MATRIXSYNTH: Wednesday, July 9, 2008

SERGE MODULAR

YouTube via cray56 aka ghostdog. Nice MATRIXYSNTH plug. :)
"97% Serge 1% doepfer spring reverb, 1% Plan B VCO 1% Dual Cyclotron"

aurora Open Source DJ Mixer\MIDI Hardware w/ Ableton Live

aurora Open Source DJ Mixer\MIDI Hardware w/ Ableton Live from aurora mixer on Vimeo.
"This is a DJing demonstration using aurora to control Ableton Live. The video is an overhead shot of the user adjusting the mixer's faders, knobs, and buttons to mix the music. The video cuts between two types of scenes. The lit scenes show a user controlling the music. The dark scenes highlight aurora's ambient lighting system.

About aurora:
aurora is an open source USB powered mixer in a typical DJ form factor. Using Max\MSP or PD the device can control your favorite MIDI software. aurora features 24 backlit knobs, 3 linear sliders, and 8 backlit buttons. These devices are for sale. You can find out more about the project here at auroramixer.com

Song Credits:
Gabriel & Dresden - Tracking Treasure Down
Volta - Robot Needs Oil (Olivier Giacomotto Mix)
Cass & Slide - Lost Life"

MFOS Weird Sound Generator

images via this auction

"Home made DIY synth/noise box based on Ray Wilson/Music From Outer Space's fantastic Weird Sound Generator. Details of the WSG can be found HERE. Basically it is a box containing oscillators and LFO coupled to a resonnant filter and that interact between each others to create some pulsing, bleeping and droning noise. Great for ambiant, electronica, industrial or D'n'B. It works on a 9v battery MP3 DEMOS HERE."

Synclavier Synthesiser

images via this auction

"Extremely rare Collection of NEW ENGLAND DIGITAL SYNCLAVIER KEYBOARDS x 3, Full Meter bridges x 3, Racks + Direct to Disk / Apple Mac computers & screens / Hard Drives / Optical Drives and disks / Cabling + Lots of spare cards for systems and Manuals"

via marsh

Experimental Garage Sale

via GetLoFi:
"On July 19th, 2008 between Noon and 9:00 PM at the Experimental Sound Studio of Chicago (www.exsost.org) will be held the first ever Experimental Garage Sale. The event will feature an open air flea market/swap meet in the beautiful backyard of the Studio.

The items available for purchase or trade will consist mainly of gobs and gobs of toys and parts suitable for circuit bending as well as completed circuit bent musical instruments.

Entertainment will be Open Mic performances through out the day well as raffles and A Rock Paper Scissors Tournament to top off the night!

There will be plenty of time to socialize and talk shop! Midwest Benders Unite!

More info at Experimental Garage Sale MySpace

Experimental Sound Studio Backyard
5925 N Ravenswood Ave
Chicago, IL 60660

Oberheim 2/4 voice synthesizer programmer board 1216b

via this auction

PAiA OZ

images via this auction

"This is a super rare Paia synth. Really small, built in speaker,works on batteries.In good working condition. Really nice bass for such a small keyboard, collectors item."

Roland GR-300

images via this auction. Note the seller has some other guitar synth items up for auction as well.

Sequencer controlled synthesizers.com modular synth

YouTube via birbabirbabirba
"Simple short fm sequence with a 4 osc synthesizers.com modular. Sound is provided by 3 osc, frequency-modulated by osc 4. The mix goes trough a Q150 24db ladder filter and a Q127 fixed filter bank. Echo added by a Lexicon MX200. "

machinedrum + prophet 600 + mks-50 + ms2000 + lexicon

YouTube via radambe
"Quick jam I did this morning
the mix is eugh....i should go back and do it again sans mistakes and bad mix
If you're not hearing this in stereo, try pasting &fmt=18 at the end of the URL for this page.
gear used:
1. machinedrum (drums + sequencing synths)
2. sequential circuits prophet 600
3. roland mks-50 alpha juno
4. korg ms-2000r (bass)
4. lexicon mx-400"

Hot Hand with Keyboard - 6 months later

YouTube via rsmith601
"Daniela gets better and better. This one from Summer NAMM 08"

Happy Knobbing 2008 Teil 11

Happy Knobbing 2008 Teil 11 from electrosurfer on Vimeo.
"Happy Knobbing 2008
Modular Meeting
Fischbach Germany"

Formant (Part 1) on Synth.nl

Another project by Synth.nl
"I have been planning to build a Formant modular for a long time as well. I found all the documentation on the Internet and was already reading myself into this material. But I also saw that building these projects take a lot of time take keeps me from producing music. So I looked several times to buy a used set. But most of the times they just didn't fit my needs. Until very recently. I found a very nice set on a Dutch website. They guy that sells it even lived very close to me. At first I started bidding, but later I just mailed him what he asked for it and decided to go for it. I will pick it up on Monday if all goes well."
Note: Synth.nl also put up Part 5 of the ASM-2.