More OB-Mx Samples and Pics

Two more samples and some pics here. Me want one.

MOTM Madness - Featuring Yamaha GX1 Filter clone

The Yamaha GX1 was the great behemoth that led to the more affordable Yamaha CS80. The sweeping brass sounds in Blade Runner are the CS80 courtesy of Vangelis. One thing that absolutely makes the CS80 is the character of the filter. It is extremely distinct and offers a character to the CS series sound that is unmistakably unique. It's a gorgeous sounding filter and the MOTM-485 diode filter captures it. You can hear a bit of it in the demo. I asked Paul about the demo sounding a bit out of tune and he said that's just Dave Wright. Good enough for me. Enjoy. : )

Make sure to check out other MOTM demos via http://www.synthtech.com/news.html.

Track module listing from the man behind MOTM himself:

http://www.carrionsound.com/485plasticworld.mp3

- five tracks in multitrack
- one track - bassline - vco-485vcf-mixer-soundcard (midi 2 cv controlled)
- one track - fast bassline - vco - 485vcf-mixer-soundcard (midi 2 cv w/ gate on burst generator to adsr to vcf)
- one track - drone - vco-time machine-490vcf(w/ lfo on it) -mixer-soundcard
- one track - drone - vco-infinet melody generator-phaser-mixer-soundcard
- one track - mpc1000 w/ beats - 485 vcf (w/ hand tweaking) - to soundcard - to mixer
- MOTM-485 diode filter based on the Yamaha GX-1 circuitry (mainly) + other MOTM goodness

Paul S.

Update:
I was trying to figure out a good way to describe the GX1/CS80 filter. I wanted to say nasal, but not quite. I just realized how much is sounds like processing sounds through a swarm of buzzing bees. I also was trying to think of what this particular track reminded me of and realized it's Ultravox. Like something that could have been on a b-side from the Rage in Eden days.

Analog Table Sequencer

Found this on Music Thing. Would be fun for playing shots. Of course you'd have to convince yourself that any spilt booze ads character to the table.

Update: unfortunately the image is gone for this one.

Mmmm.... Magic Mushroom

Here's another nice shot recently added to Flickr. Made this one my wallpaper for now.

Update: unfortunately the flickr image for this one is gone.

Blacet Improbability Drive

In via Synthtopia.

- Analog White Noise
- Digital Noise with VC Level and Width (Window Comparator)
- VC BP or LP Filter
- Noise Mixer with Output
- VC Sample Hold Clock
- External S/H Clock Input
- Built in Quantizer
- Separate White, Digital, S/H, and Quantized Outputs

Oberheim OB-Mx Sound Samples!!!

Finally found me some OB-Mx sound samples [on Aliens Project]. Credit goes to Yahoo! and their new audio search.

Going through them now. Some interesting FX sounds so far.

Vengeance Sound Samples

Just discovered this site. They sell soundsets for various synths and have great (long and varied) demos online.

Synths currently listed:

- Access Virus - all models
- reFX Vanguard VST
- DiscoDSPs Discovery (Nord Lead 2 emulation)
- Native Instruments Pro 53
- Analog Essentials Powercore01
- Novation V-Station
- Waldorf Q
- JP 8000/8080
- Yamaha CS6x

Roland Juno 106 and Korg MS20 pics in via Flickr

via Flickr

Nostalgia - Synth Manual Intros and Paramaters

I was searching the web for a Matrix-6 manual. I entered "Matrix6 manual" in Google and the first result that came up was a page I created for http://www.matrixsynth.com years ago! I couldn't believe it! It was flattering and pretty nostalgic to say the least.

When I first started the site I thought it would be cool to type up the intros for synths in their manuals followed by all editable paramaters in a table. Along with every single parameter of a synth you could also see how the manufacturers introduced the synth into permanent history. Being the synth geek that I am I always found these intros fascinating and fun to read.

I created pages for the following synths before it became too tedious to continue. Click here for the page listing the synths, while the nostalgia link on http://www.matrixsynth.com will bring it up on the right page, which was how each page would have originally been viewed from the site. Or you can just click on each link below. Enjoy! : )

- Oberheim Matrix-6
- Oberheim OB-SX
- Oberheim OB-3
- Sequential Circuits Multi-Trak
- Korg Poly-800ii
- Korg Prophecy
- Roland Juno 106
- Kawai K4r
- Casio CZ3000
- Voce Micro B
- Yamaha TX81Z