MATRIXSYNTH: Wednesday, August 15, 2007


Wednesday, August 15, 2007

EMS DK1 Cricklewood Keyboard

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

"The Cricklewood is a Velocity sensitive "Dynamic" monophonic Keyboard for use with the Synthi VCS3. Cricklewood has 1 VCO and 1 VCA, and the VCO can be used as a mod source or a second voice making the synth Duophonic. This example is really in amazing shape for almost being 40 years old! as you can see in the pictures, there are some very minor wood scuffs. Playing wise this keyboard practically feels new! absolutely no clickity clack that can be felt on keyboards of this type that have worn brushings. includes 8 way cinch-jones cable for connection to Synthi."

DSI Prophet '08 Demo - p8l.mp3

Title link takes you to one more via Stefan Trippler.
BTW, click on the DSI link below for all previous posts.

Customsynth Roland JX-3P


Another shot of the white Roland JX-3P via CustomSynth.

Previous posts.

What The Future Sounded Like - EMS Documentary

Remember this video? Title link takes you to the official site.

"Documentary, 27 minutes
HDV and Digital Betacam
16:9 Anamorphic Widescreen
Stereo and 5.1 Surround Sound

From Dr Who to the Dark Side of the Moon, the members of the Electronic Music Studios used pioneering technology and ideas to create a radical new soundscape for the 20th century."

KORG PS 3200

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. via Matt.

More Prophet '08 Demos

Title link takes you there. Via HarriL

Funny side note. I wonder if it will be the Prophet '08, Prophet 08, or Prophet 8 in the end. And... with or without a dash? It's interesting to me in that how will people search for it?

Update: Looks like the link is currently down. Some more info [below] though.
Update: try this link. Not sure if it takes you to the same samples, but there you go. Thanks goes to Steven in the comments.
"The P8 has some other new features, too, such as a nice arpeggiator (with latch), a loopable third envelope (try modulating envelope stages while it's looping!), much easier modulation of oscillator mix (you can set up a four way analog vector using the wheels!), and the whole "two Programs in one"
thing, where each Program is really two Programs, and where the "Part B" can be stacked/layered, or split with Part A, or just used as an "alternate take" if you will (similar to the EX5 "Scenes", except Part B is a completely different Program). Hey, when stacked/layered, you have 4 analog osc, 2 filters, 2 amps, 6 env, 8 LFOs, 8 assignable mod source/destinations,
8 seq tracks, and 2 arps at your disposal! Analog bliss."

acidlab bassline 2

flickr by pac209.

Click here for the full size shot.

The pac209 link takes you to more.

YuSynth Filter Bank


"Although this module is often missing in many modular set-ups, I think a fixed filters bank (FFB) is a really useful module and personally I could not imagine a decent set-up without one. The reference FFB is the 914 module from Moog .

The FFB makes it possible to greatly enrich the sonic palette of a modular system. It is also a key element for the recreation of "natural" and environmental sounds, or of conventional music instruments. Although it evokes the principle of a mere graphic equalizer, it has marked differences. Mainly, the filter Q is higher and the BP slopes are steeper than in a graphic EQ. Furthermore when a control is set to zero, the corresponding spectral band is completely muted. Complex/entangled rhythms can be created on the fly by multi-band filtering a simple sequence."

via YuSynth

ARP 2600


Click here for shots via this auction. Note the cartridge modules on the inside shot.

Update via John Levin in the comments:
"For what it's worth, this one has the Tonus logo on it, as opposed to the Arp w/ cable logo. This means it's the first cut at the grey meanie after the blue meanie."

Update via Micke in the comments:
"It appears to be a model 2600P V2.0 (in production between 1972-72).

This model differed to the 2600P V1.0** (1971-72) in that the front panel was increased in height and that the VCOs changed from 4027 to 4027-1.

** the first version after the Blue Marvin and Grey Meanie

Micke"

Suzuki Nobara


via this auction

Click on the image for the full size shots.

"NOBARA(means wild rose) is extremely rare and one of the most strange japanese electronic musical instruments
it was originally made for playing japanese traditinal music and made by SUZUKI(home of omnichord,tronichord)
but this is most strange & bizzare instrument SUZUKI ever made...

no need to search NOBARA on google because there are no info on the net

first of all it's very beautifull!
built in exotic shape designed dark wine red case
with strange shape 37 key keyboard(look like key of vintage computer) and 2 string bridge and 3 assignable drum pads
it has 16 sounds(including exotic japanese traditional instruments like koto,shamisen,shakuhachi etc)
and 21 exotic percussions
plus you can access more hidden sounds by using MIDI prgramm No. from external midi keyboard(I don't know why) internal speaker,audio output,headphone output and surprisingly it has MIDI IN & OUT!

you can play NOBARA by keyboard(polyphonic) or 2 string bridge(monophonic) and 3 drum pad

this unique 2 string brdge can play by usual guitar pick
hold one key of the keyboards and play 2 string bridge by pick like guitar
2 string brdge is monophonic, it sumilate taisho koto(japanese peacock harp)
japanese harp musician often uses fast trill play so it needs 2 strings with same sounds
and there is metall mute plate to mute sound decay by finger touch
string is touch sensible with verocity and totally electronic device,
it's not just simply electrical amplified like usual electric guitar
NOBARA has MIDI so you can play another MIDI synth by this 2 string brdge!
it's very effective for guitar,bass kind of string instruments
it's like guitar synthesizer feeling

3 drum pad is also touch sensitive and can playing by your fingers
assign drum sounds to pad is very easy,just hold one key and hit the one pad in drum mode
of course drum sounds consists of many exotic japanese traditional percussions
it including some ordinary drum sounds,especially bass and snare is cool electronic sound like KRAFTWERK's drum sound of course in drum mode you can play all of them on keybord

NOBARA's sounds are hi quality,exotic and strange!,very unique original sounds
and playing by 2 string bridge wiyh pick is very funny
NOBARA has MIDI so you can play these exotic sounds from your sequencer or another MIDI device

NOBARA was very expensive and made very limited quantities those days
so i'ts very hard to find even in Japan these days
this is your first and last chance to get this bizzare exotic gem!"

Update via the comments:
smetenan + nobara + taborda (video)

YouTube via smetenan.

DSI Prophet '08 Prototype

via JZ.

Click on the DSI link right below. Note this is different than the other shots of the Prophet 8.

Update: And this one was photoshopped folks. I didn't think it could be real considering how the others looked. Seemed a bit too far from it. The original image below via: link. Via HarriL in the comments.

Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman Live in Norway


Sept 7, 2007.

Title link takes you to more info.

Previous posts on Jean-Jacques Perrey

SlagsmÄlsklubben - live Arvikafestivalen 2007


YouTube via triumphthruxton.
"SlagsmÄlsklubben - live Arvikafestivalen 2007"
Follow up to this post.

monome 40h running stepfilter


YouTube via stretta.
"It has been a while since I posted anything 40h-related. Here is a quick video of my step sequencer Max app sending data to a Doepfer MCV24, which is controlling eight band pass filters on a Doepfer vocoder. Slew limited.

Tip of the hat to Dan Deacon, who is 100% pure awesome."
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