MATRIXSYNTH: Tuesday, December 22, 2009


Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Atomo Synth Mochika2 2010 edition

via the Atomo Synth blog Atomo Synth on Ebay

"Hello World, Merry Chrismass!!!
This is the mochika2 2010 edition. Thanks everybody around the world!!!"


Henrik Schwarz on the Schwarzonator (Max for Live)


YouTube via AbletonInc
"Henrik Schwarz, Berlin's own jazz/soul/electronica legend, has created an amazing Max for Live patch. Check out the Schwarzonator: http://www.ableton.com/schw..."
In an earlier post I stated Reaktor is DIY for the virtual / soft synth world. Max/MSP obviously is as well.

Ave Maria


YouTube via maelmusician
"Music by: mael. Soprano: Elena Doytcheva-Dragomir (Bulgaria). All orchestral parts are synth sounds played by: mael. Recorded at Christmas concert 2008 in Elisabetin Church, Timisoara."
Anyone ID the synth he is playing.

minimum of none Dictaphonia Fest microcassette noise


YouTube via halmcgeevideo. http://www.myspace.com/minimumofnone
"Performance by minimum of none (Natalja Mari Thomen of Gainesville, Florida), at Dictaphonia Fest, a microcassette-themed audio art and noise show produced by Hal McGee with 355 Noise, Saturday, November 7, 2009, at the Laboratory, Gainesville, Florida. Filmed by Christopher Miller."

Dice Pola (Broombeck RMX) StudioVideo


YouTube via broombeck
"Hey!
here is a new studio video of my new Broombeck remix of Marko Nastics "Dice Pola" (release: jan./feb.2010)...

full length track:
http://soundcloud.com/broombeck/marko...

merry XMAS!
marcus"

Handmade Music Austin #3


YouTube via EA78751
"Video from Handmade Music Austin #3, Dec. 20th 2009. At this workshop 13 people built the free project, Mini Space Rockers. After that we witnessed live electroacoustic sound by Lustigovi. And then 19 people built the upper division project, Andromeda Mk-4 Analog Bass Drum. And last there was an open jam with DIY bassline and drum machines from this workshop series, plus acid lines from a MIDIbox SID."
"Tags:
handmade music austin DIY analog drum machine 8-bit AVR synth synthesizer MIDIbox SID"

Akai S 900 Sampler


YouTube via musotalk
"12 Bit Sampler mit variabler Sampling-Frequenz und 8 Stimmen aus dem Jahr 1986"

King Roc Lemur Live setup Part 1


YouTube via Jazzmutant.
If a multi-touch Mac tablet ever does come out, I hope JazzMutant ports their software to it.
"In this video King Roc shows his Lemur-Live setup and how to use it.The interface, and Ableton Live set including all audio material from 2 songs are downloadable on Jazzmutant.com"

King Roc Lemur Live setup Part 2

reaktor spirale


YouTube via elektronischesschaf
"Reaktor 5 generating some midi in the whole scale area"
Native Instruments Reaktor is the DIY of the virtual / soft synth world.

Pulsemonger MKI :: Bass Demo :: SYNTHMONGER 2009


YouTube via synthmonger
"Recorded straight to soundcard with no additional effects.

The instrument used in this demo is a Mike Dirnt Fender Precision Pro Bass.

Thanks to Danny of 'Sex Me Animal' for playing the Bass while I fiddled with the knobs."

Surge Demo Track #2


YouTube via BrontoScorpioMusic. demo 1 here
"Just Vember Audio Surge. No external effects. All sounds by me.
I hope you like it!

Cheers
Dennis"

diy drone synth, a basic 4 step sequencer and a 10$ distortion stompbox


YouTube via lastkidontheblock
"The audio out of the sequencer was connected to the "cv in" of the drone synth and the audio out of the dronesynth was connected to the distortion"
"Tags:
cmos synth squarewave distortion 4093 wsg mfos whatever 40106 cd4093 lpf nand schmitt trigger do it yourself d.i.y."

Buddha machine remix


YouTube via pss50 "Buddha machine and modular synth"
"Tags:
buddha machine modularsynth harvestman doepfer plauge bearer"

Kawai K5000 "Winter Dreams"


YouTube via retrosound72

"synthesizer demo by RetroSound

Merry Christmas for all synth maniacs over the world :)

Kawai K5000R Advanced Additive Synthesizer (additive spectrum + formant filter sounds)
+ Roland JD-800 Digital Synthesizer (layered with the K5000)"

Trigger Mouse


YouTube via ggijs
"http://gieskes.nl/browserjockey/hardw...

The trigger mouse converts trigger pulses to mouse clicks.. Can be useful for syncing online videos to devices with trigger signals..

The triggert video in this video is the following:"

Zombies On Your Lawn

"Featuring Erin, Lili, Lizbt, M1K3Y, Michael and W.Particle.

http://wildparticle.com/?p=507

Thanks Popcap and Laura Shingara for making such a great game, and a catchy song!"

Cheesy trance improv with tb-303 like sound on Alesis Micron


YouTube via hdebbache2000
"Hey, here is part of an improv I did with some interesting sounds. The main attraction here is the tb-303 sounding bass, which sounds OK IMO. Cheesy, but very fun to play.. All done with the little red box"

Akai LPK 25 Unboxing


YouTube via elementofart
"Die nächste Reise kommt bestimmt. Heute packe ich den Controller Akai LPK 25 aus und stelle ihn kurz vor. Ein praktisches Mini-Keyboard. Mitgeliefert wird ein Software-Editor."

RjDj - A Brief Introduction


YouTube via RjDjme. rjdj on Reality Jockey Ltd.
"www.rjdj.me
What is RjDj?
RjDj explores the possibilities of new personal music players like the iPhone or the iTouch to create mind-blowing hearing sensations. The RjDj app makes a number of downloadable scenes from different artists available.

One app is usually a compilation of several scenes the RjDj equivalent of a music track - each vested with different mind-boggling characteristics. While some apps like the Trippy app use microphone input to manipulate or create music, others like the Shake app are all about moving, shaking and dancing with your device.

The hearing sensation
RjDj is nothing like youve ever heard before. It connects the music you hear to the world around you, creating a unique, acoustically rich listening experience. Every time youre using RjDj, the music is created in the very moment you are listening to it. Customised by your surroundings, the music becomes an entirely unique, individual soundtrack to your life.

Record and share
When youre having a special musical moment and want to preserve it, no problem: Just press the record button! RjDj also allows you to share special moments of musical pleasure with the rest of the world. For that we built a web application, which allows a hassle-free upload to our server. Your shared recording will be vested with a nice rjdj.me/url and is accessible from iPhone/iTouch or PC. Also, you can share your tracks with your friends on almost any social network out there."

Moog Modular Made Out of Snow

via Michelle Moog-Koussa of The Bob Moog Foundation
"You may have heard that we got 13 inches of snow in one day here in Asheville. We were snowed in, and we are still without power at home (luckily, it's been restored in my office). On Saturday, I decided to build a snow ode to Erik Norlander's mammoth"Wall of Doom" modular synthesizer. The proportions of the snow version are the same -- 7 feet long, 6 feet tall. My son, Gregory, helped me amass all of the snow."





Franck Smith, 17 Dec 2009, Amsterdam


YouTube via jacquestourneur.
"Franck Smith performing at STEIM, Amsterdam."
This video is from "STEIM@40! Last event: Patterns & Pleasure" previously posted here. You can find more videos of the event here.

via Frank Smith. Note Frank Smith is also part of * Zn'shñ • http://znshn.blogspot.comhttp://www.youtube.com/znshnhttp://www.myspace.com/znshn
prior posts here

Demo Alesis Fusion 8HD : Making of Hyperborea - Tangerine Dream, by Thierry Lebon


YouTube via tlnet37. click here for more Alesis Fusion HD vids.
"This (bad quality !) video shows you the mix mode of the Fusion : I used 3 tracks : one track for rythmics ; the second track is the Choir (3 internal samples : Roman choir, Ooh Meets Oz, Tape Mix... "

DIY Chroma Knob Box Update


via Randel on the Rhodes Chroma mailiing list:"I've been through many revisions of the front panel graphics of the knob box that I am building for myself, and present the latest at: link [pictured]

I've taken some liberties with the nomenclature ( Filter instead of Cutoff, eg.), and the sequence of parameters from left to right in an attempt to make the interface more intuitive.

Upon the movement of a knob, the 2x16 LCD display will show the name of that parameter on the top line, and the value of the parameter on the bottom.

I have an 8 knob prototype built, and the immediate accessibility it provides dramatically changes the experience of playing the instrument - it's a whole new world!

I plan to have a 96-knob version complete in March, which I will photograph and videotape. If it functions as expected, I will explore the possibility of making a production run for interested parties.

-Randel"

BTW, if you own a Rhodes Chroma and aren't yet on the Chroma list, I highly recommend you join. You can find info on how on the excellent Rhodes Chroma website. Be sure to check out the site for more. The site and the list are constantly bringing new live to this incredible synth.

ACID RAWK

ACID RAWK by CHRIS KOLA
Waldorf Blofeld on Bass. "HARD ACID BREAKS BASS"

Wonderful Christmas Time (NRK Lydverket)


YouTube via Reisverket. via skkatter. Roland Juno-60, OSCar, and more.
Remember to click on the holidays label below for more holiday cheer.

Santa-Drive [EMX-1 + KP3]


YouTube via callmekorbi
"Here's a little christmas song.

Enjoy it!

MERRY CHRISTMAS MTHRFCKRS!!!
... just kidding ... i love you! :)

Comment and rate if you liked it.

PS: Random songnames are awesome!

DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.mediafire.com/?4wijjjm4nzk"

Nocturnal - Buchla Waterphone Piece by Todd Barton

You can find the track on Todd Barton's website here along with more. You can find the mp3 here. Below is a video featuring only the Waterphone.


YouTube via Vbik
"By Dr. Todd Barton. Waterphone made by Richard Waters... (Demo.)"

Metasonix KV-100 filter demos

via zerosum on Muff's
"For this post I will just focus on the filter. This thing does go way beyond filter functions(I'll get to that later), but the filter is a good place to start demoing. Its very bubbley, very goopy, and responsive with a wide sweep range. It is new unique design exclusive to the KV-100 and not available in the current or discontinued Metasonix modules. Are you looking for a reason to buy this thing? The answer is the filter.

Careful with that resonance Eugene!
The resonance is deadly. If your are not careful bad things will happen. I'm serious! Keep your hand close by the output volume knob when adjusting the resonance past 3 O'clock.

Things get nice and bubbley when I feed a square out of the dotcom Q106 into the audio in and modulate the filter cutoff with a ramp wave from the Blacet window comparator.

Sine to Square.
The input stage on the KV-100 has a lot of range,
Starting around 2 O'clock and increasing clockwise really starts to square things up. In the demo above you can really hear the sine wave from my dotcom Q106 start to square as I turn the input more and more clockwise(really obvious around 32 seconds in).
I imagine this is real fun with an FM patch feeding the input, I will have to make it a point to do that later.

Autofilterdrums with some VCO squeaks.
In this one I have the envelope follower output feeding the Filter CV.
Currently there are no Metasonix modules available with an envelope follower, in the past there was the TM-5, no you can get it inside the Assblaster! Great autofilter!
There is some twiddling with the VCO(I can't help it).

Would you like to hear a sequenced oscillator ran into the autofilter?
Here we have the Binary Zone quantized by the Miniwave sequencing an Q106 oskillator fed into the KV-100 with the envelope output patched into the filter CV. Flappy, funky,wah wah waheeee womp womp whapp!
I love this sound!

So you can get enough sounds with the envelope output to stay satisfied for days..... but its a lot of fun with external modulation too!
VCS modulates juicy Filter
Here is another one!

Another VCS modulated filter with a different sequence. Careful with that resonance.... hihi

Now its time to hear some guitar through it.
Try to ignore my sloppy playing if possible.
The TM-2 and TM-6 were capable of producing a vacuum tube wah wah effect, the KV-100 is KING of vacuum tube wah wah land!
With the all new filter design and envelope follower this thing sweeps and whomps like nothing else!
I don't have an expression pedal so I haven't had a chance to control the filter with my foot, but with the envelope out autowah mode, I almost feel like I don't need it.......well of course I should get one someday....

wah wah wah wah wmop womp womp listen....
short 41 seconds demo
Here is one with the Pulser engaged.

Thats all for now, stay tuned for more demos focusing on CV use of the oscillator as well as uses for the multiple outputs.
Night Night........." more pics here

Innerclock Sync-Lock Review on Rozzer.net

This one in via David. You'll find his full review on how well it performed on rozzer.net.

"The problem is that PCs and MACs have notoriously shakey midi timing. If you’ve never noticed this, you probably don’t need a Sync Lock, but if you’ve ever been frustrated by the midi clock coming out of your DAW then read on...
...
The Sync-Lock is a box which has two audio inputs (connected to two outputs on your soundcard), a midi output, a din sync output and a 1/4 jack output. The two audio inputs accept audio pulses, which are generated either with a simple WAV file or with a specially written plugin that comes with the Sync-Lock. One is for clock pulses and one for start/stop commands. The box then converts these (in less than 30 micoseconds according to Innerclock) to midi clock, din sync and pulse signals (for analog sequencers etc). The result is a clock output which is sample accurate (or as near as damn it) to your DAW’s audio output."

solar powered atari punk console


YouTube via theproperboy. Atari Punk Consoles on Ebay
"solar powered lofi mims oscillator, built in re-purposed enclosure with recycled components, getlofi pcb, and solar cell from the shack. built by properboy."

Comparison of Buchla Model 208 and Malekko / Wiard Euro Series

comparison chart via Muff's.

http://www.malekkoheavyindustry.com

DIY Buchla Controller

via Important Records

"Modeled by the dude [Dave Wilson] who runs the New England Synthesizer Museum."

Update: Via Dave: "The controller in the pic is a stock Buchla Model 112 controller, not custom or DIY in any fashion. I don't know how many were made, but this was the standard controller for the model 100 Electric Music Box."

Happy times.

flickr by Retribution Body
(click for more)

"I'm very happy with the new rig. It's very West Coast Serge / Buchla compared to the ARP, it's a very different beast. I'm looking forward to doing some serious recording with it."

Bottom: Rocking out! "Once again, Ernie is very helpful."

Wiard/Malekko Anti-Oscillator demo

Wiard/Malekko Anti-Oscillator demo from Pete Shambler on Vimeo.


"A friend from the forums and an all-around good person Dr. Octave was kind enough to lend me his Anti-Osc for the week. This is my first run through with it. theshamblers.blogspot.com"

A little demo of the MFB-522 analog drum machine


YouTube via GoldbabySamples
"Not a bad analog drum machine for 280 euro!

I bought it directly from the maker: http://www.mfberlin.de/Prod..."

Malekko Wiard Envelator

In the flesh via the Big City Music blog.

follow-up to this post.

korg ds-10 track 31


YouTube via korgds10
"Little song (tunette) made on the Nintendo Korg DS-10. Feel free to stop by at http://korgds-10.blogspot.com for more DS-10 stuff."

apcAcid


YouTube via synthdood
"Live jam featuring the Akai APC-40, tr-606, x0xb0x, maudio profire 610, 15" mac book pro, Ableton Live 8"

adx1 kraftzwerg es1.wmv


YouTube via popitem

"Casual acid like recording using mam adx1 (seq by korg es1), kraftzwerg module (randomly sequenced by seq02, maq doing the clock).
I' m looking to sell or trde the adx1, if anyone interested send a msg."

Black Label Society - Concrete Jungle MIX


YouTube via yamato10gallon
"Korg DS10 ザック・ワイルド風リフをDSでできるかやってみた。
同じ音を重ねると結構重厚なギターリフっぽくなりやす。

What can I do to reproduce the sound of the guitar where this software. You can make the sound of guitar and drum sounds interesting overlap with the same sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Wm9OnhPgaQ"

Surge Demo Sounds #1


YouTube via BrontoScorpioMusic
"Some sounds I build with Vember Audio Surge. No external effects.
Cheers
Dennis"

Jizz Worm by STOMACHLINING


YouTube via stomachlining.

Watch your volume levels on this one.

"EMS synthi A gets cv'ed by "maq dope" as the loops dance on. Look for behind the scenes and check out STOMACHLINING 1&2 on itunes"

Behind the Scenes w/ Synthi A - JIZZ WORM


"MAQ16/3 cv outs: row1 to SynthiA osc1 to filter, row2 to SynthiA osc2 to ring mod, midi out rows1&2 to K2500, row3 = 6 event rhythmic loop controlling length of each step of row2's 7 note seq."
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