Thursday, December 15, 2011
The Steves at Fringe Festival
"Steve Williams, Steve Hayes and Steve Law performing at Bar Open Fitzroy, Melbourne, Australia for the 'Electronic Abstractions' 2011 Fringe Festival show. Modulars used: EMS VCS-3, Eurorack and Frac-rack. Mixed by Steve Richards."
Yamaha RX-11 Digital Rhythm Programmer SN 9381
via this auction
"For your consideration is this very lightly used Yamaha RX-11 Digital Rhythm Programmer. Another in the storied RX line from Yamaha, the RX-11 boasts 29 voices, memory for 100 patterns, 10 songs (255 parts per song), a simple, user-friendly pad/slider interface, and weighs in at an astonishingly light 1lb 7oz."
Yamaha RX-15 Digital Rhythm Programmer SN 14947
via this auction
"For your consideration is this very lightly used Yamaha RX-15 Digital Rhythm Programmer. Another in the storied RX line from Yamaha, the RX-15 boasts 15 voices, memory for 100 patterns, 10 songs (255 parts per song), a simple, user-friendly pad/slider interface, and weighs in at an astonishingly light 1lb 4oz."
Tiptop Audio Z-DSP On Sale for the Holidays
You can find distributors to the right here on MATRIXSYNTH under the Dealers section.
http://tiptopaudio.com/
Buchla Ringtones by Todd Barton
"Jingle Tones Todd Barton has kindly created a wonderful present in the form of Buchla ringtones. Here are 15 mp3 ringtones made from his 'ausprobeiren' and 'analogie' albums!"
Available for download at Vicmod Records here.
Track and Hold Vs. Sample and Hold with Doepfer A148 S/H
YouTube Uploaded by raulsworldofsynths on Oct 23, 2011
"Demonstration comparing Track and Hold with Sample and Hold using the Doepfer A148.Sound and Video by Raul Pena."
All parts here.
100 Buchla non Bongos
YouTube Uploaded by 7thDanSound on Dec 15, 2011
"I was shooting for something great for episode 100 but never really got it finished. Then dudeohyeahable came up with a great drum patch and I thought I'd try that. Percussion on the Buchla with the 250e is just plain awesome!"
TabStrummer DEMO & Arduino Bass Synth
YouTube Uploaded by miro2424 on Dec 14, 2011
"Jazz Chord Tabs;
TAB1 - 575555
TAB2 - X57565
TAB3 - X79787
TAB4 - X7678X
Tabstrummer.com"
Last Christmas - Wham - Guitar Chord Tabs - TabStrummer
More vids: http://www.youtube.com/user/miro2424
Not sure what it's controlling, but it's labelled as a MIDI Guitar controller.
The channel also has an:
Arduino Synth Deep Bass Sound
Uploaded by miro2424 on Oct 9, 2011
"Auduino project from web.
Code and schematics on Auduino project link below;
http://code.google.com/p/tinkerit/wiki/Auduino"
Elektron SidStation Digital MIDI Synth SN E00400361-81
via this auction
"Computer Controlled" just like the TB-303. I'm curious how many synths have the label.
Analogue Solutions Europa
via this auction
Noisebug (RSS)
"* Intuitive and simple programming procedure
* No sub-menus or shift keys - one function per key
* Simple to use - TR808/606 style programming.
* Analogue features - analogue tempo clock, 7 analogue trigger outs, analogue sync signals
* Live editing features
* Transpose, Octave shift, Mute
* Rugged steel construction.
Europa is a hardware sequencer, it does not contain a 'sound engine'. It has been designed from the ground up to be utilised with your MIDI synths, analogue modular, drum brains and drum machines.
Either use the main sync out or one of the seven trigger outputs to clock your analogue sequencers. Have them step whenever you like by programming triggers into the Europa sequencer. You can have 2 sequencers play alternately."
Artist Interview: Surkin
YouTube Uploaded by PropellerheadSW on Dec 15, 2011
"When a young Benoit Heitz saw a friend's computer running Reason he had an epiphany: "His computer isn't better than my parent's computer. That means I could be making music." He started out not knowing the first thing about drums or music in general. Three years later he was touring the world as an international DJ. Surkin had us over to check out his wild yet danceable cut-up sample work."
CASIO PT-30 (upright) by S-CAT
YouTube Uploaded by PHONICPOTION on Dec 15, 2011
"Circuit bent with 20 modifications."
CASIO MT-100 (II) by S-CAT
YouTube Uploaded by PHONICPOTION on Dec 15, 2011
"Circuit bent with 14 modifications."
Proloop iPhone Looping App Demo
YouTube Uploaded by ipadloops on Dec 15, 2011
"ProLoop is a powerful and flexible loop instrument for professional musicians as well as hobbyists. Use it as a live electronic instrument by itself or as an addition to your other gear, or just play around with it and explore the possibilities!
It can play up to 6 loops simultaneously and besides changing the volume each loop can also be pitched/transposed, reversed, muted, panned, ring/frequency/phase-modulated by any other loop, and
synchronized to a masterloop.
Pitch can be smoothly adjusted or quantized to a musical unit such as octaves, semitones or a custom division of an octave. Or put it in sync-mode to automagically fit the length of the choosen masterloop.
The sync offset can be adjusted to have loops sync at other positions than their start, and the sync can be turned off individually to allow the loops to have different lengths to create ever-changing layers of soundtextures.
There is also a Freeze FX that lets you temporarily "freeze" a loop with adjustable grain size and position.
You can control all the loops in real-time, and multi-touch will let you adjust several parameters simultaneously, for example crossfading by changing the volume of two loops at the same time.
ProLoop comes bundled with many loops by professional musicians that you can use and play around with, and demo sessions to get you started, but the real power comes by the fact that you can record your own loops straight into ProLoop or upload your own professionally recorded soundfiles to ProLoop through your web-browser! You can also paste audio from other music apps into ProLoop.
What's New in Version 1.2.1
- added support for Retina Display
- plays audio in "handsfree" speaker
- app now exits properly
Proloop is available for $5.99
MORE INFO
http://ipadloops.com/proloop-iphone-looping-app/"
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay
Octatrack meets Monotron
YouTube Uploaded by erasemusic on Dec 15, 2011
"An example of how one simple soundsource can be used over all 8 tracks in the Elektron Octatrack to form the basis of one complete song. The trig mode Chromatic was heavily used to create the melodies and basslines. The realtime sampling is made direct and what seems to be a transpose done from the Monotron is just sampling a different pitch from it in realtime. All tracks originates from the exact same sample which is made in the moment. The last part resamples the first part and makes use of the random LFO to startpoint modulation to create a controlled mayhem."
Also see Octatrack meets Monotron Duo and Monotron Delay
monotrons on eBay
Ableton Live Pack by Mark Mosher and AfroDJMac
YouTube Uploaded by AfroDjMac on Dec 15, 2011
"This week's Free Weekly Ableton Live Rack is a collaboration between New York's AfroDJMac and Colorado's Mark Mosher. Mark provided the sound source from his u-he Zebra and AfroDJMac built it into an Ableton Live Instrument Rack. Awesome sounds!
Download the Instrument at: http://bit.ly/freesynth38
Follow Mark Mosher @:
http://www.MarkMosherMusic.com
http://www.ModulateThis.com
http://www.twitter.com/markmosher
http://www.facebook.com/markmoshermusic
PS!! Identify the drum sounds and win AfroDJMac's OP-1 Rack available at: http://www.afrodjmac.spinshop.com"
TC-11 Multi-Touch Synthesizer - Performance Demo
"TC-11 is a fully programable multi-touch synthesizer for the iPad. This video demos some of the 64 included presets, and shows the multi-touch performance and device motion control.
TC-11 uses multi-touch control like no other app. The relationships between touches are controllers that drive synthesis. Since TC-11 is fully programable, any touch controller can change any synthesis parameter.
It's been a long road to finish the app, but it's live and out there. I hope you enjoy it!"
"TC-11 is the fully programmable, professional multi-touch synthesizer for the iPad. Choose from the 64 included presets, or build your own using touch controls, device motion, and on-board modules. Create music with the next evolution of synthesizer control!FEATURES:
√ 64 built-in presets
√ Unlimited user patches
√ Fully controlled by multi-touch / device motion
√ 21 modular synthesis objects
√ 22 oscillator waveforms
√ 3 controller modules: AHDSR, LFO, Sequencer
√ Email custom patches to your friends
√ Full display customization
MULTI-TOUCH CONTROL:
There are no on-screen knobs, keys, or sliders to fiddle with; all synthesis is driven by your multi-touch performance. Touch relationships like distances / angles / timings perform all the controller functions. It's just you and the full screen multi-touch performance area.EVERY synthesis parameter can be controlled by ANY multi-touch controller. The patch possibilities are limitless!
DEVICE MOTION CONTROL:
Use the iPad's accelerometer, gyroscope, and even the compass to attack your synthesis patch! Tilt and move the iPad to change any filter, effect, or module. You can create real vibrato by moving the iPad during performance, or change the speed of a sequencer by tilting forward and backward!
SYNTHESIS:TC-11 has 8 voice polyphony for full, real-time synthesis. The audio engine has been highly optimized to deliver crisp, responsive performance. Choose from 22 oscillator waveforms, 3 oscillator types, 3 filter types, 4 unique effects, amplitude modulation, and panning control.
Fully programmable AHDSR, LFO, and sequencer modules make TC-11 the most capable iOS synthesizer in the world.
Use TC-11 in your band during live performances. Add TC-11 into your laptop orchestra. Experiment and create with the next evolution of synthesizer control!
Download the complete user guide to read more:
http://www.bitshapesoftware.com/instruments/tc-11/tc-11-user-guide-1.0.pdf"
Patterns+Pleasure Festival: Jessica Rylan
"Day 2: Concert 3
STEIM @ Frascati
Amsterdam NL
27 Sep 2011
patternsandpleasure.steim.org/2011/08/17/jessica-rylan-us/"
Jessica Rylan of Flower Electronics
Introducing the EMW microModular - 3 Osc System for Under $800
"Just as a reference a system like this with 3 oscillators, 2 ADSRs, 2 VCLFO, a moog style VCF, mixer, 2 Sample & Hold and much more will cost less than $800.00."
Coming soon.
Electro Music Works
Update: system vids here.
MobileRhythm mR-7070 for iOS
"mobileRhythm mR-7070 - Classic Drum Machine for iPhone and iPad.Universal App with an unmistakable 1980's look and sound.
Features:
-MIDI in, out and MIDI clock out
-Precise tempo control with digital readout.
-4x16 banks for pattern storage.
-Individual faders for each drum sound.
-Multiple beat divisions for crazy time signatures with adjustable last step.-Rock solid timing.
-Grid-view pattern display.
...And much more.
The hardware drum machines and beatboxes from the 1980's have defined musical genres from House, Acid, Hip-Hop, right up to and including the latest Dub-step, Grime and other electronic music beats.
The mR-7070 works just like the original beatboxes, and anyone who is a fan of music will instantly recognise the classic sounds it produces.
Its easy to program even complicated beats and with plenty of storage space to store your creations.
MIDI setting are in the iOS settings app, and will work with any "CORE MIDI" interface.
Youtube tutorial coming soon!!
Also check out our other classic beatbox: mR-606"
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay
Nastassja Kinski (CCSP)
YouTube Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Dec 15, 2011
"Astronauta Pinguim (piano) & Ramiro Pissetti (voice) - "Nastassja Kinski", from Astronauta Pinguim's second album, Supersexxxysounds live at CCSP (Centro Cultural SNao Paulo) on december 11th, 2011
Astronauta Pinguim: Grand Piano and programming
Ramiro Pissetti: voice"
Another MATRIXSYNTH T sighting. Pics here.
Also see:
Astronauta Pinguim Live in SESC Pompeia
Lirinha with Astronauta Pinguim on Keys
Update:
Astronauta Pinguim - Modern Machine
Uploaded by astronautapinguim on Dec 15, 2011
"'Modern Machine', from Astronauta Pinguim's third album, 'Zeitgeist/propaganda' played at CCSP (Centro Cultural São Paulo) on december 11th, 2011.
Wir sind nicht allein - live at CCSP
http://www.youtube.com/user/astronautapinguim
EDP Wasp & Emu Drumulator Synth Art
flickr By italo contador ###########
(click for more)
Wasp:
"Óleo sobre tela. 49 x 39 cms. 2011"
Drumulator:
"Óleo sobre tela. 2011. 30,5 x 26,5 cms. (Hermanos Drumulator)"
1981 HOHNER VOX5 Analog-Midi-synthesizer/Expander
via this auction"The HOHNER VOX5 was developed in the 80s as a full equipment for accordion solo entertainer. It was also at that time so highly developed and best quality that only professionals could afford almost...
A special feature is that the velocity characteristics of the instruments can be manipulated. this way can create entirely new sound effects.
In keeping with the trend of the analog sound generation fascinated by this rare piece of '80s analog sounds with incredibly great.
These sounds - the drums, guitars, bass, flutes and the outstanding organ sounds are characterized by the fact that they do not sound synthetic, but a pleasantly soft yet accurate and exhibit dynamic analog sound. You ask how digital operation via MIDI with analog sounds are compatible? Although synthetically generated and therefore MIDI-compatible - the sounds come from extremely large, high quality and from today's perspective superredundanten ICs and microprocessors.
Yes, in the '80s, the circuits were so solid that they have for the sound generation characteristic of a completely analogous. Hence the great sounds - which is why the early analog synthesizers of the '80s with connoisseurs looking incredibly delicious treat!CIRCUIT BENT CASIO MT67
via this auction"CIRCUIT BENT CASIO MT67 "AUTOANALOG"RETRO SYNTH
THIS CLASSIC UNIT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING
4 OCTAVE KEYBOARD
MANUAL BASS CONTROL/FINGERED CHORD/ARPEGGIO CONTROL
4 X BASS 4 X CHORD 4 X ARPEGGIO CONTROL
START/STOP/SYNCHRO/FILL IN CONTROL
Linus y lucy Holiday Track
Linus y lucy by rh2y
"All-synth take on Vince Guaraldi's Linus And Lucy. Alesis Andromeda, Korg MicroKorg, and some VSTIs."
The lead is the Andromeda.
"All-synth take on Vince Guaraldi's Linus And Lucy. Alesis Andromeda, Korg MicroKorg, and some VSTIs."
The lead is the Andromeda.
The Static Song wip
YouTube Uploaded by darthzoidberg on Dec 15, 2011
DSI Tempest & Moog Little Phatty.
Modular Punk. Makenoise Rene/Pressure Points.
"Makenoise Rene clocked by an old drum machine. Working on a track for the next Duddley Fogg gig."
Kraftwerk’s Casio “Pocket Calculator” Preset Settings
Industrial Records Studio 1980 - Serge Modified Casio MT30
flickr By Chris_Carter_
(click for more)
"Industrial Records Studio 1980
One of a couple of very rare shots of my equipment at the Industrial Records studios in Hackney, London - sometime in 1980.
Roland SH-7 Synth
Roland CSQ-600 Digital Sequencer
Roland TR-808 Drum Machine
Roland SRE-555 Chorus Echo (flight-cased)
Roland 181 Controller Keyboard
Roland 100M 190 containing two 182 Analogue Sequencers
Roland 100M 191-J containing various Roland modules
Roland 100M 191-J containing self-built Digisound modules
Roland 100M modules x2 freestanding
Seck 6-2 mixers x2
Self-built Digital Delay
Self-Built 11-Band Graphic Equaliser
Self-Built dual phaser/flanger unit
Boss BF-1 Flangers x2
Boss KM-4 Mixer
Boss MA-1 Mascot Amp
Accessit Spring Reverb
TEAC Cassette Deck
JVC Amplifier
JVC Portable Pro cassette deck
TG EM Box Flight-case containing:
Eventide Harmonizer
Self-built Harmonizer sample trigger controller
Serge Modified Casio MT30 keyboard
Boss DS1 Distortion
Boss BF1 Flanger
Boss CE1 Chorus
Boss KM-04 Mixer
BOSS MA-5 Micro Monitor"
Also see Chris at Industrial Records Studio 1980
via f * mass
PNW Synthfest 2011 Pics by v8media
LABELS/MORE:
Antimatter,
eurorack,
events,
Featured,
harvestman,
Malekko,
Mattson EML,
MMM,
PNW Synthfest,
Syntar,
SYNTHWERKS,
Wiard
TOM 1501 RARE VINTAGE USSR SOVIET ANALOG SYNTHESIZER
via this auction
"It's a string machine with 5 preset sounds: Piano, clavesin/Harpsichord, Alto, Violin and Brass. Alto and Violin are exactly same sound but violin is one octave higher than alto, so you can make "string orchestra" sound. Mainly I discovered this to be like Crumar Orchestrator/Multiman-s clone. Piano and clavesin/harpsichords are pretty identical sounding, but... Strings aren't typical "Italic" sounding which can be found on all crumar and some others string machines, Neither european (solina) or american (Moog opus) sounding. They are UNIQUE! They are FAT! They are WARM!..."Tom-1501 - 61-note (F-F) string / brass / piano multi-keyboard. This one reminds Crumar multi-keyboards. Nearly all controls on sliders on sloping back panel. Splittable. Vibrato depth, speed. Brass filter AR, resonance and cutoff. Preset sounds, mixable, include piano, clavinet, orchestra (violin, alto, contrabass), brass. Chorus. Piano has separate out. Made at the Tula factory. Size: 920 x 360 x 195 mm. Weight: 13 kg
PANEL PARAMETERS:
- VOLUME: phones level, 5-din out
- VIBRATO (LFO): depth, rate, tuning
- VOLUME GLOBAL: strings, bass (+on/off), piano
- BRASS-FILTER: attack, decay, resonance, cutoff
- LEFT MANUAL: piano, clavichord, alto, viola, brass (+on/off)
- STRING ENSEMBLE: timbre level, orchestra (chorus) on/off
- RIGHT MANUAL: piano, clavichord, alto, viola, brass (+on/off)
- SUSTAIN: level ; POWER on/off
- CONNECTIONS (5-din): pedal in, mono out, stereo out (brass left, pno-strings right), piano out; 220V power socket, fuse, ground.
Tom-1501 provides very impressive analog sound, it is convenient for modeling of really fat strings and warm pads, classic brasses and horns, old space leads, vintage piano sounds, layered combinations etc..
Some examples of how it really sounds:
http://ruskeys.net/eng/base/1501tom.php#sn"
Vintage Korg Micro Preset Analogue Synth
via this auction"Controls
Volume control / power switch
Pitch tune
Attack
Sustain
Modulation rate / lfo
Vibrato
Travel Vibrato - Filter control from the LFO
Modulation depth
Portamento
LFO random and repeat
Portamento Momentary - off - on
6 x selection switches which select various sounds - these can also be mixed together5 octave range selection"
CASIO DM10 Double manual sampler/synth
via this auction
"4 sampling slots like the SK stuff, that's the top manual, along with the MT series, too."
Physynth for iPad Now Available
"PHYSYNTH turns your iPad or iPad 2 into a piece of real vintage synth hardware.Powered by next-generation 3D graphics technologies, it is a stunning, beautiful device that will enable you to weave beautiful, fluid 'Soundscapes'.
PHYSYNTH uses a state-of-the-art physics engine to trigger sounds using four real simulators, you charge physical objects with sound and collide them with other objects to trigger them. It is an entirely new way of creating music, a natural and fluid way to express yourself with a wide range of beautiful, realistic instruments.• Don't forget to read about updates coming, more information below after the features!
• Introductory sale now on for only a few days.
FEATURES:
• Custom shaders especially designed for iPad2 and the beautiful high definition full-3D interface pushes the limits of what your device can do.• iPad 1 owners are not left out, Physynth was designed to take full advantage of everything the device has to offer.
• Layer your sounds with Four-track Soundscaping.
• Jam with Realtime melody or rhythm over-dubbing.
• The physics-triggered sample engine with user-adjustable parameters means endless scenarios.• Enjoy a wide range of beautiful sounding instruments with more coming in regular updates.
• Express yourself with full mixing control including full stereo panning, volume and digital special effects.
• Vintage hardware design with groundbreaking 3D tilt camera, stunning lighting and unbelievable next-gen graphics make Physynth the app to show your friends.
• Melody-mode to allow the user to play Physynth instruments like a traditional keyboard or drum pad.
• Headphones are recommended for full stereo immersion and realtime panning.
FUTURE UPDATES:
• Sharing Soundscapes with other Physynth owners.
• coreMIDI support.
• Regular new instruments!"
iPads on eBay
Physynth videos here and here.
Update: A note from the developers via http://simiansquared.com/blog/?p=60
"We love Physynth, we love the iOS music scene but some of the criticism we have received has been a little unfair in my opinion. We aren’t Moog and we don’t have a million dollars behind us, we are two people bringing something we love and slaved over into the world and I can’t wait to move forward with it based off of the constructive feedback we have received and no-doubt will continue to receive but I thought I’d communicate what we were trying to achieve.
While designing Physynth I really wanted to create something to come back to time and time again, I wanted a tinker-tool that had a real use to songwriters and performers. There were hundreds of fantastic synthesisers out there doing a great job at synthesising but none of them allowed me to create something outside the box, outside of writing melodies manually. I wanted to create something chaotic.
Functionally, what I wanted to create was something close to that sketchbook you have lying around that you come back to and jot in whenever you’re feeling creative. I didn’t want to make a studio tool, those already are at a point where I get what I want from them. There is nothing really out there that suites me for just having a dabble with something a bit unpredictable. When choosing the sounds that shipped with Physynth I had to balance what people might want with what would actually suite Physynth itself. You can’t really have power synth chugs when you’re triggering these at a such a high rate. It would just sound like a mess of sound, this style of music creation needed something a with a bit more of a ring, a chime.
We planned in the ability to update our sound banks with instruments based on our users’ demand so as time goes on we will be updating with new sounds and many of them are electronic ones, it’s just that some things simply don’t work without sounded overloaded when they’re being triggered multiple times per second at up to 32 times per second.
Going forward, exporting/sharing songs between users and midi support are planned for future updates along with the new instruments.
Feel free to contact me at:
@ChimpSquared (twitter)"
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