MATRIXSYNTH: Thursday, October 15, 2009


Thursday, October 15, 2009

Moog's Halloween Theremin Video Contest

"Get Your Freak on and Win Some Moog Gear: Enter the Moog Halloween Theremin Video Contest

ASHEVILLE, N.C. (October 14, 2009) – The call of the Theremin has been haunting the science fiction and horror movie genres for decades. It was there when aliens came to earth in The Day The Earth Stood Still and when monsters came to life in The Bride of Frankenstein.

Now it’s your turn. Moog Music is sponsoring a Halloween Theremin Video Contest. Prizes include an MF-104Z Analog Delay and a MF-102 Ring Modulator.

To participate, grab your video camera and put together your best Halloween-themed theremin video, but first go to www.moogmusic.com/theremin for a link to the complete contest information. Prizes will be awarded based on a poll of Moog Forum members and on the highest number of YouTube views.

Here’s your chance to keep us as Spellbound as Hitchcock did!

About Moog Music: Moog Music and its customers carry on the legacy of Bob Moog. Moog designs and manufactures electronic musical instruments, including Little Phatty® and Minimoog® Voyager® synthesizers, Moogerfooger® effects modules, Etherwave® theremins and The Moog Guitar. Founded by Bob Moog, Moog Music designs and manufactures its products in Asheville, N.C."

Harald Bode's 100th Birthday

via John Levin:
"October 19th will mark the 100th anniversary of the birth of Harald Bode.

Bayerischer Rundfunk (Bavarian Radio) is presenting a radio broadcast on Saturday the 17th at 11:00 am GMT/UTC (7:00 am EDT) about his life and work:

http://www.br-online.de/bayern2/radiofeature/harald-bode-melochord-musik-ID1255513211989.xml


Through a friend of a friend, I was sent an English translation about the broadcast:

'Ein Leben für den Klang - Der Erfinder Harald Bode und die Elektronische Musik" ("Living For Sound - The Inventor Harald Bode and the Evolution of Electronic Music") is a radio documentary by Caspar Abocab, which is based on an intense journey through the times and life of a man, who contributed musical devices to the world of electronic sound, as we know it today longer than hardly anybody else. A montage of passages from notebooks, letters, publications and European radio programs from the early fifties documents the struggles and debates about music through electronic means. Also documented are personal struggles including not wanting to be a starving martyr, who couldn´t support his family properly, which finally led to Harald Bode’s immigration to the United States. Besides daytime jobs as a developing engineer, which lead to the introduction of new technologies into electronic instruments, he found the time and energy to develop new instruments, as well as for his own compositions. Even as a retired engineer, he built instruments that were widely used. He was proud and happy to have become a well renowned player in this field again, happy to hear his instruments in popular tunes as well as in avant-garde music. He also continued with his own compositions and also with lectures on the history of electronic music.'

Looks like you can stream the show off Bavarian Radio's web site while it's broadcast. It's an early Saturday rise for those of us on the east coast :) but I think I'll get up to try to catch it.

Cheers, and happy Bode-day!
John"

How to Build a Synthesizer: Video Series

Understand How an Oscillator Functions in a Homemade Synthesizer

Learn About the Different Types of Oscillator for Homemade Synthesizers

Learn About the Voltage for Homemade Synthesizers

See the rest of the series here on eHow. via Michael aka KickRaTT

Note: I originally had the three videos above embedded, but they aren't coming up for me on either Firefox on a Mac or IE on Windows. At eHow, they do play but only on IE for me.

1976 ARP Family Ad

via Retro Synth Ads were you'll find the write-up.

it's my electribe now

flickr by shistec ra

"this is a cat. it likes my electribe."

via CatSynth

Sega Master System (YM2413) Controlled by MIDI Keyboard


YouTube via littlescale. follow-up to this post
"Sega Master System (YM2413) Controlled by MIDI Keyboard
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http://www.little-scale.blo..."

Update:

Sega Master System (SN76489) Controlled by MIDI Keyboard

Roland Jupiter 4 vintage analog synthesizer and flightcase


via this auction

"The sound of four VCOs in Unison mode is impressive. In addition, the Jupiter-4 has eight user memories and 10 presets. Features: 4 votes, 49 keys, a total of 18 presets, chorus, Arpeggiator (up, down, up & down, random), portamento, 1 VCO per voice, 1 LFO, ADSR, pulse width modulation, stereo output, headphone jack, Damper pedal input, VCF pedal input, expression pedal input, Ext Clock Input (to synch the arpeggiator example of CR 68 / 78)"

Vintage Blue Monster DIY Analog Modular Synth

via this auction

"The modules in the upper cabinet:
Noise, 1x processor, multiple, CV-gate output, 3x VCO, 2x VCF, VCA 2x, 2x CV Processor, 3x DADSR, external input, Output Module

The modules in the central cabinet:
Frequency shifter, 1x AR (ENV), multi-VCF (partially functional), 16-step sequencer, flanger without board with controls so no function, Phaser (phaser similar sound comes out, otherwise not fully tested), Filter bank, 3 x ADSR, LFO, mixer

The modules in the lower cabinet:
Digital Counter, Memory, Logic Modules 5-octave keyboard, unfortunately, without proper function."











Sonica vintage synthesizer analog synth by Serge


UPDATE: the original auction link for this post appears to have been harvested from another auction which has ended for $1200. Thanks to the world of next tuesday in the comments for catching it. Be careful out there.

"Up for auction is the extremely rare Sonica, built by Frank Eventoff. Only 650 of these were ever produced, making it a highly collectible electronic device. Very few are now known to exist, even fewer in working condition.

In 1979, the first Sonicas were produced, a collaboration with Larry Heller. There were 650 built, but very few are seen nowadays. Serge Tcherepnin of Serge synthesizers (producer of high-end modular synths!) did the oscillator design, and the oscillator inside the Sonica is indeed a Serge oscillator. The neck is incredibly comfortable, and easily fits into the hand, facilitating the sliding action used for playing the Sonica. Creator Frank Eventoff's neighbor in Silverlake was a modelmaker and carved the bodies - they produced them in runs of 24 at a time. The body is made from finely hand-carved mahogany. Donna Summer bought one of the runs of 24 and created a Sonica Orchestra.

The sound of the Sonica can best be described as somewhere between a sitar and violin. When run through a simple delay, an amazing array of soundscapes are derived. The front panel features a Key/Pitch Knob, and an On/Off Volume Knob. It also features three buttons. "Slider," which is a tremolo type effect, "Tone," which is actually a tonal boost, and "Half-Step," which raises the note an octave. It features a built-in speaker, with an 1/8 inch output to connect to an amplifier or recording device. It runs on one 9-volt battery which is installed by accessing a plate on the backside of the device. The Sonica really shines when sent through a tube amplifier, producing a crystalline sound unlike anything I've heard before.

This unit for auction is in very good shape cosmetically and works as it should. Very conservatively, there are probably a couple hundred of these in working condition today, most of which have been abused in one way or another.

A link to the history of the Sonica:
http://www.alsrecordsandtapes.com/sw.story.htm

see the Sonica label below as well for more posts.



Casio CZ-1000 Keyboard Synthesizer

via this auction



Korg Electribe ER-1 MKII Rhythm Synthesizer

via this auction



Vintage Roland G-707 Guitar Synth Controller

via this auction

"Roland G-707 guitar synth controller made by Ibanez circa 1985."

Now you know where the serial number is. :)


BUCHLA 200 MODULAR SYNTH STYLE KNOBS


via this auction

"set of (77) Buchla 200 Style control knobs made by the same manufacturer that Buchla used for the blue and red knobs. These are brown color with a white line, with silver inserts with a black line. These fit any standard 1/4 shaft and are pretty deep so they cover the nuts that hold the pots to the face plate on most synths. They have two small Allen screws to tighten them to the pot shaft. They look absolutely amazing and give any modular that Buchla/Emu Modular vibe. Very rare to find knobs these old and cool."

Studio Electronics SE-1X Synthesizer Module

via this auction




Roland MC-202 Synthesizer

via this auction


This Won't Crash!


YouTube via notepool2

"Trying Out the User-Programmable menu on Opal Chameleon 001. Not the most complex tuning as you can hear, but lots of freedom of movement!"

korg monopoly with some boss effects


YouTube via fuckingharpsichord

Nanoloop 2.3 Parts 7 - 9

Parts 7-9 added to this post.

Atari 2600 Controlled / Played with MIDI Keyboard


YouTube via littlescale
"Atari 2600 Controlled / Played with MIDI Keyboard
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http://little-scale.blogspo..."

Bi-N-Tic Filter: Panel Assembly and Hackery on Sequence 15

You can find more pics and the process on Sequence 15.
"Didn't turn on the soldering iron tonight. This was the night for mechanical work on the panel. The first thing I had to do was decide what to do about the locator pins on the pots: cut them off, or use them? Using them meant drilling additional holes in the panel. What I decided to do was cut off the pins on the pots that are soldered to the board (they aren't going to rotate anyway), but use them and drill the additional holes for the pots that are panel mounted. Here's how it came out..."

CGS Bi-N-Tic Filter

low frequency entity - subcycle labs

low frequency entity - subcycle labs from christian bannister on Vimeo.


follow-up to this post
"a real-time multi-touch interface to a visualized low frequency sound. the various touch configurations control different parameters of the synthesized bass including filter modulation rate, bit crush, sample and hold, feedback, oscillator phase and fm synthesis. more info at subcycle.org"

low frequency entity 2 - subcycle labs from christian bannister on Vimeo.


Ian Fritz ChaQuO PCB

flickr by parasitk

Chaos Generator Quadrature Oscillator

Search on ChaQuO for more.

Stylophone Beatbox Demo via Retro Thing


via Retro Thing

How Did I record Yazoo "Don't Go" (Part one)


video upload by DX5

"A film about the way I work on my covers, like a making of.
Showing how do I search for sounds, organize them, record my backtrack, etc.
(contains short clips from the original track, used for technical purposes only)."

How Did I record Yazoo "Don't Go" (Part Two)


Me playing Yazoo "Don't Go"

video upload by

""Don't Go", a track of Vince Clarke and Alison Moyet (Yazoo / Yaz).
Gear used: Roland JP8000, JX-8P, Emu Emax and EMAX II HD
Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools with reason rewired."

Mark Griffiths Studio Sept 2009

via Mark Griffiths Music

"The Blacet/ Wiard/ Bananalogue/Oakley modular is now the size of a small fridge, dwarfing the Wiard 300 series beside it."

Beatserv Series Two

via Beatserv where you'll find samples and more info.

"With over 340 loops, more than 180 original samples, plus 4 NI Battery kits, you get an arsenal of beats, and our best value.

Series 2 was built from the ground up, starting with the best drum microphones and Lavry converters. From there, we compressed, recompressed, synthesized, and tricked-out the samples until they became our own. In Series 2, you’ll find everything from solid, fundamental drum hits to the most warped styles."

via Analog Industries

Commodore PET

I added a pic of the Commodore PET via Chiron to this post.

Coin Sequencer


YouTube via tvst
"Coin Sequencer is a physical interface for sequencing audio samples. It uses four IR transmitter/receiver pairs to detect reflective objects (such as coins) passing under one of four tracks. When such an object is detected, an audio sample is triggered on the computer. Schematics can be found at http://www.varal.org/coinsequencer"

There's Something - Monome Guitar

There's Something from Ben Brown on Vimeo.


"My dad shot this video on our front porch with a P2HD and some good lighting while we had the equipment. Im playing the guitar I made from scratch, with a monome kit embedded in it. It was a long project... but fun.

Some parts are a bit out of tune(need to do some more guitar work) and Im still figuring out the setup(running 7up live on the monome). The audios pretty crappy on this recording unfortunately as my speaker setup was a bit janky... but hey! it was fun. Ran the vid through ScreenFlow for some super quick editing and export.

Im using Ableton Live for my audio bits and a Presonus Firepod to process my voice and guitar signal. We kinda just did this spur of the moment so I didnt get the audio from Ableton.

I wrote this song this last spring.

Credits:
Benji Brown - music
Ben Brown Sr - video"

30 Second Buchla Patchup


YouTube via rlainhart
"10 minutes of patching up my current Buchla 200e performance configuration, timelapsed down to 30 seconds. This is part of my upcoming new series for MacProVideo.com, entitled "Analog Synthesis in a Digital World"."
Richard Lainhart
http://www.otownmedia.com
http://www.downloadplatform.com/richard_lainhart
http://www.vimeo.com/rlainhart
http://www.youtube.com/rlainhart
http://richardlainhart.bandcamp.com/

Micro File - If I Had A Hammer (BBC Two, United Kingdom, 1985)


synth spotting. via archive.org via BS-1 http://www.bs-1.nl/ http://www.myspace.com/bs1electro

PetSynth - The first GPL playable synth for the Commodore PET

"Hello and welcome!

This is the official project page for PetSynth - the only program for rocking the Commodore PET that the cool kids use.

I've been sitting on this for a year, and I decided that it was finally time to unleash this puppy upon the world!

It features a two-octave keyboard layout, selectable note length, many selectable octaves, selectable pulse-width, vibrato, distortion, and noise or "drum mode" depending on how you use it." See http://petsynth.org/ for more.

via Chiron:
"I've written software that turns an old Commodore PET into a playable synth. I've created the above website and have released it as open-source software, so anyone can download it, use it, and modify it if they're interested."

Update: "Just an FYI - I updated the site - it now has a FLAC version of the program for audio tapes, so people with a datassette can download and record the program to tape - without having to download the disk version and convert it."

8-bit Synth Custom Modded Commodore 64 - MSSIAH

via this auction
"This is a custom-modded commodore 64. It started out as a very clean (nearly mint) commodore 64c with the revision "E" motherboard (the last model to be produced, also the most reliable)

A SID2SID board has been installed and fitted with two SID 8580r5's for stereo output and up to six mono channels. Two 1/4" audio output jacks have been installed in the back (one for each SID) along with two RCA Jacks for composite Video (for hooking up to a modern television) One RCA provides color video, the other provides ultra-sharp black and white video. There is a 7" LCD monitor attached to this machine (see pictures) for portability and to save space in your studio. This LCD monitor has two inputs, you can hook both rca's to the monitor and switch between color and b/w with the included remote control (not pictured) You can also hook a dvd player or video game system to this monitor when you're relaxing in your studio....

The stock red power LED has been replaced with a super-bright blue LED and it looks really cool.

A stereo potentiometer has been installed on the front panel to control the feedback/ noise reduction circuit. When the knob is turned fully counter-clockwise the audio input is disabled (this eliminates the ground noise that has always been an issue with these machines) When the knob is turned clockwise, the feedback circuit is activated and the SIDs begin to distort (in a good way, think gritty acid basslines) when the knob is turned all the way up the SIDs are capable of reaching self-resonance (which sounds lovely with MSSIAH's bassline application)

Note: this auction does not include the MSSIAH cartridge, you may purchase your own for about $60.00. for more information on MSSIAH, go here"

Sold For: US $390.00




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Vermona Retroverb Analog Spring Reverb

via this auction

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via this auction



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