MATRIXSYNTH: Friday, December 12, 2008


Friday, December 12, 2008

KORG MicroKORG Review with Demos

on khoral's Cafe 80

"First thing to notice about the MK is the nice retro design… Ok, maybe second thing… the first being the awful mini keys. Why O why? Let’s deal with that right away and move on : the biggest issue with the MK might be the keyboard, and no, making it black don’t change anything."

I like that intro. :)

Evolution EVS-1



eVoLuTiOn of some Synthesis

click for samples and more shots of the Evolution EVS-1

via swissdoc: "came across this today, a synth from back then using the French SAM chip as used in Quasimidi Quasar as well."

The Story Of Pop – Part 35. Synthetic Material.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/piao/
"Alan Freeman looks at the history of the synthesiser, from its origins over a century ago right up to the digital samplers."
There's a link on the right pane of the site when you get there. It appears to require Real Player.
via Ollie.

itouch guitar 2.0 + Ableton


"This video is a quick demonstration of my guitar with 2 itouch ipods mounted onto the body of the guitar.

The ipod closest to the guitar pick ups is running Itouch Midi's Martix app which im using to send midi to Ableton Live on my Macbook via wifi.

And the itouch near the bottom is running Bloom designed by Brian Eno and Peter Chilvers, Bloom is a generative music application.

Note: in this video bloom is just being run through my mixer when i play live it is run through various patches to alter it a bit.

The reason i shake the guitar is to clear bloom and start a new pattern, each time i shake it, it clears the boards and lets you start again.

Note: this video is just me messing around with a quick live set i through together just for the video its nothing real special but it shows kinda what im doing for my live sets, one thing that im not using in the video that is in my live setup is various Pd(puredata) patches.

More Videos Soon.
Thanks

-Brian Green"

Hand Made Synth 3 osc w/ Photocell's & Trem + Ableton Live + Itouch Midi


YouTube via BrianWilliamGreen
"This is a video of my hand made synth made by kyle evans and i am processing the sound through ableton live and controlling it with my itouch. More Info On My Projects Like These @ www.ihatebriangreen.com

Seeyouinsleep:
Myspace.com/seeyouinsleep

Kyles Link:
myspace.com/elliselectronics"

Muse Research Receptor 2 Thomas Dolby


YouTube via griffinavid
"RECEPTOR 2 PRO and RECEPTOR 2 PRO MAX
These new models of Receptor are faster, smarter, and better in all respects than the previous generation. They feature entirely new computational engines including incredibly fast dual-core processors that offer twice the power of the previous generation, new SATA-2 storage systems that offer three times more disc bandwidth, 10 times the networking speed, and 50% more memory that is twice as fast as before."

Sonic LAB: Korg nanoPAD MIDI Controller


see the write-up on Sonic State.

Cordless Synthesizer

flickr by Ragtimer1
(click for one more)

full size

"Early music synthesizers required patch cords to interconnect the modules, leading to a rat's nest of wires. This model eliminated the mess with a cross-connect panel, visible in the lower left. See the close-up photo."

Doepfer A100 GROOVE 3


YouTube via unyo303

Doepfer A100 GROOVE 5

scribbler, jomox t resonator and tube zipper


YouTube via spunkytoofers
"the scribbler.
a circuit bent crayola keyboard. features include a switch to toggle between two "basscapes" two completely different glitches that makes the keyboard spit out rhythmic figures of bass tones, beeps, squalls, screams, and general rhythmic backgrounds. the switch toggles between two different head sets of the bass thick rhythmic sound textures.. the two note polyphony of the lofi keyboard breaks up both sounds of polyphony into possible bassscape voices. with that kind of breakup of lofi sound it produces all kinds of interesting modulation with and against those two notes of polyphony.. to make things more interesting modulation wise the scribbler features an lfo with depth and rate to help modulate and coax sounds into different rhythmic backdrops. besides the bass scape settings the instrument functions as normal as a warm lovely square wave sound of piano and organ. there is a simple onboard sequencer and some cheesy demos. it tends to sound really great with analog filters and other types of modulation devices..

in this particular demo the scribbler is utilized with a jomox t resonator and a electro harmonix tube zipper is routed in a feedback loop within the jomox t resonator. the scribbler definately sounds good to my ears in envelope followers, filters, delay and anything to compliments its thick sounding evolving rhythmic ambient nature.

the keyboard comes with pitch knob, a switch to control two different glitch bass rhythmic textures. an lfo with depth and rate, a switched speaker with a quarter inch out. lfo indicator in red and a vintage green pilot lens to indicate power. all components, knobs, switches, etc match the keyboard and the look is to blend in with the color scheme of the keyboard's original design. the scribbler runs on 4 AA batteries.

the circuit bent scribblers are available by sale and commision. i'll have a small run of original stock crayola keyboards. keyboard is over 10 years old and out of market. new in the box keyboards ready to go."

MAESTRO UNIVERSAL SYNTHESIZER SYSTEM USS-1


YouTube via mygoditsfullofstars1
"I'M ON THE MAESTRO...FLIPPING THROUGH THE SETTINGS.. ONLY SCRATCHING THE SURFACE..."

Sound Lab does Pink Floyd - On the Run


YouTube via YpsiSynth

"Sound Lab does Pink Floyd - On the Run"

Roland Juno-6

images at this auction

box shot

ARP QUADRA

images at this auction



GLEEMAN "Pentaphonic Clear" synth BROCHURE

via this auction

Studio Electronics ATC-1Tone Chameleon Synthesizer

images at this auction

box shot


Music: The Electronic Edge (1/2) 1976

YouTube via Filmstripman. ARP 2500
"Another favorite of mine, partially narrated by John Cage, this film predicts where music is going pretty well. A good watch."

Music: The Electronic Edge (2/2) 1976

Morgaine and the Buchla

via Reed

"Featuring the model 221 Kittenesthetic Input Port."

sounds demo nordwave 2


YouTube via graal7. "my new demo of nordwave" follow-up to this post

Prog-ish song


YouTube via PeterAlbrektsen http://progalbums.com

Numerology Techniques 1 : GettingStarted


YouTube via JimAtFive12

"Numerology Techniques #1 : Getting Started. A bit nerdy, but a good demonstration of the basics of using Numerology, including the MonoNote sequencing module, and how to use stack presets. For more videos (and larger formats), visit five12.com."

OXYGENE 2 Jean Michel Jarre Cover (New Version), S4K USER


YouTube via Space4Keys
"My first video was removed from Youtube, but now that Mr. Jarre has given his permission I hope this video will remain up...
In this new version I used Nord G2 for all the sequenced stuff (drums, bass, arpeggio) and the lead sounds, Access Virus Ti for pads and Moog LP for filter FX.
For all JMJ fans out there,
Enjoy!"

How High The Moon


YouTube via HD7100
"My crazy arrangement of How High The Moon played on the Lowrey GX365 synthesizer."

Carly Comando - Everyday (Gameboy Color remix)


YouTube via lasercicalone
"You can remix a little tunes with the internal synth of Gameboy camera"

TONAL PLEXUS TPX4s


YouTube via AaronAndrewHunt

"I was messing around with different tunings of a Gm7 chord and came up with this. The sounds are coming from the TPX internal synth, except for the drums. Check out the Tonal Plexus at http://www.h-pi.com"

EMS SYNTHI A

via this auction



King Capitol Punishment Sleep Drone Mini analog synth

via this auction

"King Capitol Punishment Sleep Drone Mini. Out of production, this is the little brother to their flagship Sleep Drone. A killer noise, glitch drone analog box of joy! The only flaw is a few light paint scrapes near the row of switches. Works perfectly, powers off a 9V Boss Style DC jack. For full specs, see: www.kingcapitolpunishment.com"

Thowt

via this auction
"Thowt is a sophisticated virtual analog (VA) software synthesizer. You can use it either as a VST plugin in other applications that use VST technology, such as Cubase, or as a stand-alone application. Thowt is very useful when you need hard synthesized sounds; the variety of sounds it can produce is incredible and the range covers simulation of classical analog systems, FM synthesis and a combination of both. It possesses incomparable power of 9 double-oscillators per 1 voice. Sounds for dance styles, techno, DB, hip-hop as well as dark booming sound and leads sharp as a knife can be easily found in Thowt. You can create an unlimited number of your own presets. The Thowt is unrivalled instrument for sound experiments!

When working in a studio, VST plugin Thowt provides you with a range of interesting sounds and it is great when combined with HDR studio Cubase.

It can be used very efficiently as a standalone application for instance for concerts – to get very flexible and a souped-up VA synthesizer, the only thing you need is a laptop, MIDI/USB keyboard or a converter. The price is a real bargain. In comparison with a common synthesizer, you will get an open system which can be configured and is fully upgradeable. You can plug in a second multi-octave MIDI keyboard or guitar MIDI converter.

Basic features
* combination of 3 types of synthesis: Virtual analog, FM, Vector synthesis
* 9 double VCO per each voice; up to 18 generators per a voice
* cross-mix for spectral morphing
* each VCO is independent of the shape of a wave (sine wave, rectangle, “analog” rectangle, triangle, saw, noise, the first oscillators enable vector synthesis), VCO frequency drift (±4 octaves, semitones, subtle frequency drift ±50C), FM and circular modulation
* vector synthesis – 2 oscillators, 256 factory specimen that can be freely used
* FM and circular modulation, 6 operators for VCO 1+2, 4 operators for VCO 3-9
* 2 VCF – LPF, BPF, HPF, Moog type filter, simulation of analog filter in the 80s, band reject, peak
* 4 ADSR – 2 for VCA and 2 for VCF
* 2 LFO + step LFO/SEQ
* effect unit – delay, reverb effects, chorus, phasing effect, flanging effect, parametric EQ, compressor
* polyphony: 1, 6, 11, 16, 21 voices – adjustments to the performance of a PC and simulation of playing analog instruments
* up to 400 basic presets
* get support from our downloadable stylistically distinctive add-ons
* unlimited number of user presets

More informations on http://thowt.com"

Anyone know if this is based on Synth Edit or other?
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