MATRIXSYNTH: Friday, August 7, 2009

Friday, August 07, 2009

via this auction

Preset OB-Xa

"This is a later 5 voice, 56 preset model. All 5 voices are accounted for and pass 'Autotune', all knobs and switches function as they should and all led’s light when depressed. All keys are still springy and smooth to the touch. They are clean and leveled with each triggering sound. Everything is original and intact."

Clavia Nord Modular G2 patch demo: Walhalla

YouTube via beckhusen
"Best listen with your headphones!
Audio-visual demonstration of my newest Nord Modular patch creation. The patch is made with the editor version 1.40 for which you need the hardware G2, but you can rebuild it also in the older freeware version."

Fuel Injection A-100

via Synthesizer Artists

Folktek Arts Harmonic Field

via the Folktek Arts blog

Folktek on Ebay

ARRU-303

flickr by arvidr

Giant Roland TB-303

Update via Johan in the comments: "That's from the norbergfestival right next to one of the stages. the stage's name is Camp303. check out more at www.norbergfestival.com"

DAFT PUNK "Something about us" COVER with KORG DS-10 + MICROKORG

YouTube via gattobus

"Another wonderful song from Daft Punk...
...played in real time with two tiny synthesizers: KORG DS-10 on Nintendo DSi and MicroKORG.

I really enjoyed myself this time..."

Diabolical Devices 707 and Matter Disorganizer with SH101

YouTube via bigcitymusic. http://bigcitymusic.com
"This is a fun setup. The rim trigger out of the 707 is clocking the 101's sequencer which is cool because you can alter the pattern rhythm very easily. These modded 707's are great for tweaking on the fly. You can turn all the pitch mods on and off on the right and control their pitches with the bottom row of knobs. There are a few global bends on left which are fun too. The Matter Disorganizer is a brutally massive fuzz with an octave up. Between the Matter Disorganizer and the awesome filter on the 101 you can get some crazy sounds."

KAWAI K1m Sounds

YouTube via synthargentina
"A few sounds from kawai k1m, but no presets."

Ibanez Pm-7 "Psycho Mutator" circuit bent pedal

YouTube via Vtolus
"more shots - http://samoletuvvp.narod.ru..."

circuit bent dod fx-20c pedal

"more shots - http://samoletuvvp.narod.ru..."

Radiohead - Reckoner (Dem Suite Remix)

YouTube via suitemusic. also see...
"This is a video of a remix performance of Radiohead's "Reckoner" from In Rainbows that I've been working out on the monome for a while now. I'm using my monome 64 running mlrV to chop and sequence each track/loop. The black monome 40h I built with ultraviolet (UV) LEDs is running vu scroll (a scrolling VU meter app) which is picking up the sound in the studio from the laptop's built-in mic. All of the audio was recorded and mixed down in Ableton Live 8. I used my laptop's iSight and a small Sony for the video. I used Adobe Premier Pro CS4 to edit the video (it was my first time using Premier Pro for a project).

Download the mp3 here: http://www.demsuite.com/audio/reckone...

Thanks go out to Radiohead for providing the stems of their music and especially monome.org and the monome community for its collective genius and overall awesomeness!

More info here: http://demsuite.com/2009/08/reckoner"

Mik feat Retrosound vangelis improv

YouTube via mik300z
"A version of Vangelis' improv on youtube, big thanks to retrosound for providing a sample of a real vp330 male choir"

Restoring a CASIO toy keyboard

YouTube via organfairy
"I got this little CASIO SA-10 from a jumble sale. It cost me a massive 10 dkr - the equivalent of 2$.
Unfortunately there was no sound but it turned out to be just some old batteries that had leaked all over the place. This video shows the restoring process where I first take it apart. Then I wash the plastic parts and clean the contact pads. And finally I put it together again and test if it works.
The music that comes with this video is something I made myself and it is played on the Yamaha HE-8 organ,Viscount RBX-850 organ, Roland JX-8P synthesizer, Korg Rhytm 55 drum machine, and the melody is played on a Yamaha PSS-12 and a CASIO SA-1 toy keyboard. The SA-10 that is shown in this video has the same sound chip as the SA-1 but four note polyphony instead of two."

max/msp + gainer test1

YouTube via omnibotoom. Max/MSP fluorescent lightbulb synth.

max\msp + gainer test2

"That's me" - on Böhm Station One

YouTube via organfairy

"It has been a while since I used the Böhm workstation. Last time it was for "They say it's gonna rain" and only for some of the arrangement.
But this time the complete song is played on the Böhm. The GEM keyboard is only used as a MIDI controller since the Böhm doesn't have a keyboard.
I have had numerous requests to do more ABBA songs so this time I am playing "That's me" from the Arrival album. I recall this song from my early childhood in the 70's so I thought it could be fun to do the video in a style resembling this period of time. So I found my old (half) mirrorball and a red rhinestone t-shirt and that´s it - and that´s me..... "

"Healing Pad"

YouTube via Korgator
"Korg Triton Le 61,
As well as already with some other admissions, my Alexander Sittich with his voice is represented once again."

SONiVOX Announces Playa – Aggro Electro Boom

"Premier provider of soundware rolls out new Virtual Instrument for MAC & PC designed for Hip Hop & Electronica Producers

SOMERVILLE, MA, August 7, 2009 – SONiVOX today released Aggro Electro Boom, a virtual instrument plug-in for MAC and PC designed for fast and professional contemporary beat creation for hip hop and electronic music producers. Aggro is the latest in the company’s “Playa” product family and carries an MSRP of $149 and an introductory street price of $99.

Aggro’s distinctive user interface allows effortless integration of midi keyboards and MPC pad controllers, bridging the gap between MPC style beat creation and the computer-based virtual instrument environment.

Aggro is packed with more than four gigabytes of instruments designed for sonic and stylistic versatility, including earth-shaking basses, blazing leads, trippy pads, slamming construction kits and more. All the sounds were recorded and programmed by SONiVOX’s award-winning sound design team.

Aggro Electro Boom’s Features At a Glance:

- Over 400 World Class SONiVOX Instruments

- 16 User Programmable and Assignable Pads – For quick and easy MPC style beat construction.

- Over 50 Pad layouts – Designed to get the producer going rite away with its construction kit layouts, diatonic chord layouts, drum kits, as well as user definable layouts.

- MIDI Learn/Save Function – Aggro ELectro Boom is instantly compatible with any MIDI controller.

- Independent Zone Tempo-Synched Variable Resolution Roll/Retrigger Mode - Tempo sync note repetitions and rolls to any pad.

- Onboard FX and Graphic Equalizer.

- Keys Mode – For standard keyboard play/performance.

- User Editable Envelope & Filter Controls.

- PC Standalone, VST and RTAS Compatibility.

- MAC Standalone, AU, VST, and RTAS Compatibility.

Aggro Electro Boom is available now with a MSRP of $149 and an introductory street price of $99.

For more information about Aggro, including audio demos and videos, please visit www.sonivoxmi.com."

Jason Butcher/Don Hassler Eyedrum 7/20/09 live recording

Jason Butcher/Don Hassler Eyedrum 7/20/09 live recording by jason butcher don hassler

"jason-butcher-don-hassler-eyedrum-7-20-09-live-recording

Live electronics, Buchla 200, Buchla 200e, EMS Synthi"

2nd Annual Experimental Garage Sale

Saturday August 08,2009
At the Experimental Sound Studio
5925 N Ravenswood, Chicago, IL, 773-769-1069
12 noon - 8 PM

Ransom Duets Recording Session 8 PM - 11 PM

Midwest circuit benders and DIY artists will be unloading piles and piles of thrift store treasures like keyboards, Speak and Spells, and oddity kids toys. The sellers will also be demonstrating and selling LoFi Synth prototypes, kits, handmade contact microphones, and completed circuit bent works of art. Bring wads of cash to snag some awesome deals, otherwise this is a great chance to experience circuit bent devices in person and make new friends.

Special Guest, Father of the Circuit Bending movement, Reed Ghazala
Reed promises to have for sale some of the best vintage electronic parts available anywhere, like shuttered or polarized pilot lenses, short-throw all-metal reset switches, plus glass deer eyes, classic knobs, signed CDs, historic ephemera and way more. He will also be signing hand-annotated copies of his Circuit Bending: Build Your Own Alien Instruments book. Hope to see you there!

The list of sellers has been finalized to include a wide geographic variety of Midwestern Artists.Last year’s round up from the event can be found here. Music through out the day and the sale is Free to get in.

Sellers:
GetLoFi.com/shop - Alex Dyba ( IA )
Roth Mobot - Patrick McCarthy ( IL )
Roth Mobot - Tommy Stephenson ( IL )
Creme Dementia - Austin Cliffe ( IL )
Thejunkyard Catalyst - Karl ( OH )
Spunky Toofers - Daniel Park ( MO )
Properboy - Steve Stoll ( IN )
Pelzwik - Nick Heimer ( MN )
Datura 1.0 - Matt Cisler ( MN )
Mike Una - ( IL )

Later in the evening we will be pulling names out of a hat and conducting a series of brief duets to be professionally recorded at the studio. So stick around for what will undoubtedly be one of the best FREE shows in Chicago that night!

check out the Facebook Event Page or the mySpace page

Eyedrum, 7/21/09 (Set)

flickr set by fastheadache
(click for more)

Buchla and EMS

Television Meltdown by Soso Limited

via vbs.tv. Video processing / synthesis.
"Sosolimited is a crew of MIT grads turned audio visual artists – Eric Gunther, Justin Manor and John Rothenberg – with backgrounds in physics, architecture, computer science, media arts and music. They say that TV is garbage – and they want to turn that shit into gold. So they create live remixes of broadcasts using pure information to filter and direct the look and feel of their videos: deconstructing the 2008 presidential debates by using word-count as an aesthetic variable, for example. “Essentially what we’re trying to do is like take the television studio and turn up the acid,” Rothenberg says."

Jellinghaus Musik Systeme (1985)

flickr by Neil Vance
(super size shot here)

"...'German software company Jellinghaus are moving into hardware in a big way: they've got a complete editing board for the DX7 too..'"

Again, be sure to check out Neil Vance's flickr photostream for tons more.

Note Jellinghaus made the massive knob ladden controller for the DX7 as well. Click on the Jellinghause label to the left and scroll.

ZYKLUS MIDI PERFORMANCE SYSTEM

flickr by Neil Vance
(super size shot here)

"Quite a rare & unique digital sequencer."

Update: click on the Zyklus label below for more including a pic of one in the flesh and video.

Steve Roach Setup 1987

flickr by Neil Vance
(super size shot here)

"....'To me, the Xpander is the pinnacle of the digitally-controlled analogue instrument; I can imagine spending a lifetime with it.'"

Ensoniq Stand at the British Music Fair 1987.

flickr by Neil Vance
(click for more - tons of great shots going up)

"First prize for the most unusual stand of the show went to Ensoniq for their larger that life ESQ1 and 20 Pall Mall!"

Giant ESQ1, ESQM, etc.

Fairlight feat. (1of2)

flickr by Neil Vance
(click for part 2)

MOTU Volta Review in Keyboard Magazine

Click here for the full review by Mitchell Sigman.

"Volta is so unique that it has no direct competition. Though some of its functionality can be duplicated with Native Instruments Reaktor or Cycling ’74 Max/MSP, Volta makes it far easier, and it’d be tough to replicate Volta’s oscillator calibration. Of course, to do this with other software, you’d need hardware MIDI-to-CV converters, and Volta blows that approach into the tumbleweeds. For modular synth owners, it’s like getting a great big box of new modules that sync up with your DAW in ways hardware never could, for a fraction of the cost. If you use analog synth gear and a Mac-based DAW, you need Volta. We hereby award it a Key Buy for technological innovation."

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