MATRIXSYNTH: Monday, March 27, 2006

LiveWire Chaos Computer - Video

Title link takes you there. Via the comments section of this post.

Creamware Pro Odyssey AFB

Wow. Title link takes you to more info on Sequencer.de.

Via this post on Moogulator:
"this is new for Musikmesse 2006 - Emulation of the ARP Odyssey (II, the black one with golden lettering - the 24 dB/Oct. Filter modell - so they chose the best sounding model), all ASB (authentic sound box) series synths are usb controlled (software). but it also works standalone. alternatively minimax (minimoog) filter mode and 12 voices. more see tech. the pic was given to me exclusively as the first pic internationally available (thanks for the pic).. so sooner or later other sites might put it up, too.."

You better beleive it. : ) Nice one Moogulator!

MFB Multi-Filter

Mmm... Green.... Saw this one on Analog Industries.

AHMW 2006 Shots Part 2

Title link takes you to AHMW 2006 shots by the Suit & Tie Guy. Some notes via the comments: "... though it's more of a social travelogue from my own perspective than a fair documentation of the technical end of the event.

i'm sure all of you are interested in pictures of where we ate, what liquor we drank, what our room looked like, what harry bissell looks like without his hat, who is buried in the parking lot of the angola meijer, etc. there's even pictures of a great motel to get murdered at, where to buy espresso in angola, and an historic african-american lakeside resort. the first and last couple of photos are in IL, oglesby and utica respectively."

Thanks Suit & Tie Guy! I think. ; )

Museum of Techno Bass and Little Sheep

Title link takes you to a video by the Museum of Techno on laying down Bass Tracks. Enjoy.

Oscillator Sync Viewed through an Oscilloscope

Moogulator put up a post on a some oscillator syncs viewed through an oscilloscope posted on the Synthesizers.com wiki. In the shots the top waveform is the oscillator synced to the bottom waveform. In the image above, you can clearly see how the top waveform starts in sync with the bottom. The other shots on the site give a number of other examples including the "bare claw" : ) Title link takes you there.

Update via the comments:
"The picture you chose is the only one that dosen't show sync at all unless you read the caption. The top wave is a triangle being restarted by the square below it. Notice how it looks like a saw wave? Thats why sync sounds different. Your restarting one wave regardless of where it is in its cycle."

Well there you have it. : )

How to Use an Oscilloscope 2

Interesting. I think I just caught a duplicate post on the Make: blog. I just saw this post on how to use an oscilloscope. I thought it looked familiar, and sure enough it was already posted here. I know because I put up a post on it back on 11/28/05. All go here. I wasn't going to put this up but I figured it's a good reference for my next post coming up, so...

Minimoog Lapel Pin

Mover over digital. Lee Tizzard saw my previous post on the Yamaha DX7 and Roland D50 Synth Bling. He sent in the following shot of his Minimoog Lapel Pin. "Bought it at a local music store about 12 years ago for $15 CDN........I've yet to wear it." Nice. And Vintage. Thanks Lee!

Argiriadis Analogue Electronics

Title takes you the Argiriadis Analogue Electronics website. There is a link to this video on YouTube on vacuum tubes. It's an amazing video in which Theo Argiriadis goes into detail on the desing and characterstics of the sound. Synth content in the video includes some rhythms and sequences running through the vacuum tube. Great video. Found this one on Digital Music Mag.

Notes on the video:
"Theo's an electronics engineer, working in North London and specialising in valves (vacuum tubes). He makes and modifies quality hi-fi, and unique, stunning audio processors. His workshop's amazing too, so after he built me the most detailed distortion box I've ever seen, I asked if I could make a film about him and his work. Contact Theo through www.tube-electronics.co.uk, or me at film@museumoftechno.org"

Update via the comments:
"Hey, thanks for featuring the film! And for using that primo still as the preview... the pale box with the red controls at top right is my distort unit, which is how I got to know Theo.

If any UK MatrixSynth readers are seriously into their valves, and want a totally different and valuable experience buying a piece of beautiful equipment, do have a think about Theo - he says he's not an artist, but there's some deep Macedonian voodoo mixed up with his science!"

Thank you! That truly was an awesome video.

AHMW 2006 Shots

Title link takes you to more shots of this years Analog Heaven Midwest, by Cary Roberts.

NYU Analog Synth Lab

Title link takes you to shots of the NYU Analog Synth Lab. Via Paul Rothman.

"Here are 5 pics from the analog synth lab at New York University. I
spent spring break putting together the new MOTM modular we got. We
made the custom cabinet out of white oak and I designed the module
layout. It has 7 VCOs, 2 Noise Gens./S+H, and a nice selection of
filters including a CS-80 and GX-1 filter as well as 4 LFOs, 4 EGs and
4 VCAs. The other synths include 2 Buchla 100's, an EMS VCS3 Putney,
Korg MS-20, E-mu Emulator, Octave Cat, and Roland JP-8000. I'm
currently trying to restore our ARP 2600 with keyboard, and ARP 2800
Odyssey."

Thanks Paul! Also check out the Music Technology Studios web page on NYU.

BME 700

Title link takes you to a Bluesynths.com article on the BME 700. Note that Bluesynths switched to a member only site. I hate when sites do that. But sign up isn't too difficult. You just enter an alias you want to use, a valid email address and a password. You get a link sent to the email address you provided. Click on the link and your account is activated. Log in and you can view the article. Pain? Yes, but that's their price I guess. There are more shots of the BME 700, an mp3 and a wmv in the article. This synth sounds good.

Features
1 VCO with variable waveform (starting at triangle - to saw - to pulse). Modulation possibilities.
Noise
2 LFOs
2 envelopes: each switchable AR-ASR
12 dB LP filter + resonance