MATRIXSYNTH: Sunday, August 7, 2011

Sunday, August 07, 2011

Roland System 100 101 Keyboard

via this auction

STUDIO ELECTRONICS SE1 ANALOG SYNTHSIZER

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Surachai - Form Twenty-Nine

YouTube Uploaded by thedeepelement on Aug 7, 2011

"Context: http://trashaudio.com/?p=5979"

OBERHEIM MATRIX 6 - Vintage Synthesizer 1980s

via this auction

SN 7622967

Monotron ++ - A modded Monotron with MIDI from Japan

via The Alacrity where you'll find more studio pics.

Vermona DRM analog sound, 1987 drumsynth

YouTube Uploaded by JM0101011 on Aug 7, 2011

"This is a short test of a very rare Vermona DRM from 1987, an analog drum machine with a very powerful 32step sequencer."

via this auction

" Here's a super rare Vermona DRM drumsynth, a vintage instrument with cool sound and reallly useful 32step sequencer. It's on perfect condition, only a little (around 2 mm) scratch up in the faders section (see pic 4) or email me for details. I don't know much about this one and it's hard to find some info over internet too, that's what I got:

Vintage Analog drum machine with TR style sequencer, made in Germany in 1987.
It was released in 1987 by a German synthesizer company named Vermona. These days they are best known for their
analog drum module the Vermona DRM-1.

It is supposed the European answer to ROLAND's TR-808,TR-606, TR-707,TR-909 and CR-XXXX drum machines.

SEQUENCER:
First of all it offers a 32 step TR style sequencer. It is as simple to use as the roland machines.
It has 16 preset patterns and allows you to store 10 of your own. There is even support to chain patterns together, change pattern length, change time signature between 4/4 and 3/4. The unit is MIDI syncable, it will respond to midi clock, start and stop messages. It will also respond to MIDI note data allowing you to sequence the analog voices from any external piece of midi gear. It also transmits midi data as well allowing you to use it as your master clock source.

Alongside your preset and standard patterns you have fill mode, where the drum machine will play a drum fill. The ability to have just the bass drum playing. Flam is also available for the Toms.

In addition to the analog voice control their is a separate sequence for a trigger out, and 2 bizarre time signature sequences which can also be used as trigger outs.

There are 11 completely analog voices on this machine. The timbre of each voice cannot be modified.

Bass Drum - Nothing like an 808 or 909. Very simple oscillator design with transient click. But great for electro/minimal pulsing bass drum.

Low Tom - The toms are all pitch varients of each other, with separate circuits. They sound nothing like real toms, something like a 606 tom.
Mid Tom - Great for melodic rhythmic patterns.
High Tom

Claves - Sounds exactly like an 808 clave to me.

Cowbell - AWESOME sounding FM synthesis based cowbell. Uses 4 oscillators to create a very convincing tone.

Snare 1 - Filtered noise ciruit snare. Sounds great.
Snare 2 - Similar to snare 1 with less punch.

Clap - Incredibly modern sounding hand clap. Short, no reverb. Nothing like a TR clap.
Closed High Hat - The high hats sound very similar to the VERMONA DRM MK3 high hats. Probably based on the same noise circuit
Open High Hat - Similar to a cr-8000 but very metallic sounding
Cymbal
Accent.

There are 10 volume sliders to control each grouping of sounds. A master slider for volume. A slider of accent.

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Arjen Schat - Diatonic (Video Edit)

YouTube Uploaded by maskineri on Aug 7, 2011

"Edited version of "Diatonic" from the album "Resume", available at http://arjenschat.nl."

Synths:
"three Moogs (two Little Phatties Stage One and one Slim Phatty), Doepfer Dark Time + Dark Energy, DSI Prophet '08 Module (with the advanced sequence method I demonstrated in my previous video) and a Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard for the pads."

big orange dub - sequencer test

YouTube Uploaded by circuitben on Mar 9, 2009

ModJam 080711

ModJam 080711 from Low-Gain on Vimeo.

"Messing around a bit in the studio.
Just another short modular jam."

micronaut - oxide

YouTube Uploaded by Cranda11 on Aug 7, 2011

"For this one, I busted out the TSR-8 tape deck. I'm only using Live for MIDI sequencing in this video. This is all done live, in real time, direct to tape. I then mixed from the deck on a small analog console.

The iPad is stuck in an Alesis iO Dock, and is running Korg iMS-20. This provides the hat and zap sounds in the beginning, and the kick and clap sounds a little later on. The Monotribe is doing the 16th note snare pattern, and the synth arpeggio thing that comes in at 3:30 or so.

The big synth sound in the beginning is the DSI TETR4, and that off-beat digital-sounding sound is the MeeBlip running through my circuit-bent RRV-10. The Doepfer stuff is sequenced by the MakeNoise René, and the real MS-20 is sequenced by the uStep from Intellijel."

200e Analog Step Sequencing

YouTube Uploaded by djangosfire on Aug 7, 2011

"255 as a voltage source into the 250e creating a 4-note analog step sequencer w/programmed stage addressing."

'80s Italo Dance with Oberheim OB-Xa

YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Aug 7, 2011

"Oberheim OB-Xa
Crumar Orchestrator
Oberheim DMX"

Shape Sequencer Test

YouTube Uploaded by humbletune on Aug 7, 2011

"A little shape synth sequencer test."
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BrainBuz_The Radars_2011_demo1

YouTube Uploaded by nordrecordsuk on Aug 7, 2011

"A DEMO of a song, again a work in progress.

Feel free to comment, try to be nice,,,

Any suggestions for the genre?"

Naked Eyes Always Something There - cover

YouTube Uploaded by EditEd4TV on Aug 7, 2011

"This is my version of "Always Something There originally by Naked Eyes, recreated (a "ReCover" as I call it) completely in Propellerhead's Record. Almost all custom patches (the tubular bells are from the Abbey Road ReFill), all original note data (no web download of MIDI files)."

And the original:

Naked Eyes - Always Something There

Uploaded by emimusic on Feb 26, 2009

"Pre-VEVO Play Count: 1,526,981
Music video by Naked Eyes performing Always Something There To Remind Me."

Roland TB-303 Bassline Synth with MidiBass-II Control

via this auction
"Roland TB-303 in very good condition which has recently been overhauled and modified with the Sequentix Midibass-II CPU allowing the user to control the synthesizer section and filter cutoff via midi (If you're unfamiliar with this modification please check out the Sequentix link above). The MIDIBass-II board also transmits the notes from the 303's internal sequencer via MIDI, allowing you to capture the unique quality of patterns created through the TB user-interface. Obviously you don't have to use the midi control aspect and when this is unplugged the synth works exact as it would had it not been modified. The MidiBass-II control is ideal for further editing or chaining patterns on a PC or hardware sequencer, pattern backup etc. The unit functions perfectly without double triggers or scratchy pots which is a very common issue in the original 'well-used' units. Overall the unit is in very good condition but does show some paint loss around the corners and edges as would be expected for saying it is over 25 years old. Otherwise, the machine is very well presented. The MidiBass modifications has not changed the actual synth voice of the machine and the glorious sound of the original unit has been fully preserved. The MidiBass CPU has only added further functionality allowing you to integrate the synth into your DAW of choice as most of us want these days."

eowave Persephone analog synth

via this auction

"Handmade boutique monophonic analog synthesizer with pressure sensitive ribbon controller. This is an amazingly flexible synth with a 100 % analog oscillator. You can set the range of the ribbon controller from a single octave all the way to 10 octaves! The timbre is also adjustable, there’s a nice low pass filter, an LFO, and it’s quite easy to get Moog type “fretless” bass sounds, as well as a very nice theremin imitation (and it’s much, much easier to play than a theremin). With the right amplification, I think you could get a pretty good ondes martenot sound out of the Peresphone, as well some cello-like tones.

It’s very nicely built as well. Nice solid case, smooth, stained wood panel on the top. The expression key is polished wenge. Jacks in the back are clearly labeled. It has MIDI In/Out as well as CV out. It will take an expression pedal (not included) as well.

There are four operating modes that determine how the expression key, the ribbon controller, and an expression pedal will behave. The oscillator can produce a sine wave, a triangle and smooth gradations in between. In addition, you can use the Persephone as your MIDI controller, and use practically any midi equipped synthesizer or sound module as your sound source, while maintaining the pressure sensitive ribbon controller on the Persephone as your master “keyboard.” It’s also a great instrument if you’re interested in using non-equal tempered pitches—quarter tones and third tones are just as easy to sound on it as the typical 12-tone chromatic ones, and alternate tunings are as easy to find on it as they are on a non-fretted string instrument, such as a violin, a cello, or a fretless bass guitar.

Detailed review available here.

This is a professional instrument, built by hand in Paris by eowave, and shipped from France here to the U.S. Note that this auction is for the stand-alone “desktop” Persephone, not the suitcase model. It is an exactly as new instrument and will be shipped in its original packaging, complete with the small manual and all other paperwork.

Here’s a link for the eowave description: Note that the desktop Mk I is currently out of stock and no longer available at eowave."

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Oberheim OB-Xa 8 Voice Analog Synthesizer

via this auction

inside and OB-Xa.

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Future Retro Revolution Analog Synthesizer

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Yellow Waldorf Micro Q Keyboard

flickr By mrgkeys
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The Micro Q Keyboard was only made in blue. This is a custom yellow Micro Q keyboard done by Custom Synth.

The Death of Discourse

YouTube Uploaded by srrecords on Aug 6, 2011

"A delicate tone poem about how the masses have hijacked rational discourse in the U.S. Much like Athens 2500 years ago.....and in each case, hijacked by those who use rhetoric for political manipulation. The results are never pretty, folks."

"Arturia ARP 2600 V for the "synth" stuff, and the tapeworm mellotron vst."

Studio Electronics Code 8 Arp2600 filter demo

Studio Electronics Code 8 Arp2600 filter demo by CoolColJ
"Someone requested a solo Arp2600 filter demo on the Code 8
here it is - there is some delay added, just to make it less boring

Single sawtooth, legato and glide some VCO2 to filter crossmodulation, sub-oscillator, then dual sawtooth

Soundcloud processing makes it a bit fuzzy - 24 bit original file download available"

Hadikat Raja VII, Première Partie

YouTube Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Aug 7, 2011

"Seventh visit to the garden. Composition for Keyboard Virus TI."

"Just a detail : this time the piano used in the begining is not one of my favorite prepared pianos created on the Virus TI but the Steinway of Wiener Philarmonik by IK Multimedia, transformed by various GRM Tools. On the contrary, the clarinet you will hear in solo from the third minute and at the end of second part, as all the other sounds, has been created on the Virus TI."

Hadikat Raja VII, Deuxième Partie

Update: I sent the following to RADIOKLOW and thought I'd share it here as well. I love the use of the Virus in these pieces. Here is why.

"As always, I love your use of the Virus TI and the sounds you create with it. It's refreshing to hear it used in this way. I think it's inspirational in that it reminds people you can use synths for more than rhythm based electronic music. People seem to associate music like this with Buchla and forget you can use a synth like the Virus to explore sound in a similar way. It's easy to fall into the use of synths for more conventional electronic music. Your music reminds me of when I first explored editing synths and my initial love for synthesis unbound by conventional sounds. For me it was all about creating new instruments never heard before. My first synth was the Matrix-6, hence the alias matrix and name of the site. The Matrix-6 has a pretty extensive modulation matrix, tracking and ramp generators, velocity sensitivity, aftertouch, and something not common on most synths, release velocity. You can map all of this to different parameters in the modulation matrix allowing you to essentially create unique expressive instruments." It was more about exploring sound than trying to create specific sounds to use in a mix. Note it's all good in my book, it's just nice to be reminded that you are free to explore anything you want, anytime you want. Don't box yourself in.

Rhodes Chroma Overlay for the Doepfer Drehbank

via jesper on the Rhodes Chroma list: "spent some time today fiddling with the design for my dedicated (Doepfer Drehbank) Chroma controller. The original Drehbank is the standard boring grey type that Doepfer just love.

I plan to cover it in adhesive black film and then print this design on two clear sheets of overhead film, joining them at the middle.

The knobs are also grey and hopefully I can track down thinner black knobs, maybe even with knob caps in the Chroma colour scheme. If all turns out well I might even add cherry end cheeks.

The two columns of knobs to the right correspond to eight input jacks at the back. I've thought about re-programming the Drehbank to allow all these eight to accept breath control and then map it to eight different destinations in the Chroma. More on this (a lot) later... The blank knobs are unused. I thought about removing them, but God knows what Dave and Sandro might add in the future. Can you even do scratch patches and bank select by CC? :)

The typeface isn't the best as this resolution, but you get the general idea."

Korg Poly 800 Moog Slayer Mod Doth Not a Moog Maketh

via Ununseptium warehouse where you'll find the full post.

"For anyone unfamiliar with this manoeuvre, it involves tapping into a couple of variable resistors on the Poly 800's motherboard and routing them to a pair of potentiometers, which should be fitted onto the synth's outer casing, to control the filter cutoff and resonance. Here's a link to the destructions." Note that is a link to the Moog Slayer Mod instructions and not Ununseptium warehouse's post.

P800 post mod 4 by ununseptiumwarehouse

Mixtikl Tutorial - Deep editing IV(1) - Audio Rate Modulation Pt 1 - Ring Modulation

YouTube Uploaded by UncertainMusicCorps on Aug 7, 2011

"Two linked videos looking at routes to audio rate modulation inside the Mixtikl synth.

Because control units run at a lower sample rate than the audio units you can't connect audio units directly to modulation inputs. So you have to rely on the built in options. This video is about the first of those - Ring Modulation.

RIng modulation is a type of amplitude modulation, combining the output of two oscillators to produce a new wave that is the sum and the difference of the harmonic content of original pair. It is usually associated with clanging, metallic sounds but can also produce more melodious results when the oscillators have a strong, fixed harmonic relationship to each other.

Experimentation is the key."

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Cableguys MidiShaper

YouTube Uploaded by CableguysOfficial on Aug 7, 2011

"Powered by Curve's unique modulations engine, MidiShaper brings Curve's flexible yet powerful LFOs and envelopes to all your favorite software synthesizers and effects, to your hardware synthesizers, MIDI VJ tools, lighting consoles and 1980's MIDI keyboards. http://www.cableguys.de/midi-shaper.html"

VINTAGE UNIQUE DBK SYNTHESIZER KEYBOARD

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Roland MSQ-700 Digital Keyboard Recorder

via this auction

"Roland MSQ-700 MIDI DCB Multi Track Digital Keyboard Recorder... there is one switch/button that is missing & needs to be replaced"

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Roland CR-78 CompuRhythm Drum Machine

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Roland MC-202 MicroComposer with Original Box

YouTube Uploaded by essemgeee on Aug 3, 2011

"A simple video to show it's working fine."

via this auction

SN 327300

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Electro Harmonix Mini-Synthesizer with Rare Original Case

via this auction

Inside an EHX Mini-Synthesizer.

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VCS3 Putney Sonata #5 by Stomachlining

YouTube Uploaded by stomachlining on Aug 6, 2011

"This is a VCS3 solo, processed by a resonator. The resonating overtones are entered by a midi keyboard. The VCS3 oscillators slide past the chosen overtones producing a violin sound. The Putney's oscillators are controlling each other as osc.3 sends osc.1&2 sliding up & down in opposite directions (thanks to splitting osc3's CV out to the oscilliscope & back in again) ... all live... all VCS3"

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