Stylophonics from Atomic Shadow on Vimeo.
"A short improvisation featuring the Stylophone, HP and BK sine wave generators, ring modulators, tape echo, various effects, and a dash of reverb." Effects include Akai filter module, Boss SL-20 pedal, Strymon El Capistan, two Kaoss pads and a Line 6 Pod 500HD. RCA sine wave generator in the background. http://atomicshadow.bandcamp.com/
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Evolution of the Synthwerks FSR-4 Classic
Evolution of the Synthwerks FSR-4 Classic - Pt 1 Blueprint
"Steve Turnidge from Synthwerks takes us through the design process of the Synthwerks FSR-4 Classic Force Sensing Resistor module."
Evolution of the Synthwerks FSR-4 Classic - Pt 2 Realization
Evolution of the Synthwerks FSR-4 Classic - Pt 3 Protoype
http://synthwerks.com/
"Steve Turnidge from Synthwerks takes us through the design process of the Synthwerks FSR-4 Classic Force Sensing Resistor module."
Evolution of the Synthwerks FSR-4 Classic - Pt 2 Realization
Evolution of the Synthwerks FSR-4 Classic - Pt 3 Protoype
http://synthwerks.com/
LunettaMelody
YouTube Uploaded by textualmusic on Jan 12, 2012
"this patch has a little oompa-woompa goin on.
Sorry for all the BACK. Nothing like a little BACK to watch..
Anyway, If you can sit through this 5 minutes it develops quite nicely..
I like making chance tonality.. if that makes sense..
techtalk---
a 40106 oscillator is clocking a 4040 divider of which /2 is then clocking a perf board version of the logic from Ken Stone's CGS Master DIvider. those outs are then triggering 4 DS8 drum clones, as well as 3 Oscillators through VCAs. There are also some LFO cutoff controlled filters with different pitched 40106 Osc. all running to mixers then on to a Roland JC-50. Recorded directly through iphone via 8mm app."
SynthMania quick tip #5 - the "Deee-Lite style" house organ chord
YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Jan 12, 2012
"I describe what I call the "Deee-Lite" house organ chord technique - sampling a chord in a sampler as it was common to do in 1990s House music."
A Minimoog D Saved From Fire & Juno the Main Coon Kitten
A little Background about my Mini.
Almost 2 years ago I got this Mini From Craigslist Virginia, Funny thing though is that the guy that had it happened to go to the same High School I went to in the early 80’s.
He said he got it when he worked at Venamin’s Music in Springfield VA, working as a manager in the 80’s. This Mini Spent most of its life in his Basement studio and survived a fire that burned the entire house down except a closet that was in his basement where the Mini was stored in an Anvil case.
When I got it, It was in fair shape but I was determined to make look and play like new. I had all the electronics restored and had the wood case professionally refinished. I was even able to replace both the Mod & Pitch wheels with NOS from Mike Bucki, he even had an Original Moog sticker from the 70’s that went in the back of the Mini.
All I can say now is that This Mini is one of my favorite synths in my studio it plays and sounds wonderful."
Here are a few pics.
Flohmarkt Synthesizer Heap [Synths at a Fleamarket]
flickr By chaircrusher
(click for more)
What a sight that would be.
via kent back in 2007: "There was a guy selling a pile of synths and odd drum machine stuff at the MauernPark Flohmarkt (Wall Park Flea Market) in Berlin this last Sunday."
If you're wondering why it took five years to put this up, I changed my email address from the matrixsynth.com domain to gmail years ago. Some stuff apparently came in on that old address that I missed. The previous posts from J chot (1, 2, 3) and makingsound where some of them. This one should be the last though. If you have my old matrixsynth.com address still saved, you might want to update it at this point. :)
Gakken SX-150 Ribbon Synthesizer, Modified
"I have this one modified with a CV or control voltage input, which I used with an Arduino in order to play it using a MIDI keyboard. That might sound fairly crazy, but if you look online, there are instructions for much more than that. I also modified it to have a mono 1/4" jack output, which is the same as what a guitar output is. This makes the thing more useful as an actual instrument.
I also hacked on a jack for a 7.2v radio controlled car battery, as I have a bunch of them sitting around, they're fast to charge, and something like this runs forever off of a battery like that. The bottom of the synth is open, so if you don't want the battery jack, you can just snip it off.Also included is the magazine that the synth original came with. Lots of interesting photos, but almost all in Japanese."
"More information:
DIN SYNC blog
MIDI Modification
Crazy modification by Gijs Gieskes
electro-music.com
technabob.com"
Roland Jupiter 4 + Roland Jupiter 6 "Phatt Bass Arps"
YouTube Uploaded by synthartist69 on Jan 11, 2012
PPG Waveterm A + EVU Expansion Voice Unit for Sale
via this auction
"PPG EVU Expansion Voice Unit module
This is the "brains" of a PPG Wave 2.3: Classic vintage 8 voice wavetable synth; digital oscillators for complex waveforms; warmed up with rich analog filters [8x Curtis SSM 2044 VCF chips], designed by Wolfgang Palm, used by famously by David Bowie, The Fixx, Trevor Horn, Jean Michel Jarre, Art of Noise, Rush, Depeche Mode, Gary Numan, Robert Palmer, Psychadelic Furs, Talk Talk, The Cars, Ultravox, Steve Winwood, Rush, Stevie Nicks, Thomas Dolby, Pet Shop Boys, Mike and the Mechanics, and Stevie Wonder.
If you already have a PPG Wave with an active PPG Bus, the unit will work directly, but won't work with MIDI until you or a technician complete
When complete, you can sample with the Waveterm-A, edit the sounds via MIDI over sysex and dump wavetables back and forth from computer to EVU and Waveterm-A.
However the buyer should know:
Double Andore test (#4)
"... sans manual, the learning curve of The Harvestman's Double Andore module (essentially two AD / AHD envelope generators & two VCA's with HEAPS of cross-modulation & routing possibilities & several pre-programmed wave-shapes on a set of digital voice-boards) is significantly steeper than most (save for the MakeNoise Maths, with which it shares some functional similarity / complexity, even if they sound/work in COMPLETELY different ways) ; watch as i fumble through discovery, arbitrarily twisting knobs until it starts sounding like "music" (i kid, i watched the Trash Audio video about 15x just now & even made a little "map" in my notebook) ...
This video was shot with a Canon Digital Rebel T2i (with the macro lens) hovering about 6 feet above the synth ; audio was piped directly out of a Radial Stereo Direct Inject box into the stereo "mic" input of the camera (hence the overall dynamic awesomeness) ..."
I was trying to figure out what the repeating sound that comes in at about 9 seconds reminded me of.
Here you go:
"Teddy Bear," the porcupine, doesn't like to share...
At :47 - "It's my cob!" Don't miss him in his Santa hat, in the thumbnails after the video ends.
Vermona Perfourmer MKII
YouTube Uploaded by zaphid on Jan 11, 2012
"little jam with the perfourmer mkII and SP12 turbo (standard drums)"
Vermona perfourmer mk2
Uploaded by zaphid on Dec 16, 2011
"Deze video is ge�pload vanaf een Android-telefoon."
Zaphyd - Maplin 3800 Analog Synthesizer
Uploaded by zaphid on Jan 15, 2011
"Modified Maplin 3800: patchpoints, Midi installed and via midi velocity sensitive and aftertouch routings to aftertouch cv, computer installed with 2 digital lfo's and 2 digital envelopes. 5 different waveshapes per lfo with programmable delay and fade out. Standard adsr envelopes (env 2 bipolar). Improved eq board and low noise vca + extra vca. Computer functions and commands can be selected by pressing keys on the Maplin."
Doepfer A101-2 Low Pass Gate-VCA Mode
YouTube Uploaded by raulsworldofsynths on Nov 3, 2011
"Demonstration of the Doepfer A101-2 Low Pass Gate VCA Mode"
All parts here.
Oddy-Free - Free VST synth - vstplanet.com
YouTube Uploaded by vstplanet on Jan 12, 2012
"Oddy-Free - http://www.vstplanet.com/News/2012/Oddy-Free
Developer: robersonaudio.tk"
klang system
YouTube Uploaded by Ebotronix on Jan 12, 2012
"Roland System 100
Sequencer Oberheim Cyclone
Drums Clavia ddrum4se Simmons ClapTrap Nord Modular Vocoder Boss DR 770
Kenton Pro 2000 II for Roland System 101 & 102
Moog MP 201 Midi LFO via CP 251 to System 100
Logic Master"
Metasonix D-1000 KV-100 jam
YouTube Uploaded by d4nnyp on Mar 4, 2011
"Having a Jam with the D-1000 and KV-100
Much chunkiness was found"
BugBrand Modular Videos by d4nnyp
BugBrand SEQ1 beta Video.MOV
YouTube Uploaded by d4nnyp on Jun 14, 2011
"Quick Video (demo) of the beta SEQ1 Sequencer Hub 8step sequencer from BugBrand.
SEQ1 acting as sequencer Hub (that's what its called after all) Also using 2x CTL which are stepped from the Gate A/B slots then mixed. Bits of Sequencer cross modulation also going on between these, one of the CTL1's also sends CV to the EXT CV in that varies the range of the CV out."
BugBrand Bogle Jam
Uploaded by d4nnyp on Mar 5, 2011
"BugBrand being triggered by Tetra MAPS"
BugBrand Modular Live Vid Test 1.mp4
Uploaded by d4nnyp on Jan 27, 2011
"Just doing a test record and upload.
output direct to cam from mixer."
Also see: Bugbrand With Altitude
YouTube Uploaded by d4nnyp on Jun 14, 2011
"Quick Video (demo) of the beta SEQ1 Sequencer Hub 8step sequencer from BugBrand.
SEQ1 acting as sequencer Hub (that's what its called after all) Also using 2x CTL which are stepped from the Gate A/B slots then mixed. Bits of Sequencer cross modulation also going on between these, one of the CTL1's also sends CV to the EXT CV in that varies the range of the CV out."
BugBrand Bogle Jam
Uploaded by d4nnyp on Mar 5, 2011
"BugBrand being triggered by Tetra MAPS"
BugBrand Modular Live Vid Test 1.mp4
Uploaded by d4nnyp on Jan 27, 2011
"Just doing a test record and upload.
output direct to cam from mixer."
Also see: Bugbrand With Altitude
Tempest Demo 1, rough
YouTube Uploaded by d4nnyp on Dec 19, 2011
"Quick Tempest Demo, its a kit I put together with a mix of tweaked factory and made from scratch sounds. Its all tempest with reverb from an EHX Cathedral pedal. It was a pretty rough take as I wanted to do a demo more than a tune, so its a bit like "new toy" time!
There is a bit of noise on it too, I forgot to unplug the PC out from the mixer and the PC noise gets sent down the wire!. The Tempest itself is noise free and sounds lovely.
Hopefully the video shows some of the fun to be had when its Tempest time.
If I get round to recording it as a tune then I may add it later."
R2D2 Sounds & Moto GP engine!
YouTube Uploaded by SonyCrocket on Jul 13, 2009
"R2D2 Sounds made using a Creamware Prodyssey"
Moto GP engine!
Uploaded by SonyCrocket on Apr 13, 2010
"Full Throttle!"
Pink Floyd - On the Run - Analog synthesizer cover
YouTube This is a cover of that Pink Floyd´s classic, using this analog gear:
"Jomox xbase09
Doepfer Dark Energy
Doepfer Dark Time
Vermona Mono lancet
Eurorack synth...
Don´t be so hard with me. It´s not easy to play this song one handed..
Hope you enjoy!"
SIMMONS SDS 400 + MFB Synth II
YouTube Uploaded by SonyCrocket on Feb 25, 2010
"MFB Synth II triggering SIMMONS SDS 400"
Modular-simmons first sequence
Uploaded by SonyCrocket on Apr 20, 2010
NAMM: Ken MacBeth Micromac Pics
Some notes from Ken:
"If this thing looks familiar- it is! I started this design just over a year ago- it's on a lot of synth forums! I thought now was the right time to push hard and finish it. I'm glad I did! Makes me wonder why I build big synths- the power coming of the sound is phenomenal! Sounds and vids to follow!"
"I did the final tests of the micromac! All is functioning perfectly- and the three oscillator sound has blown me away!""this will cost less than the Vortex- and correct- I can't give an exact figure at this moment! But considering the Vortex was spawned from this one- I like it! The sound (soon to be heard) is just perfect!"
"I'll be taking orders shortly- I have to update my website too...! I hope to have this at namm!"
macbethstudiosystems.com
Doepfer synth jam
YouTube Uploaded by SonyCrocket on Feb 10, 2011
"Quick impro track. Hope you enjoy.
The MFB seq triggers percussion modules and sends gate signals for the Dark energy and MFOS Soundlab modules. Z8000 sends CV for the D.E. A bit of bit crushing on hihat via Doepfer 189-1 module, controlled by an LFO. Not much more to say."
Update:
Modular Jam!!
Uploaded by SonyCrocket on Feb 9, 2011
"Having some fun with my synths."
Case Study: 001.
YouTube Uploaded by betteroffted23 on Jan 12, 2012
"The Harvestman Digital Audio Electronics sequenced by Make Noise Renè.
Scary stuff."
Update via Ted in the comments: "Also on Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/tedjames/black"
Modular Improvisation: 20120111001 - Black by Ted James
via The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge
Yamaha RX-5 SN 19369
abertronix (RSS)
"If you are looking for classic 80's sounding PCM 12bit sampled drum sounds, go no further than this!"
STUDIO ELECTRONICS ATC-1 with Original Box & Filters
"This thing is an absolute analog monophonic monster! ...both the SEM and MINIMOOG cartridges which are included really offer different sonic characters. The Minimoog is very warm and bassy with a real broad range on the filter, and the SEM can get a bit crazier and shreaky and it is the only cartridge in the series that has a switch to change to a High Pass Filter."
Pearl DRUM-X Analog Drum Synthesizer DRX-1
via this auction
Not the best pics, but some info and you don't see these too often.
"The DRUM-X is a great analog drum synthesizer made in the early 80's and sold by Pearl. It was usually sold with a set of drum pads to use for triggers but those are not included. It is more often used today by triggering it's sounds from another drum machine or even live drums. I've usually run individual inputs to it from the multi tracks of live drums and have never had any problems using it. There are 5 different sounds available at one time (Kick, Snare, and 3 Toms) and all 5 have individual outputs as well as a mixed out. It is programmable and you can store up to 8 drum kits of your own synthesized sounds at one time."AKAI VX-600
via this auction
"What I liked most:
- 6 badass analog oscillators (same as found in the oberheim xpander - CEM3374)
- polyphonic
- velocity sensitive w/ aftertouch!!
- midi
- auto-tuning"
See this post for some cool videos of it by Jexus.
Kawai MIDI Keyboard with Wood Keys
This one spotted by Loren on this Japanese auction site.
The Googlish translation states:
"The keyboard is a keyboard made of wood 河合楽器. With cable and direct specification of 100VAC, Switches, fuses, equipped with a MIDI-out, Touch is a stronger feeling of reluctance keyboard FS. Fine for a harpsichord. Initials, there is no aftertouch. Model used in the show I heard that instrument, Year of manufacture is unknown."
Anyone know anything about this one?
Drone It Yourself in action [Lemur]
YouTube Uploaded by tamajoni on Jan 11, 2012
"My first template in Lemur is for control a bunch of drones mades by Sergio de Prado (www.vausspaceship.blogspot.com), Chinowski Garachana (www.tesladream.org), David Sanchez (www.soundcloud.com/david_sanchez), Volube (www.voluble.net), Kamen Nedev (www.waitingforcargo.net) & _blank (www.null66913.net).
Download this template totally free at:
http://www.archive.org/details/DroneItYourself
To play with the Drones you need an iPad, the Lemur and Ableton live."
via The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge
iPads on eBay
NAMM: Suit & Tie Guy NAMM2012 Demo System
via Suit Et Tie Guy on Facebook
NAMM2012 Demo System
— with Joe Grisso, Mike Brown and Mike Cameron.
Dr. Bob's SoundSchool Indiegogo Campaign
YouTube Uploaded by moogfoundation on Jan 11, 2012
"You can donate to our indiegogo campaign here: http://bit.ly/IndiegogoDBSS"
Publison DHM 89 B2 Stereo Digital Pitch Shifter demo
YouTube Uploaded by scalenyc on Jan 12, 2012
"Demonstration of the Publison DHM 89 B2 Stereo Digital Pitch Shifter on voice, guitar and drum machine"
Pics via this separate auction
Perfect Circuit Audio
Side note: not sure if the one in the video is meant as a demo for an upcoming auction. If you see it, let me know. I couldn't find it. I was going to put the Onkloud auction up in a separate post but thought the pics would go good here.
Circuit Bent Talking Computer w/LFO and LTC1799
YouTube Uploaded by circuitben on Jan 12, 2012
"This toy was a Christmas present from my girlfriend's mum, just about the most thoughtful Christmas present i've ever had. I painted it my favourite colour (Duck-Egg Blue), then I added a pitch circuit, and trigger circuit to make it a bit more useable, then I went ahead and bended it up."
NAMM: Pittsburgh Modular VC Bend Introduction Video
YouTube Uploaded by amphonic on Jan 12, 2012
"http://pittsburghmodular.com/vc-bend/
The VC Bend is designed as a way to create less than certain variations from pre-determined control voltages, like transposing / inverting a bassline into a melody or creating a 3rd envelope from 2 sources. Used at audio rate, it acts like a voltage controlled full wave rectifier. The VC Bend favours 'esoteric' applications over precision. More often than not the output voltage will not resemble the input. Functionally, the VC Bend sits somewhere between a sample and hold and a quantizer module. However, the type of modulation produced is completely unique to the VC Bend."
Serge Modular - Noise-IDM alike
YouTube Uploaded by MechaSeb76 on Jan 12, 2012
"Serge Modular - Noise - IDM alike
サージモジュラー ノイズ IDMの如し"
Jordan Rudess with his Zen Riffer at CES
Amazing Grace rehearsal at CES
YouTube Uploaded by JCRUDESS on Jan 12, 2012
"Amazing Grace rehearsal at CES on the Zen Riffer with SampleWiz as the sound source and Demetrio Navarro from iConnectivity on backup keys!"
I was wondering if we'd have a CES post this year.
YouTube Uploaded by JCRUDESS on Jan 12, 2012
"Amazing Grace rehearsal at CES on the Zen Riffer with SampleWiz as the sound source and Demetrio Navarro from iConnectivity on backup keys!"
I was wondering if we'd have a CES post this year.
Synth Rorschach #7
via pichaus
"Natalia Semanova By Arthur Elgort"
What modular does this remind you of? See the Synth Rorschach label below for more.
EMU SP 1200 12bit Sampler
"This particular SP1200 is the reissue version from the 90′s.
The power supply does not get hot like on the old SP1200.
The unit is running 220V."
Remember, you can send in your auctions too. Email them to matrixsynth at gmail.com. They will go up here on the main site or on MATRIXYSNTH-B depending on the item, history and quality of the pics. Remember to check out B often. Stuff goes up there every day.
NAMM: KOMA Elektronik "YouTube yourself!" Competition & Videos
"A lot of buzzing going on in the KOMA office. While our colleague Wouter is going off to NAMM next week to present our effects pedals plus our new Eurorack Motion Sensor Controller, called the KOMMANDER, to the states, we are still running our "YouTube yourself!" competition until sunday the 15th.
Customers are asked to film their KOMA pedal in action and can win a KOMAnizer kit, a special noise drone synth that we usually use for workshops only. A lot of nice videos have come in so far. But we'd love to see more. So please spread the word! Here's a collection of some of the submissions so far:"
Koma Elektronik BD101 with DSI Tempest and BugBrand Modular
YouTube Uploaded by d4nnyp on Dec 29, 2011
"Messing about with my newly acquired Koma Elektronik BD101 analogue delay pedal.
Beat is from DSI tempest, left channel through BD101 right channel through Mixer. Modular is doing a simple bass noise sequenced from dividers. An envelope clocked with 16ths is controlling the BD101 gate, joystick controls the decay length of the envelope. Modular 8 step Sequencer clocked slowly from dividers is controlling the delay time on the BD101 and the feedback is controlled by the BD101 motion sensor. The additional delay and reverb are from a Roland RE-301.
Its all a lot of fun!!"
Buchla meets Koma
Uploaded by henrikbjorkk on Jan 1, 2012
"Improvisation using Buchla 200e and Koma effectpedals."
XoXboX plus KOMA AnAlOg gate / delay pedal.
Uploaded by Janoise on Jan 11, 2012
via KOMA: "By the way, we love cats in videos! ;-)"
"Demo.
The Koma pedal has a gate and a very short delay.
At the end of the delay range the Koma gets in a kind of a bit-crusher sounding effect.
This is not often found at a analog pedal.
This is because Koma has modded the chip!"
KOMA Elektronik AnAlOg gate / delay pedal. NO input.
Uploaded by Janoise on Jan 11, 2012
Also see: KOMA KOMMANDER - NAMM'12 TEASER
NAMM: FEELTUNE Announces Rhizome SXE & Rhizome LE
"FEELTUNE will announce two new products at NAMM 2012
Rhizome, roots of the future
Rhizome SXE™ and Rhizome LE™ Now Available for order and on display at NAMM 2012
WHEN:
2012 January 19-22
9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
WHERE:
Anaheim, California, HALL E, Booth 1633
WHAT:
Last year, Feeltune released a new product at the 2011 NAMM show, the Rhizome, a computer-based groove machine compatible with VST and VSTi plugins. All of this come wrapped in a super ergonomic and exquisitely designed machine, which offers numerous controls, and four large 24bit screens displays for better visibility. One instrument as a one full integrated solution, offers a great workflow for the best user experience.
Powered by a Microsoft© embedded system, the Rhizome is compatible with 99% of VST plugins. All plugins run on the Rhizome OS, a VST plug-in host and pattern-based sequencer that offers several
features: sampler, virtual mixing desk, multi-effects, real-time and step-tracks, total recall, control assignation and many more.
In 2012, only one year after his first successful product on the market, Feeltune is proud to present the next generation in the Rhizome range. Our team has worked hard to satisfy the top quality requirements of ours users, and we’re proud to announce these two new products:
Rhizome SXE
With a powerful embedded computer, new dark gray color and a new 8 I/O balanced output; the new model of Rhizome is designed for musicians and producers who need the best “all-in-one” solution in the market. Powered by an optimized Windows 7 embedded system, that Rhizome is ready for the future.
Rhizome LE
Like the Rhizome, is big brother, this model has numerous controls and very large display areas, making it a perfect controller. The difference lies in the fact that the LE version does not have an embedded computer system and must therefore be connected to a -Windows or OSX - computer."
Oberheim OB-Xa - vco hard-sync demo
"Oberheim OB-Xa
oscillator hard sync sound demo
pitch bending of VCO2"
Audio below. Let this one evolve.
Oberheim OB-Xa - vco hard-sync demo by RetroSound
via The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge
Fonitronik mh-11 ADC Pattern Sequencer
(click for more)
"ADCSeq-fp
Frontpanel for the Fonitronik mh-11 ADC Sequencer"
http://modular.fonik.de/
NAMM: Bitwig Studio Announcement
YouTube Uploaded by bitwig on Jan 12, 2012
"The new music production and performance system"
"We are very proud to announce our upcoming product: Bitwig Studio. It is the result of passionate musicians wanting a more natural way to create music and sound.
Bitwig Studio is a multi-platform music-creation system for production, performance and DJing, with a focus on flexible editing tools and a super-fast workflow."
"Native modular system
Create your own instruments and effects or modify existing ones. Design their appearance and share them with the world."
NAMM: Introducing MPC Studio
YouTube Uploaded by AkaiProVideo on Jan 11, 2012
"http://www.akaiprompc.com
MPC Studio offers the most streamlined MPC experience yet. At under one-inch thin, with low-profile controls and a brushed aluminum body, it's made to move. MPC Studio merges real MPC pads, iconic workflow, and the same MPC Software used by MPC Renaissance to give you a fully integrated portable production solution.
Welcome to production anywhere. The world is now your studio.
http://www.akaiprompc.com"
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