MATRIXSYNTH: Sunday, February 25, 2007

ARP Solus

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this Craigslist post.

Image via this thread on the Matrixysnth forum.

"here's me [inverseroom] playing TONTO via a pair of Moog Drums, with Malcolm Cecil looking on...I interviewed him a couple of years ago. Pic by my bandmate Jim Spitznagel."

Access Virus TI

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Oberheim OB-Xa

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Casio CZ-1000

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Tweaking the Sequential MAX

YouTube via sifkasifka. Title link takes you to the video with more details. Via JB.

Zeit Sequencer Quick Demo

YouTube via bbbionaut.

Mardi Gras 047 Edit

flickr by Knuckledragger.

Potential Scam

I don't like being the bay police, but this one is a bit sneaky and I'd hate it if one of my readers got scammed and I didn't warn them. Note I have no idea if this is a scam, but if you are bidding on this, see the comments.

TI-tris

Title link takes you to a demo of the Access Virus TI by Doktor Future posted in this Matrixsynth Forum thread. You can find a WAV of the tune there.

BTW, this marks my first via Matrixsynth forum post. : ) Thanks Doktor Future!

Barry Schrader Interview Live on Outsight Radio

Update: For those that missed it, you can find a streamed archive here for the next week or so:

http://www.live365.com/stations/94510

Update: This is starting now. Direct link. Save the file and open it with Winamp or your favorite streaming player. He's currently talking about the Buchla Electric Music Box - 200 System. And a plug for Plan B.

Barry Schrader's website

When: Sunday, February 25, 2007

Where: On the Web (see <http://www.new-sounds.com/> for links)

Time: 5:00 P.M. PST (February 26, 1:00 A.M. GMT)

On Sunday, February 25, Barry Schrader will be doing a live interview with Tom Schulte on his Outsight Radio Hours show. Outsight Radio is also available on demand from the New Artist Radio site.

That would be in the next twenty minutes or so folks. Previous Barry Schrader posts.

Update via tearaway in the comments:
"Hello, Tom Schulte of Outsight Radio here. Thanks for the interest in my show and the Barry Schrader interview. Fortunately, I recorded the interview and it is here:

http://www.musicsojourn.com/AR/Alt/page/s/SchraderBarry.htm

"the real punk was the synthesizer" - that's a great quote!

It also makes me think about how some early punk in England (Crass, Sham 69, Damned, Clash) and U.S. West Coast (Germs, Flipper, the scene around The Masque club), East Coast (NYC No Wave of James Chance, Lydia Lunch, Suicide, DNA, etc.) was much more diverse and experimental than the surviving punk rock sound is, which is just a distillation sub-genre of rock (Southern LA, NYC) and glam (England).

Upcoming interviews are with Mark Volman (Turtles), Roye A (Nektar), Sonja Kristina (Curved Air), 180-Gs (a cappella group covering Negativland)"

MATRIXSYNTH FORUM

And I decided to take the plunge. Title link takes you to a forum I just set up. This is the first MATRIXSYNTH user forum. I put up five categories to start:

Everything Synth
Everything Else
Music
On the Blogs
Wanted to Buy and Wanted to Sell

The descriptions for each are at the Forums. I'm going to keep it simple to start. I think forums have a tendency to dry up when the posts get too diluted.

A note on the "On the Blogs" forum: I created this for two reasons. One so people can have a place to share links to interesting posts they find out there. It is not limited to MATRIXSYNTH blogs, but any blog out there. Two, for posts that end up in the archives that people would still like to discuss. I decided to separate this from Everything Synth because the thought is this can become a place to specifically keep the comments on blog posts alive, long after they roll off the front pages of various blogs. It will also make it much easier to parse old posts and engage with others. I frequently get comments that might inspire discussion on old posts, but they go unseen because others rarely go into the archives. This forum will be a place where you can point people to that post you want to discuss.

So, go grab your name before someone else does, and DO NOT grab others names trying to impersonate them. I will remove your account and give it to the known owner of the alias. As for forum moderation and rules, use common sense. I won't be babysitting, but I will be watching.

I'll be adding a permanent link to the forum on the right in just a sec.

Also, I should note the forum has RSS out of the gate, so if you are into subscribing to RSS feeds it has it. Just look for the RSS icon on site or go to the bottom of the forum and look for the RSS text. Or, just click on this RSS icon here to subscribe.

Update: Looks like the RSS feed wasn't working in Bloglines for me. I updated the feed to Smart Feed with more options. The icon link in this post and on the forum goes to the Smart Feed page where you can read more about RSS and/or just subscribe to the appropriate feed for your reader. I use Bloglines and have it working fine now.

SCI Prophet 5 Tribute Site Update

Jos who runs the SCI Prophet 5 Tribute site wrote in to let me know he has added a single manual Prophet 10 Page. Title link takes you to the page where you will find more images and info. Images, including this one are courtesy of Brandon's fdiskc.com.

Jos' SCI Prophet 5 Tribute Site
Previously featured here.