MATRIXSYNTH: Saturday, January 8, 2011

Saturday, January 08, 2011

Custom Synth

White Octave Cat via CustomSynth.

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Sounds of the Devilfish free sample pack

On dyLAB's Acid Box Blues

OMGuitar: distortion & some chorused arpeggios

YouTube via AmidioInc | January 08, 2011 |

"Some more messing around with the upcoming app OMGuitar. http://amidio.com"

iPads on eBay

ether^ra DENGENERATE DECLARATION

YouTube via potterpaint2000 | January 08, 2011 |

"Aided by a MFB-503, a Buchla 200e improv. http://etherra.blogspot.com/"

ether^ra WIRE REMINISCENT

potterpaint2000 | January 08, 2011 |

"a Serge Creature/Seq A and ::vtol:: Corvax improv."

YouTube via EA78751 | January 08, 2011 |

"Synthesis of complex stereo waveforms with CPLD programmable logic core. (Lattice ispLSI1032E).

If you are comfortable designing DIY digital circuitry with 7400 / CD4k chips, look into CPLDs, they are amazing. Inside a CPLD is a collection of primitive logic elements equivalent to hundreds of 7400/CD4k chips, and through the magic of logic synthesis, these elements are configured by software to realize your circuit. Its like a dream where the chips jump up and plug themselves into your breadboard, and wires magically appear to fulfill the schematics you draw on the screen. Plus they are erasable/reconfigurable indefinitely. It is a very futuristic feeling to use this technology.

I used Lattice's free software environment ispLEVER Classic 1.4 and the ispDOWNLOAD USB JTAG programmer (~$80) to configure these devices.

This is a nice way to familiarize oneself with the toolchain. Once a few more concepts are in place, the power of FPGAs will be accessible."

Roland JP-8000 Pad

YouTube via stuthomson | January 08, 2011 |

"This is a bit I came up with last night whilst noodling in the studio. It is the "lower" voice on one of the Template patches."

MVI_0895.MOV

YouTube via etonepan | January 08, 2011

toppobrillo sport modulator and Tripple wave folder

YouTube via DrOctave1 | January 08, 2011 |

"just unboxed these and here is the first patch. HD is the sound source qmmg is the filter res4 in there to add some res maths controling the clock on the brains pp combo. some knob twiddles"

Expensive Crap: AKA The 200e Takes a Shit

YouTube via dkimcg | January 08, 2011 |

"All that money spent to sound like crap...

The Flight of Harmony Plague Bearer is an amazing, very economic device for ripping sound apart. The Geiger Counter is back in my setup as well.

261e generates the main signal that is torn apart and mixed back in. Frequency shifting and balanced modulator are also used. 250e sequences. Most of the cables aren't doing anything, the patch is pretty simple actually."

Vince Clarke Analogue Monologues Part 4 - Boss DR-55 & Roland JP-4

Video at Vince Clarke Music here. For some reason there was only audio when I first watched. Reloading the page brought the video in.

YAMAHA CS-01 MK II

YouTube via rancherofeliz | January 08, 2011 |

via this auction

VINTAGE MOOG SATELLITE

via this auction

"THE MOOG SATELLITE IS THE SUCCESSOR OF THE RARE "MINITMOOG". IT IS BUILT AROUND A SOLID WOOD FRAME AND LOOKS GREAT. IT IS A MONOPHONIC SYNTHESIZER WITH PRESETS, WHICH CAN BE CHANGED (FILTER, MODULATION, LFO, ENVELOPE). THE FILTER SOUNDS GREAT AND HAS CHARACHTER. THE MEATY ANALOGE SOUNDS REALLY COME TO LIFE WHEN USING IT WITH DELAY, PHASER, FLANGER, ETC......."

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ARP 2600 Vintage Analog Synthesizer Tonus Logo

via this auction

via the seller:
"You may have noticed several 2600s have sold here on eBay recently. Some refurbished, some not. Now if you look at the pictures, you will see that they have the common ARP "G clef" logo. This tells us that these are the later edition synths. Many more of these were made than the rare earlier TONUS ARPs.

The TONUS logo on the electronics and keyboard units not only tell us that this instrument is one of the earliest made but as a result is made as the ARP engineers originally designed it. The great sound and feel of these ARP 2600 TONUS synthesizers attest to this. From what I have seen, the last TONUS ARP 2600 to be offered on eBay, was a very rare Grey Meanie.

Another thing I have noticed when looking through the mods offered to owners of the ARP 2600, is that most of them attempt to bring the later edition synths back to the original edition TONUS specifications.

Some things you get with the TONUS ARP 2600 are the "coveted" sweet sounding 4012 "Moog" style filter, the accurate and stable 4027-1 oscillators, the original Hammond long pan reverb unit, a truly amazing versatile musical instrument that you will enjoy programming and playing and the envy of all your friends."

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Bryan Bowman - "my first synth project"

via Bryan Bowmen's Photos

Thought this was a cool shot.

Update: one more pic below. Bleep Labs Nebulophone

Update: video added below.

YouTube via bowmoneydrums | January 09, 2011 |

"short deom of the pico paso i built from a kit...more to come!"

The Story of AVR

YouTube via avrtvtube | June 12, 2008 | 17 likes, 1 dislikes

"http://www.avrtv.com
What on earth is AVR? How did it become one of the biggest successes in the industry?
And what does AVR really stand for? Watch this special to become enlightened, meet the AVR inventors and Atmel Norway founders, and get a peek inside the AVR design centre in Norway."
via http://www.avrfreaks.net/ a source for AVR projects.

The microDrum

"MicroDRUM is the most economical and simple to build MIDI drum trigger. It’s based on Arduino and can be used with a huge variety of e-pads / e-cymbals, up to 48 inputs! The output can be sent to a PC and converted to drum sounds through VST like BFD, Addictive Drums and Superior Drummer, etc. … The accompanying software allows features not found in any similar solution: a direct interface with VST (without USB-MIDI cable), record, playback of tablature to practice on, etc. … This is a Open Hardware product made in Italy!"

Vintage Yamaha EM-90A Amplifier Mixer with Built in Rhythm Machine

via this auction

"Yamaha 70 watt amplifier/mixer, model number EM-90A. It is in very good condition with no major damage, though there are light signs of wear, like light scratches, scuffing and sticker residue. The manual is also included, but is meant for the EM-80, EM-100 and EM-150."

Update via unknown in the comments: "These are actually 15watts per channel. Not very loud or clean, but they do have a bit of character."

µStep Crunk Beats

µStep Crunk Beats from Richard Devine on Vimeo.

"Making some heavy crunk beats with the intellijel µStep sequencer running in 16 step mode kick and snare patterns all sequenced on the Eurorack modular.

intellijel.com/synthmodules"

Malekko / Wiard - Borg Filter (Version 2) & Form Twenty-Eight

YouTube via thedeepelement | January 07, 2011 |

"http://trashaudio.com/2011/01/malekko..."

thedeepelement | January 07, 2011 |

"http://trashaudio.com/2011/01/form-tw..."

2011 Modules From ADDAC

via ADDAC

"Happy New Year!

i’ve been talking about this modules for a while now, so here they are:

ADDAC203 CV MAPPING (in Stock!)
2 independent channels with Attenuator & Offset controls

ADDAC501 Complex Random (now with clock gate input) **
Complex Random with Brownian function

ADDAC501B Expansion
with Variable Glide function + Normal and Inverted Gate Outputs

ADDAC502 Lissajous Curves *
2 independent XY Lissajous Curves with MIN/MAX & Speed Controls
4 independent Outputs with 10 possible average combinations, ex:
X1
X1+X2
X2 + Y1 + Y2
X1 + X2 + Y1 + Y2 …

ADDAC502B Expansion
with Normal and Inverted Gate Outputs

ADDAC801 Simple Mixer
3 Channel Mixer

ADDAC802 CV Audio Mixer
with 5 VCA channels
and 1 VCA Mixdown Output

ADDAC900 Bus Board
2 Styles with IDC Boxed Headers or Pinout Header

ADDAC901 3U Frame
EuroRack 3U Poplar Frame

Pre-orders available!

*this are the prototype panels, as you might notice, some engravings are not final. Also, because i’m changing the jacks i’ve been using, the Complex Random and Lissajous Curves have some holes bigger than they should be.
All this will be corrected in the first batches!

Soon i’ll post more info and demo videos!"

Alternate 4ms RCD/SCM/Breakout Panels in Acrylic

via glitched of Glitched.org

"I thought the modular synth-lovers out there would be interested to know what I've been working on (Read all about it or just scroll down to see lots of high-res pictures.)

They're alternate panels for 4mspedals' Rotating Clock Divider, RCD Breakout, and Shuffling Clock Multiplier, made from black and purple 3.0mm acrylic. If there is enough interest, I will be selling them, but these are currently just prototypes.

Readers of your blog should watch for new information, here: http://glitched.org/up . They can also follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/d01."

Bendu Sunday Modular Video

Bendu Sunday Modular Video from Ben Vance on Vimeo.

"Jamming at home on Sunday morning, no effects, editing or post processing. My first video. Shot with an iPhone. Tried not to think about it too much."

RYDEEN アナログ演奏

YouTube via aniwarata | January 08, 2011 |
Arp Odyssey and Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 Also see Behind the Mask
"ゾウのダンスw
ニコニコ
http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm13253266"

www.punksynth.com New design nand synth

YouTube via thebetatesters | January 06, 2011 |

"Sneak peak at the new wacky design from PunkSynth. The lights flash and look really cool but the slow frame rate of my cell phone did not pick it up."

UNIVOX CP-110 KEYBOARD

via this auction
"Features 61 standard size keys. Three piano tone shapes - Piano, Honky Tonk & Clavi Chord that can be combined to produce other tones. The two lower octaves can be switched to Bass. Has individual Master and Bass Volume Controls. 1/4" Master Output, Bass and Sustain Pedal Jacks on the back.

Check out this website for further description, schematics etc on this cool vintage keyboard"

Vintage Kurzweil K-250 Keyboard Synthesizer

YouTube via sonomallets | January 01, 2011 |

via this auction

Ztar Time: Setting up Zones pt. 1

YouTube via StarrLabsZone | December 15, 2010 |

follow-up to this post.

"This is a quick and basic tutorial on how to set up a 'Zone' on your Ztar fretboard. Here Jacques takes us through a few easy step by step instructions on setting up '1' Zone over half the fingerboard. This is only the most basic of Zone setups. Please be sure to check our other videos where Jacques programs more complex Zones and Chording set-ups!"

Ztar Time: Setting up Zones pt. 2 creating 2 Zones

StarrLabsZone | December 15, 2010 |

"In this installment of Ztar Time: Jacques quickly guides you through the steps of programming a second Zone across the fretboard. Repeating these steps will allow you to custom program up to 32 mappable zones."

http://www.youtube.com/user/StarrLabsZone

Zak Bond - Voicillator (KP3 Album)

YouTube via Crystaline07 | January 08, 2011 |

"Direct Link to the VOICILLATOR Album: http://crystaline.bandcamp.com/album/...

Musik beatbox yang diprocess dengan KP3, terinspirasi oleh dua orang musisi: Zak Bond dan Zaki (aka. Rencong).

Zak Bond - is a track inspired by two great musicians, Zak Bond and Zaki (aka. Rencong).

Voicillator is a Beatbox Improvisation album, featuring "ONE PASS" non-multitrack Recording of Voice Performance. Processed through various Distortions and a Reverb.

The Voice is exclusively processed by the Korg Kaoss Pad 3 as a life performance tool.

The last two tracks featuring the Bitrman for further Audio Destruction.

Vocillator and Kaossilatron are a match "KAOSS Album".

released 11 January 2011
An Album, dedicated to KORG

Illustrations on the video, featured with the permissions of: www.mariowibisono.com"

Aliens Project Close-Up of the Week - Club of the Knobs

via Aliens Project

Bence Bécsy playing Wireless MIDI Guitar Synthesizer

YouTube via szalayandras1953 | October 25, 2010 |
Axon MIDI guitar according to the labels for the video.
"Young guitar talent Bence Bécsy playing Wireless MIDI Guitar Synthesizer. The purpose of this recording is to demonstrate the tracking speed and accuracy of the synthesizer sound.
Left channel: guitar
Right channel: synthesizer"

wimp whamp

wimp whamp from Nick Ciontea on Vimeo.

"all modular

beat repeat and reverb in ableton

tip top oscillators
harvestman, tiptop, makenoise filters/lpg
rene and z8000 sequencers "

love my beard monome_mlr

love my beard monome_mlr from Nick Ciontea on Vimeo.

"Howdy people ..

Here is my first monome video. 1 month in Hope you enjoy.

Tips, criticism, and comments welcome.

I am using the "external audio in" on my little phatty with an expression pedal to sweep the ladder filter and use the LFO.

myspace.com/nickwearstshirts
myspace.com/tuesdaydelectation"

From the Sock Drawer // monome_mlr from Nick Ciontea on Vimeo.

"All out moog going into my monome with mlr_Aes Edit 0.3. Loopin it up and given it a bit of mashin with the pattern recorders. Using my midi keyboard to control the group volumes. Hope you enjoy. Comments and criticism encouraged. Thanks for watching!
sendspace.com/file/b8uany link for song download
canon hg20
monome.org"

i wish i was a finger ninja from Nick Ciontea on Vimeo.

"well i tried.. not too great but whateves........
i need more practice with getting my fingers flying

MLR-V is not my favorite but i do like the slice playback mode. back to aes"

Moog Circuit Bend Contest Pt 1

Moog Circuit Bend Contest Pt 1 from Nick Ciontea on Vimeo.

"Part 2 will be on youtube for contest eligibility. :(

2000 photos with my nikon d60.. track is a moog little phatty with AM modulation done by a make noise maths module"

Dave Smith Tetra with the Agile AmpKit+ iPad app and Peavey AmpKit LINK

YouTube via bambamstudio | January 08, 2011 |

"Just fooling around for the first time. Is it a great movie? NO. Is it fun to play with an iPad and analog synths? YES!!"

iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay
Ampkit on eBay

BE SPEAK & SPELL INCARNATE with Sonic Charge Bitspeek

YouTube via Torley | January 08, 2011 | 23 likes, 2 dislikes

"http://www.soniccharge.com/bitspeek for you to try the demo and BE SPEAK & SPELL LIKE ME. Official blurb:

--
About Bitspeek

Sonic Charge Bitspeek is a real-time pitch-excited linear prediction codec effect. Right now you are probably thinking, "oh, another one of those"? Or perhaps not. Chances are that you have never heard about "linear prediction", although most of us use it daily when we talk on our cell phones. Linear prediction coding is a voice compression technology that appeared in commercial products in the seventies and was implemented in some well-known speaking toys of the early eighties.

We have applied this technology to create a VST / AU effect plug-in that analyzes audio, extracts a number of parameters (including pitch, volume and formant data) and then resynthesizes the audio using a simple oscillator, noise and filter architecture.

We have added a number of playback parameters that adjusts the pitch and tonal quality of the sound as well as support for MIDI and a beat-synchronized "formant freezing effect". Despite having only a few simple controls, this box can produce a broad range of sounds from cheap speaking toys to high-end vocoder and talkbox effects."

Pitch bent Gameboy DMG-01 by greightbit

YouTube via greightbit | January 07, 2011 |

"DMG-01 with
white Back light, (nonfinite)
pro-sound,
clear buttons,
and pitch knob modifications. (low-gain)
all mods installed by greightbit and many other customizations available
...questions welcomed."

Gameboys on eBay

Circuit Bent Dual Gag Box Sound FX by freeform delusion

YouTube via eecouk | January 08, 2011 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes
freeform delusion on eBay
"I purchased two of these from Peacocks clothing shop in good old Stretford Arndale (Mall) and rehoused them together one set for loops, the others for oneshots or short hits of sound.

The mods are:

3x AAA battery powered

Large On/Off Switch (on the side)

4 LEDs - Bright Yellow & Blue - Smaller dim Green & Red

Two 1/4 inch Mono Jack Sockets (one for Toggle Switch, One for Yellow buttons)

Pitch Up/Down - Yellow for Momentary buttons, Grey for Switches

4 Toggle Switches to loops the sounds - Siren, Cough, Mosquito, Alarm

6 Yellow Momentary Buttons to activate the sounds - Siren, Cough, Tap drip, Mosquito, Alarm, Snore"

ENSONIQ TS 12 DEMOS.mpg

YouTube via willrobinsonensoniq | January 08, 2011 |

"Request for additional demos brought these songs out of storage. Even though the sequence discs run in the drive of the TS 12, the sample discs fail. Too bad really as the samples augment these songs but are not essential. Some songs are TS 10 (V-1) and some are (V-2) releases.
TECHNOTEX songs
$INDUSTRY Samples included a radio tuning scratch, dialogue and a drum loop
$BORDERTOWN" full description on YT.

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