TipTop Audio - Z8000 Matrix Sequencer

The TipTop Audio Z8000 is an analog sequencer for Eurorack modular synths. It's a different approach to analogue sequencing, Taking the advantage of its matrix design the user can have 4x4 step sequences ( horizontal or vertical ) or 1 x 16 step sequences ( horizontal or vertical ) ,and each sequence can have its own clock!!! This video shows how to do it :)

Z8000 Overview

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• How are 10 sequencers lurking within the Z8000's 16 knobs? This video reveals all.

Source :

• Vimeo.com by GM

More info about TipTop Audio Z8000 :

• Tiptopaudio.com
• Vicmod.blogspot.com ( TipTop Audio Z8000 review )
• Muffwiggler.com ( Long topic about TipTop Audio Z8000 )
  

TipTop Audio Z8000 manual :

• Tiptopaudio.com ( TipTop Audio Z8000 user manual PDF )
  

Buy TipTop Audio Z8000:

• Tiptopaudio.com
  

TipTop Audio - Z2040

The TipTop Audio Z2040 is a filter based on the one used on the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5. If you want to know it sounds watch this great review created by Matthew Davidson

TipTop Audio Z2040

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• A brief introduction. This is my attempt to capture what it is like to feel and use the Z2040 filter. For most of us, it isn't possible to visit a nearby store and hear these things, so you have to sort of buy euro modules on faith. Hopefully you'll find this video helpful.
  

Source :

• Vimeo.com by GM
  

More info about TipTop Audio Z2040:

• Tiptopaudio.com ( Tip Top Audio Z2040 info,sound examples )
  

Musikmesse - Analog heaven

Andreas Schneider from "Schneiders Buero" ( one the biggest shops in the world specialized in analog gear ), shows the highlights of his stand on the Musikmesse 09. Analog synthesizers,sequencers, drum machines and more from different brands allover the world.

Superbooth Tour – Finally

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• It's customary for us to show up unnanounced at the Superbooth in MESSE – the home of the analog synths and other small electronics manufacturers run by Schneiders Buero and have a run about following Andreas – he's the tall German guy with large hands. This year was no different of course, so please enjoy.

Source :

• Sonicsate.com
  

More info about :

• Metasonix R-51
• Flame Clockwork Euro-Rack
• TipTop Audio Z3000 smart VCO
• Manikin Schrittmacher Midi Step Squencer
• Genoqs Octopus
• Analogue Solutions Leipzig
• MFB-522
• MFB Schlagzwerg
• Curetronic
  
• MoonModular 522 CV to MIDI
• Future-Retro Orb sequencer
• Klangwabe
• Schippmann Ebbe Und Fflut
  

Modular Madness - GM

Great modular patch from GM . More than a patch is almost a song itself.

Z3000 / Z5000 complex patch 1

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• This patch got few tricks, first the Z5000 gets the sine from one VCO on his left channel then the sine of a second VCO on his right channel.
  
  All three Z3000 are first having there frequencies set so they are spaced equally. Then, a CV from the computer Midi to CV is connected to all three, cascaded using the 1V/Oct I/O on the Z3000, all three are now playing the same sequence.
  
  The VCO in the middle is frequency modulating the right VCO, the FM index is set at the 'safe zone'.
  
  The most left VCO which is set to the highest frequency among the three is pulse width modulating the middle VCO.
  
  Now the only thing left to do is just plug the waveforms from these three VCOs into filters and VCAS creating separate sound path and then sent to the computer interface for recording. Drums are played by a loop on Ableton Live. Thats it!!

Source :

• Vimeo by GM
  

More info about :

• TipTop Audio Z3000 Smart VCO
• TipTop Audio Z5000 Voltage controlled digital signal processor
• Stretta.blogspot.com ( Z5000 review )
  

Sound Synthesis - Visual Synthesis 2

Do you know what is AM?, Ring Modulation?

a - No
b - Yes

If your answer was "a" watch this great video
If your answer was "b" watch this great video, it's a pleasure for your eyes and you'll refresh your knowledge.

Visual Synthesis 2

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• Topics: Hetrodyning, Amplitude Modulation

Source :

• Vimeo by GM
  

More info about :

• Hetrodyning ( wikipedia.org )
• Hetrodyning ( Simon Fraser University )
• AM - Amplitude Modulation ( wikipedia.org )
• AM - Amplitude Modulation ( Cnx.org )
• Ring Modulation ( wikipedia.org )
  

Sound Synthesis - Visual Synthesis 1

Time to learn more about the most common waves that you'll going to use when you work with synthesizers. Great video.

Visual Synthesis 1

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• In this episode, we learn about the harmonic series, the spectral nature of the basic waveforms and examine the effect of filtering.

Source :

• Vimeo.com by GM
  

More info about Harmonics,Waves and Spectrum Analysis:

• Wikipedia.org ( Harmonics )
  
• University of New South Wales
  
• Wikipedia.org ( Sine wave )
• Wikipedia.org ( Square wave )
• Wikipedia.org ( Saw wave )
• Wikipedia.org ( Triangle wave )
• Wikipedia.org ( Spectrogram )