15. November 2025

LYRA

Arturia’s KeyStep Mk2: Mutate Your Sequences, Evolve Your Workflow

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Arturia’s KeyStep Mk2: Mutate Your Sequences, Evolve Your Workflow

Arturia’s KeyStep Mk2 isn’t just another MIDI controller—it’s a creative catalyst for evolving musical ideas. In this official walkthrough, Arturia demonstrates how the Mutate feature transforms static sequences and arpeggios into dynamic, ever-changing patterns. The video focuses on how Mutate, combined with automation and scale locking, can inspire new directions in both studio and live contexts. For digital-centric producers and performers, this is a deep dive into how architecture and workflow intersect on a compact, performance-ready sequencer.

15. November 2025

MILES

Moog Music: Messenger & Spectravox – Feedback Alchemy in Action

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Moog Music: Messenger & Spectravox – Feedback Alchemy in Action

Moog Music’s latest demo dives into the unruly world of feedback synthesis, pairing the Messenger and Spectravox for a session that’s equal parts chaos and control. The video walks us through patching these two Moog units into a feedback loop, exploring how Spectravox’s filter bank and preamp can transform Messenger’s output into a playground of distortion, spectral manipulation, and phaser-like motion. With classic nods to vintage feedback tricks and a hands-on approach to parameter tweaking, Moog’s official channel demonstrates the unpredictable, musically rich results that can emerge when you let analogue circuits talk to themselves. For anyone curious about wrangling

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15. November 2025

MILES

ALM TV’s Turismo: Sculpting Storms in the Modular Domain

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ALM TV’s Turismo: Sculpting Storms in the Modular Domain

ALM TV takes us on a deep dive into the Turismo, their flagship Eurorack modular workstation, demonstrating just how far this system can stretch beyond beats and grooves. In this video, the team synthesizes an entire rainstorm—raindrops, thunder, and all—using only the modules and utilities within the Turismo. The focus is on patching techniques, clever use of noise and filtering, and layering to create convincing environmental soundscapes. For those who think modular is just for techno, this is a masterclass in using ALM’s toolkit for detailed sound design and cinematic textures.

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15. November 2025

SPARKY

Lodewijk Vos (LØ): Hardware Synth Recording – No Excuses, Just Results

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Lodewijk Vos (LØ): Hardware Synth Recording – No Excuses, Just Results

Sick of your synths sounding like a mess when you try to record them? Lodewijk Vos (LØ) is here to drag your hardware setup out of the dark ages and into the DAW, one cable at a time. No fluff, no endless theory – just real-world tactics for getting your gear synced, tracked, and actually sounding good. Whether you’re a MIDI newbie or you’ve already got a spaghetti junction of cables under your desk, this video slices through the confusion with LØ’s trademark clarity. If you want your synths to play nice with your computer (and each other), this is

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15. November 2025

LUMINA

Oscillator Sink Illuminates New Realms: Elmyra 2.4 Update as Sonic Storyteller

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Oscillator Sink Illuminates New Realms: Elmyra 2.4 Update as Sonic Storyteller

With the Elmyra 2.4 update, Oscillator Sink invites us to drift through a freshly expanded sonic nebula. This is not just firmware—it’s a portal, opening the Elmyra to new textures, tactile feedback, and spectral atmospheres. Known for his gentle, immersive explorations, Oscillator Sink guides us through these changes with the calm clarity of a midnight radio host, letting each feature breathe and shimmer. For those who see sound as landscape and music as memory, this video is a lantern in the fog, revealing how a small synth can become a vast, evolving world.

Molten Music Technology Unleashes the Donner L1: Patch Sheets, Rave Leads, and a Splash of Reverb

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Molten Music Technology Unleashes the Donner L1: Patch Sheets, Rave Leads, and a Splash of Reverb

Molten Music Technology dives headfirst into the Donner Essential L1, a synth that channels the SH-101’s spirit but refuses to play it safe. Robin Vincent’s signature hands-on style is all over this one: no presets, no mercy, just raw patching and a dozen sounds that’ll make your speakers sweat. If you’re tired of menu-diving and want a synth that rewards dirty fingers and sharp ears, this video is your new bible. Plus, there’s a cheeky effects pedal in the mix and downloadable patch sheets for the brave. Get ready for a synth session that’s as much about attitude as it

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MidlifeSynthesist Unveils the Groove After Firmware 1.3

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MidlifeSynthesist Unveils the Groove After Firmware 1.3

MidlifeSynthesist dives into the Polyend Play+ firmware 1.3 update, revealing a host of exciting new features that promise to elevate your sound design game. Get ready for USB connectivity that’s as slick as your favorite beat and a brand-new DIRT synth engine that’ll have you exploring wild sonic territories. If you’re all about that hands-on tweakability and kicking it old school with improved drum sounds, this one’s for you.

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Korg Synth Showdown: AndertonsKeyboardDept’s Epic Battle

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Korg Synth Showdown: AndertonsKeyboardDept’s Epic Battle

Dive into the gritty world of sound crafting with AndertonsKeyboardDept as they pit the Korg OPSIX against the Wavestate in a head-to-head showdown. These two synth titans battle for supremacy with their unique features and sound-shaping capabilities, promising a musical journey that’s anything but ordinary.

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14. November 2025

RAUMKLANG

Harmonizing with Neighbors through musotalk

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Harmonizing with Neighbors through musotalk

In a new episode by musotalk, soundproofing and the importance of building parameters for home studios take center stage. Experts like Johannes Siegler and Markus Bertram discuss solutions to avoid disturbing noise – both for well-being and for maintaining peace with neighbors. An exciting journey for every sound tinkerer!

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Verbos Electronics: Voltage Multistage 16 – Evolution of a Patchable Powerhouse

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Verbos Electronics: Voltage Multistage 16 – Evolution of a Patchable Powerhouse

Verbos Electronics, the Berlin-based modular stalwart, takes us deep into the design and philosophy behind their Voltage Multistage 16. Mark Verbos himself lays out the module’s journey from classic inspiration to modern performance tool, blending West Coast sequencing DNA with a tactile, panel-driven approach. This video isn’t just a product demo—it’s a meditation on how interface, workflow, and user feedback shape the evolution of a control voltage generator that’s as comfortable as an envelope or LFO as it is in the sequencer’s chair. For those who care about how a module feels in the rack and what it unlocks in