MATRIXSYNTH: Wednesday, December 5, 2007


Wednesday, December 05, 2007

studio35d Pics from the Past

studio34d wrote in to let me know he put up some pictures of his studio some time around 1990-1991. Spot the synths and the cat. You can find the list of synth in this image here. Be sure to check out the rest of studio35d as well.

Sherman


via Techstuff. The super rare Sherman Chaos Bank is shown.

JOMOX


via Techstuff

Analogic synthesis




via Techstuff

Analog Clone AC303 - Roland TB303 Clone

Click here for the original site in Japanese. Click here for it in Googlish.

"AC303 is TB303 the source clone MIDI equipped with your own DIY kit. Part of the original source is the same circuitry and components * using the analog unique and powerful dynamics of ACCENT
A SLIDE to fully reproduce and TB303 distinctive sound from the thick slices of resonance for me is ACID sound system, TB303 original sound can be obtained."

via Inteliko.

Santablo

click here for another Blofeld demo by Stefan Trippler.
"Some quick filter-drive sounds from the Blofeld, rectified, clipped, sine shaped, also some squaring introduced with the modwheel, some overflow from aftertouch and, hmm, don't remember the name of the other drive curves ;) drums from Spectrasonics Stylus"

thought synthesizer

flickr by krischall.

full size

"the old e-mu modular analog synthesizer you can see in the background was originally captured visually by fr1zz. I decided to experiment with it by connecting it directly to my brain, added a little bit of hirnspray and ..tada!"

Update: You can find krischall's website here. Note it is in German. You can find the Googlish version here.

mind control

Roland JD-800 + Roland D-550 (D-50 Rack) by RetroSound


YouTube via retrosound72.
"synth demo track by RetroSound

bassline: Roland D-550, triggered by the MFB Step64 step-sequencer and transposed by the DX-7 II
pads: Roland JD-800, hand played
drums: Roland TR-707, sync with the MFB Step64

more info: www.retrosound.de"

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS + Oberheim Matrix-1000


YouTube via retrosound72.
"short demo track by RetroSound

bassline: Oberheim Matrix-1000, triggered by the MFB Step64 step sequencer
drums: Roland TR-707
other sounds: SCI Prophet VS

more info: www.retrosound.de"

The Tenori-On helper 0.952


YouTube via pyrolator. Via Nusonica.
"The Tenori-On is a great instrument, but if you work with Ableton Live, you need additional software, wich makes it possible to control filters or to be in sync with the internal Midi-clock of the computer. This software is the "tenori-on helper 0.952" and is a Max/msp-patch i wrote. You find it on my weblog http://pyrolator.blogspot.com/ "

Roland Jupiter-8

via this auction

ZEIT Sequencer (Custom Polar White)


YouTube via InfectionMusic.

Via Robert. No audio, just a glimpse of one in production.

"A video of a custom built ZEIT Sequencer in the Polar White styling."

Archive Sound Keyboard Rebuild Kits

"Have you noticed that the keys on your classic synth have become noisy, loose, and generally sloppy? If so, you are not alone. Age has deteriorated the critical rubber bushings which are the "heart & soul" of the Pratt-Read key mechanism, the action used in many of the great synths of the past, including the Prophet-5, OB-Xa, PPG, most ARPs, and the Minimoog. This degradation occurs over time, as many of these instruments are now 15-30 years old. Because of the gradual nature of this effect, we have forgotten how
silky smooth these keyboard mechanisms felt when they were new. The good news is that there is a solution available now." Click here for more.




If you ever wondered what bushings look like, here are a couple of shots from Synthesizer Bushings at High Spies. You can also find bushings and other keyboard repair kits available here (note there are some synths for sale there as well).

Spectron's Sequencer

Polyconnect found this while browsing NOISETIME.COM. I can't place it. Anyone know what it is? BTW, check out NOISETIME.COM for more synth goodness including shots of the Musikmesse over the years.

Update: found it in the Messe 2003 set. It's Spectron's Sequencer. You can see it has VCOs as well, so I'm guessing it is a synth as well as sequencer. If you know more about this one, feel free to comment.

Oberheim OB8 ARP02


YouTube via OB8rushes. Follow up to this post.
"Another basic ARP patch on the OB8. A little different mood this time, using a double patch, one arpeggiated the other not."

Cool iPhone Apps: beatphone


YouTube via DuraJim.
"A quick demo of Beatphone for the iPhone (This *DOESN'T* work for the iPod touch, however most apps do), I'm not very musically minded so don't expect some really good show."

UniQue Werkx - Q-Werkx - Waldorf Based Music

David Ryle wrote into the Waldorf list with a link to Christian's website, UniQue Werkx. I decided to take a look and found it contained a number of compositions featuring the Waldorf Q as well as track featuring a Blofeld demo by SCD. The site is definitely worth checking out if you are interested in hearing some of what the Q is capable of.

Kaossilator Pad


YouTube via oish1.
"Kaossilator is awesome, no midi out is not. But it is possible to recreate it's features on it's big brother the Kaoss pad. In this video I'm using the program Bidule to translate the midi messages to notes and then routing them into Reason. The possibilities be endless."

KORG MS20

images via this auction

Formanta EMS-1

images via this auction
"This synth was developed in USSR in 80-s years on the same military radio plant in Kachkanar where well known Polivoks synth was produced. Perhaps, Formanta ems-01 is most unusual sounding synth among the soviet made synthesizers. Its modulation possibilities are infinite, raw analog sound is absolutely unique, and it looks like peace of rock.

Let’s see overal architecture of the instrument. Instrument has two sections. The first section is analog mono-synth with two oscillators. It is the wild heart of the beast. Synth has 3-octave keyboard based on electromagnetic elements. It means that contacts of the keys will last forever. Every oscillator has triangle, saw and square waveforms. You can change square’s pulse width by knob or modulate it by LFO. Audio diapason of the every oscillator changes from 16’ to 2’. Mixer section has 5 knobs for control of amount audio from: 1 osc., 2 osc., external input, noise source, ring modulator. Then there is flexible LFO with controllable delay onboard. LFO has 6 waveforms: noise, sample-and-hold, two types of saw, square and sine. You can route LFO to modulate: every oscillator pitch, filter’s cutoff, VCA. Then you can switch LFO to trigger VCA and VCF envelopes, and you can modulate speed of LFO from keytracking. There is a ring modulator. You can switch input signals for ring modulator as 1osc. and 2osc., or as 1osc. and LFO. Then we have unique analog filter based on the same circuitry which used in Polivoks synth. You can control filter’s resonanse and cutoff by knobs, amount of modulation from LFO to cutoff, amount of modulation from dedicated AR envelope. Filter can be switched in low-pass mode or in band-pass mode. Filter’s envelope can be switched to positive or negative direction. Also we have VCA with dedicated ADSR envelope with autotrigger possibility. There is a portamento. You can adjust its time and switch off portamento from second oscillator and to get very special effect, this feature also borrowed from Polivoks synth. There are also: memory for last pushed key, slide knob which change overal tune in about 3 octaves, interval knob for detuning oscillators in about 1 octave, detune knob for detuning oscillators in about 1 ton range. Synth section has factory installed CV-in in Hz/Volt scale, but for its own gate trigger signals standard.

Then there is second section of instrument. It is analog organ with 5 octave keyboard also on electromagnetic contacts. Organ has 6 preset sounds. For organ you can control: tune, amount of pitch modulation from dedicated triangle lfo, frequency of pitch modulation, delay of pitch modulation. Some organ’s preset sounds feed to rich analog 3-stage chorus effect. Then you can independently route synthesizer and organ to exellent analog stereo-phaser effect. Stereo-phaser has control of resonanse. On the back of the instrument there are outs for phones, audio mono sum, audio stereo outs, and input for pedal controller. Also there are CV-in, CV-out and external audio in.

Here is audio demo of just this formanta ems-01 which i am selling. All tracks was recorded direct to PC without any additional effects and without

any multi-tracking. The signal recorded from stereo outputs. The track formanta7.mp3 is yamaha vss-200 processed through the external input. Just listen to incredible sound of ems-01:

formanta1.mp3
formanta2.mp3
formanta3.mp3
formanta4.mp3
formanta5.mp3
formanta6.mp3
formanta7.mp3
formanta8.mp3
formanta9.mp3
formanta10.mp3"

DSI Mono Evolver

images via this auction

"Mono Evolver Keyboard, a fantastic synthesizer created by Dave Smith, who designed the Sequential Circuits Prophet 5, Pro One, and Prophet VS. It has 4 oscillators, 2 analog, 2 digital (with VS waveforms), run through a real analog filter."

PPG Waveterm

images via this auction
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