RetroSound

Almost nine years ago, in 2017, I packed three of my OB synthesizers into the boot of my old Mercedes and drove more than 1,000 kilometers to the center of Paris.
What followed was completely spontaneous. Just a few days earlier, the company UVI had called me and said:
“Marko, we’re coming to Germany with five people and all our equipment to sample the synthesizers. Where can we stay?”
I replied without much hesitation:
“No—wait. I’ll come to you in two days. It’ll be cheaper for UVI, and I’ve never been to Paris.” 😄
I left at around 3:30 in the morning and arrived in Paris at about 6 p.m.—straight into rush hour. I drove around the inner ring road past their office four times before I finally managed to stop briefly in the second lane to hand over the equipment. I had never seen so many mopeds in my life. 😅
Within a week, several sound specialists had carefully analyzed the instruments and transferred them into new music software. The experience must have left an impression, because UVI still tells the story today when announcing the fourth revision of Vintage Vault.
I spent one of the most exciting weeks of my life in that beautiful city. 🍀☀️💝
I still enjoy looking back on it—and with the software recently receiving its latest revision, a part of that journey continues to live on. 💫

www.uvi.net/de/uvi-focus-the-story-of-vintage-vaul…

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My dear friends, this is the last video of the year. We will continue here in January 2026.

Sometimes I can hardly believe it myself, but I have been here for you for almost 20 years now (since January 2007), with synthesiser demos, demo tracks, and music that has shaped me. This channel is my diary of inspirations from the last 50 years, and I am delighted to be able to share it with you.

I am not an influencer. I work completely independently. I don't have to please everyone and will never chase after subscribers or clicks here. Anyone who loves music and synthesiser history is welcome, regardless of country or religion.

The symbiosis between me and my listeners has always been very important to me, because it is a give-and-take relationship. I wish you all a few peaceful final days of the year.

Peace, happiness, and inner harmony to you all.

Marko
(RetroSound)

Welcome in the Icehouse:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdzp4...

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Frohe Weihnachten 🌠
Merry Christmas
Joyeux Noël
Buon Natale
Feliz Navidad
Feliz Natal
С Рождеством!
Hyvää joulua
God jul
Glædelig jul
Vrolijk kerstfeest
Wesołych Świąt
Veselé Vánoce
Boldog karácsonyt
Καλά Χριστούγεννα
Mutlu Noeller
メリークリスマス
圣诞快乐....

Marko
(RetroSound)

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Thank you for the music!
>>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSZQb...

Merry Christmas all my subscribers and musiclovers.

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I’m saddened… I’ve just heard that Chris Rea has passed away. 😞
His music has been the soundtrack of my life. I loved his melodies, I loved his lyrics, and I loved his voice.
Driving Home for Christmas, On the Beach, and Josephine are timeless classics that I always turn up loud whenever I hear them on the radio.

I was fortunate enough to get an Amiga license record in 1988 after queuing for hours at the music shop. Holding one of the few records in my hands brought me so much joy, especially since Western music was only available under the counter in the GDR.
Rest in Peace, Chris. Your music will live on forever. Thank you.🌠

#chrisrea #musiclovers

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One of my favorite tracks from the early 80s.
Human Nature by Michael Jackson from the album Thriller (1982)
I used the Roland Juno-60 for the arpeggio and bass (original Jupiter-8), the Oberheim OB-Xa for pads, strings and horn sounds and the Emulator II for the Rhodes and guitar sounds.
new video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FXywy...

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When I visited the Leipzig Autumn Trade Fair in 1987, I saw a synthesizer I did not recognize, displayed in a glass case. It was labeled Tiracon 6V and manufactured by VEB Industrieanlagen Cottbus. It was supposed to cost 6,000 marks in retail shops—an enormous sum for citizens of the GDR. At the time, the average monthly wage of a skilled worker was only 600 to 800 marks.

The Tiracon was distributed mainly to youth and singing clubs. My own Tiracon also comes from this stock. The yellow sticker reading “Volkseigentum” (“public property”) is still attached to the back, indicating that it belonged to the entire population of the GDR.

A few years after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989, the Tiracon found its way to me. This brought back my memories of the 1987 trade fair, and I began to do some research, through which I obtained insider information. The Tiracon was inspired by the Korg Poly-61. However, it features a Moog ladder filter, and its digital control system is based on the Yamaha DX7.

Originally, the developer wanted the instrument to be manufactured by Vermona, but that proved impossible. A Tiracon 2 was planned for release in 1989, but these plans were thwarted by the fall of the Berlin Wall.

More here⬇️
https://youtu.be/Qkr_GkIE5pg?si=HmvS3...

My recommendations at the music gear shop: thmn.to/thocf/h9izhzc4wh

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The Alisa 1377 is a rare monophonic analog synthesizer built in the Soviet Union during the mid-1980s.
Manufactured at the Lyubertsy Military Radioplant “Rodina” near Moscow.
A lead synthesizer intended not for mainstream pop, but for experimental electronic music, sound design, film work and research.
Produced in small numbers, making surviving the units rare.

new little demo track: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J30bb...

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The video is almost ten years old now, and every time I happen to come across it on YouTube, it brings a smile to my face. The cat in the video was named Peter, and he lived with my grandmother. One day he ran up to her in the street, and from that moment on he stayed with her. Sadly, neither of them are alive today. Of course, I miss them. Music and videos help us remember the good times—again and again—and that is something truly precious. Have a wonderful day.

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I’ve always been a big fan of Waldorf synthesizers. They carried on the legacy of the PPG synths by combining wavetable oscillators with great-sounding filters. I bought my first Microwave in the mid-90s, followed later by the MW2.

Now there is a successor with the DNA of the original Microwave. Protein uses the same type of ASIC oscillator design as the original Microwave 1, including the 8-bit quantization and the classic Wavetable set.

So the sound has that slightly gritty, digital, edgy quality you remember from the 90s Waldorf gear. The filter model is based on the classic CEM-style filter with intentional de-calibration options.
This gives the sound a slightly unstable, imperfect, “alive” character, just like the analog imperfections of the early Waldorf hardware.

more info⬇️
www.thomann.de/de/thlpg_h9izhzc4wh.html

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