MATRIXSYNTH: Wednesday, December 17, 2008


Wednesday, December 17, 2008

three atari punk console's at the same time


YouTube via puffhandy

circuit bent darth vader voice changer


YouTube via puffhandy
"casio mt-140, 3 aaaaappppppppccccccccc's, and my home made pedal"

puffhandy on eBay

DIGItonium-Virus TI vs XS8


YouTube via xDIGITONIUMx

"Virus TI and XS8 unite! Here's another improvised short song adventure demoing some sounds I've created using the Virus with the XS8 keeping it company. Both keyboards can control each other via MIDI, so the XS8 sequencer can send up to 16 channels of data to the Virus in sequencer mode. In this demo, only a single Virus channel (16) is used in song/pattern mode from the XS8.

Akon - Right Now
XS8: Pads and Arpeggio
vTI: Lead (Preset)

Leona Lewis - Better In Time
XS8: Drums, strings, and piano.
vTI: Bass (Preset)

George Michael - Careless Whisper
XS8: Electric Piano
vTI: Lead (Emulating an SH-201 Preset)

Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
XS8: Grand Piano
vTI: Bass (Preset)

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams
XS8: Bass and Drums (Pattern Mode)
vTI: Emulating Hypersaw synth string from Eurythmics.

Depeche Mode - Enjoy the Silence (Demonstrates XS8 Pattern Mode)
XS8: Everything except Channel 16
vTI: Emulate synth bass with filter LFO from Depeche Mode (Channel 16).

Asia - Heat of the Moment
XS8: Demo 2Hand distorted guitar

The Animals - House of Rising Sun
XS8: Demo electric guitar"

Russ from Electric Contracdiction on the Rolands


YouTube via cinnamonjuly
"808s and Russ "

Smule: An Introduction to the iPhone Ocarina app


YouTube via smuleage
"This is an introduction to the basic features of the Smule Ocarina.
It should get you going on blowing, holding, and playing the instrument as well as show you how to access the globe where you can see and hear other people around the world who are playing."
You can find Ocarina here:
Ocarina

KORG Poly 800 Programmable Synthesizer

via this auction
" * Full polyphonic capabilities from 8 separately articulated voices
* Eight digital-controlled oscillators for outstanding pitch stability
* Double playing mode for rich, complex layers from pairing of two different oscillators and envelope generators per voice. "Whole" mode provides full 8-note playing capability.
* 64 different programs, excellent retro sounds a-plenty including warm Stereo Chorus
* Built-in poly sequencer stores and performs up to 256 notes. Start them, stop them, and remotely clock via standard MIDI signals
* MIDI allows Poly 800 to be linked with other MIDI keyboards/equipment
* Digital Access Control of program parameters for creation and editing in detail for your own sounds.
* Download your program and sequencer data to a tape for storage in seconds; reload default parameters using the included preset original data tape
* Noise generator adds "breathy wash" for more realistic retro instrument sound and for use in many special effects
* Lightweight, with strap buttons to allow for live performance on the move as a "Keytar"

With original accessories including Korg POWER SUPPLY; DATA TAPE of preset program and sequence data (I'll include the cord I've always used to load data to/from the unit); OPERATING MANUAL with printout of preload PROGRAM LIST and parameters, allowing you to see sub-settings for gentle tweaking. The ONLY thing missing on this unit is the little battery door cover. This poses no problem. I simply created my own from a piece of plastic secured with plastic tape and never had a problem."


Korg Poly-61M

via this auction

"The Korg Poly-61 was released in 1982 as the successor to the Polysix. It was somewhat of a step up from the Polysix, as it has 2 DCOs for better reliability. It also retained the arpeggiator of the Polysix. It has a very dirty sharp sound much like the Yamaha DX7. This is good if you are into the lo-fi sound of electronica. The Poly-61 can provide cool gritty basses or trippy analog sounds and fx.

Also added is the familiar Korg joystick, which can be used to modulate the VCO or the VCF. However, its filter only has 7 steps of resonance and is not as fat as the Polysix's filter. It also uses the same method of programming the Poly-800 and Yamaha DX-7 use, so it's not a very useful synth for real-time-tweaking junkies. The first Poly-61s didn't have MIDI, but the Poly-61M released in 1984 corrects this."

Circuit Bent Nintendo NES Synth Drums Cartridge

via this auction

"This is a genuine cartridge for use in the old original or new clone NES systems. Create true 8 bit percussion synth from the real Nintendo NES using the controllers... These carts are not for "NES cartridge collectors" who are seeking only an aesthetic value. These carts are for musicians who are into chip music, lo-fi electronic music, circuit bent music, etc...

If you are a musician who is into chip music, circuit bending, Lo-Fi, electronic, etc. then this is for you.

You can use the original NES gamepad controllers, as well as the new 3rd party controllers made for NES, or the Yobo and Generation Nex clones.

Each button on controller #1 produces a different 8 bit percussion sound. It's like having an 8 piece synth drum kit that you play with the NES controller.

Controller #1 produces percussion sounds when each button is pressed, controller #2 creates a pulsing/loop effect which can be applied to any of the percussion sounds produced by controller #1.

Just pop in the cart and plug into an amp using an RCA to 1/4" audio jack adapter, or just plug right into your TV's RCA audio input for sound.

*Please not the cartridge is actually gray. I am using recycled original cartridge cases.

Here is a video which demonstrates the sounds of the Super Synth Drums cartridge using a Yobo clone NES system.

ElectroKraft.com NES Clone with Super Synth Drums Cartrdige

YouTube via orphiusflux
"I'm using the Yobo NES clone system along with the Super Synth Drums Cartridge. Using only the gamepad controllers o create true 8 bit NES percussion."

EML SYN-KEY PROGRAMABLE SYNTHESIZER


via this auction
(note there are more images there - moving forward remember to check)

"IT HAS DIAL CONTROLS FOR VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATOR, OSCILLATOR CONTROL, MODULATION OSCILLATOR, FILTER CONTROL, MOD OSC., VOLTAGE CONTROLLED FILTER, FILTER ENVELOPE, VOLTAGE CONTROLLED AMPLIFIER, AMPLIFIER ENVELOPE, ROOT WAVE FORM AND A WHOLE LOT MORE."

The Kraftzwerg from MFB and More via Davide

via Davide: "The Kraftzwerg from MFB, a pre-patched but completely re-patchable mono analog beast (3 osc, a beautiful double LFO and a very nice sounding 24db VCF). The Kraftzwerg is REALLY the assembly of the modules from MFB so you are not going to loose any of the modulation possibilities.

The beautifully cheap Eurorack cabinet (or better… naked rails and cheeks!) from MFB (with power supply and midi to cv interface) and some intriguing doepfer modules.

A-118 Noise/Random, a beautiful kaos generator. There is a variable rate random voltage suitable for modulating anything in a non predictable but smooth way. Oh, and a couple of audio noise output.

A-132 Double VCA. I’m gonna use this.

A-124 WASP filter. Very nice sounding cheap filter. I bought this to have an High Pass and Band Pass to complement the very good LPF of the Kraftzwerg.

A189-1 Voltage controllable BIT CRUNCHER / MODIFIER. The name says it all. I read on some forums that this unit DOES NOT SOUND NICE. What the hell!!!!! There should be really dumb people out there.. Hook up a couple of CV to affect sample rate and bitcrushing… Instant mayhem.

A-180 MULTIPLES. It goes without saying… the most beautiful sounding of ‘em all. Gh-gh-gh!"

"The synth under the cat is a pretty rare 12DCO Italian polysynth from the eighties [Solton Project 100]…. The cat is Pallina (little ball).

That’s my Xmas Studio!"

Synth Price List in Euros on Amazona.de

http://www.amazona.de/index.php?page=27

via JB.

BTW, people have asked me why I don't capture the synth prices for auctions posts. The reason is I just don't have the time. It takes more time than I currently have just keeping up with the posts that do go up. But... if anyone is interested you could note the price in the comments of each post. The trick of course would be to go back and find the price it sold for.

Pickleinn's DIY


http://www.pickleinn.com/
(Pictures, Synth section or here)

via Pickleinn in the comments of this previous post.

Indamixx Walkthru: Diving Deeper In Da Indamixx


YouTube via gearwire. Follow-up to this post.
"At its most basic level, the Indamixx is a great way to convince passersby that you're an important businessman doing important business things. However, if you want to get some use out of this hand-held music production system
, check out this video.

Bill Holland, with his mighty stylus in hand, displays how to sequence drums and add effects to your tracks in the second part of our look at Indamixx.

See more on Gearwire.com"

Roland JX8p | demo (1 of 2) by syntezatory.prv.pl


YouTube via Jexus. More vids by Jexus here.

"1985 Roland JX-8p. All sounds programmed by WC Olo Garb. All melodies by WC Olo Garb. Video editing by WC Olo Garb. ||| Syntezatory.prv.pl Videos: showing you not what a synthesizer can do, but what a man can do with a synthesizer. [].[].[] Deep apologies to all the people disappointed by the lack of the attempt to recreate The Final Cuntdown patch.

Watching this video in standard quality renders it quite useless. But even if you choose high quality version, you will still hear some cracking noise present due to the YT compression algorithm. THE SYNTH IS NOT ROUTED THRU ANY OVERDRIVE EFFECT."

Muzik 4 Machines - Benny left the Building


YouTube via muzik4machines
"gear used
Korg ESX1: All Sequences/Drums
Yamaha TX81z: Reverby/Pumpy Sawtooth Bass (chain:TX81z-Akai MFC42-Alesis Nanoverb-DBX266 ch1 (pump)-ch2 (Compression)-Mixer)
Roland MKS50: Hoover/Saw/Lead/Pumpy Synth (Chain MKS50-Boss SL20-DBX266-Zoom RFX2200-Mixer)
Redsound SoundBite Pro: Vocals/looping
Korg Kaoss pad 2: Tempo Delay
Korg Kaoss Pad 3: Loops, Looper(snare rolls), Grainshifter
Korg Kaossilator: Noise Sweeps (path: K01-Mini KP(Delay)-Mixer)
Korg ER1: Beatbox AND sidechain signal (Chain: left out-ProCo Turbo Rat-Boss V-Wha-Mixer)
DX200: Fm E-piano, pads, 303-esque sequences, etc (Chain: Left Out-Boss DD5 delay-Mixer)
Motu Midi Mixer 7s: My mixer, controlled by the BCF2000)
Kawai Midi Patchbay:Guess
DBX MC 6: Output Compressor

NOT used:
a computer, besides recording it; no edition, no mastering, What you hear is what I send out of the main outs"

DSF_0091 aka patch for Dec 16, 2008


YouTube via dkimcg
"I'll add annotations of anything interesting in the patch.

Mostly planB and Cwejman modules, but a Make Noise QMMG and Livewire AFG are used offscreen."

S4K Octavarium intro on Korg M3 M50 patched by Albatros


YouTube via Space4Keys
"Demostration
Keyboard: Korg M3
Patch: S4K octavarium intro
Patched and performed by ALBATROS
www.space4keys.com"

ROLAND VP-330 "Vocoder Plus" Mk2


YouTube via retrosound72.

More vids by retrosound72 here.

"vintage gear demo by RetroSound

Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus Mark2 (1979)

For me the best analog-strings ever...

... and used by Vangelis (Blade Runner, Chariots Of Fire, The Bounty, See You Later...), Tomita, Kitaro, Mike Oldfield, Tony Banks, YMO, Laurie Anderson and many more."

Korg PE 1000 polyphonic ensemble (1976)


YouTube via abertronic
"soon up for sale on ebay ...
@2min mark external reverb added"
KORG PE 1000 on Ebay

Klangforscher presents Studio Jam 2008


YouTube via testheld
"Synth are Elektron machinedrum sps-1, Roland JP-8000, Hartmann Neuron ... http://www.myspace.com/klangforscherch"

Korg Ms2000 vs Korg R3


YouTube via DennisBastian
"A quick comparison between the Korg Ms2000 and the R3.
It's strange. In a lot of ways the R3 sounds better (when you turn the resonance way up for instance) than the Ms2000, but somehow with a lot of sounds it just doesn't do the trick. The Ms2000 simply sounds a hell of a lot nastier somehow. I like it nasty."

microKORG XL


YouTube via Denkitribe
"A loop recording session with microKORG XL and Ableton Live.
Presets I'm using in this video are:
A26. AC PIANO
A32. BOOST BS
A76. ICEFIELD
B56. RADIATE
A85. AIRY PAD
A87. JUNGLE"

little circuit


YouTube via comemelinhos

Kaossilator_(p001)


YouTube via F8sequence
"Kaossilato
Anyone can instantly play musical phrases by simply tapping or sliding their finger across the KAOSSILATORs touch pad no previous skills required!"
KOASSILATOR on Ebay

Cynare Modifications

via creatorlars on this electro-music.com thread.
(be sure to see the thread for any updates)

"I love my Cynare, especially the gated dampening feature. However there are still a few bugs I'd like to work out to improve it overall and make it more usable. I've attached my 1U MOTM-style panel with banana jacks. It's pretty crammed in there but I like it. Smile I'm following my own placement and feature standards as far as common features in all of my drum modules, so I've added an output level knob and a pushbutton trigger. Here are some thing I'd like to work on/improve. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

1) The output level control is currently a passive 100K log attenuator to ground, but the module still produces an output when the control is fully counter-clockwise. I'm guessing I should be putting the pot in parallel with the feedback resistor on the output op-amp or something, but I don't really know what I'm doing there, honestly.

2) I don't ever hear much noise blending with my oscillators, so I'm thinking my noise source might be a little too quiet. Which parts should I be looking at to fix this? Or are you not supposed to hear white noise when the Mix knob is set all the way in that direction and the filter is open?

3) The impact sound never seems to mix right with the metallic sounds. It's more of a bassy thump or thud instead of a sharp click or strike, which is what I'd expect. As a result, the drum sounds I get out of it sound awkward and muddy up the mix with other modules. Any ideas on altering the tone of the impact sound? I may just eliminate it altogether.

4) My pushbutton control is just connected to the input via +V, but the module doesn't trigger cleanly when I hit it (kind of repeats or misfires). I want it to be able to generate a gate so that I can hold it down for sustain control when trigger & sustain in are both patched together. What can I do to improve the response?

Thanks for any help! I love this module, but it's always been really quirky and I want to get it up to par.

Lars

P.S. The black tuning controls are smaller-knob pots. They are controlling three of the six oscillators -- the others are preset. I may change these to dual-gang pots to get control over all the oscillators at some point, but haven't found a source for 16mm dual gang 500k pots yet."

mb-6582 parts

flickr by SineSurfer
(click for more)

MIDIbox SID mb-6582

NIN: Echoplex - Live at Rehearsals, July 2008


NIN: Echoplex - Live at Rehearsals, July 2008 from Nine Inch Nails on Vimeo.
Lemur intro followed with Plan b/Livewire modular at 4:23.
"Recorded live at rehearsals in Los Angeles. From a series of performances directed by Rob Sheridan, available on The Slip Limited Edition CD/DVD: theslip.nin.com/physical/"

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