MATRIXSYNTH: Friday, December 7, 2007


Friday, December 07, 2007

Yamaha CS60

images via this auction

fr-777 main board

flickr by pac209 (click for more)

Blovachord - Novachord Emulation on the Waldorf Blofeld

via Boele of SCD on the Waldorf list:

"This sound is trying to emulate the Hammond Novachord, a pre war *synthesizer*. Yes, pre-war synthesizer, you're reading that right. Besides my Blofeld blabla, it's quite an interesting view/read.

http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/nova/intro.htm

The sound I am talking about (but all Novachord sounds have that moody athmosphere) is here:
http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/nova/mp3/nova3.mp3

The Blofeld is producing this one:
http://www.synthmusic.info/mp3s/blovachord.mp3

Specially in the low regions of the keyboard is getting so darn good!
And remember, this is a bare Blofeld. No FX, no compressing/limiting or whatever. Pure Waldorf!
It's modulated wavetable stuff, it's nice filters in series, it's Waldorf! I mean, play one of Stefan's teasers after this one and you understand the enormous amount of sounds possible with this white thingy!"

Stockhausen RIP

Karlheinz Stockhausen passed away this Wednesday, Dec 5, 2007. He was a pioneer of electronic music. You can find his official website here and you can read more about him and the influence of his work here.

Stockhausen Interview

YouTube via racon.

Some of the musicians Stockhausen influenced via wikipedia:
"Jazz musicians such as Miles Davis (Bergstein 1992), Cecil Taylor, Charles Mingus, Herbie Hancock, Yusef Lateef (Feather 1964; Tsahar 2006), and Anthony Braxton (Radano 1993, 110) cite Stockhausen as an influence... The Beatles included an image of Stockhausen on the cover of their 1967 Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album. Rick Wright and Roger Waters of Pink Floyd also acknowledge Stockhausen as an influence (Macon 1997, 141; Bayles 1996, 222). San Francisco psychedelic groups Jefferson Airplane and the Grateful Dead are vaguely said to have done the same (Prendergast 2000, 54), though Stockhausen himself merely says the former band included students of Luciano Berio and both were "well orientated toward new music" (Texte 4, 505). Founding members of Cologne-based experimental band Can, Irmin Schmidt and Holger Czukay, actually studied with Stockhausen[citation needed], as did German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk (Flur 2003, 228). New York guitar experimentalists Sonic Youth also acknowledge Stockhausen's influence[citation needed], as do Icelandic vocalist Björk (Guðmundsdóttir 1996; Ross 2004, 53 & 55), British industrial group Coil[citation needed], and British techno artist Aphex Twin."

Access Virus Ti

images via this auction via cynep on the Matrixsynth Forum.

MOOG Opus 3

images via this auction

Rapture 1.1 Overview


YouTube via CakewalkSoftware.
"Get an indepth look and listen at the new Rapture 1.1. Cakewalk's Brandon Ryan guides us through some of the new features and demonstrates the awesome sound making (and sound mangling) capabilities of this revolutionary virtual synth. Full range speakers are recommended or you will miss some of the fun."

HarriL - Revolver (Live)


video upload by HarriL

"MP3 Here: http://www.mikseri.net/music/play.php...
A chill track with some DSI Evolver testing (desktop version) and guitar playing.
Korg EMX - drums & synths
ESX - samples
Quasimidi 309 - 808-kick."

Hans Wurman: Chopin à la Moog (1970)

You can listen to this album on Orpheus Music.

Messing with the Moog, vol. 1


YouTube via DoKashiteru.
"The Moog at Wells College again - a short video of me playing on one of the sounds."

Roland SH-101 Cake

you can read more about this one on Music Thing.

Get your synth cakes here.

Moog Taurus II with Midi


YouTube via JorgeCortez01.
"An improvised jam usnig a Midified Moog Taurus II and an Oxigen 8 keyboard"

Miscellaneous Analog Synths via Material Object

via Material Object

"an old junk collecter in Sydney has this private stash.. photos taken years ago but some things of note include a moog controller keyboard that once belonged to Klaus Shulze + the korg PS3300 + he had about 50+ modules for the roland 100m"

Click here for the full set.



All Tube Synth - Audio clips

Audio clips of the All Tube Synth linked in the prior post.

Are You Not Devo? You Are Mutato


"Mark Mothersbaugh in Mutato Muzika’s basement. Behind him is Raymond Scott’s legendary Electronium. (Photos by Kevin Scanlon)"

click here for the accompanying article on LA Weekley.

click here and scroll for prior posts on the Electronium including a video.

Zune Originals Unboxing 80GB


Youtube via chachijones. Why? Watch the ending.
"CNET Senior Editor Donald Bell unboxes his customized Zune 80 (paid for with his own hard-earned money), ordered from ZuneOriginals.net. Josh Lowensohn films, Nicole Lee adds commentary.If you link to or embed this video, please provide a credit link back to my MP3 Insider blog:http://reviews.cnet.com/mp3-insider"

Vermona DRM1 MKII


images via this auction

"Vermona DRM 1 MK II Analog Drum Synthesizer. This is a beauty of a percussion synthesizer—all analog, with individual trigger buttons to preview sounds as you shape them, and individual outputs for each channel.

from the manufacturer:
The DRM1 MKII is an eight-channel, completely analog drum synthesizer. It gives you total control over every parameter through its 72 (!) controls.

There are eight channels, each featuring specific parameters for generating a certain kind of drum and/or percussive sound. They are divided into:

MOOG Sonic Six

images via this auction

Studio Electronics SE-1

images via this auction

Serge VCS Bananalogue

images via this auction
A Trigger input. Trigger fires envelope, gate sustains level
B Input.
C Cycle switch. Connects "End Out" to "Trigger"
D AC Out. AC coupled output.
E Output LED
F Output.
G Both. VC control both Rise and Fall
H Exp CV. Approximately 1V/Oct scaled input.
I Rise knob. Manual control of rise time.
J End Out. Outputs a trigger pulse when the envelope completes a cycle.
K Fall knob. Manual control of fall time.
L VC Rise. Voltage control of Rise
M VC Rise Knob. Attenuates VC Rise amount. Pull the knob out for non-linear slopes.
N VC Fall. Voltage control of Fall
O VC Fall Knob. Attenuates VC Fall amount. Pull the knob out for non-linear slopes.
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