Filtering a guitar through a Vermona Perfourmer synthesizer

Filtering a guitar through a Vermona Perfourmer synthesizer from Tim Warren on Vimeo.

"First time filtering a distorted guitar through my (BLUE!) Vermona Perfourmer synthesizer."

via Tim Warren on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Roland SH-101 with Gig Bag

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Plan B Model 15 Complex VCO

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Plan B Model 11 Evil Twin Filter

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blue avenue | green avenue

Published on Mar 17, 2013

4 ms Peg, RCD
Analogue Systems RS 100 RS 110 RS 360
Doepfer A 134 panning by A 143-9 & Moog MP 201
Flame Chord Machine
foh choices
Make Noise Brains Pressure Points Maths Moddemix Optonix QMMG Wogglebug
Malekko 4x Anti 4x Unkle Jag
Moog 4x freqbox CP251
Roland System 104 Sequencer
SSL Modulation Orgy
Tiptop Audio Z 8000
Toppobrillo Quantimator Sportmodulator
Logic master clock to Kenton Pro 2000
Arp Odyssey 2811 & 2821 noises
FX Boss VF 1, Line6 Echopro , TC M 3000

green avenue

Published on Mar 17, 2013

4 ms Peg, RCD
Analogue Systems RS 100 RS 110 RS 360
Doepfer A 134 panning by A 143-9 & Moog MP 201
Flame Chord Machine
foh choices
Make Noise Brains Pressure Points Maths Moddemix Optonix QMMG Wogglebug
Malekko 4x Anti 4x Unkle Jag
Moog 4x freqbox CP251
Roland System 104 Sequencer
SSL Modulation Orgy
Tiptop Audio Z 8000
Toppobrillo Quantimator Sportmodulator
Logic master clock to Kenton Pro 2000
Arp Odyssey 2811 & 2821 noises
FX Boss VF 1, Line6 Echopro , TC M 3000

Ian Fritz Chaotica

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MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013 Panoramas by Bohonus VR Photography

Check them out here. These are pretty amazing.  They will bring you into some of the rooms of the event. The first two panoramas are the entrance and Trade Room hall, the third is The Petting Zoo before it got packed, the fourth is the Jam Session room before the the lights were dimmed, and the fifth was the Performance and Presentation room where you saw Mark Mosher, IDOW and Craig Padilla in previous posts.

MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST Pics by Scott Rise of Division 6

Full set here.

Top: Division 6
Middle: Division 6 Jacklight
Bottom: Mark Mosher

2013 MMTA Synthfest featuring Craig Padilla

2013 MMTA Synthfest featuring Craig Padilla from Paul Clark on Vimeo.

"On Saturday, March 16 2013 the MMTA ( Mostly Modular Trade Association ) staged a modular synthesizer Synthest, featuring a "Petting Zoo" where enthusiasts could show off their gear , "The Performance / Telepresentation Room" for performances and presentations, "The Trade Show Room" where manufacturers gave demos of their gear and a "Jam Session Room" a big day-long jam session that anyone could join and leave as they pleased.

This is an overview of that day (minus the Jam Session Room)."

d16 Group LuSH-101 Part 3: Lead and Pad Sounds

Published on Mar 17, 2013 MusicMarketingTV·476 videos

"The saga continues as Prof. Don discusses more sound programming on the LuSH-101 by d16 Group Audio Software. Various lead tones and a thick super-sawtooth pad are demonstrated."

All parts here.

KORG Triton Rack Synth Sampler with 32 MB of RAM.

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EXCELLENT CONDITION E-Mu MP-7 Expansion Sound ROM, Pure Phatt

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Elektron Monomachine SFX-60 Synthesizer with Original Box

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LIDER-2 (s/n 8906092)

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"LIDER-2 (produced by Formanta factory in 1982 - the one which made a legendary POLIVOKS) is a guitar microsynthesizer designed to be applied by guitar players who use external effects in the live performance or studio work. The synthesizer is a floor-mounted unit with five rubber footswitches; it also has sliders and knobs for changing the parameters of effects. LEADER-1 has 5 main series sections: tonecorrector, flanger, chorus, solo, rhythm. - everyone with its own parameters and indicators. Commutation: line input, output (line, phone, amplifier). On the outer surface of the bottom panel, an input sensitivity regulator is situated.

Specifications:

— CONTROLS: General -
amplifier (ON)
output (effect, scale)
trigger (ON)
indicators - control, overload, effect.
— TONECORRECTOR: range, brightness, rate, width;
— FLANGER: range, brightness, rate, width;
— CHORUS: frequency, detune;
— RHYTHM: guitar;
— SOLO: spectrum, rocktone, suboctave.
— Weight, 8 kg (approx. 18 Pounds)"

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Oberheim Matrix-1000 Analog Synthesizer

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Livewire AFG VCO

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Livewire Frequensteiner Multimode Filter

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Cwejman AP-1 Audio Processor

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Grp A4 & Synthesizers.com + tempest

Published on Mar 17, 2013 TubeSamsa·13 videos

keybdwizrd - Roland XV-5050 Demos

keybdwizrd - Roland XV-5050 Demo #1
Published on Mar 17, 2013 keybdwizrd·157 videos

"This is a demo of the Roland XV-5050 sound module (on the shelf above the keyboard I am playing)."

keybdwizrd - Roland XV-5050 Demo #2
Published on Mar 17, 2013

"Another demo of the Roland XV-5050 synthesizer module (on the shelf above the keyboard in this video). FYI, I believe that the 5050 has all of the sounds of the larger XV-5080. Additionally, all of these sounds are included in Roland's new Integra-7 synthesizer module."

keybdwizrd - Roland XV-5050 Demo #3

red avenue

Published on Mar 17, 2013 Ebotronix·611 videos

4 ms Peg, RCD
Analogue Systems RS 100 RS 110 RS 360
Doepfer A 134 panning by A 143-9 & Moog MP 201
Flame Chord Machine
foh choices
Make Noise Brains Pressure Points Maths Moddemix Optonix QMMG Wogglebug
Malekko 4x Anti 4x Unkle Jag
Moog 4x freqbox CP251
Roland System 104 Sequencer
SSL Modulation Orgy
Tiptop Audio Z 8000
Toppobrillo Quantimator Sportmodulator
Logic master clock to Kenton Pro 2000
Arp Odyssey 2811 & 2821 noises
FX Boss VF 1, Line6 Echopro , TC M 3000

the dam drum 2.00

Published on Mar 17, 2013 pianoloft·180 videos

"the dam drum 2.00 is a 'pocket drum machine'. it was a limited edition from Dam Funk, useing the same hardware as the bleep drum by bleep labs. just the sounds are different. in the video the dam drum is combined with the gaia synth by roland and a stage piano by yamaha."

MiniSynth 2 from Yonac, demo and review for iPad, using Kor

Published on Mar 17, 2013

"A demo, sound test and intergration with Audiobus and Cubasis for the excellent MiniSynth 2 from Yonac. A new version of their classic Minisynth from 2008..look how far we have come.."

iTunes:
miniSynth 2 - Yonac Inc.
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Celestial Objects

Yamaha Tenori-ON, Grendel Drone Commander & Korg Monotribe



"Celestial Objects - Soundtrack to the mysterious planets and moons on the very edge of the known universe.

The vibrations of these have been captured for the first time using harmonic dividers and frequency collection arrays.

Sit back and enjoy the relaxing drones, and let your mind be stimulated by the rhythms and pulsations of Celestial Objects.

Recorded live without computers or Midi.
credits
released 16 March 2013"

Bell the Cat

Bell the Cat Version 1
Published on Mar 4, 2013

"Playing around with the Dotcom and a DR-5."

Bell the Cat Version 5

Published on Mar 4, 2013

"Another version of Bell the Cat: short and from a different perspective. Boss DR-5 and dotcom."

via JohnLRice

CIRCUIT BENT ' DYSNOMIA DRONE ' MULTI - OSCILLATOR WAVEFORM FX SYNTHESIZER

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"Custom built synthesizer containing the same sound genrator as used in E-MU synth's of the late 1970's

this unit is capable of a multitude of sounds,drones and modulating patterns

CONTROLS:
power on/off switch
master 'rate' control knob
pitch shift control knob
4 modulator controls - each control injects a different sub harmonic or pulse pattern into the mix - the combination of the different waveforms creates frequency modulation, phase shift, warping bass tones, pulsating drones, as each waveform manipulates and modulates the other
4 greenled indicators - provides a visual of the modulating output signal
aluminium and circuit board control panels
1/4" jack output
powered by 1 x 9v battery (compartment on underside)"

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indéchiffrables abysses / bubble style, lots of echophon + VCF303

Published on Mar 17, 2013 heodesalciphron·93 videos

The Church Of The Super Serge @ ROBOTSPEAk March 16th 2013

Published on Mar 17, 2013 Dmitri SFC·81 videos

Quantum Mechanics

Published on Mar 17, 2013

"My DIY modular (mostly Yusynth) doing Autechre-style beats. A not quite finished Barton Simple CV Quantizer providing notes for the Bass line. The output of the modular is feed into my custom built tube overdrive unit (based on the 'Real McTube II' by Fred Nachbaur) before being feed into the Kurzweil Mangler where excessive Reverb/Delay is applied.

No sequencers, computer or analogue, are used in this recording"

A-155 random drum pattern

A-155 random drum pattern from N K on Vimeo.

"Doepfer A-155 sequencer's trigger row outputs trigger three different drum sounds made with the modular (kick, hihats, and snare). These sounds, along with a simple tonal sequence from the A-155 CV row 1 output, are heard from 0:00-0:17. Around 0:18, I add a 4/4 909 kick (and later a simple 808 snare/clap pattern) to provide a base rhythm. The 6-step A-155 trigger pattern is reset every 16 steps. One LFO changes the A-155 direction from forward to random, and another changes the pattern's first step from 1 to 5. These two LFOs are almost fully to the right of the middle row of modules pictured, and you can just make out the lights corresponding to the snare rolls and random fills. A few tonal sounds were added to the example to show how the drum patch might sound in practice."

Details here. via Nicholas Keller on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Update via Nicholas: "I've amended my post, fixed a link in the wrong place, added a pic at the top, and explained a bit how the using MAQ as the clock source can make the pattern even more complex."

Modular Wild Presents SOUNDS-TYME SEFARI MK 1 Modulation

Published on Mar 17, 2013

"Modular Wild presents SOUNDS. An exploration of the modulation capabilities of the TYME SEFARI MK1 by The Harvestman.Sound and Video by Raul Pena © 2013 Raul Pena."

Late Winter (featuring Mellotron, Clavinet and Moog Voyager)

Published on Mar 17, 2013 reeg2600·9 videos

"Original piece featuring Mellotron Mk. VI, D6 Clavinet, Moog Voyager, Fender Rhodes, Nord Electro 3 and EZ Drummer. Recorded in Ableton Live 9, edited in Sony Vegas Movie Studio 11. Much more music available at my Soundcloud site: https://soundcloud.com/ashenactuaries..."

ARP 2600 Demos by reeg2600

Uploaded on Sep 5, 2009 reeg2600·9 videos

"Here is a series of short videos designed to highlight some of the different sounds available on the ARP2600. These are mostly (so far) leads rather than effects. The only sound processing is through a Boss RE-20 Space Echo. I don't claim to be an expert on this synth; I just like these sounds and wanted to show just a little of what it can do. Enjoy."

ARP2600 Demo-1 - Demo-8

ARP Axxe SN 23130939 with Rare Expression Pedal

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"This ARP Axxe is in amazing, near Mint condition and comes with the very rare plug in expression pedal. This ARP Axxe plays beautifully with no sticky or broken keys and all slider controls move very smoothly and are not stiff like alot of ARPs. The cosmetic condition is amazing with all slider caps intact and no scratches or blemishes in the wood sides. All functions on this synthesizer have been tested and work great. This Axxe is the model 2313, the first generation Axxe with the famous Moog ladder filter, which when combined with the optional expression pedal I've included puts out some truly awesome sounds..."

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Waldorf Pulse Analog Synthesizer

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Koma jam MOSKWA

Koma jam MOSKWA from Equinoxoz music solutions on Vimeo.

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jamming on a Sunday afternoon

jamming on a Sunday afternoon from Equinoxoz music solutions on Vimeo.

"Jam here using a rig I brought along to Armidale, I quite like this configuration because it has allot of distinct voicings but also multiple sequencers/clocking devices.

Not really demoing anything in particular but the Frequency Central Waverider into an Abstract Data ADE20 is performing the bassline duties, its melody is being played via the Dinsync MODSEQ into the Quantimator, and of course being plucked by the Frequency Central System X ADSR."

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Modular Sounds 5

Published on Mar 17, 2013 pjoris2·10 videos

"Primarily a test of the functionality of the Flame Chord Machine and some modules I picked up yesterday, so no real track. Chords and arpeggiation are generated by the Flame Chord Machine in Quant Mode. Only major and unison chords used -- root tone is controlled by an Analogue Solutions SQ8 sequencer.

Chords are played by the Analogue Systems Sorceror: 3 RS-95 VCOs through a mixer, the RS-110 Multimode Filter, VCA and finaly through the RS-240 Bode Frequency Shifter. Some modulation of pulse width, filter cutoff, and amount of frequency shift (using 2 envelopes and LFOs).

Arpeggiation is played by an E350 Morphing Terrarium and an E340 Cloud Generator. The E340 goes through a STG Sea Devils Filter, the E350 through a VCA and both are treated by the E580 Resampling Mini-Delay in "Tape" mode.

"Drums" are controlled by gate signals of the Oberkorn. "Bassdrum" is a sine from a Doepfer A-110 standard VCO with frequency swept by an envelope. "Hihats" are some noise through a Make Noise QMMG -- two channels one in lowpass, and second in high pass mode and both go through an RS-90 Echo.

All recorded on 7 tracks of the Zoom R16."

aka Flame Machine Music on Vimeo.

Roland System 100 with Dust Cover

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PIANA Chamber Orchestra

Published on Mar 17, 2013

"A video summary of the PIANA Chamber Orchestra project, a synthesizer ensemble suitable for an interactive installation - or indeed for a touring synthpop band - constructed from 7 Raspberry Pi computers."

Update:

Raspberry Pi Chamber Orchestra ...
Published on Mar 17, 2013 Pi Synth·15 videos

"... same video as last time, but this time we have Wakeman. Phew.

Note to self - 'Mix audio' don't 'copy audio' in case the embedded videos in your Keynote presentation are at different frequencies. Quicktime can cope with the sudden move from 48 to 44.1, but YouTube can't."

Amsynth snowfall VCF drone, vcs3 style

Published on Mar 17, 2013 heodesalciphron·92 videos

In the city of glass (Doepfer analog modular system)

Published on Mar 17, 2013 GruithuisenCityMan·427 videos

"Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie and this music. The music has been made using a Doepfer analog modular system. Enjoy !"

Jen Piano 73 - old school keyboard demo

Published on Mar 17, 2013

"I thought it was about time i made a video for this Jen Piano 73 electronic piano which i've had for quite a while. I completely fluked finding this by searching nearest first one ebay, it was about half a mile from my house in a converted old school house in front of the primary school i attended as a kid!

Jen are better known for their sx1000 synth and their organs so this keyboard has some stop switches in a similar vein to their organs. These are just for switching on and off fixed passive filters but can still give a fair bit of variation to the sound. There is a glorious sounding phaser built in and a fixed rate vibrato. It has 1/4" pedal, external out and headphone sockets on the rear.

It also came with a full schematic which shows that every single key has its own fixed envelope! They are adjusted in clusters so that the higher notes decay faster than the lower ones. The voicing is based on organ technology with top octave synths (oscillators) and dividers so it never runs out of polyphony which is nice. The keyboard has quite a nice action but because there is no velocity it can be very easy to catch a bum note. That's my excuse anyway.

I've uploaded the schematic here:

http://electro-music.com/forum/viewto..."

MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013: Walkthrough & Craig Padilla Performance

Published on Mar 17, 2013 matrixsynth·271 videos

Quick walk through of the event ending with a portion of Craig Padilla's performance.

MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013: I DREAM OF WIRES Presentation

Published on Mar 17, 2013 matrixsynth·269 videos

First ten minutes is the IDOW trailer. You can find it here. Q&A with the director Robert Fantinatto comes in after ten minutes. Skip to 9:50 to get to the skype call. Again, these videos are meant to bring you to the event. You'll get some additional insight into the film not found anywhere else.

http://idreamofwires.org

MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013 Pics - 3rd Set

This is the last set I took. It has also been added to the full set here.

If this does not load for you, click here for the set.

MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013 Pics by James Maier aka Carbon111

Full set on Facebook here.


Pictured:

Mark Vail, author of Vintage Synthesizers & former Editor of Keyboard Magazine drawing the winning ticket for one of two Bob Moog Foundation raffles at the event.  Craig Padilla on the right & Jarrett manning the desk on the left.

David Skinners Synthesizers.com Box11 cased system.  Randy Jones of Madrona Labs in the background to the left. I also see Lorne aka kidtronic with a MATRIXSYNTH T!  :)

Jason with his three cabinet wide Mattson Mini Modular system & the recently released SQ816 sequencers.

MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013 Pics by Computer Controlled

Full set on Facebook here.

Pictured:

Division 6
Synthwerks

EMW WCS-1_Waveforms_Demo_01

Published on Aug 30, 2012 ElectronicMusicWorks·7 videos

"WCS-1 Synthesizer waveforms demonstration"

Micromac-R test

Published on Mar 9, 2013

"Short improvisation using the the Micromac-R for the gritty bass sequence.

http://www.paullawler.org
http://paullawler.bandcamp.com/"

Ambient Improv film test

Published on Mar 16, 2013 PaulLawlerMusic·12 videos

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"A quick test filming a studio improvisation. Apologies for the iSKYsoft logo watermarked on the film, I had to test it worked before buying :)

Instruments used here are:
Left side: VCS3 mk2 + Subtle noise generator.
Moog analogue delay (out of sight)
Main keyboard playing Rhodes sample.
Right side: Modular system playing the random fast notes via the Kilpatrick K4815 and Micromac R.
Solo instruments 1974 Minimoog model D and Korg MS20"

via Paul Lawler on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Mεταλλικοί Άνθρωποι 1.

"Mεταλλικοί Άνθρωποι 1. ( Μetallic Humans 1.)

Live improvisation at 13/03/2013.

Casio SK 60 (2008 Heavily modified Aleatron based on the schematics of Reed Ghazala + extra mods).
Recorded on AKAI Reel-to-Reel (GX4000D).

No post/effects or editing , one take."

KORG Trident 8 with Acrylic Guitar Casket

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Why can't these come up on April Fools day?
Just look at it.  Mustard Seed and a missing tooth.

Nth Music Midi Synthesizer / Synth

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"The NTH is designed so that a complete beginner can quickly craft incredibly varied timbres. For the synth veteran, the NTH offers relief from layered menus and obscured functions. The NTH puts a smile on the face of musicians and non-musicians, synth geeks and synth novices, children and adults alike.

AWESOME SOUND

We started with a PIC microcontroller and 8-bit DAC to create a dual-pitch oscillator with modulation by waveform, amplitude envelope, detuning, and glissando. Then we added a gritty analog low-pass filter, integrated step sequencer, and simple, intuitive controls. Your initial experimentation will quickly reveal an astonishing range of output: from sweet and sublime to raw, thrashing, and retro sounds.

HACKABLE DESIGN

The NTH is designed for easy modification:

The NTH’s spare hardware DAC channel and electronics prototyping area await your experiments.
We’ve included an ICSP port for connection to the NTH’s PIC16F microcontroller. Use a low-cost USB programmer to modify, upgrade, or completely rewrite the firmware on your NTH.

The NTH Design Source Package includes the design files and source code for every detail of the NTH including electronic hardware, firmware, and enclosure. The package will be available for free download."

Cozy Korg SQ10 Analogue Step Sequencer SN 152097

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That's some Kozy synth love right there.

"The Sq10 is by far the best vintage analogue sequencer made in history, more recently , the SND SAM 16 tried to put the SQ10 functions in their design , but it ended up being to complicated to programm as it's a MIDI sequencer. Only the SQ10 can make those rhythms with different step length and variations and tweaking those big knobs in a very intuitive musical way. Eurorack modular is just too tiny for that."

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