MATRIXSYNTH: Friday, January 7, 2011


Friday, January 07, 2011

Talk Talk and the Realton Variophon

via Rick: "Two Talk Talk songs with multiple variphons:"

Talk Talk - APRIL 5TH - 1986

YouTube via ColourOfSpring | November 16, 2007 |
lyrics on YouTube
"Album : The colour of spring
Piste : 4
Année : 03.1986"

Talk Talk - CHAMELEON DAY - 1986

ColourOfSpring | November 16, 2007
lyrics
"Album : The colour of spring
Piste : 7
Année : 03.1986"

You can find more info on the Variophone in this post, this post, and the Realton label below.

RnL & Jordan Rudess w. iPads - Another One


YouTube via ProjectRnL | January 07, 2011 | 55 likes, 1 dislikes

"First 2 minutes of this track are played only on iPad apps, and joined by the traditional instruments for the last minute. Everything you see in the video is the actual recorded performance.

Lyrics by Ray Livnat
Music by Eyal Amir"

Full app list and lyrics on YouTube. via @musicappsbr

iPads on eBay

The MeeBlip Manufacturing Adventure

via MeeBlip where you'll find the full article.

"It has been two hectic months since we announced the MeeBlip project. We hoped to sell around 100 synths by Christmas, but things didn’t quite work out that way — we received over 100 orders in the first 48 hours alone. So far, we’ve sold and shipped over 250 instruments to 17 different countries. MeeBlip has been an amazing success, and we’ve learned a few things worth sharing in the process.

1. It’s really hard to estimate sales for open source projects..."



Kling kling plok plok


YouTube via MechaSeb76 | January 07, 2011

Kaoss new year

Kaoss new year from Bayu Entertainment on Vimeo.


"enredando con el kaossilator pro"

Launchpad Fun

Launchpad Fun from Jack L on Vimeo.


"Fun or die."

M3X demo

M3X demo from ryan mead on Vimeo.

Reactable Live Performance & Reactable VS analog synth

Reactable Live Performance from Luis Pereira on Vimeo.


"Submixpro studio is proud to host Italy's first and so far unique installation of Reactable. We are happy to contribute to the future of electronic music by sharing our videos, experiments and techniques with all enthusiasts out there.

SubMixPro offers 7 reharsal room where bands can play, a recording studio and a 'reactable zone' where people can familiarize with the such amazing innovation. This video is played by Robbo, SubMixPros' art director and electronic musician. We hope you enjoy it!

Find out more on:
submixpro.com
reactable.com"

Reactable VS analog synth from evolutionmusic on Vimeo.


"Reactable VS analog synth "Double BUG"
Evolution Music Instruments"

Reactable Systems SL
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

Own My Moog Taurus

Own My Moog Taurus from TACG on Vimeo.


"Up on the block is my Moog Taurus I -- the original, first generation, and still the fattest two-voice analog synth in the land. And this includes the Taurus 3, which, while feature-laden, does not pack the same voluptuous sonic goodness as this one. Why? Who can say? But I'm not particularly golden-eared, and even I note the difference in the A/B shootouts I've heard.

So:

If you've never heard one, I've put together a little demo of its funky fatness. No effects or eq in this clip. As you can see in the video, it's in fantastic shape, with very little external wear and tear, and everything is in perfect working order. The glass flap above the custom controls is removable, and I sometimes take it off for better access, as you can see in some of the shots.

As you can also see in the video, filter and volume controls were designed as sliding foot pedals. This was a fantastic idea which was replaced by a more typical mod/pitch bend wheel configuration on the Taurus 3. Too bad. The little pedals are chunky and easy to grab, which makes it simple to do rapid envelope-follower style effects with a flick of the wrist. This works because you can tell by sight and by touch exactly where the pedal is in its travel. And the length of travel is just long enough to provide good resolution, while being short enough and smooth enough to travel quickly from fully open to fully closed. Check the clip for several examples of this.

I need to free up some space in the arsenal for some other things, and I really don't use the Taurus as much as it deserves to be used, so it's time to let it go. Hopefully you can give it a more active lifestyle than I have.

$1950. Will personally deliver in NYC to ensure safe arrival of this vintage piece.

Thanks!"

Dave Smith Mopho + Fender Deluxe

Dave Smith Mopho + Fender Deluxe from William Paiva on Vimeo.


"Alguns sons do Mopho no Fender Deluxe. Filmado por @fabinhopedrosa na sala de amps da @gigrecife.

------

A few patches from Mopho through a Fender Deluxe. Filmed by @fabinhopedrosa in the amp test room at @gigrecife. "

Also a Novation Remote 25.

Starr Labs 2011 product announcements...


Starr Labs Z6S-XPA, Z7S-XPA, airPad, airPower, and ZS-XPA. Click each image for the full size shot and details. See the Starr Labs label below for previous posts including video.


NAMM & NOT NAMM - New Products on the Synth Front

Well, it's that time of year again. Keep an eye out on the NAMM label (added to top right menu) for everything NAMM and more. More in that anything new will get the label whether it's shown at NAMM or not. It's about new gear. Updates in this post will be preceded in red. Some already in below. See "The NAMM List!" link under the Twitter, Facebook, and RSS labels on top of the right to get back to this post later.

(A note on the top site menus: I removed the iPhone and iPad labels as they go up in posts every day now so you can find them there. eBay links are on the right, so I removed it as well.)

That said, the following are some of the things to look out for. If you have any NAMM info feel free to comment and/or send it in. If I missed anything, let me know! If you are going to NAMM, feel free to send pics and video in.

On the list:

New Eventide Space Stompbox

Non-synth but worth posting, Eventide will be coming out with the Space Stompbox (teaser video was posted here):

"Eventide Space Stompbox Has "Reverb And Beyond"

Eventide's new Space stompbox features 12 of the company's signature reverb combination effects taken from the H8000FW and Eclipse V4 along with some startling new sounds. These unique delays, pitch shifting, tremolo, modulation, and special effects, previously available only in Eventide rack processors, are now available in a compact, roadworthy package. The 12 signature Eventide reverb combo algorithms include: Room, Spring, Plate, Hall, Shimmer, Reverse, DualVerb, ModEchoVerb, MangledVerb, Blackhole, TremeloVerb, and DynaVerb. Space's software is upgradeable via USB 2.0, and it's MIDI-controllable via USB or MIDI in, out/thru. Other features include: instant program change; real-time control with ten knobs, MIDI, or Expression Pedal; tap tempo and MIDI clock sync; 100 factory presets, unlimited through MIDI; true analog bypass; rugged cast metal construction; reliable metal footswitches for instant preset access; mono or stereo operation; guitar or line-level inputs and outputs; and a programmable HotSwitch.

NAMM Booth 5791"

via Soviet Space Child

New Synth Tech E580 Resampling Mini-Delay


via JohnLRice who will have a demo in a few days.

And via Analogue Haven:

"Here's a photo of the next Synthesis Technology module, the E580 Resampling Mini-Delay. It will be shown next week at NAMM. The module is operational and there will be demos soon. It will go into production shortly and we hope to get stock sometime in February."

There is some discussion on Muff's here.

Remember NAMM is next week. Bookmark the NAMM label below for all NAMM posts and be sure to check back often.

cardboard_mockup.mov


YouTube via drewm1980 | January 07, 2011 |

"Me showing of a cardboard mockup of some Janko keyboard keys I am designing."

4 examples of "Jambots" made with Analog Box 2


YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan | January 07, 2011 |

"4 examples of "Jambots" (jamming robots) made with Analog Box 2.
I didn't make any of them ! (but i am slowly learning to do so...)
http://www.andyware.com/abox2/"

Korg Radias Synthesizer Module

via this auction

Techno in 5 sounds - Modular jam live gonzo style


YouTube via darenager | January 07, 2011 |

"Live jam using the Bugbrand modular, all sounds created and sequenced from the modular. Gonzo!"

ether^ra CONJURING AND BLINK


YouTube via potterpaint2000 | January 07, 2011 |

"a Buchla 200e/Doepfer Dark Energy improv. http://etherra.blogspot.com/"

This Second Sleep - Organ of Corti (for D. Hassler)


YouTube via arthurpainter | January 07, 2011 |

"http://thissecondsleep.blogspot.com/
Another Buchla 200e improv using this quixotic device as the only sound source. No looping or editing here."

Evolver.fm: Ion Piano Master at CES


YouTube via eliotvb | January 07, 2011 |

"Ion plans to release the Piano Master in late spring 2011, allowing the iPad to form the brains of a nifty synthesizer, which soon will teach people how to play the keyboard."

Korg DSS-1 Gets A Floppy Upgrade


YouTube via KillKyleWeiss | January 06, 2011 |
Additional details on BURNCARDS here.
Nice T!!! :) Added to the MATRIXSYNTH Hall of Fame!
"A caffeinated, volume-unsteady adventure with the new HxC SD Floppy Emulator from www.lotharek.pl -- installed into a Korg DSS-1 Sampler/Synthesizer to replace the old 720K drive.

I am not a DSS-1 expert, nor have I owned this beast for any notable length of time, however, I couldn't stand the fact I couldn't use it fully without the floppy drive. Hopefully, problem solved! These are remarkable music machines, and people have done some incredible things with them, even after a quarter century of other synthesizers, manufacturers and trends changing all around."

KMI SoftStep and iPad


YouTube via KeithMcMillen | January 06, 2011 |

"SoftStep from Keith McMIllen Instruments is the first foot controller and class compliant hardware MIDI interface for the iPad."

vibrato and pitch fun with fsr box


YouTube via dudeohyeahable | January 06, 2011

stereo delay+fsr box

dudeohyeahable | January 06, 2011 |

"passing stereo audio through the dual fsr's just so happens to be a lot of fun!!!"

36 Modcan Scanner Envy


YouTube via 7thDanSound | January 07, 2011 |

"This video is inspired by the awesome Modcan 69B Scanner module and some of the stuff people have been doing with it, particularly JohnLRice. I though I might be able to achieve something similar with the modules in my synthesizers.com rig and here's the result. 4 channel cross fading using the Pan/Fade and 2 VCAs, all driven by the excellent STG Soundlabs Mankato filter acting as a quadrature LFO."

Arduino The Documentary (2010) English HD

Arduino The Documentary (2010) English HD from gnd on Vimeo.


"Arduino The Documentary 2010"

Moog Source PCB: Prototype(?) and Production

flickr set by kb_cheapmods
"Crazy cross-board jumpers that I had to create, along with my own added P24 header (wasn't on the original board), and mine and a previous owner's hand-lettered labeling."

"A few years back I bought both of these PCBs off the same seller on ebay, who said he received them in a package deal. He didn't have a Moog Source, and said he had no use for them.

They were untested, missing parts, as-is, but those words are my middle name! ;) So I did the Buy-It-Now for both.

When I got them, they were noticeably different. One seemed to be the production model, but the other had a different layout, no underside soldermask, no component labeling in the top artwork, some kludgy connections, etc. This latter one had the mysterious designation, "X-1132."
I figured it was a prototype.

So I set about getting them both to work: I downloaded the schematics from the web, identified the missing components and ordered them from various sources, then rebuilt them until they made sound.

For the X-1132, this was much harder than for the production version: I had to create and install some of the missing headers, decipher what connections were missing by following traces or checking pin connections, replace a few broken sockets.

They both work pretty well now. They're both fully recapped, with polystyrene caps for the oscillator timing, LM3045J (mil-std ceramic package) for the transistor ICs, in the hopes that they will be reasonably stable without microprocessor tuning control. I'm thinking of building a 4-osc, 2-vcf, fully-knobbed tabletop synth with them. The great thing about the Source design is that every CV is 10V, so if I want to, I could make it highly modularized.

This set is just a photographic documentation of these two boards"

inside a Moog Source

GH2: Vintage Synth Series Announcement

GH2: Vintage Synth Series Announcement from Ralph Baumgartl on Vimeo.

follow-up to this post "The keyboard footage was shot in 720- 50p and the interview was shot in 1080-50i with the 14-140mm lens. Maybe I am just imagining this, but I think the AF seems to be working slightly better in 1080-50i than 24p.

The video is an announcement of our upcoming Vintage Synthesizer Series. It is a collaboration between Michael Junck of klangkombinat.de and myself, Ralph Baumgartl of baumgartl.de
We will be comparing the original analogue Synths to their software equivalents."

Panasonic GH2 Microphone Test with ARP 2600 from Ralph Baumgartl on Vimeo.

Panasonic GH2 Auto Focus Test with Roland Vocoder from Ralph Baumgartl on Vimeo.

"The Roland Vocoder VP-330 Plus was built from 1979 to 1980. Around 2000 pieces were produced. Underworld, Vangelis, Mike Oldfield, Laurie Anderson and Phil Collins among many other artists were using this vocoder."

Welcome to synthmate


YouTube via synthmate1 | December 02, 2010 |

"Polyphonic synth for iPad | www.synthmate.com

| Features :

• real-time control, low latency
• multi-touch interface, change anything while playing
• 5 note polyphony
• 1 oscilator unit per touch: control pitch, volume
• 1 lfo unit per touch: control speed, amount
• 1 delay unit : control time, feedback
• Y axis assignable control
• edit scales, range, portamento and micro-tune
• load/save all settings

www.synthmate.com"

playing synthmate

synthmate1 | January 06, 2011 |

"www.synthmate.com"

synthmate - sohla
iPads on eBay

Anime "Urusei Yatsura/HachaMecha Daikonran 3 part 2

Added to this post.

squidfanny - Circuit bent CASIO MT-46 Keyboard


YouTube via squidfanny | January 07, 2011 |
squidfanny on eBay
"Mute Switches and Knobs for the Analog Drums, Dsitortion and Feedback Oscillator, Distortion switches for the instruments and a couple of Random Glitch switches."

The Oakley Deep Equinoxe: Voltage Controlled Eight Stage Phaser Module


via Oakley Sound where you'll find the full details. The following is just an excerpt.

"This is an upgrade of our four stage OTA based phaser design, the Oakley Equinox. The original was wonderfully lush and smooth and similar in sound to the phaser used by Jean Michel Jarre on the Oxygene and Equinoxe albums. The Deep Equinoxe goes further. An additional two or four stages can be added deepening the effect creating a very rich and animated sound.

The unit includes a useful internal low frequency oscillator with accompanying bicolour LED. The centre frequency of the phase shifter can also be controlled by an external control voltage. Thus allowing envelope generators to be used to sweep the phaser to create filter type effects. Four front panel pots and two switches control the module:

Frequency: This pot controls the frequency of the two notches created by the phase shift network.

Emphasis: This pot accentuates the feedback signal within the phaser to create a deeper effect.

Mod Depth: A simple attenuator to adjust the level of the internal LFO or incoming CV.

LFO rate: This pot adjusts the speed of the LFO.

Norm/Deep: This two way toggle switch selects between the classic four stage Oakley Equinoxe mode and the Deep modes.

Six/Eight: This two way toggle switch selects between six stage or eight stage phasing when in Deep mode."

The Oakley Diode Superladder Variable Slope VCF


via Oakley Sound where you'll find full details. The following is just an excerpt.


"The Oakley Diode Superladder is the new version of our long running Superladder filter design. This new version has been especially created to use diodes as the control element instead of transistors. Earlier versions of the Superladder could be built either as transistor or diode ladders but in 2007 a choice was made to concentrate on the transistor version only. The Superladder was therefore optimised to sound good with transistors only...


The Diode Superladder VCF features both voltage control over frequency and resonance. Unique to any diode ladder filter is has a variable shape output. This incorporates a feature first seen on the Oakley Orbital prototypes. A single pot allows you to vary the output from one (or two) pole low pass to four (or five) pole low pass via band pass in the middle."

Maxtone HB - free Ableton Live Pack of a calculator piano

You can find it on Hainbach

"I bought this tiny but horrifying instrument at a flea market in Hamburg in 2001 for 5 Deutsche Mark. It accompanied me on many a summer field trip, much to the horror of my fellow travelers. It simply sounds weird, as the pitch slides from a very short correct tuning time into something far in between. I amended that a bit by introducing attack and sustain settings in the live pack..."

YAMAHA EX5R


via this auction

Yamaha TF1 single module


via this auction

"Here is a single TF1 module, intended to be installed into a TX816 (or TX216) rack which can hold up to eight of these... Obviously, this module does nothing on its own and requires that you have a Yamaha TX816 or TX216 synth with at least one empty module slot, and that you know how to use the synth."

Roland Sh-101 RED analog synth

via this auction


Crumar Spirit Analog Synthesizer

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
via this auction

Korg DS-10 Solid State Disko


YouTube via retrotechnical | June 20, 2010 |

"Nintendo Korg DS-10 brings the soundtrack to DARPA Big Dog's metal machine choreography..."

Nintendo DSi on eBay
Nintendo DSi on Amazon
KORG DS-10 on eBay
KORG DS-10 on Amazon

Blue Gems..a Tribute to DAVE SMITH


YouTube via ProjektU9 | January 07, 2011 |

"A Tribute to the Fantastic Instruments from Mr.Dave Smith.
I buy these Instruments at Christmas...
The best Instruments what ever i buy..for more Information look...www.davesmithinstruments.com.....­.."

SunVox: Voices of Spring


YouTube via NightRadio2007 | January 07, 2011 |

"Winter experiments with SunVox :)
Fat sound recipe: saw generator - vibrato - reverb (dry=0;wet=256;feedback=0;damp=0;mode=1) - echo - out.
Fat choir: add the vocal filter between vibrato and reverb."

010611


YouTube via dkimcg | January 07, 2011 |

"patch of the night...
250e sequences everything, including the slim phatty."

1of5


YouTube via n3wt15 | January 06, 2011 |

KORG M01 公式ガイド これから音楽はじめたい方にオススメ


YouTube via jetdaisuke | January 07, 2011 |

"http://gajetdaisuke.com/archives/1110...
ニンテンドーDS用ソフト「KORG M01(コルグ エムゼロワン)」で音楽制作を始めようと思っているDTM初心者の方は、この書籍を読­んでおくと良いと思います。"

KORG M01 on eBay

KYMA Outbreak


YouTube via cray56 | January 07, 2011 |

"Symbolic Sound KYMA"

Latency (Lounge Music / Funk)


YouTube via djgalactic | January 07, 2011 |

"DJ Galactic's new music with Korg Electribe MX + Kaoss Pad 3 (KP3); latency is all about electronic music (Lounge Music / Funk), with live performance.

Live DJ Music mix 2011
DJ Galactic all right Reserved 2011

Official Website
http://www.djgalactic.com"

The Talking Ring. - Sample Based Wedding Ring


YouTube via lukejerram | September 21, 2007 |

"Talking Engagement Ring- says"Shelina I'll love you for ever, marry me!" made by artist and inventor luke jerram
www.Lukejerram.com"

via Make via hackaday

"Luke Jerram, familiar for his earlier works Glass Microbiology and Portrait-Projecting Ring, has now produced Talking Ring, which is essentially a silver Edison cylinder, cut and played back using custom equipment, recording a 20-second message of affection for his partner Shelina."
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