matrixsynt(h) on Kaoss Pad 3

Via Martin:
"I did this one is on my brandnew KP3. (wonderful gizmo)
Sorry for the missing "h" on "synth", only 10 characters are possible
for scrolling text.. ;-)

keep on the good work,
i love your blog.

cheers from germany,

Martin"

Stuff like this just makes my week. GIANT GRIN : ) Thanks Martin!

AH California 2006

Via Brian Comnes:

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Analogue Heaven - California announces its 2006 annual synth gathering to be held Sunday November 12 , 2006 at the Student Services Center of the College of Marin in Kentfield, CA. Doors open at 9:30 AM and the venue will be open until 8:00 PM. The event is free but there will be a donation bucket to offset possible janitorial fees.

Parking on campus on Sunday is free.
Take out and delivered food can be brought to the venue. There are plenty of places to get food within a few minutes of the campus. The campus prohibits alcohol.

The 5000 square foot facility should have plenty of room for all but if you plan to plug in , extension cords and outlet blocks are probably in order. The room has plenty of tables and chairs.

A campus map is at: link. Attendees should enter at Laurel Avenue and park in Lot 4 for load in and load out.

From Highway 101, take the San Anselmo exit (northbound) or the Sir Francis Drake Blvd. exit (southbound) and follow Sir Francis Drake Blvd. to College Ave. (seventh stoplight off 101). Proceed a block to Laurel, turn left and go to Lot 4 - see map.

Updates on the event will be posted to the Analogue Heaven mail list To subscribe to that digest, e-mail:
analogue-digest-subscribe at hyperreal.org

Hope to see you there!!

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Accces Virus D - BLACK HELICOPTER

BLACK HELICOPTER

This is what comes up for product=virusd on the Access site. Anything else not released comes up with broken gifs.

Update: Check out the comments. Apparently this page has been there for some time, and I wouldn't be surprised if I saw it before. Too much to track and so much to forget, however:

"From Access Music email newsletter:

On a lighter note, we will celebrate the Virus' 10th anniversary starting 1st of November. Watch our website - you won't regret it ..."

A6 Demos by PaulSop aka Doktor Future

Three Andromeda A6 Demos by Doktor Future.

"Overflowing the A6 MIDI buffer causing odd sounds with Numerology: link

"I did this the day I got the A6 live with it's nifty Mix Mode and arpeggiator/sequencers: link

"A Cutsy riff inspired by a Pogues song played live: link"

Kendall Wrightson Loops a Linn 9000 and DX1

Been on a looping kick recently if you haven't noticed. Chris Strellis did and sent the following to me. What's funny is I have his Synth History DVD collection and this is the exact video clip that inspired me to finally get off my butt and actually start exploring the world of looping.

"I edited a section of the Synth History Revisisted DVD where Kendall Wrightson makes a track in one minute using a Linn 9000 and a DX1. This was for a guy who was interested in buying my Linn 9000 but I thought that it would be appropriate for everyone to see it. From 1985......... This clip [2.93M] comes from this DVD where more vintage synth fun can be found."

BTW, the DVDs? Absolute synth crack, and a blast from the past. Definitely recommended. You can find some of it on YouTube, but it's not the same as kicking back and watching it not only in better resolution, but full screen without interruption.

Update: BTW, check out Chris Strellis' MySpace page for some good music and a gear p*rn slideshow. Makes a good show while listenning to the music. You might recognize some of the shots from previous posts I put up from Chris.

Update via Chris in the comments:
"This video was shot at Syco Systems in London. In that area there's a rare Fairlight IIL (it has a hard drive!), a Kurzweil 250, a DX-1 and a Linn 9000. The most advanced hardware at the time. It just lacked a PPG with Waveterm - oh and a Synclavier ;)

Since that video, Kendall had written prolificly for Sound On Sound and other magazines and lectures on Music Technology in the UK's North East. link."

Reminder: 2n Annual Austin Analog Synth Meet This Sunday

linky.

Yamaha FVX-1

Remember the FVX-1? Brian Comnes found an FVX-1 site with specs.



- very rare programmable 8-operator FM synthesizer expander released in 1988
- 64 editable parameters - 22 direct + 42 with DOS based editor
- DSP - 11 effect algorithms Stereo-Chorus, Stereo-Pan, Symphonic, Phaser, Flanger, Delay, Tremolo, Digital hall, Celeste and Wah.
- 5 LED dsplays + levelmeter
- 4 x 8 voice blocks (4 part multitimbral)
- 248 ROM, 248 RAM presets, 16 performances
- 2x MIDI IN (front and back), 2x MIDI OUT (front and back), MIDI THRU, Headphone OUT, Aux OUT Stereo, Main OUT Stereo, Main In Stereo Cinch, Main Out Stereo Cinch, Aux In Stereo Cinch, Aux Out Stereo Cinch, Pack Port
- 14 Buttons + 1 Coarse, 4 endless controllers, 1 Main Out volume knob, 1 Aux Out volume knob, 1 headphone Out volume knob

Quandace Andromeda A6 Demo

Title link takes you to a 15.8M demo of the Alesis Andromeda by Tuomas Poikonen on Quandace.com. It's a pretty impressive demo. He also did a killer XTK demo previously posted here.

LOOPmaster

New Features:
* Tracks of different lengths can be recorded
* Click removal
* Enhanced user interface
* Multiple outs

Korg Oasys Gets Polysix and MS-20 Updates

Title link takes you to the rest on Sonic State.

Doepfer A100 Modular

flickr by unyo303.

Circuit Bent Casio PT-10

Title link takes you to GetLoFi where you'll find a map of the mods and more info.


Original PT-10 shot below via jarin.net.

Synth Trash

via CDM. This is a promo shot, named synthtrash, by Urs Heckmann for Zebra2. Hmm... Aren't sidewalks public property? Garbage is free game, right? Image: guy with Matrixsynth T running off with Urs chasing.

Zebra 2 Update

Remember Zebra 2? Version 2 has been realeased. Via Adam:

"I'm an analog guy, but I just bought this amazing softsynth. If there is only one synth that everyone should have, this is it. U-he is a one man developer whose creation is worlds ahead of NI. Try the demo."
It has also received praise from CDM.

My New Happy Place

Yeah, that would make me happy. Title link takes you to a couple of more shots (thumbnails on the top left when you get there), and some notes on the studio. Via Analog Industries HCGP, btw, glad it's back.

'Making a beat' with a DX7 and a drum loop

This is a pretty cool. For more info behind the video check out Shepitology. It's a great example of what you can do with Elogoxa Elottronix XL. Creating loops with it really is that simple. When I finally explored it I had one of those "how did I ever play without this" moments.

Loopy LLama

Ok, this one gets a post just for the name and website design. What is it?

"It's a looper... Made to emulate the Jam Man or DL-4 - but also generate a click track so it could be used with a drummer live. It is designed to work with Ableton Live or any other VST host such as Plogue Bidule for live performance."


Title link takes you there. via Phil on the SynthSights list.

A Preset System Concept for the Synthesizers.com Modular

Note this is not from synthesizers.com, just an idea submitted during a contest they had. Title link takes you to more info.

"Morbius asked for suggestions on a preset storage system for use with a Synthesizers.com modular synth. Here is a concept that I came up with. A guiding principle was Morby's comment that "no computers" be used. I believe that he was opposed to anything that would require a PC (personal computer) to use, whereas a computerized module was actually within his guidelines. Regardless, I took a stab at a system that could be built using discrete logic. Although the concept presented here stretches the limits of practicality, I think it is interesting."

Synthzone

Someone on the AH list was looking for a Matrix-6 editor, I directed him to the Synthzone Oberheim page where you will find few editors and more resources for everything Oberheim. If you haven't checked out Synthzone yet, do it. You will find a page for every manufacturer and much more. It was one of the first sites I visited when I started exploring synths on the web in the 90's.