MMM Accomplished

George Mattson wrote in to let me know that today marks the day the Mattson Mini Modular "Phoenix Series" is complete. The final filter and updated noise source have been completed and installed on the first run of production units. They are currently running on a four day burn in where they will be left on and inspected prior to shipping. If you ordered one, the wait is over.

April 1, 2007 to December 9, 2008. A year and a half for a full system from concept to completion. Not bad for one dude on a tight budget. Note the first post went up on September 15 2007.

Creamware ASP Pro 12 with Keys

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more images and info on Pro 12

Moog Etherwave Pro

images at this auction

serial# 272.

World's 1st music video shot on an iPhone -- Newteknowledge by GOSHone

YouTube via goshone. via Scott and on the front page of Digg - Digg it!
If this indeed is the first video to go down in history made with the iPhone, it's cool to see the Moog Little Phatty and Akai MPC2000 in it.
"Shot entirely on a jailbroken iPhone 3G using Cycorder. Edited using After Effects, since Final Cut didn't like the resolution from Cycorder. This is a song off the debut album by GOSHone, "ctrl_alt_ego". Visit my site for more info.
goshone.com"

VICMOD Ensemble live @ Make it Up Club

VICMOD Ensemble live @ Make it Up Club from abre ojos on Vimeo.

"VICMOD is a Melbourne based group that meet up once a month to build and discuss modular synths and occasionally we jam. This is five of the members performing at Make It Up Club a live improv night at Bar Open in Melbourne Australia.

Shot with a HV20 on a stationary tripod. Sound recorded straight off the mixer by Stephen Richards via an Indigo card & Powerbook in Ableton Live."

via Ross:
"Via VICMOD BLOG

VICMOD LIVE ALL MODULAR NIGHT
Taken from the Modular Synth night, Make It Up Club 25 Nov 2008, Melbourne, Australia.

Here is the complete show all 29 mins in either Vimeo or mp3.
This time you will see the modular synths in action, not just a crowd shot POV.
You will see Buchla 200e, Euro Modular synths (ElbyDesign/Ken Stone, Livewire, The Harvestman, Doepfer,Plan B etc) Dot Com modulars, fx etc.
Most members are playing modules they built themselves!

access downloads via Abre Ojos VIMEO <http://www.vimeo.com/2470886>
Mp3 to follow
Many thanks to Scott for all the amazing work :-)"

The JH-5

http://www.jhaible.de/jh5/jh5.html

"MOTM-compatible, "Moog-Style" Modular Synthesizer

I never thought I would build another monophonic modular synthesizer after the JH-3. But then I started a panel of MOTM modules, mostly for post-processing the signals from other synthesizers, and of course I could never stop to experiment with electronic music circuits, both reverse-engineering the "classics" and trying ideas of my own. After a period of building "Moog Style" circuits (mainly VCAs and VCFs) and experiments with various VCO ideas, it was time to put all these veroboard circuits into some enclosure."

Buchla 292c Low Pass Gate clone

flickr by sduck409
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"This is my version of the Buchlas 292c Low Pass Gate clone, based on a pcb supplied by Thomas White and the Electro-music.com forums. The schematic is based on the design by Don Buchla, who gave his permission for this design."

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Waldorf RackAttack

just a nice shot of the Waldorf Rack Attack via bleepology who has it listed for sale.

More shots at this flickr set by bdu.

Native Instruments Spark plus Blackbox

Native Instruments Spark plus Blackbox from Create Digital Media on Vimeo.
"his is a mini screencast demonstrating the Native Instruments Spark synthesizer in Kore, with its parameters being modulated by the Blackbox recorder.

Downloadable ensemble, Kore performance and instructions are here: kore.noisepages.com/2008/12/09/blackbox-recorder-free-reaktor-tool-to-enhance-spark-and-kore/"

Monomachine FM Jam

YouTube via bigcitymusic
Here's a little ditty using the Elektron MonoMachine as a polyphonic MIDI module. We've made a basic patch with one of the FM machines and set the MonoMachine to poly mode. The Dave Smith MoPho is playing our bass line and the MachineDrum (also by Elektron) is providing the drum sounds. You can achieve interesting and bigger kick sounds (or any sound!) by layering.

Essentially you can program one pattern sequence, let's say kick 1, and have it trigger another, kick 2, at the same time. Maybe you like one kick drum sound for it's attack and another for it's low end. With this trigger function you can try out different combinations without having to reprogram the rhythm line over and over.

The MachineDrum is controlling the Mopho and the SFX-60 via MIDI."

Homemade 555 Synthesizer

YouTube via sycmuzak
"My homemade 555 timer synthesizer. I made it in about 2 hours from 2 555 timers, 4 capacitors, 1 resistor and 3 potentiometers. Schematic can be made available if demand is high enough. This is one of my first 555 timer projects, and I'm a high school sophomore, so feedback is appreciated."

Update: Schematic via the comments and updated description on Youtube: http://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?im...

Digitana Micro Acid Drone Synth demo 2

YouTube via DigitanaUK
"The Micro Acid Drone is a small handheld synth played with a footswitch, here is a demo of it with a drum machine and some delay and in 1 part of the clip over a 303 loop.

These are handmade in small quantities and are available to buy for £65GBP.
For more info or to buy visit the Digitana website.
Lots more new products coming in 2009, check out my other videos for some more demos.
Thanks for watching and I hope you enjoy!
Zoe"

boxar

YouTube via jagbot
"boxar is my new musical instrument for nokia internet tablet n810 & n800.

the sound is coming out of built-in speakers on my n810. the sound especially the bass is much better when plugged to good loudspeakers. the stereo rhythms are much better on good headphones.

more info see http://www.poojyum.com/boxar or http://garage.maemo.org/projects/boxar

thanks to disco_stu (freenode IRC @ #maemo, #liqbase) for his original boxar video also found on youtube and deep purple for 'smoke on the water'."

KORG MINIPOPS SERIES

YouTube via AnalogAudio1
"The vintage KORG MINI POPS series comparison demo!"
KORG MINIPOPS SERIES - Demonstration MINI POPS 3 5 7 35 120 Junior / High Quality Sound!

Circuit Bent Atari Punk Console Blacklight Reactive VHS TAPE

YouTube via BentElectronics
"This is a Circuit Bent Atari Punk Console Housed in a Blacklight Reactive VHS Cassette, Hand Painted , Circuit bent by SkinSink, With a Custom Etched PCB From Getlofi.com...

FOR SALE ON EBAY: SEE MY AUCTIONS"

just for the record...

YouTube via thesquarewaveparade. bit crusher.

glitchDS and repeaterDS in Reaktor

YouTube via clone45a6
"A Reaktor patch that I built based on glitchDS and repeaterDS. The audio and video were recorded separately, but both were recorded from the same instrument. I'm also using the GRAIN_ShUFFlER and MicroGlitch (from the Reaktor user library) for effects."

repeaterDS and glitchDS in Reaktor (2)

Alesis Andromeda A6: 16-Voice Analog Synth Overview, Part 1

YouTube via gearwire
"Like any good amateur astronomy enthusiast preparing to deliver his / her first talk, Bill Holland got all snazzed up to demo the Alesis Andromeda A6
. This massive analog synth has nearly as many controls as the Andromeda galaxy has habitable planets, i.e., it'll be decades or even centuries before we know for sure.

This first video on the Andromeda covers some of the basic controls you'll find on similar high-end, digitally controlled analog synths. You'll have to wait for subsequent videos to check out the sweet ribbon controller in action.

See more on Gearwire.com."

MATNA performing "Tokyo"

YouTube via Matnagroup
"MATNA performing "Tokyo" live in Hamburg"
"Electronic Korg MS2000 ESX Electribe Novation Clavia Nord Electro Apple iBook MacBook VJ Beamer Kraftwerk live Ableton"

Moog IIIc Explanation / Overview

YouTube via btpro

"Explanation of Moog IIIc, the king of the synthesizer! This video introduce overview of system and modules."

KORG Trident MKII

via this auction

"Brief description of the Trident: This synthesizer is a polyphonic, true analogue synth. Unlike the Korg Trident MKI, it has four banks of eight memories for the synth section (as opposed to 2x8), an additional VCO and envelope generator. Not to mention improved stability in tuning and other undesirable issues which the MKI suffered. This is in part due to the improved power and cooling systems (the MKII has a big heat sink fin on the back).

The Korg Trident got its name from the three part architechture. The synthesizer is the first part, Brass section the second and Strings the third. The programmable memories can only save synthesizer patches, the brass and string patches cannot be saved. The synth section has two VCOs, a VCF section and an envelope generator for both the VCF and VCA sections. The Trident has a nice Flanger effect that can be applied to any one of the sections. It can be configured to several diffent key assign modes so that the synth, brass and string sections can be played seperately or in unison. It also has a pitch bend and 'trill' joystick. With all parts combined you can get some really nice atmospheric, sweeping pad sounds. The strings are really nice - true analogue warmth, a 'bowing' and 'vibrato' effect can be added, and the brass section can be triggered in several different modes." Inside a KORG Trident.

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Circuit Bent Cigarettes

via this auction
Details:
"Atari Punk Console AKA Forrest Mims' Stepped Tone Generator.
What a fantastic stocking stuffer!
I built this atari punk console into a metal American Spirit cigarette pack. I tweaked the circuit for extra tasty bass. It fits nicely in the palm of your hand, with your thumb on the trigger. The lower knob is pitch, the upper controls the "steps" or "range". I added a 1/4 inch line out. I put a little speaker in the bottom so you can play it "on the go" (though it is small and fairly thin sounding). The LED at the end of his pipe is ultra bright. This video shows me playing it through a boomerang delay/looping pedal. Runs on 1 9 volt battery"

Circuit Bent Cigarettes - American Spirit Atari Punk
YouTube via 3rdness
"Wish I had more of these metal cigarette packs.
Atari Punk Console AKA Forrest Mims Stepped Tone Generator.
by 3rdness
http://www.mobiusband.com/blog
http://www.myspace.com/3rdness"

Oberheim OB-8

images at this auction

ANALOG SYNTH RUSSIAN VCF FILTER

images at this auction

"Russian based VCF filters with a really sour Rezonance Character. It is an External All In One unit that is self powered with a 12v AC wall adapter. It has an onboard LFO section and Pre Amp to amplify lower sound signals. This was intended for the Modualar Synthesizer People, but it can be used with Line level signals also. It can also handle a guitar/bass directly connected. It can easily Self Resonate."

Breakaway Vocalizer 1000

via this auction

"here's what Retro Synth has to say about it: 'The Vocalizer was a small module designed as a pitch to synth converter and built around the Ensoniq Q chip. While only marginally effective as a pitch to MIDI converter, it does have the same soundset as the Ensoniq ESQ-1 but without the analog filters.'"

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CADANS S-12

via this auction

samples at ruskeys
"IT WAS MANUFACTURED IN CCCP BY TULA MUSICAL FACTORY WHERE AND THE POPULAR TOM-1501 ANALOG STRING-MACHINE. CADANS S-12 IT IS A ONE OF THE FIRST HYBRID SYNTH PRODUCTIONS IN THE SOVIET PERIOD. IT ARE DIGITAL BUT HAS ANALOG FILTER AND CHORUS, 64 PATCHES, TAPE INTERFACE, CHORD MEMORY, 2 INDEPENDEND DCO'S, EXTENDED ENVELOPES AND OTHER PARAMETERS.

- POLYPHONY - 12 VOICES
- KEYBOARD - 61 NOTES (NON VELOCITY)
- WHEELS - 2 (PITCH, MOD DEPTH)
- SLIDERS - PITCH RANGE, VOLUME
- PATCHES MEMORY - 64 (32 PRESET, 32 USER)
- OSCILLATORS - 2 (DCO1-2)
- POLY MODE
- CHORD MEMORY MODE
- HOLD MODE

- WAVEFORMS - SAW, SQUARE
- REGISTERS - 16",8",4",2"
- DETUNE DCO2
- AMP ENVELOPE - ADBSSR
- FILT ENVELOPE - ADBSSR
- CUTOFF
- RESONANCE
- POLARITY
- INTERVAL
- KEYTRACK
- NOISE GENERATOR
- LFO
- CHORUS

ARP 2600 GREY MEANIE SFX!!

YouTube via sonil23
"Some crazy sound effects created with a rare arp 2600 grey meanie"

Akai Professional EWI USB

YouTube via AkaiProVideo
"Demonstration and history of the sounds produced using the Akai Professional EWI USB with ARIA Garritan software."

CamSpace Music - massive audio abuse

YouTube via SephSwain
"Software: CamSpace, VSTHost, arcDev ellipsis loop player, Rez v2.0 synthesizer, MST ReSynFX effect, Audio Loops by Code Audio (the BeatBurner guy)

Video and Audio Grabber: CamStudio

Thanks to all developers!"

FRANCIS RIMBERT BIONIC ORCHESTRA - GAMES - FRENCH SYNTH 1979

YouTube via cosmocorps2000. You might remember this one from this post.
Now we know what it sounds like.
"A track called Games from the LP Francis Rimbert BIONIC ORCHESTRA (France, 1979)

Rhythms arranged by Marc Goldfeder
Photography by Bernard Berton
Bass by Tony Bonfils
Korg Synthesizers composed by Francis Rimbert
Guitar by Jacky Tricoire
Artistic Direction by Dominique Alas
Recorded & mixed at Nouveau Studio, Vincennes
Production Gamme - July 1979

The LP cover shows a nice collection of Korg Synthesizers, Mixers, Vocoder etc.

For my taste the cover is better than the music ;)"

Bostich + Fussible / Mungo Sync2 /Nortec Collective

YouTube via bostich1
"having fun with:
Mungo Sync2
Monome 256
Roland TB 303 (The Borg from Analogue Solutions)
RAT Distortion Pedal
electro-harmonix Memory Man Deluxe
MOLAR/Ableton Live

Nortec Collective presents: Bostich + Fussible
http//www.myspace.com/tijuanasoundmachine"

imogen heap : vBlog#33

YouTube via imogenheap. Be sure to check out these posts for more.
"hello... I just wrote a HUGE long blog to go with this but it's too youtube just told me it's too darned long... so will put as much as I can in here but go and have a look at my iblog at imogenheap.com or myspace.com/imogenheap for the rest.."
KORG MicroKONTROL

Digitana Micro Acid Drone as a mod source into moog LP

YouTube via DigitanaUK
"Like the Micro Punk Console, the Micro Acid Drone can also be used as a modulation source for synths with CV inputs. As you will hear in this clip the results are quite different (a bit more subtle) the pedal is being pressed on and off to demonstrate the contrast between normal and modulated, many interesting results can occur.

For further info visit the digitana website.

Thanks for watching

Zoe"

Obscuresounds - Here to Rock

another track from Obscuresounds

You might remember Obscuresounds from this post. If you haven't checked these out, please do. Aside from the synth content, they are fascinating in that the samples used are from as early as the 60s. These aren't simple one shot samples but core pieces of the tracks. It's amazing how well they translate into more modern tracks.

Synth content:
"The Octave CAT took pride and place for the build-up moments at 0:43 and 2:00. The synths filters were just dirty enough to poke through the mix with all the drumming. A favourite trick of mine is placing synths through the Roland RE-501 tape echo - as I increased the LFO control on the pitch for the CAT, I would also increased feedback on the RE-501 before finally hitting the speed control right at the end of the track."

Open Source Hardware Feature on MAKE:

More on MAKE:

pictured: The LilyPad Arduino
"The LilyPad Arduino is a microcontroller board designed for wearables and e-textiles. It can be sewn to fabric and similarly mounted power supplies, sensors and actuators with conductive thread. The LilyPad Pro Kit gives you the full flexibility and power of the LilyPad system. Program the LilyPad main board to respond to physical changes in light, sound, or motion. Create displays of light, sound, and get physical feedback using the various LilyPad periphery boards.

Features:
* LilyPad Mainboard
* LilyPad Power Supply
* LilyPad USB Link
* Mini USB Cable"

Purple Faced Future Retro FR-777

via this auction

"Its capable of all the stock 303 acid sounds but can also do a lot more besides. With two oscillators, FM, 3 and 7 pole filters and this synthesizer is capable of creating an insane variety of sounds, its seriously deep. On top of that it also has an excellent built in sequencer with midi and cv in and out and realtime control. Its exactly the same as the now discontinued Mobius sequencer (minus V/Hz output) and is great for controlling older cv synthesizers. There were less than 700 of these made and this is one of first 30, hand built by the designer Jared Flickinger, and finished in purple. It has a more aggressive filter overdrive section that only appeared in the first few units and is Jared's personal favourite, sounds beautiful."

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R.O. Manse - I have a Synthesizer

YouTube via chippope. via Sean.

"Available on "R.O.Magic: The Best Of R.O. Manse" on sale now at iTunes, Amazon and aspecialthing.com

Year: 1982
Director: Glenn Mobley"
Another track about the synthesizer. I just created a synth songs alias. Click on it for more. I do know I have others. I just need to find them when I have time. If you know of them feel free to comment or send them in. Note that the song has to be about a synthesizer, not just made with synths.