MATRIXSYNTH: Monday, November 12, 2007

Vet's Daytime Dive 11/11 - Roland MSQ-700 Found Underwater

Yep... this one officially beats dumpster diving for synths.

"In the shallows, we came across a bunch of pipefish. These guys are fun to play with. They seem to like divers so we hung out playing with them for a bit. As we started to make our way in, we ran across what looks to be a baby Fringehead or baby Sculpin. I am not quite sure so if anyone can make a proper ID, I would greatly appreciate it.

Overall, a GREAT dive!!!

Below are some highlights from the dive:" [link]
No mention of the Roland MSQ-700, but the shot is in the set. via Jeff.

Oberheim Eclipse (OB8K) mechanical drawings

via this auction.

"This is a super rare stack of blueprint machanical drawing from the never release Oberheim Electronics OB8K. It was also called the Eclipse. This synth was supposed to be release around 1989 and was shown at NAMM, but the company when through a big change at that time and it never happened. It was the early precursor to the OB-MX.(which ended up being nothing like the OB8K.) There are various drawings for the sheet metal components, knobs, benders, top pressure formed plastic, etc"

via brian c

Rare Oberheim Source code listing

via this auction.

"This is a super rare stack of source code listings from the mid to late 80's Oberheim Electronics products. I didn't go through all of it, but I saw stuff from the DPX1, and some of the Perf/X products like the arpeggiator."

via brian c

BERGFOTRON SAS

Click here for more shots of "Analogue synth enthusiasts of Stockholm."

Pictured:
"Hans Åkerman "the human sequencer" plays bass on the Bergfotron, which, as you can see, is starting to outgrow it's old case."

via altemark

Seattle Wogglebug

YouTube via iBreakCameras.
"Pictures of Seattle Aquarium and downtown. Sound comes from a wogglebug recording from http://www.wiard.com/samples/Wogglebu... . Learn more about wogglebugs at http://www.musicsynthesizer.com/Woggl.... Buchla. iBreakCameras. "

Rendez vous 1 Jean Michel Jarre

YouTube via fischek. Clavia Nord Lead 2x and Korg TR.

Computer Music Top 10 virtual synths

Computer Music Top 10 virtual synths episode 1 [previously posted on MATRIXSYNTH]

Computer Music Top 10 virtual synths episode 2

YouTube via CMSpecial.
"We countdown the best virtual synthesizers in the world, as voted for by Computer Music readers and forum users. Episode 2 features positions 5 to 1."

The list:
1. U-he Zebra II
2. Native Instruments Absynth
3. Cakewalk Z3ta +
4. Rob Papen Albino
5. Native Intruments FM8
6. GForce Oddity
7. Cakewalk Rapture
8. Native Instruments Massive
9. Lennar Digital Sylenth 1
10. Vember Audio Surge

Live Sequence Switching On Ensoniq TS-10

YouTube via loonytunes1234.
"Rearranging a song on the fly using the incredible Ensoniq sequencer"

live timestretch 2

YouTube via garyboozy. KORG Pad Control.

More..

padkontrol live timestretch 3

"using the dial to scan through the samples, sliced to a Drum Rack in the Live 7 beta."

padKONTROL 303

"using ABL2 inside a Live instrument rack with 1xScale and 2xRandom to alternate the notes on each pad. the riff sounds like an old Black Dog track off the Spanners LP, if anyone remembers it..."

Studio Tour

video upload by jamescigler

"A short studio tour for my upcoming Workspace and Environment feature on Trash_Arcade. The sound track is a short piece written for the video shortly after taking it."

Top 5 Greatest Samplers - Episode 4

via Sonic State were you will find the write-up on this episode and links to previous episodes.
You can see all episodes posted on MATRIXSYNTH here.

The list so far:
5. E-Mu Emulator
4. Ensoniq Mirage
3. CMI Fairlight
2. Roland S Series
1. ?

80 - The Decline of Gopher (protocol) (Korg Electribe EMX-1)

YouTube via atishmeh.
"Seriously, Goper was the shiz. Veronica, and all that jazz."

Spooky Matrixsynth by LDT

via LDT:

"The mp3 was recorded with the Novation XioSynth.The first little melody that repeats once towards the end is the Matrix Synth patch. There are three other tracks as well using various patches I wrote on the Xiosynth. There is no external processing except that I always run my digital keyboards through an Electro Harmonix LPB 2ube stereo tube preamp before they reach the Zoom MRS8 digital recorder. The track was assembling using Sony Sound Forge 8 and Sony Acid Pro 5."

On The Run via Mike on a Clavia Nord Modular

Follow up to this post.

Buchla 259 and 261e - Old Meets New

via REWire

"Here's a Pic of my 259 and 261e side by side,. Amazing how a 30+ year old and new oscs look so alike and new. Sound? Sort of similar when both with no harmonics."

Update: see this new post for audio comparisons.

The Harvestman Polivoks Filter Demo

via REwire:

"I picked this up at Analogue Haven Friday while orders were flying off their printers for this. This is one screaming filter and a great addition to my collection of the meanest filters ever along with the Livewire Frequensteiner and Plan-B Model 11. This 1:50 mp3 demo has just two Sawtooth waves going into the filter with plenty of modulation of the VCF. The last patch in the demo is the Bandpass output being used as a CV source to the VCF. Beware, this one's loud and ear shattering."

Demo mp3

Rusty Nails Episode 3 - Akai S20 Sampler

YouTube via mrvidiot.
"Learn all about the vintage S20 Phrase Sampler from Akai."

Autopilot

YouTube via loonytunes1234. Ensoniq TS10.
"My New Rig On Autopilot Playing Part Of One Of My New Songs"

Alaska

YouTube via loonytunes1234. Ensoniq TS10.
"Off the cuff cover of the intro to Alaska by UK"

Yamaha DX7 with Wood Case

via dead billy. Click on the image for the full size shot.

malgorkatobug808

YouTube via prophei. Anyone know more about the colorful DIY looking modules?

keybdwizrd - Photons

YouTube via keybdwizrd

"Electronic music. Drums - Korg Micro X. Repeating synth patterns: Korg Electribe EMX-1. Bass: Moog LP. Leads: Virus TI Polar."

MAQ 16/3+Pulse+Doepfer+DAlek

MAQ 16/3+Pulse+Doepfer+DAlek+2

YouTube via DavideModu.

Yamaha DX21

images via this auction
"First introduced in 1985, the DX-21 is the "little brother" to the famous DX-7 workhorse (which was heard on many of the big hits of the 80's and 90's) and part of the DX family that also included the DX-27 and DX-100. The DX-21 utilizes "FM Synthesis" to create its sounds and this model has four separate "operators" or parameters which can be adjusted to create the final patch.

The DX-21 has a 61 note keyboard, 128 presets, 32 RAM voices and three play modes: Single, Split (keyboard split in 2 parts) and Dual (2 voices mixed). Programming your own sounds is pretty simple once you get the feel for FM-synthesis and the unit also features MIDI (in, out, through), a cassette interface and connections for pedals (portamento, sustain, volume), breath controller and a headphone jack.

An owners manual can be downloaded here.