MATRIXSYNTH: Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Tuesday, April 01, 2008

Little Phatty Stage II MIDI Sync Demo

YouTube via MoogMusicInc. http://moogmusic.com/
"Amos Gaynes gives us a quick demo of the new Little Phatty stage II arpeggiator and MIDI Clock sync functions"

via this auction

"The PRODYSSEY ASB is a one-to-one DIGITAL reproduction of the ARP Odyssey synthesizer. The ARP Odyssey is a true analog synthesizer from the 1970's and has taken its proper place alongside other classic synths. It can be considered a compact version of the halfmodular ARP 2600, making it ARP's answer to the successful Minimoog. But this synth is much more than that. While it is based on the classic analog synthesizer design - with oscillators, filters, and amplifier - it also offers a number of interesting improvements that make it unique and exciting.

- Original power supply, no original box, manual sent via email in .pdf format
- Will be bubble wrapped and shipped in a sturdy box
- Kept in a smoke free, pet free, climate controlled studio
- Reputable seller with > 100 stars
- UPS tracking # emailed to you within 24 hours of auction close
- Feel free to send questions but please read terms below carefully

Manufacturer information is here.

Audio demos are here:
prodyssey-song-1.mp3
prodyssey-song-2.mp3"

Compuphonic

flickr by rememberthrough

full size

Hands Up with the Korg X5D

YouTube via Hanni13579
"A small Cascada-like Arrangement with all musical instruments (pads, bass, lead etc.) done with a Korg X5D. See video for more details. You can download the song here: http://jayb.ath.cx/X5D/X5D_Hands_Up.mp3 Again: This is no fake. And if you don't believe it, go to my page, download the bank and transfer it to your X5D."

E & MM

via this auction

Not the best shot but you don't see these often. No extra info in the details of the auction. Click on the EMM label below for prior posts with more info.

Plan B Model 13 Dual Timbral Gate

via this auction. "The Model 13 is an enhanced derivative of the infamous Buchla 292 Low Pass Gate. Fits Doepfer and Analogue Solutions Euro Rack frames. Manufacturer info with audio demos here."

Akai MFC42

images via this auction

devi ever : fx - MASTER CONTROL, joystick expression device

YouTube via devieverfx. http://www.deviever.com/fx/

Symbolic Sound Kyma X Capybara 320 Firewire

images via this auction. via donnachacostello on the forum.

"Symbolic Sound Kyma system comprising Kyma X and the Capybara 320 Sound Computation Engine with Firewire Interface.

Also included is the 'Kyma X Revealed' book by Carla Scaletti, an in depth guide to the workings of this extremely deep and versatile system which future music magazine calls 'The Holy Grail of Sound Design'.

Users range from Autechre and Cristian Vogel at one end of the scale to John Paul Jones and 90% of major motion picture sound designers in Hollywood at the other."

Orchestron, Optigan & Talentmaker fest.

YouTube via RothHandle
"Yesterday I decided to record a little line on the Vako Orchestron. While I was recording it I decided to walk you through the Optical organs at the Roth Händle studio. For more info, bookings and blogness please visit www.roth-handle.nu"

Roland Alpha Juno-1 with Behringer BCR2000

YouTube via wireslave
"A short demonstration of the Roland Alpha Juno-1 synthesizer being programmed with the Behringer BCR2000 MIDI controller. I don't get to all the parameters in this video, but enough to give an idea of the Juno-1's sound and how readily it responds to MIDI control."

Modular Moog at the University of Michigan

click here for more pics via Drew.

Prno Song

YouTube via SoundwaveXX
"Screwing around with a Softsynth Demo, that keeps mumbling throughout the song 'thanks me for trying me' Since I hate Softsynths though, I didn't finish this song either, but I'm going all-hardware from now on and with the help of a soon to arrive Yahama MO6 I will bring you this painfully obvious Gunther and the Sunshine Girls-Rip-Off new and improved :)."

Jomox XBase888 Drum Machine - standard patterns & sounds

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"http://www.bigcitymusic.com
Here are some standard patterns and sounds from the Jomox XBase888."

Recording the Claptrap for Rhys Marsh

YouTube via RothHandle
"This last MOnday I overdubbed some Clap trap to the end section of the Rhys marsh track all lights fade. For more info please visit www.roth-handle.nu"

CASIO SK-1 "Modded Retro-SK" circuit bending

YouTube via retrosound72. "my new modded SK-1 with great analog like sound"
Update: see this post.

VactrolSynth_v.3

YouTube via cretin432. "more info @ http://cliplead.blogspot.com/"

PAiA Gnome

YouTube via slondo1. via Nusonica.
"My dad found this at an auction. I cleaned it up and put some batteries in it, and it seems to mostly work. Seems they were sold as DIY kits around 76-82. Its kind of a relic."

Yamaha CS-15 Video Demo Part 2

YouTube via stenophonic. Follow-up to Part 1 here.
"Demo of the Yamaha CS-15 analog synthesizer, part 2 of the video demo.

Overview of the envelope generators, VCAs, oscillator glide, high frequency LFO modulation.

The closing sound is the CS15 with some delay and slight reverb. All of the sound within the demo was made using NO effects, other than a simple three band EQ from my Roland KC-550."

The Clavia Left Lead

"In a strategic move to strengthen its presence on the MI market, Clavia has today announced that it will start developing a serie of instruments aimed at the left handed musician. "We have realized that there are so many left handed musicians out there, that never have gotten the chance to properly explore the thrill of playing a keyboard."

"Guitars and microphones for left handed users have been readily available for ages. Sir Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, and the late Jimi Hendrix and Judy Garland are just a few of those who we feel have been totally neglected by keyboard manufacturers for far too long. We aim to make every one of our current products in a left oriented version, starting with the Nord Wave", says Clavias recently appointed division manager Mr Styrbjörn Babord. More information will be released shortly."

More info on the Clavia website.

Raymond Scott 100

Science Reporting has an excellent post up on Raymond Scott. The following are a few excerpts (be sure to check out the full post on Science Reporting).

"In 1942, he became Music Director for CBS Radio and made history by hiring black musicians. His CBS band was the first racially integrated band for radio. In 1946, he founded Manhattan Research Inc, "the world's most extensive facility for the creation of Electronic Music and Musique Concrete." It was the first electronic music studio...

In 1949, Raymond said, 'Perhaps within the next hundred years, science will perfect a process of thought transference from composer to listener. The composer will sit alone on the concert stage and merely think his idealized conception of his music. Instead of recordings of actual music sound, recordings will carry the brainwaves of the composer directly to the mind of the listener.'

By the mid-50's his studio began to look (according to friends such as Robert Moog) like a science fiction set. Over the years, Raymond invented numerous electronic musical instruments including the Clavivox and the Electronium.

Robert Moog credits Raymond as an important influence on the invention of the Moog Synthesizer. In 1962 and 1963, Raymond released Soothing Sounds for Baby. It was entirely electronic music he composed as an "aural toy" for children. While it was a commercial failure at the time, some now regard it as a strong pre-cursor to ambient music (over a decade before Brian Eno's recordings)."

Ion Gun

via CatSynth.com

Ion Gun

Syntech/Chroma Cult Schematics & Source Code

via Chris Ryan on the Rhodes Chroma list: "Ken Ypparila has kindly contributed the schematics and hex source for the Syntech (AKA Chroma Cult, AKA KMX) MIDI Retrofit."

HarriL - 01042008(live)

video upload by HarriL

mp3 here.

"Hey, nothing much to say about this. It's something electronic. :) Im' ok with the end result, although it's not quite what I was hoping for. The other camera had kind of corrupted the video data, so you see interesting hand movements when the second camera is used.

Gear used:
Korg EMX & ESX
Novation K-station
FutureRetro Revolution
Emu Xboard -> DSI Evolver -> Behringer Virtualizer Pro
Quasimidi 309"

Thanks, HarriL!"

Rush - The Spirit of Radio (Soundcheck 1979)

YouTube via Hemispheres88. via Magnus. Spot the synths. Note his feet and the close-up of the Oberheim at :48.

PLAN B SYNTHESIZERS MOVES TO NEW HOME AND NEW US DEALER

Press Release
"(POMONA, CA) We are pleased to announce that effective April 2 PLAN B begins it's move from Toluca Lake to take permanent residency in the loft of the NOISEBUG complex in Pomona, CA. - formerly the home of Analogue Haven. Along with this we are equally excited that NOISEBUG has become our new exclusive U.S. dealer with shipments beginning in approximately two weeks. We wish to thank Shawn Cleary and Chuck Oken of Analogue Haven for two years of excellent representation and service to the Plan B line.

In the next few weeks there will announcements from Electro-Acoustic Research on the release of the Models 16, 21, 21C, 23 and the new Models 30, 30A, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 38A, 39 and 40 along with three different chassis as we shift focus from modules only to full systems.

Shipment of Plan B products to our dealers will commence on April 10. We appreciate your patience during this interim period as we set up operations.

We look forward to the challenges which lay before us in the next coming months and thank our customers for making it happen.

Plan B worldwide dealers: http://www.ear-group.net/purchase.html

Noisebug official site: http://www.noisebug.net"

Adaptive Use Musical Instrument Demo (7/23/07)

YouTube via vanduz. via peterwendt:
"I loved the recent post about the Beamz system and video harps. In the same vein, here's something that has been making the rounds of music news sites since December. It's a system to allow people with severe physical handicaps (such as cerebral palsy) to play music.

This story emphasizes one of the reasons I'm interested in computer music and synthesizers. My left hand is partly paralyzed, but I love programming synths and trying to play music for my own enjoyment. Also, the story reminds me of of the time I introduced computer music to a girl who had some cerebral palsy. She could sit and walk, but fine control and speech were difficult for her. I brought my laptop system* into a cafe to share with her. After demonstrating it, I let her play with it, and the look of happiness on her face when she hit a key was amazing.

(*laptop with 2-octave keyboard controller and Arturia Moog Modular V)

Thanks for the good work, and don't drive yourself into the ground for the rest of us!

Regards,
Peter"

Interview at Cycling74
Official Project Page
Demo Video (same as above)