Asking the difficult question at Synthfest.

[@mylarmelodies]

CHAPTERZ - SKIP AROUND? 00:00 A fact about the Octagon 01:17 The Chroma Sounds Ace 01:54 Oberheimoment. 03:15 Soundgas' Circuitbent 707 03:55 The Wangulator 05:05 The Allen Synthesis Interview 06:22 The Nick Batt Interview 07:44 The CPU Smith Interview 09:03 VCS-3 Moment 09:34 The Transistor Sounds Labs Interview 12:06 Lord Morts Thoughts 15:20 The Analogue Solutions Interview 17:00 The Scanner Interview 18:53 The Gaz Williams Interview 22:21 The RYK Modular Interview 26:05 Alex Ball Talks System-100m 29:17 The Rhodes Interview 32:20 Polypores Talks Productive Modular Music 37:27 Final Very Important Thoughts

[@mylarmelodies]

Also, here's the commercial M185-inventing Jake and his partner directed for VW...you'll remember it, as it's pretty unforgettable: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mXuyqqGnqr2NmJI

[@mylarmelodies]

And if you recognise David Elsewhere from somewhere, it's perhaps here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n4bdZYKChs6Sq9k (Still beyond all measure of incredible 20 years later) - oh and to go one layer deeper, who else did the music but: kzbin.info/www/bejne/n2PKmmiugLx7hZI

[@TrggrWarning]

Wow very cool thank you!

[@CinematicLaboratory]

Thank you so much for making the rest of the world 'be there'.

[@nodz007]

I contacted Tom a few months ago about the Analogue Solutions Generator sequencer which I had in eurorack form but wanted to put it in its own case. Even though he deals with really great high end gear, he was really pleasant and organised a case for my unit. He asked me a few questions and after realising I didn't have a clue about some of the technical questions about power, he asked me to send him the unit, soldered and cased up the unit for me and then sent me the unit back. He is such a nice man and I can't praise him enough :)

[@soupforare]

Love ASol! Love the genny!

[@MrStupidHead]

Yeah. He just pushes the envelope. One of the guys that does this, because... it would be cool to put he and Vlad together and see what they create. Someday his stuff is gonna be worth a ton. Even though that was never the point

[@PolyporesHQ]

Thanks for the interview Alex, it was great to meet you!

[@Dilworthy]

Hey dude, bit surreal seeing you being interviewed here. Great jobby and interesting points man!

[@extralifedisco]

Thx for covering the chip shortage! So many companies have closed shop and I know a lot of builders who are teetering on the edge of folding. Luck is always a big factor in business but having to gamble on whether or not your raw materials will become unattainable adds serious risk to any bet.

[@joshdrift4374]

Fun video. Gaz Williams enthusiam is infectious

[@sonicstate]

That poster frame! Nick looks like he's about to cry - he held it together though

[@DankePlace]

PMW tears 😁

[@Jason75913]

real emotion or allergies?

[@samanthajanesmith9591]

First gig in 1999...now I feel very old....thanks for the coverage..

[@unclemick-synths]

My thought too!

[@cardboardmusic]

Brilliant, plenty of nice interviews. Thanks for taking the time to do them.

[@zemertz]

I will wait for the modules, good luck to all the imaginative creators out there, don't give up, would have loved to go to this event

[@oystercatcher943]

Love the spirit of the Colossus guy! So much British can do attitude, skill and love for what they are making at this conference

[@Digiphex]

I live near Asheville, NC and caught Orbital at Moogfest 2012! I know Hexinverter is calling it quits and also some others I saw. I feel bad but I think the chips will come around again and will be even better and more capable in the future.

[@TR-707]

looks fantastic! Thanks for covering the fest and showing us all why we should visit soon. Big ups to RYK and their Vector Wave! It is a beast and awesome to see it teased in the intro. Everyone should pick it up or the kit!

[@l1fef0rm]

Chips. I am so glad you asked about this and got some meaningful answers.

[@FileTransferProtocol]

Thanks for making this. Really great coverage and approach to the conversations. 👍🏻

[@localhost4460]

I've been building a Lyra-8 over the past couple of months. The sourcing of parts has been enlightening. The Lyra-8 doesn't suffer from the same chip shortages, but looking for parts is an absolute nightmare. I can understand how disrupting that supply completely destroys companies...

[@NateHorn]

Great video mate! Thanks for taking us on the journey. Really resonated with Polypores, my workflow is the same and when I have the time and energy the music really can flow!

[@pathingmusic]

Great interviews well met with gracious gumption, my dude! Couldn't agree more with Mort's point: to have experiences with the gear. I'd add your earlier video's point Alex: "push record" to share/relive those experiences.

[@ISOTROPOSPHERE]

As one who has been in the modular scene (all formats) for a while now I enjoyed this video very much. Yes, you didn't hit up volumes of makers and manufacturers, but you spent the right amount of time with the ones you did.

[@RikMaxSpeed]

Brilliant, felt like I was there - glad to meet so,e of my favourite KZbinrs too! 😄

[@MarcEdwards]

So good to see Transistor Sounds Labs and Stepper Acid! I had an order for one years ago that couldn’t be fulfilled. I’ll definitely pick one up when they’re available again.

[@Probbie]

Really great interviews mate 👌 Thanks so much

[@mixolydian2010]

Many of the ICs used in the Mutable Instruments Blades, for example, are out of stock until at least September 2023, maybe up to 113 weeks. Really enjoyed the tour, been meaning to come to one for a while now. Take it easy.

[@i.syntaxerror]

Thank you so much for this episode but especially for part with Mr Stephen Buckley @ 32:20 .

[@mylarmelodies]

He was great wasn't he! Always impressed by productivity, lessons to be learned by us all...

[@i.syntaxerror]

@@mylarmelodies ABSOLUTELY!

[@PolyporesHQ]

Aw thank you!

[@Romaindeud]

Thanks for this nice sharing 💕 Wonderful meetings and discussions

[@jjrusy7438]

this was very interesting and informative. I really enjoyed everyone's up moods and senses of humor.

[@redlester]

Excellent stuff. I was there but only between about 12.00 till 1.15. Couldn’t see myself in the background. Had a chat with Os from ES who must be one of the nicest people in the world.

[@fecktoph]

Mate this is a real eye opener,I got into Eurorack just before (3 years ago) it has become my drug of choice . Wish i could have been there.The UK has the luck of designers and manufacturers being close at hand for such events.Pure gold.

[@danpreston564]

Excellent. Very happy to have not been there, mainly because travelling to Sheffield is an expensive ball ache, but glad to see what was there this time round.

[@wackerburg]

Wonderful interviews! Thanks for putting this together 🙂

[@chrissearle2055]

I can never get through one of these videos in one sitting as the urge to go and patch becomes overwhelming !

[@dionysiaex5538]

The quality content we've come to expect. Good job fella!

[@rogerzinn8898]

Super entertaining the interviews are amazing thanks!

[@l1fef0rm]

Ha! I saw Orbital during the "Community Service Tour" when I was 17 in 1999 (in Philadelphia). Made me smile when you mentioned that.

[@timpullen4941]

I had a Rhodes Chroma on my dining room table for about a year in 1983 or 84. Completely unstable the factory kept sending replacement PCBs. The 5 Volt power supply just couldn't cope with the current draw. When it worked it was fabulous.

[@gooneybird808]

What a great video! And like gaz you also got me into eurorack with you’re wasp video...the rack will remain if people like you show why it makes special.

[@JeremiahTrue]

Awesome video. My first concert was also Orbital in '99 but it was in Worcester, MA with The Crystal Method. Lo Fidelity All-Stars opened for them. It was a sick show.

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Great video - fab insight

[@mylarmelodies]

Thanks Robin and dangit that we didn’t get to chat! Too much synth

[@entropybentwhistle]

Especially personal experiences from designers regarding the shambolic supply situation. Hopefully Nick was right and the adversity steels small industry resolve and cunning workarounds.

[@amsynths]

Great video! Shame I didnt catch up with you…our eurorack analog modules were at the show, no chip shortages and they sell like hot cakes. We are shipping everything we make….☺️☺️

[@DetroitMicroSound]

18:55 Best part, is seeing young musicians into synthesis!

[@DanJanTube]

@32:23 Lots of really good advice there

[@SteveCookeGB]

Thanks for posting this video. I had bought a ticket for SynthFest 2022 but came down with Covid-19 and couldn't attend. You've given me a good idea of what was there on the day, though.

[@AllenSynthesis]

This has probably jinxed me and the RP2040 will go out of stock everywhere immediately... Lovely to meet you and great video!

[@cr0wland]

it was good to see the europi in action, I had no idea it had a little menu interface to choose modes. I think I demo video would be a good idea...

[@AllenSynthesis]

@@cr0wland A demo video of the menu is a great idea, I will probably make one soon!

[@cr0wland]

@@AllenSynthesis well...A rundown of whats available to run on it too would be awesome, I have to admit I have considered making a europi about a dozen times and something else has always distracted me, but seeing those 5 in a row all doing something different is pushing me to get off my ass.😁

[@ManCalledMif]

29:50 Dan’s Rhodes sounds sick! Awesome Stay in production!

[@philip6252]

The interview with Polypores is excellent.

[@brookhaven0000]

Man, that Nick Batt message was up to the point, wasn’t it?

[@soupforare]

Nick's been around and all over, it's certainly been a strength for him in his current more journalistic role.

[@rainerzufall6512]

Great video, loved the vibe!

[@mattmattga]

Next year would love the other “big question” to follow these interviews at the booths.. “How much does it cost??” Great content as always! :)

[@wylatron]

seeing the back an forth of different countries in the media lately, and how computer part makers have been caught out in shinnnanegans, it's becoming clear that much of the chip shortage was artificially created by manufacterers in various industries. What we need, is a list of them, so we can blackball them forever.

[@ingver13]

Thanks for sharing these interviews! Nick Batt's 'adversity makes innovation not outrageous capitalist behaviour makes in novation' is just glorious and also Gaz William's take on Eurorack! 🙂

[@mikabreto]

Re: COLOSSUS, I thought the point of the pin matrix was to take the place of patch cables. Side thought: if there are enough patch cables in one area, would they need to be suspended in order to relieve the strain on the panel? Thereby creating the need for a patch cable crane system?

[@mynameismynameis666]

i one day aspire to own a rack that has to be patched from a librarians ladder

[@davidbetts2980]

Now I understand why I can't get the acid stepper, I didn't realise that these Eurorack companies were struggling so much. The Rhodes synthesiser is so cool and my favourite band All Them Witches use this synth. Wish I'd known this synth convention was on, Sheffield is only 30 minutes up the road. Cheers for making this content 👍

[@Jason75913]

chip shortages should end by 2024-2026 or so, I guess, because TSMC, Intel, and Samsung will finish new factories by then to help with the chip supply

[@joelspaulding5964]

As a kid,growing up in Northern New England, getting my first SC Six trak 1984, I had no idea that my people would be found HERE- speaking sarcasm, as their first language! My people!

[@gunark]

It’s a crying shame there’s no government or other business grants support for people like Allen Synthesis. We’re a country that used to encourage artists and scientists and was a little island that punched way above its weight. Those days are long gone. Now, hearing him talk about working in a bar is such a shame that his talent, and in this fledgling field, might be wasted.

[@specialkcitizen6263]

Since 2014 western governments have sent Ukraine 120 billion, not to mention all the military hardware. The wests ruling class is the reason we dont do grants for small business such a music gear manufacturing. The Uk alone has sent around 15 billion to Ukraine in. Imagine what that money could have done for small business.

[@josephdeane9158]

really nice! robin r. is just great! always interesting to listen to.

[@chelfyn]

That circuit bent 707 sounded awesome!

[@alistairsteadman3765]

That was great. Thanks very much.

[@chasey2327]

lovin the stepper acid sound, twisted blood

[@andresgrumann4079]

About this question, status today of the eurorack format, you must look and contact the south of the world!

[@liudas5377]

That was great. Thanks...

[@GeorgeLocke]

I went to a party on middle school and the kids dad, as I recall, said the reason there was a synthesizer in the living room was that he was among the inventors of the Rhodes Chroma. Many years have passed, but I remember it made sick rave leads, and the "sine wave" sounded like a super saw when the cutoff was up.

[@GeorgeLocke]

God bless him for letting me play with it. The whole party was inside and this kid your son barely knows says he'd like to mess around with your polysynth... he can down and looked me over and said yes. Thanks my dude.

[@GeorgeLocke]

Honestly the first time I played a jp8000 I thought it was aping this thing.

[@Luap-ls3ix]

Don't think there is a limit to how long I could watch Alex and Mylar geek over 100M things 😂

[@pauly2929]

On the plus side the chip shortage is stopping Behringer release more future landfill

[@jamesbowsher-murray128]

Thanks for introducing me to polypores. Really interesting guy.

[@mikabreto]

Orbital at the Octagon Center?! That should definitely be the title of a video game that features synthesizers and FX boxes fighting each other, Mortal Kombat style. “Prophet 5 vs Mono/Poly: FIGHT!” “Fatality! Prophet 5 wins!”

[@TheScreamingFrog916]

Gaz Williams interview was so sweet!

[@visby2548]

Supply in trailing edge chips will get much better next year.

[@RMMChicagoOfficial]

Thank you for asking🙂 that one question. Cheers :)

[@atomboyd]

This made me feel like making a shirt that says “I’m with Gaz”… or maybe “Go with Gaz”

[@CircularMirror7]

Great video

[@Boris_Chang]

I had a Chroma Polaris and a DX7 back in the eighties. Weird thing is I don’t remember what happened to them. I’m guessing I sold them for rent money. What a shame.

[@mylarmelodies]

I have some gear like that - I definitely used to own it but absolutely zero recollection of why I no longer own it 🤪

[@michaelkonomos]

I feel so bad for companies trying to make it in this climate. Inflation and chip shortages are just killing them and us together. I can’t wait until this phase is over. It sucks.

[@kirabarsmith9353]

I hope Gaz is right about more chips on the horizon, but this demand is artificially created, and we know the controller's agenda is 100% digital so we can be manipulated and surveilled at all times.

[@unclemick-synths]

😂

[@MiamiVisor]

@@unclemick-synths I bet you're fully jabbed. Roland has already put Alexa, which is surveillance software in their most affordable keyboards.

[@unclemick-synths]

@@MiamiVisor so glad I bought shares in Alcan for supplying all those conspirationist hats! Don't go 5G 😂

[@MiamiVisor]

@@unclemick-synths The tables have turned, old man, people who laugh at those of us who understand "elites" are now the joke. Enjoy your clot shots, you earned them.

[@steveworrell]

Is there a chip shortage at the moment?

[@mylarmelodies]

Good question

[@effiksmusic]

Is the interview with Stephen from Polypores the beginning of a “Why Ww Bleep” episode?

[@earlsfield]

I wasnt even aware it is going on, i would be there!

[@MatusFinchus]

Great video. Nick Batt ON POINT as always.

[@WavejumperUK]

So weird seeing these people at my old Uni haha

[@SiMills]

What model is that Rhodes? The Mk8 on their site is not that one.

[@DrClocktopus1]

So... I need the 707 and a space echo

[@DisciplinedCommotion]

Hi, I am going to synthfest on saturday, is there any problems filming stuff. Thanks Tim.

[@mylarmelodies]

Best to ask the organisers! See you there

[@DisciplinedCommotion]

@@mylarmelodies thanks, see ya there

[@mark35mi]

Cool. Like being there. Excellent.

[@graysynther2169]

We should all slow down & really get into what we already own………for now, let’s have a few years of creativeness 😊

[@XPJV]

The difficult question would be: Why they're hiding a Firmament?

[@FranckMartin]

Is the state of Eurorack, brexit related? Is that a more difficult question?

[@TaklaMakanMusic]

You got me on film. I'm famous.

[@LuvWatches]

A perfect ending.

[@gooneybird808]

Bring batts to your podcast...that’d be fun.

[@davidbetts2980]

I also watched Orbital there and possibly the same gig 😁

[@joshkovitz5563]

Anything interesting at AJH?

[@soupforare]

To be frank, the rush to microcontrollers/digital modules during the course of our renaissance has been trying. It's not really why I got into modular and the simultaneous race to the most functions per hp is a symptom. OTOH, I'm certain it fueled growth in the space because platforms are easier to manufacture and plan for but... I really don't think we're losing much, in the grand scheme, once all this shakes out.

[@chromosundrift]

Bro I mean I knew you were pretty cool but Orbital as your first gig at 15 is next level.

[@marksargent3342]

Awesome 😎

[@fluffybriggs]

Well if it is dead I'm looking forward to getting lots of great second hand deals :)

[@witheredwretch2]

Nice to know Nick Batt is based

[@Ulvens]

Thank you.

[@truecuckoo]

❤

[@entropybentwhistle]

My favorite exchange from Big Trouble In Little China… “No horsesh*t, Wangulator!” “No horsesh*t, Jackulator!”

[@i-never-look-at-replies-lol]

that movie is free to watch on youtube right now too. watched it like 3 times this week lol.

[@chriskelvin248]

Wow, a who's-who of UK synth personalities. Very cool.