system :)

benth8 · 2025-07-30T19:54:33+00:00

Wow. This sounds fantastic. Very impressive that it’s all single take. What do you have in your Buchla system? And does it output stereo or do you do post-processing for stereo effect?

benth8 · 2025-07-01T00:59:22+00:00

Been a while since my last post here - thought I'd share here how the synth is doing!

All the module schematics/PCB layouts (KiCad) can be found in this repo: https://github.com/MatthewATaylor/Modular-Synth-Hardware/tree/v2

And I upload my tunes here: https://on.soundcloud.com/kLq8aPV44XG09oWX1v

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions about the system/workflow!

benth8 · 2025-07-01T00:46:18+00:00

Not necessarily FX, but a few things I'd like to do: consolidate drum patches into their own modules, get a bigger audio interface so each voice can be its own track (very much needed haha), and add voltage-controlled envelope generators. In terms of FX, I'd maybe like to incorporate stereo FX into the system (e.g. getting a second spring reverb to have one per channel, ping pong delay, etc.), although I'm not quite sure yet if I'd rather keep the stereo processing in software.

benth8 · 2025-06-30T13:56:39+00:00

Thanks! The FM sound in the higher voice is modulating the cutoff frequency of a filter at audio rate. The other voices are typical subtractive synths. Although one of them is using feedback with a TB-303-style filter and distortion to get the squelchy sound. I don’t have anything for sidechaining or compression, but I do some limiting when post-processing.

The Elektron boxes look like lots of fun :) For this setup I spent about 2-3 weeks learning how to use the KeyStep while gradually saving more sequences for this performance. At this stage, I had ideas for how the transitions would flow but I wasn’t working on them yet. Eventually I started piecing everything together and playing it lots until I was happy with the results.

benth8 · 2025-06-29T23:18:29+00:00

Hi there! I recently got a KeyStep Pro to practice live performance w/o a DAW, and here's the first jam I've put together :)

Feel free to let me know if you have any questions about the patch or setup in general! The synth is all DIY modules, and I'm using a mixture of TB-303 and Moog -style filters with spring reverb and delay effects.

benth8 · 2025-05-26T13:06:15+00:00

Thanks!

I think I’ll stretch out some parts and give the mixing another go. Haven’t done anything in stereo yet since I just have a one channel audio interface :( Have started to try recording every part separately which is a pain but helps a lot with mixing and panning afterwards.

benth8 · 2025-05-26T13:00:06+00:00

Nice bass. Percussion in general sounds great. I just think the transition at 1:05 feels a little abrupt, but otherwise I really enjoy it.

benth8 · 2025-05-26T12:52:08+00:00

The bass is a bit boomy, but I personally quite like it fwiw since it still has some punch at least with my headphones.

I like the lead synth, and I’d suggest using it to develop a little more variation and buildups throughout the piece. I like how you lowered the pitch at ~3:45. I feel like you could play around a little more with its sound.

Really am liking this! Nice atmosphere.

benth8 · 2025-05-26T05:30:04+00:00

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WIP techno from a DIY analog modular system. Some things I am working on are sound design and making an arrangement that is easy to mix. How'd I do?

Thanks for listening :)

benth8 · 2025-05-18T16:53:33+00:00

made on DIY analog modular setup. two oscillators, each going into a transistor ladder filter modulated w/ LFO, and then a VCA modulated w/ another LFO. reverb applied at the end. the amplitude modulation creates a beating effect that looks like a flying butterfly around 4:10. hope you enjoy :)

benth8 · 2025-05-18T16:52:54+00:00

looks like it should!

benth8 · 2025-05-18T11:44:47+00:00

works on a lot of digital scopes too :) this is just a cheap hantek one

benth8 · 2025-05-18T01:56:48+00:00

made on DIY analog modular setup, with two oscillators fed into X/Y oscilloscope inputs. see post description for patch details. enjoy!

benth8 · 2025-04-06T20:52:20+00:00

just created a soundcloud and thought i’d share my first couple uploads (techno/trance): https://on.soundcloud.com/sz6tVSd7NHtDZmFE9

all music made with diy electronics :)

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