MATRIXSYNTH: Monday, March 7, 2011

Monday, March 07, 2011

Dave Formula's Custom Prodyssey

YouTube Uploaded by graemeoxby on Dec 7, 2008

"Dave Formula discusses his use of ARP Odyssey and comissioning a custom Creamware Prodyssey from Andy Robins for the Magazine tour in feb 09. more at www.myspace.com/magazineofficial"

Dave Formula & Custom Prodyssey

Uploaded by graemeoxby on Dec 7, 2008

Dave Formula plays his custom Creamware Prodyssey built by Andy Robbins

Minimoog "model D" demo

YouTube Uploaded by superfroe on Mar 7, 2011

POKEY.synth Manual Version 1.0

via Skrasoft Dev Blog (Analog Bytes)

"I wanted to get a manual of some sort uploaded before shipping the rest of the first batch of modules. I will be stepping through the names on waiting list soon to see who is still interested and ready to buy a tested module..."

Electric Independence: Emeralds

Synths come in after the three minute mark. Cool miniature moog synth pillow. :)
via motherboard.tv
"It’s not everyday we get to (or want to) go to Cleveland, but when the opportunity came along to hang with one of the most exciting young synthesizer-based acts in the world, we put our snow boots on and headed (mid)west.

Emeralds, made up of Steve Hauschildt, Mark McGuire and John Elliot have only been sculpting their impossibly beautiful and impeccably crafted cosmic drift since 2006, yet have left a bevy of mind expanding, bone shaking cassettes, CD-R’s and LP’s in their wake.

With a rich history of rock’n roll and punk Cleveland might seem a curious place for these three cosmic crusaders to be busting out the synthesizers, but their surroundings are as important to their sound as the electronics themselves.

The guys took us around their studio, showed us the magic of the ‘Emerald Necklace’ and tried to out bowl us at down at the local lanes."

HP Oscillators Used for Hollow Sun's Oscillosine

HP oscillators used in Hollow Sun's new Oscillosine, first posted here.

Pic via Atomic Shadow, posted in The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge Photos.

"I am recording a series of pieces using this equipment for the next Atomic Shadow project."

Update: on the oscillators:
"For the upcoming Oscillosine, from Hollow Sun, two Hewlett Packard oscillators were mutli-sampled at mini thirds for their across their audible range. The 200ABR model provided continuous tones. The 201CR model was malfunctioning at the time and was beeping so that was sampled at minor thirds as well. These sounds were used to create the two demos that are live on the Oscillosine site. Full Moon 3 will probably be on the next Atomic Shadow collection.

The smaller generator in the photo is B&K 301B Sine/Square transistor oscillator. The square waves were also sampled and may feature on a future Hollow Sun Kontakt instrument."

Update: one more pic here

TUTORIAL: Why we love the SERGE - Part One:

TUTORIAL: Why we love the SERGE - Part One: from Klaus Gstettner on Vimeo.

"This amateur tutorial shows how to get some sound out of a Serge Modular with only one 8step SequencerA and a clock."

TUTORIAL: Why we love the SERGE - Part Two: from Klaus Gstettner on Vimeo.

Totoros at 1:55.

TUTORIAL: Why we love the SERGE: Part Three from Klaus Gstettner on Vimeo.

"Finally the wave gets a bit animated - conclusion of the SeqA as waveform generator and only one of example what you can do with just CV processing blocks..."

TUTORIAL: Why we love the SERGE: Part Four from Klaus Gstettner on Vimeo.

"Fourth episode of the amateur tutorial series featuring the QUADSLOPE, maybe the most versatile Module of the SERGE M-Class System. Four slope generators, this time generating and processing sound. After an introduction to the module a simple waveform is generated, topped with some harmonics by a pulse divider and boolean logic modules."

TUTORIAL: Why we love the SERGE: Part Five from Klaus Gstettner on Vimeo.

"The QUADSLOPE M-Module, second part:
After introducing the Slope Generator as audio source and getting a static (=boring) sound out of it we use another instance to make it interesting."

Studio Pics From The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Some new pics in via The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge. Click through each for the captions.

Tomi Kuosmanen
Kyle Weiss
Nick Gentile

Roland JUPITER 4 vintage analog synthesizer

via this auction

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Vintage PAiA for Parts

via this auction
"It measures 32" long 11.75"deep 7.5" tall."

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Moog Minimoog Voyager Electric Blue Synthesizer

via this auction

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Quick test of rock band 3 squier stratocaster guitar midi

YouTube Uploaded by hewstigator on Mar 7, 2011

"So I just bought this rock band 3 pro guitar, and viola, my xbox 360 decided to give me that infamous RROD 2 years out of warranty, sigh...

...feeling weird about throwing more money into another xbox (or a repaired one) I decided to do some preliminary messing around with the guitar's MIDI. Here, there is one track with the guitar doing rhythm work into a wurlitzer EP patch (it's not a great interesting sound, i know, but i use it to show that the polyphonic tracking is pretty decent), and then, just for kicks another track with the guitar controlling my new addiction, the mattson mini modular, with some impromptu knob adjustment and then adding an octave saw with the moogerfooger freqbox.

the guitar is nice in that it is $280 for a guitar midi controller. it is not so nice in that (a) it will not detect any bent notes, (b) accurate transient detection requires putting up the string mute (thereby making it not well suited for using both the guitar's audio output and the midi output at the same time), and (c) if you are plugged into a bright amp, you can hear the midi messages clicking away if it's on... oh also (d) sometimes, depending on what you're connecting to, having both the midi and audio connected will cause the midi generator to "go crazy".. i think it's a grounding thing...

all that being said, i think it's probably unbeatable at this price - the entire fretboard is wired so that each fret is divided into 6 contact points (one for each string) meaning that polyphonic note tracking feels perfect - with the caveat that since it doesn't use the audio for any pitch tracking, it will ignore vibrato, etc.

the guitar attempts to compensate for this by adding two axes of position detection - lifting the neck will send a scattered bunch of pitch bend signals, that, with smoothing, could be made usable. tilting the face of the guitar down towards the floor sends expression controller data which seems a little more smooth than the pitch bend... so in theory you could re-map those to get back some of the functionality you lose by not being able to wobble the strings around on their frets...?"

blue key & space heater

YouTube Uploaded by drmoonstien on Mar 7, 2011

drmoonstein on eBay

space heater.mov

Uploaded by drmoonstien on Mar 7, 2011

Update: some pics of the "heater" via this auction

Side Brain - Double Meaning

YouTube Uploaded by yeudaba on Mar 7, 2011

"Two short beats - one for the hippies, one for the hipsters.
Made on MLRV 2.1: http://parallelogram.cc/mlrv/

http://sidebrain.net
@sidebrain"

Sample Lab V 1.3 Update

"What's New in Version 1.3
• Punch-in loopbox style recording on each track allowing for recording layers of loops live.
• Beat recording with improved quantization.
• MIDI input support: trigger samples and record beats with a MIDI controller to get variable velocity and lower latency.
• Use MIDI to punch-in/out for pedalboard hands-free looping.
• Plug & play support for Akai LPD8 and Behringer FCB1010.
• New buttons: | button to start track from beginning to aid syncing and new buttons in the sequencer to reorder patterns.

• Many bug fixes and minor tweaks per user requests. Thanks for your suggestions and bug submissions."

Sample Lab is a full-featured sampler/sequencer made exclusively for iPad. With a professional set of features packed into a simple, multi-touch interface you can skip the learning curve and start making tracks within minutes.

• Record your own samples, or import wav & mp3 files using iTunes.
• Professional quality pitch-shifting preserves sample length and formants while giving you 2 full octaves from any sample; without chipmunking.
• Pinch-zoom precision sample editor lets you select your audio and drag it right onto a track.

• 8 stereo tracks @ 44.1kHz with per-beat volume and pitch control.
• Copy/Pasteboard support for sharing audio with other apps.
• Mixdown to WAV & upload to SoundCloud.
• Audio Multitasking: Sample Lab will continue to play audio after you switch apps.
• Multi-touch trigger pads for tapping in patterns or stand alone performance.
• 4 real-time DSP FX: compressor, bit crusher, resonant cutoff, and phaser.
• Multi-touch sequencer lets you build a composition with ease.

• Shuffle control for simple syncopation.
• More than 100 samples included to get you started.
• Punch-in loopbox style recording on each track allowing for recording layers of loops live.
• MIDI input support: trigger samples and record beats with a MIDI controller to get variable velocity and lower latency.
• Use MIDI to punch-in/out for pedalboard hands-free looping.
• Plug & play support for Akai LPD8 and Behringer FCB1010.

Sample Lab was made to fit into your live set. You can:
• Trigger samples or tap un-mute for percussive slam fading
• Slice up a beat
• Load a different composition or sample kit
• Control 8 FX parameters at once with X/Y axis controls
• Record and drop-in layers of beatbox or harmonizing vocals
...all without stopping the music.

For more info, check out the demo videos at http://samplelabapp.com

Send any questions, comments, suggestions to support@samplelabapp.com"

Sample Lab - fotoh LLC
iPads on eBay

Jomox XBase09 w/ the Missing Link, TouchOSC, Control

YouTube Uploaded by MissingLinkMIDI on Mar 7, 2011

http://wifimidi.com/

DX5 Electronic Devices EP Vol1

YouTube Uploaded by DX5 on Mar 7, 2011
Some synth spotting. DX5 brought us these great videos.

"Available at iTunes and on Amazon.
(Spotify updated album coming soon)

DX5 Jose Maria Bara Album promo. Includes (in order of appearance):
Spoken Words, Electron Chase, Random Trust, Batch, Slave to the Emax, Pipeline

All tracks composed by Jose Maria Bara."

BitBlob Original

via Bryan Bowman's Photos

Bleeplaps BitBlob

This is the Bit Blob Jr. The Bit Blob 2 comes in a a Pyrex beaker with... a blob?

Vermona M.A.R.S. with Controller

via this auction
"Vermona M.A.R.S. Synthesiser (1U)
Vermona M.A.R.S. Controllor (2U) (this was an optional extra at £150 with a total of 56 knobs!)

...from the manual;
The M.A.R.S. is a very flexible, monophonic analog synthesizer that builds upon the classic VCO - VCF - VCA structure.
It is able to generate all the typical lead and bass sounds with the desirable warmth and vintage character of old analog synths, as well as completely new sonic creations, thanks to its unique features.

For saving space in the studio or on stage, the M.A.R.S. is built into a robust, single rack-space (1U) enclosure. All parameters are controllable via MIDI, and for those who like to program with 'real' knobs, we offer the M.A.R.S. control - a special, optional rack-mountable programmer for the M.A.R.S. featuring 56 knobs!
Vermona has designed the user interface of the M.A.R.S. to be as simple and intuitive as possible. Using detented rotary encoders with built-in push buttons, in conjunction with a backlit, 2-line LCD display, programming is made fast and easy. A built-in auditioning feature lets you program new sounds without the need for any MIDI controller to be connected."

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JEN SX1000 Synthetone with Original Box & Patch Cards

via this auction

"Vintage analogue monophonic synthesizer in exceptionally good condition.
This particular example is circa late 70s/early 80s and comes with the original music stand and sound patch sheets that are like new.

Complete in its original box that is also in very good condition."

Gameboy DMG Classic Overclocked + Prosound mod (Green)

YouTube via Uploaded by frostedminipete on Mar 7, 2011

"Old gameboy with prosound mod added, along with a switch that overclocks the gameboy to around 4-5x normal speed."

Nintendo DSi on eBay
Nintendo DSi on Amazon

ROLAND JD990 SOUND LIBRARY

via this auction
"SL-JD80-03 Rock Drums (pcm card + data card) used in original box

SL-JD80-04 Strings Ensemble (pcm card + data card) used in original box

SL-JD80-06 Grand Piano (pcm card + data card) used in box

SL-JD80-07 Guitar Collection (pcm card + data card) new in original box factory sealed

SL-JD80-08 Accordion (pcm card + data card) new in original box factory sealed

JD9D-1 Modern Masters (data card) new in original box factory sealed

JD9D-2 Modern Sonics (data card) new in original box factory sealed

JD9D-3 Oz Perspective (sysex on cd, no card)"

The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

The MATRIXSYNTH Facebook Group has been renamed. Credit goes to Kyle Weiss.

Circuit bent Casio MT 35

YouTube Uploaded by BoBSwanS on Dec 6, 2008

"A quick demo of my casio MT 35 runnin thru ableton and a MS20 vst"

Nord lead 2 Hidden synth

YouTube Uploaded by BoBSwanS on Jan 8, 2011

"A hidden synth inside the Nord lead 2 only,details can be found here
http://nm-archives.electro-music.com/020_NordLead2/Red_Lady/Index_bestanden/R..."

via BoB SwanS on the MATRIXSYNTH Facebook Group

Rhythm Core Alpha: Lo-fi Johnny

YouTube Uploaded by LuckyButtonPusher on Mar 6, 2011

"100% Rhythm Core Alpha. This time I used the lo-fi sounds (mainly Square, Saw and C64 samples) and tried to assemble retro tunes whith many tones and some arpeggio sounds, which personally remind me of my Game Boy childhood. Are you a Lo-Fi Johnny, too?

Amazing: You can play all your patterns (blocks) in realtime and even change the key/mode of your created tunes automatically. LIVE !!!

Thank you very much again for this awesome DSiWare release and keep up the good work, SoftEgg!!!"

Ned Rush = spod1 (Reaktor 5 patch)

YouTube Uploaded by MrNedRush on Mar 7, 2011

"this is a prototype reaktor patch for one of the instruments i'll be using in my new band/noise project called SPOD (add us on facebook, be sure its not the Australian spod.) its a very basic grain cloud oscillator which lets you scroll around the sound and pick various points to perform all kinds of granular tricks. i mirrored the controls to my novation nocturn. sorry about the angle."

Shredding with Polychord 2

Shredding with Polychord 2 from gregory Wieber on Vimeo.

"In this video we're having fun with some of the new features in the upcoming release of Polychord 2. Greg is playing scales on the strum pad through a software guitar instrument in Logic, all live through WiFi MIDI.

Check out the note-bending and expression controls!

polychordapp.com"

polychord - Shoulda Woulda Coulda
iPads on eBay

Roland Jupiter-8

YouTube Uploaded by shaft9000 on Mar 7, 2011

"Don't worry, this quick demonstration is indeed STEREO. The right channel comes in at :35sec
:00-5:00 is arps going through all permutations of FM, sync, and cross-mod of the VCOs. The VCF and snappy EG response is highlighted as well.
5:00 till end is hand-played (badly)
Played in DUAL mode for most of the video.
This is the earlier 12-bit CPU model.

Recorded direct into Allen&Heath R16 console, no EQ, FX or processing. No compression either, so I overloaded the console input a few times switching presets. The JP's XLR outs are hot hot."

Kinetic Surfaces

YouTube Uploaded by AndrewFentem on Mar 7, 2011
curious what used for the audio
"Experimental planar manipulator systems - in other words, flat 2D robots.
These surfaces are capable of tracking, intercepting, moving and propelling passive objects through the coordinated activity of embedded actuators.
This research has resulted in the development of a number of different kinetic surface technologies, including what are probably the fastest such systems ever built.
More information available at www.andrewfentem.com"

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