MATRIXSYNTH: Thursday, June 25, 2009


Thursday, June 25, 2009

Antares choir can make you sound all horror show


YouTube via Torley

Synthesizer Performance Ensemble-BerkleePiano Dept.student concert-Part 1


YouTube via berkleepianodept. Yamaha Motif Ensemble
"From Berklee College Of Music Piano Department Student Concert 2009

Koichi Komura-Synthesizer
Yoon Ah Oh- Synthesizer
Pier Luigi Salami- Synthesizer
Seonhee Yang- Synthesizer

Ross Ramsay-Faculty Director"

Synthesizer Performance Ensemble-Berklee Piano Dept. student concert-Part 2

Mario Theme played on Stepper Motors with an Arduino


YouTube via cmhiekses
"Now that I've figured out how to store song information in flash memory on the Arduino, I can actually play full songs. This is a little suite of Mario Brothers themes that I put together. Enjoy!

Note: See my earlier video at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8L8hY8...

Motor #2 buzzed a bit on the table this time. I'm going to find a better way to hold the motors still while still allowing them to vibrate."

Schaltzentale - Incredible Steampunk Modular


via sequencer.de where you'll find details in German. Googlish here.

The modular is from Moritz Wolpert.

"All parts such as buttons + handles were on the lathe by hand. Gleiches gilt für die Front Platte. The same goes for the front panel. "

see the steampunk label below for more

Sonic LAB: JoMoX MBase11


See the write-up on Sonic State.

MYOSIS MYOSISFOOGERS and PSYCHODELAY

myosismusic.net
"MyosisFooger is a suite of 3 plugins. Myosisfooger is a digital recreation of the famous MoogerFooger (TM) pedals.

-MF LowPassFilter is a simple audio controlled Low pass filter. It contains a 2 pole/4pole Lowpass filter as well as an envelope follower for dynamic-controlled filter sweeps. Used with Bass, Guitar, Keys, or any other sound .

-MF OscBox The MF OscBox is an audio controlled oscillator. With this plugin , you can turn your guitar or any other monophonic instrument into a synthesizer.

-MF RingModulator is a simple Ring Modulator. It contains a Ring Modulator with a built in Carrier Oscillator and LFO."
Psychodelay
"Specification: (each effects are insert into the feedback loop except autopan).
-Up to 2.7 seconds delay time
-Tape vibrato effect with adjustable speed and disturbance.
-Absolutely weird Pitch Shifter effect in the feedback loop.
-Autopan with adjustable speed.
-2 pôle Low-pass and Hi-Pass Filters .
-Noise tape effect"

EMS SYNTHI-E

more shots on Aliens Project

RIP Michael Jackson


As you've all probably heard by now, the King of Pop has passed away. I wasn't expecting to put a post up as all posts have to be about the synths, however it just didn't seem right to not put something up, and I did find a bit of fascinating synth history, when you think about it, below.

I remember growing up listening to bits of the Jackson Five and later Michael Jackson. My sister was in love with his music, and Elvis Presley. The perfect match. I remember when Elvis was the King of Rock and Roll and Michael announced himself as the King of Pop. I wondered if it would stick. I remember when Off the Wall came out followed by Thriller. I remember staying up to watch the Thriller video with my sister, and her telling me how it was the most expensive video ever made. I thought it was crazy how long it would be. I recently remember watching that odd video of inmates somewhere in Asia performing Thriller, a hundred plus inmates in orange, prison garbs, all in sync. All crazy memories in time, all full of life and energy. That is the one thing Michael Jackson was to me - a man filled with wonder and energy. I will always remember him as that somewhat magical character who never lost that bit of childhood wonder. I'm sure he has influenced me in ways I have yet to realize, some bits I'm coming to realize just typing this. Pretty crazy... pretty amazing... I hope he is well wherever he is. He did bring wonder to life.

As for the interesting bit of synth history and the image from Thriller. The following is a list of the synths used and the players (via micke in this VSE thread). It is an interesting look at what synths were used on THE best selling album of all time. RIP Michael. RIP The King of Pop. It definitely stuck.


"Here's a rundown of the all (?) the synths used in the making of Thriller

Yamaha CS-80
Roland Jupiter 8 (x3)
NED Synclavier II
DK Synergy
Roland Jupiter 4
Roland MC-4 microcomposer/sequencer
Yamaha GS-1 FM synth
Oberheim Four-Voice
SCI Prophet 5 (x2)
Yamaha CE20 FM preset synth
Yamaha portasound keyboard
Roland VP-330 vocoder/strings
Bode Vocoder
E-mu Emulator I
plus a couple of Minimoogs

Linn LM-1 (mostly doubled with a TR-808)
Linndrum (LM-2)

And here's a listing of the keyboardists/synthesists performing on the album:

Greg Phillinganes
Michael Boddicker (Mr. Jackson's main synth-programmer)
Steve Porcaro & David Paich
Bill Wolfer
Brian Banks & Anthony Marinelli
David Foster
Greg Smith
Tom Bahler
James Ingram"

On another non music related note, we also lost Farah Fawcett today. Sad day today.

Update via VICMOD: "And Andy huges of The Orb passed away, thats got to be synth related" Indeed.

"Andy Hughes, (born 11th November 1965 - died 12th June 2009), was an English electronic music producer from Harrow, Middlesex [1]. He is most known for his work with The Orb, where he helped mix and produce Orbus Terrarum, Orblivion, and Cydonia, as well as The Orb's singles from this period. Hughes left The Orb during the production of Cydonia, which was reworked after his departure. He also did some additional original production work and performed remixes for The Cranberries and Tangerine Dream.

Hughes died at the Liver Intensive Care Unit at Kings College Hospital in London after a short illness on June 12, 2009." via Wikipedia. And Ed McMahon. And Sky Saxon of The Seeds.

Update: Michael Jackson and the Electronium

via the Raymond Scott blog:
"In August of 1970, Motown Records founder Berry Gordy read an article in Variety magazine about Raymond Scott and his Electronium. Along with The Beatles and The Beach Boys, Motown virtually controlled the 1960s pop charts with stars like Stevie Wonder, Marvin Gaye, and Diana Ross & The Supremes. And with THE JACKSON 5 as his latest smash supergroup, Gordy was at the height of his influence. ...

Hoby Cook was a technician at Motown’s MoWest facility who tested Scott’s Electronium extensively. 'I wanted some reactions, so as an experiment, I’d open the door and turn the volume up — loud.' Cook’s technique worked. Motown personnel heard the curious sounds and wandered in. “Cal Harris did a lot of recording with it, and MICHAEL JACKSON was fascinated,' Cook recalled. 'He was just this kid sitting there, staring at the flashing lights. He said he wanted THE JACKSON 5 to use the Electronium somehow.'"

Doepfer MS404

via this auction






ARP Odyssey 2823 Analog Synth

via this auction





Ping Pong on Your Kurzweil

Kurzweil k 2000/2500/2600 keyboard Easter Egg - see the second update in this post. Also see the comments there for more.

Sequencer as VCO


YouTube via verstaerker
"using the Doepfer A-155 Sequencer as VCO"

lil 9v unit core - tb-76488, tb-apc, digital sinewave sequencer


YouTube via horchacha
"a rainy day jam while my daughter sleeps-
tb-76488 complex sound generator sequencer
tb-apc - tripple atari punk console/stepped tone generator w/ lowpassgate and dual sequencers -
digital sine wave generator w/ sequencer-
tonewheel bar sequencer -
all clocked to a mpc1k via kenton pro2k

gona dance
on the floor
in around
dave wright
www.notbreathing.com"

Spectre - Sample Management Tool for the Waldorf Blofeld Now Available

You can find it here.

You can now load your own samples into the Blofeld.

Note the English instructions in the user manual start on page 10.

"SPECTRE is a tool for creating and transferring Sample Content for Waldorf Blofeld with License SL and Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard. Both are synthesizers with the additional ability to play back Samples. If you have none of the above, you are still welcome to explore SPECTRE and fantasize what it would be like to own one of the above instruments"

Blofeld sample editor

FULLY ANALOG SYNTHESIZERS EVENING FUN


YouTube via mancio1
"A short improv starring chained analog machine.
The Styx (SoundMaster) 305 drum machine is gating the korg MS20 that is controlling the GATE of the MFB Kraftzwerg (re-housed in a low cost koffer form doepfer, along with some other modules. A single note is playing. KaossPad3 used to mangle the drum machine only.
A couple chords are coming from a Solton/Ketron PROJECT100. At the end i show you one of my DIY projects, a 8/16 step sequencer (analog AND midi). Coming soon.
Shot with an Aiptek SD camera (DVD quality).
Sorry for the audio quality and the noises coming from the (sloppy) handling.

ENJOYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Made In Italy With Love."

Casio CZ-1 Demo Track by Electronic Pop Artist Anjelicas Baby


YouTube via AnjelicasBaby
"Hi Paul Leishman from British new wave, dance, electronic synthpop and pop music artist Anjelicas Baby here. Just been experimenting with a now very rare Casio CZ-1 Phase Distortion synthesizer in cubase. All sounds are off the Casio CZ-1 with the addition of modern computer FX and a house drum loop for added effect.

Angelicas Baby music now can be downloaded or listened to from the following sites:

iTunes U.S., iTunes Australia/N.Z., iTunes Canada, iTunes UK/European Union, iTunes Japan, Rhapsody, Napster, eMusic, IMVU, Amazon MP3, Lala, Shockhound, Amie Street, last.fm, indiestore.com. In the near future there will be many more.

Many thanks for your ongoing support"

asm prepatch


YouTube via lesingemonotone

"Demonstrating all the fun pre-patched routings I made for my ASM. Off course you can do fun stuff like filter-FM and sa lot more if you plug in some cables in the patchbay on the right. But that is another video. :) enjoy!
/Le Singe Monotone"

ELEKTRON MACHINEDRUM SPS-1 MKII UW + TM-1


images via this auction

Roland TR-808 Drum Machine With Doepfer MSY2

images via this auction

The battery case "holds patterns/songs in memory while 808 is powered OFF/ON"





KORG DS-10 PLUS 基調講演


YouTube via aqi. follow-up to this post.
"KORG DS-10 PLUSプロデューサー/ディレクターの佐野による基調講演映像 です。 KORG DS-10 PLUSが実現する様々なサプライズをご紹介いたします。"
Googlish:
"KORG DS-10 PLUS producer / video director keynotes by Sano. KORG DS-10 PLUS to realize that we like to surprise you."

KORG DS-10 PLUS PV

"あのKORG DS-10が「KORG DS-10 PLUS」としてパワーアップして登場!
SONGモードに新たな機能が搭載され、更にニンテンドーDSi専用機能も搭載。
よりパワフルな楽曲制作、パフォーマンスを実現します!"
Googlish:
"KORG DS-10 that the "KORG DS-10 PLUS" emerged as a power-up!
The SONG mode features a new Nintendo DSi also features a dedicated function.
More powerful music creation and performance!"

4ms Pedals Noise Swash - Eurorack Version

Available at Big City Music.

"We just got in a eurorack version of the crazy Noise Swash from 4ms Pedals. This incredible noise maker and processor now has two cv inputs as well as a ten-turn pot for the Swash. The Swash knob is actually hand-blown glass. These modules are unlike any others. They're hand-painted and hand-built! The quantities are very limited."

Moog Little Phatty and the MFB Kraftwerg

via LDT

"just played a show (the ambient ping) using the Moog Little Phatty and the MFB Kraftwerg as well as a bunch of other stuff. Here's a couple of shots from that."


Repairing a Novation Remote Zero MKI

You can find more images and some words in Italian on NOISECOLLECTIVE. Googlish here.


LDR Clock


YouTube via wonkythomas
"The heart of the woggle-bug! Borrowing from the Wogglebug #3 an LED/LDR modulates a 555 clock. Fully buffered trigger & clock outputs, I will be doing a Lunetta version as well, at the moment its half-way in between. Final module will also have a 'clock quantizer' AND Gate so the modulated clock pulses are compared to an external clock & an output is generated only when the two occur at the same time.

Because it takes a CV in & the LED / LDR overshoots as the voltage varies this cct. works really well with modules like the VCS & the CGS Digital Noise combined with an EG or two.

In this patch the clock triggers an AD generator which modulates the rise & fall times of the VCS. Tnd End of cycle output clocks a Digital Noise with a Binary output fed back into the Lunetta to re-set the 4015 shift register.

Patterns."

Experiments in noise #1


YouTube via hotchk155
"Messing round with a Miduino arduino clone microcontroller board and a LED matrix with bouncing dots.. fires midi trigger messages to reason redrum when dots hit the side or each other.. i was wondering what it would sound like and yeah its a racket... sound is quiet as it was getting late..."

Stylophone as MIDI controller


YouTube via hotchk155. Hoover patch.
"Just for fun... not the most useful synth mod ever made :)
The technicals... Soldered wires to Stylophone PCB to use its keypad / resistor ladder.. put 5V across it and read voltage at stylus by analog input pin on arduino clone (miduino). Found out input value for each note and sent out MIDI note on/off messages thru serial connection when notes are detected. Simple. Used propellerheads reason to make the sounds"

Weird Things in Synth Manuals...

This one came on the AH list via Chris Strellis

"The Emax manual says:
'Bird Run is the function that align's the Emax's internal stabilizers and prevents excessive gyrocosmic relativation.

During this process you need to carefully observe the display for any signs of destabilization (eg. gravitational warps, apparent speeding up or slowing down of time, objects in mirrors appearing closer than they really are). If Emax returns to the Module Identifier after a few seconds, all is well.

Note: Occasionally a small emu will get trapped within the Emax and run across the screen during the stabilization scan process. This does not affect Emax's normal functions.'

Picture of that process here" If you know of others, feel free to share.

Update via Sasa Rasa in the comments: "Also, DX5 posted recently a nice video showing the bird run feature"

Emu Emax curiosities


YouTube via DX5

"Tweaking across some hilarious messages in the Emax.

First, the "Bird Run function"

According to manual:
"This function aligns Emax internal stabilizers and prevents excessive gyrocosmic relativation. (...) Occasionally a small Emu will get trapped within the emax and run across the screen during the stabilizaton scan process. This does not affect the normal Emax fuctions"

Also, the message displayed when you try to play empty sequencies."

Update via Zeroc001:
"Kurzweil k 2000/2500/2600 keyboard Easter Egg - Ping Pong on Your Kurzweil
Press the MASTER button, then the UTIL soft button, then the ( ) empty space soft button and finally, the SETUP button. You will see "Welcome to the K2000 game!" Use your data wheel to move your "paddle" to meet the bouncing ball. When you're done, press the EXIT button several times to quit.

by following the instructions above, you will have the pleasure of seeing your expensive, state-of-the-art music workstation turned into a 1980´s low-tech computergame : ping pong !
the programmers claim this to be the father of all video games.
I tried myself on my own k 2000, as soon as I heard of this. It works."

followed-by:

"oh, and btw: more copy/pasta on Kurtzweil Pong:

If you're stuck with a case of crushing writer's block, Kurzweil Pong actually outputs notes from MIDI channel 16, changing notes depending on the ball's position while you play. Assign any program you want to channel 16 and Pong yourself a new melody. Or try setting Channel #16 as the Drum Channel (on the [MASTER] page) and choose a suitable drum program. This way you can claim to be actually making music!"
See the comments in this post for more.

MOOG PLAYS THE BEATLES

PENNY LANE by Marty Gold from MOOG PLAYS THE BEATLES + Fashion from 1969

YouTube via cosmocorps2000

"Penny Lane from MARTY GOLD's album "MOOG PLAYS THE BEATLES" from 1969.
Clips from old fashion report, 1969."

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