MATRIXSYNTH: Sunday, March 1, 2009

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Korg M3 and korg Karma sequenze recorded in Ontinyent

YouTube via Ironsynth. vis fischek
"Korg M3 and Korg karma sequenze BassSplits in korg M3 and brasses in korg karma recorded in Ontinyent"

The SynLab Spree System modular synthesizer

via navs.modular.lab's post on Folkmar Hein & the TU Berlin Electronic Music Studio

You can find more information on the SynLab here. Also see the Synlab label link below.

Moog

flickr by iomarch

full size

"In its specially made case."

here and here
" VCOs
1 Attack-Release Envelope Generator
2 LFOs (1 is Voltage Controlled, based from the MOOG SOURCE LFO)
1 VCF (modified from the original Soundlab so that it is SELF OSCILLATING like the KORG MS-20 filter)
1 Mixer
1 VCA
1 White Noise"

click here for mp3s and more shots.

The Mattson Mini Modular on Carbon111.com

http://carbon111.com/mmm.html

Macbeth M5 Semi Modular Analog Synth

YouTube via TheRadarMonkey
"Played on the Macbeth M5! No effects were used other than the onboard spring reverb.
Here are two Mp3s: www.soundclick.com/nadafarms"

ROLAND RS-09 - OXYGENE / JARRE sound with RS-09 + SMALL STONE

YouTube via AnalogAudio1
"If you want the OXYGENE / JARRE sound - and an Eminent 310 organ is to heavy, to big, to expensive for you - a Roland RS-09 "Organ / Strings" for example, can deliver a similar sound. Of course the sound is not 100% authentic like played with an Eminent, but it is a quite good compromise. On this video you hear a Roland RS-09, a Roland DEP-5 for delay and an Electro-Harmonix Small Stone Pedal."

Korg MicroKorg Demostration performed by S4K, Vocoder Synth

YouTube via Space4Keys
"Demostration Keyboard: Korg MICROKORG Synth VOCODER Patches: Factory Presets Performed by S4K www.space4keys.com"

Mondo Modular Episode 8

YouTube via scootermccrae

The Oscars According to VoiceEncoder

YouTube via VoiceEncoder

The Oscars: The Winners. Click here for the rest.
Roland SVC-350 Vocoder and KORG Poly-800

EFM Wildcat

via this auction

"Some info and manual can be found here"

Tim Conrardy RIP

Rod wrote in to let me know Tim Conrardy has passed away. Some of his work included

Tim's Atari MIDI World
Camel Audio
AlgoMusic

He was active on the KVR forum. You can find a thread on his passing here. Condolences to his family and friends. He will be missed. Our community is better because of him.

Sounds of the Clavia Nord Lead 1

YouTube via realsakul. Sounds come in at :45
"To all you Sound-Nerds out there!
I was bored, so I thought I'd share some Sounds of my Nord Lead with you... Enjoy! :)"

Bug Killer - Synth Demo - Update

Much better quality video posted here. Don't miss it.

Oberheim Matrix-12 and Xpander Dark Walnut Sides

via synthwood

Matrix-12
XPander

Baltimore Electronic Music Fest 2009

"Hello to all. This Electronic Music/Experimental Music/Electro-Acoustic Music event, herein known as the BALTIMORE ELECTRONIC MUSIC FEST 2009, is being sponsored by members of The Baltimore SDIY Group & will be a really nice musical endeavor, so we are really looking forward to this day. Please come out & join us for a really fantastic day of knob twisting, pitch bending, wiring mazes, sound shaping & visual explosions that will coincide with an absolutely awesome musical voyage into another galaxy of sound alterations. Happy Bleeps & Bloops and we hope to see you there."

More info at the BalitmoreSDIYGroup website.

Moogerfooger Detail

flickr by brotherloco
(click for more)

full size

CIMG5092f

flickr by Stefan Beckhusen

"Vimeo Music Video: HOLY, 20 min meditative ambient india style.

This is the 3rd project which i made with my new Roland MC-909 Groovebox. This time i combined it with the Korg Kaoss Pad and routed 2 sample patches from the MC-909 to the Kaoss Pad.
The style may be unusually for a Groovebox, i'm still exploring the possibilities and don't want to join only the bum-bum section.

The image shows the surface illumination of the Korg Kaoss Pad 3. In the video you'll see it working."

The video link above appears to be the Vimeo version of the YouTube vid just posted here. The Vimeo version is much better as far as quality goes.

Through the Gate

Isotope of Me has a track featuring the KORG EX-800 routed though a DSI Evolver in order to gate a pad with the Evolver's internal sequencer. The track also features the Tip Top Audio Z3000. You can find it here.

mini controller working.mov

YouTube via ChromeTuna. MFOS Mini-Controller.
"I finally got my 1v/oct mini controller working.....like so many things, the problem that had me stumped turned out to be pretty simple.
I still don't know exactly what it was. Maybe a battery clip was faulty somehow? I don't know.

But I un-soldered the batteries, made a new battery harness out of new clips, put it together the EXACT same way I had before and soldered it on....and woohoo, it works."
via this electro-music.com thread where you'll find some discussion.

yamaha pss 20

YouTube via djwidow420. I love the look of this keyboard.

PANTHER SUB-HARMONIC by S-CAT

YouTube via PHONICPOTION S-CAT/PHONICPOTION on Ebay Roland TR-606
remember you can forward through the video to get to parts that might interest you.

Lazy Kaoss Jam - Muzik 4 Machines with A Kaossilator, a mini-KP and a Kaoss Pad 3 only

YouTube via muzik4machines
"MP3: http://muzik4machines.com/muzik/4/mac...
Forum: http://muzik4machines.com/Forum

gear used
Korg Kaossilator: Noise Sweeps (path: K01-Mini KP(Delay)-Mixer)
Korg Kaoss Pad 3: Loops, Looper(snare rolls), Grainshifter

NOT used:
a computer, besides recording it; no edition"

To Jupiter and Beyond(is it 2001 yet?) - Muzik 4 Machines

MP3
"gear used
Korg ESX1: All Sequences/Drums
Yamaha TX81z: Reverby/Pumpy Sawtooth Bass (chain:TX81z-Boss V-Wha-Akai MFC42-DBX266 ch2 (Compression/distortion)-Alesis Nanoverb-DBX266 ch1 (pump)--Mixer)
Roland MKS50: Hoover/Saw/Lead/Pumpy Synth (Chain MKS50-DBX266-Boss SL20-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"

Circuit Bent Casio PT-100 keyboard

YouTube via wotatwaat. The payoff comes in at :25. Pretty massive and musical.

Wall of Waldorf Power

YouTube via onephatcat
""new" Waldorf Rack Attack drum synth / drum sequencer has just been installed in my rack along side its sister and brother, the MicroQ and Microwave II. Background track is a Rack Attack built-in demo song."

Sweet MIDI Arpeggiator - freeware

"Older synthesizers had arpeggiators, and now new synths can have them too with Sweet MIDI Arpeggiator. This 'virtual arpeggiator' program contains four arpeggio objects that will arpeggiate all MIDI notes that pass through it.

With this program, you can change the arpeggio direction, number of octaves, and length of the arpeggiated notes. You can also modify the rhythm values of the arpeggiated notes and add another arpeggio object by choosing the same MIDI channel for the object."

JD-800 used with a virtual arpeggiator

"I wondered when I bought my JD-800 whether anyone had come up with a solution to using it as an arpeggiator. With a little digging around online I found one.
The 'Sweet midi arpeggiator' is free and can be downloaded, find it via google. It enables you to send out a midi signal to the software which then returns the midi signal back to the JD-800 arpeggiated. It works in real time so it's as if the JD-800 itself has an onboard arpeggiator. Now everyone that moans that the JD-800 would have been better with one can finally shut up."
You can also use Techno Toys and others on KVR. BTW if you haven't checked out KVR for software, check it out now. It's THE online database for audio software, virtual instruments and controllers.

JD-800 with the 'Sweet midi arpeggiator' demo

Roland MC-909 & Korg Kaoss Pad 3, meditative ambient india style

YouTube via beckhusen
"This is the 3rd project which i made with my new Roland MC-909 Groovebox. This time i combined it with the Korg Kaoss Pad and routed 2 sample patches from the MC-909 to the Kaoss Pad.
The style may be unusually for a Groovebox, i'm still exploring the possibilities and don't want to join only the bum-bum section."

Future Retro Revolution on Aliens Project

more images on Aliens Project

Synth Books via 123synthland

123synthland aka minimi123 has a number of books and synth documentation on his ebay auction list. Pictured here are:

Buchla Electric Music Box 200 Modular Synth System Spec
Aries System 300 Modular Synthesizer Synth Modules Spec
Serge Modular Music Systems Analog Synth Panel Spec

Note I used the scans label below not because these are scans but because people looking for scans/documentation might find these shots interesting. Be sure to check out the auction for more including a Crumar Stratus, Oberheim TVS, Moog Taurus and a Studio Electronics MIDI Moog Minimoog Oscillator Board - hardware not documentation on these.

CLICK FOR MORE »

Bug Killer - Synth Demo

YouTube via robotmakers Minimoog
"A Robotmakers demo of the MOTM-730 Pulse Divider and the Synthesizers.com Q960 Sequential Controller in a musical context. Be patient for the musical context."

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