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SysEx Dumpster is a quasi-monthly podcast about modular synths, music gear, and related garbage. Hosted by Dave 8cylinder, Nick Vasculator, and Greg VanEck.

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United States

Description:

SysEx Dumpster is a quasi-monthly podcast about modular synths, music gear, and related garbage. Hosted by Dave 8cylinder, Nick Vasculator, and Greg VanEck.

Language:

English


Episodes
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11/21/2025
Episode 58 - Topics: Jared Nono and The Nine Inch Nails, Derezzing the sounds of TRON, Getting academically noise blasted by Joey Blush Response, Steady State Gate Stereo Field, Shoe boxes and skiffs, Nick field tests GRM Tools Atelier, Dave reveals his fetish for firmware updates, and more...

Duration:01:35:50

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9/21/2025
Episode 57 - Topics: Dave goes to Germany for VOD festival, Pittsburgh Modular Double Helix, Ohmforce BOHM, Error Instruments Brinta, Nick discusses the creative process behind his latest album, and a return to the Elektron Korner to discuss Tonverk

Duration:01:46:49

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7/16/2025
Episode 56 - Topics: Multigrain, Arbhar, S4... I'm only happy when it grains.

Duration:01:36:50

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6/6/2025
Episode 55 - In this episode we discuss Superbooth 2025.

Duration:01:31:35

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4/10/2025
Episode 54 - Wicked sing along with David Carradine, Synthesis Technology E430 Morphing SVF is delicious for breakfast lunch and dinner, Infinite Digits Ectocore aka Breakcore the Module, Getting wibbly wobbly timey wimey with the Make Noise Multimod

Duration:01:28:00

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1/18/2025
Episode 53 - Topics: The crew reminisces about 2024 and speculates as to what the future holds for 2025 in the magickal world of modular synths and music gear...

Duration:01:46:55

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11/26/2024
Episode 52 - Patch Tuah

Duration:01:22:17

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9/10/2024
Episode 51 - LARDibles

Duration:01:27:35

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6/12/2024
Episode 50 - In this episode we discuss Superbooth 2024 and measure gear announcements using the newly devised GROB metric.

Duration:01:37:24

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4/20/2024
Episode 49 - In this episode we discuss the new Makenoise Corner (Morphagene love), Bubblesound SeM20st, Winterbloom Neptune, ALM Cizzle, Xaoc Zagrzeb, Torso Bootleg Cuckoo review, AI Stereo Matrix mixer, and Stylophone CPM DS-2 synth.

Duration:01:24:03

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2/22/2024
Episode 48 - Dave escapes the spectre of death and survives covid just to discuss the best and worst trash of 2023.

Duration:01:47:57

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12/27/2023
Episode 47 - Granulizing your grains with Cornflakes, Mojave, and Arbhar v2, Japan bestows Nick with auditory zen, Elmyra 2 receives the live performance pressure test by Dave, Waldorf M, Elektron Korner gets a spicy surprise, Polyend Play+ gets absolutely nobody excited except for a single Synthtuber

Duration:01:58:48

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11/2/2023
Episode 46 - Stinky gear aromatherapy, Dave oscillates between Mindphaser and Three Body, Nick veers into Versio territory, Greg describes a shameful fling with the Strega, Dave opens up about his Firmware fetish, Tickling the Pianophonic ivories, earning our Sealegs, and more.

Duration:01:36:29

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10/12/2023
Episode 45 - Knobcon 11 quest completed, Dave gets a Noise Engineering Xer Mixa legendary loot drop, Nick goes rogue and pockets an LZX Factors, Greg conjures a noise demon on IME Volkmire's Inferno prototype, Elektron Korner goes kraykray, and other adventures.

Duration:01:24:59

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7/28/2023
Paul Schreiber of Synthesis Technology and MOTM fame reluctantly joins us in the dumpster to discuss stealing aircraft grade aluminum, jamming out to Synergy, restoring vintage audio test equipment, reverse engineering the Midiverb, and life after eurorack.

Duration:02:01:17

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6/5/2023
Discussing Superbooth 2023 from the Black Lodge, Tiptop ART, Elektron Heat FX, Korg Acoustic Synthesis Phase 5, Xaoc Leibniz Binary Subsystem, Make Noise Spectraphon, Roland S-1 tweak synth, DinSync RE-101, Erica Synths Steampipe, IME Volkmires Inferno, Bears on ski lifts during the last run of the evening.

Duration:01:14:28

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5/8/2023
The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of NAMM 2023, live gear spying on Skinny Puppy and Lead into Gold, Cosmix Pro woes, Nick gets on board the WMD Subway, high praise for the Synthtech E440 as it phases out of existence.

Duration:01:31:34

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3/3/2023
We discuss the plethora of noise inside a cosmic mix of frapping tools. Don't push your synth-fluencer expectations into the red when you really should be recording, even if that means Skrilly ends up catching piss in the Berghain basement. Mutable blinding quick take makes you forge time in your vehicle for the 2nd time this year. Bye er301...time for a can of sofia squirt ripples. Vandy Macho Man Detroit theft reissues abound.

Duration:01:21:14

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1/11/2023
Episode 40...the good, the bad, and the ugly. The crew relives their best and worst modular moments of 2022.

Duration:01:19:39

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12/10/2022
Episode 39 of the SysEx Dumpster podcast. This episode was recorded in November 2022. Dave rips into the guts of the XAOC Leibniz binary system, Greg ghost rides the Ghost, Nick reviews Syntakt and Octatrack MKII, Dave is wishy and washy on the Qu-bit Nautilus, Greg on distortion: British Noise Electronics Grit etc., MODBAP Trinity. Sponsored by https://www.vareschimastering.com/

Duration:01:37:40