MATRIXSYNTH: Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

PROJECT PRESET - Novation V-Station

YouTube via Torley — June 15, 2010 — "TRY THE DEMO @ http://www.novationmusic.com/products...

The V-Station is a polyphonic soft-synth for Mac and PC. It has the same real 3-oscillator flexibility as the award winning K-Station, with powerful filters, 8-voice polyphony, simultaneous Novation FX.

Programming V-Station is simple. All the primary controls are on the main screen. Recall a named factory preset, tweak it and instantly save it in any of the 400 program locations. You'll find additional functions and controls on three further tabs."

Roland TR-727 Latin Drum Machine

via this auction

"Sounds just like the real latin percussion instument."

Never heard the Latin reference before. Anyone know more?

Roland TB-303 Bass Line

via this auction

"Roland TB-303 with power adapter in perfect working condition. TB303 is the sound that defined "acid house" type dance music. This unit has had CV mini plug ports added to sync with MIDI through a Roland MPU-101 MIDI to CV interface. Roland MPU-101 is also up for sale in separate listing." [pics below]

Dave Matthews Band All Along The Watchtower (Bob Dylan cover) last song of Bonnaroo 2010! - Moog Music Taurus 3 Bass Pedals Intro

YouTube via buriedvoid — June 13, 2010 — "For the non U.S fans to enjoy, thanks to bonnaroo and youtube for putting on a great stream."

Intro featuring the Moog Music Taurus 3 Bass Pedals. via @moogmusicinc

Density_quickStart_02.mov

YouTube via apescarbo — May 27, 2010 — "Density is a new interactive real-time program for asynchronous granular synthesis sound file granulation, to generate a wide range of effects: time/pitch shifting, pitch disintegration, time jittering, sound pulverizer, scrub pad exploration, dynamic envelope drawing etc... Interpolation- transitions and Hyper Vectorials pads, provide a powerful way to generate incredible sound objects. All parameters are controllable via MIDI learning/rescale"
via @RichardDevine

Update via 7ate9 in the comments: http://www.densitygs.com/

Yamaha C605 Electone Organ Improvisation

YouTube via martythevampire1 — March 23, 2010 — "This is an improvised tune with my Yamaha C605 electone organ from 1982 showing what you can get out of the accompanyment arpegiator. The audio is fed out into a Zoom 1202 effects rack for the delay (via the organs aux output and aux input jacks). The sound is just the internal speakers (sorry theres no direct audio input on the camera) I love the choir sounds on this as they can get a bit mellotronesque.

Excuse the playing, this is only me messing around and to show the kind of things you can get out of these old beasts rather than the typical cheesy 'Home organ' style.

Before anyone asks, this doesn't have midi or a c.v. interface (control voltage), neither is there any sync or clock output. You can stack multiple sounds up though: upper manual sounds, upper enemble sounds, solo sound plus special section sounds all together.

I have a few more videos I will be uploading in the next few days showing some other features and sounds it can make."

Yamaha C605 Bass Pedals Playing Synth Sound (Synthe) preset

"martythevampire1 — March 23, 2010 — Yamaha C605 bass pedals switched to play 'Synthe' sound on the bass pedals, a great filtered synth sound."

via this auction
"Its a great organ, and quite capable of some fantastic analog synth strings, choirs brass and synth effects, its not massively programmable as such but you can stack a lot of the sounds up together (strings, choir, solo synthe and harpsichord) or simply use it as a nice home organ sound. You can alter the attack and release (sustain) envelope on the ensemble sounds. Built in rythym and arpeggiator section can provide nice backing. Built in spring reverb and good leslie/vibrato/chorus effects and it is very flexible in terms of where and how you can assign the voices.

Overall condition for a 28 year old organ is pretty good"

Abney Park's VAX77.mov

YouTube via InfiniteResponse — June 15, 2010 —

Abney Park - Sleep Isabella - Steampunk Music

YouTube via maxmin — June 18, 2008 — "Abney Park at the Edison in LA. Aerialists from the Lucent Dossier Experience www.lucentdossier.com"

Abney Park - She live at the Edison

YouTube via maxmin — June 02, 2008 — Abney Park with Aerialist Gypsy Roze performing She.

Customising my Aelita (the Soviet Synth) Day 1

YouTube via Funkonami1 — June 15, 2010 — "Aelita is a Soviet Synth made by Aluminum, Plastic and Artificial Leather ( which is 30 years old ).
I ve decided to remove the artificial leather cause it was dirty and it smelled like shit!
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Day 1 :
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i ve removed the artificial leather and the aluminum was covered with glue, which i was unable to remove it with Benzine, Petrol, and many other stuff.
The bottle you see is the one that remove it :)

More to come soon"

Monomulator Test

YouTube via EATYone — June 15, 2010 — Nouveau projet
monome emulator and Akai APC-40

Monomulator Video 1: Setting it Up

YouTube via banginclude — September 11, 2009 — "This video shows how to configure the Monomulator with Live and the APC40. The Monomulator is a free application which lets you use your APC40 with monome apps. You can download the Monomulator for free from www.trackteamaudio.com
also, check out monome.org
Also, check out part 2 to see how to use monomulator."

Monomulator Video 2: Using the App

APC40 Hack 1: Monome Emulator for the APC40 by !INCLUDE

"banginclude — June 16, 2009 — This video shows a max msp patch I made for Akai's APC40. It basically allows you to use all of the Monome apps with an APC40. Download the app for free at:
www.trackteamaudio.com#3

Thanks to Cassiel for his great Shado Library."

Early Searge Modular Logo / Promo Art / Ad

via It's Full of Stars via the Serge Modular Owners Group

Large Hedron Collider Sample Set

http://www.lhcsound.com/page_library/SoundsLibrary.html - sample mp3s on site.
LHCsound
via @Savaran_Music

Single Synth Demos by Tomislav Babic

A thread on the AH mailing list came up regarding people's favorite synth sounds. Tomislav Babic shared the following:

"andromeda: BP pad i made many years ago. probably my most used A6 sound: http://www.babic.com/SYN/A6/clc_A6-BerlinPad.mp3

obxa, hi spacey strings featuring classic CEM sizzle: http://www.babic.com/SYN/OBXA/OBXA_spacepad.mp3

jupiter 8, for blippy/bloppy quirky arpeggio: http://www.babic.com/SYN/JP-8/clc_JP8_fx-tweak-arp.mp3

prophet5 rev2, self oscillating, filter fm, droning weirdness: http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_1974.mp3"

You can find more samples of the OB-Xa and Prophet-5 here:
Oberheim OB-Xa
Sequential Circuits Prophet-5

Roland System 100m vs MFOS - DIY modular VCF shootout

Audio comes in at :18
YouTube via hnydell — June 15, 2010 — "Comparison between Roland System 100m 121 VCF module and the Music From Outer Space 4-pole VCF.
Setup: MFOS 16 step sequencer driving two MFOS VCOs. Each VCF is fed a sawtooth and a pulse wave from the VCOs, slightly detuned. An MFOS AR envelope controls the VCA (Sys 100m 130), an MFOS ADSR controls the two filters. The sequencer is in 2x8 mode, where the second half later is patched in to the VCF control.
Since the 100m uses 15 volts, the MFOS adsr (12V) cannot really sweep through the full VCF frequency span on the 121. This is not very apparent though."

Making a simple Tribal House groove with Cubase 4 on the iPad using iteleport

YouTube via DjPuzzle73 — June 15, 2010 — "Testing out the iTeleport app on my iPad for the first time. Just using it as a basic remote control for Cubase. There will be more extensive videos soon using drag and drop when i figure out how to do it :)"

iTeleport on iTunes:

iPad prices on Ebay

Native Instruments MASCHINE 1.5 Demo - Sweetwater

YouTube via SweetwaterSound — June 15, 2010 — "Check out the MASCHINE and what's new in Version 1.5, in this hands-on demo with Native Instruments' Josh Fielstra."

Diabolical Devices Fuzz Burglar

YouTube via bigcitymusic — June 15, 2010 — "Here's a demo of the crushing Fuzz Burglar. We're playing a 70's Strat into a vintage Fender Princeton silver-face. The Fuzz Burglar can do some tamer fuzzes but it excels at blistering, gnarly fuzz. Engage the self-oscillation and blast off!

There's a twelve-position rotary switch that controls the range of your base pitch and there's a knob for adjusting/tuning the oscillations. There's also a momentary "Drop" switch that will drop the oscillations down roughly an octave. The Fuzz Burglar can also sort of track the pitch of your guitar when playing single-note lines, giving you some great synth-like sounds. Tune the oscillations to the key of your song and shred. Works great on synths too."

Kenny´s Death - Studio Integration

YouTube via KennysDeathFX — June 15, 2010 — "Here you can see Kenny integrated in a DAW-based production. This is what it was made for. It is connected to a professional audio interface, wich is connected to a Mac with Logic Pro. The video was made during a cd production."

Ensoniq OEX-6sr Output Expander

via this auction

"Operation Manual: http://bipolarization.com/asr/OEX-6sr.pdf

From The Manual: 'The OEX6sr is a multi-function digital device that adds six individual outputs, or three additional pairs of stereo outputs to an

ASR- 10, ASR-88, or EPS-16 PLUS keyboard, enhancing the capabilities and flexibility of the ASR/EPS-16 PLUS.

The power of the OEX-6sr Output Expander lies in its unique configuration: six individual outputs or three stereo pairs (AUX 1,

AUX 2, AUX 3). The addition of these outputs allows you to route separate signals for independent processing, or isolate parts

for click or monitoring references. Even individual WaveSamples within an instrument (for instance, the snare and kick drum from a

drum kit) can be sent to different outputs for discrete external effects processing (such as with the ENSONIQ DP/4+ Parallel

Effects Processor). The design of this product resulted from customer requests for a multi-purpose output device that could be

configured with stereo outputs and/or individual outputs.'"

Electrocomp EML 101

via this auction

"Electrocomp EML101 synthesizer , it's similar to the ARP 2600 in the way of working not by sound , it's play's without patching and can by patched to create a sound/modulation. it's not so big as the ARP 2600 , much smaler and compleet cased with keyboard. it's 110 volts unit , it's in very good condition with wear on the case , as you can see on the pictures."

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New England Digital Synclavier II System

via this auction

"Synclavier II (PMST 16 voice version) system with Mac interface/computer, SCSI upgrade, 4 Gig synclavier library, and MIDI upgrade. The unit is 100% functional and was gone through by Synhouse a few years ago."

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PPG Wave 2.3 classic vintage synthesiser

via this auction

"This is available to inspect and test play at our shop in Bondi Junction/Woollahra."

Note the PPG Processor keyboard and the Rhodes Chroma panels.

Harvey TR-808 Roland *Owned by Dr Dre Yo Mtv Raps

via this auction

"This Harvey Roland TR-808 was previously owned by Dr. Dre (Yo MTV Raps).

Studio Electronics, made in Japan, serial # is: 114240."

WOC 125 Mini Electronic Organ

via this auction
"little WOC 125 Mini Electronic Organ, Original 1970s with original Box and all packing.

A great retro piece for any keyboard collector, looks wicked on a shelf with the cool 1970s look.

It's in excellent condition with original box. it has 9v in, Vibrato and loudness buttons

It's in working condition and sounds funly, a couple of the keys are tempermental and require a bit harder press to get them working. Also included is a 9v adaptor so you can run it off the mains.

A great mini Showpiece for any Synth collector"

Waldorf Microwave XTk Wavetable Synthesizer

via this auction
Note this one is damaged.
"As a spiritual successor to the PPG wave, and a direct successor to the original Microwave 1, the XTk is one of the most versatile and great sounding synths I've had the pleasure of owning, and it carries their torch nicely. It can go from super lofi dirty crunchy bass to warm lush analog sounding pads from one patch to the next. The versatility in the XTk, and the amazing filters from waldorf make this one of my favorite pieces I've ever used. My favorite filter is probably the Waveshaper filter. Being a NIN fan has tuned me to the sound of distortion and noise, and being able to use the wavetable waveforms as saturation curves is a really great sound. The sin X LP filter is also a great one for nasty basses, and the LP into BP combo makes for some great evolving pads.

The XTk is all over my first album (it is literally on every song - which you can hear here: http://music.wearereplicants.com - the last song is one XTk patch through the sherman filterbank 2)"