MATRIXSYNTH: Friday, December 30, 2011


Friday, December 30, 2011

Percussa Releases EVOLVOR for AudioCubes

"Mere (Belgium). December 30, 2011 - Today Percussa released a new application for the AudioCubes: EVOLVOR. This lightweight MIDI Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO) generator is specifically designed for sound designers to link AudioCubes to LFOs.

EVOLVOR generates 4 LFO signals based on breakpoint functions that can be designed in the software itself. Due to the topology detection of the cubes, each AudioCube is automatically linked to an LFO. LFO signals can be added and removed, by adding and removing AudioCubes, as well as mixed and matched, by mixing and matching AudioCubes.

Using this one-on-one hardware user interface, fantastic new sounds are discovered without having to look at a laptop screen, and there is no need for lots of clicking and pointing to experiment and play with LFOs.

Availability

EVOLVOR can now be requested at
http://land.percussa.com/audiocubes-evolvor"

Video previously posted here.

MFB MICROZWERG AND FLAME ECHOMETER.MP4


YouTube Uploaded by HOX808 on Dec 30, 2011

"Microzwerg- the acid contender?"

Minimoog & Memorymoog


YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Dec 30, 2011

"A 'duel' between a Minimoog and a Memorymoog."

1970s style soundtrack with Minimoog and Prophet-5

Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Dec 30, 2011

"1970s style soundtrack with Minimoog and Prophet-5. An Oberheim DMX drum machine provides the beat."

Rheyne - 12/30/11


YouTube Uploaded by RheyneMusic on Dec 30, 2011

"Live looping with a DSI MoPho, Fender Rhodes, Moog Prodigy, and USB controllers. The Novation Launchpad and Akai APC20 are controlling Ableton Live. All loops are recorded live, through a PreSonus AudioBox 1818VSL into a Macbook Pro. Lights are made by Chauvet and American DJ. Video shot with a Zoom Q3HD."

ROLAND PG-300 SYNTHESIZER PROGRAMMER

via this auction

Korg Kronos Sounds - Schoenberg Orchestra - KARMA Atonal GE's


YouTube Uploaded by KidNepro on Dec 30, 2011

"A demo from our upcoming "Soundtrack Mix" which features the KARMA Atonal Generated Effects. Music is from the combi "Schoenberg Orchestra", named after the inventor of twelve tone technique - composer Arnold Schoenberg.

Soundtrack Mix for the Korg Kronos includes 64 New Programs and 32 New Combis and will be available February 2012. More info on all our Korg Kronos sounds can be found at:

http://www.kidnepro.com/KN/Korg/Kronos/Kronos_Main.html"

MuTheremin iPad App Demo


YouTube Uploaded by ipadloops on Dec 30, 2011

"The following demonstrates MuTheremin iPad App version 1.0. It's a multi-touch theremin inspired synth and it's free.

Pros: Free, Multi-Touch,cool lights

Cons: It's buggy. You will hear clicks and noise. I used an Alesis IO dock for audio. Also tried it though headphones. Same problem.

More info here http://ipadloops.com/free-mutheremin-ipad-app/"

MuTheremin - EvilPandaTea
iPads on eBay

Roland CM-32P Mellotron Demo


YouTube Uploaded by stuthomson on Dec 30, 2011

"Roland CM-32P PCM Module (Rompler) strings patch connected to an Electro-Harmonix Stereo Polyphase with the phase shift cranked all the way left (i.e. Start knob hard left). No other effects are used. This is a demonstration of the sound, not an audition for admission to Julliard. My deepest sincerest apologies to Tony Banks."

tiptop bd808, din-sync drum dokta, intellijel dixie, ssl modulation orgy


YouTube Uploaded by deadlover73 on Dec 30, 2011

Huge Doepfer modular synthesizer system

via this auction
"A136 Distortion/Waveshaper
A111 High End VCO x 3
A116 Waveform Processor
A125 Phase Shifter
A138 Mixer x 2
A118 Noise
A148 Dual Sample & Hold
A112 Sampler
A119 External In
A120 VCF
A124 VCF5 Wasp Filter
A146 LFO2
A147 Voltage COntrolled LFO
A145 LFO
A140 ADSR x 3
A162 Trigger Delay
A180 Mult
A181 Mult
A155 Sequencer
A106-1 Xtreme Filter
A131 exponential VCA
A130 Linear VCA
A171 Slew Limiter
A196 Phase Locked Loop
A107 Multiple Morphing Filter
A-100 g6 case and psu x2"

Why are the roads so empty


YouTube Uploaded by skoulaman on Dec 30, 2011

"A few days ago I made this 12 note based sequence track with the Doepfer Dark Time.
I used a 3 oscillator tone of the Waldorf Micro Q (two triangles and one sinus) in a very basic setting (and I think that is the power of a Waldorf because you can do very well basic synth tones as complicated pads for example) and a base tone of the Moog LP. During the track the sounds are tweaked. The solo came from the Korg DS-8, it is a preset with a long echo and with a pitch change in the end of the envelope. It is not one of my best tracks but just a tweak with my setup. Neverthelss enjoy listening.
The vid is made during my trip to my work (yes, on a very quit chrismas holiday day) on a highway round Amsterdam at 06:30 in the morning.

greetings Hans 'Skoulaman'"

Dragons II (Music for SEGA Master System)


YouTube Uploaded by littlescale on Dec 30, 2011

"From my 2011 release N.K.Y.W. (National Kill Yourself Week).

Download here: http://little-scale.blogspot.com/2011/08/little-scale-nkyw-ep-2011.html
------
http://little-scale.blogspot.com/"

QuNeo Speaks


YouTube Uploaded by KeithMcMillen on Dec 30, 2011

"First performance with QuNeo controlling sounds in Abelton Live. Pressure is mapped to repeat rate and X and Y control Filter and a Bit Crusher. Lotsa fun - we were fighting over who gets to go next.

Check out our KickStarter Page for more information: http://kck.st/taqBsn"

Discover Ultra Proteus sysex : reloaded


YouTube Uploaded by kenspocket on Dec 30, 2011

"E-mu Ultra Proteus acidtones - Card / System exclusive

http://kenspocket.tk

resample film score Ultra emu 'E-mu Systems' rom scifi patches Proteus Morpheus z-plane 'sound design' Electronic Experimental dj Electronica Noise "Ultra pro" Ambient Techno Soundtrack 'Film Score' Theme Original 'Electronic Music'"

Stephen Hawking's Synth

Just saw this one on Boing Boing. Stephen Hawking is looking for a new technician. Sam Blackburn answered the following questions regarding Hawking's voice synthesizer:

"Stephen's voice is very distinctive, but you say there might be a problem retaining it?

'I guess the most interesting thing in my office is a little grey box, which contains the only copy we have of Stephen's hardware voice synthesizer. The card inside dates back to the 1980s and this particular one contains Stephen's voice. There's a processor on it which has a unique program that turns text into speech that sounds like Stephen's, and we have only two of these cards. The company that made them went bankrupt and nobody knows how it works any more. I am trying to reverse engineer it, which is quite tricky.'

Can't you update it with a new synthesizer?

'No. It has to sound exactly the same. The voice is one of the unique things that defines Stephen in my opinion. He could easily change to a voice that was clearer, perhaps more soothing to listen to – less robotic sounding – but it wouldn't be Stephen's voice any more.'"

And via Stephen Hawking on Wikipedia:

"The DECtalk DTC01 voice synthesiser he uses, which has an American English accent, is no longer being produced. Asked why he has still kept it after so many years, Hawking mentioned that he has not heard a voice he likes better and that he identifies with it. Hawking is said to be looking for a replacement since, aside from being obsolete, the synthesiser is both large and fragile by current standards. As of mid 2009, he was said to be using NeoSpeech's VoiceText speech synthesiser.[37]

In Hawking's many media appearances, he appears to speak fluently through his synthesiser, but in reality, it is a tedious drawn-out process. Hawking's setup uses a predictive text entry system, which requires only the first few characters in order to auto-complete the word, but as he is only able to use his cheek for data entry, constructing complete sentences takes time. His speeches are prepared in advance, but having a live conversation with him provides insight as to the complexity and work involved. During a TED Conference talk, it took him seven minutes to answer a question."

Also see Speech Synthesis on Wikipedia.

Note: I created a new Speech Synthesis label for this post. I realized I didn't have one and couldn't get myself to use the Speak n' Spell label. :)

Nordostpassagen Pt 1. [Casio SK60 & EMS SYNTHI E]



"Live improvisation at 22/12/11.

Casio SK60. EMS synthi E. (rvrb,delay.0,5 ms).

No post/effects or editing , one take."


Casio SK60 pic from here and EMS SYNTHI E from here. Additional tracks below.


And some additional EMS tracks from Georgios Karamanolakis:

For Cello and Ems Synthi E .

For Cello and Ems Synthi E . by Georgios Karamanolakis
"Live improvisation at 12/11/2010

Cello: Aigli Drakou
EMS Synthi E: Georgios Karamanolakis

It was a rainy night...
In this piece, the cello provides proportional voltages which control various modules of the EMS Synthi E and at the same time is being filtered through it.
Throughout the recording the cello is also mixed with the Synthi E in real time.
No post/effects or editing , strictly one take.
Note that this is our first meeting. "



Sunset over the Mojave. by Georgios Karamanolakis
"Live improvisation at 17/4/11
Ems synthi E, DKE and delay
No post/effects or editing , one take."

Also check out:

http://www.heraclis.org/IRA001.html
http://soundcloud.com/heraclis
http://www.heraclis.org/

Love You, Dad


YouTube Uploaded by attorks on Dec 29, 2011

"On October the 23rd, my beloved father died at the age of 82.
I would like to honor him with this music."

::vtol:: optochord

::vtol:: optochord controlling volfram

"more info - samoletuvvp.narod.ru/vto/diy/optochord.html"


"Optical controller with 2 light controlled generators, 2 gooseneck LEDs and 6 assignable LDRs. LED brightness is CV controlled."

Thingamagoop below.



VTOL circuit bent DOD fx-62 "stereo bass chorus"


http://samoletuvvp.narod.ru/vto/diy/dod4.html

Sugar-Bytes : What Turnado can do !


YouTube Uploaded by MusicMarketingTV on Nov 11, 2011

"Dan-D Shows us what Turnado can do for your project !

this is some REALLY cool stuff !"

Also see: TURNADO Dictator Tutorial

[caknobs] RhythmProducer FR-15's instructions (with CMU-810 FaderBoard)


YouTube Uploaded by Caknobs on Dec 30, 2011

"ACE TONE(日本ハモンド)が1975年に発売したリズムボックス『RhythmProducer〔FR-15〕』を使って作ったシステムです。音声アウトをサンプリングし­て使うのではなく、FR-15本体をスタートさせることでシステムを同期させて動かしたいという狙いがあって構築したものです。音声アウト出力を3分割し、分割した音声ア­ウトによってRoland SBX-80などをSyncさせています。
Today's main machine is "ACE TONE RhythmProducer〔FR-15〕". This RhythmBox was born in 1975. This time, I made the system, without sampling FR-15's sound.

[使用機材 / Machines]
ACETONE RhythmProducer〔FR-15〕 (RhythmBox)
Roland SBX-80(SyncBox)
Technosaurs Cyclodon(AnalogSequencer)
RolandDG CMU-810(AnalogSynth)
Futureretro REVOLUTION(AnalogSynth)
Vestax FaderBoard(FaderdSynth)
Pioneer CDJ-1000
YAMAHA ED-10"

Yamaha CS01 Synthesizer Keyboard

via this auction



Casio HZ-600 SD Synthesizer with Analog Filters


via this auction

"Casio HZ-600 Digital / Analog SD Synthesis "Pro" Version of HT-700 3000 6000. The HZ-600 was Casio's 'professional' version of the popular HT series of Spectrum Dynamic Syntheziers. There are no built-in speakers as found on the HT 'home' series and must be connected to an amplifier. You can split the keyboard with two different sound with 3 different splint points."

According to previous posts including video (one, two, three), this did have analog filters. It's interesting the CZ, FZ, and VZ series, which had more more editable synthesis parameters, did not.

Linn LM-2 LinnDrum Vintage Drum Machine

via this auction

"There are ZIFF sockets mounted for the snare and toms for quicker and safer removal / exhange of EPROMs (no additional EPROMs included). There seems to be an issue with the ride cymbal. It does not always trigger from the front panel (although cowbell and claps trigger properly when switched to "percussion"). When the ride is triggered, there is an audible "click" at the end of the sample. Perhaps this is an issue with the EPROMS and COULD be fixed by ordering a new Ride EPROM set from Forat. I don't know, just a guess..."

Dave Smith Instruments Mono Evolver Keyboard

via this auction

"Always play in stereo!"


JEN SYNTHETONE SX1000

via this auction

"Comes with seven overlay cards in good condition to help achieve sounds by indicating position of control knobs."



Buchla Beat 10b


YouTube Uploaded by spindizzyman on Dec 28, 2011

"Inspired by work from Boobtube356. Set this up in about 30mins. All Buchla. No external fx."

New Addition Acid


YouTube Uploaded by ccdm9 on Dec 28, 2011

"Got something for Christmas, can you guess what? That's right a Korg Monotribe! Soon I will do some percussion modification, and possibly MIDI, time will tell."

monotribes on eBay

Buchla 291 Filter

flickr By InvZim


nonlinearcircuits panel modular

nonlinearcircuits has a post up on a panel based modular system he will be building. For those not familiar with panel based systems, it just means all featured modules are in one panel rather than having separate modules that need to be racked together. Serge makes panels vs individual modules for example. nonlinearciruits has a YouTube channel so hopefully we'll see this one in action.

"Panel 1 - bindubba 1 & 3 sequencers, multiples (banana to minijack connectors)

Panel 2 - PMS VCO, PMS VCO, dual DC mixers, LDR VCA/mixer, dual LFO, utility EG

Panel 3 - 5 stage Resonator, dual triple channel VCAs, double Jerkoff Chaos, EoE VCF (transistor ladder), ARP/Electronotes style 2 pole VCF, Divine CMOS (sub-oscillator, harmonic divider, harmonic ring-modulator, pattern generator, all kinds of tricks!)

Panel 4 - CMOSC (6 simple CMOS drone oscillators with gate selectable frequency control and sync function), 4 stage Thru & Hold, 4 stage Sample & Hold (these each have CV inputs and 4 individual gate controlled outputs), Four Squared Logic, The Great Divide, 8-bit Cipher, dual bi-directional switches.

Panel 5 - two Envelope Generators (based on Korg 3100 designs but modded for CV control of Attack/Decay, extra outputs and retriggerable), dual DC mixers, four Utility VCOs (these are 1V/oct and range from approx 0.1Hz to 8kHz so can be used as LFOs too), twin-T VCF with voltage controlled resonance, VC Wave Clipper, dual analogue Neuron.

Panel 6 - PT2399 based delay, Ramp generator, dual Utility VCOs, Veena (drone module based on Indian musical instruments), Six channel Mixer/Panner with headphone amp and multiple outputs (banana and 1/4 inch), Six Random Noise sources (pink, white, slow random, etc), Six Passive filters (Vibes, Vox, Brass, Funk, Harp, Gurgle - to use with extra outputs from Veena), The Bigot (CV controlled signal splitter), analogue And, Analogue Or, Controller (module for adding proximity or ribbon controller)

Intellijel uFold wave folder demo 2


YouTube Uploaded by EROEI on Dec 30, 2011

"This is a more complex demo of the Intellijel uFold. Take 2 starts at 2:53. Again one Dixie VCO is going into the uFold, however this time two Dixie waves (sine and tri) go into a uFade VC cross fader before going to the uFold. Modulation of the uFold, uFade and various uVCA modules provided by two Makenoise MATHS, Expert Sleepers Silent Way ES3 and a TipTop Z8000. most of the mod sources go into the A138m matrix mixer which is routing to the modules CV ins. This is two takes, first take uses the Dr Octature filter as the end of the signal chain to smooth off the waveform a bit. Both takes use different FX that are being sent via a VC aux send made out of a uVCA and controlled by the Z8000 into a MATHS (creating a complex EG)."

All parts here.

iOS GarageBand Tips 07 Vocal iVOCALOID ボーカルを録音またはボカロ使ってみよう


YouTube Published on Dec 30, 2011 by jetdaisuke

"The iOS GarageBand Lesson Final Mission. Add a vocal track. I use an iPhone microphone for recording. Or use iVOCALOID App..."

Unfortunately iVOCALOID is only available in Japan:
Yamaha Corporation

It is a Yamaha app. You can find Garage Band here:

GarageBand - Apple
iPads on eBay

Abstract Improvisation fun :)))


YouTube Uploaded by JampyKey on Dec 30, 2011

"Happy New Year 2012 to all my friends :)
Played live improvisation 30/12/2011
Tools: Moog Little Phatty - DSI Prophet 08 - Roland PK5 Bass Pedal controls the Matrix 1000 - Roland Alpha Juno 2 - Yamaha SY 77 sequence - Novation X Station - MFB 522 Drum Computer - Digidelay Digitech and effects from the mixer Beheringer XENYX X2442USB.
Direct recording from the mixer.
I dedicate this test to my good friend Bruno Ender Lee."

HGFortune TheTiger Synth 01


YouTube Uploaded by HGFSynthesizer on Dec 30, 2011

"Some early sound examples of The Tiger VSTi ...
Sound examples are single patches performed skillfully by Dimitri Schkoda

have fun
HG"

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe music UK - Technology & Science


YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Dec 30, 2011

"Another attempt at a live 3 monotribe jam for the Korg Monomania contest, just used some fx and the 3 monotribes, running them at half speed allows longer patterns as seen here, the track is called "Technology & Science" and is a homage to Kraftwerk, I might do a full version with lyrics as it was hard to fit everything in 2 minutes ;) No multitracking or other tricks!"

Korg Monomania Sound Contest Monotribe Music UK - Poly Acid

Uploaded by darenager on Dec 30, 2011

"3rd entry to Korg Monomania Sound Contest, this time using different step lengths, 3 monotribes used, the middle one has been overdriven to give a nice acidic crunch, all done in realtime, no DAW or other trickery."

All parts here.
monotribes on eBay

Tutorial Midi Controller Ayerke 46 Keyblack


YouTube Uploaded by Stereokromatik on Dec 30, 2011

"Tutorial Midi Controller Ayerke 46 Keyblack"

First Ayerke post.

Carl Palmer Showing Off His Electronic Drums in 1973


See the video in this post. A few updates have gone up as well.

FM-3 & Phoenix Synths Coming From Pulse Code, Inc

"The FM-3 has the classic shimmering FM sound. 3 Operators with 4 algorithms to choose from.

Feedback on each operator turns this into one beast of a noise machine!"

"The Phoenix Synth emulates another often sought after sound… the SuperSaw.

Along with the famous SuperSaw oscillator, there is a combo Low Pass / High Pass resonant filter. Extreme filter sweeps!"

I'm guessing these will be added to Rhythm Studio which is currently on sale for only .99 through the 31st for the holidays.

Rhythm Studio - Pulse Code, Inc.
iPads on eBay

via Pulse Code, Inc.

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