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From Alex Ball. A look at a modern Hexaphonic pickup, the Sub Six, created by @submarinepickup Submarine sent me this pickup, hence it counts as "paid promotion" according to YouTube’s rules. SubSix 0:00 Hex Education 1:44 Demo 1: Hefty Chopper 2:52 Breakdown of Demo 1 3:33 How Sub Six Works 4:30 Demo 2: Delay-sychain 5:20…
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From Alex Ball. Sometimes you just want a 303 and a 909.
From Alex Ball. A quick test with a newly arrived Oberheim DMX
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From Alex Ball. Roland System 100m, TR-808, MC-4, RPS-10, Ryk 185/175/114
From Alex Ball. Enjoying trying out various combinations of synths and drum machines of late.
From Alex Ball. Korgy Schpanky
From Alex Ball. An Oberheim OB-1 (1977) meets an Oberheim TVS-1 (1975)
From Alex Ball. A look at the story of the Novation Bass Station, a small synthesizer that’s part of a big story. 0:00 Intro 0:49 Electronic Dream Plant 5:47 Oxford Synthesiser Company 12:07 Novation 13:04 The Bass Station 16:25 Rack and Super 17:44 Supernova & Nova 19:26 Software Perils 20:15 Reboot & Ultranova 21:58 Bass…
From Alex Ball. OSCar Synthesiser vs Novation Peak. Both Chris Huggett synths.
From Alex Ball. A look at how Enola Gay by OMD was created. With help from: Benge / Memetune Studio https://www.youtube.com/@UC5q-SLDrxmXbAEltury_bNQ Jonathan Wills Drums https://www.jwillsmusic.co.uk/ https://www.youtube.com/@jwillsmusic Syntaur https://www.youtube.com/@UC0omTLeAXuIiKX3uIUD-r_A MicroPreset kindly loaned by https://youtube.com/@nickcarlislemusic 0:00 Intro 0:51 Detective Work 5:17 CR-78 Feat. Benge 7:53 Live Drums Feat. Jonathan Wills 9:06 Synth Sounds 11:18 Bass Sounds 11:58…
From Alex Ball. In celebration of Alan R Pearlman’s 100th birthday, here’s a quick ARP spank.
From Alex Ball. Quick TR-606 spank to celebrate 606 day.
From Alex Ball. An in-depth look at Roland’s classic TR-909 from 1983. Beaotic discount code: ALEX909 This gives buyers 50% on their entire order, including the XT-909 mentioned in the video. The code expires 31 Aug 2025. Home For sample packs, Q&As and more: www.patreon.com/AlexBallMusic 0:00 Intro Jam 0:58 History 6:18 Demo 1: Monsieur Donk…
From Alex Ball. A look at Korg’s abandoned music computer system from 1985, part of which was found in Italy recently after being lost for 40 years. 0:00 Intro Jam 1:03 History 3:18 Demo 1: Imaginary Sitcom 3:51 MU-5000 Sounds 7:42 Demo 2: MU & MS 8:42 Why was it abandoned? 10:05 Outro Jam Huge…