MATRIXSYNTH: Sunday, August 21, 2005


Sunday, August 21, 2005

Bob has left us - August 21, 2005


Via Mark Pulver on AH:

Robert Moog took his last breath today, August 21, at 2 pm. We will be
paying tribute to his life with a Jewish funeral on Tuesday August 23rd
at 4 PM and a Memorial Celebration on Wednesday, August 24th at 12 PM.
The Memorial Celebration will be a time to pay your tribute in word and
song.

Details of the Memorial Celebration are:

MEMORIAL CELEBRATION: August 24, 12 NOON
The Orange Peel, Social Aid & Pleasure Club
101 Biltmore Ave
Asheville, NC
828 225-5851
www.theorangepeel.net



We love you Bob.

Thank you.

The Box


Brian Crabtree's The (presently untitled) Box. Interesting midi device. Check out this video of it in action. Click here for more info including pictures, sound and video.

Info from the site:

the (presently untitled) box.

alternative input paired with visual and audio feedback should theoretically eliminate the keyboard and mouse dance party.

a grid of buttons with internal lights. each system is independently interfaced via midi to an arbitrary computer program. what happens to the button data, or what lights turn on, is entirely dictated by software design. it is open.

fundamentally i use max/msp, though the box can easily communicate with supercollider, ableton live, reason, reaktor, and everything else which supports midi.

More Synth Shots


Roger Manning of the Moog Cookbook, Jellyfish and Imperial Drag recently had these on the bay. I pulled them up and saved them for posterity. Thanks to Martin for sending this my way.

Arp Quadra
Arp Odyssey Pics SN 0300
Moog Sonic Six
Moog Opus 3
Moog Source SN 4373 B

Moog Opus 3 Mods:
The pitch wheel was replaced with a custom-made clear wheel, lit by a Forest Green high intensity LED.

The LFO was modified to go both faster and slower than stock.
It can go so fast at maximum, that audio rate FM'ing is possible with the pitch or filter.
Its LED was changed to violet, as well.

Arp Odyssey style "gel cap" slider caps were added in the same Opus 3 color scheme.

Additional 1/4" input jacks have been added.

1. VCF Audio input
2. VCF CV input
3. Chorus/Delay Audio input
4. Envelope/LFO delay Gate input

These inputs allow external sounds to be processed through the Moog filter and analog delay sections.
The filter can be swept or modulated externally now.
An analog sequencer controlling the filter while playing organ chords is amazing, btw. : )

Finally, a gate input (standard V-trig) allows the unit to be used as a triggerable unit for external processing.
The external gate will trigger the envelope generators and the LFO delay.


Elecktroplankton


I've been debating whether or not to get a Nintendo DS. After checking out the Electroplankton site, the debate is over. Electroplankton is from Toshio Iwai who also created the Tenori. Elecktroplankton is like a Nintendo DS theramin on steroids. Click through title link for the website with more info, sound and video. IGN has a good review as well.

Solton SM100



Another from Pinkus. The Solton SM100. This was a 12 DCO polysynth. More info at Synth Museum. Title link takes you to a bigger picture. I've never heard one before. I didn't realize Solton made full blown synths like this. In Pinkus' opinion this is one of the top 5 synths ever made. I've never heard one. It's interesting, when I think of Solton I think of auto-accompaniment systems. The color scheme completely reminds me of a Korg Poly 61. The resemblence is uncanny. I wonder if one influenced the design of the other.

Update: Some comments from Pinkus
"this and the keyboard version is the only analog they
made...it has dcos but 18 ssm chips! same ones in p5...it has a knob
thats labeled "brilliance" that is...should i say brilliant? it pushed
the filters hard and definitely goes to 11...the lowest setting makes
the sound significantly different from the highest...nothing like
resonance though...simply briliant
-pinkus bigblackarc on aim
"

Arp 2600 x3


Incredible black and white shot of three Arp 2600s in a row with Sequential Studio 440. The picture below does not do this shot justice. Click the pic to see it in full glory. Sent to me from Pinkus. Thank you Pinkus!

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