MATRIXSYNTH: Sunday, December 23, 2012


Sunday, December 23, 2012

A Visit to the Mattson Mini Modular Studio - Pics Part 2


As promised here is the second set of pics from my visit to George Mattson's studio. We had some particularly good wine. :)

This set was taken with an iPhone 4S. You can catch my previous post with pics taken on a Canon Rebel T2i here. A final post with video will follow when I have some time to upload it - it ate up a 4G SD card.

P.S. Giving this one the holidays label.  The Mattson EML all lit up is about as close as it gets to a synthmas tree imo.  Note the Mini Mattson Modular to it's right.  Enjoy the pics.  :)  Some of these make for great wallpaper.


PAIA Proteus 1 Analog Synthesizer

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via the listing: "A PAIA Proteus 1 analog synthesizer. Unit was well wrapped up and is in amazing condition.

A very unusual and rare treat from the ongoing keyboard collector’s estate sale.

This thing should be in a keyboard museum, I understand there are only about 60 of these

I plugged this item in and it turned worked for about 2 minutes and then went dead.

All led’s on front panel light up and the digital display cycled through the programs

I was able to twist knobs and play sounds on the keyboard before the system went dead

Keyboard is in great shape, very level , feels like bushings are in great shape

Rare model with the computer systems interface on the back. I checked the fuse and its not that, you can hear the hum of a transformer through the case. Probably a power supply issue but I am not opening it up.

A very rare original Proteus Calibration and Users Manual is included"

PAIA 2700 Modular Analog Synthesizer 1972

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"POWER SUPPLY MODULE
includes 2 adjustable voltage sources with outputs and multiples

(2) VOLTAGE CONTROLLED OSCILLATORS (VCO)
ramp, triangle and pulse outs, with adjustable
pulse width and 3 CV ins

SINE/PWM
Sine wave and pulse width modulator

FUNCTION GENERATOR (Envelope Generator)
expand on off (lengthens attack time)
manual trigger button
trigger input (for keyboard or other gate)
attack knob
decay knob
5v p-p envelope CV out
variable out with associated attentuator

LOW PASS FILTER (LP VCF)
1 audio in
1 audio out
3 CV ins

BANDPASS FILTER (BP VCF)
1 audio in
1 audio out
"q" (resonance) knob
3 CV ins

VOLTAGE CONTROL AMPLIFIER (VCA)
0db audio in
3db audio in
1 audio output
3 voltage control ins

ENVELOPE FOLLOWER
Sensitivity control, envelope, trigger

THREE OCTAVE KEYBOARD
glide amount knob
pitch (transpose) knob
2 trigger outs
1 control voltage out

You can even route external sounds through some of the modules to use as an effects processor.

Housed in a wood and sheet metal cabinet. The chrome plating or polished aluminum has deteriorated but can be cleaned up a little more."

Keep Calm and Take a Pill


Korg Polysix & Mono/Poly pills via @RetroSynthAds

Messe Anubienne


Published on Dec 23, 2012 by RADIOKLOW

"Messe Anubienne - Missa Anubia. Composed for Keyboard Virus TI. All sounds and photographs created by Marc-Henri Arfeux. In memory of my great friend M. N."

Christmas Medley 2012 by Michael Brückner


"This is a mix of five (at this moment still) unreleased tracks, three of them featuring my wife Cäcilia on vocals:

Prelude - Wedding Tune - Interlude - Sunturn Tune - Bronstein

The first three come from a set me and Cäcilia performed at the wedding of two friends in 2009, track four is from late 2006, and the last one for a never released compilation in 2008.

While the wedding tracks with the biblic quotations are suitable for Christmas (I think) and the Sunturn Tune brings some light to the dark winter days, the closing "pseudo-russian" track ends the set with some cheerful new years wishes (...sort of). I think it's a nice little set for this time of the year - enjoy!

Oh, and: happy and peacful christmas to all of You, and a great, prosperous and auspicious 2013, too!!!! :-)"

via Michael Brückner on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Remember, all holiday posts are welcome as long as they feature synths. Click on the holidays label below for more.

monotribe X6 + TR-606 - TYPE-3 / BakaOscillator

Published on Dec 23, 2012 by BakaOscillator

"Composed By BakaOscillator.
Use, KORG monotribe, KP3, KP Quad, Roland TR-606.

606 はトリガが2個あるので monotribe の同期用8分と白玉用に分けて使っています。"

Christmas Patch #121224

Published on Dec 23, 2012 by AsteroidKillerMusic

"Merry Christmas! :)"

Stylo-101 (Stylophone+SH-101) for iPhone, iPad Demo Video

Stylo-101 synth toy app (Stylophone+SH-101) iPhone, iPad
Published on Dec 23, 2012 by RobsSynths

Specs previously captured in this post.

iTunes:
Stylo-101 (Stylophone+SH-101) - Rob Wilmot
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"So this is X-mas" - on Yamaha PC-100

Published on Dec 23, 2012 by organfairy

"It's about time if I want to make a Christmas video this year :-)

So I have made a mini keyboard version of John Lennon's Christmas song from the early 1970's. All the sounds are from the Yamaha Portasound PC-100 except the bass which is played on the Yamaha PSS-12 and the sleigh bells which are acoustic."

"Two Days After" live jam Vermona Perfourmer drm1 mk III Filter Lancet Doepfer Dark Energy a-100


Published on Dec 23, 2012 by Tiefengrund

"Another Live Jam with:

Silvie von Tiefengrund: is analog again, Vermona DRM1 MKIII triggert by the e-Drumset, Snare and HIhat through the Vermona Filter Lancet

Mick von Tiefengrund: Synthesizer

Another live performance with my synthesizers and my wife Silvie on the e-drumset.
The recording and mixing is absolutly live, on one track . No overdubs!

Our Setup:

Vermona Perfourmer MK 2

Vermona DRM 1 MK III used as a drum-synthesizer, triggert by the e-drumset and Vermona Filter Lancet

Doepfer Dark Energy supported by a A-110 VCO and pitch and modulation wheel used as solo synth

Waldorf Blofeld Keyboard

My A-1oo Case:

"Inside the Grid on Altair IV" by Mark Mosher - A One-Note One-Patch Soundscape in Absynth 5

Published on Dec 23, 2012 by Mark Mosher

This song is also available as an MP3-320 audio download on soundcloud http://soundcloud.com/markmosher/inside-the-grid-on-altair-iv .

"Inside the Grid on Altair IV" is a soundscape created with one patch from scratch using the Absynth 5. It is performed be pressing and holding a single note for the entirety of the song. While I have used Absynth as the sole instrument for songs in the past (Tracks 3 & 4 on my last album markmosher.bandcamp.com/album/no-ghosts-just-fear), I've never created a patch where one held note triggers the entire composition. Recent works by Absynth creator Brian Clevinger and artist Anthony Distefano have inspired me to do start working on some pieces of this nature and this is my first of many to come.

The audio is CD quality, and the video shows a behind-the-scenes look at Absynth's wonderful 68-stage modulatable envelopes in action. So all the movement and changes in dynamics, pitch, timber are meticulously drawn and programmed as part of the patch. The envelopes also support LFOs on segments. The envelopes can be extremely long and also loop independently which making Absynth fantastic for evolving soundscapes.

Note, I am also using an envelope to change the "effect time" of the Pipe Effect which is a unique audio effect within Absynth. P. 88 of the manual describes it best "Let's take the image of a string. A loudspeaker (a contact loudspeaker) is connected to a string, which begins to vibrate as a result. You can determine the position of this virtual loudspeaker on the string via the parameter Input Position. Above the string are two pickups, similar to an E-Guitar. The pickups' positions can be determined through the parameter Output Positions. Changing those two parameters can be compared with changing two microphones. You can modulate the string's length and the pickups' position through the LFOs or a MIDI Controller. This way, various flanging, pitch-shifting and rotary speaker effects can be achieved. These effects are particularly apparent when the modulation of the pickups are modulated in op¬posite directions."

Ensoniq ESQ-1 Synthesizer Studio Demo

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"Highlights from the studio test of our just-refurbished, one-owner-before-us Ensoniq ESQ-1 wavetable synthesizer/ sequencer."


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Vintage Synth Brochures Including The Syntar


via this auction

- TEXTURE software by Roger Powell (Utopia)
- 3) OBERHEIM MATRIX-1000 flyers - color - small smudge
- SYNTAR series I 'KEYTAR brochure & price list (George Mattson)
- FREEDOM I - Poly Keyboard Interface Controller (rare)
- STUDIO ELECTRONICS 'SE-1' MIDIMOOG flyer
- STRIDER SYSTEMS 'DCS II' pioneering digital synthesizer brochure & price list
- SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS 'PROPHET T8' analog synth 6 page color brochure!!
(small split on last page seam - not torn)
- SIEL 'DK 80' hybrid synth 8 page color brochure
- SIEL Expander 80/DK600/EXPANDER/PX JR/MIDI INTERFACE

Sequential circuits SPLIT 8 SN 12338

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Sequential Circuits SIX TRAK SN 001906

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ARP Odyssey MARK-2 SN 28110405

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ARP Odyssey badge still intact on the left.

Sequential Circuits - Pro FX - Ambient Package delay, reverb, flanger

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"Up for auction is a VERY rare Sequential Circuits Inc - ProFX Programmable Modular Effects System produced in the early 1980's.

This particular ProFX is even stranger as it is a preconfigured system dubbed the "Ambient Package" it includes the 524 Digital Delay, 522 Flanger/Chorus and 518 Spring Reverb modules and is housed in the Model 500 Chassis with System Controller.

there is alot of info online : google - sequential circuits ProFX

This instrument has been recently fully cleaned and checked out by a qualified professional audio service technician.. the pro-fx is very clean and fully working.

details on the particular effects in this rack:

500 System Controller:

The Pro FX Model 500 System Controller is the brain behind the Pro-FX Audio Processing System. Although the System Controller has no Audio Processing functions, this piece is required to supply power and programmable memory to the various effects modules. There is room for 64 patch memories within the onboard memory (ROM). Random Access memory (RAM) is required for extra modules to work with an expanded system. Two Operating Systems are known to exist 1.5 and 2.0 .


Other features of the Model 500 are Tape Sync for stepping through patches, memory back up via Tape Interface, Data Interface for daisy chaining 500 controllers, as well as
Footswitch INs and a CV in for routing control pedals to the functions of various modules.

OS: 2.0 is included, the internal backup battery was recently replaced durning testing (Oct 2012)

518 Reverb (module and tank)

The Model 518 Reverb includes a compact, rackmount six spring delay line, and a three-band equalizer which filters the input to and output from the reverb unit. The LP (lowpass) filter limits frequencies above its setting from 200Hz to 20 kHz. The HP (highpass) filter limits frequencies below its setting from 20Hz to 2 kHz. The MID (midrange) band filter has separate frequency (50 Hz to 5 kHz) and EQ boost/cut controls. For example a typical use would be to use the HP filter to prevent a bass drum from dominating the reverb. The module also features automatic limiting which reduces undesirable spring colorations. It contains a PEAK LED indicator for optimizing signal levels.

Modular Wild Presents Maths Minute-Maths as VC Lag/Slew


Published on Dec 23, 2012 by modularwild

"A timed exploration of the Maths as a Voltage Controlled Lag/Slew patch found in the Make Noise MATHS manual.Sound and Video by Raul Pena. Special thanks to Tony Rolando at Make Noise.© 2012 Raul Pena"

Krakken for Christmas


via AtomoSynth on Facebook

"Heading to Germany... soon available through Scheiders Buero"

I got one last year. :)

AtomoSynth on eBay (RSS)

New Club of the Knobs C 969 EUCLIDIAN BI-CLOCK SEQUENCER


via COTK


Moog Opus 3 Iphone Case


flickr By hypoetical

"geeked out phone case"

You can find these and others on eBay here.

Holiday Modular by Pyraphonic

Published on Dec 22, 2012 by pyraphonic

"A quick modular synth patch for the holidays."

Tiptop Audio case.

Buchla 4x4 radio


Published on Dec 22, 2012 by Todd Barton

"a little silly Buchla experiment using an FM radio and a Chris Muir Pendulum/Ratchet to chop up and beat-itfy things."

4x4 radio-the patch
Published on Dec 23, 2012

"Here's a brief description of how the Chris Muir Pendulum/Ratchet is creating this sorta funky beat for my previous post of "4x4 radio". And...you can hear a short remix of a seasonal tune here: http://soundcloud.com/user7621213/4x4-radio-medieval"

Korg Maxi Korg 800dv Analog Synth SN 760129 Video


Published on Dec 20, 2012 by mrspacer



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Roland Jupiter-6 SN 311760

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"Details: this particular JP6 has been serviced about 6-7 months, completely cleaned, connectors, sliders, pots are cleaned and lubricated, minor calibration, all contacts lubricated, you wont see any dust or rust, perfect inside. MAIN THING: MEMORY HAS BEEN EXPANDED. This JP6 HAS 2 EXTRA BANKS OF MEMORY(32), 2nd picture shows some modification and 3 positions switch on a back of keyboard. I saw couple times JP6 with same modifications on ebay, both from CA. Also synth has 220/117 volts switch(original set up), so you can use this JP6 in USA or EUROPE, NOT BUYING ANY TRANSFORMER, just plug and play(never really used 220v). Right now switch in "USA" position 117 v. Absolutely everything on this synth WORKS JUST PERFECT: all keys, knobs, lights etc etc etc..."

Pics of the inside below.

Roland SH-1000 with Mods

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"Auction is for item as pictured. It is in good cosmetic condition. It does have a few scratches. There are notes scratched into the top of the keyboard."

No mention on what the mods do. Individual tuning mods?

Update via Richard Atkinson in the comments: "It looks like an attempt to make the machine polyphonic. Or to offer microtuning."

Roland TR 808

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Missing tempo and instrument knobs.


Akai MPC-60 SN 89125-00247

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LushOne 203 Contour Module Overview

Published on Dec 23, 2012 by alphabetadragon

"Introduction to the LushOne Contour module. Demo of patches for the Ring Modulator and how to use the "OSC" mode of "OSC2" on the LushOne base. For more details see http://lushprojects.com/lushone/contour/"

Morituri

Published on Dec 23, 2012 by Richard Schmitt

"Because of the Maya calendar I made a short doomsday track with the Grp A4, but for the old world still seems to be there, I added a bell sound and made a short christmas video."

Novation LaunchKey Free Synthesizer for iPad Video

Published on Dec 23, 2012 by nakanosyun

"It is the very funny synthesizer"

iTunes:
Novation Launchkey - Novation

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Putte's Sequence: Dotcom Q119 + Moon 563

Published on Dec 23, 2012 by blwvideo

"8-step sequence with Synthesizers.com Q119 and Moon 563, 565, and 565d."

Year 3013

Published on Dec 23, 2012 by synthypnosis

"BRUNO ENDER LEE - "Year 3013" - analogue synthesizer jam, December 23. 2012

Synthesizers.com Studio-88, MiniMoog Voyager OS, Moog Little Phatty, ARP Odyssey, MacBeth M5N, Doepfer MAQ

Merry Christmas & a Happy 3013 :-)

composed, arranged & performed by Bruno Ender Lee
2012 Velvet Voyage Productions / all rights reserved"

PPG WaveGeneratorSounds


Published on Dec 23, 2012 by ryouichi harada

"まとめてみました^^"

iTunes:
WaveGenerator - Wolfgang Palm

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iPad GarageBand Silent Night きよしこの夜 クリスマスソングをiPad miniで演奏


Published on Dec 23, 2012 by jetdaisuke

"Merry Christmas Everyone. I played "Silent Night" on the iPad mini GarageBand. I used only 2 instruments, acoustic guitar and synth keyboard. That keyboard was set "PITCH" mode. Very strange sound, Theremin, Ondes Martenot, Chinese fiddle or like that. Recorded file was imported to my Mac and added some effects for smoothing.

みなさんメリークリスマス。私は iPad mini の GarageBand で「きよしこの夜」を演奏しました。アコースティックギターとシンセキーボードのふたつの楽器だけを使用しました。キーボードは「PITCH」モードに設定しました。そう­するとテルミンやオンドマルトノ、胡弓などのような、非常に奇妙な音がします。録音したファイルはMacにインポートし、なめらかにミックスするためエフェクトをいくつか­追加しました。"

iTunes:
GarageBand - Apple
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Moog Polymoog 203a Vintage Analog Synth From 1976


Published on Dec 23, 2012 by Sjobeck7

"Moog Polymoog 203a Vintage Analog Synthesizer 1976-77-78
using it's 3 outputs into mixer. 1. Direct. 2.VCF. 3 Resonators. with a
Roland CR 68 drum machine played both live into tascam dp-01fx/cd 2 tracked."

Minibrute and the Machine

Published on Dec 23, 2012 by Khantipol Kasemsant

"Jamming with Arturia Minibrute and NI Maschine Mikro mk2"

Minibrutes on eBay
Maschine Mikro mk2s on eBay

"Corridors of Time 3" - (Instrumental)


Added to this post.

Getting back in shape - Week 2 - Jumps and BBall - Jupiter 8 Meditation, ambient music

Published on Dec 22, 2012 by CoolColJ

"Second week on the way to getting back into shape - BBall while on an intermittent fast

Currently 100kg 220lbs with a 31 inch jump. Hopefully end up at 70-75kg 165lbs and 40+ inch jump :)

The music I did on a Roland Jupiter 8 synth"

Koma SVF-201 demo

Published on Dec 22, 2012 by UncertainMusicCorps

"Dry demo of the Koma SVF fiter using a fixed frequency saw wave input. Best in fullscreen mode if you want to see the scope. Top waveform is pre filter input. Bottom waveform is post filter wave.

Best watched at highest resolution, full screen and with good phones or speakers"

Zodiac


Published on Dec 22, 2012 by 11skychord11

"Skychord Electronics. 12 oscillator analog drone synth."

Skychord on eBay

Oscillator test

【12/23】Doepfer A100 GROOVE 9【LIVE】


Published on Dec 22, 2012 by unyo303

"【ライブ告知】
12月23日
阿波座nu things
「Modular Festival Vol.2」
18時OPEN / 19時START
2,500円(with 1drink)

http://nuthings.wordpress.com/2012/12/10/2012年12月23日(日)-modular-festival-vol-2/"

Tiptop Audio drum modules.
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