MATRIXSYNTH: Friday, September 4, 2009

Friday, September 04, 2009

Dan McPharlin Miniatures

flickr set by Dan McPharlin
(click for more)

the last analog moon modul you´ll ever need...

YouTube via moonmodular

Modular Patch: Doepfer A-100 Schippmann Ebbe und Flut Korg KPR-77

YouTube via nbetweenmovements

"I recommend headphones or a good Sound System to hear the bass frequencies! Feedback is welcome!!! Modular Patch: Korg KPR-77 SYNC out - triggering A-100 4 Step Sequence & some random generated sounds, KPR-77 Line in in Schippmann Ebbe und Flut, Schipmann LFO goes out in Filter CV from Doepfer A-100, finally some echo on filtered drums with Line 6 Echo Park."

Nice Hat, Lady

YouTube via doctorvague
"Modular synth patch from 07. Cwejman, Blacet, Doepfer and probably other stuff."

FS ARP 2600 w/ Moog Filter & 3604-P Keyboard

More images here.

For sale on VSE.

via Matia

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cwith friends

flickr by Lars Daniel

follow-up to this post

미투에서 이런 거에 반응할 ..

flickr by analoguepinballplayer

This might be the first Korean on the site.

Moog Little Phatty
Roland Jupiter-6

4ms Noise Swash Modules

via the Big City Music blog

Big City Music

Joe Zawinul profile - 1985

YouTube via EstelDillon
"Keyboard genius and jazz giant Joe Zawinul in rehearsal and conversation one afternoon after Weather Report is put on hold for Joe's solo tour.
Photographed and edited by Estel Dillon. Produced by Steven Reiner."

kraftwerk - midnight special (us tv 1975)

YouTube via rasslsk. via Phil. Also see this version. Autobahn.
"This Kraftwerk video and a lot more of them on www.electriccafe.info"

circuit bent mini keyboard

YouTube via noystoise
"mini keyboard heavily modified to make synthesizer sounds. frequency divider triggers an envelope generator that modulates the vcf with resonance at 1/256? of the vco. the vco is divided in 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and mixed to the vcf. 1/32,1/64, 1/128 of the vco also modulates the frequency of the vco(pitch) and generates some pretty random voices. more info at www.noystoise.com thanks for watching."

circuit bent keyboard

"circuit bent keyboard designed off the nutorious hing hon ek001. for more details go to www.noystoise.com"

circuit bent rainbow synth

"two and a half oct square wave keyboard with two sub voices, resonant filter with attack release and gate time, four step sequencer that can be triggered via LFO or divided frequencies of the main VCO, and the A-R generator can also be triggered in those two ways. check out www.noystoise.com for more details"
more vids here

Yewell Electronic Systems Midi-CV Update

Some info added to this post.

KORG microSAMPLER Specs

Specs added to the bottom of this post.

JEN Synthetone SX1000 Analogue Monophonic Synthesizer

via this auction
"it does what it says on the labels, and has one control for each function. There is no multi functioning about it. It comes from an age preceding MIDI and polyphony. One oscillator, one note, one nation under a groove thang. Hey! Three knob caps become unstuck and lost over the years (i know how they feel), but apart from that it is functioning perfectly. Wicked little beast. Sweet hip hop top lines and fat bottom ends, the way we like 'em. You know what I'm sayin. All part of the ongoing studio clear out, so take a look at my other stuff if you like the weird and wonderful."

Baldwin SM-100 sound module/synth

via this auction

Kind of looks like an E-Mu Proteus.

Ludwig Phase II guitar synthesizer - A vintage FX pedal

via this auction
"The Phase II, made in limited numbers during 1970-71, is a vintage FX guitar unit. It includes a fuzz, a tremolo (Animation), and a voltage-controlled filtering section (Formant Trajectories-Parallel, Counter, and Vowel switches). The circuit uses only discreet components. A control panel contains seven switches (light/change color) and four sliders which alter several effects, including fuzz, voltage-controlled filters and gating, combined in a box that unfolds to reveal a rocker pedal and four footswitches. There is nothing out there in today's market that duplicates the animation and filtering possibilities. With some practice, many unusual and unique sounds are possible. Some of the effects (including the famous "Yoy, yoy" sound) can be heard on tracks by Primus "Pork Soda", Pearl Jam "Binaural", Sonic Youth "The Diamond Sea", "Washing Machine" and Beck's "Cold Brains" intro.

Specifications:
- Fuzz (includes voice fuzz)
- Animation - FFM, Fuzz RPT or both and Fast/slow start (switches),
Alter Intensity and Rate with three sliders.
- Voltage-Controlled Filtering - "Format Trajectories": Parallel, Counter, Vowel .
- Foot Pedal with Primary and Stereo outputs (Bypass Balance control), Lo/Hi Z inputs
(Lo Z Balance control) plus four foot switches: Stereo, Bypass, Animation, Fuzz f

Product Information:
- Ludwig Phase II Synthesizer
- Model #9000 -- Serial # 1529
- Supply Voltage: 120/240 VAC, 50/60 cycles, 15 watts

Only a few Ludwig Phase II units are still in existence."

70's Vintage Univox Stringman Synthesizer

via this auction

GPS Beatmap

GPS Beatmap from Jesse Stiles on Vimeo.

"GPS Beatmap: Planet as Control Surface. Presented by Face Removal Services.

In 2006, Face Removal Services created the Beatmap, a GPS-based music instrument that transforms the face of the planet into an enormous DJ booth.

Looping musical phrases are represented on a map as overlapping circular territories. As the vehicle approaches the center of a circle, the volume increases. In areas of the map where territories overlap the vehicle generates dynamic mixes of the overlapping musical phrases. By exploring a very large map of many overlapping territories the Beatmap creates complex, dynamic mash-ups.

The map can be explored on foot, by plane, boat, train, or automobile. In this footage the map is explored by car on the Bonneville Salt Flats, allowing the user to freely accelerate, swerve, and slam to a stop for optimum musical control of the instrument.

The Beatmap can be positioned anywhere on Earth and expanded or contracted to any size by manipulating a continuous stream of GPS data. The Beatmap can thus be used to create drive-through mash-ups on any surface of any size, from a tennis court to the Atlantic Ocean.

Exploring the Beatmap is like investigating a new city while navigating a DJ's crate of records. Obscure landmarks begin to gain new significance by their association with unique musical juxtapositions. For instance, a treacherous pothole may invite multiple drive-bys simply because of its proximity to a particularly satisfying polyrhythm. The Beatmap is currently be readied for deployment in locations near and far."

EMS SYNTHI T-Shirt

soon available at The SYNTHI

The Oakley Superladder Diode Filter, backside view

flickr by Dr Nerdware
(click for more)

"Can you see the diodes?"

Scarlet Soho at Manchester Academy 3 - 3rd September 2009

flickr by Kerry Burnout

"Scarlet Soho live at Manchester Academy 3, 3rd September 2009, supporting A Flock Of Seagulls.

P9030018"

"Don't leave me this way" - on Böhm Station One

YouTube via organfairy.

"This melody was originally performed by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes though many people know it in a more up-tempo version by the Communards.

I use the German Böhm workstation for my version of this disco-soul classic and in this video I investigate the wiring of the expression pedal plugs on the backside of the instrument as I want to adapt an old Elka pedal for the Böhm.

The green thing I hold in my hands are a test cable with a small screwdriver attached in one end and a 100 Ohm resistor in the other. This way I can connect the wires in the plug for testing where the switches are supposed to be but at the same time I don't have to worry about shorting the power supply."

Yamaha DD-6 by S-CAT

YouTube via PHONICPOTION. S-CAT on Ebay "CIRCUIT BENT WITH 12 MODIFICATIONS"

Oberheim Cyclone Arpeggiator

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage gear demo by RetroSound

Oberheim Perf/x Cyclone Midi Arpeggiator (1988)
The rare Cyclone integrates the conceps of arpeggiation, sequencing and Midi rhythm driving. The Cyclone is pure fun!

- MIDI clock sync and "Tapped Tempo" from footswitch
- 16 ROM and 16 RAM programs
- up to three arpeggios simultaneously
- Arpeggiated patterns can cloned, transposed, repeated and inverted...
- record-buffer for rhythmic or pitch data
- continuous controller input to transmute notes
- and many more...

sound: Oberheim Matrix-1000 analog synthesizer module

If you need also a arpeggiator, I sell my nice yellow Waldorf Gecko Midi Arpeggiator on ebay"

via this auction

"An arpeggiator is a device that breaks an incoming chord down into a single note line and repeats the line
rhythmically in accordance with a preset program. This feature is the Gekko's primary function. You can determine the repetition rate, duration of the notes and the tonal range of the generated notes

Arpeggio down: All notes are generated in descending order.

Arpeggio up: All notes are generated in ascending order.

Alternate: All notes are generated alternating in ascending and escending order.

Octave down: Extends the range by the next lower octave.

Octave up: Extends the range by the next higher octave.

1 Octave: Sets the tonal range to one octave.

Gate half: Sets the duration of the note to half the note's value.

Gate double: Sets the duration of the note to twice the note's value.

Legato: Sets the duration of the note to the note’s value.

Clock 1/8: Sets the repetition rate to an 8th note.

Clock 1/16: Sets the repetition rate to a 16th note.

Clock 1/32: Sets the repetition rate to a 32th note.

Tempo down: Reduces the tempo in 1-BPM increments.

Tempo up: Increases the tempo in 1- BPM increments.

120 BPM: Sets the tempo to 120 BPM.

Hold Mode: Switches the Hold Mode on and off. When Hold Mode is activated, the arpeggio continues to play after you release the chord. Once you play another chord, the notes of this chord are arpeggiated"

KORG microSAMPLER Pics

See the bottom of this post for more. Click on the images for the full size shots. iPhone integration.

Yewell Electronic Systems Midi-CV

via nikseven in this gearslutz thread via the AH list.
"has anyone heard of this company? is it an actual company? i bought this midi-cv converter used a couple months ago, and it was d.o.a., but i would like to get it up and running. i can't seem to find any info at all about Y.E.S., and i'm wondering now if it is just a kit that someone slapped their own faceplate sticker on (it kind of looks like it). and if it is a kit, can anyone identify where it may have come from, or if it resembles something that another company manufactures? sorry about the crappy phone photos."

Update via Lorne on AH:
"In 1989 I wrote to Chris Yewell and was on his mailing list. Yewell Electronic Systems (YES) were in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

The MIDI-955 pcb board (gave velocity and pitch, 5V or 10V trigger and gate outs (the 5Vs are also available inverted), an S-Trig out for Moog. It had separate DAC for pitch (0-10V, last note infinite hold for pedal notes) & velocity (0-10V) to avoid "droop caused by sample and hold circuits." (?). There is a velocity low High output that brakes at 64-127 which allows for velocity to also be used as a switch. Channel is set internally by dip switch.

You could buy one for $149 (9.5"x 5.5", needs +/-15V and +5, all less than 50 ma) to install. It has a 14 pin sockets to expand pitch bend out and aftertouch. The other (16 pin) socket is for timing and system data. There is a stuck note reset push button option, or hold 16+ midi notes down, which shifts the gate to reset. But its a Linear 1V per octave, there were no hertz options.

The factory rack was the YES B4 MIDI to control-voltage Interface 19" rack also added bend voltages -2.25V to +2.25V (a major third) and a combo bend and pitch out for single cv in synths. He also added a 3080 (OTA) based vca for processing vintage synths with no vca access points. His bender had no zipper noise. It was $299.95 with an internal ps. That is what is in the images on the link.

He also sold the XYZ 818 experimenter's pcb which is 16 outputs of midi to triggers (also available inverted) to drive combinations of (with additional DIY circuits) pre-midi drum machines; sequencers; adsrs; mechanical relays for motors, strobe, smoke machines, lasers, slide projectors; solid state relays (motors); drivers for solenoid switches for percussion.; analog switches ; and an early digital pot for fading audio (E2POT, Xicor Inc.). he was a Mac kind of a guy.

I have a sales drawing of the pcb showing what is where generally on the board but it shows no components/traces/or schematics, sorry. Lorne in Canada"

MULTITOUCH TACTILE SEQUENCER (2003-2004)

YouTube via AndrewFentem
"Innovative tactile instruments, sequencers and mixing desks based around multi-object tracking and multi-touch sensor technologies.
Developed by myself as part of a collaboration with Novation EMS Ltd.
The multitouch tactile sequencer demonstrated in the video clip was exhibited by Kinetica Museum, London, 18 May - 29 June 2007."

Sound Lab jam 090505, by Pehr Meldert

YouTube via Pehr81
"This is me jamming on my two MFOS Sound Lab mini synths. They are connected to a dual rebote 2.5 digital delay. Around 3:22 an external MFOS 16 step sequencer is turned on. The gate goes to the lower SL and the CV to the upper SL. I have also connected the clock out to the upper SL gate in.

The sound is a little out of sync, but I'll work on that to the next upload.

Find out more about the Sound Lab mini Synth here:
http://musicfromouterspace.com/analog..."

Drone + Klee sequence: Modular concert/jam 090418

YouTube via Pehr81. sent my way via twitter.com/w4z
"Sound lab minisynths, klee sequencer, modular synth and MFOS 16 step sequencer performing.

First a drone with three cross/ring-modulated vcos into massive reverb (2xarena).
Then a Klee sequence with some VCO-VCF-VCA-patches.

Find out more about the modules in the video here:
http://musicfromouterspace.com/
http://www.cgs.synth.net/
http://www.yusynth.net/modular
http://www.tellun.com/motm/diy/diy.html
http://mypeoplepc.com/members/scottno...
http://electro-music.com/forum/forum-...
http://sound.westhost.com/"

Sega Nomad Sequencer

Sega Nomad Sequencer from Gijs on Vimeo.

"Sega nomad sequencer.
gieskes.nl/visual-equipment/?file=nomad-seq
In this video the nomad seq is connected to a HSS."

Remember the Sega Nomad MIDI Interface? Here is the sequencer.
Be sure to see gieskes.nl for full details including images and the code.

The following video is synced with a Roland TR-808.

Sega Nomad Sequencer from Gijs on Vimeo.

"gieskes.nl/visual-equipment/?file=nomad-seq
Nomad sequencer synced to tr-808, with streets of rage."

Son Of Stormtide Flanger Prototype

via JH

"Just a short snapshot from the workbench, for all who are interested in this Flanger project: (PCBs available in a month or two, if all goes well. Audio samples when prototype is finished.)"

http://www.jhaible.de

Ground Control Magazine Presents: TRISTAN SHONE

Ground Control Magazine Presents: TRISTAN SHONE from augustine arredondo on Vimeo.

"Tristan Shone, the man behind Author and Punisher sits down to disucss his art, doom metal and a career in engineering."

file 2009 SP Author e Punisher - Dub Machines (EUA)

YouTube via julinhoandrade

via Resonant Filter where you can find some more info.

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