MATRIXSYNTH: Sunday, April 6, 2008

Sunday, April 06, 2008

Krunkus ASM-2 Sorcerer

via Uncle Krunkus on electro-music.com

"Here's a couple of pics of my ASM-2 PCB. Just to show that in the same way a "modular" is never finished, a complete synth PCB is still a work in progress.

On the front side pic you can see my two Sync summer/buffer boards striding through VCO territory like a couple of War of the Worlds walkers. Towards the other end you can see my first "addition" which was a small board for the +/-10V trimmers. Some of the TL074s needed inputs swapped, that's why there are some piggybacked sockets around town.

On the back side pic you can see the extent of the "secret undocumented features", otherwise known as kludges. There are 24 all up including the 3 on the front. It doesn't look as pretty as a "perfect" board, but I know this collection of circuits back to front because of all the extra work I've needed to do. I wouldn't have it any other way. Well,....unless I find out there's something else I need to 'fix'." see the thread for updates. See the ASM label below for more.

Stramp Synchanger II - VEMIA

"Rare European take on the Synthi Hi-Fli style of guitar processor, nicely designed, and in good cosmetic condition and working order. Full title: Synchanger 2 4000. Complete with some idiosyncratic English spellings: 'functiones', 'modyfiers'. Looks like it might be missing some lining material on the inside of the case lid, and has some slight marks on the control panel, but generally very good. No pedal included, but we believe uses standard stereo-jack-plug type pedal. Tested at Lucid Sound. Has the fastening plate underneath for attaching to a mic stand (wide type thread). Switchable voltage for use worldwide. Includes pitch-to-voltage conversion with hold (like practically all similar machines, difficult to avoid some glitches in the tracking oscillator); envelope following; fuzz; and a seven-band graphic EQ. Switches and faders for three outputs: source, internal synth, and fuzz. Really nice hardware (especially the switches), and a pleasure to use."

You can find this one on VEMIA - Click on Auctions, Search, and search for 5756.

EWI "Electronic Wind Instrument" FUNK w/ Mike Theiss

YouTube via funkscribe

"Saxophonist/Synthesist Mike Theiss tears up the funky EWI ( An electronic synthesizer played like a saxophone) live at Seattle's Nectar Lounge 4/4/08. Backin Mike up is Funkscribe's Family Affair. Check out miketheiss.com for more info."

flashy modular dot com synth

YouTube via ohrspace. "modular synth in the night :-)"
I see Roland. Anyone know what that is?

FUN YEARS DRUM MACHINE by S-CAT

YouTube via PHONICPOTION "CIRCUIT BENT WITH 7 MODIFICATIONS"
Up for auction here.

"This thing also has a "Robot" setting, which is basically an awesome analog vocoder. Whatever you say will be rendered to whatever note you dial yourself to on the pitch slider, you can go up and down a full octave, starting starting at the bottom at the low C, middle C in the middle and high C at the top. It quantizes it per half-note, so you can change to different notes pretty easily, without having to fine tune or anything. This is the closest thing to a Korg VC-10 I've ever had the chance to use! It make some amazing sounds, way better than a MicroKorg, and way cheaper than a Korg VC-10!

I should also mention that there is a blending slider, so you can get a really nice octave effect on your voice or whatever you run through it, like a Boss OC-3 or Electro Harmonix Octave Multiplexer. The built-in reverb it has is also amazing, combining the reverb and octave effects can make just about anyone's vocals sound great. You could run a sax through it too, I tried that and it sounded great.

This also come with some sort of professional modification, where there is a headset microphone connected to the unit, and also a phone line for a connection to any land line telephone. I didn't realize that others didn't come this way when I got it, but everything works great either way. There is still a 1/4 inch input for a mic or synthesizer, guitar, or whatever, or you can use the headset. I think you can even use both, but I never really tried that. If you don't need these mod on there, I'm sure you could take it off if you opened it up, but I just left both of them on because I didn't want to mess with it. I never tried the phone line thing, but it should work fine. You can trick your friends into thinking you are someone else, or an alien or something crazy. The voice changer on this is so convincing! It's not at all like the voice changer toys you see on Halloween.

You can find more information here at the Boss website"

ARP 2600

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Paia 4700 Modular + 8782 Keyboard

via this auction

Sample #1
Sample #2
Sample #3

Listen while the samples are up.

Waldorf Goldfinger?

If you look here on the Waldorf site you will see Goldfinger. If you click on the link for it you will end up on a page with a couple of links and a download. Unfortunately there is not a larger image. Goldfinger of course is a reference to James Bond as Blofeld was. Now... What exactly is this? Click here and note the date. :) Update: and of course there was the Access Goldfilter.

Buchla 200e Demo by Nick

click here for the mp3.

Roland TR 707 filtered by Korg MS 10, Juno 6 and VC 10

YouTube via angelometz (click for the rest)

Korg MS-10 VC-10 Mono/Poly Drumtraks Six-Trak Juno6 Moog

YouTube via angelometz

Korg Mono/Poly MS 10 VC10 Sequential Drumtracks Moogerfoor

Minimoog Model D Roland Jupiter 8 ARP Odyssey Clavinet

YouTube via angelometz. via Nusonica.
"Just went through major changes on my synth setup. Gonne are the Juno 6, Six-Track, MG-1, Mono/Poly and Lambda. In are the mini, the ody,the clav and the jup. Just got the jup this week, and the factory patches are gonne. Other than that it's perfect."

Bergfotron Complex VCO

"The front panel is divided in three parts: To the left the modulation generator, to the right the main oscillator and in the middle, at the bottom, the modulation routing section."

You can find more info and samples here and more sound clips here.

STECKBOX

"The STECKBOX is a simple, universal patchmatrix with 64 crosspoints. Eight inputs and outputs are connected through attentuators, light sensors, buttons or simple shorting jacks... either directly, variable, controllable or not at all; the possibilities are always expanding. As an analogue controller, systematic instrument or multiple, the STECKBOX acts as a control center at the heart of your creative work."

http://www.steckbox.com
Available at Schneidersbuero

JH. String Filter Update

via JH. on AH:

"A quick update about my String Filter project:

Filter section of one board (20 channels) tested.

The new filter topology works great!
And trimming these filters works like a charm.

They are stable, with TL072 chips.
You can use 10% capacitors here, and still you have almost one turn of the multiturn trimmers to walk along the peak of the BPF transfer function.

Still have to build the VC resonance and the Stereo Spread function, and the on-board PSU. If this works, I'll order a second board to build a complete 40-band prototype.

JH.

Now Playing: Mike Oldfield, Ommadawn"

Spring Cleaning

vis swissdoc

Inside a Roland Alpha Juno 2

Intervenus has a post up on cleaning the Roland Alpha Juno 2 including instructions. You can find it here.

Also check out two studio shots here and here.

via magenticka on the forum.

KAADA - PLAYING HIS FILMMUSIC

YouTube via dummemamma. via arne.
"KAADA performing the main-theme from the motionpicture "NATURAL BORN STAR" with the rockband "the moving oos" plus a 70 men strong choir"
He should have had a Syntar.

Sunburn on the Moon Music Video

YouTube via Babungus
"So often a relaxing trip to the moon can be ruined by intruding sun rays.
Ride the MS20 controller through time and space.
(Get the full res download at www.freakery.net)"

Linn MIDI Studio 001 prototype

"The (one and only?) Linn MIDI Studio, shown to the world by Bob Connely, director of sales at Linn Electronics - 'Groovy Bob' - hence the serial number GB001. The provenance may be verified with Roger Linn, who is a good friend of owner Felix Visser. Not tested. Includes technical (pre-production) documentation, and a very concise 'how it works'. The code-name of the project was 'Irene'. Dated December 1985."

You can find this one on VEMIA - Click on Auctions, Search, and search for 5764.

Mondo Modular Episode 1

YouTube via scootermccrae. via Nusonica
"Noodling around with various modular synthesizer cabinets with modules from Synthesizers.com and Modcan. Hopefully the first in an on-going series of episodes concerning the generation of electronic tonalities (or something pretentious-sounding like that)."

Spectralis from Radikal technologies

YouTube via lasercicalone
"My first pattern with Spectralis, sorry about poor pattern but it's first time with Spectralis"

Spectralis sample

"Another sample done in ten minutes with my Radikal technologies Spectralis, probably I'm using only a little percentage of the power of this machine"

Flame talking midi synth meets Spectralis from Radikal tech

YouTube via lasercicalone
"My flame midi talking synth meets the Spectralis step sequencer for 9 minutes of lazy sounds directly from my Genelec 8020"

Sherman Filterbank 2 meet Korg Electribe MX

YouTube via lasercicalone
"I have used the Sherman to make more analogo the sound of Electribe Synth"

Xenosonic Audio Modulation DRSSTC Tesla Coil

YouTube via eastvoltresearch
"The Xenosonic Audio modulator interface is featured here on an initial testing run hooked up to an Eastern Voltage Research miniBrute DRSSTC system. Not show, the Xenosonic is connected to a Yamaha S03 Synthesizer.

The Xenosonic is a universal musical interface for DRSSTC, SSTC, and VTTC Tesla coils provided PRF based modulation on monophonic inputs. One can connect a keyboard, guitar, acoustic instruments such as trumpets, saxophones, and even esoteric instruments such as Theremins with the Xenosonic interface.

See complete design details at http://www.easternvoltageresearch.com !!!"

close up der Woche #15/08 -PPG Sequenzer 314

via Aliens Project where you can find some info in German or Googlish here.

Sequential Circuits Pro-One Synthesizer by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound
Sequential Circuits Pro-One triggered by the TR-606 drum machine
drums: Roland TR-606
'demo of various VCF and ADSR-envelope settings, Sync, FM, PWM and more"

Jomox T-Resonator and Moog Little Phatty

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"http://www.bigcitymusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/bigcitymusicdo...
http://www.bigcitymusicblog.blogspot.com
In this video we are running a Moog Little Phatty through the Jomox T-Resonator. This is a small sampling of the amazing effects the T-Resonator can produce. Sure, it does all the normal reverb, chorus, flanger stuff, in stereo. It also does insane feedback looping with delay algorithms at your fingertips.

The T-Resonator can produce beautiful organic sounds, subharmonics that will make you check your shorts, frenetic filtering, and modulations that modulate themselves. Truly amazing stuff. We could make a video a day for the rest of the year and still not show everything the T-Resonator is capable of. If you are in Los Angeles, come in and check it out!
Big City Music"

Mochika Atomosynth & Kaoss Pad. A match made in Heaven.

YouTube via DjPuzzle73
"Hand made analog synth and Kaoss pad demo. By Dj Puzzle"

Roland Jupiter-4

YouTube via erichmielke. "are friends arpeggiated?"

S-CAT (0166) CIRCUIT BENT CASIO MT-68

images via this auction

"MODIFICATIONS
THE CASIO MT-68 NOW HAS
ELEVEN NEW ROTARY POTENTIOMETERS
WITH WHICH THE SOUNDS OF THE
RHYTHM AND ACCOMPANIMENT SECTION
CAN BE SHAPED, WARPED AND DISTORTED TO YOUR HEART'S CONTENT!

ROTARY POTENTIOMETERS
1 - BASS DRUM DECAY
2 - SNARE SNAP
3 - OPEN HAT VCF
4 - CLOSED HAT VOL
5 - ARPEGGIO VARIATOR
6 - BASSLINE DISTORTION
7 & 8 - RHYTHM DISTORTION
9 - ARPEGGIO VCF
10 - BASSLINE DRIVE
11 - CHORDS VCA/VCF

ORIGINAL FEATURES
ACCOMPANIMENT SECTION
MANUAL BASS - CASIO CHORD - ARPEGGIO
BASS / CHORD / ARPEGGIO VARIATIONS
RHYTHM
START/STOP - SYNCHRO - FILL IN
TWELVE PRESET RHYTHMS
SEPERATE LEVELS FOR RHYTHM AND ACCOMPANIMENT
TEMPO
TWENTY TONES
BUILT - IN EFFECTS
MODULATION - VIBRATO - REVERB - SUSTAIN
ON THE REAR PANEL
TUNING - PHONO OUT - JACK OUT - POWER
(REQUIRES 5 x D / R20 BATTERIES OR 7.5v.PSU)
TOTAL LENGTH 26" / 68cm
2.5KG UNPACKAGED"
Click here for more interesting items from this seller.

S-CAT 0054 - MODIFIED CASIO MT-68 VINTAGE SYNTH

YouTube via PHONICPOTION (click for more videos)

Roland TB-303

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Univox Korg 770

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"Vintage Portable Univox Korg 770 Analog Synthesizer circa 1977. Specifications:
# KEYBOARD: F-C 32 Keys
# VCO-1: Scale (64', 32', 16', 8', 4', 2'), Waveform (triangle, square, sawtooth, pulse, PWM, External Signal), Pitch Control, Vibrato Switch (Normal/Off/Delay), Vibrato Depth, Vibrato Speed, Pitch Bend Switch (Up/Off/Down), Delay Time, Bend Speed, Portmento Switch (Fixed/Off/Control), Portamento Control
# VCF x2: Traveler (High Pass, Low Pass), Bright Selector, Expand Switches x2 (LP+HP, Off/Normal/Reverse), FcM Switch
# VCA + ENVELOPE GENERATOR: Attack Time, Singing Level, Range Selector, Sustain Selector, Envelope Mode Selector, Trigger Mode Selector
# LFO: Speed Control (Repeat+FcM)
# VCO-2: Coarse Tuning (16'-1'), Fine Tuning, Mode Selector (sawtooth, Ring 1, 2, Scale Noise, Pink Noise, White Noise)
# TOTAL: Mixing Selector, Mixing Volume, Power Switch/Volume
# DIMENSIONS: Approx. 22"(W) x 8"(H) x 13(D) mm
# WEIGHT: 9 kg
# POWER CONSUMPTION: Voltage (Local Voltage, 50/60Hz), Wattage (15W)"

Oberheim OB-SX

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"Oberheim OB-SX Synthesizer. It is a 6 voice. The buttons in the front top from left to right is volume, auto, hold, chord, unison, portamento, lfo rale, osc 2 detune, filter freq, ampl & filter attack, filter decay, and amplifier release envelopes. The bottom left to right is osc 2, only, narrow, broad, up octave & down octave, switches a b & c, programs 1,2,3,4,5,6,7, and 8. The back from left to right, audio out, sustain sw, mod pedal, filter pedal, cv in, cv out, gate in, gate out, master tune, program bank and computer. Operheim Electronics Santa Monica, Calif. Volt 115 and 230. Model OBSX , 90-130 vac or 180-260 vac, 50-60 hz 60 watts max. It measures 34" lenght, 5" tall, 21" depth."

Inside an Oberheim OB-SX.

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Roland Juno-60

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Roland JP-8

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Serial #110823

Roland G-707

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Serge Modular

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"This is a mid-vintage serge panel, probably dates back to the early eighties. Serge panels are still being produced by a company called STS systems. The panel modules and functionality can be found there. This particular panel can be used as a complete 2 osc synthesiser in itself (minus a dedicated lfo) or can be used to expand a current modular synth. It might make a good starter panel because includes a psu purchased from STS systems that will power 2 panels. I also have 8 or so patch cords i can include. The unit is also rack mountable. This synth is a bit difficult to describe in comparison to hardwired commercial synths, the closest thing I can compare it to soundwise might be an arp 2600, the oscillators sound bright and musical, and are very stable. the filters are very 'natural' sounding really unlike any other synth I've heard. You can get an enoumous range of timbres by cross modulating the oscillators together, sync sounds, ring mod type sounds. the wavemultipliers are used to take a simple waveform and shift its harmonics around in different ways. They are good for metallic tones and strange textures and each one has a slightly different flavor. There are many ways to overdrive or feedback audio signals at different points in the synth which can be useful as well. The slope generators can be used in too many ways to list; simple envelopes or as weird lfos for example. One of the unique features of serge synths in general is the versitility of the modules for the amout of space they use. This synth is really for someone who wants to explore textural sounds,it can be wired to do 'classic' analog sounds extremely well but you would only be using 5% of what it can do. It is controlled via standard 1v/octave cv/gate."

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