MATRIXSYNTH: Wednesday, March 4, 2009


Wednesday, March 04, 2009

"Twin Delay" Rebote 2.5 Delay Echo Digital Analog Pedal


YouTube via djthomaswhite aka www.naturalrhythmmusic.com
"Here is my build of the popular Rebote 2.5 Delay project as offered by www.tonepad.com. This is a $14 PCB where you source and build the rest of the parts. It is actually a great kit for someone looking to get into DIY projects that have to be soldered by hand.

The enclosure is from www.pedalpartsplus.com and I got the source wrong in the video. Sorry PPP! It is kind of hard to tell, but the powder coating these guys do is AMAZING.

The delay is based on the PT2399 chip and is technically a digital delay, although on board filtering of the echo tails makes it sound quite analog. I built two echos in the same box, with echo #1 feeding into echo #2. The connection is via a switching jack so you can use it as two separate echos just by plugging in to the 2nd echo input. Other wise it is a dual true-bypass unit with only a need for 1 input and 1 output. I'd like to have three in one unit, but two works wonders in the end. Build one! It is perfect for synths or guitar and can handle a decent input volume. Very cool and very fun to play with. Thanks for stopping by to check out my new video! - Thomas

PS. If you are interested in custom pedal possibilities, please email me and we'll talk."

SevenUpLive Chaos Set


SevenUpLive Chaos Set from barnone on Vimeo.
"First video using SevenUpLive and my newly built 40h to perform a set based on a few of the SevenUp template samples, plus some midi controlled original synth parts on the Spectralis. SevenUpLive is controlling everything. Drum patterns and Synth Melodies were also created in SevenUpLive. Masterizer is used extensively to control the set. I'm still all thumbs in the transitions, but it's a start.

Kudus to "makingthenoise" for creating this amazing app. You can get a sense for how musical and arythmic it can be."

MolamurV2 Lemur Interface for Molar VSTi


MolamurV2 Lemur Interface for Molar VSTi from barnone on Vimeo.
"This shows a new Lemurized multitouch interface I've been working on for the Molar VSTi Monome plugin created by Steve Duda. This uses a special Lemurized build of Molar that is available from Steve's website. You can find links at monome.org and jazzmutant.com.

If you are interested in using other Monome applications besides Molar on the Lemur, please check out MonemurV2 on the jazzmutant site which is a general emulation of the monome for the Lemur and can be used with any applications created for the monome."

Spectralis External Control Part 2


Spectralis External Control Part 2 from barnone on Vimeo.
"Part 2 showing progress on an external editor for the Spectralis Synthesizer."

Spectralis External Control

Spectralis External Control from barnone on Vimeo.
"Controlling Spectralis Beta 1.0 OS using a Stribe"

Interference


Interference from barnone on Vimeo.
audio does comes in around :16
"SNEAK preview of the new SevenUpLive on the 128 in vertical orientation, although you can choose any orientation and combination of multiple monomes you like playing the same Live set together!.

Notice how I setup a 16 step drum pattern across the 128 at the beginning. You can now have up to 64 steps on one logical screen if you have the uber monome to do it on.

Spectralis is providing ALL sounds (live MIDI and pre-sampled) except for 1 guitar sample I recorded on my THD BiValve tube amp close mic'd and the drums.

Interference is what happens on the monophonic Analog Synth part when I have SevenUpLive playing a part (melodizer pattern) on a monophonic line and I then interfere with that line during live performance."

Bleepnome


Bleepnome from barnone on Vimeo.
"The world's first Bleepnome meets SevenUpLive, Spectralis and Mr Weevil(Bugbrand AudioWeevil08). Experiments in analog chaos."
via the forum

Two prodigys

synthwood.com

Figured Maple
African Padauk

Shelves of curiosity

flickr by MC =)

full size

"Top shelf LtoR: Roland TR 626 Drum Machine, red marker, flyer for British Artists Football competition (www.britishartistsfootball.co.uk), 'SALE' exhibition flyer for The Royal Standard, various found price tags, £2, £1, piece of fluorescent orange card, SOLD graphic, Sale artwork. Botttom shelf: Various 1980's car stickers (and original packaging 'Sticka Glitter') Capri, Fiesta, Avenger, Chrysler, Blank white canvas, photo of a nice room, Little Big Planet PS3 game, rusty nail, square piece of stainless steel"

Interview With Bebe Barron (Excerpt)


YouTube via takenae
"From OHM+ The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music
Filmed By Barbara Cassidy
Interviewer Eric Chasalow"
You can find OHM in the synth books section on the right.
You can find previous posts featuring Bebe Barron here.

SubDecay Noisebox Synth Sequence


YouTube via bigcitymusic. Part I here.
"Part II. Here's a short sequence using an Analogue Systems rs95 oscillator, pulse out, into the rs100 low pass filter into the Metasonix r51 vacuum tube Distortion/VCA and finally into the SubDecay Noisebox.

The Noisebox sounds gooood! It certainly spiced up this otherwise plain sounding sequence!"

Me playing Depeche Mode "Wrong"


YouTube via DX5

"Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools with the listed keyboards , plus an E-mu Emax for the guitar sample.

Keyboards played:
Upper: Roland JP8000
Mid: Yamaha DX7
Lower. Roland JX8P (sequenced from Pro Tools)

Composed by Martin L. Gore."

20090304(RB-338)


YouTube via morimadoka
"RB-338 DEMO
Transpose+-5
2009 03 04"

Rainbow OS 1 8 MIOS 8bits


YouTube via BIM0X. No audio. Ucapps midi sequencer. It'll be interesting to see this one completed.
"last provisory OS of the rainbow before moving to MIOS32. It has a midi keyboard mode, an early step sequencer mode and the test mode. 16 encoders and 8 buttons/leds will be added.
http://www.midibox.org/forum/index.ph..."

live show


YouTube via circuitben

LIVE JAM AT S-CAT 012


YouTube via PHONICPOTION
"TR-909 TR-606 MC-202 R-8 DEP-3 JUNO-106 JUNO-6 MS-10 ESX-1 MS-2000R MB-33 EVANS ECHOPET VESTAFIRE D-1X ALEX MPX 550 EFFECTRON SYMETRIX 525 SLAP BACK SCINTILATOR CR-16 VLZ-14 IBANEZ DS7 ACID TECHNO A (3000) ARRON (3000) INTERLECT 3000"

LIVE JAM AT S-CAT 013


Note, S-CAT also circuit bends. You can find some of his items via the S-CAT label below and some of his items for sale here on Ebay.

Modcan Winiwave 22b - MOTM format


Modcan Miniwave via this auction

Man, I love the look of the white Modcan. Gets my vote for the classiest looking modules.

Update via Stephen in the comments: "That certainly is a sweet looking winiwave!"

:)



Akai AX-60

via this auction

Not the best shots of the interface but you should be able to make out the controls.





Crumar CTR Electric Piano Organ Strings


via this auction

"Built in reverb Built in brass, paino, clavich, chello, violion. Each of these different instruments have their own right and left audio level controls. Up to 8% pitch control"

Update via ralf in the comments: "Hi, this a Crumar Multiman-S (or in the US: Orchestrator) with beautiful strings like Solina, Logan/Hohner and a Moog 'shaped' filter for the brass section. If it wouldn't be so heavy...
Hopefully this year I will build a new lighter case with multiplex wood and aluminium. Thanks for the ever great blog."

Oberheim OBERNotes Winter 1980

via this auction

I actually used to get these when I bought my first synth, an Oberheim Matrix-6. You can see what the jacket looks like here.

Arp 2600 Vintage Synthesizer Sliders parts

via this auction

"5 New sliders for Arp 2600 Synthesizer...
Sliders are:
4x B104
1x A104"

SYNARE 3 DRUM SYNTH Modded - This One Goes to 11

via this auction
Details (anyone confirm the comments on sound?):
"You are looking at the famous Synare 3. Used on "Bette Davis Eyes" and a whole lot of disco tracks. It is the best sounding one. Phatter than the 1 and 2. The 4 sounds like crap compared to this.

This is one of a kind because of a special mod. It has a speaker with a larger cone in it than the original one. I did not do this mod but it sounds awesome! If you know physics that means Synare 3's go low but this one goes really low! Crank the resonance up and it will shake your house and scare your friends. Although I admit I used this mostly for bells and chimes. It has a wonderful 70s sound to it. Its filter is nuts. The guy I bought it from also had his drum tech resurface it. It is in as-new condition. All dials and the jack work perfectly. Comes with Ludwig mount. Most Synares you see are rusty and scratched to hell. This is in marvelous condition."

Soviet SYNTH MAESTRO

via this auction

Reminds me of when I first got into synths. I didn't know what anything did. I just started exploring.

"20 preset timbres:
Keyboard instruments
Clavesin
Piano 1
Piano 1
Harpsi 2
Harpsi 1

String instruments
Bass
Cello
Alto
Violin 2
Violin 1

Woodwind instruments
Bassoon
Clarinet
Oboe
Flute
Piccolo

Brass instruments
Tuba
Trombone
Trumpet 1
Trumpet 2
Trumpet 3"

Oberheim Xpander

via this auction

inside an Xpander

click the image for the full size shot

cash gets you the cup / mug

OBERHEIM MATRIX-6R

via this auction

Admin: Updates via Twitter

This is just a heads up that you can get updates to old posts on http://twitter.com/matrixsynth.

Every now and then updates for old posts come in. Sometimes I put up a new post here to let you know, and other times I just update the post with a red Update:. I'll try to put the latter up on Twitter like I just did for this post.

I just started using Twitter and I'm getting the hang of it. I realize I don't have to post every little detail, like when I decide to go use the restroom. I will be posting little bits that don't quite fit here on MATRIXSYNTH and I'll be calling out posts that interest me in one way or another for those on Twitter that may not following the site closely. An example of what I posted there but not here is this wireless remote monitor I picked up off of Ebay for $108. It's called an AirPanel and it's made by ViewSonic. In about 2003 Microsoft came out with remote wireless monitors. The project was called Mira. It bombed because for about the same price you could get an actual laptop. The idea was that you could remote into your desktop and work on things at your leisure. I thought... hmm... wouldn't that be useful in the studio. I could remote into my desktop and I'd have a wireless touch screen monitor to control all of my software synths and sequencers. I had some trouble getting a network card that works with it. Yes, the remote wireless V100 comes with no wi-fi. Go figure. I couldn't get on my network with a Cisco Aeronet 350 which was supposed to work, but I did manage to get on with a D-Link 650 with some help from this forum. Now that I'm on, it works great. I was able to sequence my hardware synths using Techno Toys SEQ-303, while playing some soft synths at the same time. The cool thing about this is that the interface is completely wireless and it's a touchscreen! Having that direct interaction with the controls of a soft synth makes a big difference. Being able to walk around with a wireless monitor makes a huge difference.

Anyway, back to Twitter, if you are new to it, think of it as micro blogging. A perfect place to note little things like the above that may not make sense for a full blown post. You just put up little bits of stuff that interests you. You can post like crazy or you can post once a week, whatever and whenever, it's up to you.

Currently I'm adding anyone that follows me, but I'm not sure how long that will last. Quite a bit does come in and I don't keep up with it all, so if you have something for the blog, still send it in here via the comments of any post or contact me directly - my contact info is on the bottom right of the site.

Reopening of Musee de la musique

via Yves of yusynth
"The "Musee de la musique" in Paris has reopened yesterday after a long closure and among the good surprises is that the section "Musique du XX siecle," which did disappear from permanent display some ten years ago, has now been reintroduced.

Therefore for those coming to Paris, they can now admire some beautiful pieces of synthesizers (Ondes martenot, Moog modular, EMU modular, Eric Siday's Moog drum modular, Frank Zappa 's E-Mu modular, and many other rare pieces such as prototypes from... this link (it is in French, unfortunately I couldn't find the same in the english version of the site) and click on the following sentence (highlighted in orange); "Voir le diaporama des nouveaux espaces du Musée de la musique" There it will play a short diaporama and the fun really starts at image 10!

Thanks to jbfairloght for pointing this to me...

Cheers

Yves yusynth"

Update via micke in the comments: "The big E-mu modular seen on the right is most likely Frank Zappa's old one. He never used an ARP 2500 afaik.

The boxy thing sitting beside the VCS-3 looks like it could be a Synket. It sure would be great to see some high-res photos of that rarity."

Candy Dulfer Lily was here ( Best Version ! )


YouTube via azut75. via fischek
"Vrienden van Amstel Live, recorded at the Ahoy, Rotterdam, Netherlands 2-2-2001"
This one gets a post for one reason - the Oberheim OB-12. You don't see them often. I believe the pad he is playing throughout the track is Program number 1. It's a multi based off of "A-111 OB STR." I want to say the Program name was "Strings" but I overwrote it a while back. Anyway, it is a nice string pad. Just the other day I was on Twitter commenting on trying to find the magic on the OB-12. The pads and strings are definitely where it's at. The synth has really low outputs compared to others so you have to crank up the mixer for it. Fortunately it's not a noisy synth. It is a tough synth to find the sweat spots with, but they are there. It's an interesting synth, definitely leaves me scratching my head at times...

Doepfer & Electroplankton


YouTube via RanKirlian

"Having some fun with Nintendo DS, Kaoss Pad 3 and my custom Doepfer cabinet: Nintendo plays Electroplankton Lumiloop over the XP filter module while a Doepfer oscilator does first a drone and later a sort sequence through the Xtreme filter. The result gets some delay with kaoss pad 3 and then is recorded to minidisc. Video is a bit dark at the begining, sorry, facts of the improvisations..."


Doepfer & Electroplankton from Ran Kirlian on Vimeo.

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Five-G Japan

click here for more shots of Five-G in Tokyo, Japan.

via Loren

Five-G site in Googlish

Update for those traveling to Tokyo: it's right next to Harajuku station.

Regarding the gear: "Those were taken just about two weeks ago. And I didn't even get any pics of the Jupiter 4 and 6's, the multiple MemoryMoogs, Liberations, and more, that they've got their tiny space crammed with. It's a cool shop, they let me walk around and try a bunch of stuff out, take photos, and everything, without buying a dang thing. It is terribly expensive, and some gear is priced strangely ($1000 for a Yamaha CS-1X ???)."

Update via David: 5G price guide

Charles Cohen and Christian Mirande Show Free

Update in this post. I'd bring some cash just in case and for drinks anyway.

Serge Modular glowing LED's

flickr by b3nnysf
(click for more Serge shots)

Lot's of spaghetti in the others.

Roland Juno 106


YouTube via f...ingharpsichord "lfo-lover"
And that's the last one for this set of f...ing posts. See his YouTube Channel for more.

Micromoog Sample n Hold filter + osc


YouTube via f...ingharpsichord
"I love this function on my Micromoog.
After a while there is a duo voice between osc and filter played by the sample and hold.
serial number 7588
I'm sorry about the mono"

Electribe and Moog


YouTube via f...gharpsichord
"again the elctribe thru the moog
relationships..."

Micromoog sequencing


YouTube via f...ingharpsichord
"This morning in the shower I noticed that I had never CV't my Micromoog, so I went to school and came back home and made a shitty demo of a Micromoog taht gets triggerd and played by an Acidlab.
Ohyeas : the drums are from my Technics drumcomputer."

acidlab-moog-electribe

"The drums you hear are samples from my Mono/Poly and a violins element. The chords are 106 samples.
Electribe in Micromoog : Mmmm, spaghetti !!"

yamaha dx 21 in micromoog


YouTube by f...gharpsichord. Sorry f, Ken MacBeth got my site filtered once...
"testing out the dx 21 into the micromoog who is sampling and holding at the same moment (wow.)."

Yamaha Dx 21 in Micromoog (2)

YouTube by f...gharpsichord.

"A second version.
I use a MFB 64 to control the filter and oscilator of Moog. Alesis plays the simple chords and bass.

Again '5th String' ♥ ."

Tr 606 filtered by Micromoog

"Messing around with the 606 into the Micromoog. The Micro has a really cool filter, that's way i upload a lot of '... in micromoog'.


Filter Mod By Osc : ♥ ♥ ♥ "

Roland jupiter 4


YouTube via abertronic
"demo of jupiter 4 . completely dry..no enemble effect"

MOTM 730 Drum Machine Response


YouTube via JohnLRice
"Just a bit of fun. An edit of Disney's the skeleton dance superimposed on my MOTM-730 demo. Pretty rough edit job and I may take this down after a short while.

See the whole cartoon here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkhxjz..."

Wave (Part Six)


YouTube via MaxMusicOne. click here for the full set.

Wave (Part Five)

"More example to sound of Wave (in this part with Fender Twin Amp)"

Noise Session 2


YouTube via gaufresderiz. session 1 here
"Doepfer A100 + Korg DRV1000 \ Spectral Audio Neptune I + Line6 POD 2.0 \ Korg MS2000 \ Novation Bass Station + Ibanez AD9-CS9-TS9"

Dave Smith Instruments Mopho Demo: Find Out What The Push It Button Does


YouTube via gearwire. follow-up to this post
"If you were wondering what that strange button that says "Push It" does, let Bill Holland test it out for you. That way, if it sets off a bomb inside the unit or summons the four horsemen of the apocalypse, you won't pay the price.
See more on Gearwire.com."

MemoryMoog Rev 1 Non Plus

flickr by Acusonic24
(click for more)

full size

Transanalog - Moog Opus 3

flickr set by transanalog

"Www.Transanalog.Com
What the hell is this, anyway? Synthesizer? Organ? Stringer? Sort of. The Opus 3 was Moog's late entry into the string synthesizer market. I guess it's not bad but I can't say it does anything uniquely well. All Opus 3's (and Rogues and MG-1s and Taurus II's, etc...) had that miserable foam which melted into the panel circuit board which makes them a real pain in the ass to work on. For some reason I got two in at the same time so I couldn't resist grabbing mine and snapping some photos of 'em all. One is an early version around S/N 1000 and it has a slightly different panel material than the other two (S/N in the 5000's). One thing surprising: they all have all their knobs and sliders."
Inside a Moog Opus 3

BTW, do check out Www.Transanalog.Com. They do synth repair, have service manuals / docs, and they have a few items for sale including a MIDI kit for the Casio SK-1. theremins and more. Casio SK-1 kit previously posted here. They are also listed on Ebay here.

Thingamagoop Out in Nature

via Aliens Project where you'll find more. The description is in German. You can find a Googlish version here.

SCUBA Diving with a Plan B Modular

see Califaudio

now we know where this was headed.

BRIZBOMB Gear Timeline


click here to see what led to this stack. The bottom is one of the before shots.
KAPS Ragini-II
ROLAND RE-301
BOSS DB-66
ARIS 614
BEHRINGER ULTRAPATCH
ALESIS 12R
Doepfer & MFB eurorack modular units
SHERMAN FB-1
FURMAN PL-PLUS
MU-TRON DIGITAL DELAY
IBANEZ DM1000
BOSS DE-200
M-AUDIO Microtrack II
Mytek Stereo96 ADC
AUTO-ORCHESTRA 16R
FURMAN PL-8
ADA S1000
YAMAHA E1010
MAM RS3
MAM RS3
BEHRINGER ULTRAPATCH
BOSS RSD-10 / BOSS RSD-10
YAMAHA R100 / ROCKTRON chrous
ELECTRIX MO-FX
ELECTRIX FILTER FACTORY
AUTO-ORCHESTRA controller / BOSS PC-2
TSP bleak mult
mounted in back: IBANEZ CP-835, PEAVEY KOSMOS, DBX compressors

recordings: SMR009 on Soundo Maso Records
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