An introduction to some common mods for synths and drum machines that you may encounter while shopping.

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video upload by Maffez Synthmods "Showing the different sides of the Jomox Mod FM D, including some inside pics and analogue/FM styles."

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video upload by Maffez Synthmods "Just droning about with two syncussion voices in Mode A. That mode is coolk for kicks but not much else, so I thought I'd spice it up with vco B, filter fm, feedback and xmod. Use headphones or a sub for this one - low frequencies ahead..."

video upload by Maffez Synthmods "So the idea is to fake a chromatic mode by making a sound and copying it across all instruments, then tuning these chromatically. Kinda roundabout workflow and not quite as easy as yours truly in front of an ice cream vendor, but this way the TR1000 can do polyphonic VA, FM, PCM, and even Cowbell Synth :) trwo in some morphing slider action and you get realtime

video upload by Maffez Synthmods "Qiick an dirty demo of two modifications for the Roland Alpha Juno Series. 1. Self-oscillating filter, 2. Variable chorus depth. Check modwiggler forum under: https://www.modwiggler.com/forum/view..."

video upload by Maffez Synthmods "Roland TR1k FM Kit patterns, aided by the Model Cycles (Bass in patterns 1-2 and chords panned right on pattern 3). Using generative stuzff like trigger conditions and probability and sample and hold randomness + whathaveyou on the Roland. All crisped up via the analogue fx section and recorded into Bitwig."

video upload by Maffez Synthmods "toying around with some mods for the original pearl syncussion - these are just a few; so much more possible :)"

video upload by Maffez Synthmods "Here are a shoddy "proof this exists" video of a dual suboscillator (-1 octave, -2octaves times two) that can be used as a hand held device or a 8HP Eurorack module (where you get a total of four sub oscs) for use with modular synths or semi-modular synths with a patch bay. These sub oscillator modules are only powered by the waveform you send into them, so they

video upload by Maffez Synthmods "Some easy modifications (Filter FM, VCA boost) and a couple of inside pictures of the Donner L1 synthesizer module. You can see how the alfa par ICs are used for VCO, VCF and VCA, how the whole magnetic keyboard system is arranged and how the ADSRs are digital (not that they soudn any less funky!). All sounds in the demo are from a modified unit."

video upload by Maffez Synthmods "Just a couple of first impressions of this SH101-like mono synth. I think it's got that sound going, and I like the form factor as well! Please don't ask how this compares to x or y - all I can say, I immediately like it :) Tweaks and mods coming along soon!"

video upload by Maffez Synthmods "Turned my PWM Malevolent into a module and modded it a bit: https://maffez.com/?page_id=5088" Inside a PWM Malevolent.

video upload by Maffez Synthmods "Given the current state of affairs in the world, my Syncussion would like to issue the follwoing statement: (watch video)"

video upload by Maffez Synthmods "Came across this lovely module by chance - CEM3374 and CEM3378, wow! Easy to mod as well :) gave it some more filter responses, more FM/FFM depth, and bumped the signal level up a bit. Micro-mono-xpander-light, heh..."

video upload by Maffez Synthmods "Toying around with Filter FM and Minimoog-style Feedback."

Video by Maffez Synthmods, via matrixsynth. “MAx is working hard on the Waldorf M – curious what he’ll come up with!” At first glance, I thought Max was Sam Sam 😸