The USBtribe - USB MIDI for KORG Monotribe

"The USBtribe is a USB MIDI interface built specifically to integrate with the Korg Monotribe Analog Ribbon Station. Connect one to your Monotribe and you can exchange MIDI Note, Controller, Sync and Transport Messages between your synth and your computer directly, via a single USB cable, no 1980s DIN MIDI connectors required. The USBtribe will also allow you to power your Monotribe via that same USB cable, eliminating the need for batteries or an external PSU. You get classic Korg analogue sounds with modern USB standard convenience!

Features
● Fully assembled: simply use the included cables to connect the USBtribe to your Monotribe
● May be installed without modification to the Monotribe case
● Plug and Play: the USBtribe appears as a midi port on the host computer
● MIDI Channel 1 (from synth sequencer) & Channel 10 (rhythm sequencer) send MIDI Note ON / OFF messages to external devices from the
Monotribe sequencer
● Front panel knobs and switches variously send Continuous Controllers 1, 7, 11, 16, 17, 80, 81, 82 and 83 out on MIDI channel 1. Record knob
tweaks and switch actions over MIDI
● Functions as a MIDI Clock/Sync Pulse converter using the Monotribe's Sync sockets
● Transport control over MIDI. Start, Stop, Continue external sequencer with front panel buttons
● Modify the synthesizer VCA and LFO modules with standard MIDI Continuous Controller messages 1, 7, 11, 16, 17, 80, 81, 82 and 83 on MIDI
channel 1
● Play synthesizer with MIDI Note ON / OFF messages on channel 1
● Play drum sounds with MIDI Note ON / OFF messages on channel 10
● Transport control over MIDI. Start, Stop, Continue and Sync Monotribe from external sequencer
● Measures 35 mm × 46 mm (1.38" × 1.81")
● Powered via battery,DC supply or USB
● Firmware is user-upgradable via USB

Price

£60.00 plus p+p"

USBtribe Demo via wire to the ear


Published on Nov 14, 2012 by Oliver Chesler
This video is about USBtribe. For photos and more info: http://www.wiretotheear.com/2012/11/14/usbtribe-demo/

The November & October Acid Pattern

The november pattern is from actinid

The track below was made with Phoscyon from d16group.

"20 BPM track - pattern transposed to midi then played at 20 BPM
all drums and sounds triggered by the acid pattern with various midi processing in ableton live
the vocal loop is from interview with spiral tribe member/founder Mark from world traveller adventurer DVD- looped and processed in live."

November acid pattern by DyLABs

The october acid compilation is now up at
http://acidpattern.bandcamp.com/album/october-acid-pattern


"13 mental acid tracks all based on 1 acid pattern
grab it for free
or pay as much as you can afford
its nearly 1 and half hours of acid goodness

happy acid

dylab"

Chimera Synthesis BC-16

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via the listing: "Here is a hard to find item! I was one of the few who actually received their order of this very unique/bizaar modular synthesizer. Very small in size, it is a hybrid (ergo chimera) of Digital (DSP synthesis) and Analog (VCF and interface + potential CV control)... This is a video I made of this very unit a few years ago:"

BC-16 random experimenting

Uploaded by aaasamaaa on Jul 27, 2008

"I was using my microkorg to control the midi input of the ChimeraSynthesis BC-16. The patch was rather simple, mainly exploring timbres of this fun synth."

KORG Performance!!!! - kaossilator 2 + mini kaoss pad 2

Published on Nov 14, 2012 by KORGINC

L : Synthesizer "kaossilator 2" http://www.korg.co.jp/Product/Dance/kaossilator2/
R : Effector "mini kaoss pad 2" http://www.korg.co.jp/Product/Dance/minikaosspad2/


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Airway to Africa

Published on Nov 14, 2012 by Ebotronix
4ms Peg RCD
Analogue Systems RS 100 RS 110
Cyndustries ZO Bass
Doepfer A 134 pan by A 143-9
Flame Chord Machine
Grendel Formant Filter
Make Noise Maths Optomix Wogglebug
Malekko 4x AO 4x Uncle
Roland System 104 Sequencer
SSL Orgy
TipTop Audio Z 8000
Toppobrillo Quantimator Sportmodulator TWF
Logic Master clock to Kenton Pro 2000 II
Drums Ultrabeat
FX Boss VF1 Lexicon PCM90 Line6 Echopro TC M3000
SPL Gold Mike Alesis 3630 Aphex Exciter C2

The Sickness by Sonic Faction

The Sickness - Promo Video

Published on Oct 24, 2012

"ALL SOUNDS IN THIS VIDEO WERE CREATED WITH THE SICKNESS (EXCEPT THE DRUMS).
Available NOW at http://sonicfaction.com/

Introducing The Sickness, the latest bio-weapon for your Ableton Live arsenal. Sonic Faction has taken sampling to obsessive new levels by reconstructing the Access Virus TI as an Ableton Instrument, giving you new levels of melodic mutation for a full on audio assault. The Virus is one of the most sought after modern hardware synths on the planet and now for the first time its available as a virtual instrument in Ableton Live!

PLAY - The Virus reconstructed for Ableton. The Sickness is the first virtual instrument to capture the malevolent soul of the Virus. Sonic Faction sampled every oscillator to re-animate the lethal sounds this synth is known for.

TWEAK - 300+ Killer Presets. The Virus is infamous for its endless library of presets. With The Sickness we redesigned all of our favorite patches in Sampler, giving you unprecedented quality, variety and tweakability.

CONTROL - Next-Gen Step Sequencer for APC40 and Launchpad. The Sickness includes a FREE Max for Live patch that gives you hands-on control. Discover new melodic strains with the advanced Iso Arp."

Additional info:

"Sonic Faction has taken sampling to obsessive new levels by reconstructing the Access Virus as an Ableton Instrument. The Virus is one of the most sought after modern hardware synths on the planet and now for the first time its available as a virtual instrument in Ableton Live! Sonic Faction micro-sampled every individual oscillator and wavetable in the Virus and then rebuilt it from the ground up using Sampler and Ableton’s built in effects. The Sickness comes with 300 killer presets: Unleash infectious leads, filthy basses, and ill arpeggios like a crazed lunatic - or synthesize your own toxic concoctions. It also includes a custom Max for Live patch for hands-on genetic step sequencing. With all this raw power in one synth, The Sickness will have you foaming at the mouth.

The Sickness Key Features:

- The Virus completely reconstructed for Ableton Live.

- Each oscillator and wavetable meticulously micro-sampled

- Faithfully reproduces the fat, aggressive and dirty sounds of the Virus.

- Flexible architecture for modifying sounds on the fly.

- Unprecedented sound quality, variety and tweakability.

- 300+ Killer Presets.

Includes a FREE Max for Live Step Sequencer patch:

- Custom made for APC40 and Launchpad.

- Draw new lead sequences and chords.

- Play within any scale or key.

- Modulate any parameter on The Sickness.

- Save & Recall patterns in realtime.

- Iso-Arp mode generates new melodic strains and advanced arpeggios.

- Multi-Device/Multi-Controller Support - Use 1 controller on multiple tracks or up to 6 controllers on multiple tracks.

Get The Sickness now at http://www.sonicfaction.com/sickness.html

Water Color Music

Published on Nov 6, 2012

"Homemade music and visuals"

Alesis Ions on eBay

THE HARVESTMAN DOUBLE ANDORE as a synth

Published on Nov 14, 2012

"using THE HARVESTMAN DOUBLE ANDORE as a synth"

Spektrumsynth: New Features

Published on Nov 14, 2012

"Initially based on the Reaktor Oki Computer Factory Instrument by James Walker Hall and Timothy Lamb, this semi-modular device includes stacked macros, S+H, 2 arpeggiators, 12 envelopes, 6 step-sequencers, 2 multi-breakpoint EGs, 16 syncable LFOs, 36 patchers, FM, oscillator sync, separate polyphonic panning for 7 individual audio paths, multiwave/wave-table/granular synthesis, 9 filters, 3 independent portamento processors, CC-1 recorder, patcher range modulation (unipolar and bipolar) for Macro control and many presets."

Madrona Labs Aalto Version 1.3 Now Available

"A year in the making, Aalto version 1.3 is now available on the website!

If you're reading this, you probably know what Aalto is all about. Veteran producers, modular fanatics, and neophytes alike have been praising Aalto for its sound quality and usability since its release. Now, in response to a year of user feedback and extensive testing, Aalto 1.3 has many new features and a few important bug fixes:

- redesigned, rewritten, vector-based, smoothly resizeable UI
- DSP optimizations
- Open Sound Control input for Soundplane / t3d format controllers
- fixed key stealing in Ableton Live
- fixed Fxpansion RTAS wrapper compatibility
- improved dial / mouse wheel ballistics
- fixed Logic noise burst bug of doom
- sync by ratios to host sequencer
- added MIDI program change automation
- store window location / num / anim prefs with saved data, not patch
- fix startup / shutdown issues affecting Max/MSP, Reaper
- KEY: added two MIDI modulation outputs
- KEY: rearranged knobs for Soundplane/t3d switch
- SEQ: added random sequence button
- SEQ: added steps signal input
- SEQ: allow fine delay time changes in steps of 0.1
- ENV: increased attack, decay ranges
- ENV2: added delay, attack signal inputs
- LFO: add level signal input
- OSCILLATOR: fix linear pitch input range
- patcher: fixed sticky signal displays
- patcher: display bipolar signals as absolute

Aalto 1.3 is a free upgrade for all licensed Aalto owners. If you already own a copy of Aalto, simply log in to your Madrona Labs account and click “My Downloads” to see the new links. If you don't see the “My Downloads” section in the upper right after you log in, it probably means you were a very early customer. If that happens, please let me know and I'll sort it out for you.

An Aalto license is $99 US and includes all future 1.x upgrades as well as Mac and Windows versions. Since this upgrade is free, new purchases are the only way I'm funding the development—if you value the upgrade and you want to support my efforts, please spread the word so I can write more cool stuff.

I plan to release another minor upgrade relatively soon, with a bunch of new patches showing off the new features. I would like to add many more user patches with that package, so if you would like to contribute some, please get in touch!

Until next time,
Randy"

1978 ROLAND RS-505 PARAPHONIC STRINGS SN 770728

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Alesis Andromeda A6 Analog Synthesizer

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 SN 5729 with MIDI

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the underground symphony

the underground symphony part 1

Published on Nov 14, 2012

"the first part of the underground symphony: the main instrument is a modified yamaha pss-100, a real surprising and wonderful creation by squidfanny (http://www.youtube.com/user/squidfanny/featured ), the roland gaia synth and a piano connected to korg kaoss pad 2 for some sampling effects."

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the underground symphony part 2


the underground symphony part 3


the underground symphony part 4

Cross Platform Joyride - Buchla & Synthesizers.com

Published on Nov 14, 2012

"Yes - very chaotic cross patching between Buchla and Moog style analog modular synths........ most timbre & pitch controlled by a Buchla format Joystick Controller I'm building right now."

DIY Synthesizer & Sequencer with Keyboard

Published on Nov 14, 2012

"The knobs of a home-made synth are tweaked while it plays a sequence of notes (Syncuino DIY 16-step sequencer, see link below)."

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https://sites.google.com/site/synthaquarium/
http://chemiker1981.blogspot.de/

Gestrument for iPad

Published on Oct 21, 2012

"Gestrument - the revolutionary gesture based instrument"

Playlist:
Gestrument - Overview
Gestrument - Tutorial 1 (Pitch and rhythm)
Gestrument - Tutorial 2 (Dynamics)
Gestrument - Tutorial 3 (Instruments)
Gestrument - Tutorial 4 (Scale morph)
Gestrument - Tutorial 5 (Pulse density)

iTunes:
Gestrument - Jesper Nordin
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"Gestrument - the revolutionary gesture instrument! Swipe your finger to play - it has never been easier to make music!

LAUNCH OFFER! Gestrument is offered at this discounted price until January 10:th 2013

See videos and read more about Gestrument on www.gestrument.com

Developed by Jesper Nordin (www.jespernordin.com) and Jonatan Liljedahl (www.kymatica.com)

• Play and compose music with the swipe of your finger
• An intuitive tool for composers in all genres
• Generate music within defined scales and rhythms
• The ultimate tool for making truly new music in any genre
• Improvise freely within a fully controlled musical framework
• Use the internal GM sound bank or your favorite MIDI synthesizer
• Use Gestrument to control other iOS apps or external MIDI programs through a MIDI interface or Network MIDI
• Create and save your own presets and share with your friends or download new presets from www.gestrument.com

Improvise or compose within the scales and rhythms you choose. Use parameters like pulse density, scale morphing, rhythm randomness or pitch fluctuation to find new paths for your musical expression and creativity. Use the tutorials or define your own settings to fit the musical style you want to play and compose in. Play on up to eight instruments at once - all with different individual settings.

Gestrument works equally well for rhythmic music or sweeping soundscapes, for solo melodies or chord blocks, for long lines or short staccatos. It can help you make music in whichever genre you can imagine.

Gestrument works directly with its built in sounds and is therefore perfect for the amateur or beginner who wants to make music in an intuitive way. But it is first and foremost built for professional musicians and composers who can work with the settings to build advanced theoretical frameworks that they can later improvise or compose within."

iTunes:
Gestrument - Jesper Nordin
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Elektron Analog Four - Full Details & Demos

"The Analog Four is the best of two worlds. The power of analog synthesis is enhanced with precise Elektron sequencing for a machine par excellence. This is an analog synthesizer for the modern age.

The Analog Four is a four voice analog synthesizer. Analog oscillators and filters ensure the most organic sounds imaginable and the Elektron step sequencer caters for the innovative sound control. With sequencer features like parameter locks and variable length per track, intricate Analog Four compositions can be created quickly and efficiently. Add the completely new and incredibly well-crafted effects to the mix and experience the next chapter in analog sounds. It just sounds right.

Not only a splendid sound making device, the Analog Four can also make other gear sing. Thanks to the CV/Gate and DIN sync outputs, legacy analog gear can be controlled in great detail. Sequencer features like arpeggiators and parameter locks will breathe new life in old equipment and make any modular synthesizer rig truly come alive.

Live performance features are aplenty. The special performance mode gives direct access to user-defined parameters and direct pattern change makes it possible to change patterns at any sequencer step. The arpeggiator can be instantly toggled on or off for swirling melody lines. Improvising when playing live has never been this easy. The Analog Four was born for the stage.

The Analog Four offers four synth voices capable of providing that inimitable analog sound. Two analog oscillators, two sub oscillators and a noise oscillator per voice give enormous room for experimentation. They are the starting point for those deep basses, piercing leads, mellow bells and haunting drones - all with a distinctly analog flavor. The power is striking.

Brilliant FX & Dual filter force
The effects section of the Analog Four has been constructed from the ground up and is a perfect match for the strong analog tones. Use chorus, delay and reverb for situating sounds in acid cathedrals, the deepest abysses and head-spinning rotating rooms or for simply adding a final, subtle, audio finish. They make things shine.

Each synth voice features two separate analog filters. The 4-pole lowpass ladder filter and 2-pole multi-mode filter are incredible tools when shaping sounds. To add more sonic crunch, the filter section also contains a fully analog overdrive circuit. The saturation can range from gentle warming to total destruction. All bases are covered.

Total Sound Control
The critically acclaimed Elektron step sequencer gives unprecedented control over synth and FX parameters. Create patterns and songs with ease and use parameter locks to lock track parameters to specific values. It is even possible to change synth patches per sequencer step; an unbeatable method when creating expressive patterns. The dedicated track, of course featuring parameter locks, sending CV/Gate signals is perfect for sequencing external analog instruments. Analog Four is in control.

Wild modulation - The internal architecture opens up for extensive modulation possibilities. Each synth voice offers two assignable LFOs and envelopes, AM cross-modulation, oscillator sync and dedicated LFOs for both pulse width modulation and vibrato. The range of potential sounds is as wide as it possibly can get.

Convenient storage
Sounds can of course be stored. Kits contain complete settings for all tracks, Sounds contain settings for the synth tracks. Save the best Kits and Sounds and create a collection of the most inspiring analog patches, ready to be recalled at all times. No tedious and time-consuming recreation of analog sounds is necessary. This machine is instant and direct.

Full connectivity
All the ports necessary to incorporate the Analog Four in a modern studio are at hand. A headphone output, two main outputs, two external inputs, two dual CV/Gate outputs, a USB port and MIDI IN/OUT/THRU ports featuring DIN sync out means the Analog Four can communicate with everything from legacy instruments and modular synthesizers to computers. It is at home everywhere.

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Moog Music Polarizes its Synthesizers, Releases All White Instruments

"ASHEVILLE, NC – November 14, 2012 – Today Moog Music announced the limited edition release of an all white series of its classic analog instruments. Moog has polarized the color of their traditionally black steel and natural wood instruments to a solid white finish. Included in this limited edition white release are the Slim Phatty, Minimoog Voyager, and the Minimoog Voyager XL analog synthesizers. Moog has also included the entire line of Moogerfooger Analog Effects Modules in this all white release.

In addition to the polarized color, the Slim Phatty now ships with 100 new, artist-designed presets made specifically for this limited edition analog synth. The sound designers that crafted the new preset bank are Phil Hartnoll and Paul Hartnoll of Orbital, Production wiz Chad Hugo of N.E.R.D. and The Neptunes, and DJ/Sound Designer Dom Kane. The Slim Phattys optional wood sides, and optional rack ears are also now available in white.

The Minimoog Voyager and Minimoog Voyager XL have also been transitioned to an all white finish with reversed artwork. The pitch and mod wheel of the Minimoog Voyager XL has been upgraded to a white backlit design, which is a feature that was previously only available on the Minimoog Voyager.

Lastly, the Moogerfooger family of analog effects modules are also ghosts of their former selves. The MF-101 Lowpass FIlter, MF-102 Ring Modulator, MF-103 12 Stage Phaser, MF-104M Analog Delay, MF-105M MIDI MuRF, MF-107 Freq Box and the MF-108M Clusterflux have all been transitioned to white and are now a perfect match to the limited edition Minimoog Voyager, Voyager XL and Slim Phatty Analog Synthesizers.

These all white Moog instruments are available for a limited time at select dealers and are shipping now. International customers must check with the Moog distributor in their country for pricing and availability.




Street Prices:
Minimoog Voyager XL WHITE: $4995
Slim Phatty WHITE: $845
Slim Phatty Wood Kit WHITE: $89
Slim Phatty Rack Ears WHITE: $25
MF-101 Low Pass Filter WHITE: $335
MF-102 Ring Modulator WHITE: $335
MF-103 12 Stage Phaser WHITE: $379
MF-104M Analog Delay WHITE: $749
MF-105M MIDI MuRF WHITE: $479
MF-107 FreqBox WHITE: $399
MF-108M Cluster Flux: $639

Links
Slim Phatty Product Page
Minimoog Voyager Product Page
Minimoog Voyager XL Product Page
Moogerfoogers Page
Moog Music website

About Moog Music:
Moog Music synthesizers and other electronic musical instruments are designed and lovingly handcrafted in the Moog factory in downtown Asheville, N.C. Moog Music and its customers carry on the legacy of Dr. Robert Moog, inventor of the Moog synthesizer and Founder of Moog Music Inc."

Barton Musical Circuits MWC & UWQ Eurorack Modules

MWC Demo 1

Published on Nov 13, 2012 by boogdish

"New prototype from Barton Musical Circuits. MWC = Multi-Window Comparator. Sorry for the blur, I'm working in a basement and the light's not great.

In a nutshell, this looks at your input voltage, converts it into a number, then looks that number up on a data table and turns a +5V output on if the table tells it to. It does this 4 times, for 4 different outputs. There are attenuation and offset knobs for conditioning the input signal, write/erase buttons for writing the "on/off" tables, and save/load and bank select switches for saving your tables to the internal EEPROM.

The write/erase buttons could also be replaced by input jacks so you're rhythm generating devices could write the tables. The board has euro/motm power connector pads. The board has 2 pc mounted pots, and it also has 4 mounting holes so people can feel free to create their own layout. I am going to try to offer a Eurorack front panel for this as well.

I will be writing build documentation for this soon. I'll have boards/PICs to offer for this next month, and a set will be $20 plus postage."

Discussion on Muff's here.

UWQ Demo 1

Published on Nov 13, 2012 by boogdish

"A dry boring demo of the features of a new quantizer module I've designed. More info will be up at www.bartonmusicalcircuits.com after I get it written.

To summarize: Instead of pre-loaded scales/modes, you're using write/erase buttons to create a data table that records all possible outputs, if you saw my MWC demo, this will seem familiar (I actually copy/pasted some of the code).

There are additional controls for: turning the quantizer off, triggering a new sample (it constantly samples when nothing is plugged into this jack), controlling whether the quantizer quantizes above or below the input voltage, a "softness" control which acts like a voltage controlled portamento with fun interactions with the trigger-new-sample control. It can also save two banks of notes onto the internal EEPROM. There is also a bi-polar/positive only switch so it can interact with more voltage sources.

There are input jacks for the quantized signal, a secondary cv (with attenuation pot), external softness cv (with attenuation pot), write and erase jacks for triggering from external sources, trigger-new-sample, and quantize on/off.

Finally, and I didn't get into this on the demo, the board is set up so that the range of the module is adjusted by just a couple of trim pots (an input attenuator and an output amplifier) so individual builders can decide whether they want more range or accuracy. Different people will use this differently so I'll leave it up to them. On this demo I had it set up for 10V range. The table of possible outputs has 1024 parts (because the PIC has a 10-bit ADC), so this gives me 102.4 pitches/octave. At 5V you'd get 204.8 pitches per octave.

This prototype had a few errors on the PCB, so I'm waiting for a revised PCB to show up (should be in the next couple weeks), and if I got all my errors on that, then boards should be available to ship in early to mid January. I think a board/chip combo will be $22. This uses all through hole components, and pc-mounted pots, but has mounting holes so people don't have to use the pc mounted pots. It has euro/motm power connecters and will work with +/-12v or +/-15v with no modification.

I think I'll also be selling a few of these with hand made front panels if anyone thinks this is a cool module but is intimidated by all of the wiring. This is 8HP in euro-rack."

Discussion on Muff's here.

Kinetik Laboratories Harsh Noise Generator

Published on Nov 14, 2012 by kinetiklab

"Harsh Noise Generator is a minimal sound generator, ideal sound source for your effect chain.

It has two operating modes.

In the first operation mode the frequency of two oscillators varies randomly around the value set with the knobs named FREQUENCY. The output is then processed mathematically to create additional perturbations.

Turning the unit on with the knobs rotated fully clockwise you access the second operation mode. Noise and silence are alternated with intervals that vary randomly around the value set with the DENSITY knob. The INTENSITY knob adjust the noise energy."

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MochikaXL Dark Side

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Additional Pics and Info on Roger Powell's Custom Moog Keyboard

See the update in this post.

Modular Percussion Reason ReFill

Published on Nov 11, 2012 by Audiovapor

"Modular Percussion is a Reason Refill of unique sampled percussive sounds from a modular EuroRack synthesizer. Modular Percussion contains 581mb of content sampled at 24bit 96khz, 50 combinators, and 3 full Kong kits.

The percussive samples were created with the MakeNoise Optomix triggered by an MFB Uzewerg Pro. The sound sources were the WMD Phase Displacement Oscillator, Modcan Dual Wave, Moog Freqbox and Doepfer A-118. The Optomix is an analog, vactrol based voltage controlled Low Pass Gate. Low Pass Gates are commonly used for creating classic modular percussive timbres. The vactrol creates a natural, musical decay, perfect for percussive hits. The MFB Urzwerg Prong" the Optomix with 5 different CV damping amounts, multisampled and layered within Kong. The result is a dynamic, unique percussion soundset simply unavailable anywhere else.

The 50 LPG combinators heavily feature the Echobode and Pulsar Reason Rack Extensions. You must own the Echobode and Pulsar Rack Extensions to use these combinators properly. The combinators feature arppegiators, sequences, effects and filters that create inspirational percussive loops. The 3 Kong kits are all of the multisamples mapped across the pads.

Features:

-581mb of content sampled at 24bit, 96hz. ReFill download size is 284mb.

-50 multisampled percussive hits with 5 layers of Optomix damping (246 samples total).

-50 combinators, 3 kong kits.

-The root note of all the percussive sounds was sampled at "C" at the source. This enables the end user to tune the Kong kits to their preference, perhaps to match the key of their song. The percussion sequences are also all in the key of "C" for easier tweaking.

-For use in Reason 6.5.1 and above."

CIRCUIT BENT 'GREEN FM SYNTH' YAMAHA PSS-140

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"1988 frequency modulation based keyboard with nice grainy lo-fi synthesiser timbres and electronic sounding, digital percussion has now be fitted with:

yellow control - high pass filter

red control - overdrive/feedback oscillator

green control - drum glitch and trigger toggle switch

green 'on' led lamp

circuit board control panel and green enamel coated keys

features:

37 midsize keys
6 note polyphony
100 voices
10 rhythms
5 drum pads
tempo/volume controls
chord mode
1/4" jack output
powered by 5 x1.5v 'aa' batteries or dc input
internal speaker removed to house modifications"

Optigan 14 Disc Set With Original Folder

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"Titles included are:
-Folk and Other Moods Guitar
-The Blues Sweet and Low
-Banjo Sing-Along
-Nashville Country
-Waltz Time
-Bossa Nova Style
-Rock and Rhythm
-Easy Does It With Vibes
-Organ Sing-Along
-Classic Guitar
-Pop Piano Plus Guitar
-Big Organ and Drums
-Latin Fever
-Guitar in 3/4 Time
Included in the listing is the Optigan 14 Disc Set as the original storage folder."

Roland Juno-106 SN 381488 with Wood Sides

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Arp Odyssey Synthesiser SN 0439

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"This Model 2810 Arp Odyssey II is in mint condition and has an extremely low Serial Number of 439. Being sold by the original owner, who bought it in San Francisco January 1977 and then imported it to Australia. As Australia has a voltage of 240 Volts the instrument comes with a 240V/110V transformer..."

Note the ARP Odyssey stencil on the side. I don't believe I've seen that before. 

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Roland GR500 Analogue Guitar Synth with Original Box

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ACCESS OBERHEIM MATRIX Synth Midi Programmer

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"ACCESS OBERHEIM MATRIX Synth Midi Programmer for the 1000, 6, 6R synthesizers"

I believe you need OS 2.13 on the Matrix-6 for sysex support in order for this to work.

STS Serge Gator/Creature M-Class Synthesizer

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Electro Comp Model EML-200

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"Electro Comp Model EML-200 Synthesizer from Connecticut based Electronic Music Laboratories (EML) was most known for producing synthesizers along the same lines of Moog and ARP. The ElectroComp 200 was one of EML's first synthesizers, introduced in 1969. It's old school but has very sophisticated features for the time (such as a Wave Shaper and stereo sound). It is monophonic and includes two oscillators, independent high- and low-pass filters, two ring modulators, an LFO with sample-and-hold, stereo panning, and built-in spring reverb. The front panel of the 200 is nicely designed and laid out (they can be found in either silver or blue, as seen here). There are 31 mad-scientist-looking knobs and over 60 patch points! With a little patching, even people new to analog synths will be able to start getting sounds out of the 200"

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Roland SH-09 Vintage Analog Synthesizer SN 760422

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OTO BISCUIT Bit Crusher w/ Der Oto Mono Synth Installed

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ROLAND Saturn SA-09 SN 982420

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Mungo g0 Granular Module

Mungo g0 Granular Module from cv slime 800 on Vimeo.

Chillout at 200 bpm

Published on Sep 13, 2012 by sEQuenz23

"1904 Steinway meets 2012 drum n bass. With the help of Ableton Live, Lemur on iPad, and a Wiimote it might just be possible. Live looping and sound effects are controlled with Lemur on the iPad, and drum loops are triggered with a Wii remote.

You can download the Ableton Live set (Live 8 needed), Lemur file, and OSCulator patch below if you'd like to have a play or use it as a starting point for your own live-looping experiments. If you're on a PC, you can use GlovePie instead of OSCulator to get the Wiimote to trigger drum loops.

http://sequenz.co.uk/sound/PianoEffectsLiveSet.als
http://sequenz.co.uk/sound/PianoEffectsLemur.jzml
http://sequenz.co.uk/sound/PianoEffectsOSC.oscd

I also used the excellent free Aurex MFX1 effects rack which you'll need to download to use in the Live set. Details and link to download are here:

https://www.ableton.com/en/blog/2012/06/14/mfx1-master-effects-racks-aurex/"

iTunes:
Lemur - Liine
iPads on eBay, on Amazon

Division Furtive Type 46 and Type 40 Watches

Division Furtive Introduction Movie

Published on Nov 8, 2012 by DivisionFurtive

"Meet the Type 46 dual linear movement watch and the Type 40 dual LED display watch. You can buy a Type 40 (shipping starts in March 2013) or reserve a Type 46 (later in 2013) on the Kickstarter project page.

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So why is this on MATRIXSYNTH and not just WATCHMATRIX? :


Division Furtive Watch Plays James Bond Theme

Published on Nov 13, 2012 by DivisionFurtive

Radical Keys - Rack Extension

Published on Nov 14, 2012 by PropellerheadSW

"For more information: http://shop.propellerheads.se/product/radical-keys/

Introducing Radical Keys, a new Rack Extension instrument for Reason that faithfully recreates three classic electromechanical keyboards—Rhodes, Pianet and Wurlitzer. Based on the same 'Radical' technology as our Radical Piano instrument, Radical Keys goes beyond flawless emulation, by enabling you to sculpt your own instruments from the originals.

Disclaimer: All product names used are trademarks of their respective owners, and in no way constitutes an association or affiliation with Propellerhead Software. All trademarks are solely used to identify the products whose sound was sampled and studied during the development of Radical Keys."

XILS-lab Releases Rotary Speaker Emulation Plug-ins

"GRENOBLE, FRANCE: music software company XILS-lab is proud to announce availability of its LX122 and LX122 Premium rotary speaker effects plug-ins as of November 5, 2012...

LX122 and LX122 Premium are Mac OS X 10.4 (32-bit PowerPC and Intel) and OS X 10.6 (32- and 64-bit Intel) or later- compatible (VST, AU, RTAS — Pro Tools 7.0 or later) and Windows XP, Vista, and Windows 7-compatible (VST, RTAS Pro Tools 7.0 or later) rotary speaker emulation plug-ins, both featuring XILS-lab’s proprietary True Stereo Dynamic Engine (TSDE), offering a whole new way to record rotary speaker effects.

As such, LX122 and LX122 Premium are the perfect partner for present-day organists and keyboardists everywhere — or, indeed, anyone seeking that still-sought-after sound, so first... a little history: the instantly recognisable tone of a Hammond organ/Leslie speaker combo remains a staple of many musical genres — think Procol Harum’s psychedelic multi-million-selling single ‘A Whiter Shade Of Pale’, one of the standout anthems of 1967’s so-called Summer Of Love. Yet there was little love lost back in 1937 when Leslie speaker inventor Donald Leslie bought a Hammond, hoping it would prove to be a suitable substitute for a pipe organ. Disappointed with its sound at his home compared to the spacious showroom where he had originally heard it in action, Leslie sought to improve things somewhat by experimenting with his own moving speaker designs, finally settling on the now-familiar form of a rotating drum and horn for bass and treble frequencies, respectively.

Until now, a classic rotary speaker system simply comprised a stationary treble unit with spinning horns and a stationary woofer with spinning rotor (or drum), together with two filters to divide the frequency spectrum between the horn and woofer; both the horns and the sound baffle for the bass are rotated to create Doppler effect-based vibrato, tremolo, and chorus effects, while the rotating elements can be stopped, switched between slow (chorale) and fast (tremolo), or transitioned between the two settings. All are effortlessly emulated in LX122’s core modules alongside an authentic recreation of tube-based amplification — one of the most important characteristics of the original concept, which inadvertently paved the way for the heavier rock tones pioneered by the likes of Deep Purple’s Jon Lord, together with three reverb types, and MIDI-controllable SLOW and FAST mode buttons (for individually controlling the horn, drum, or both by keyboard inertia) for added flexibility.

Remaining in the computer-centric 21st Century, XILS-lab recognise that the true sound of a rotating speaker rests principally in how it reacts to the room in which it resides; to that end, the TSDE algorithm adeptly evokes this physical phenomenon. Moreover, the angle of the two ‘recording’ microphones can be tweaked within LX122 and LX122 Premium to allow varying amounts of room effects into the resultant mix, while internal cabinet reflections are also emulated to faithfully capture that much-loved mellowing side effect. It is even possible to increase or decrease speaker positioning from far away to directly within the cabinet itself — impossible with real rotary speakers, of course!

As implied by name, LX122 Premium is fundamentally the same as its LX122 software sibling, yet offers much more sonic scope to the discerning user, including control over microphone movement, room choice, room size, cabinet speed, horn diameter, diffuser removal, speaker configuration, ribbon age, horn and drum balance, rotation direction, and more besides. Digging deeper, its additional Studio Panel allows users to position the microphones anywhere within five different room models, for example, while different cabinet configurations can be chosen within the Cabinet Panel, as well as randomly rotating the horn and drum. Don’t be afraid to experiment; LX122 Premium is even better than the real thing, capable of rotary speaker effects hitherto unheard of in the real world!

LX122 features 14 factory presets to get users started, while LX122 Premium boosts that magic number to 75 by way of ably demonstrating its increased sonic scope. So why wait to rotate?

LX122 and LX122 Premium are available to purchase from the dedicated XILS-lab online Store (http://www.xils-lab.com/products/LX122.html) for a special introductory price of €29 EURO/ $37.00 USD (LX122) and €45 EURO/$58.00 USD (LX122 Premium) until December 5 (respectively rising to €39 EURO/$49.00 USD and €69 EURO/$89.00 USD thereafter). Note: these are serial number-protected products — no iLok required!

Listen to LX122 audio examples here: http://www.xils-lab.com/pages/LX122_Audio.html"