MATRIXSYNTH: Sunday, September 14, 2008

Yamaha CS Side Panels by Synthwood

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Roland Synthesizer System 100 - Original Roland Brochures

Roland Jupiter 6 & RE-301 Chorus Echo

YouTube via zibbybone

"Sort of a "two in one" demo for your viewing pleasure. One of my favorite things about the Jupiter 6 is its resonant mulit-mode filter. I've got the JP-6 set up in split mode with a 2 voice unision bass sound and a 4 voice polyphonic lead/pad both using bandpass filters. This JP-6 has the Europa upgrade which adds enhanced MIDI capabilities and imroves on the built in arpeggiator. A neat feature added to the arp is a polyrhyt mode. A single note will repeat at standard tempo. As you add notes, the clock is divided for each note. Kind of hard to explain, but watch and see. I forgot to turn off the RE-301's reverb at the beginning, but I soon switch to a completely dry signal. I then add the reverb, chorus (very nice for pads) and lastly the tape echo. If you listen in stereo (might have to add "&fmt=18" without quotes to the end of the URL), the direct signal & reverb are in left channel, tape echo in right and chorus in both. You can hear some pretty extreme wow and flutter on the echo in some parts. I hope I just need a new tape and not a new motor."

Nord Lead 2X and Roland D-50

YouTube via fischek
"2 arps on Nord Lead 2X running simultaneously (pulse nad noise) and a patch on Roland D50"

EMS Polysynthi

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"1979 Analog & Polyphonic Synth made by EMS. Serial n° 18 out a serie of 51 units produced"

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ARP Pro Soloist

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Elektron Sid Station

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"ELEKTRON Sid Station Mos 6581 Synthesizer made in SWEDEN SERIAL f10100846-81
glow in the dark knobs!
MOS6581 SID-synthesis
Brushed aluminium casing
Alfanumeric backlit 2x16 LCD display
MIDI 3*DIN5P In/Out/Thru
1/4" line level audio out
1/4" line level audio in (routed through SID-filter)
Dimensions: 240W x 70H x 200D [mm]
Powerful and friendly SidStation OS
Three oscillators, phase accumulation synthesis
All oscillators syncable (ringmodulation and synchronization)
Sweepable pulsewidth modulation
Resonant multi-mode analogue filter
Portamento, individual for all oscillators
Variable interval-independent portamento time
Unique wavetable function in form of 3-track mini-sequencer
Flexible 4-part LFO modulation system
Extensive MIDI support"

Roland Juno106 Demo by Nicolas Kern

YouTube via noyau. via fishek.

Bohmworld

You can find everything Böhm at Böhmworld.
The site is in German. You browse the site in Googlish here.
Anyone know if they are the same company that brought us the Boehm SoundLab? I did a quick search on the site and didn't see it.

Note that Böhm also brought us the hobbytron. via Wulfhard:
"This was a DIY-kit "to make appetite" for the bigger Boehm-organs and for testing your solder skins, because Dr. Böhm organs where sold as kits. So if you finished the "Hobbyton", you could start with a kit of a "Starsound" or other real ones - rather optimistic, if you look at the guts" You can hear an mp3 of it here.

Also via Wulfhard:
"This crazy guy [crazy is a good thing :)] got a 1977's kit of a Dr. Böhm Organ in the year and built it up in 2006-2007 (Dr. Böhm got bankrupt in 1990 at the end of the home organ boom - it's said that they had more work on repairing failed DIY-kits than selling new ones...)

http://www.boehmworld.com/fntbul.htm

The 3x keyboard is made of 3000 pieces already - complete organs could be 30.000 pieces in total (at the price of a Mercedes Benz). But they could be build up in chunks, for example one manual and one oscillator first - you received the kit parts in a kind of subscription. It's not known how many begun kits are rusting in german cellars...."

Waldorf Q Wavetable Sound

YouTube via kay396ss

Oberheim OBXa

YouTube via JMPSynth
"A demo of the Oberheim OBXa in unison mode. Starts with a solo with some external delay and reverb added then again with the addition of some Boss Chorus, Phaser & Flanger."

Oberheim OB-8 (Part Two)

Roland S-330 used as an advanced virtual analog synth

YouTube via zioguido
"The Roland S-330 is an old digital sampler (1986) and is quite a piece of useless gear today, infact it's being sold for a few dimes on ebay [link] and on the classifieds. I happen to have one, it hasn't been used for years... but I remembered that it had some nice synthesis features other than its limited sampling possibilities, praticularly I remembered it had a nice analog-like filter, pretty good sounding for the days.

This video shows how this machine can be used without samples, as a stand-alone primitive virtual synthesizer.

First I load the OS, then I sample 400ms of silence, then I use the 'wave draw' function to draw my waveform and loop only what's showed in the wave window (that is, most of the sampled data won't be used).
The TVF (Time Variant Filter, as Roland used to call it) is the most interesting part. It also offers an 8-stage envelope.
With the patch parameter page I can set the unison mode and use the detune for a fatter sound.

What you see here is what is output from its video socket, and what you hear is what is output from out #1.

I was about to throw it into the garbage! :)"

The Oasys Birds of a Wire Combi Improvsation

YouTube via MinorAchievements

Jon & Vangelis I Hear You Now cover

YouTube via yarosystems. "My interpretation of the masterpiece."
KORG MicroX, Novation Nova

Cat In The Rack

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e-mu XL1
Korg MicroX

Voice of Saturn ~Modulator

"This unit has a VCA (voltage controlled amplifier), triangle and square wave generator and AR (Attack / Release) envelope shaper. Together, they can be used to add tremolo or AM (amplitude modulation) effects to audio signals, and also add attack and release ramps to control signals. There are two summing CV inputs, as well as an "Instant On" button that maxes out the control voltage. The triangle output can be adjusted into a quasi square wave with adjustable duty-cycle (% on or off in each cycle). This gives you a chopper effect that can be used to fade out a sound by chopping larger and larger chunks each cycle. Skill level: Intermediate... maybe beginner"
You can find more info on the Curious Inventor website.
Also click here for some prior posts including video.

TB303 EMULATION

YouTube via feelda303
"short demo of 3o3 sound emulation... this is the original preset called POCKET TB "

Roland V-Synth Capabilities

YouTube via Gtechture
"This Is the Demo of the Roland V-Synth. I created The first Three programs and the last two. I created this video to clarify that the V-Synth is capable of producing both wild new sounds, and classic synth sounds. It is a very poweful synth. I do not understan why owners are selling them for $800."