SynthMania Interview 2/11/2018 Here for your viewing pleasure we have a very special interview with synthesizer guru Paolo Di Nicolantonio. As said in this interview, Paolo "Loves Synths!" and currently runs the synth website www.synthmania.com as well as the very successful synth demo and tutorial YouTube Channel of the same name! Paolo was very kind to come on and offer some great conversation about him, his history with synths, music and his story about how he got into producing early Techno and Dance Music. We also chat about some cool gear from Winter NAMM 2018, some of Paolo's gigs when he was in his 20's running around with his Roland W-30 sampler and much more! SynthMania videos featured in this interview- Intro/Outro tune from the below SynthMania video, check it out! https://youtu.be/554_ocHwtg0 Roland JD-800 Demo 64 Factory Patches: https://youtu.be/yiSmi-84aCg AMS DMX15-80S and Roland JD-990 - Piano demo https://youtu.be/QC36eZeAwiU AMS DMX15-80S and Roland JD-990 - Bell Pad demo https://youtu.be/ZEiCdyhbbog AMS DMX15-80S and Roland JD-990 - Dark Pad demo https://youtu.be/pU3ikeHmBmM Roland W-30 Sampler (SynthMania’s first Techno style track): https://youtu.be/gNJFZTkMWY8 Inspirational Track for Paolo at 6 years old which got him into synthesizers: Il Guardiano Del Faro “Amore Grande Amore Libero” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKR5kyfCGTM Please be sure to head over to the Synth Mania website and have a look around, it’s a wealth on info on all kinds of synths. http://www.synthmania.com Visit the Synth Mania YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/synthmaniadotcom Check out some sound on the SynthMania SoundCloud page: https://soundcloud.com/synthmania Like what you see? Have a look at some of my other videos and feel free to subscribe! Visit my website at http://www.marshalarnold.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLl3sfrbib8

Behringer D Vs MiniMoog Model D - THE REMATCH - Technical Video Following the first “Shootout” video I made between a MiniMoog Model D and a Behringer D or “Boog” as it's being called online I have taken some feedback from the community and with the suggestions made I have spent an entire evening doing a much more technical comparison of these synthesizers. NOTE this video will probably be very boring for some viewers, my apologies, I do not know how to spice up a video like this, but if you are curious how these 2 synths stack up on a deeper level and have about an hour to burn then give it a spin! In this video I will be covering the following 1- Comparing individual oscillator wave forms one by one (1, 2 and 3). 2- Comparing oscillators with stacked wave forms 3- Some low-pass filter sweeps with varying amounts of resonance 4- Tested the Overdrive circuit 5- Tested the high-pass filer on the Behringer D – (is not a feature on the MiniMoog, but I had questions about it) Consistency is king - For this video I uses the iZotope Insight plugin to monitor loudness levels and get the audio spectrum. Audio is played back via a MIDI riff I played and is triggered for each sound. In addition I used a free Max for Live oscilloscope - You can get that for free below: http://www.maxforlive.com/library/device/1124/oscilloscope Things not covered in this video - 1- No separate offsetting of oscillators 2 and 3 due to noticeable differences in pot positioning - It can be done, but if you "go by the numbers" on the dials they will sound different. 2- Wave forms compared include all but the Triangle, the video was getting too long so I skipped that one for the sake of time. 3- No modulation or envelopes Conclusion from Marshal on the whole Boog vs Moog thang - So again, there are some differences in these synths sonically and that is OK. Both sound great and I highly recommend both! Let me know what you think of these synths? Do you own either? Which is your favorite? Check out the How to Tune your D vid: https://youtu.be/nrZdzyMyr6I See the 1st shootout video: https://youtu.be/GwXtxhUk-Ws Like this video? Give it a like! Then check out some other videos on my channel, tons of music production videos and synth videos! If you like, then why not subscribe? Want to know more about me? Check out my website at http://www.marshalarnold.com ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d10r3EsHf80