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Sound Lab Mini-Synth Electronic Sounds
Article by Ray Wilson

Sounds & Music Contributed by Sound Lab Builders

Sound Lab Mini-Synth builders from around the world have contributed sound clips for you to enjoy, sample, or get ideas from. The Sound Lab Mini-Synth can make some really excellent sounds. Don't be surprised if you find yourself saying "That is too cool, I have to build one!".

If you have a cool song or noise composition made with the Sound Lab Mini-Synth that you would like to share, send me an MP3 and I'll review it and post it here if it is appropriate for the site.

If you're lamenting to yourself, "Man... I wish I had a cool piece of software to record my music on multiple tracks that I could get for free" then wait no longer. Audacity is a really nice free piece of software that lets you record using your computer. You can lay down multiple tracks and then export your compositions as *.mp3, *.wav, or *.ogg files. Here is the link to get it:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net

Please keep the compositions to 5 megs or less in size and send only original or public domain material. Thanks.


Sounds by Paolo Ferrari of Italy

sound lab 4 tracks recording (aw-4416).Mp3
sound lab drops of water into cave (reverb).Mp3
sound lab melodic cycle 1 (dry).Mp3
sound lab melodic cycle 2 (chorus).Mp3
sound lab melodic cycle 3 (dry).Mp3
sound lab short wave radio (dry).Mp3
sound lab with sequencer 1 (dry).Mp3
sound lab with sequencer 2 (dry).Mp3
sound lab with sequencer 3 (church reverb).Mp3
the ocean (dry).Mp3

Music by David Wright

Sound Lab Jam
Hawaii-1

Sounds & Music by Ray Wilson

Sound Lab Composition 001
Unusual Popping Sound.
Siren Extravaganza
Drone With Repeating AR Envelopes
Noise Through The VCF
Resonant Drone Through The VCF
Bell Type Sounds
Laser Gun Extravaganza
Machine Gun Noise Thing Extravaganza
Storming The Castle With A Battering Ram
Spacey Sirens
Woob Woob Woob... Tribute To Moe.
Derr Derr Derr... Kind Of Thing.
Noise Bonks Through The VCF
Larger Weird Machine Running.
Sound Lab and Sequencer (Reverb)
Sound Lab and Sequencer (Reverb)
Sound Lab and Sample & Hold (Reverb)

Mysterious Sounds by Mike Walters

Osc 1 out to osc 2 cv, cool modulation effect
LFO out to amp audio-in, mixed with everything else
CV controlled by Arp
ARG -> Osc 1 -> Osc 2 more cool modulation
Harmonic sync effect
FM from LFO

Sounds by Alan McKerchar of The United Kingdom

Sound w/Sample and Hold 01
Sound w/Sample and Hold 02
Sound w/Sample and Hold 03
Sound w/Sample and Hold 04
Sound w/Sample and Hold 05
Sound w/Sample and Hold 06
Sound w/Sample and Hold 07
Sound w/Sample and Hold 08
Sound w/Sample and Hold 09
Original Sound Lab 01
Original Sound Lab 02
Original Sound Lab 03
Original Sound Lab 04
Original Sound Lab 05
Original Sound Lab 06
Original Sound Lab 07
Original Sound Lab 08
Original Sound Lab 09
Original Sound Lab 10
Original Sound Lab 11

Music by Aaron Finney (all sounds but drums are Sound Lab)

Out Of The Mouth

Samples by Penetrovisk

Penetrovisk used the SOUND LAB MINI SYNTH and THE KEYBOARD MATRIX SCANNER projects, with some modifications ..the sounds are very cool, He recorded some demos and I hope you enjoy the result... I certainly did.
Another bass line.mp3
Bass line with drive and variable VCF.mp3
Blip solo.mp3
Duran Duran - Save a prayer - intro solo.mp3
Horns solo.mp3
Only Time - intro solo.mp3
Synth bass 02 chorus.mp3
Synth bass.mp3

Samples by David Wood of Scotland

David used the many MFOS modules he built and an MFOS Sound Lab to create these cool tracks. Some very cool synth sounds and compositions to appreciate.
David Wood 2 clocked seq - 4vcos - 4vcfs - 4vcas - 4adsrs.mp3
David Wood anlog mulitplier - 2vcos - vcf - 2vclfos - vca.mp3
David Wood Molecular clouds edit feat mfos modular - soundlab - 2 wsgs.mp3
David Wood SandH - vco - vcf - vca - 3lfos.mp3
David Wood soundlab fx.mp3
David Wood soundlab & stereo pan.mp3
David Wood stripped 3 mono synth setup modular.mp3
David Wood unison 4vcos - 4vcfs - 4vcas.mp3