MATRIXSYNTH: Wednesday, August 8, 2007

EVOS Modular Scans

Via Mike Peake on AH:

"From 1997 through 1999, Dennis Graham advertised a new modular synthesizer of his own design. I was in contact with him, and received literature on the system. I believe that I contacted him again in the early 2000s; there may be a post from me on AH confirming this, when the name EVOS comes up every now and again.

I tried phoning and emailing him today; his phone number is disconnected and I have neither received an email bounce nor an answer (although only an hour or so has gone by- the foibles of the information age! If it isn't instant, it may not exist!). I didn't want him inundated with the curious, but if he answers, I'll post about what he's up to.

Pardon the quality of the scans; the machine I used didn't press down on the papers, so the folds cause curving of the images in places! They are lower quality due to there being 20 pages; perhaps I can send the lit to Joe at the Audio Playground for true archive-level scanning."

On flickr

And via John Loffink of The Microtonal Synthesis Web Site and The Wavemakers Synthesizer Web Site

"I don't know if Dennis ever made prototypes, but circa 2002 he did confirm that he never shipped any systems."

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KORG With Accordian Style Chromatic Keys

via the comments of this post.

If you know more about this one, feel free to comment.

The image is from the Nishimoto Laboratory.

Complicated Protocol

YouTube via ComplicatedProtocol. Via Dewb in the comments.

electro-music European Modular Event 2007

Via Matt:

"The first sets of photos from this awesome event that just wrapped up: chateau_sonore, pedrotrotz, the original thread on electro-music

Looks amazing, doesn't it!?
Matt"

Yep, I would say so. : )

Prophet64 Meets MOOG

Remember the Prophet64? Here's a one built into a custom case with MOOG style knobs and small display. It was seen on sheebo's MySpace page. Via sequencer.de.

::CV Mind Melt::

flickr by zonkout.

KORG MS20
MOOG Moogerfooger CP-251

click here for the full size shot.

alka

Title link takes you to a flickr set featuring a Roland SH-101, a field and in some shots, Bryan of alka.

"they were used for promotional purposes for my project: alka. I am currently working with Roger O'Donnell on his upcoming CD and my solo CD "principles of suffocation" will be out this month on the 21st on electronic eel records...

i hope you like the shots.. if you do, feel free to use one for matrixsynth. keep up the excellent work..

bryan michael"

AudioCubes - VIVO Vancouver New Music Feb 2007

YouTube via Percussa.
"www.percussa.com"

MOOG The Source

Click here for shots via this auction. Be sure to check out Matrixsynth-b for more.
"The Moog Source was notably used by New Order to create all the bass parts for their hit 'Blue Monday' and was the replacement to the Minimoog and has the classic moog lead and bass sounds. The Moog Source is a monophonic microprocessor-controlled analog synthesizer manufactured by Moog Music from 1981 to 1985. The Source was Moog's first synthesizer to offer patch memory storage. The design was also the first (and only) Moog synthesizer to feature a flat-panel membrane keyboard to replace the standard buttons, knobs and sliders. In addition to the memory capable of holding 16 presets, the Source features a 37-note keyboard, and two VCOs that can be selected between three waveforms and three octaves. Programmed presets can be saved to a cassette interface to free up the onboard memory for additional new patches. The 24dB/octave VCF has parameters for keyboard tracking, cutoff frequency, resonance, and envelope amount. There are two ADSR envelope generators that can be set in single or multi trigger modes, one for the VCF and one for the VCA. For modulation, the Source features LFO and sample and hold. The Moog Source is a 2-VCO, micro-processor-controlled, programmable monophonic synthesizer, with 16 memory locations, and a 3-octave, 37-note (C-C) keyboard. It features an arpeggiator and a digital sequencer with memory for two seqences of up to 64 notes. The Source was one of the first to use digital parameter access for programming, a method now commonly found in today's synthesizers, using membrane switches, a two-digit LED display and a single data knob. Both VCOs have three available waveforms (sawtooth, triangle, and pulse; with pulse width modulation) and three available octaves (32', 16', and 8'). VCO2 can be detuned at fixed intervals and it can be also synced to VCO1. The mixer section features levels for VCO1, VCO2 and Noise. The VCF (24dB/octave) has parameters for keyboard tracking (off, 1/2, and full), cutoff frequency, resonance, and contour (Moog's word for envelope) amount. There are two ADSR envelope generators, one for the VCF and one for the VCA. The envelopes can be set in single or multi trigger modes. The LFO (triangle and square waveforms) can be routed to the VCOs and the VCF. The Source also features a sample-and-hold which can be routed to the VCF. To the left of the keyboard is the pitch bend and the modulation wheel, along with two octave-switching buttons. These and a volume knob are the only dedicated controls. On the back panel are the audio out, cassette interface, a recessed pitch knob (for fine tuning), and CV and S-trigger inputs and outputs."