MATRIXSYNTH: Monday, December 15, 2008

Playboy's Christmas Gift Guide

ARP 2600 Grey Meanie and some Scotch

via Matt KU

Me playing Propaganda "Duel"

YouTube via DX5
"Played a semitone below original.

Above: Roland JX8P
Mid: Yamaha DX7
Below: Kurzweil PC1x

Backtrack Recorded with Pro Tools and Reason Rewired (drums)"

and the original...

Propaganda Duel

Pointless Noodling on the ELKA x705 SPACE ORGAN

YouTube via mee3d

"A fantastic sounding, entirely analogue dual manual organ from the late 70's. Featuring a very good (for the time) Hammond clone, 2 Elka Rhapsody 610 string machines, an Elka Soloist 505 monophonic synthesizer, a punch brass preset synth, a retro style beatbox and nice sounding spring reverb. A huge beast of a synth which requires 2 people to lift but great fun to play!"

brownacid.wmv

YouTube via cray56. Serge Modular. Roland Jupiter-8 in the pics.

Scott Bernardi VC echo

YouTube via Crashlander42
"A demo of the Scott Bernardi PT2399 VC echo. I modulate it with many things. I got kind of carried away. It's long. This is one of my favorite modules. I love this thing."

Minimoog Voyager

flickr by Meanest Showman Jam

follow-up to this post

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Anastasia loves the Moogs

flickr by greenie2600

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"She knows she's not supposed to do this."

Patch of the Day - Automation Uncertainty

"Three VCOs running as External Instruments in Logic, random CCs & pitch information generated by a Sequentix P3 to various plug-in parameters.

The patch:
1) Livewire AFG linear FM'd by Cwejman MMF-1,
reverb depth modulation.
2) Cwejman VCO-2RM > Plan B M13,
delay time & level modulation.
3) Cwejman VCO-2RM > Doepfer A-105,
flanger feedback-level modulation."

You can find it on navs.modular.lab

Trobetronic40 DIY Noisemaker

via navs.modular.lab where you will find more info including a video.

"Introducing the Trobetronic40 - my first DIY synth project, built for a mate's 40th birthday out of parts sourced from a knackered Korg PolySix, Thingamagoop box and various cheap components."

diy fest

YouTube via lazenbleep
"my eye view of the 2008 art and technology festival in zurich
http://sgmk-ssam.ch
http://haha-fresh.blogspot.com"

Circuit Bending Casio SA-39 with Getlofi.com LTC1799 Precision Oscillator

via GetLoFi where you will find the full post.
"This is my first successful attempt at pitch-modifying a Casio keyboard using the Getlofi.com LTC1799 Precision Oscillator Kit. The kit oscillates at frequencies from 1KHz to 30Mhz and its output frequency is controlled with a potentiometer. The oscillation frequency from this kit can be substituted for the constant oscillation frequency a device receives from its internal crystal. The kit’s variable frequency will allow you to control the pitch of a device when it is patched in place of –or sometimes in parallel with—the device’s internal crystal. Spunky Toofers is currently using these LTC1799 Precision Oscillator Kits as pitch controllers on his Casio SK-1s and SK-5s."

Temporary Modular

Temporary Modular from Brandon Daniel on Vimeo.
"Coming to grips with the fact that my new case isn't likely to be here until the new year, I filled my lone remaining Analogue Systems case with some modules and made a mini-system.

2 RS90 VCOs
1 RS165 Signal Mixer
2 RS60 ADSR EGs
1 RS80 VCLFO
1 RS180 VCA
1 RS40 Noise/ S&H
2 RS110 Multimode Filter
1 RS140 Midi->CV/Gate
1 RS270 jack adaptor

with an RS170 multiple up on top."
more info on bleepology

Zebranalogic Testing the zero g

YouTube via zebranalogiczetangas
"this is a testing of the zero g and my other effects my web is www.zebranalogic.com"

FIRST PRODUCTION MATTSON MINI MODULAR DEMO NUMBER FOUR

YouTube via redmartian
"Here is a fourth demo which features a LP and HP triangle wave arpeggiation nearly through out and a quick EG three oscillator bass. The drum kit is the same as in the other demos with no pitch changes or other processing, just dry sounds out of the VCA. There are two leads one is just two oscillators (saw) and the second has a square and a saw with the saw slight modulated by an LFO with high resonance on the filter.

The bass and arpeggiation were played and quantized in logic. The leads were recorded as played."

Nord Elektro 3 Website

Looks like the page is up minus a few working links.

sent my way via Deef

Dec 14, 2008 Modular patch

YouTube via dkimcg
"Jomox XBase888 clocks and barely sequences my modular. Not great, not bad, but envelopes o' plenty.

The audio quality kinda sucks, it's too hot. I just changed my monitoring/recording path in my studio and have to work out a few kinks in the levels. Not too much reverb in this one."

Second Elektor Study Trip to China

YouTube via ElektorIM
"For the second time Elektor organized an international study trip to China (November 2008). Participants from different countries traveled and explored China. An outstanding opportunity to get acquainted with this country. Naturally, the main focus was electronics, but there was also room for culture... Here you can read the travel journey of this unique trip: http://www.elektor.com/blogchina"
What does this have to do with synths? Elektor published a number of DIY articles including synths over the years. Click on the label below to see some of that.

CASIO MT-240 II by S-CAT

YouTube via PHONICPOTION. "CIRCUIT BENT WITH 21 MODIFICATIONS"
S-CAT/PHONICPOTION on Ebay

Latinsizer en Ensenada

YouTube via pepemogt
"I was invited again to Ensenada to perform as latinsizer at Pueblo cafe, thanks
12:12:08
http://www.myspace.com/latinsizer
music by latinsizer,
synths used Cwejman, Oberheim Four Voice, Linn Drum, Xpander and Tr-909"

Numerology random sequence for Red Square and M3X

YouTube via opcabpol

"Numerology random sequence for Red Square and M3X by ocp.
http://ocp.pt.vu"

Waldorf Blofeld Warning

via fischek

The Hammond Novachord - Introduction

YouTube via HammondfRIENd
"Introduction of The Hammond Novachord at the New York World's Fair 1939 - 1940.

THE NEW WORLD ENSEMBLE.
The story of the New World Ensemble revolves around three pioneers; Henry Ford, the sponsor; Laurens Hammond, the inventor; and Ferde Grofe, the director.

On April 30 1939, upon the opening of the World's Fair in New York the world heard its first electric orchestra.
It was the premiere of the New World Ensemble then newly formed especially for the Ford Exposition.
The same group, playing a Hammond Organ and four Novachords, led by Ferde Grofe, again appeared this year in daily concerts in the Garden Court at the Ford Exposition.

When plans were being laid for the Ford Exposition at the New York Fair, Mr. Hammond told Mr. Ford of his latest invention, an entirely new medium for musical expression - an instrument that could produce the tonal effects of many orchestral instruments.
The new Novachord was auditioned by Ford executives and the idea for the New World Ensemble was born.
Mr. Ford saw that a combination of Novachords and a Hammond Organ could play whole symphonies.

The next problem was to find a conductor - a man with the ability to uncover all the resources of the new instrument and to score music for it, a man to train and direct players to produce music up to the high Ford standards.
Ferde Grofe admirably filled these qualifications and was enthusiastic over the
possibilities of the unusual ensemble.
He, too. owned one of the first Hammond Organs and immediately grasped the musical resources of the new Novachord.

THE HAMMOND NOVACHORD

Although it was introduced only a few months before, the Novachord has excited more comment interest and enthusiasm then has ever greeted any new musical instrument.
This is partly due to the fact that it allows the player to completely change the character of its tones, and partly to the many different, beautiful tones it produces.
On the Novachord you can schwitch instantly from a percussive tone simulair to that of the piano to a sustained tone simulair to that of the organ, with many graduations in between.
And anyone who has heard the New World Ensemble has heard it producing such familiar effects as the violin, harpichord, flute, cornet, cello, Hawaiian steel guitar and others.
The Novachord has a conventional keyboard and is easy to play.
The Novachord uses no strings, no hammers, no reeds, is entirely electrical in operation, it creates its tones by means of standard vacuum tubes.
Its enormous number of beautiful effects has led many to predict that the Novachord wil become the populair home musical instrument.
It gives the musician a profusion of beautiful effects for creating entirely new musical interpretations.

Hammond.fRIENd - 2008"