MATRIXSYNTH: Monday, April 25, 2011

Monday, April 25, 2011

How low (or infrequent) can you go...?

via sublevel9 studios where you'll find the full post.

"The E-mu drum machine pictured spits out 24 ppq (pulses-per-quarter note) for syncing with other devices that speak that language. I wanted to see whether I could make use of those pulses in other ways... 24 ppq is a real barrage, let me tell you -- that's 96th notes, for the rhythmically inclined among you."

Bottom pic is the Lunar Experience Moon Modular 563V2 Trigger Sequencer.

ARP Odyssey

YouTube Uploaded by Kurtsamps on Apr 25, 2011

"ARP Odyssey Synthesizer with ARP 4034 Moog-type ladder filter
Restored with MODS by Kurt's Amps & Keyboards.

24 &12 db/oct slopes & band pass
Linear glide
Audio path enhancement
Mono - Poly Switch
Multi - Single Trigger Switch
Playable Pitch-bend"

Vintage Moog Sonic Six Synthesizer

via this auction

"It powers on just fine and there is signal out of the phones/monitor outputs but the built in speakers only 'hum' when on. With it plugged into a monitor or headphones there is an overall fuzz/noise going on."

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3 beatie bop drum synths

YouTube Uploaded by MrAcidMachine on Apr 25, 2011

MrAcidMachine on eBay

Update:

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Music for Machines/Music for Mammals Trailer number 2 - Muzik 4 Machines

YouTube Uploaded by muzik4machines on Apr 25, 2011
synth spotting...
"iTunes: http://bit.ly/fB0L9V →
Twitter: http://twitter.com/muzik4machines
Facebook: http://facebook.com/Musik.For.Machines
the new studio double album is coming june 21st 2011"

machinedrum pattern creation

YouTube Uploaded by SashaBorodin on Apr 25, 2011

"creating a machinedrum pattern from scratch. completed ~9min. first 3 min edited off b/c of youtube time constraints."

Teenage Engineering OP-1 Operator Portable Synthesizer

via this auction

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AcidLab Roland TB-303 Bassline Synthesizer with MIDI & Case

via this auction

"ACIDLAB MINI MODULAR MOD

THE INPUTS ARE Q- ACCENT- GATE- SLIDE- VCF- VCF CUT OFF-VCA-CV THESE ARE FOR USE WITH A MIDI-CV CONVERTER , ANALOG SYNTH OR TB-303.

THE OUTPUTS ARE EG- ACCENT- SLIDE- SQUARE- SAW- VCF THESE COULD BE PATCHED TO AN EXTERNAL FITER OR EFFECTS UNIT OR TB-303.

TOGGEL SWITCHS :

ACCENT - UP NORMAL, DOWN ACCENTS ON ALL NOTES .

SLIDE- UP NORMAL, DOWN SLIDE ON ALL NOTES.

WAVEFORM MODULATION- SAW, SQUARE.

RESONANCE- UP NORMAL , DOWN REAR VCF INPUT.

POTENTIOMETERS;

DECAY- FROM OFF TO STANDERD.

RESONANCE- ADDS Q LEVEL.

X-MOD- MODULATION LEVEL.

OVERDRIVE- VOLUME CONTROL OF VCO TO FILTER .

POTS COME WITH 303 TYPE KNOBS TO RETAIN ORIGINAL LOOK.

LEDS: THREE NEW LEDS SHOW PROGRAMMING ACCENT, SLIDE, BEND.

ACIDLAB KIT COMES WITH FACEPLATE OVERLAY- 4 KNOBS- 4 POTS-4 SWITCHES- 3 LEDS- 8 INPUTS- 6 OUTPUTS- COLOR CODED INSTRUCTIONS WITH WIRES- ALL RESISTORS- CAPS- DIODES- POT MOUNTS- REAR STICKER- YOU GET ALL PARTS NEEDED TO UPGRADE YOUR ROLAND TB-303, THIS KIT GIVES THE TB-303 A NEW VINTAGE LOOK WITH THE ABILITY OF MODULAR SYNTHESIS FOR NEW SOUND TEXTURES AND CONTROL."

Note this is not the same acidlab that makes the Miami, Bassline and Bombass 1&2. That would be http://www.acidlab.de/.

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Vintage Arp Axxe with Red Anvil Case

via this auction

Waldorf Q Phoenix Edition

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via this auction

"This is the 16 voice version."

Note this is not the Q+ with analog filters.

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Korg MS-02 Interface mint in box

via this auction

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RECESS_ARTS_WORK_SAMPLE_2

RECESS_ARTS_WORK_SAMPLE_2 from df on Vimeo.

follow-up to this post.
"2. Candle Piece

After Nic Collins' "In Memoriam", I was inspired to make a musical circuit which responds to flame. I waited until I found the perfect candles— 5 minute long candles—which provided a concise narrative arc for this circuit.

I gave myself several limitations with this one: make the sculpture as small as possible, make it silent in darkness, and don't do anything besides light the damn candle. we filmed 7 takes, and finally got lucky with this lazarus candle. The original cut is 8 minutes long—incredibly, it kept coming back to light, to life."

ether^ra SCHWITTERS

YouTube Uploaded by potterpaint2000 on Apr 25, 2011

"a collage-like improv, live and looped, featuring my Buchla 200e. http;//etherra.blogspot.com/"

ether^ra SEA ON RED

Uploaded by potterpaint2000 on Apr 24, 2011

"a Buchla 200e improv. http://etherra.blogspot.com/"

ether^ra CO-SO

Uploaded by potterpaint2000 on Apr 23, 2011

"a Buchla 200e improv. http://etherra.blogspot.com/"

kaoss pad quad demonstration

YouTube Uploaded by bowmoneydrums on Apr 25, 2011

"i've seen demos of the kaoss pad quad, but wanted to do my own and show how each effect could be used musically rather than in quick shots. sorry for the boring song, made a quick beat and some synth lines with a video game feel to make a demonstration video of the effects. the drum machine is a korg em-1 and the synth lines come from the korg kaossilator pro. more to come with combining effects, freeze, etc."

Ensoniq EPS demo Factory Disk 9 - Ecstasy

YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Apr 25, 2011

"Demonstration of the Ensoniq EPS sampler factory disk 9 - Ecstasy.

A gorgeous, typically late '80s digital synth pad."

Update:

Ensoniq EPS demo - Craig A. Series - The FM Collection

Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Apr 25, 2011

"A demonstration of a Craig A. Series disk - The FM Collection

Three banks of excellent patches sampled from the classic Yamaha DX7 FM synth technology."

RENO NOISE NIGHT!

Details on Facebook here and the link below.

"A fantastic night of experimental music fun!

Join Bran(...)Pos, an audio/visual adventure for your senses, as he headlines Reno's local talent for experimental music, noise, ambient and uncategorized music delights!

Bran(...)Pos is beginning his tour across the US, starting with Reno, so come support his and local music efforts! Hosted in the newly-established Aeon Gallery on Wells, this will no not be your average Reno show, and not your average venue!

http://www.burncards.com/a-noisexperimental-saturday-bran-pos/"

Musik Messe Biscuit and Missing Link Jam

YouTube Uploaded by matrixsynth on Apr 25, 2011

This one in via Jeannot of 4MS Pedals:
'We were just in Frankfurt for Musik Messe, with our new euro modules, and met a bunch of great manufacturers, and artists. I took this video, albeit a couple weeks ago, of Denis from OTO machines, and Hanz from Missing Link jamming on the Biscuit, and Wireless MIDI/OSC Transmitter. They've got it hooked into a modded XBase09, and the master clock is coming from the new products by the Innerclock Systems guys. Hans Lindauer is jamming on the iPhone, with a very fun, minimal, osc command program, and also has the iPad up and running OSC/Midi commands. Denis Cazajeux is tweaking the 8 bit delay and pitch shifting. Thought you'd might like to see it, bad quality and all, its a good jam. That part of our booth was so fun, it was nice to have a solid beat going in the background of modulars, and tabletop synths."

Optigan T-Shirt

Three pics of my Optigan T-Shirt

http://www.optigan.com

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Moog Taurus Pedal Synthesizer

via this auction

It is a Moog Taurus probably from the late 70's or early 80's. It is large and heavy. It looks like the model plate reads 2054. Overall this measures approximately 24 1/4"x 20" x 8 1/4"."

Sequential Circuits Prophet 5 (Rev.2)

YouTube Uploaded by DrGroovenizer on Apr 25, 2011

"I apologize for the poor audio quality, but I shot this using my phone's video camera mainly to show the P5s full functionality."

via this auction

"This is the rare and revered Revision 2 with SSM chips, which are regarded as the warmest and most organic sounding of the Prophet line of synths... The serial number is 1000-506."

66 This is not what Buchla sounds like

YouTube Uploaded by 7thDanSound on Apr 25, 2011

"There seems to be a lot of opinion on Buchla and what it sounds like. This is what it doesn't sound like apparently."

Code Station

YouTube Uploaded by lividTV on Apr 25, 2011

"Here's a prototype of an iPad docking station for the Code. I am running Korg's ielectribe without a computer."

KORG iELECTRIBE - KORG INC.
iPads on eBay

circuit bent emu px7, alesis qsr and yamaha mu5

YouTube Uploaded by spunkytoofers on Apr 25, 2011
spunkytoofers on eBay

Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots

YouTube Uploaded by PrincessPangolin on Apr 12, 2011

"Princess Pangolin's cover of the Flaming Lips' "Yoshimi vs.The Pink Robots," featuring omnichord, violin and telephone. Also, some hasty stop motion. No robots were harmed in the making of this video. Featuring Julie Carpenter on vox, violin & omnichord, and Dain Luscombe on Commodore 64, Kitten & other technological marvels [Buchla]. Album available from
http://princesspangolin.bandcamp.com/"

Upgrading a Yamaha RM1-X Sequencer

via Low Brow Eye on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge where you'll find more pics and details.

"Not pictured: rubber gloves on hands, gas mask on face, and side arm in waist band."

Serge Modular Drum

YouTube Uploaded by MechaSeb76 on Apr 25, 2011

"Serge Modular drum machine"

Pac Man Joystick synthesizer

video by YouTube Uploaded by puffhandy on Apr 25, 2011

"This is (was) one of those old video game reproductions that you plug straight into a TV. I gutted it out after deciding I have enough versions of Pac Man to play with, (super pac man really sucks!) And built my own synth! It's another 40106 based synth using four of the six schmitt triggers for main oscillators and one for the Lfo. It has a light sensor for one of the main voices and a "rate" knob for the Lfo speed. I was able to make it run on the original set up of four AA batteries in the compartment underneath and as you can see the blue knob that I use for wintergreen altoidsalmost matches perfectly. It has a 1/4 inch out to plug into any amp or mixer and i used the menu light for power. the menu button works to change the LFO into a swooping triangle instead of a square wave and the red trigger button makes the sound come out."

Modular Klonk Techno

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Apr 25, 2011

"A bit of a Klonky techno jam using the amazing Bugbrand system, all sounds and sequences provided by the modular, no midi or external fx. Bit of a rough mix, so sorry about that."

Siel Ritmo Analogue Synth String Beatbox

via this auction

"Pretty cool Beatbox synth here from Italian synth company siel. It has built in rhythms and a melody section which has analogue sounding strings, it also has a built in phaser...

It also has a built in speaker!

Sound wise it has that LCD soundsystem 'losing my edge' early drum machine sound...other points of reference would be stereolab, Sebastian teller, air..."

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