MATRIXSYNTH: Sunday, March 8, 2009

Sunday, March 08, 2009

Future Retro XS Redeux by CustomSynth.co.uk

via CustomSynth

"just finished a makeover on a trashed future retro"

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Ept - Ergo Melt6

YouTube via nikoeatsabear. more vids here.
"Ept performing "Ergo Melt6" at the Barge Canal Coffee Company in Hamilton, NY, March 7, 2009. Used a Waldorf Blofeld for synths. Everything is processed with Ableton Live + midi controllers."

Psycho'Kaoss

YouTube via cidoum
"Première compo avec le Kaossilator et la miniKP"
Googlish:
"First component with the Kaossilator and miniKP"

Terrorist

"2ème Compo minimal avec Kaoss."

Mars 09 - DnB Style - MPC+606+VIRUS+DRSTATION

YouTube via cidoum
"Morceau DnB enregistré en live en souvenir d'Otis (Jungelized). Aucune sample externe en dehors des voix.
Les beats ont été fait avec une TR606 et une DrumStation (808/909) puis samplés dans la MPC (loop). Les leads viennent d'un virus Ti joué en midi. Aucun effet externe en dehors de ceux de la MPC et du Virus et beats mono faute de mixer pour éclater les sons.
Quelques longueurs et erreur d'arrangement à la fin mais c'est un brouillon.
La carte son est une TC StudioKonnekt48 (pour le "mixage"). Les FX sont samplés du Virus dans la MPC en OS JJ2XL.
N'hésitez pas à me laisser des commentaires ou à vous abonner."
Googlish:
"DnB song recorded live in memory of Otis (Jungelized). No external sample outside of the votes.
Clquez on HQ for better sound!
The beats were made with a TR606 and a Drumstation (808/909) and samples in the MPC (loop). The leads come from a virus Ti played noon. No external effect other than those of the MPC and the Virus fault and beats mono mix sounds to burst.
Some lengths and error of arrangement at the end but it is a draft.
The sound card is a TC studiokonnekt48 (for the "mix"). The FX are samplés Virus in the MPC JJ2XL OS.
Feel free to leave me comments or to subscribe."

Synthesizers.com, Mini moog, V-Synth meets Christina

YouTube via Synthiefrau. She definitely gets my props for continuing to put this up after the chair incident. Synthiefrau rocks! Awesome! :)
"Hi ,here is a Video from the chaoswomen and her Synthesizer;-))) I mean you tube (lol) and not Ebay.;-))
The Chair was from Ikea. A very bullshit:-)"

Guitar playing with Bratigel Rotary Analog Step Sequencer

YouTube via heidibeerbel

Cynthia Sawtooth Animator

via this auction

Korg PE 1000 Vintage Analog Polyphonic Synth

YouTube via abertronic
"An audio demo of the korg polyphonic ensemble 1000 circa 1979"

via this auction
Note this is the one from this video as well.

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MOOG CDX Combo ~ ORGAN w SATELLITE SYNTHESIZER

via this auction
"Top Panel
Tab: Moog On/Off
Buttons: Piano, Sax, Guitar, Flute, Banjo, Clarinet, String, Trumpet, Horn, Preset
Tabs 1: Octaves: 1 & 2 Modulation: Rep, Sine/Square, Vib, Trem
Tabs 2: Glide, Sust
Tabs 3: Brass: Mute, Open Reed: Thin, Hollow, Full, Bright
Tabs 4: String: Bow, Pluck Strike, Pick Bell, Lunar

Left of Upper Keyboard
Knob: Tuning
Black Sliders: Flute Voices: 16', 8', 5-1'3, 4', 2-2'3, 2' Mixture, Volume Lower, Volume Upper
# White Sliders: Filter: Contour, Color, Emphasis Modulation: Rate, Depth Glide, Volume

Left of Lower Keyboard
Buttons: Coupler, Sustain, Bass
Sliders: Bass Min/Max, Guitar Bass, Vibrato Depth
Right of Lower Keyboard
Buttons: Percuss, Repeat, Mono

Sliders: 8', 4', 2-2/3', 2', Decay Short/Long, Repeat Rate Slow/Fast
Weight 80lbs. L- 46" W-25" H-11" "

Roland TB-303 DEVILFISH

via this auction
auction details - not this is not mine.
"TB-303 DevilFish circuit bent by Robin Whittle. However, there is a problem on the tempo oscillator. Every functions/knobs/buttons/sequnecer are working fine, but the tempo oscillator is not functional after "power on" for 2 mins. Eevrything works fine at the beinging and the tempo speed start to drop slowly. It works really well and nothing goes wrong if I use my SH-101 CV/Gate to slave the TB-303, everything is working. Also I am able to sequnce too, so I am sure there is nothing wrong with the sequncer. I have wrote to Robin Whittle about this matter, he said most likely there is something wrong with the Tempo OSC. That's why you need to get it fix if you want to use the TB-303 internal sequncer. (You can use any music gear with CV Midi convertor to slave it if you don't want to fix the tempo oscilator) Just give you a rough idea how you fix it. I would like to fix it myself but the circuit bent is too complicate in there, I am not able to remove the mainboard and take a good look at the front side of the PCB. I think this is a little problem which can be easily fix by changing the capacitor C7 and C9. However, I can not gurantee anything. Sold as is. You can change the C7 and C9 if you can locate the exact soldering point without removing the mainboard."

Roland JUNO-6

via this auction

Orgon Systems Energiser Analogue Synthesizer

via this auction
auction details - not this is not mine
"Pieces like this come up very rarely so don’t let this pass you by especially NUMBER 1

I brought this synth directly from Orgon back in 1997 and its only been used in a studio for a few hours. The condition is A minus, there are a few light scratches as its only a soft aluminium case, but none on the control panel

here are a couple of links for you to check out:
orgonenigiser.html
www.dancetech.com
I'm also selling a Kenton Pro-2000 ideal for controlling this synth."

Yamaha SS30

via this auction

Note this is the one in this video.
"Control section running from left to right pitch/ detune - The outer pot adjusts the overall tuning and the inner pot detunes the voices against the pitch which can produce a wonderful thickening effect ( some sources describe this synth as a duphonic/ multiphonic ,others describe it as a 4 voice polyphonic. I have a feeling it is a 4 voice polyphonic but the 4 voices are split between cello (two tones) and violin (2 tones) . It then uses divide down chips enabling all keys to be played at once)
Orchestra -Depth ( Speed 1/2 ,cello ,violin ) A great ensemble effect with 2 different effect types (speed) and the ability to separate the effect between cello and violin ( so you can have ,for example cello effect and violins dry )
Vibrato ,Delay/Depth- Very nice vibrato effect.
Sustain, Cello /Violin - sustain 1 control each for cello and violin giving again the ability to have separate amount of sustain for cello and violin sections . Very short to very long .
Keyboard split 0/1/2/3 .0 setting is no split and just the violin sound over the whole range. 1 gives a split with the lowest octave for cellos the rest strings. 2 setting gives 1 and a half octaves to the cello . 3 gives 2 octaves to the cello. The splits are indicated by a white dot above the note on the control panel
Cello ,Volume, attack/slow ,cello1/cello2 - control section for cellos giving control over attack fast/slow. Choice of 2 cello sounds.
Violin Attack/Slow, Viola/violin1/Violin2 /Volume - Same as cello control section though the volume is at the far right.
Brilliance Cello/Violin Very usable low pass filter for cello and violin. "
Update via stevenorgate in the comments: ""some sources describe this synth as a duphonic/ multiphonic ,others describe it as a 4 voice polyphonic. I have a feeling it is a 4 voice polyphonic but the 4 voices are split between cello (two tones) and violin (2 tones) . It then uses divide down chips enabling all keys to be played at once)"

Nearly. It has two master oscillators which are both dived down to give you the full set of notes, twice.

You need two waveforms to get a stringy effect so the same note outputs of the dividers are mixed.

When you press a key you're switching in a mix of two divided down oscillators.

The detune affects both oscillators but not equally hence you can detune one against the other and get to the good old thick sound but more importantly set the PWM type character you need for strings.

The outputs of these mixed waveforms are sent to either the Violin, Viola, or Cello mixers. In some cases the outputs can be sent to either one or the other mixer as set by the split selector switch.

The cello, viola or violin character is set by filters after each mixer. Violin 1 & 2 just are different (1st order) filters fed from the mixer, so when you switch them in you're just mixing and matching different filtered outputs of the same thing. the same goes for Cello 1 & 2.

So far it's just a paraphonic organ but with two tones per key. However the SS30 rules over other string synths because it has an AR envelope generator per key. When you set a long attack each time you press a key it starts a new attack just for that key. same with Release.

There's no VCF per key but that's what we have Polymoogs and, err, GX1's for."

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090308_Xplorer

flickr by greg_baumont

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Oberheim Xpander, Matrix-12 editor

"- sysex loading/saving now ok
- remote automation for the 226 single patch parameters with MIDI CC
- program change on Xpander now reflects into Xplorer
The waveform at the bottom is coming from the Wave Candy plugin of FLStudio

BCF2000-[midi]->FLStdio->Xplorer->Xpander- [audio]->FLStudio"

Mike Oldfield & Anita Hegerland-Innocent (Original Version)

YouTube via balabanbal. Sent my way via khoral:
"1989 "Innocent" video and Mike Oldfield goofing around with a Korg M1 and an Atari ST."

"Second one needs some explanation for the non-French, eheh... Les inconnus were a very popular french comedy act, performing live and hosting successful tv shows circa 1990-1992. This clip is a parody of a very lousy Cure rip-off synth band that was big in the late 80s, with fake interview bits. The lyrics are totally moronic, with the same dull sentence repeated over and over. I think there's a Memorymoog and a Prophet 5... can't seem to recognize the third one." Anyone ID the third synth? Kind of looks like a KORG DW8000.
Simmons drum pads as well.

2. Les Inconnus - Isabelle a les Yeux Bleus

YouTube via jplarch

Machinedrum mk2 uw

flickr by MikaTechnika
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arp sequencer + rsf kobol

YouTube via scienceforce.

Note this is the ARP Sequencer in this auction, previously posted here. Also see the seller's other auctions.

"Arp sequencer driving the RSF Kobol expander"

advanced cacophonator (bunt)

YouTube via druesenhieb. via Deviant Synth
"SubtleNoiseMaker advanced Cacophonator + digital reverb (sometimes)"

Cacophonator

"SubtleNoiseMaker Cacophonator 2009"

Clavia Nord Rack noodle

YouTube via hilltree
"A noodle on the expanded nord.
All 4 parts are used.
More at www.groenewoudnet.nl"

CausaliDox - The Future (is retro)

YouTube via causalidox
Video for CausaliDox - The Future (is retro)
Filmed in the CausaliDox studio

www.myspace.com/CausaliDox
www.glaxclock.com"

Unknown NES Clone - James Bond Jr

YouTube via xxxogchris
"This is the 8 bit console I used to play when I was younger."

Sequential Circuits Prophet-600 "Prophet Strings"

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

'Prophet Strings'
the string-sounds of the SCI Prophet 600 Analog Synthesizer;
drums: Roland TR-808;
FX: only a little bit reverb added, no chorus, no EQ

Some say the Prophet 600 is crap at making pad sounds... I think the problem is not the synth. ;)
The Prophet 600 does not sound like a Prophet 5, but the Prophet 5 cannot sound also like a Prophet 600."

NI MASCHINE + Akai MPD32 + Ableton 7 Jam

YouTube via SuicideServer
"This is one of the first jams with my new setup. NI Maschine is running as a AU Plugin in Ableton Live 7. All Drums come from Maschine and the 303 Bassline is done with the awesome D16 Phoscyon. There is no external FX used beside an EQ on the Master. If you want to get a real taste of how sweet this setup sounds, download the original video file here:

http://www.suicide-server.com/video.mov"

Emu Emulator II Sound Library Demo

YouTube via JMPSynth
"A demo of EMU and OMI CD library sounds from the Emu Emulator II Sampler (does not include the drums from People are People by Depeche Mode)."

DEMO CLAVIA G2X

YouTube via Essenz54

FM3 Buddha Machine ReMIX _ Buddha's Soundscape

YouTube via ozashikiTECHNO
"FM3 Buddha Loopsを使用してReMIXしました。"

Simon Posford Interview in the Studio // Hallucinogen Part 1

YouTube via alex4527. sent my way via fischek
"This is a interview of Smon Posford( also known as Hallucinogen, Shpongle and Younger Brother) at his music studio in UK.

He is truly the best of the best in Psy Trance!! Must See!!!!! He actually performs live for few minutes!!!!"

Simon Posford Interview in the Studio // Hallucinogen Part 2

Upper Atmosphere by JLR

YouTube via JohnLRice
"Another simple test that also ended up as a little peice of 'music'. This time I was trying out the Synthesizers.com Q119 sequencer I recently received. This is my first sequence on it and I liked it enough to try to turn it into 'something'.

See the end of the video for setup details. Thanks for watching, rating and commenting! :-)"

1962 Electronic Music Handbook by Norman H. Crowhurst

via this auction
"Here in one concise volume is everything you ever wanted to know about vintage electronic musical instruments, including the famous RCA Mark II Synthesizer and that ethereal favorite, the theremin. Photos, diagrams, and vacuum tube schematics galore. VERY scarce title. Overall, the 47 year-old book is in excellent condition. Paperback, 128 pages. First edition, first printing. Copyright 1962.

Contents Include:
1. Introduction to Musical Instruments
2. Sound Reinforcement by Microphone
3. Sound Reproduction by Pickups
4. Introducing Electronics into the Design
5. Purely Electronic Musical Instruments (tone generators, analysis & synthesis)
6. Transducers for Musical Instruments (microphones, pickups, speakers, effects)

7. Electronic Circuit Elements (incl. tremolo & vibrato)
8. Installation and Servicing Details (matching, hum, acoustic feedback, servicing)"

1971 ARP Soloist Synthesizer - White

1971 ARP Soloist short demonstration by LarsWigren

via this auction

"This synth came from the estate of Karl Hardman, star and producer of the classic horror film Night of The Living Dead. You can look him up on Wikipedia. I think the story is he put together a recording studio with the money he made from the movie, of which this 1971 ARP Soloist was a part. Cool story." video below, previously posted here

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