Synth Geekery 183

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In episode 183 we are talking about synths on your Saturday! Plus all the usual segments! Funny Side, News from the Geekery, Price Watch, Name that Synth …

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About the Synth Geekery Show

Synth Geekery is a weekly podcast/live stream (YouTube) show about everything synthesizers, drum machines, samplers, sequencers, eurorack and music technology. We take the “one of the masses” viewpoint, where we are also users of gear just like you (read: we’re not influenced by commercial product placement).

The show relies on the generous contributions of the synth community. You can contribute in many ways including supporting us via our YouTube Channel Membership or Patreon. We also have regular and special video guests: if you would like to take part in future shows – please contact me via email on the about page here.

Guests

This week’s video guests are:

Daren T. Housse

Bandcamp Link: https://darenthousse.bandcamp.com/

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLPHxpZgFKKE1wkG9ndto3A

Daren resides in the UK and is one of the first video guests on the show since 2019. He has a large amount of tracks on his youtube channel plus a great album collection over on BandCamp.

Andrew Brooks

Main link – https://www.youtube.com/user/sunhoney1uk

BandCamp link: https://andyvonal.bandcamp.com/

Andy resides in the UK and has been a regular member of the show since 2020. He has performed live and offers a wealth of knowledge for live electronic music setups and small studio configurations.

SynthAddict

Andy is a musician and technologist from the bay area in California. He has an amazing collection of music tech gadgets and a large knowledge of synthesizers.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUtABvP7q29uvLKi73zIjFQ

Ian J. Cole

Ian is a musician, composer, sound designer and producer currently producing solo ambient electronic music. He also runs Sinners Music which is a Record Company and Online Music Retailer in East Yorkshire, England

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/IanJCole

Chris (Maikshifter) also joined us for his debutant video call! Thanks Chris!

Video replay

Funny Side

The funny side segment is a collection of memes that are somewhat relevant to the synth geekery community. Some of these images are taken from Facebook, Instagram and other social media sources. Please respect the creators. Hope you enjoy this week’s selection:

News from the Geekery

This week we have a big list of new synths and gear:

Robaux LL8″

Euro TR-style sequencer with polymetric rhythms – each track can have a different length, length reset, legato and probability. 16 patterns and 16 steps with a random pattern fill mode that fills your steps with randomised patterns.

Price: £127 for the LL8

Link: http://robaux.io/products/ll82.html

AMSynths AM8810 SN-101 VCO

Roland SH-101 Voltage Controlled Oscillator replica. You can also purchase the SN-101 VCF module and have yourself a real SH-101 modular feel. Using the advanced AS3340A oscillator chip

Price: £160

Link: https://www.amsynthstore.co.uk/AM8110_SN-101_VCO/p1461448_21596086.aspx

Sync Pravus – Noise Engineering

Always good to have some cv/gate mangling available.

Price: $140

Link: https://noiseengineering.us/

Price Watch

This week – we visited a number of auctions, here are the screen grabs:

Saturday Sonority

This week’s Saturday Sonority we were talking about synths!