MATRIXSYNTH: Tuesday, January 1, 2008


Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Sequential Circuits Prophet-5

images via this auction

Something Metasonix This Way Comes

Just when you thought you've seen it all... :)
via Dave:
"Eric Barbour, a.k.a. Metasonix, is up to no damn good again. I created art for Eric's TX-2 Butt Probe manual, and the graphics & manual for the TM-7 Scrotum Smasher. And now, the latest piece of hardware I did creative production for... well... I just don't know what to say.

As a tease, I'll be posting new daily images (usually one per day, occasionally two) on umop.com until all is revealed at the NAMM Show on January 17th.

The first three images are attached, and can be linked here:

http://umop.com/metasonix/01.jpg
http://umop.com/metasonix/02.jpg
http://umop.com/metasonix/03.jpg

Latest daily images will appear here: http://umop.com/metasonix.htm"

Ultravox Live Aid


YouTube via Indio70. "The 2 songs that were edited out off the official DVD... here they are again enjoy."

Ultravox performing Reap the Wild Wind followed by One Day at Live Aid 1985. One Day is definitely the stronger performance. It's almost like they are just warming up with Reap the Wild Wind. The performance gets even better below. Be sure to catch Vienna. Billy whips out the violin. In the video above: Midge on E-Mu Emulator II and Billy on a Yamaha DX7 and Kurzweil K250.

I remember staying up until the wee hours of the night/morning to catch this live when it was first aired. I forget if they aired all four songs in the US but I definitely remember Vienna and at least one other. If you remember, feel free to comment.

BTW, Midge Ure was the co-organizer behind Live Aid, but for whatever reason I only remember seeing Bob Geldof receiving most of the limelight. I always wondered about that. Probably because Geldof was the main organizer and he was a bit more known in the states? Who knows...


"Here is the 2 other songs from Live Aid -85. These made it on the DVD. Classic Ultravox moment. Don't forget 2 view the other part, with the 2 songs that was cut out of the final DVD."

Dancing With Tears in My Eyes followed by Vienna. Chris Cross on PPG Wave 2.2. I also think I see an Oberheim DX drum machine next to the Emulator in this one. Billy on DX7, MIDIBoard and Violin. Midge on the Emulator.

Anyone know what was used for the drum effect in the original recording of Vienna? I always loved that particular sound.

For more posts on Ultravox click here, be sure to scroll for some of the more interesting posts.

Update: be sure to check out the comments for more including an update on the synths used.

Jerry Goldsmith - Logan's Run (1976, US, electronic)


Anyone know what synths were used for the soundtrack?

"This post consists of audio rips from the electronic parts of the movie Logan's Run. A lot of the score contains synthesizer sounds. I converted the ac3 to mp3 and made up the titles at my own discretion.
According to the Internet Movie Database, Jerry Goldsmith is the composer. Jerry did also the music for The Twilight Zone, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek, Chinatown and The Boys from Brazil."

click here for the post on Wiel's Time Capsule.

The Lonesomes - Crop Circles


YouTube via diekleinekuh. You might remember Anne Moo from this post.

"The Lonesomes' first music video from the upcoming album "This is Cow-Fi" (LoAF Recordings). Filmed in Berlin and in Moo-Zik studios 2007."

via The Lonesomes (be sure to check them out). The video "features a small jen sx-1000, but actually the recorded music is done mostly with the yamaha cs-40m and yamaha sy-1, with small parts on the jen."

Pictured:
Ann Moo and her miniature synth arsenal.

Time Machine Demo


YouTube via stretta.
"Created for an ebay auction. How to use the Time Machine for voltage-controlled pitch shifting and Karplus Strong synthesis."

nord modular g2 solo


YouTube via mrosly. Sent my way via fischek.

How to use USB to Make Midi Files


YouTube via lockergnome. Be sure to check out this video as well.
"http://live.pirillo.com - I love to play with my new TENORI-ON. However, I've been having trouble finding a way to sync the music from the TENORI-ON to my computer, so I can save it out as a Midi file. The TENORI-ON comes with Midi cables, so all I needed was the software to make it happen."

moog bode + human vox


YouTube via polyvoks.
"simple application of a vox thru a Moog Bode frequecy shifter"

revolution test


YouTube via ripe909.
"testing out the futureretro revolution with new version of genoQs octopus operating system. All this started with a particular effect in the Korg Kaoss Pad :-)"

blopad

A new years Waldorf Blofeld pad via Stefan Trippler.

www.trippler.net/files/blo/blopad.mp3

dx100 demo


YouTube via 909techno.
"small dx100 demo. quickly done with plenty of mistakes. Everything you hear is from the dx100. reverb, delay, eq, etc. from ableton live."

One Layer, One tenori-on, One Sound


YouTube via pepemogt.
"Here is my first track i did with the tenori-on after recive it from overseas, thanks to alt-vinyl in the UK. enjoy and happy new year! http://www.myspace.com/latinsizer"

Blacet Bar Graph 2520

via this auction

"The Blacet BG2520 provides a visual display of audio and CV waveforms on a 20 element LED display. The range is from -10V to +10V and from DC to audio frequencies. For DC or slow control voltages, one LED bar will light. For audio, a range of LEDs will appear to light, showing the signal peaks. Signals outside of the 10V ranges will light the upper or lower LED bars until the signal passes back into range. Three “multied” jacks allow a signal to be both monitored and sent to two other locations. Use the BG as a visual aid to track control voltages from ADSRs, LFOs, BZs, etc. Use the module to monitor audio signal levels for best signal to noise ratio and to avoid distortion."

Also see this post on Matrixsynth-b

Oakley Little Lag

via this auction
"This is a very simple but useful little module to introduce 'smoothness' to CVs and waveforms with the addition of a 3 way mult. It doesn't just have the usual 'lag time' pot that some simple lag generators possess, but two separate UP and DOWN controls. The UP control will affect the speed at which the output of the module rises. The DOWN control affects the speed at which it falls.

Drive the unit with a gate signal and the module becomes an effective AR envelope generator.

Use it to process those lumpy CVs you get from your midi-CV convertor. Remove that zippering to create smooth changes over time.

Use it also to process the output of an envelope follower to create more controlled filter sweeps when used with a VCF.

You have a choice of linear or 'logarithmic' output slopes, controlled by a simple switch.

The logarithmic output allows for longish times of lag to be set up easily, roughly 8 seconds maximum lag time. The output moves quickly at first then slows to reach the final value.

In linear mode, the output rises or falls in a straight line. It is classified in volts per second, as opposed to just time. The amount of time it takes depends on the front panel pots' positions AND the voltage change on the input. Generally, for small changes in voltage the linear output will appear to move quicker than its 'log' equivalent. The linear mode is very accurate and can be used to create linear portamento.

In addition to the LAG portion there is a 3-way mult which is normalled to the output of the Lag Processor. this allows you to send your Lagged CV to 3 different destinations (2 Oscillators and a Filter Cutoff control for example). When you have nothing inserted at the input of the Little Lag, the 3-way mult at the output may be used as a stand alone mult.

The construstion of this module is very nice. The panel is 6160 Aluminum, with silk-screened ORIGINAL graphics. There is only ONE other one like this"

Clavia MicroModular

via this auction

ARP Odyssey

images via this auction

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I hope it was a good one. Cheers to 2008 being better than 2007.

To the left is the world map for visits to the site. The shade of green indicates the amount of traffic from the given country. White means no visits. One year, I'd love to see the whole map green. It blows me away to think people from all over the world have visited the site. Happy New Year World!!!

Some stats for 2007:
When I took the snapshot (roughly 8:30 PST/11:30 EST) the total number of visits for the year was 1,383,337. The total number of page views was 2,519,686. The total posts to date including this post was 11,810. The total number of posts for 2007 is 6672 . That makes an average of 556 posts a month, roughly 18 posts a day on average. Total hits on the site since it started in July of 2005? Approximately 3.8 million. Amazing.

The reason I am putting up these stats is because this site isn't about me. It's about synths and the people who love synths. There are quite a lot of us. I want to thank everyone for a great 2007. The content and via links should speak for themselves. This site isn't just what I decide to put up, but what you, the synth community, sends me to put up. The site rocks because of you. THANK YOU!!! And have a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!
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