KROLAR SX-2 VSTi

"Inspired by the 1978/9 Roland synth, the SH-2
Features.
OSC1: sine/saw/pulse
OSC2: saw/pulse/noise
SubOsc: square (-1 oct below the settings of OSC1)
4pole LP self oscillating filter
Modulator (LFO): sine/square/S&H with rate and delay
AutoBend: begins below/above (-2/+2 octaves) key pressed and slides to that pitch
PWM: LFO/Man/Env - the slider adjust the pulse width or the amount of LFO/Env modulation (the LFO for PWM is a smooth sine with no delay)
Pitch Mod: controls amount of pitch modulation by the LFO
Tuning: OSC2 has its own tuning section, Wide and Narrow (+/-1750 cents or +/-200 cents)
the SH-2 was monophonic, Krolar SX-2 has a small red button (top right) that allows you to switch from monophonic (low note priority) to polyphonic (6 voices)
the other features are self explanitory...

special thanks to Jonathan Style for the GUI" download here

Mystery - Heaven On A Sunday (Cover Version)

YouTube via mysteritmo
"A cover version of Paul McCartney's "Heaven On A Sunday". Instruments used: Seagull S6 and Roland CompuRhythm CR-8000. Make sure to watch in HQ."

Electribulator V0 1 1 - Testing overall

YouTube via wax78
"Encore un test d'electribulator pour montrer la difference des enveloppes avec 3 presets differents."

r51tt

YouTube via gaufresderiz
"Metasonix R-51 + TipTop Z3000 on Doepfer eurorack + filter A-122 VCF3"

Northern Labour Party - Failure Won't Fail Me

On MATRIXSYNTH-C here. via Dex: "The song features MiniMoog Voyager and Andromeda, but only the Voyager is in the video." And a synth babe. Be sure to see the rest of MATRIXSYNTH-C for more.

studio cat

YouTube via phono1337. "one of my cats in her favorite place"

bit dark

"mobile phone cameras really suck in the dark... anyway a little 5 min jam from a couple of months ago"

Electrongate - The DMX Files

via The DMX Files
"I manufacture and sell a MIDI upgrade for the Oberheim DMX, as well as a Magnetic RAM upgrade for DMX and DX machines. Magnetic RAM support for other Oberheim Z-80 based machine will follow as I have a chance to test OB-X, OB-Xa, OB-8 and DSX. I have other audio and MIDI devices in the works..."
I actually put a post up on The DMX Files way back in March of 2006. I just added this banner to the MANUFACTURERS section and thought I would put up a post as well. Remember to check out the page and click on the images to see what they are up to now and then. All manufacturers listed on this site are readers of MATRIXSYNTH. See Electrongate's The DMX Files for more.

VIRTUALITY New podcast from Amin Bhatia

"PODCAST #3 "Inside the Computer" is up
The third installment of our "Interstellar Crew" podcasts* explores the possibility of making videos using Amin Bhatia's latest release Virtuality. With the help of Music Academy Online and Second Life we are shown one interpretation of the virtual world where people can actually take a theme park ride through the album! Interviewed guests include Patrick Moraz, Steve Porcaro, Michelle Moog-Koussa, and Second Life's Benton Wunderlich as well as producers, engineers and musicians from "Virtuality."

You can see all the podcasts on our new website or on Youtube. They'll soon be available as iTunes podcasts, but just like many Apple products (including the next iPhone) we don't know exactly when :)

We are soon launching a Virtuality Video Contest - send us an email and we'll send you the details as they unfold." Contact link is under the Amin Bhatia link on http://www.aminbhatia.com/.

Also:
"CD BABY's TOP SELLERS
Both Virtuality and The Interstellar Suite are now among CDBaby's Top Selling Electronic albums. Our thanks to all of you for this achievement. It means more albums to come. In the meantime keep spreading the word to your relatives, friends and even enemies (think of them when playing "Hostility" or "Virus Attack"!) Reviews are HERE and album online sales are HERE.
***

DRUM CORPS and MARCHING BAND fans...
Our recent new deal with Copycat Licensing means its now easier to license tracks of Virtuality or Interstellar Suite for your productions. See the Copycat Licensing Website for more.
***

Thank you again for your support and encouragement.
Now go out and enjoy the summer!

The staff and families at www.aminbhatia.com"

Roland TR-55 Analog Drum Machine

via this auction

"A truly versatile unit, thanks to the 'Balance' knob, for a beat box from 1972."

JLCOOPER/OBERFACE midi inputs and outputs for DSX

via this auction

Not the best shots, but you don't see these often.

"This unit works in tandem with the Oberheim DSX providing inputs and outputs. Its task is to allow theDSX to take control of its memory, and to have the numbers representing voice notes, keyboard notes, program # etc. be in exactly the same places and in the same form that the DSX is expecting to find them At the same time, it has to handle Midi information input and output."

LIMS09: Kenton Takes MIDI to Over 700 Meters

via Sonic State where you'll find the write-up. Be sure to see Sonic State's LIMS09 coverage for more.

The Logan String Melody : An introduction to string machines

YouTube via OriginalJambo. Be sure to see OriginalJambo's prior demonstrations.
"Disclaimer: many of the images used in this video were taken from a Google images search. If you are the owner if any of these images and do not approve of their use in this video, please contact me and I'll remove them.

Hey guys, been a while since I did a video but I've had this project in mind for some time now. Took a good few days to gather the raw materials and a few more of fiddling with Pro Tools, Fireworks and Windows Movie Maker (which will crash if you so much as look at it the wrong way)!

Anyway, this video might be a little slow for some people and this is version 1.0 so there's always room for improvement. Please leave some comments (constructive criticism more than welcome) if there's anything you'd like to know or think I should change.

Hope you enjoy it!"

Update:

The Logan String Melody (part 2 of 2)

Jeff Rona using Rob Papen

YouTube via robpapen
"Jeff Rona showing the use of Rob Papen Synths while making a new filmscore"

Modular 01

YouTube via snipz
"MFB LFO stuff going on here...with added Doepfer quad LFO too. Wave multiplier, VCO's FM'ing and ASys filter affected...and a bit of random voltage here and there to spice things up!"

sequential circuits Pro one

YouTube via hadrian017

yr3wk51 moog & juno

yr3wk51 moog & juno from longcat on Vimeo.

"the moog opus 3 & the roland juno 6, mighty beasts they are...

as the longcat weekly improvisation rolls ever closer to it's 4th year...

the improvisation was recorded on the 3rd of june, the canal footage was shot a week later on the 11th of june...

i love this place on the regents canal, i love the way light reflects on water... and i love the sound of these synthesizers..."

Synthetic slide trombone

via Acoustic Interloper on NIME 2009 on this electro-music.com thread.

"Here are some quick pix from NIME 2009 at Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh last week. Many other strange and wonderful instruments not shown . . ."

"Synthetic slide trombone with many added controllers / degrees of freedom"

MIDI Controller/Sequencer I Designed

MIDI Controller/Sequencer I Designed from Lennon Luks on Vimeo.

"This is me showing some of the capabilities of the MIDI controller that I designed for my senior project. It uses an ATMEGA644 microcontroller. 3000ish lines of C code. I'm much more of an engineer than an electronic musician, clearly. More information about this device can be found on my website at lennonluks.atspace.com/projects/senior_project/senior_project.html"

Squarepushin on the Akai APC40 - Ableton

YouTube via mrbeefwellington

Akai APC40 Customization

YouTube via Stray411
"Quick vid that covers some of the possible ways the APC can be customized. In the 2nd part of the vid, I'm using Bome's MIDI Translator Pro to add the additional functions."

Instrumental Oddities T-Shirt

Theremin and Stylophone on the "synth" front.

You can find the T at Scatterbrain Tees.

Ultra RARE NOS MemoryMoog MIDI Sequencer kit

via this auction. Sold for GBP 495. That's about 805 USD.

click the image for the full size shot.

"This kit includes everything you need to turn a standard MemoryMoog into the very latest Plus version + the final Autotune and PSU upgrades, all hardware, all stickers, nameplates, Latest Roms, original large Moog schematics, instructions, the lot. That means you will have full MIDI, the Sequencer and everything else. It also incudes the PSU upgrades and the full Autotune upgrade which will make your synth tune much more reliably. It is pretty comprehensive! The kenton MIDI kit cost £400 alone, so i think this is fairly priced considering the rarity and the fact your MM will still be original after fitting, not forgetting this will make your MM more valuable."

Access Virus TI Desktop

via these auctions

Access Virus TI2 Desktop

via these auction

Trent Reznor at the Bonnaroo Festival

Trent Reznor of NIN with Jazz Mutant Lemur and Akai MPD32 via this NY Times article on the Bonnarroo Festival in Tennessee.

via vgermuse

Marshall Allen and the Steiner EVI Update

I updated this post with a link the the article in the NY Times. Note Marshall Allen played with Sun Ra in the Sun Ra Arkestra.

"Mr. Allen, who turned 85 last month, has been a member of the Arkestra for more than 50 years: he joined the ensemble almost at its origins, spearheading its reed section and faithfully minding the various edicts of its namesake leader. When he took the helm himself in the mid-1990s, after the deaths of Sun Ra and the tenor saxophonist John Gilmore, Mr. Allen set his sights on continuity. He has kept the band together and working, with one eye trained on the legacy of an expressly future-oriented music."

Elan's SDIY Modular Synth

click here for Elan's SDIY Modular Synth blog. You'll find interesting tips like color coating washers for your jacks vs. color coating the nuts which can peel and chip over time.

MIDI control your KP3 like virusTI atomizer + maschine

YouTube via neutron7
"Midi control of the KP3, sounds boring, but actually you can do a lot with it.
just one example here is controlling the "loop" presets as shown here.
more instructions and assorted silliness in video."

Go nuts with Auto-Tune EVO, robot sing special effects

YouTube via Torley

Wave Rider

YouTube via vstmonger. follow-up to these posts (scroll when you get there).
"Korg MS2000B Korg 01W and Fl Studio at it again. This is a rough cut sound track I am working on for a movie featuring Kite Surfing.
Pretty frantic."

Moog Little Phatty Synth Using Sexy Lead Patch

YouTube via acaruso36
"Oh, I Just had To ad This Video Of My Moog Little Phatty & Roland Fantom-S. What A Great edited Patch coming from The moog! The Roland Fantom S -61 had a great Guitar Patteren and drum Seqence. Basically, the patterns itself had to have a moog lead to make this Work. I thought This Demo would show a very expressive example of how moog Instruments make the analog world come alive. I hope I showed a good enough example to inspirer other moog users to create some fabulous patches."

Playground Cyclops - Muzik 4 Machines mini live from the Nor

YouTube via muzik4machines. see muzik4machines' YouTube channel for more.
"MP3: http://muzik4machines.com/ranaf2
booking: http://muzik4machines.com/book.html
Twitter: http://twitter.com/muzik4machines
Podcast: http://muzik4machines.com/2ztc7w

gear used
Korg ESX1: All Sequences/Drums

Yamaha TX81z: Reverby/Pumpy Sawtooth Bass (chain:TX81z-Boss V-Wha-Akai MFC42-DBX266 ch2 (Compression/distortion)-Alesis Nanoverb-DBX266 ch1 (pump)--Mixer)

Roland MKS50: Hoover/Saw/Lead/Pumpy Synth (Chain MKS50-DBX266-Boss SL20-Zoom RFX2200-Mixer)

Clavia Nord Micro Modular: Synth, bass, arpegios, pads, chords

Redsound SoundBite Pro: Vocals/looping

Korg Kaoss pad 2: Tempo Delay

Korg Kaoss Pad 3: Loops, Looper(snare rolls), Grainshifter

Korg Kaossilator: Noise Sweeps (path: K01-Mini KP(Delay)-Mixer)

Korg ER1: Distorted Beatbox AND sidechain signal (Chain: left out-ProCo Turbo Rat-Dimebag Wha-Mixer)

DX200: Fm E-piano, pads, 303-esque sequences, etc (Chain: Left Out-Boss DD5 delay-Mixer)

Motu Midi Mixer 7s: My mixer, controlled by the BCF2000)

Kawai Midi Patchbay:Guess

DBX MC 6: Output Compressor

NOT used:
a computer, besides recording it; no edition"

"Slip" - Sebastien Leger Remix ("MASCHINE" vs "TRAKTOR") LIVE

YouTube via massivebeatzz
"Live re-tweak of Sebastian Leger's SLIP. Massivebeatz mixes on Native Instruments' TRAKTOR, MASCHINE as well as Jomox's xBase 09 and Roland 09.
(our apologies for a S. Leger typo in the credits)"

Fix Gladiator 2

YouTube via PXE02321. "Tone 2 Gladiator 2 DEMO"

EHX Effectology, Vol. 2: Dark Side of the Moon

YouTube via EHX
"http://www.ehx.com
Visit EHX.com for user videos, our blog, community fourms, and lots more!

Welcome to Electro-Harmonix's "Effectology" series, in which we play a remarkable collection of EHX-assisted sounds, and explain how they were made.

In the second episode, Bill Ruppert, Professor of Effectology, recreates the sound of Pink Floyd's "On the Run" from "Dark Side of the Moon" (pedals used: Micro Synthesizer, Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai, Frequency Analyzer, Big Muff Pi, Stereo Pulsar).

For more details on pedals and settings, please visit: http://www.ehx.com/blog/effectology-d..."

Update: "Bill Ruppert (the musician) is also posting extensive production notes over in the EHX forums, with the intention that people can engage in more-detailed conversations about creating unusual sounds:

http://www.ehx.com/forums/viewthread/1208/

In this clip, I personally liked how he used a looper to create a short repeating texture that he then manually undulates with a ring modulator. It's also neat how he intentionally captured interference from an AM radio."

SYNTH-DRUM mini (Demo)

YouTube via denha. "Operation check."

Theremin controlled Mario

YouTube via conquerearth. Playing Super Mario Bothers with a theremin.

via Zero via Gizmodo. Also see this Gakken Theremin covering Super Mario Brothers.
"Well, it had to be done!
Who needs a Natal when you've got a theremin! (OK, its not quite the same, but anyway...)

This is even more fun with two people playing! One person controls left/right, the other controls jump.

Its not just limited to the theremin. Its even possible to hook up a microphone and use your voice to control the game! Or a guitar! Or a violin!

Heres how it works:
The sound from the theremin is split into its frequency and amplitude components in real time, which are then mapped to values in a linear scale representing the X and Y axis. Pitch becomes horizontal control, and Volume becomes vertical control.
The X and Y scales are then cut up into different zones. In this case, Left; Right and dead zones for the horizontal, and a single trigger and dead zone for the vertical.

The trigger zones are then mapped onto a virtual joystick hooked into an emulator.

The end result is a fairly usable input control for playing games like mario. The bars give the much needed visual feedback as to how "in tune" you are, so you have a better feel of where the trigger points are."