MATRIXSYNTH: Friday, May 11, 2012


Friday, May 11, 2012

Modular + MG1 + Juno 60


YouTube Published on May 11, 2012 by condit79

"Never mind that the color constantly shifts on this. Here we have a 5u/dotcom/stg soundlabs system making an evolving drone (infused with lfos from a moogerfooger ringmodulator), with a Juno arpeggiator creating a rhythmic feel and the bass/lead played on an MG-1. Not complicated, just a bit of Friday night fun as I'm way too tired to do anything else."

3panelsB


YouTube Published on May 11, 2012 by cirtcele

"having some fun with my 3 panels
more info - http://nonlinearcircuits.blogspot.com.au/"

Roland Juno 6 Demo


YouTube Published on May 11, 2012 by bcastromusic

"Select 720p/1080p HD for best sound quality.

The Juno 6/60 is a popular synth that is the subject of a lot of discussion, and much of it is negative. I am a huge fan of the Juno 6/60 and think it gets and unfair amount of criticism, primarily behind the veil of the internet. This demo showcases its amazing sound and some of it's capabilities.

Below is the link to the original uncompressed demo:
http://soundcloud.com/briancastro/roland-juno-6"

Vintage Synthesizers I Korg Polysix


YouTube Published on May 11, 2012 by MusicMarketingTV

"A voyage into the heart of the Korg Polysix from the year 1981.
Exploration by Marko Ettlich

2 Osc per Voice | SSM filter chip based.
6 Voice Polyphonic and Unisono Mode
LFO - 1 LFO
Filter - analog lowpass with ADSR envelope
2 Envelopes
Arpeggiator
Chorus, Phaser, Ensemble

It has been used by Tears For Fears, Kitaro, Geoff Downes, Astral
Projection, Robert Rich and more."

Gakken SX-150 Mark II (Analog Synthesizer)

Gakken SX-150 Mark II (Analog Synthesizer) from noiseandroid.com on Vimeo.


"noiseandroid.com

Making sounds with the new Gakken SX-150 MARK II analog synthesizer and testing its powerful low-pass filter

Available worldwide in noiseandroid.com/67-gakken-sx-150-mark-ii.html"

Xplorer Windows Editor for the Oberheim Matrix-12 & Xpander




"Xplorer is a real-time and bi-directional software editor for the Oberheim Matrix-12 and Xpander synthesizers.

Xplorer is not just another generic synthesizer editor with ranges of slider controls that are all the same and don’t really tell you what you are doing.
Xplorer was developed by an Xpander owner for use by Xpander and Matrix-12 owners. With Xplorer you quickly get an overview of all parameters of a single patch, including an overview of the Modulation Matrix."

Hohner Multimonica I - Vacuum tube synthesizer of the 1950s


YouTube Published on May 11, 2012 by MonoThyratron

English abstract (German below):

"The "Hohner Multimonica" is a combined double-manual keyboard instrument consisting of a monophonic synthesizer (sawtooth oscillator, vacuum tube technology) and a polyphonic harmonium with fan-driven reeds. This electro-acoustic musical instrument comes from the German postwar era. It was produced in two main variants ("Multimonica I" later "Multimonica II"). The "Multimonica I" even had a built-in AM radio for local station reception. But there was also a version available without radio.

The first appearance of the Multimonica is falsely dated to 1940. Some may even date it back to the prewar era. But its tube technology suggests that this musical instrument came into trade in the early 1950s. The short newsreel report from 1952 in this video supports this fact.

Hohner modeled its musical instrument after an electro-acoustic instrument by the German company "Siegfried Mager & Co." and the harmonium manufacturer Johannes Straube ("Mager-Straube-Kleinorgel"). German engineer Harald Bode (*1909 †1987) was incorrectly assigned to the construction of this musical instrument."

[German]

Roth Mobot Experimental Electronic News & Events

1. Special eSymposium
Saturday, May 12, Noon - 3PM
Lizard's Liquid Lounge
3058 W Irving Park Rd., Chicago
~FREE~

In addition to our usual weekly social soldering session and experimental electronics open lab, this week's eSymposium will be in high gear when this Saturday we welcome Tim Kaiser on the final leg of his recent tour before returning to Duluth MN.. Tim will be setting up some of his equipment for people to examine and play with. Also, Roth Mobot's Tommy Stephenson will be making a rare eSymposium appearance. Tommy will be showing off some of his latest "Blamps," and their ability to be driven by musical instruments. This is a rare "under-the-hood" look at these two artists' work. And of course, feel free to bring a project to work on, or perform in the world's only regularly scheduled weekly Circuit Bent Open Mic!

2. 14 Below
Mondays through Thursdays
July 23rd - August 16th, 12:45 - 4:00 PM
Old Town School of Folk Music
4545 N Lincoln Ave., Chicago
Register at www.OldTownSchool.org

Roth Mobot's Patrick McCarthy will be teaching 16 sessions of Experimental Music in conjunction with the Old Town School's NEW 14 Below program, an extended afternoon camp experience for 6th, 7th, and 8th graders in the OTSFM's. This session will also cover Gamelan, Hip Hop, and Turntablism. Students will learn tons of new stuff, make new friends, and hang with some great Old Town School teachers. Throughout the afternoon, there will be opportunities for gathering to work on group activities, including a video journaling project. Each four-week session ends with a final presentation in Szold Concert Hall, where we share what we've done with friends and family.

3. Summer Workshops at ESS
June through August
Experimental Sound Studio
5925 North Ravenswood Ave., Chicago
Register at www.ExperimentalSoundStudio.org

Roth Mobot's Patrick McCarthy will be teaching two series of Experimental Music workshops as well as hosting a monthly Open Experimental Sound Lab at Chicago's Experimental Sound Studio. One set of workshops will be geared specifically to children ages 11-16. Focus will be on DIY musical instrument design, DIY Music Theory, Circuit Bending, Electroacoustics, and more! There will be three monthly free open labs where participants can bring in a project of their choice for trouble-shooting, development, show & tell, Q & A, etc. The summer series will culminate in a Recital/Expo of the students' work.

Ice Tube & Shruthi-1


flickr By MukSys
(click for more)

The Ice Tube is a clock from adafruit, makers of the x0xb0x.

MOOG SONIC SIX DUOPHONIC SYNTHESIZER W/ DUAL LFOs

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Pics of the inside below.

"The Moog Sonic Six is a 49 keys Duophonic Analog Synthesizer that features:

- Two VCOs with a balance pot between both oscillators, each oscillator has sawtooth, triangle, square/pulse waveforms (square wave pulse quality knobs for each oscillator), - 2 to + 2 octaves switches for both oscillator as well & besides being a 49 key duophonic synth, tone oscillator "B" can be tuned to concert tuning automatic by switch, pitch control inputs for modulation of oscillator by either LFOs or contour - Oscillator "B" Controlled By "A", can be high note priority, low note priority or both fully diatonic on duophonic mode... Pretty Neat Feature..!!!
- X 2 Multimode LFOs with 4 different waveforms per LFO, features a master balance pot for both LFOs & both come with switches to be used either individually contoured or mixed along with the master rate slider pot to create the most complex modulating effects... No other synth has this feature I think...
- Ring Mod Section with different modulating input sources either by mix of Oscillator "A" & "B", Oscillator "A" by External Source, Oscillator "B" by LFOs. Amazing textures can be obtained...
- Noise Source (White/Pink)
- Source Mixer Section with individual volume control pots for Oscillators A/B, Ring Mod, External Input & Noise Source...
- VCA Section with articulator switch to either engage or bypass, envelope type switches to either ADSR or ADR and pots to adjust the attack and decay... 3 individual trigger envelope inputs from either keyboard, LFO 1 or LFO 2.
- Direct Output Mixer Section for Oscillator A, B , Ringmodulator..)
- A True Low Pass Ladder (Butterworth) Type Filter with a wide frequency range specially after calibration upgrades done to it. Also with contour switch and modulation by LFO's switch + filter keyboard follow switch.
- Headphone Jack.
- Internal Speaker Switch.
- External Monitor Output Jack with Individual Switch as well.
- External input Jack & Pot to regulate the input amount.
- Accessory Socket 15 volt to use with any of the Moog Accessory Items like (Drum Controller, Ribbon Controller, Sample-Hold Controller, Etc.)
- External CV Inputs to control of Oscillators, Filter, Volume Control.
- Glissando
- Pitch Bender ( Upgraded..)
- Etc, Etc, Etc...

INFO ON THIS PARTICULAR UNIT AND WHAT'S BEEN DONE TO IT...

This Particular Moog Sonic Six is version 3 - Rev. "E"... So basically this is one of the later ones in production with many fixes and upgrades the previous versions & revisions didn't have... And well let's just say that everything in there has been worked on electronically, mechanically & electro-mechanically as well, here are the details on what's been done to it.

THE WORK DONE TO IT:
- The whole keyboard assembly has been meticulously worked part by part, the keys are brand new (all new & shinny), new bushings (lubricated as well), new gold platted buss bar, j-wires have been taken out one by one and polished/straightened & replaced, key holder caps cleaned, aligned the keyboard bed from all angles, etc, etc...
- Upgraded Pitch Bend Assembly Mod (Tight As Virgins...)
- All Electrolytic Capacitors Changed For High Grade Hand Picked Tested Ones.
- All Potentiometers Opened, Cleaned & Lubed Including Slider Pots & Switches. ( A Long Job Right There...)
- All Solder Joints Redone For Better Conductivity.
- All wiring harness through out the synths has been rearranged and organized properly for better aesthetics.
- All 1/4 Jacks Changed To New Ones.
- 6 Pin Cinch Jones Connector Changed As Well.
- All terminal connections cleaned, polished, reassembled & re-soldered properly to avoid noisy signal & weak connections.
- All precision resistor chain in keyboard tested and changed when needed.
- Precision resistors 1% tolerance added where needed for more stability in some sections in the circuit boards.
- Low leakage highly precise diodes where added where needed including better diodes for the power supply.
- Many other upgrades where made inside the circuit boards all done according to the last revision of the Original Moog Service Manual + Addendum Sheets and let me tell you no other Sonic Six has ever sounded as sweet musically, full in character and stable as this one...
- Unit has been properly calibrated & tuned to factory specifications so this synth is working A1.

This synth has a rich thick Butterworth Low Pass Ladder Type Filter that everybody raves about & it's why people love the sound of this synth... It's A Beast..!!!"

1970's Korg Micro-Preset M500 Analog Keyboard Synthesizer Keytar

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"The only issue worth mentioning is the guitar strap lugs are missing from the sides so if you wanted to rock it keytar style, you'd have to add a set."

Korg poly800 II mk2 100% sounds demo


YouTube Published on May 11, 2012 by Polynominaldotcom

"for more info, sounds , patch about POLY 800 II , please visit my dedicated webpage: http://www.polynominal.com/site/studio/gear/synth/korg_poly800II/index.html"

voices


YouTube Published on May 11, 2012 by UNDEADINSTRUMENTS

"Discovered something called voices in Ableton, used it during my morning training"

another morning counting mix

Published on May 11, 2012 by UNDEADINSTRUMENTS

"The morning training with the timeFrogIII and Ableton.
the first time I use a software clipping, the result is a bit louder than what I eared..."

Serge Modular vid #13


YouTube Published on May 11, 2012 by Phisynth

Korg PS3100 - Demo Ditty...


YouTube Published on May 11, 2012 by noddyspuncture

"Just a silly ditty on my Korg PS3100..."

Synthroteck ATARI JUNK CONSOLE

ATARI JUNK CONSOLE High Quality Sound Sample Lofi Synth Kit by Synthrotek.com

YouTube Published on May 9, 2012 by synthrotek

http://www.synthrotek.com

"Originally designed by DIY electronics guru Forrest Mims III as the "Stepped Tone Generator", the Atari Punk Console is one of the most famous and recognizable Lo-Fi synth circuits ever. Using a single 556 dual timer IC with minimal part count, the Atari Punk Console circuit is a solid, time-tested noise generator capable of outrageous square wave madness!

Features:

Low part count = easy build for beginners!
Dual power supplies: use a 9V battery or save money on batteries with an AC Adapter rated at 5-12V 200mA Center Positive polarity. DC Jack allows for power switching so that battery power is only enabled when there is no AC Adapter plugged in.
Control Voltage (CV) input allows step sequencers and waveform generators to expand the sonic capabilities of the Atari Punk Console from drone to arpeggio-like dynamism. Use any variable voltage source from 0-Supply Voltage for some glitchy goodness!
3 potentiometer controls - Pulse Width and Frequency contour the tone while the Volume control sets your output just right.
The Atari Punk Console PCB is designed here at Synthrotek and manufactured to high-quality specs by our friends at Imagineering here in the USA! Silkscreen layer helps you place components onto the Atari Punk Console PCB with minimal effort.

The Atari Punk Console Bare-Bones Kit includes everything that you'll need to build your very own APC !

Check out the Assembly Instructions for detailed instructions, troubleshooting, and ways to mod your circuit in amazing ways! For a list of parts, go to the Atari Punk Console BOM"

Sound Impression Machine - Minimal Ambient


Studio synth spotting below.
Note the Polivoks minus keys.

Sound Impression Machine by zzzwiw


Also see Impression Sound Machine. Making The Sound and Vtol - Garmonbozia, Sonora, & dSpacer.

LIVE Akai EWI4000s vs. Nintendo DSi Concert (The Renegades Of Noise)


YouTube Uploaded by noPROFITjustPROGRESS on Aug 19, 2009

"The Adjective Noun vs. Fuck with Audio performing off the grid noise concert in the woods of fort lauderdale broward county florida
0% carbon emissions / zero carbon footprint"

Helado Negro - Octubre 22

Helado Negro - Octubre 22 from Asthmatic Kitty on Vimeo.


asthmatickitty.com/island-universe-story-one

Motion Pieces by Roberto C. Lange
Produced @ Island Universe Space

Features an Atari Video Music + OP-1 and Tape delay using a Scully 280 tape machine

don preston - filters, oscillators & envelopes 1967-75 (album preview)



"Excerpts from the album. Now available at Experimedia.net. LP version. Previously-unreleased electronic music from original The Mothers Of Invention keyboardist, Don Preston. 'We're coming to the beginning of a new era wherein the development of the inner-self is the most important thing. We have to train ourselves so that we can improvise on anything: a bird, a sock, a fuming beaker. This, too, can be music. Anything can be music.' --Don Preston, extracts from Uncle Meat, 1969, The Mothers Of Invention
One could hardly not see in Don Preston a key musician within Frank Zappa's oeuvre. He is not only that, but his presence has marked The Mothers' major records from 1966 to 1974. His touch was already there before the arrival of Ian Underwood, and it continued after Ian left. You all remember 'King Kong' (its magnificence as interpreted by Dom DeWild) from the second Uncle Meat suite. A certain form of jubilation emanates from this track, thanks to Preston's fluid style and lightly astringent tone on the Moog synthesizer -- that instrument never sounded quite like that before or after. This might have to do with his double training, his twin interests, since he had been simultaneously working with Gil Evans and listening intensely to Luciano Berio, Karlheinz Stockhausen, and Tod Dockstader. Immersed in jazz music, he was imagining secret ties with the nascent electronic music. In the mid-'60s, Preston started developing an electronic instrument, using a home-made synthesizer and a series of oscillators and filters. Out of this instrument came 'Electronic Music' (1967), his first piece. Two years later, he became a close friend of Robert Moog, and their discussions gave birth to a number of applications in relation with the flexibility of the instrument. Nowadays, you can't mention the Mini-Moog without thinking of Preston. Bob Moog himself said about his solo in "Waka/Jawaka": "That's impossible. You can't do that on a Moog." Filters, Oscillators & Envelopes features the other side, the hidden side of Don Preston: the composer of purely electronic music.
Released by: sub rosa
Release/catalogue number: sr334lp
Release date: Apr 12, 2012"

via Boing Boing

Don Preston and Dr. Patrick Gleeson where scheduled to be live at Analogue Haven in 2007. I don't believe I ever saw pics or video of the events. At least I'm not quickly finding any. If anyone knows, feel free to comment or shoot me an email.

Doctor Who Theme on eight floppy drives


YouTube Published on May 5, 2012 by MrSolidSnake745

"Download Audio: http://vibedeck.com/mrsolidsnake745-sfloppyorchestra--2/tracks/251834/buy
I've been extremely busy the last month or so. First my computer died on me, then finals, then work, and on top of that most of my family moved away to India. So sorry for the delay in videos. I'm still preoccupied, but I hope to be able to start putting videos up again.

This was highly requested from long ago so I hope you guys enjoy it. I've really thought about how I record my audio and what has sounded good over the past videos. I combined those elements as best I could.

I don't have two microphones of equal quality, so I recorded the left four and right four drives separately and pushed the audio to their respective side. I then recorded all eight and put it through a low pass filter and a small bass boost. I think the resulting mix of the three tracks sounds the best. It takes a lot more time to record and edit, but I thought it was worth it. Let me know what you think.

Oh and I also started a FaceBook page. Haven't really built it out yet, but I'll get to it."

Waveform City Podcast Episode 09 Snazzy FX

Waveform City Episode 09 Snazzy FX by waveform city
via Waveform City

Bengal Cheetah Cat on a Little Phatty


via Moog Music Inc. on Facebook

"Happy Phatty Friday!

Love,
Your friends at Moog. http://bit.ly/IIugW6"

Small, but cool. The cat and the pic.

Near Black Shadows of Wave


YouTube Uploaded by MaxMusicOne on Feb 13, 2011

"Open Y-Cs6 & 12 String Guitar for a long intro melody.
after in half song "reprise armony slow"
that call the BigEcoFun for a magic fly in the clouds.
siae (C)opyright 2011 by Max Mazzotta"

Synth spotting with the Waldorf Wave flagship wavetable synth, Minimoog, Jupiter-6 and others.

via Max Mazzotta on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

4MS Atoner Eurorack Synth Module

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via the listing: "How do I begin to describe this rare module?

The Eurorack Atoner is a highly flexible and rather unusual module that can:

Create quantized melodies tuned to an input frequency)
Generate poly-rhythmic clock/trigger outputs)
Pitch shift audio/CV downwards based on harmonic intervals
also act as a general purpose CV mixer with offset.
provide distortion/bit-crusher style effects when fed external audio

Harmonics are extracted from an on-board oscillator or external audio signal and outputed as audio or clock pulses. The Position knob sets the cut-off frequency, under which all frequencies will be stepped downwards along a harmonic sequence (octaves, 5ths, 3rds, etc) all the way to sub-audible clicking sounds. Thus, a scale or clock signal can be generated from a single tone. Two CV inputs and their respective +/- Vary Amount knobs modulate the Position cut-off. The mix of the two CV inputs plus the Position knob is outputted on a CV jack, and another CV output jack provides a steady +10V clock pulse that is jumper-selectable to be a clock division of the audio output (/1, /2, /32, /64, or non-linear division). The Eurorack Atoner consumes 60mA of power and occupies 16 H. P. of space."

MOOG Model 12 Lower Panel

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"MOOG Model 12 lower panel. This rare desirable MOOG Model 12 panel / module is very useful and rare and is a must for any portable cabinet system. Many features."


MOOG Modular System 55 Cabinet and 6 CP series modules

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"MOOG Modular System 55 Cabinet and 6 CP series modules. Vintage Synthesizer. This cabinet is available with parts and in the condition as shown in the photographs. Most of the wiring seems intact although it is clear some things have been removed. Study the photos and ask questions before bidding. It is loaded with rare and impossible to find CP series modules. Cabinets both seem original with the lower slanted cabinet being in better condition. There is no power supply..."

Moog 923 vintage synthesizer module

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"Moog 923 vintage synthesizer module for modular synthesis. Filters / Noise Source. This rare desirable Moog 923 module is very useful and rare."

RA Moog 907 Fixed Filter Bank / 904B high pass filter

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"RA Moog 907 Fixed Filter Bank / 904B high pass filter vintage synthesizer module for modular synthesis. This rare desirable RA Moog 907 frame has been modified by having an original vintage RA Moog 904B high pass filter added to its faceplate and chassis. Very clean professional modification and whatever value lost for its unoriginality is more than made up for by the added and very valuable 904B high pass filter and the combos added flexibility. Both the 907 and 904B are rare and here is a chance to get them both for the price of one."

Inside a Roland TR-808 with MIDI

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"Stunning Roland TR-808 with internal CHD Midi installed."

Tons of pics at the listing. Click these for the super size shots.


WATKINS (WEM) COPICAT Mk2 Rare Sixties Valve (Tube) Tape Echo

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MAESTRO OCTAVE BOX OB-2 with Original Box

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ROLAND SH-09 SN 086619

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Oberheim Ob-Mx analog synth

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"Oberheim OB-MX 2 voice card installed
Has some corrupted ram.
presets 1-21 are fine and can be written.
presets 22-128 are corrupt jibberish
Rom presets 129-256 are fine.
2 voice card is working fine."

ROLAND SH-101 SN 266770 with Original Gig Bag & Rittor Music Magazine

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tokywax (RSS)

KORG MS-20 SN 140353

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tokywax (RSS)

Ibanez IMG2010, Roland GI-20, BX-13-VX and Soft Synthesizers


YouTube Published on May 11, 2012 by WayneJoness

"The BX-13-VX is used to convert the output of the IMG2010 to 13-pin format. This is then hooked up to the Roland GI-20, that drives various soft synths! This clip includes blending the IMG2010 pickups with the synth output."

BX-13-VX, Roland G-505, Roland FS-6 and Roland VG-99 Volume Adjust

Published on May 11, 2012 by WayneJoness

"This demo is a quick over view of using the BX-13-VX with a vintage Roland G-505 guitar and a modern Roland VG-99 guitar synthesizer. Details on volume adjust"

lo-fi_jam


YouTube Published on May 11, 2012 by bassling

"http://www.bassling.blogspot.com/2012/04/dictee-through-rabbit-hole-delay.html"

DX10 | FM Synthesizer Plugin


YouTube Published on May 11, 2012 by imageline

"More info here - http://www.image-line.com/documents/dx10.html

DX10 recreates the classic FM sound but with a much simpler and more intuitive interface. Included FREE with FL Studio."

Thingamagoop 2 vs Voice Recorder: Rise of the Machines


YouTube Published on May 10, 2012 by noiseandroid

"Bleep Labs Thingamagoop 2 and Brand New Noise Voice Recorder making plans about the destruction of the world as we know it. This is the rise of the (noisy) machines!

noiseandroid.com

Thingamagoop: http://www.noiseandroid.com/20-thingamagoop-2.html
Voice Recorder: http://www.noiseandroid.com/59-voice-recorder.html"
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