MATRIXSYNTH: Thursday, February 9, 2006

The G2 Toolbox

Title link takes you to a nice Clavia G2 Modular site with a load of useful resources. They have a number of patches listed that show you how the patch was made. If you don't have a G2, you can pick up a mono copy of the G2 Engine for free and start exploring these patches. Pretty cool. Via Moogulator.

Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 Demo by Pete

Title link takes you to an 8.54M mp3 of the Prophet 600. Thanks Pete!

Update: More info on the track: "This song was made with my, Sequential Circuits Prophet 600. Every synth sound in this tune was made with the Prophet. The drum sounds are all samples from a tr808 and tr909. I used Ableton Live for the sequencer."

One Synth Tracks by Stefan Trippler

Gordon Reid's Synth Secrets on SOS

If you don't know who Gordon Reid is, he wrote some great synth tips in each issue of Sound and Sound. They are regarded as exceellent tutorials into the world of synthesis. SOS now has one page that lists all of his articles. Very nice. Title link takes you there.

EDP Wasp Keyboard Label

No title link. Just one shot pulled from this auction.

JoMoX XBase999 Samples

Samples are up. Title link takes you there. Click on the the XBase999 under Audio Demos on the right, or just click here. Via Moogulator.

Mark's Tribute to Bob

Title link takes you there. Note the connection to the Moog 904a and the following, "We talked for a while, and he started drawing. He had picked up on my using words like "life" and "organic". He also picked up on my saying that I saw tree frogs as an incredible example of how nature can provide color to life."

This reminds me of the color Bob brought to our lives. Hats off you you Mark Pulver. Simply amazing. Mark Pulver Moog Tattoo

The Packrat - Bad JU JU

I'm sad to say that this could be the last Packrat strip for some time. This is the last strip for Keyboard magazine and David C. Lovelace plans to put the rat on hold for a bit while he focuses on other projects. Title link takes you to the rest of the Packrat toons. Make sure to track up to the root of David's site for more of his brilliant work. Thanks for some great Packrat toons David. I will definitely miss the sneaky little rat. Click image below for full size.

One Synth Tracks by Joy Electric

"I've done 4 albums using one synth on each.

The White Songbook - Roland System-100
Tick Tock Treasury - Sys-100
Hello, Mannequin - Sys-100
Ministry of Archers - Moog Voyager

www.myspace.com/joyelectric to hear the latest "Moog Voyager Only" tracks.

I came to the conclusion years ago that only one was ever needed.

ronnie martin
www.joyelectric.com
po box 30614 santa ana, ca 92735
fax. 815-377-2378"

Hyperfabric on CDM

Title link takes you to the post with more. "This stuff is strong (it can support body weight), and lets you actually touch, squeeze, grab, and otherwise manipulate a large-scale fabric surface to control computer-generated imagery." Would be easy to convert that to MIDI control. I bet you could wear the stuff as well. Hmm... I'll just leave it to your imagination.

Poly 800 Reverse Keys Found in Garbage

Yep. In the garbage. Fully working minus joystick... Makes you wonder how many synths and other gear are sitting in dumps right now. Anyone want to go on a garbage raid? ; ) Title link takes you to the thread on the-gas-station.

Alesis Andromeda A6 Demo with Ratcheting

Update: Paul also has an EMS Synthi A track sequenced by a Frostwave Fat Controller. Title link takes you to Flux Radio with both samples.

Title link takes you to a 2.2M mp3 of the A6 by Paul Evenblij. "the ratcheting here was obtained by having an LFO selectively retrigger the envelopes. Needs careful synching and timing of note durations, but I like the result. Convincing enough, I think."