2012 Atomic New Year

2012AtomicNewYear from Atomic Shadow on Vimeo.

"A short improvisation featuring HP and BK sine wave generators, prepared ambient recording, ring modulators, tape echo and a dash of reverb."

And an additional note from Atomic Shadow just for us:

"Happy New Year Matrix and everyone in Matrixland!

I have finished the Full Moon album for 2011 and thought it would be nice to do a New Years piece with some of my vintage gear. This piece features a prepared recording of a machine room ambiance with live improve on the B&K and Hewlitt Packard sine wave generators. The generators are running through an Akai MFC42 filter module, Moog Ring Mod, and a Strymon tape echo pedal. The lab coat is for my friend Stephen Howell at Hollow Sun who urged me to have some standards."

Update via Atomic Shadow: "I have two albums for free download at BandCamp and you can find pictures and the latest news at the Atomic Shadow FB page."

EMW P-Synth1 Synthesizer

YouTube Uploaded by psprojectbrazil on Dec 31, 2011

http://www.electronicmusicworks.com/

Points of Inspiration: From Bob Moog's Former Home

YouTube Uploaded by moogfoundation on Dec 30, 2011

"Michelle Moog-Koussa gives us a peek at Bob's former home in western North Carolina and talks about how this very special place inspired his work."

http://www.moogfoundation.org/

Creative uses for FoH V'Amp

YouTube Uploaded by joel1088 on Dec 30, 2011

PLEASE READ: The behavior described is actually by design. According to flightofharmony: "Mod2 and Envelope go to the same place. Mod2 is an envelope input with an attenuator, while the Envelope input is un-attenuated. It’s not bleedthrough, plugging the LFO into the Mod2 means he is modulating his gate signal on the Envelope input. Adding the Gate to the LFO signal is increasing the cutoff threshold."

YouTube Description:

"Modular tip video, how to get rid of bleed when using amplitude modulation on the V'Amp.

Pre-order my upcoming EP for only $5 on Kickstarter now!
http://kck.st/tHKsKO"

DX5 playing DM "Shake the Disease" 101 version

YouTube Uploaded by DX5 on Jan 1, 2012

"Happy 2012 everyone. Updated "Shake the Disease" version, more 101 oriented. Yes, I used Alan original samples in my EMAX II :) The sample allocation is the same alan used on tour.
You can find some mistakes as this was recorded at the first take, first time I played the whole track (once assigned samples and levels).

More covers coming soon, also my next new album with original tracks (reworking on some demos these days).

Gear Used:

Upper: Emu EMAX II HD
Mid: Emu Emax I
Low: Kurzweil PC1x
Backtrack recorded in Pro Tools. Grid metal effect was recorded hitting a pipe on a grid door.

Composed by Martin L. Gore."

Roland JX-10 Super JX Analog synthesizer

via this auction

More pics at the auction while up. Some preset names you might recognized captured here.

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Vintage ROLAND MSQ-700 in Original Box & Packaging

via this auction

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ROLAND VP-330 MK1 VOCODER PLUS

via this auction

"very rare Mark 1 version with rocker style switches (only 2000 MK1's were made worldwide)"

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CRUMAR COMPOSER PARAPHONIC SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

"Very rare Crumar Composer Paraphonic Synthesizer, made in Italy, serial number U1/00471, model CPS... less than 500 produced, it is a very rare unique synth using the same cem chips to vca filters and envelope as the Oberheim OBX, the SC1 profit 5, memeory moog etc..."

Remember to use the search box on the right of the site for more info on any given synth.

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Lorenzo Electric Keyboard/synth

via this auction

Controls:
Phaser
Volume
Flute
String
Vibrato

Major & Minor scales on left.

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Vintage 1970's ARP Soloist Synthesizer w/Stand

via this auction

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This is what I do... by ElvissaBarks

YouTube Uploaded by ElvissaBarks on Jul 9, 2011

"A short film/music video of an original improv performance in my garage. Shot, directed and edited by me.
Instruments used: Korg MS2000B, Monotron, KP-3, an instrument I built called TheThing and various pedals and effects, mainly the Loopstation.
Also featured at the end, are my three dogs, The Dude, Maude and Judah.
That's Duder that walks up to me at the end."

Nattefrost live at Klub Golem, Odense, Denmark 17th December 2011

YouTube Uploaded by NattefrostDK on Dec 19, 2011

"This is an excerpt from the Nattefrost concert done in Odense, Denmark on the 17th December 2011."

ALBA ECSTASY - 2012

YouTube Uploaded by adimsimion on Jan 1, 2012

"I wish you a Happy New Year 2012!
AE"

Remember, holiday posts go up whether you can ID the gear or not. Feel free to send them in. Email icon is at the bottom right of the site. See the label below for more holiday posts.

DSI Tempest by inforlk

YouTube Uploaded by inforlk on Nov 20, 2011

via Emil on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Thingamagoop 2 from Bleep Labs

flickr By kevin dooley

"The Thingamagoop 2, an amazing "handmade, analog and digital synthesizer you control with light" from Bleep Labs.

This is definitely the most bizarre "instrument" I have ever played, and one of the most fun, and I look forward to making some random noise symphonies.

This little robot is very 2012-ish."

Aliens Project Toy of the Month 87 - Arturia Origin

On Aliens Project

The description in German, but the samples are universal. Click on the "GO" icons at the bottom of the post to listen to each.

Korg Monotron CV salad.

YouTube Uploaded by tremorcore on Dec 31, 2011

"Finally doing some CV mods to my Korg Monotron.
CV inputs to gate, pitch and cutoff. . . controlled by ableton via MOTU Ultralite. It seems that the Monotron likes a 35K resistor in series with any incoming CV. Next, will hit the LFO Rate (monotron's "hidden" second oscillator), Resonance CV, and some feedback loop switches/pots."

Super-Jay updated to 1.3.wmv

YouTube Uploaded by manxsynthesizers on Dec 31, 2011

"Checking out the newly updated Manx Super-Jay version 1.3.

All Manx Synths significantly updated for the start of 2012, including the 'Gigmate'"

http://www.manxsynthesizers.com/

a happy voltage year 2012

YouTube Uploaded by unyo303 on Dec 31, 2011

"New Year 2012"

Circuit Bent Casio PT-10 keyboard by freeform delusion

YouTube Uploaded by eecouk on Jan 1, 2012
freeform-delusion on eBay

"Casio PT-10

Mono mini jack output (speaker removed),
Pitch Up/Down Control with red knob and switch to choose up or down,
Centre off switch to choose blue knob for bass feedback or LDR bass feedback,
Centre off switch to choose two different types of distortion/feedback controlled by grey knob,
Switch on the side for rhythm random notes mod."

the newest year [monotribe ambient]

YouTube Uploaded by donaldjasoncrunk on Jan 1, 2012
Audio comes in at :27.

"live composition for modular synth, glockenspiel and Korg Monotribe. all sounds recorded live, etc etc."

Buchla meets Koma

YouTube Uploaded by henrikbjorkk on Jan 1, 2012

"Improvisation using Buchla 200e and Koma effectpedals."

Welcome to the Other Side

Just getting situated and ready to start the morning's post.  Note this isn't my official New Year's post, you can find that directly below, or here for those coming in directly to this post via RSS, Twitter or Facebook.  To get a taste of the MATRIXSYNTH audience, I thought I'd put up the following poll.  Please take it as it is of the utmost non-importance.  Don't worry, it is completely anonymous. 





New posts for the year will commence now...

Any new year's resolutions?