MATRIXSYNTH: Saturday, April 17, 2010

Saturday, April 17, 2010

Cheetah MS6 multitimbral mode demo track part 1

YouTube via michal23pl — April 17, 2010 — "this track was created with only one program in multitimbral mode of cheetah ms6. including drums, arpeggiator and single voice pads. envelopes are fast enough to make a proper kick, snare and hihats. only additional chord pads were overdubbed on separate track.

everything was recorded and processed with strictly analog and mostly vintage gear (obviously excluding dumping ready track onto computer). mutitracked on 1/4 inch tape recorder. stereo field is not impressive beacuse cheetah has a single out only and all multitimbral sequence was recorded at once. sequenced by yamaha rm1x. gentle spring reverb added. thanks for listening."

korg ds-10 track 46

YouTube via korgds10 — April 17, 2010 — "Korg DS-10 tune. More DS-10 stuff at http://korgds-10.blogspot.com."

BUMMMSsss - DIY Analog Drum with Trigger

YouTube via hesed23 — April 17, 2010 — "BUMMMSsss - DIY Analog Drum with Trigger

Potentiometer:

Sensibility - Decay - Bend - Tune - LFO-Speed - LFO-Level - Noise-Level

Plug:

CV in - Audio Out - Trig In

Switch:

Noise-VCO/VCA - On/Off - LFO-H/L - LFO-REC/TRI

for more diy instruments go to www.atm23.net"

LHH203-Apr1710.wmv

YouTube via dolphinicus — April 17, 2010 — "This is the beta version of the new version I designed for creating a hihat sound, from analog electronics. At times unpredictable, this little guy produces a range of modulatable sounds that you may never have heard before from any module with his 7 osc.'s and 6 CV inputs. The panel is missing labelling, which I will soon add."

Bass drum Synth and optical theremin

YouTube via thebetatesters — April 17, 2010 — "Quick demo of the optical theremin BD synth please help me find a cool name for this. http://www.thebetatesters.com"

Double darkness (Plogue Bidule + 2 Doepfer Dark Energy + Audacity)

YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan — April 17, 2010 —

"Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie and this music. The music has been made with Plogue Bidule sequencing 2 Doepfer Dark Energy. The sounds of these 2 Doepfer Dark Energy has been reintroducted into Plogue Bidule in order to permit the 2 Doepfer Dark Energy to ring modulate together. The all thing has been made in one take and has been a little bit edited with Audacity (short stereo delay abd reverb added). Enjoy !"

Underworld Meets the impOSCar Controller

Foreground:

Darren Price of Underworld and the impOSCar Controller

Background:

Dave Spiers of GForce and Karl Hyde of Underworld

via Failed Muso

The controller is being made by Synth-Project.de, build for GForce. You might recognize it from this previous post.

Tiptop Audio: Z-Burn for Z-DSP

flickr by Analogue Haven
http://analoguehaven.com/
"The Z-Burn is a compact piece of hardware that allows you to arrange and burn your own cartridges for the Tiptop Audio Z-DSP Eurorack module. You can also use it with SpinASM to write your own code or modify the code of others, and then burn it onto cartridges. The Z-Burn easily interfaces with your computer via USB. The device is in production and will be available soon. Pricing and availability details will be announced on our website shortly. LINK: www.tiptopaudio.com/."

nord rack 2x

YouTube via drumfish78 — April 17, 2010 — "a quick jam on my new nord rack 2x ... it has a pretty stunning sound ... all sounds are from the rack 2x going trough the lexicon except the drums from the machinedrum"

ROLAND JUPITER-4 ANALOGUE SYNTH

via this auction

The images appear to be from here.

Vintage Roland TB-303 Bass Line Bass Synthesizer

via this auction

360 SYSTEMS PRO MIDI BASS Synthesizer

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via this auction

"owners manual [via Music Technologies Group]
360 Systems Professional MIDI Bass
Why use an expensive sampler for playing bass sounds when you can take advantage of the Pro MIDI Bass and free your sampler for more worthwhile tasks? Mike Collins lets his fingers do the walking."

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Univox SR-55 / Korg MiniPops 3 drum machine

via this auction

close up der Woche #16/10 -Club of the Knobs

via Aliens Project

Click here for more close-ups of the week by Aliens Project.

Schneiderladen / Workshop / Tom Körting / Modulsystem...

flickr by readymedia

"photo by www.readymedia.com & www.klangboot.de

schneidersbuero.de/

15.4.10: Ich glaube ich brauche ein Modulsystem (!)

Workshop, 18 Uhr: Tom Körting gibt eine Einführung in das Basiswissen zu modularen Systemen: Was ist ein Oszillator, wie geht das und macht das für mich überhaupt Sinn? Eine Einführung und das kleine Alphabet zum modularen modulieren mit ausprobieren und anfassen. Anmeldungen erwünscht .."

Googlish:
"15.4.10: I think I need a module system (!)

Workshop, 18 clock: Tom Körting gives an introduction into the basics of modular systems: What is an oscillator, and how does it makes any sense for me? An introduction to the alphabet and the small modular modulate touch with and try out. Applications welcome .."

Blofeld Wavetable Creator beta 0.2

via Kotro on the Waldorf list:

"The new Blofeld Wavetable Creator available here: (fur PC)

Some new wavetables

new features:
- Import wave to wavetable
- Copy, Paste
- Play wavetable

Recomandation: The waves for import wavetable must be
44100/128Hz=344.53125Hz (aproximative F) and minimum 0.128 sec length.

Kotro Laszlo Lehel"

microSAMPLERで発車メロディ等を遊んでみた

YouTube via KM65536 — April 17, 2010 — "音風景"を思い浮かべてみて下さい。やってることは超適当です。
Googlish: ""Soundscape" Imagine, please. Is doing is very appropriate."

PPG Waveterm LowPass Simmulation

YouTube via intercorni — April 17, 2010 — PPG Waveterm A LowPass Simmulation

ItsFullOfStars2.mov

YouTube via richardbates1 — April 16, 2010 — "Music composition created using Access virus C"

DIGITAL DELAY by S-CAT

YouTube via PHONICPOTION — April 17, 2010 — CIRCUIT BENT WITH 3 MODIFICATIONS
S-CAT on Ebay

ANALOGUE DELAY by S-CAT

PHONICPOTION — April 17, 2010 — CIRCUIT BENT WITH 5 MODIFICATIONS

A quick jam on the Roland TB-303, TR-606, TR-808 and TR-909

YouTube via phono1337 — April 17, 2010 — more info at http://www.dinsync.info

keybdwizrd - Korg M3 Combi Demo #2

YouTube via keybdwizrd — April 17, 2010 —

"Some fun combi patches from the Korg M3 workstation synthesizer. Additional sounds from Virus Polar TI synthesizer. NOTE: The lights on the M3 don't flash - they only appear to do so in the video."

keybdwizrd - Access Virus TI Demo #8 (patch duets)

YouTube via keybdwizrd — June 02, 2007 —

"Playing duets using only patches from the Virus TI Polar synth; most patches from extra sound sets available via download from the Access site."

Quartz Composer, AudioCubes and OSC

YouTube via Percussa — August 18, 2008 — "A short demo of Apple Quartz Composer, graphics software, sending colour information to Percussa AudioCubes over Open Sound Control (OSC).

To send the Open Sound Control messages to the cubes, we built a patch in Max/MSP using the AudioCubes configuration panel which is open source and included in all software releases.

More info is available from our blog at http://blog.percussa.com/ and the Percussa website at http://www.percussa.com/"

Buchla Beat III

YouTube via boobtube356 — April 16, 2010 — "Similar patch to the others. Bass line is using the 266e to S&H the 250e."

Therevox

spotted on craiglist by Shawn J. Note the logo placement on this one is different. See the Therevox label at the bottom of this post.

"Do You Want the REAL "Good Vibrations" Instrument?

NOW YOU CAN HAVE AN EXTREMELY RARE ELECTRO-THEREMIN!
Easier to Play Than a Theremin--------Sounds Identical to a Theremin--------More Features.

Theremins produce an amazing tone, something between a human voice and a violin. They are played by waving your hands in the air near them. Because they have no strings, no keys, no keyboard, no valves, no fretboard, etc., theremins are considered one of the most difficult instruments to play. As a result, it is usually relegated to making science fiction swoops and sweep nosies. The Electro-Theremin, often called the Tannerin, is an electronic musical instrument developed by trombonist Paul Tanner and amateur inventor Bob Whitsell in the late 1950s to produce a sound that mimics the theremin. Tanner appreciated the theremin's sound, but wanted greater control of pitch and attack. The Electro-Theremin uses mechanical controls, a long slide bar for the pitch and a knob to adjust volume. The result was an instrument that sounded just like a theremin but, for the first time, was easy to play.

Perhaps the most famous piece of music using an electro-theremin was the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations." Most people think a theremin was used, but actually it was Tanner playing his custom instrument. He also played it on the theme for the 1960s TV series, "My Favorite Martian."

No big company has ever made an electro-theremin.
A few have been hand made, including this one by Mike Beauchamp.
He is no longer making them and only made about 20 of them total.
He called his design the "Therevox."

The original electro-theremin only used a sine wave for the output. This Therevox uses either the traditional sine wave or a tonally richer triangle wave. It also has the ability to adjust the "slope" of the waveform, giving you the ability to modify the sound even more, thus making this the most advanced electro-theremin ever built.It has a standard audio out on the back, and on the top it has something no other electro-theremin has ever had, a CV out, making this a powerful controller for analog synthesizer modules.

As you can see in the photo, attached to the bar is a white puck. This puck slides along the bar and an indicator points to a printed keyboard. By sliding the pointer along the bar you can hit precise notes every time. There are dials on the top for coarse and fine tuning so you can quickly adjust this to any key or pitch range.

Only used in the studio. Was used by the band RiceRokit for their version of "Bela Lugosi's Dead."

Dimensions:
Width: 27.5 inches
Depth: 11 inches
Height: 3 inches
This unit is the size of a small keyboard. Very light weight.

Comes with a custom fit, padded carry bag and power supply."