Singing With Two Voices

YouTube Uploaded by wwwAAASorg on Feb 18, 2012

"Singing With Two Voices Using a Gesture-to-Voice Synthesizer

Produced by John Corry, University of British Columbia
Camera: Kevin Doherty"

Sequential Circuits Prelude SN 264/96

via this auction

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ah-2

YouTube Uploaded by klerasine on Feb 20, 2012

"20.02.12
Lell distortion / drive
&
Super space drum"


via Trickster Prankster on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"LELL "dd" in a custom box , with nice ct scan. Still workin with that shitty noise, fingers crossd i´ll find that weak spot."

You can find a pic of the original Lell DD in this previous post.

VST Editor for BassBoy Hardware Synth

You might remember the BassBoy hardware synth from this previous post. J.MARTINS wrote in to let me know he created a VST editor for it available on his site here.

"The BassBoy VST Editor makes the life easy to control this amazing little hardware MIDI syntheziser called BassBoy (more info). Just insert the BassBoy VST Editor in your Host/DAW and immediately your have a virtual control surface over all the parameters of this little hardware synth.

- Easy and cheap way to control your BassBoy Synthesizer
- Built-in Preset Manager with 32 slots
- 8 'Factory' Presets"

STRINGSTATION PROJECT on Kickstarter

via Kickstarter where you'll find additional details.

You might remember the StringStation from previous posts here on MATRIXSYNTH. I met creator Jim Bartz at the Pacific Northwest SynthFest. The StringStation is a beautiful instrument and may look like a guitar, but it can also be used as a MIDI controller for your synths. You can find a couple of videos from the event here and here.

"Join In To Build An Innovative Computer Controlled 40-Stringed Instrument...

A string's intrinsic ability to express a more instantly controllable nuance and dynamic of tone is indisputable. This new instrument advances that extraordinary aspect and innovates with combinations of new technology and an interactive control surface that's a joy to play.

The final StringStation designs are exquisite, opening an exploration into music and 3D sound architecture like no other instrument before. Here is a hi-tech instrument of 12 distinct string groups on one play surface, intertwined, digitally tuned and set into 3D resonance control. It allows a spatial interactive array of live strings to be focused and creatively enhanced... crafting scores of exotic 3D sound.

The StringStation is unique to see... but it is genuinely about the sounds it will create. It is my passion to bring the full potential of this amazing 3D music instrument to light..."

DSI Tempest - smooth funk test run

"Running another little test on the Tempest with some smooth synth funk patterns.

Not much of a performance again. Barely scratching the surface with half the pads and simple transitions. Mainly aiming to test some nice, smooth sounds with it.

All sounds and patterns programmed from scratch. Raw output from the Tempest. No effects or editing."

Twin LFO Control Unit Pulse, Squeare, Saw Output

via this auction

"Custom built 2 channel LFO. The 2LTUQ18X was designed for extra oscillators adding to analog syths, or other devices that can use an extra few oscillators.

Both channel LFO's has adjustments for Coarse, Fine, Shape and Saw +/-. There is also an output just to mix the "Var" channels together. That does not effect the Blend (Shape) or Saw, Pulse or Square outputs. All outputs are 1/4 inch jacks. Power input is on the side. Operats on a 12 - 15Vdc adapter. I have one for this and it works great on a 12Vdc.

Output voltage on the "Var output" is 10 volts Peak to Peak.

Outputs for Square and Triangle is 6.9Vdc Peak to Peak (Under a 12Vdc adapter)

Output pulse for Pulse is 10 volts peak to peak.

Unit is fully shielded for outside noise, grounded and tested very well under loads with an analog synthesizer.

All IC's are sockets and "point to point" wiring inside."


Twin LFO, VCO Control Unit Test 1
YouTube Uploaded by pieruixmaster on Jan 4, 2012

"Twin High output gain LFO, VCO Control Unit with Mix feature and Shape controls. Filter and Frequency controls."

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Doepfer Modular A-106-1 Xtreme Korg MS-20 Filter

via this auction

"below is the manufacturers info:
[possibly the longest ever]

Module A-106-1 has it's origin in our experiments to built a MS20 filter clone. The famous original MS20 included two filters: a 12 dB lowpass and a 6dB high pass filter connected in series both with a very special design (the MS20 highpass if very often described as 12dB high pass, but this is not true). During our researches we found a way to use the same circuit simultaneously as lowpass and highpass for 2 different audio signals (a bit similar to the A-101-1 Steiner Vactrol filter that has even different audio inputs available, but with the special MS20 circuit). For this two separate audio inputs for lowpass (LP) and highpass (HP) with separate level controls are available. The sockets are normalled, i.e. the signal applied to the LP input is available for the HP input too provided that no plug is inserted into the HP input socket. The level control of the HP input is realized as a polarized input. This means that the signal can be added with the same polarity (+ range) or opposite polarity (- range) compared to the LP input. This feature enables notch (+) and bandpass (-) filter functions too. From our point of view this is the most flexible solution that enables e.g. these functions: Lowpass: the audio signal is fed to the LP input, HP level control is set to zero, LP level control is set to the desired levelHighpass: the audio signal is fed to the LP or HP input, LP level control is set to zero, HP level control is set to the desired level (in this special case it does not matter if positive or negative amplification is chosen with the polarizer control)Lowpass/highpass mix with one audio signal: the audio signal is fed to the LP input, LP and HP level controls are set to the desired levels. special setting 1: if the level controls for LP and HP are set in a way that both levels are identical with the same polarity (i.e. + range of the HP level control) and no or little distortion only one obtains ~ a notch filter (the "~" indicates that the notch is far from beeing perfect, the attenuation in the passband is not as good as for other filters of the A-100 system, look at the frequency response curves at the bottom of this decoment for details)special setting 2: if the level controls for LP and HP are set in a way that both levels are identical with the opposite polarity (i.e. - range of the HP level control) and no or little distortion only one obtains ~ a bandpass filter (the "~"

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Nord Lead 3 Synthesizer

via this auction

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Gibson Maestro W-3 W3 Hammond Woodwind Synthesizer

Maestro Gibson Woodwind Synth W3 [circa 1967]

YouTube Uploaded by jscolieri on Jul 31, 2010

via this auction

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Vintage Condor RSM Innovex Hammond Woodwind Synthesizer

via this auction
"CONDOR RSM BY INNOVEX, A HAMMOND COMPANY. A MULTIVIDER, this unit was designed to produce harmonics at the touch of a button. It was used by running the pickup from a tenor saxophone into it. Imagine taking a real low note from a Tenor sax, then add a sub harmonic or two. Or, take a note and go up a couple of octaves. It has presets for Repeat, Attack, Vibrato/Tremolo, Sub Octave, Dynamute, Fuzz, Bass Sax, Tuba, Bass Clarinet, Bassoon, English horn, Cello, Natural Amplified, Horn, Oboe, and Soprano Sax. The slide Pots on the top are for; Intensity for Vibrato and Tremolo, Rate for Vibrato/Tremolo Repeat and Dynamute, Tone (Bass or Treble), and Volume for the associated Presets. Hammond is the Company that made the best Electronic Organs on the market. This unit gives you the ability to use the controls that you would find on a Hammond Organ for your pickup or microphone."

bleep!BOX MIDI update

YouTube Uploaded by dwallin33 on Feb 20, 2012

"Demo of the new MIDI updates which add MIDI sync and note triggering."



iPads on eBay
iPads on Amazon
iPod Touch on eBay
iPod Touch on Amazon

Vangelis Reve . A live synth jam by mik300z

YouTube Uploaded by mik300z on Feb 20, 2012

"Another of my favourite Vangelis pieces, kind of had a few keys figured out and filmed this cover/tinkling of it. A few bum chords/notes as per usual! synths used
Juno G-elec piano
ESQ 1 - CS80 flutey sound
Moog LP - CS80 brass
Juno 6 - windy noise
Microkorg- strings
Yamaha An1x- soft percussion (using its step sequencer)"

Image-Line | Sytrus Demo

YouTube Uploaded by imageline on Feb 20, 2012

"http://www.image-line.com/documents/sytrus.html"

Yusynth sawanimator scope vid

YouTube Uploaded by Pehr81 on Feb 20, 2012

"The internat lfos aren't working so i sent an external in. First sine then ramp and tri."

Garibaldi On The Peak

YouTube Uploaded by snipz on Feb 20, 2012

"Using the Quantimator to produce both chords and arpeggiation. Switching between arpeggiation and sequence using a FOH Choices. Sound produced by an lfo'd Piston Honda.

Bass Z3000 (mixed waveforms) sequenced by Rene. Other sequence from the Modcan, AS95 through a A108 filter.

Noise from a Noisering randomly filtered from a Filtare filter using the Noisering cv.

Usual delay from El Capistan and reverb from Space."

Luftrum 8 - Soundset for Animoog

YouTube Uploaded by Luftrum1 on Feb 20, 2012

"Expand your Animoog! 64 new presets for Animoog covering a broad range of genres from Ambient to Dubstep. Smooth ambient pads, wobbly basses, subtle drones, rhythmic sequences and organic sound effects such as a true budgie tweet, the hypnotic song of whales and the natural purr of a cat.

Luftrum 8 is compatible with both the iPhone and iPad version of Animoog. Included is an easy install instruction, describing how to get the sounds onto your device. All presets are nicely sorted with LUF initials to separate them from the factory presets.

Watch in HD for best quality! More information on luftrum.com"


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AMSTARD CKX100 Glitch Synthesizer

via this auction
squidfanny on eBay

Details and video at the auction and previously posted here.

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Korg KR55 beat Photographic DM

Korg KR55 beat Photographic DM by olivgrau
"Yes, this is the rhythm track for Photographic by Depeche Mode, as released on the Some Bizzare Sampler. It's the Disco2 beat from the analogue beatbox Korg KR 55. I just had to fade in the HH and snare and hit the fill in button the right times. It took me 7 or 8 times to get it all right in the place. Only the reverb effect on the snare is missing. And the kick from the DM version is definetly not from the KR 55, because the KR 55 kick isn't that phat! The kick they used must be from the ARP 2600, as I read in some biographie. So, download this one and play and sing along "I take pictures"! ;-)"

Depeche Mode - Photographic

YouTube Uploaded by Nakian on Dec 12, 2006

cgs/clarke68 diy minisynth and dual dusg

YouTube Uploaded by deadlover73 on Feb 20, 2012

"demo of my recently finished DIY cgs minisynth with a cgs dual dusg. both panels designed by clarke68 from muffwiggler."

Digisound Model 80 Modular Synth Keyboard Controller

via this auction

"Digisound Model 80 Modular Synth Controller Keyboard. For use with the Alphadac 16. Contains a 80-15D1 card and has LFO rate control. Has built in Hex Pad for controlling the Alphadac and can also be used with the Digisound 80-15D2 digital to analogue controller.

A rare piece that once belonged to Ken Walker who designed the BBC Micro Interface for the Model 80 and other Digisound modules."

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1993 Ad - KORG Proudly Announces 5 1/2 Amazing Rack Systems

via Retro Synth Ads, where you'll find the write-up.

Wavestation A/D
Wavestation SR
X3R
01 R/W
03 R/W
05 R/W

Click the pic to compare specs.

Otto Lab - feb 18, 2012

Vimeo by arthur joly

"Paulo Beto, Arthur Joly e Pedro Z.
the first day of a new band.
Moog, Korg, Roland, Analogue Solutions, Pocket Piano, Knas, Reco-Synth, Electro Harmonix, Pocket Piano, EMS, Curious Inventor, ... and a lot more to come."

Update via pb in the comments: 40 min of this performance:

Synth ottolab 18/02/2012 by Paulo Beto

EA Mix VIII - the [r]age of the mole-rat

Vimeo by verstaerker
"an excerpt from the 8th part of the electronic-attack mix series
tracks by forum-members - mix and edit by audiohead
visit electronicattack.de for more info or listen full mix @ soundcloud.com/verstaerkermusic/sets/ea-mixes/"

Genoqs Octopus at 2:33. Bernie of Aliens-Project at 3:16. Moogulator of sequencer.de at 5:26.

Skippy Unleashed Take 2

Vimeo by concretedog

"Second attempt at this due to wierd audio glitches (of the unintended type!) This video shows cmos/lunetta 4013 based sequencer 'Skippy' patched up to some simple sounds on blarp. Just a quick glimpse of the stuff that it's able to do so far!"

Controlvoltage.org Eurorack-format 904-A VCF

"The controlvoltage.org 904-A VCF module is a 3U 18HP Eurorack-format compatible true replica of the legendary 904-A voltage controlled low pass filter from the Moog modular series.

Hand-crafted in Switzerland with 100% discrete analogue circuitry, rugged aluminum frontplate with laser-engraved typography and scales.

Available in Spring 2012 at an estimated price of 250 €.
Pre-order it by email: controlvoltage at bluewin.ch"

via Cntrolvoltage.org

"Also coming in 2012: a complex Eurorack Format quad- triangle-core VCO specially designed for FM"

Note Controlvoltage.org is run by Roberto Raineri who won the latest IDOW & MATRIXSYNTH Modular Pic of the Week.

New eMu Modular Progress

via Senso on the Emu Systems Modular Synthesizer Facebook Group.

"‎3" Blank (Original. This is where the Power Supply Module will sit), 2200 VCO (New), 2430 Ring Modulator (Original), 2905 Multiple (Original), 2100 LPF (1993 Panel New Electronics), 2110 HPF (Original), 9" Blank (Original)."

Click the pic for the full size shot.

Auseinklang - The Line of Q. & Silence

Auseinklang - The Line of Q. from Auseinklang on Vimeo.

Musik: Auseinklang - The Line of Q.
Instrument: Quasar von Quasimidi
Videomaterial: Kurvensucht13
Sequencer: Notator SL auf Atari Mega 2

Auseinklang - Silence from Auseinklang on Vimeo.

Auseinklang: Silence
Quasimidi: Quasar
Maxon: Cinema 4D R11
Sequencer: Emagic Notator SL on Atari Mega 2

ARP Odyssey Mk. II SN 28110445

via this auction

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OBERHEIM SYSTEMIZER PERF/X

via this auction

A bit of a swiss army pocket knife for MIDI. Synthony has some info here.

1985 Sequential Circuits "Be a Trak Star" Ad

via this auction

See the seller's other items for more.

"1985 Sequential Circuits TOM Drum Machine Multi-Trak & MAX Synthesizer Promo Ad"

Ad measures approx. 8" X 10.5" inches.

This one in via Brian c.

Two Disturbed Oscillators...

Two Disturbed Oscillators... by Point Source
VBrazil Aether Oscillator

Korg Triton - Combi demo

YouTube Uploaded by SynthManiaDotCom on Feb 19, 2012

"A few Combi patches on the Korg Triton classic."

Korg Delta Korg Lambda

YouTube Uploaded by Sjobeck7 on Feb 19, 2012

AKS Jam Session 18-02-2012

YouTube Uploaded by attorks on Feb 20, 2012

"On Saturday 18-02-2012 the living room of my house in Dordrecht was changed into a synthesizer Walhalla. That day my YouTube friends Skoulaman (Hans van Kroonenburg), KeesVangelis (Rene de Bakker) and me planned to get together to see if we can make some music. I know Hans for a few years now because I like his music on YouTube very much and we occasionally met at his place or mine to talk about synthesizers and make some music. I am a big fan of the music of KeesVangelis on YouTube and I met Rene last year at the E-Day festival in Oirschot. Hans was also there and we decided that we three should try to make some real live music without the use of laptops as most performers at E-Day did. We only did not know how to realize this because we don't live in each others neighborhood. And things got quiet then. At New Year 2012 one of my objectives were to see if I or the three of us could perform live at E-Day/Live sometime. So I mailed Hans and Rene to see what was possible. Because the three of us never played together we first wanted to see if we could cooperate to make music worthwhile. We did very little preparation for this session so it was a real jam session interacting to each other. And I think it worked out very well. This video was made at the end of the day and shows 3 ideas: at first a sequence of mine on the Doepfer MAQ16/3 driving the Creamware MiniMax ASB, second a sequence of Rene on his MAQ16/3 driving a Waldorf Blofeld and third an arpeggiator sequence of Hans on his Moog Little Phatty. Anne filmed the session using an iPhone 4. Hope you enjoy the video and music as much as we did enjoy that day.

PS: the laptop you see in the video was only used to record the music."

Oakley Croglin VCF Test

YouTube Uploaded by JohnLRice on Feb 20, 2012

"Quick demo of the kind of excellent sounds you can get with an Oakley Croglin voltage controlled filter. For more info check out http://www.oakleysound.com/croglin.htm , http://www.krisp1.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=8&... and also http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=24"

Diabolical modified Roland TR-606 quick demo

YouTube Uploaded by classaelectronics on Feb 20, 2012

Diabolical Devices (Class A) on eBay (RSS)

"Www.circuit-bent.com"

Little Phatty + Soundtoys Echoboy = Delay Improv

YouTube Uploaded by n3bsvid on Feb 20, 2012

"Quick little improv featuring the moog little phatty through a memory man emulation from the soundtoys echoboy plugin.

Hardware:
Moog Little Phatty Stage 2

Software:
Soundtoys Echoboy"

Little Phatty + VM Superdelay = Arp Delay

Uploaded by n3bsvid on Feb 19, 2012

"Quick little arpeggiator + delay improv with the little phatty.

Hardware:
Moog Little Phatty Stage 2
Empress Effects Vintage Modified Superdelay"

"The Ship" - Vermona Perfourmer MK II 2 Doepfer live performance

YouTube Uploaded by Tiefengrund on Feb 20, 2012

"Another live performanc with my analog synthesizers.
The recording and mixing is absolutly live, on one track .
At the beginning you hear only the perfourmer, it makes al lot of noises.
Waldorf Blofeld is only used as a masterkeyboard for the Perfourmer.

In the video you here only analog sounds in a singletrack-recording without overdubs.

The other setup:

My A-1oo Case:

Upper row
left to right :
A-111-5 Sythesizer Voice (Dark Energy Modul)

2x A-110 VCO
A-138 Mixer
A-106-5 SEM Type Filter 12 dB
A-120 Moog Type Filter

ADSR-Envelope generator
VCA

Lower row:

A-155 Analog/ Trigger Sequenzer
A-151 Quad Sequential Switch
A-118 Noise / Random
A-148 Dual Sample&Hold / Track&Hold
A-145 LFO

For solo I use the "real" dark energy supportet by a a-110 VCO, pitch and modulation wheel.

Sequencer:
Doepfer Dark Time
Doepfer A-155

No software midi sequenzer is used!

The computer is only used as recording machine"

KJX: I Feel Blade Runner Love

YouTube Uploaded by FlametopFred on Feb 20, 2012

"On my Kawai SR-7 organ. Homage to "I Feel Love" by Donna Summer and "Blade Runner Theme" by Vangelis. These seem to gel together in a loose way. Yamaha HS-8 on the right has nice string sounds."

DiVision

YouTube Uploaded by TheMOCM on Feb 20, 2012

DiVision play 2.f4v

Uploaded by TheMOCM on Feb 20, 2012

"Arduino based synth. compiled with cv divider function, effects, tv- oscilloscope++"

Update:

DiVision DESCRIPTION

Uploaded by TheMOCM on Feb 20, 2012

"FUNNY "DESCRIPTION" of MoCM DiVision this Arduino based synth. compiled with cv divider function, effects, tv- oscilloscope++
www.mocm.gr"

EGDR808 iPhone - Pattern write tutorial

YouTube Uploaded by ElliottGarage on Feb 20, 2012

"TOP 10 MUSIC APP for iPad in France, Japan and Germany!

ElliottGarage presents EGDR808, a drum machine that emulates the vintage hardware from the 80′s.

Its realistic and clear interface recalls the analog machine from the past, for all the vintage fanatics.

You can play with the rythm presets included or you can create your own pattern.

Features:
- Interface like the real drum machine from the 80′s
- 16 steps sequencer
- 12 programmable rythm patterns and 4 fills patterns
- Auto fill in every 2, 4, 8, 12 or 16 pattern
- Save the pattern you've created and play your songs
- Manual Play, Pattern Write and Pattern Clear mode
- Drumkit pieces parameters control (tuning, decay and snappy)"

Non-linear Shaper Prototype

YouTube Uploaded by SeaweedFactory on Feb 20, 2012

"Here is a demonstration of my new non-linear shaper prototype. The patch uses a triangle VCO into the shaper, which is then mixed with some spring reverb. The dry signal is also mixed into the output. Drums are provided by my analog drum module based on the Univox SR-55 drum machine. The output is feed to a Heathkit tube bench amplifier and signal tracer. A sample-and-hold is controlling the offset of the non-linear shaper.

See more at http://seaweedfactory.blogspot.com ."

NTH Synth Improvisation #3

YouTube Uploaded by nthsynth on Feb 20, 2012

"A montage of 2 NTHs in an improvised jam. The NTHs are synced to the Korg EMX-1's drum machine. NTH output is sent to a delay on the Korg Mini-KP.

The NTH is available now at Kickstarter:

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/holland/nth-music-synthesizer

The NTH is a fun-to-use, sonically-rich, hackable music synthesizer. It features digital oscillators, an analog low-pass filter, an integrated step sequencer, MIDI I/O, and simple, intuitive controls.

The NTH is available for purchase from February 2, 2012 to March 1, 2012 via Kickstarter. Upon successful funding, production of the NTH will begin and the entire design will be open-sourced.

Audio examples, product photos, and additional documentation can be found at the NTH website:

http://nthsynth.com/

The NTH was designed by Kevin Holland and John Staskevich. Kevin's music and software can be found at http://www.sineqube.com. John's electronics designs can be found at http://www.highlyliquid.com.

Thanks for watching!"

"For your eyes only" - on Yamaha HE-8

YouTube Uploaded by organfairy on Feb 20, 2012

"'For your eyes only' for the title song to the James Bond movie of the same title and was performed by Sheena Easton. Here I play it on Yamaha HE-8 organ, Roland JX-8P synthesizer, and Yamaha PSS-12 keyboard. The rhythm comes from a Roland CR-1000 drum machine."

DIY Drum Module Being Triggered by Synthwerks FSR-4

IMG 1418

YouTube Uploaded by bendedavis on Feb 20, 2012