MATRIXSYNTH: Saturday, August 25, 2007

little random music gadget guy

flickr by pombinha.

KORG KP3

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Starburst - The Venus Hunters

YouTube via Sharpblue.
"Neil Morissey and Martin Clunes star as musicians in the ficticious band "The Venus Hunters" in this Channel 4 comedy about a new wave revival show on the BBC. Presented by Jools Holland. Look out for guest appearances of Gary Numan, The Human League and Spandau Ballet. 1996"
MOOG Minimoog, SCI Prophet-5, SIMMONS drums.

Admin: New Template Coming - Adding a 3rd Column

Update: OK, we are back to two. That was easy. I'm not a big fan of change myself when it comes to websites. Just wanted to see what it was like with the labels on the right. New poll below. Leave the right nav on the right or move it over to the left.

Update: I just flipped the columns so the main blog in the center with the main column on the left and the labels on the right. Let me know if this is better or worse in the comments. The votes were 19 for two columns and 3 for three. If you voted and changed your mind on your vote mention in the comments. Also see if this grows on you.

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Just wanted to let you know that I am going to try three columns on the site instead of two. If you see any funkiness, this is why. Please bear with me. The overall look and feel will remain the same.

Almost done. Off to go cook dinner for the family. Let me know what you think. I put the labels on the far right. I'll be renaming them so each one only takes a single line.

OK, made a poll out of this. You decide. Note the site is set to three with the right being relatively thin. It will remain that way with three. I need to crop some of the labels so each one will be a single line.

Summer at Highland (music clip)

YouTube via htkn.
"this music was making by inspiration from the trip of Highland in Japan. I made five tracks, please check here." Be sure to check out this exclusive interview on Matrixsynth as well.

MiniMOOG

flickr by danielsrama.

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It's tagged with German and museum. Anyone know where this is?

Waldorf Wave Demo

Title link takes you to a demo of the Waldorf Wave on Audio-Workshop.de. The following is what Till Kopper had to say on the demo via the Waldorf User Group, posted here with permission:

"This is the WAVE demo that was released in november 1994 in the german KEYBOARDS magazine as a starter for the 3 issue long special about the big WAVE. And the WAVE on the front cover of this magazine and the one heard here are now owned by a long time Waldorf list member. The name of this track is "Ultimate WAVE".

The recording was done by the german Peter Gorges (BTW: a very friendly person). Waldorf also released a WAVE demo track on the demo CD named "Planet WAVE" in 1995 (?). This track there is named "Planet WAVE" and also features a synthetic voices of the Macintosh computers. Is it a rather funny track because of the lyrics. And full of nice WAVE sounds.

On the track "Like a WAVE" also featured on this CD you can hear Axel Hartmann (Waldorf special designer then and stil designer for Waldorf and some other well known synth companies) sing !!! And it is not bad. Again WAVE sounds. If you listen to this track, you might think this could be an unreleased track of the "Top-Gun" or other US movies to be used at the end credits. It is so "uplifting" in the sound and harmonies.

If only the artist of these track and Waldorf would agree on releasing these tracks on the Waldorf pages on day ...

keep on turning these knobs
Till Kopper"

Yamaha SK20

Images via this auction.

"Its a combination of FM based organ, fully analog polysynth and string machine.. The organ section is without a doubt the best hammond sound you can get for a low price and it has many other charms too. The synth section is 7voice polyphonic, with dual detunable VCOs, and has a lovely warm juicy tone. The resonant filter has a good gritty and squelchy sound, and a beautiful ring to it. The ensemble and tremolo effects are superb too.. The string section is nothing to write home about but in small doses adds some nice character to the overall mix.

Made famous by Sigur Ros. When you get to know the sound of this synth you will hear it all over Sigur Ros recordings. Read what they have to say about it here.

Some user reviews here [HC]
and info here [VSE]"

via Loscha

Vintage MOOG Albums for Download

This goldmine in via swissdoc. Title link takes you to a load of old MOOG albums for download. The site includes minor details for each album including an image, the artist, number of tracks, etc. But most importantly each one contains sample and full download links.

Mini ponies: North Sea Dune Ponies

YouTube via salamandos707.
"North of The Hague, In the barren marshes of the national dune park on the North Sea coast we can find savage mini ponies living in the wild, this is a little movie about them. WARNING: They are SAVAGELY CUTE. Music by Legowelt, played on a Yamaha DX7, DX7IID and a Roland Juno 6"

If you enjoyed this also check out the following video:
Mysteries of Marine Biology - The Northern Elephant Seal

"In the footsteps of Jacques Cousteau I made a small nature documentary about this intriguing sea creature. I filmed these creatures in the Pacific Ocean on the Californian coast. Music by Legowelt using a Roland MKS20 electric piano module, Korg Mono/Poly and Roland Juno 6 synthesizers."

Demo of Korg Prophecy synthesizer

YouTube via kimsacramento. Note this is for sale, click through the video if interested.

Demo of Roland SH3A vintage synthesizer

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YouTube via kimsacramento. Note this is for sale, click through the video if interested.

Billy Preston - struttin

YouTube via newblackmusic.
"Hear is one for the gear heads. Check out the old school synths. Check out that big bad ampeg on stage, thats the amp i rock with to this day. it feels so good to see musicianship!"
ARP Odyssey

Elka Rhapsody 490 String Synth

via this auction.

Vermona MARS

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

"Rare rack mount synth with a knob for everything. Has unique features like LFO Attack/Decay envelope before LFO wave kicks in, typical LFO shapes or stair-stepped (semitone-quantized) LFO. Etc. More info is available online at http://www.vermona.com/ Can hit pretty hard and low. Ring mod and noise, 2 VCO, 2 LFO, 2 ENV. Aside from LFO/ENV/etc, additional modulation assignments for: Pitch bend, mod wheel, footswitch, aftertouch, keyboard mode."

Build a Transistorized Theremin by Bob Moog

via this auction.

"1961 Electronics Magazine
Increasingly hard to find, this nearly half-century-old issue of Electronics World contains a fascinating how-to on building that special effects staple of scores of classic sci-fi flicks, the theremin, by none other than electronic music pioneer Robert Moog. The feature article contains a complete schematic and parts list, as well as chassis layout and photos of the completed unit. There are even tips on how to play the ethereal instrument. You get the entire original 1961 magazine, not a couple photocopied pages like you find elsewhere on Ebay.

Also in this issue is a homebrew stereo balancer using 6FG6 magic eye tubes and a look at beam power tubes in VHF oscillators, plus an article on early computer logic circuits, both vacuum tube and transistor-based."