MATRIXSYNTH: Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Iffer Plays the Roland Jupiter-4

Iffer plays "Marina Del Rey's" Roland Jupiter-4

Marina Del Rey is in a band called vivabeat

via MPS

Big City Music - Video Requests

Big City Music is welcoming any requests people might have for videos. See something on their site you'd like to see a video of? Let them know via the comments of this post. Be sure to check out their videos here to get an idea of what they've already put up.

Analogue Systems rs390 Echo Module and rs200 Sequencer Fun

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"The rs390 is a very clean (24-bit converters) digital delay in Eurorack format with up to three seconds of delay time. There is a fun little range switch which allows you to cut your delay times on the fly You have CV control over the the delay time and the wet/dry mix. It is a stereo delay, capable of great sounding ping-pong delays but this is a mono video. Stereo soon!

We're also using two rs200 Sequential Controllers to great effect as well as two rs150 Sequential Switches, the rs280 Signal Trigger/Clock Divider and a bit of the rs260 Voltage Quantizer (Quantiser!) for the chord modulation. The rs200 can send end pulse outs to trigger the next row and there are a centerline of switches to turn on or off trigger pulses for each row. Trigger 3 is on all the time."

How to play guitar on Access Virus TI :-)

YouTube via feelda303. "omg, i can play guitar! :-)" Note the category on this video is comedy. Even though...

bratigel Modularsystem , SSM Filter Modul

YouTube via heidibeerbel.

"Filter/ADSR/VCA Modul with SSM Chips"

little boots TIME TO PRETEND (WE'RE HAVING FUN!) funtimes cover of MGMT

YouTube via littlebootsvideos

E-mu Emulator II

images via this auction

"rare EMU Emulator II in working order with the very rare interface which allows it to work with an Apple Mac"

Moog Multimoog

images via this auction

SYNCLAVIER PSMT

images via this auction

"Known throughout the Vintage-Synth Industry as The King-Pin, The End-All of Vintage Synth's and NOT some goofy, garbage plug-in, this is THE real deal!

Originally $ 275,000.00 or so when new. Hmmm.

Removed from a controlled studio environment, alway's non-smoking, alway's clean. Last used and working nearly two years ago. I was present when we removed it and includes all associated cables, drives and Mac."

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Macbeth M5N

images via this auction

rabbit ears

via Baghead's sounds channel
"starts with simple drum loop , then all changes to drum loop are due to AudioDamage Automaton, the synth is the DSI desktop evolver, same patch but through 6 octaves. I really like how the lower octaves deconstruct the sound, almost struggling to get out"

KAOSSILATOR DEMO at OTODUST Vol.1

YouTube via jetdaisuke. People demoing their synths.

Sarah Palin - Save the Wolves

YouTube via PhotoAnimationGuy. That makes it Obama 3, McCain 0. Hmm... Synths and Cats... Synths and Dogs... Synths and Birds... Synths and Obama... We are starting to see another pattern here.
Again, it's always about the synths: "Hi, I made this anti Sarah Palin video using some analog synths. I used the cantus firmus patch on the alesis andromeda heavily, ms-20 saw wave for the gangsta lead on the chorus section, vintage jazz bass line, 808 samples from my old 808." You send it, I post it. Come on McCainies, send something in to make it even. Apologies to the politically adverse.

Magnetic RAM upgrade

"The Electrongate MRAM upgrade is designed for all Oberheim Z-80 based products including the DMX, DX, OB-8, OB-Xa, OB-X and DSX.

This upgrade replaces the battery-backed RAM used to hold patches and sequences with a new magnetic RAM technology that requires no battery to hold data when the power is off."

via electrongate in the comments of this post.

cwejman. up close and personal.

flickr by chiasticon
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full size

saying goodbye...

flickr by chiasticon
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"ready to photograph and box up what's in the foreground. what's in the background is staying."

Custom MS20i

Remember this custom KORG MS20 Legacy Controller keyboard? It was used in this video. See the updates at the bottom for more links and info.

Peavey PC1600x running without battery !!!

flickr set by dipching
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inside a Peavey PC1600x

"The new IC allows the removal of the battery (nomore needed) .... this IC is a non volatile memory and then it doesn't need any battery"

Update: "the new IC is available from Ken Fox here: It costs around 25 $US"

Wavestation EX backlit replacement

flickr set by dipching
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also see his Quadraverb LCD replacement set

Inside a Wavestation EX

Utrecht

flickr by lastplak_artworks

full size

"Torrie's Part of a new Lastplak wall in Utrecht city centre."

Maltröm

YouTube via salzmanufaktur. Malstrom graintable synthesizer.
"Just messin' around with Reason's Maltröm. It's still one of my fave bad ass synths!"
Some info on Maltrom via the Propellerheads Malstrom Page:
"Malström creates its otherworldly sounds using Graintable technology. Never heard of it? Neither had we, we had to invent it. This technology is a cross between granular synthesis and good old wavetable synthesis. And the result? You'll just have to hear it to believe it.

The Malström Graintable synthesizer features all imaginable filtering and modulation options, and a couple of unimaginable ones too; Try some real-time waveform stretching, some spectral modulation, or some awesome wavetable sweeping.

Malström comes with a wide range of meaty and exotic Graintables, letting you create anything from lush pads to scary squeals, from the pretty to the gritty. And that's just the sounds coming from Malström itself; try using this monster's audio inputs to filter other Reason devices, and let some of Malström's magic rub off on your drums or sampled vocals. With a device like this, no one can accuse your sound of being ordinary.

What's Graintable Synthesis?
Sure you want to know how Graintable synthesis works? Ok, here's the academic explanation.

Graintable synthesis is neither granular nor wavetable synthesis but a combination of the best of both methods. The results are exciting, controllable and texturally extremely varied.

The basis of a Graintable is a sampled sound, which has been pre-processed using an extremely academic and complex method. A whole leaflet would be needed just to describe this. Suffice to say, the result is a perfect set of periodic waveforms that, due to the pre-processing, can be manipulated in a variety of ways. The Graintable can be treated as a wavetable: sweep through it, move through it at any speed without affecting pitch, play any little section repeatedly, use it to pick static waveforms, jump between positions etc.
Moving tables

Granular tricks can also be performed on the Graintable. One of those tricks is the Shift function, which uses resampling to manipulate each grain in order to shift the formant of the Graintable through the harmonic spectra without altering the pitch.

The Index parameter controls the position in the Graintable currently played. Sweeping the Index is being done by using real-time controllers or modulation and can be a powerful way of adding life to a sound. Furthermore, each Graintable has a built in "motion", which sweeps the table according to pre-specified criteria depending on the Graintable used. In its most basic form, Motion simply controls the speed of the Graintable playback but also controls how a waveform is looped etc.
The bottom line

What does this mean musically? Well, imagine a sampled stack of detuned sawtooths, really thick, with chorus. By controlling sweep speed you control the fatness (down to the sound of one sawtooth). Or imagine a voice Graintable where you can extract any vowel, sweep back and forth and modulate the harmonic content. Cool, isn't it?

Yes its cool, but first and foremost musical. Graintable synthesis makes Malström a truly uniquely sounding synthesizer, ready to add a little uniqueness to your music."

Apollo Stepsequencer demonstration PART 1/2

YouTube via misjavw
"A demonstration of the Apollo Stepsequencer VST plugin. PART 1. I created this plugin with SynthEdit. It simulates the analog stepsequencers of the 70's. You can download it for FREE at www.meesha.nl/vst" Be sure to check out his other soft synths while there as well.

Apollo Stepsequencer demonstration PART 2/2

Oxygene 7 recreating

YouTube via misjavw
"This video shows how I recreated Oxygene 7 by JM Jarre."

Oxygene 7 JM Jarre, performed by MEESHA.

Bassline with EMS Synthi & MPC

YouTube via wetdragoon
"The Synthi isn't only an FX Machine. "Portabella" Can play some serious basslines ;) This sequence is triggered by an Akai MPC2000XL via a Kenton Pro2 Midi/Cv Gate converter. A custom cable allow to drive the Synthi, (which is absolutely factory stock & unmodified). Enjoy the raw and wild sound of the EMS Synthi!"

Trying to Copy the Serge Modular Sound

YouTube via dkimcg
"I was trying to do a Serge modular imitation. There's actually a bit of logic I put into the patching, not one thing is a master time or frequency generator, but they all effect each other in some way or another. I even used the PlanB ASR I just got to make stepped randomness out of the smooth Heisenberg output. I'm not bothering explaining this one, since it would take a while. I think I need another Model 14 CV processor and some more logic modules to get closer."

Roland DJ70

YouTube via kuzmark. "emods DJ70 - demonstration for item sale"
Not the best video, but you don't see these often. Check out the scratch wheel. Not sure where this one is for sale, but here's a search for DJ70 on Ebay.

crazy keyboard drumming - must see!!! :-)

YouTube via feelda303
"don't you even ask me if those drums come from the virus TI!!! :-) anyway, native instruments battery is very powerful drum sampler and after a couple years of using, i simply fell in love with it and i would not go with anything else... i'm just messing around with various drum kits found in battery... i found awesome video of amazing 4-year old polish drummer here on youtube - check my favorites... i'm so jealous that i can't play acoustic drum set... 4-year old - can you believe that? btw. i got little crazy at the end, but the virus has survived :-)"

here you go:
Igor Falecki drummer -4 years old www.igorfalecki.com.pl