MATRIXSYNTH: Wednesday, August 2, 2006

TONTO on YouTube

TONTO & Stevie Wonder

TONTO in Phantom of the Paradise

Get your freak on...

Click here for shots pulled from this auction.

Details saved for posterity:
"2 YAMAHA ED10 ANALOG SYNTHSIZER DRUM PADS
very rare '80s japanese analog percussion synthesizer like synare drum synth there are 10knobs for control synthetic sound and touch sensitive drum pad SENS, PITCH, SUB SONIC, FILTER, NOISE, DECAY, BEND, CLICK, FILTER MOD, VOLUME so you can tweak around these knobs and easily get warm and phat analog synth sound from deep bass drum like TR808 or TR909 to industrial noise percussion or spacey disco tom sound! it's very easy and funny to create your own sounds and play it with pad. it also has MIX INPUT,SIGNAL OUTPUT,PAD OUT/IN,DC 12V IN,DC 12V OUT PAD OUT/IN accepts trigger or audio signal so you can control from your drum machine."

Spectralis Update

"Install at your own risk - there is a chance that Users of Radikal Technologies' Spectralis Synthesizer may not recognise their instrument anymore!

The already powerful Hybrid Synth now sports three independent monophonic Synths, which the User can configure freely from the array of available soundmodules of the soundengine. This feature by itself would have justified an Upgrade, but here it is only the beginning.

A bunch of new features has been added to the Step-Sequencer which can now even be used to trigger and control external MIDI and Software instruments. This makes the Spectralis the perfect centerpiece and control-unit of any Synth setup. The number of available Stepsequencer lines has doubled from 16 to 32 - and a good thing it has! After all these sequencer lines are now enabled not only to control the Hybrid Synth and the Midi Instruments but also the Sample Engine of the Spectralis.

Due to the brandnew open routing of the lines parameters such as the FM-or phasemodulation-depth, filter resonance or even exotic parameters like the Time Linearity Modulation can now also be controlled with sequencerlines of up to 192 steps. Also NEW is a switchable Glide-function, which in addition to the previous hard step value changes and the popular step envelopes now also allows for buttery soft transitions when used to control parameters.

Hold it -there is more! The step sequencer is not the only section of the Spectralis able to control external instruments. ANY Part of the Spectralis can be selectively assigned to the MIDI-Out port. This means that even the powerful Drumgrid Editor can be used with connected sound sources. When a new song is selected the Spectralis can also automatically set the outside instruments to the proper sound programs and adjust their volume and panorama positions.

A very special new feature is the Random Sound Generator, which can deliver an almost infinite number of new, surprising and instantly usable Sounds. We should mention that a Hold Parameter has been added to the Hybrid Synthesizer Envelopes. Of course there are also a bunch of smaller modifications and tweaks to further improve the Spectralis' functionality and user friendliness. "

Title link takes you there.

Ken Rich on Sonicstate

Title link takes you to a video of Ken Rich on Sonic State. Ken Rich restores vintage and sometimes not so vintage gear for a-list celebrity musicians. He loves doing custom work. Some of this stuff is over the top. The video primarily focuses on Hammonds and electric pianos, but there is a Minimoog with a translucent red case. Unfortunately you only get to see it in a photo album. You can see the intense red, but as he says you really need to see it on the computer screen or in person to get the full effect. Regardless of the lack of synth content aside from this, the video is well worth checking out.

via Shepitology.

BugBrand Modular and Mini-Modular Synths

Remember BugBrand? Looks like they now have a Modular and Mini-Modular Synth. Title link takes you to the BugBrand Sound Devices page currently featuring the Mini-Modular with samples. Here is a link to the Modular Synth page.

The Mini-Modular contains:
* Input Mixer - Audio Input Preamp, Noise Source, Extra Channel
* VCOs x 2 - Lofi Voltage Controlled Oscillators with audio or lfo rates producing vari-shape Tri / Sqr waveforms - certainly no 1v/oct tuning here!
* State-variable VCF - Voltage Controlled Filter with Lo / Band / Hi - pass responses and variable resonance (up to screamy self-oscillation)
* Output Mixer - two channel output mixer
* Ring Modulator - AD633 type with modulation option
* Attenuverter - signal level control and inverter
* Foot Control - CV generator from volume pedal with adjustable range

via sequencer.de

DIY Drum Grid Editor for Touch Screen

Title link takes you to the post on Music Thing. Apparently this will also work on regular screens. The author of the software stated he will make it available for free. Music Thing will post a link as soon as the link is available. It looks pretty interesting. Like a software version of the monome.

Star Trek MIDI Controller?

Someone should make a MIDI controller out of this

for this: The ConBrio ADS 200

Title link takes you to Star Trek auction shots on the BBC.

Star Trek controller via fmasseti.

Matrixsynth by The Packrat

The Packrat makes a short return from "The Matrix."
Whoah... Move over Keanu, he'll re-synthesize the shit out of you.
You can imagine my reaction when I saw this one sitting in my inbox.
Thank you Dave. BTW, if you don't know The Packrat, go here now, scroll and start with the thumbnail dated 2/23/05. Dave, did I say thanks? : )

Adding Lights to Circuit Bent Gear on GetLoFi

Title link takes you to the post on GetLoFi.

Yamaha VSS-200 8-bit SAMPLE GRINDER shots pulled from this auction. This is definitely a case of "turn the lights off" before you play.

: )

The Orgon Enigiser

Remember the Orgon Modular? Meet the Orgon Enigiser, analog synthesizer. Love the green. Title link takes you to more info on sequencer.de.

PAIA Strings & Things

Title link takes you to two big shots of this PAIA Strings & Things pulled from this cl post. I wonder how these compared to the other string synthesizers out there.

via brian comnes.

BTW, condolensces to brian comnes who lost his 14 year old cat recently. May he be living it up in kitty heaven with all the other synth cats.

cheers,
matrix

A(mbient ) - 100

Title link takes you to Widtek Studio and A(mbient)-100. A(mbient)-100 is a collection of tracks from various artists using the Doepfer A-100 modular synthesizer. Tracks feature Efofex, Unyo303, and Charles Graef; a few names I recognize from the various synth lists. There's more info on the project and downloads after the hop. Yes, you can download the whole thing for free as part of the Creative Commons license 2.5. Very cool.