MATRIXSYNTH: Monday, October 8, 2007


Monday, October 08, 2007

Arturia Origin and Analog Factory Keyboard at AES

Official product pages:
Origin
Analog Factory Keyboard

via Tom of Music Thing and Alex. Both had a little hands on experience with the Analog Factory Keyboard.
Tom: "I played one today at AES - nice wood!"
Alex: "I had a go on a demo one today - feels really solid, and does everything it says on the tin."

Bringing the SEM's closer to the action

via Reed:
"After eleven years of not using enough SEM's in our tracks because the 4-voice was all the way across the room, my business partner decided to rack mount 2 of the voices.

The first challenge was finding a big enough box. Two SEM's side by side are wider than most standard rack boxes will accomodate. When Greg St. Regis built the Obie Rack at Studio Electronics, he opted to cut part of the sides off the actual SEM faceplates to make things fit. Since we want to keep the option of mounting the SEM's back into the 4-voice, we decided to pay a few hundred bucks to have a company build a custom steel box.

As you can see in the picture, Phil took the power supply from the 4-voice & carefully mounted it to the new chassis, putting the big transistors on the outside of the case. He then literally screwed an MPU-101 in there for Midi. At a moment's notice the whole thing could be restored to its original condition as though nothing ever happened.

There are no extra bells and whistles on the front panel. You tend to get the sound you want out of an SEM without any extra patch points or toggle switches. Bravo to Mr. Oberheim for getting it right the first time."

Livewire Dual Cyclotron+Dalek+ Doepfer A-100P3


YouTube via DavideModu.
"Livewire Dual Cyclotron+Dalek+Doepfer A-100P3"

KORG Electribe MX (4)


YouTube via Denkitribe.
"EMX with mini-KP"

Prophet 10 polymod demonstration


YouTube via suitandtieguy.
"here's a demonstration of how you can make wicked crazy Dr Who terror sounds with it. this thing is incredible. maybe i should keep it.

this would be me playing the Prophet 10, to demonstrate that it works for the purpose of purchase. if i were to demonstrate its sound i would have recorded the sound better."

Yamaha Music Keyboard YK-01

via this auction. Note the box design is similar to the Yamaha CX5M.

"Yamaha Music Keyboard YK-01 and Original Box. This was used with Yamaha Music Computers. 44 keys in this mini keyboard."

Nomad Rhythm Maker 16

images via this auction
"RARE Hard-to-Find NOMAD RHYTHM MAKER 16 in working condition! I have seen some Nomad RM 12s but not a 16 - this is a great little sound and beat analog sound machine made in Japan and available in the 1970s - The unit has volume and tempo pods, cymbal - claves - cow bell and bass drum black rocker switches - march - shuffle - cha-cha - mambo - samba - rhumba - beguine - tango - swing - fox trot - bosa-nova - slow rock - rock n roll - western - dixieland and waltz

This instrument is in beautiful condition, there is some discoloration on the silver face plate that should clean up nicely - there are 4 small holes in the top of the unit as it was mounted under a keyboard shelf - very solid and well-made with a warm wood finish"

Roland SH-101 Red

images via this auction

ARP 1613

via this auction.

Yamaha Tenori On Review on Music Thing

"I've had the Yamaha Tenori On for about five days now, so these are first thoughts. Summary version: It's awesome that this thing exists, that Toshio Iwai got a chance to make it. It's intuitive (in the pic on the right, Alex isn't just jabbing buttons, he's holding down a function key and selecting sounds). Does that mean you'll want to spend £599 buying one for yourself? Well, I can think of better ways to spend the money. Epic list of pros and cons after the jump." click here for the full review.

Devo microKorg


YouTube via ligerhouse. via Nusonica.
"A step by step instruction on how to make a Devo sounding synth program for the microKorg"

moog Little Phatty & Kimi


YouTube via imkimi. via Nusonica.
"Kimi testeando la nueva belleza de MOOG en Underground.
Kimi tests the new beauty of MOOG in Underground."

Maxim MDS-1000


via Loscha.

"It appears to be a Simmons clone. No other images appear to be available online.

Appears to have SSM2044 per channel, and lots of other nice things. Quite solid in design, all balanced, had a 9 pin Molex on the back so you can hook up all your triggers in one easy connector, would have been convenient on the road."

More images:
MDS1000-a.jpg
MDS1000-b.jpg
MDS1000-c.jpg
MDS1000-d.jpg
MDS1000-e.jpg
MDS1000-f.jpg

Minimoog from 1976


YouTube via zioguido.
"Finally I bought a new camera and now I can make as many videos as I want! Hurray! :-) This is my "new" Minimoog, born on 23 november 1976, and she still shines like new!"

this is how it sound the TR-606 DRUMATIX Drum Machine


YouTube via pepemogt.
"TR-606 drum machine. i took pictures and video and did a straigth audio recording from tr-606 main out to the computer sound card with no effects + i also added the furureretro revolution(with delay);) enjoy

tr-606 and revolution sequences by latinsizer"

Livewire Vulcan Modulator


video upload by jamescigler

"A brief demo of the Vulcan Modulator module by Livewire Synthesizers."

Prophet 10 note-wise demonstration


YouTube via suitandtieguy.
"this would be me playing the Prophet 10, to demonstrate that it works for the purpose of purchase. if i were to demonstrate its sound i would have recorded the sound better.

i think i'm blowing through various stuff here, starting with the intro to "Gospelette" (aka "Fly Away") by Jack McDuff and at some point i'm playing "Angel" by Sarah McLachlan."

Modular Jam


YouTube via verstaerker.
"little jam with my modular system - including my new fantastic Cwejman VCO"

KORG MS20

images via this auction.

Yamaha CX5M Music Computer

images via this auction

Failirght Voicetracker VT-5

images via this auction

"This is the Fairlight Voicetraker. It is intended to track the pitch and expressiveness of your voice and turn it into a synthesizer. The Voicetracker has the ability to not only let your voice (guitar, drum machine, etc.) manipulate its internal synth (which is very analog and gritty) but also send MIDI and Voltage Control signals to other synths. It is the fastest of its kind, incredibly accurate, and a mind blowing way to control your synths. Better than a vocoder, its signaling allows ANY synth or DRUM MACHINE to be controlled by audio input alone.

Vocoders seem trivial when you can trigger multiple synths with the pitch of any sound input. Make anything sound musical!

Top Row:
Range:
Pitch Range (Select Full, Low, Mid, Hi, Whistle, or Pitch Detail) {basically selects the range of the sound the VT will respond to... I will usually select Pitch Detail},
Presets (A-D)
2nd Row:
Response Time {Never saw any reason not to select Fast!},
Display {You can hook this thing up to a monitor and track your voice. It was originally intended to help singers watch and work on their pitch control. This determines how fast it will track on the display. I always set it to slow in case it drained response time anywhere else... I have no evidence that it did}
3rd Row: {Again, has to do with display}
Freeze, Scroll, Pitch, Zoom, Displays (Ampl, Timbre, Cents)
4th Row: {Display again}
Metronome, Trace (Gate, Continue), Tune, Axis (Vertical, Horizontal}, Format (Keyboard, Frequency, Grid)
5th Row:
Halt {Stops tracking}, Options (Ampl, Timbre) {Gives the option of Tracking Volume and Timbre of your voice}, Octave {Shifts up or down octaves}, Semitones {Tracks semitones if desired, which is very desired}, Internal Synth {On or off}, Presets ABC
Bottom Row:
0-9 {I think these are to input digits, but I am not entirely sure}

Basically, Put the Pitch Detail on, Set the Response to Fast, Make sure Halt is off, Put on Ampl, Timbre, Semitones, and Internal Synth, and your voice is now a synthesizer.

MIDI:
In
Out
Thru
Serial Port
Aux 1
Aux 2
Output level knob is on this side


Back:
Video Out
Sensitivity (Lo/Hi) {Keep on Hi}
Line/Mic
Audio In
Audio Thru (Which means you can "tap" a signal and not lose an output... how come we don't have this option more often?!}
Analog Synth Contol {I think this is for Voltage Control, which I never needed... but i think this makes the machine capable of controlling a MOOG or even a MOOGERFOOGER... what is a PURITY signal? I mean, I just have to know...If you know, please respond)
Purity
Bright
Level
Gate
Pitch
Footswitch 1 & 2
VCA In
VCA out
Headphone jack

Serial # 10228 {I think there were only 300 made, but I am not sure...if you know, please respond}
Used to retail for $2495.00"

E-MU EMAX HD

images via this auction. Note the mod and pitch wheel.

"This is the version of the Emax with a keyboard and an internal hard drive. It has 36 banks of sounds installed on it... and it runs fine. Additionally, I'm including over 50 floppy disks of sounds... many are copies of what's on the hard drive, many are different. There are tons of 80's-style sounds: orchestra hits, analog synths, sampled real instruments, and classics such as the James Brown and Marilyn Chambers samples"

Clavia Nord Lead 2

images via this auction

"One of the coolest features of the Nord Lead 2 is the "Morph" function. This lets you create two different patches and "morph" between them with the modulation wheel. The wooden "thumby" button is a bad-ass pitch bend modulator. There is also a "multi-mode" which lets you create complex layers. There is oscillator sync, awesome frequency modulation, and ring modulation.

There are four audio outs that can be configured in a variety of ways. Also in back is a slot for a PCMCIA card. The Nord is a breeze to program but when you want to dig in deep the manual is totally complete. Very nicely written."

Waldorf Micro-Wave

images via this auction. click image for the full size shot.
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