MATRIXSYNTH: Friday, February 22, 2008


Friday, February 22, 2008

Zebranalogic Update

via Zebranalogic:
"HI, i'm Eduardo L. i want to tell everyone that i'm not working more in Zebranalogic. I create the 70% of the products and now i'm working in my new line of guitar effects and oscillators with midi (works ok!) and better versions of my first designs (osc III, osc IV).....i'm also working in my new web site where you will find pictures, audio and video samples...and more....coming soon my friends....see you soon!"

If you don't know what Zebranalogic made, click on the label below and scroll.

BugBrand Bug Crusher

via this auction. via SPIKE on the forum.

"There were only 15 of this particular model made at the time.

The creator of this noiz box makes some of the best quality extreme noiz gear on par with Frostwave and Metasonix.
Pedal comes with instruction sheet and power supply.
Power supply is labeled with a silver paint pen due to the fact I use a lot of pedals and it's too easy to mix up a power unit.

Here is the description from the Bug Brand website - http://www.bugbrand.co.uk/

BugBrand BugCrusher - Audio rate Sample&Hold for BitCrush effects

The BugCrusher is a Sample Rate Reducer pedal that uses audio-rate sample&hold to give a bit-crusher style effect. Other than a few digi-multi-effects, there is only one other hardware effect similar to this in the world - the Frostwave Sonic Alienator - we do things a bit differently, but give quite similar results.

You can plug many different things into the BugCrusher - connections are on 1/4" mono jacks. The active preamp brings whatever signal up to suitable levels and can be slightly overdriven for extra crunch. Adjust the RateReduce knob to change from full-rate/no-effect though fizzly high-end and down into sonic murk that sounds similar to a ring-mod but with a bit more clarity.

There's a modulation LFO (low freq oscillator) to modulate the SampleRate - with its own depth control, this gives variable shaped triangle or square wave modulation at speeds from slow (about 20seconds per cycle) to fast (about 20 cycles per second). The waveshape control changes the triangle shape from ramp through triangle to sawtooth or changes the pulse-width of the square waveform.

There's also a foot control input with depth control. Attaching a suitable volume pedal allows you to change the SampleRate with your foot - great for playing. And this socket can also act as an external CV input if you want to modulate the sample rate with CVs from, for example, a modular synth.

The BugCrusher is built into a mighty strong aluminium enclosure and uses the industry standard superstrong EH3PDT stomp switch for bypass. This is not TrueBypass - the audio signal still passes through the preamp when the RateReduce is bypassed, but the preamp imparts no change in tone. Why like this? Because the BugCrusher runs signals at higher levels than most stomp pedals ('cos its synth-based)

The pedal is designed on a modular-synth basis and so has special power requirements - the BugCrusher requires an 12VAC adaptor (AC not DC) and won't run off batteries."

Black Mountain--Stormy High (080221) [7/7]


YouTube via wavawmoff
"black mountain stormy high in the future british columbia bc"
I've received a couple requests to put this up, so why not.

via dp: "Thought people might dig the you tube footage of my pals Black Mountain. Jeremy Schmidt plays a moog source, the brain from moog bass pedals, a cx-3, and fresh new memotron. Schmidt is also an analog synth guru, and has a great solo synth cd under the name sinoia caves."

via J: "Black Mountain performing on Conan O'Brien, Synth player Jeremy Schmitt is playing a Manikin Electronic Memotron, Moog Source and a KORG CX-3. He also does solo synth music under the name "Sinoia Caves." In the realm of early Klaus Schultz, Tangerine Dream.
http://www.jagjaguwar.com/onesheet.php?cat=JAGBR010

and is a member of B.C.V.C.O.
(British Columbia Voltage Controlled Orchestra)
a new all anlog synth group from Vancouver, Canada.
http://www.castexotic.com/bcvco.htm"

Oscillator Cross Modulation "Chatter Box"


YouTube via isotopeofme in response to this post.

Pt 1 Analogue Systems rs370 module 6-Voice Synth + MUCH more


YouTube via bigcitymusic.

"Here is the multi-faceted rs370 eurorack module from Analogue Systems. Known as the "Polyphonic Harmonic Generator", it is a 6-voice polyphonic modular synthesizer w/ extensive control via MIDI and control voltages (CV) simultaneously. If that isn't enough it is also a polyphonic MIDI to CV converter!
* 6-voice polyphonic
* 4 oscillators per note
* 6 envelope generators( 6 stages and 10 control points) which can be patched out and back into the synthesiser
* 6 VCA's
* 2 LFO's (each with 5 waveforms plus midi sync etc)
* Arpeggiator (with 4 different modes and MIDI sync)
* 3 types of synthesis: Subtractive (using the built in analogue waveforms), Additive and Wavetable.
* 46 User Memory locations filled with 43 Factory Sounds that are held in Rom and can be overwritten or recalled at any time.
* Many outputs and inputs and further expansion can be obtained using either the rs375 or rs376 expander module."

Update:

Jean Michel Jarre [Oxygene] Covers Banned from YouTube

Update: see this new post for Jean Michel Jarre's official response.

No more JMJ cover videos on YouTube:

"Dear Member:
This is to notify you that we have removed or disabled access to the following material as a result of a third-party notification by FRANCIS DREYFUS MUSIC claiming that this material is infringing:
Oxygene 13 Jean Michel Jarre Cover: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8CY0rKXank
Please Note: Repeat incidents of copyright infringement will result in the deletion of your account and all videos uploaded to that account. In order to prevent this from happening, please delete any videos to which you do not own the rights, and refrain from uploading additional videos that infringe on the copyrights of others. For more information about YouTube's copyright policy, please read the Copyright Tips guide."

Update: it might only be Oxygen covers? Note the following is speculation:
"The whole story seems to have something to do with a conflict between Dreyfus and Jarre regarding the copyright for Oxygene.

Also, as I've learned by reading the forums, it seems that Dreyfus doesn't actually own the rights for public performances. Only for the recordings.

I don't see Mr. Jarre complaining... "

Why am I posting this here? Well a lot of the better videos showcasing what particular synths are capable have been with JMJ covers.

FLAME Clockwork Videos

Click here for the videos on the FLAME website. More info on the Clockwork here.

PROTOTYPE MIXER CRAIG ANDERTON


This one is not actually a synth, but a vintage mixer by PAiA's Craig Anderton. You can find it here along with a number of other synth auctions from minime123. Although it is not a synth I decided to put it up because of the link to synth makers PAiA as well as it's design. Every now and then I will put up posts of non synth related gear from synth manufactures to reflect on some of the other projects they took the time out to work for. For me it's just an interesting bit of synth history.

Free Roland Samples on Ohdeo.com

G-Red wrote in to let me know he has started a site with free Roland Samples. The site is Ohdeo.com. It does require you to register to access the samples in a forum type site. I asked him why registration was required and he said it's to prevent other sites from linking directly to the samples without credit. Makes sense to me.

Synthesizer Surprise


Synthesizer Surprise from Liam Devowski on Vimeo.
Note this one is from the artist Devowski. You can see some previous posts featuring his work here and his official website here.

KORG MS20 Phone Conversation


via h. You can find the mp3 here.

EXTRAPOLE - Multimode for LP4P VCFs

"The project proposed here is an extension board to add 15 functions to the MOTM 440 VCF and more generaly to almost all 4 poles Low Pass VCFs with a similar topology ...

The idea of this extension come directly from the Oberheim Xpander/Matrix12 multi-function VCF schematic : the 4 poles of a classic low pass filter are mixed together with different coefficients to get multiple functions. The Multi-function VCF page contain math explanations and a copy of the original schematic, so i won't reproduce them here, just the list of the 16 VCFs functions as a reminder..."

click here for more info on Papareil Synth Labs. via Not Even Remotely Funny in the comments of this post.

KORG PSS-50 Programmable Super Section

images via this auction

"Per literature, this has 48 built-in backing patterns including 4, 8, and 16-beat, as well as fusion, reggae, disco, ballad and many more. Is run by internal batteries or external AC power supply"

Update via ghost arcade in the comments: "god i love this machine. we used it on a track called mr. bossa suicide (with a lot of fx and other synths) but if you wanna hear it check - this link although this is a live version from 2001.. "

1974 MOOG Minimoog

images via this auction

KORG MS10 with MIDI

images via this auction

"unlike most others this one includes MIDI. The MIDI interface is internal to the unit. It is a synhouse.com MIDI Jack II which allows for instant operation of the synth without needing time to warm-up."

KORG MS20

images via this auction

Akai AX-80

images via this auction
"specifications:
Polyphony - 8 voices
Oscillators - 2 per voice + Sub Osc. (sawtooth or variable pulse width)
Filter - 8 VCFs (1 per voice)
VCA - 8 ADSRs (1 per voice)
LFO - 3 LFOs controlling OSC 1, OSC 2, VCF
Keyboard - 61 keys (velocity sensitive)
Memory - 96 patches (64 user, 32 preset)
Control - MIDI
Date Produced - 1984"

Braintec Transistorbass 3 Analog Synthesizer

images via this auction
"This machine emulates everyone's favorite silver box admirably, but it also has many other facilities to way beyond into new sonic territories. It adds a second sawtooth oscillator that can be synced to VCO 1 and modulated by the envelope or LFO. That's right, I said LFO because this unit has two of them that are hidden but accessed easily via program change. Just when you think you have the ultimate funky bassline, you can modulate the filter by a midi syced LFO to take it to the next level. Also featured are a filter input and CV/Gate out to control your older, MIDI-less equipment. All in all, a unique sounding machine that will be at home in any acid studio setup. Supposedly, there were only 400 units made so it might be considered to be quite collectible if you care about those things."

POLIVOKS

images via this auction

Note how the sections are raised and separated.

"Synth has two oscillators with triangle, saw, and three square waveforms with different pulse width. You can choose from 32’ to 2’ register for every oscillator. You can modulate the first oscillator by the second(crossmodulation). There is portamento effect for the first oscillator. Polivoks is duo-phonic synth it means that you can play two notes at the same time. The heart of the Polivoks is originally designed 24db dualmode filter, well known by its killer resonanse, unique and unstable sound. Filter can be switched in LP or BP mode. There is LFO with 4 waveforms, it can modulate every VCO, VCF and VCA. Mixer section consists of 1osc, 2osc, noise and external signal.There are dedicated ADSR envelopes for VCF and VCA.Envelopes has autotrigger mode when signal repeats from attack to decay stage." samples at the auction.

JKJ CV-5 midi to CV converter

via this auction
"This is a great midi to control voltage converter that allows analog synthesizers and other modular devices to be controlled by a midi keyboard, rhythm machine, or sequencer. The CV-5 works with any monphonic analog synthesizers which conform to the 1 Volt per octave or Hertz per Volt scale standards. The unit can be confiigured by sending midi program changes. The CV-6 goes well beyond most simple midi-to-CV converters and offers high quality portamento, fast note response times, filter and auxiliary outputs, dynamic audio processing (volume and pan control), syncable LFO, vibrato, sample and hold, pitch bend, and DIN sync output. With five CV outs, it can actually be used to control two synthesizers."

Update: be sure to check out the comments of this post for more info.
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