via Elhardt on AH: "Preliminary pictures of a one-of-a-kind stand alone Polymoog 3 Band Resonator. Just one more thing my defunct Polymoog synth produced as I don't believe in wasting any part of a Polymoog. It makes a great external processing unit. After I get the finishing parts from Mouser, it will also have a red/green bypass/enable LED on the front panel and will probably go up for sale or auction if I can manage to part with it.
-Elhardt
Bahn Audio Systems Custom Design Division"
YouTube via fathermckenzie1. EMS Synthi in "On The Run." I'm curious if this will take off like Dark Side of OZ. This one does have it's moments. If you've seen Logan's Run, the foreboding music for "On The Run" definitely captures what that scene is about. Ick... Creeps me out.
Description: "Recently I discovered this sync: Logan's Run and Dark Side of the Moon.
Logan's Run mainly deals with themes of getting old, death, running from death, isolation, and violence, so I naturally thought of Dark Side. It actually syncs up amazingly, imo. Here's how it breaks down: * Start the album at the MGM lion :D 1. "Speak to Me" and the beginning of "Breathe" play as the camera is flying over the futuristic city. The lyrics to "Breathe" start almost exactly as the scene cuts to the newborn baby's hand with the crystal on it. The lyrics sync up amazingly with the scene, as if the singer is telling the baby about life and the world he's been born into. 2. "On The Run" starts just as Logan and Francis get off the tunnel car or whatever it is, and enter the city. It almost looks like they're in an airport, so the sound effects work pretty good. "Live for today, gone tomorrow, that's me!": I guess that could be the slogan of the entire city. 3. In "Time", the clocks all ring right as the Carousel starts, signaling that their time/lives are up. The ominous mood during the rototom section goes on while the people in Carousel fly upwards toward their death. "No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun": right when this lyric is sung, Logan points his gun, and then the runner appears around the corner. Then the guitar solo starts as he dashes away. This might be the best lyrical sync in the entire movie! The theme of dying and time slipping away is obviously palpable in both the movie and song. "Breathe (reprise)" plays as Logan returns home, too! ("Home, home again...") 4. "Great Gig" doesn't really sync too well, unfortunately. The main "violent, cymbal-crashing" section ends right as Jessica starts to walk away, though. The last note on the piano hits exactly as the movie cuts to a scene outside of a building. 5. In "Money", Francis puts all his personal belongings, what looks like a wallet and some coins(?) down on a thing that makes them instantly disappear. 6. The entire theme of "Us and Them" matches the film perfectly. The song starts just as Logan's life clock starts flashing, meaning he has just become one of "them", and no longer one of "us". "Short, sharp, shock": people in this movie are killed through what looks like electrocution. 7. "Any Colour you like" begins as Logan and Jessica get on the tunnel car thing. 8. In "Brain Damage", Logan and Jessica are surrounded by the savages: the "loonies"? "You raise the blade...": Billy, the main savage, wields a large knife, and puts it against Logan's throat a bit before this lyric. After the main section of the song ends, and the synthesizer/Lunatic's voice comes in, the runner appears looking very crazy and frightened. 9. "Eclipse": As the final lyric "sun is eclipsed by the moon" is sung, Logan and Jessica are being filmed at a unique angle, through two circular openings, making them look like their two heads are actually "the sun" and "the moon". (I dunno: Logan has light blonde hair, so he's the sun, and Jessica has dark brown hair, so her face is the light part facing the sun, and her darker hair is the reverse, dark side of the moon)."
images at this auction via thegoodbutcher in the comments of this post. "Many Fantastic mods. * MIDI on the monophonic voice * Envelope Generator LED * LFO Range switch - SLOW REG FAST * Poly octave drop * Polyphonic pitch Modulation from either the Envelope Generator or the LFO with attenuator * Tone Source 1 Pulse Width Control * Tone Source 1 Pulse width modulation from EG or LFO * Tone Source 1 Suboctave * Tone Source 2 Pulse Width control * Tone Source 2 Detune modulation from either EG or LFO with attenuator (great when synced) * Bell (Ring Modulator) input selector. Either TS2 (stock) or Poly * External input to the VCF with attenuator. * Individual outs * Output jacks changed to 1/4" This little monster can make lots of crazy sounds. Much much fatter than a Rogue. Some of the mods require retuning with the front panel controls. I never had a problem."
It turns out bdu aka Brandon Daniel started a new blog called bleepology.
The Hello World posted on Nov 6: "You needed another synth-blog, didn’t you? Of course you did.
I’ve been a content-generator [fdiskc.com] for these things since before any of the synth-blogs existed, so I figured it’s time to stop tossing my stuff their way to be posted with very little context, and post it here instead (where it will then be picked up and read by the majority of it’s consumers elsewhere). But, with luck, there will be a bit more context available.
I don’t have a whole lot of spare time, so if you see a post here, it’s probably something I made/photographed/recorded myself and felt like sharing, rather than something I dug up elsewhere.
I’m writing this, but I know it’s unlikely anyone will read it for awhile, but it felt right to make a “first post!” sort of thing. Booga booga!"
I think you'll get a few reads out of this post. :) Go check it out people.
As for some fun with dates. fdiskc.com started in 2001. MATRIXSYNTH.COM? 1997. :)
A quick note on MATRIXSYNTH the blog for anyone interested. I started it in 2005 as a more efficient way of tracking everything synth. The original site was becoming a bit too difficult to manage and it didn't account for the type of things I wanted to link to. A blog by it's original definition was a site that only linked to others, but has meshed into various things over the years and has more commonly become a place to share your thoughts. I try to stay true to the original meaning and I try to keep my thoughts out of it. Why? MATRIXSYNTH isn't about me, it's about what's out there in the world of synths just as the original site was. I also want people to experience what's out there free from my influence or opinion, hence why I rarely interject my comments. Why am I doing it in this post? I thought it was a good opportunity to give some insight into what this site is about vs others in light of bdu's hello world, and because it could be easy to misread. Please note I do not take offense to bdu's comments, far from it. I don't see it as offensive but rather an observation of what that site will be, and I'm looking forward to what will go up over time just as I look forward to all of the other sites I visit. Also its worth nothing that Brandon has given me permission to post things many times. I always do my best to link to the source sites for more info and/or credit.
YouTube via ZKad "Quick overview of my new MicroKorg from Korg. Covers the very, very basics as I've yet to fit in time to play with it properly but should prove interesting to anyone thinking of buying it. Personally I love it - great sound."
YouTube via bigcitymusic "Warning: This will not sound right on your laptop! Try some real speakers.
Here are some kick drum sounds using just the resonance of the MoPho's four pole low pass filter. There are no oscillators turned on. In a few of them you can hear some frequency modulation. You can use a ramp up LFO wave, turn on key sync and have a ramped kick. High frequency LFO modulation can yield some interesting kicks too."
YouTube via RothHandle. The Squarewave Parade Teaspon. "Polish songwriter Krysztof Antkowiak is back in the studio to put the finishing touches to his third album.
Roth Händle studio is located in Stockholm, Sweden. It is run by me, Mattias Olsson. If you are curious to read more about the studio please take a stroll by www.roth-handle.nu The website hasn't been updated for quite some time but there might be some little morsels of interest for you."
"This synthesizer has been completely internally cleaned and the foam which causes so many problem with this era of Moog's has been removed. We have also added an external audio input for the VCF, this allows you to process any audio signal through the MG-1 filter. The Input has a level control so that it can be mixed with internal keyboard sounds, or processed alone by turning internal sounds down at the mixer."
"This item up for bid is the Rheem Kee Bass monophonic bass synthesizer. The Rheem company better known for their water heaters made 2 organs, the larger Mark VII and the strictly bass note model the Kee Bass. The Kee Bass was made in the late 1960's. This unit is in it's own carrying case that closes up like a suitcase (see photo)... This is essentially a 2 octave analogue organ that only plays bass notes. This is a mono phonic unit with high note priority meaning that if you play two notes at the same time it will only play the higher of the two. The Sustain/Percussion tab functions like this: Switched to "Sustain", it plays like a regular organ - press a key and it sounds continuously until you release it. Switched to "Percussion", it plays like a piano. Press and hold a key, and the sound dies out; how fast depends on the setting of the Decay Slow/Fast switch. In percussion mode the fade out of a note will sometimes continue on to the next note you play so you have to let the note fade before playing another note. The Bass Booster, Mellow/Bright and Fuzz tabs do what you'd expect, although the Mellow/Bright is a pretty subtle effect."
"That's right: the Fourth Annual Austin Analog Synthesizer Party is coming up this Sunday. I hope to see many of you Texans on this list at the Salvage Vanguard Theater on 2803 Manor Road at 3pm this Sunday, the 16th.
I will likely bring my Sequential Circuits Pro-One, Korg MS-20 and accessories, and collection of analog drum machines (in lieu of the modular). In years past we've had a bunch of great synths, both DIY and vintage, including a polyphonic Blacet modular, a Crumar Spirit, an EMS VCS3, a Tridex Muse clone on a breadboard, and an ARP 2600.
YouTube via transceive. Spot the synths. Don't miss the ARP Odyssey solo by Billy Currie starting at 3:22. "LIVE TV PERFORMANCE ON THE OXFORD ROAD SHOW NOVEMBER 1982" Also... ULATRAVOX has announced a reunion tour. So far dates are only in the UK.
YouTube via spunkytoofers "kits available via www.getlofi.com a single sample being looped on the keyboard is mangled and shaped in various ways via bends, ltc1799, and lfo."
YouTube via CuriousInventor "A touch-strip interface with dual LED bargraph columns. The video shows it being used with an Arduino, Max/MSP and Reason."
YouTube via sounddoctorin "Bob Weigel of Sound Doctorin' http://www.sounddoctorin.com (see the newly reorganized synth technical resource!) demonstrates the Micro-preset from 1977 or thereabouts. This one has a few non-original knobs but most are original. It was a wreck when it came in. Now it's awesome. I think it'd be great with a keytar apparatus. I should seriously mod a pitch bend neck into it. The sounds are sweet! It uses two Korg 35 filters, one for the left three buttons which allow use of the 'traveller' filter slider and one for the right three. The large knob is a footage selector but also causes on some of the buttons there to be variations. For example two of them on the 2nd button are pink and white noise. And there are various presets with different filter networks in the signal path to create a particularly nice Bassoon and other great tones. The buttons are generally a percussive synth with preset attack and variable release/decay on the first button from 32' to 2'. The short 32 key keyboard needs that :-). And the second button as I said has two noise settings but the other three are 32' 8' and 2' as I recall. Then the third button is brass from Tuba to high trumpet. Fourth button covers strings sounds, fifth woodwinds and sixth sax type sounds though none of them sound very saxy to me. Good sounds though. The winds strings and brass are more useful to me though and the synthe sounds. Very great machine to cover most of what you can get out of the early korgs plus some unique voicings in an often less expensive package."
YouTube via smuleage "iPhone | Ocarina | SMule. http://ocarina.smule.com/ http://themulewashere.blogspot.com The Mule comes in style and busts out an old classic on The Ocarina" You can get Ocarina here:
YouTube via boobtube356 "A Cwejman PH-4 and Doepfer A-147 compete with each other to create a chaotic lead sequence with varying rhythm. The part is played by a pair of Doepfer A-111s. The rest is another A-188-1 based Karplus patch and the usual percussion elements."
Yamaha Tenori-On and stylophone. You might remember Little Boots from these posts.
"Blackpool's Victoria Hesketh, aka Little Boots, had her demo picked up by Hot Chip's Joe Goddard upon her move to London. He then produced her initial single Stuck on Repeat and more recently debut single proper, Meddle. Following her BBC Introducing performance at Glastonbury this year we predict big things for Little Boots.
She was the vocalist of Dead Disco.
http://www.myspace.com/littleboots music http://www.littleboots.com"
