IDOW & MATRIXSYNTH Modular Pic of the Week - Week 26 Contest Winner!

"Our twenty-sixth winner of the Modular Pic of the Week contest goes to Neil Fellowes for his 'Modular Zero-Zero-Two.'

Neil is an English electronic music composer (using the name Geigertek), photographer and Urban Explorer. His photographs have been used for websites and album covers, most notable being "Exit Strategy" by Ian Boddy and Parallel Worlds. This image was taken in the studio owned by Benge.

For more info on Neil's work: http://www.neilfellowes.co.uk

We'd like to give a big thanks and congratulations to Neil Fellowes for his submission! This is the 26th week of a 30-week contest, and we are looking forward to many more modular photo submissions, so please keep 'em coming! For details on how to submit and what you can win, see this post.

For more info on the upcoming 'I Dream of Wires' documentary, be sure to see the trailer and IndieGoGo fund raising campaign here.

See the IDOW label for all posts pertaining to the film including the weekly contest winners."

ARP Odyssey Model 2823 SN 28230326

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via the listing: "This unit has been effectively inactive since 1984, when I quit playing. It was stored in my parent's basement for many years, then moved to my home for the last 15. In the interest of full disclosure, here's the bad news: it got wet for a couple of days in a basement flood in 2000; about 6 inches of water. It was dried out, but returned to its place on a basement shelf. About half of the slider tips remain. There is some rust, as seen in photos 2 & 3, but everything moves; no rust lock up on the lid or any sliders. The unit powers on (photo 4), and Osc's 1 & 2 and the noise generator make sound. I used the VCA gain to get the sounds. I could not get the ADSR to work; don't know if there's a problem or if I just don't remember how to operate it! It will require work to get it into the performance shape it enjoyed in the early 80's. The key shaft that attaches the key to the contact wire support on high C is broken (photo 9); glue or replacement is necessary. Some of the contact wires were re-soldered back in the 80's by me while on the road through the Midwest (photos 10 & 11). The back panel that covered the contacts is gone; as I recall, I discarded it so I could quickly access a potentially stuck contact wire during performance..."

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Moog Source Synthesizer

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Multivox MX-20 & Moog Micromoog

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by SynthManiaDotCom

"A very simple, but haunting, electronic duet - with a Multivox MX-20 piano and a Micromoog "Theremin-like" synth. No reverbs or other studio treatments - just the pure tones."

JP80 + JP8 + JP6 + SR18 Analog Bellpad

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by synthartist69

"The Jupiter 80 patch in this video is called "Analog Bellpad" The Jupiter 8 bass arp is synced to the Alesis SR18 drum machine. The intro is a sweep patch from the Jupiter 6."

Harvestman - Bionic Lester

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by thedeepelement

"http://trashaudio.com/?p=7490

The Bionic lester is a two channel -12db/oct switched capacitor multimode filter. The link above has much more information."

Arturia MiniBrute Brutalized Filter Mod Video

Third video added to this post.

Morphun Function Tests

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by djangosfire

"Here is a walk through of the basic functions of the Eardrill "Morphun" Module Module. Chris Muir of "Eardrill" makes wonderful Buchla synthesizer format/compatible modules.

Module info can be found here: http://www.eardrill.com/"

KEYBOARD CONTROLLERS • 808 + Kenton MIDI + Doepfer MSY2 + Juno 6

YouTube Uploaded by keyboardcontrollers on Dec 4, 2010

"Test run after Kenton MIDI re-installed. Testing 808 internal sequencer, Kenton MIDI out to Doepfer MSY2 clock out to Juno 6 clock in/arpeggiator. A test of Kenton MIDI time clock, basically."

KEYBOARD CONTROLLERS • Doepfer Schaltwerk & Korg MS-20 Control Voltage Nixie Tube Test

Uploaded by keyboardcontrollers on May 12, 2010

"This procedure demonstrates a repeating set of ascending MIDI note numbers programmed into a Track (Steps 1-16) of the Schaltwerk. The corresponding voltage values are shown on the HP 3440A nixie tube display. The HP 120B oscilloscope displays resultant waveforms of the MS-20 audio out via Roland RE-101. Schaltwerk MIDI note information is converted to CV (and Hz/octave) at the Kenton Pro Solo Mk II for the MS-20.

Equipment:

Doepfer Schaltwerk MIDI Trigger Sequencer
Hewlett Packard HP 120B Oscilloscope
Hewlett Packard HP 3440A Digital Voltmeter
Hewlett Packard HP 3444A DC Multi Function Unit
Kenton Pro Solo Mk II
Korg MS-20
KRK V-88 (x2 stereo audio monitors)
Roland RE-101 Space Echo"


http://keyboardcontrollers.com/

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Waldorf Q+ Limited Edition Pics

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via Ageofaudio Frìends on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.

Mantle Sound Core's Quad Red SH-101 & ARP 2600 & More

Some pics in via Mantle Sound Core. Below you'll find a live video of them. You can find them on Facebook here and Bandcamp here. For those in the US, you can catch them live at the following locations and dates:

April 27 - Deli-licious, Santa Cruz, CA
April 28 - Awake in the Fog Art Festival, Monterey, CA
May 11 - Radio Valencia, San Francisco, CA 3pm-4pm
May 11 - TheGlint, San Francisco, CA DeviantArt Gallery Exhibition - Evening, special art installation and performance
May 12 - House Show, Berkeley, CA
May 13 - Whole Earth Festival, UC Davis, CA 3pm
May 18 - Dung Mummy's Nomadic Transmissions, Oak Spring Ranch, CA Desert festival
May 21 - Pehrspace, Los Angeles, CA Sean Carnage Monday"




Mantle Sound Core (live).mov
YouTube Published on Apr 19, 2012 by MantleSoundCore

"Composed of tour footage from Mantle Sound Core's MG3998 West Coast Winter Tour 2011.

No post-production color filters used in the video. All footage was shot during the concerts and any visual effects, colors, lighting, seen in the music video here came from multiple live multimedia projections of A/V feeds from equipment including an NES system (Contra shown), "Holy Desert" an original feature film by Mantle Sound Core, and live camera feeds projected during the show. All of the gear was also run thru and manipulated with an LZX Visionary modular video synthesizer, and in addition to being projected was--when working correctly--broadcast to old boomboxes with built-in TVs which we set up around the venues. A traveling art-installation you might say. Enjoy.

facebook.com/MantleSoundCore

Mantle Sound Core is a solo electronica earth ambient noise act based out of San Francisco, CA. MSC shows involve analog drum machines+synthesizers and a multitude of vintage cassette blasters playing homemade tape collages, creating live soundtrack compositions to live video manipulations. The shows center around a screening of the feature length movie Holy Desert, a film produced and directed by MSC, shot in Death Valley in February 2011.

Video by Mic Pistorio"

Arturia MiniBrute Brute Factor in Action.mov

New video added to this post.

Dataline - Happen...Octatrack + Machinedrum

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by MrDataline

"Facebook Fan Page; http://www.facebook.com/Project.Dataline
Soundcloud Page; http://www.soundcloud.com/dataline
Download music at http://www.dataline.bandcamp.com

Hmpf! Well it was an annoying tune this one! Took ages to get it right then accidentally overwrote one of the main melodies and the whole tune was lost, tried to build it up again but not happy with the result. I posted it cause I spent fair bit of time on it."

Pittsburgh Modular Confluence Analog Delay

anadelay.mov

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by amphonic

"A brand new analog delay module designed around a pair of 4096 Bucket Brigade Delay Line (BBD) ICs to produce a distinct analog delay effect. The maximum delay time when shipped is set at 9/10ths of a second but this can be adjusted up to 2 seconds. The Analog Delay offers voltage control of the delay time, feedback, and wet signal. A true bypass switch allows the delay to be enabled and disabled quickly."

MFB Drumcomputer MFB-522 SN 09041

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Clavia DDrum 4 (OS 1.40) SN DA 20102498

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"Clavia DDrum 4 (OS 1.40) with 5 piece trigger set."

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Elektron Machinedrum SPS-1 SN H30901145-45

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Hartmann Neuron

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ELEKTRONIKA EM-25 RARE VINTAGE USSR SOVIET ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

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mechanical animals

"Electronika EM - 25 is a synthesizer-strings that has 3 timbre sections: stringed - contrabasses, violoncellos, violins, organ-registers ("16'","8'","4'","2'"), wind-trombones, trumpets.

Stringed and organ sections:
polyphonic attack and release of sound with duration control
switching decay mode

Wind instruments section:
generator of curved with controls: ATTACK, DECAY, SUSTAIN.
modulator with controls: RATE, DELAY, VIBRATO
controlled filter with controls: ENVELOPE, MODULATOR, CUTOFF, ACCENT
filter run mode -mono or polyphonic

There is also a possibility to split the keyboard to 2 section (with setting up different timbres of sounding)

Specifications:
— Number of octaves in a keyboard, 4 1/12
— In audible range, 9 1/12
— Number of programmed timbres, 12
— Power consumption max, 30V*A
— Dimensions, 890x355x102 mm (35' x 14' x 4')
— Weight, 18 kg (approx. 33 Pounds)
— Also contains 1.126 gramms GOLD, 6.143 SILVER"

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Octave Cat non-SRM Vintage Analog Synthesizer

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"Octave Cat analog synthesizer. This is the earlier model and is capable of duophonic (the two oscillators can be played separately) and each oscillator has a separate S/H feature, but it is not an SRM version because it doesn't have SRM written on the back and also looks different from the SRM (i.e. no LFO delay in the ADSR section, different knobs, etc.). In excellent condition and is working great. Keyboard triggers well most of the time but may need a cleaning in the future. Similar in design to the Arp Odyssey but with its own unique sound and tone. Sounds great, some gnarly bass and analogue character..."

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Modcan CV Recorder Proto - Eurorack

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by MrModcan

"First demo"

ether^ra TROGOTRONIC 333/PISTON HONDA NOISEFEST

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by potterpaint2000

"imrov featuring the Trogotronic 333M controlling the Piston Honda wavetables! http://etherra.blogspot.com/"

Therevox Sessions: Synth Improv 1 by Mark Calcott

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by therevoxhq

"An improvised jam by Mark Calcott on a collection of synthesizers, including the Therevox ET-4.

More information on the ET-4 can be found at http://therevox.com"

MFB Nanozwerg - Nanohood | by CRIZ DIAN

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by Chipbeat1

"MFB Nanozwerg (2 x bass Demo) - Nanohood | by CRIZ DIAN (Trier2012)

2x bass = Nanozwerg
Drums = Drumstation
pads = blofeld

(april 2012)"

Arturia MiniBrute Sound Sources

Arturia MiniBrute Sound Sources.mov

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by AudioCentralMagazine

"A quick tour on the MiniBrute sound sources: no filtering, just plain oscillator straight into the old faithtul analog oscilloscope. Metalizing on triangle wave, PWM on square wave, HyperSawing on sawtooth, SubOsc square/sine, Noise..."

Update:

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Law Down

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by Travistalktoyou

"My Raw Song For the FullBlastRecordz Compilaion coming soon..."

J.M.T SYNTH NOISY OSCILLATOR (Converted Model)

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by ozashikiTECHNO

"J.M.T SYNTH NOISY OSCILLATOR (Converted Model) & DOEPFER DARK ENERGY

J.M.T SYNTH http://jmtsynth.sakura.ne.jp/"

Orphion - Pad layouts tutorial

Orphion - Pad layouts tutorial from Orphion on Vimeo.

"How to setup pad layouts for a performance

Get Orphion here:
orphion.de

Become a Fan on Facebook:
facebook.com/Orphion
or follow on Twitter:
twitter.com/#!/OrphionApp"


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Fenix Modular Synthesizer Demo - Part One Overview

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by legionhwp

"Demo of the original late 1990s Fenix Modular Synthesizers. I am currently (As of April 2012) interested in selling this unit. Please contact me directly for details."

Update:

Fenix Modular Synthesizer Demo - Part Two (Noise)

Published on Apr 22, 2012 by legionhwp

"Demo of the original late 1990s Fenix Modular Synthesizers. I am currently (As of April 2012) interested in selling this unit. Please contact me directly for details."

Circuit Bent Talking Calculator Sound Effects FX Synth

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This is the one in this video.

"Circuit Bent Ultmost Talking Calculator-09 by freeform delusion

The mods are:

Switched mini Mono Jack Output - Put this through your amp, PC/Laptop, mixer or Effects unit to further enhance the circuit bent sounds!

Blue LED - constantly glowing until batteries are taken out

Pitch Up/Down Control - Super fast for little bleepy speech or extremely slow for grainy noise!

Runs on 2 AA batteries"

Linn Drum LM-2

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LinnDrum LM2 LM-2 w/JL Cooper MIDI

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Pics of the inside below.

"This one has the original Linn LM2 sample chips as heard on countless records by all your favorite artists. And it's not just the sound - it's the feel. Nothing grooves like a LinnDrum. Thriller? 'nuff said.

Cosmetic condition is wunderbar - Silk screen is nice and orange. One or two minor scratches but basically I'd say 9/10 - maybe even 9.5/10. Wood endbells are nice, undented and - well... woody.

Functionally perfect - All buttons and knobbys work as advertised, All lights light, Insides are super clean, Buttons don't double trigger, Faders don't scratch.

JL Cooper MIDI retro has been professionally installed (though I've never used it - so consider that feature untested.)

Only issue is the battery which has croaked so it will no longer hold your patterns. Never bothered me as I just make my retrolific beats and print them to audio - but you will want to fix this so it doesn't leak and melt anything you might need later."

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[diy] LIGHT ECHO SYNTH

"Digital delay unit with input for guitar, synthesizers, etc. One potentiometer for gain, time and depth adjustment. The delay time can be controlled by a light sensor.
two squarewave oscillators, with potentiometers for volume and pitch. The pitchrange can be changed by switches.
6,35mm jacks
solid aluminium enclosure

Non EU-bidders please ask for shipping-conditions before bidding!

You can find some samples from the synth at diysynth(dot)blogsport(dot)de.
Please read the f.a.q."

This one is listed on eBay Germany.

linndrum live set demo

YouTube Uploaded by isham16 on Jan 10, 2009

Linndrums on eBay

Spring cleaning

via Jose Franco on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Test : iPad as Music Tool

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by darthzoidberg

"Testing some musical applications for the iPad.
The Funkbox app is providing the drums and syncing the Prophet 08 and Little Phatty.
A take of Animoog on top."

Animoog - Moog Music Inc.
FunkBox Drum Machine - Synthetic Bits, LLC
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LYRICON WIND SYNTHESIZER DRIVER

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ROLAND SH-101

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You'll find a ton of pics at the auction while up. A few are captured below.

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Korg Mono Poly Analogue Synthesizer

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ACIDLAB BOMBASS

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"The Acidlab Bombass is a MIDI controlled is a monophonic, analog synthesizer based on the circuits of the world famous 303, but with a lot of modulation and sound extensions.

The schematics of the VCF, VCA and the envelops are similar to the TB-303, with a lot of new features. With MIDI, the pitch, length, slide and accent are controlled. It is also possible to control the Bombass with the inputs CV In, Gate In and Accent In, from the sequencer to the Bassline. The Bombass works then as the synthesizer section of the Bassline, with much more sound variations, than known from TB-303 modifications.

Everything, from abstract filter-sweeps to percussion-sounds is possible. In comparison to the Bassline or the TB-303, the resonance range is extended, that the filter can be played without the VCO.

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ACIDLAB BASSLINE3

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"The Acidlab Bassline3 is the latest and greatest in the famous Bassline series, with a new sequencer and updated sound-circuits.

Features:
· Sequencer
o Start/Stop
o Pattern-Group
o Pattern
o Relation: Note / Slide / Accent
· Pattern Play
o Pattern Chaining
o Pattern Copy + Paste (Pattern Play Mode)
o Copy Function
o Paste Function
o Manual Slide and Accent (Pattern Play Mode)
· Pattern Write
· Pattern Write Tap
o Programming Pattern Length (Pattern Write Tap Mode)
o Programming Scale (Pattern Write Tap Mode)
o Programming Shuffle (Pattern Write Tap Mode)
· Pattern Write Step
o Step Selection
o A second possibility to select the step (direct step-selection)
o Step programming
o Programming Pattern Length ( Pattern Write Step Mode)
o Programming Scale (Pattern Write Step Mode)
o Programming Shuffle (Pattern Write Step Mode)
o Programming Roll
· Track Play Mode
· Track Write Mode
o Transposition (Track Write Mode)
· Synchronisation
o Sync-Slave
o Sync-Master
· Midi Mode
o Note length – Gate
o Pitch – CV
o Slide
o Accent
· Inputs
o Audio In
o FM In
· Outputs
o CV-, Gate- und Accent-Outputs
o Audio Outputs"

Videos at the auction and the Acidlab label below.

Punks Together

flickr By gmjhowe

"Showing off the matching punk console Synthesisers.

Vibrati Punk console from - lushprojects.com/vpc/

gmjpunk console is a 4 step sequencer version of the Atari Punk Console, of my own design (with a little help from youtube)"

The Drawdiolin

flickr By gmjhowe

"A Drawdio circuit mounted on a guitar neck, then made to look like a violin.

You attach a strip of paper via the clip then draw on your strings, and off you go.

www.ladyada.net/make/drawdio/"

Sunday afternoon jam (Tempest, Voyager, Blofeld, Eventide space and Timefactor, Korg ESX and KP3)

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by RoonanTV

"Been a while since I posted something. Has a lot to do with finding my new setup involving all kinds of techniques getting the best combination of creative handson arranging using Ableton. Anyhow, I wanted to do just a little jam hardware only and this is what I came up with. From scratch about half an hour work. There is a lot of EFX involved in this one. Do not turn it up to quickly, the start is almost silent!"

PongFu - in silence till morning [Custom Elektron Monomachine]

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by PongFuTube

"monomachine till morning"

Waldorf Blofeld "Caos" multi mode, some sounds, no sequencer, only arpeggiator!

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by ElektroNoiser

"Blofeld +Axiom 49 control in real time!
in this video only used the keyboard the axiom 49.
All parts have a blofeld arpeggiator.

Waldorf Blofeld multi mode, some sounds, no sequencer, only arpeggiator!
by ElektroNoiser"

bleeplabs thingamagoop 2 build test

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by shaft9000

"from DIY kit"

http://bleeplabs.com/

Korg PS 3200 sequenced by ipad

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by DJjondent

"Korg PS 3200 sequenced by ipad
genome sequencer.

This is a reply to a friend's request.
Is there a decent ipad sequencer?
I think this (genome ) one is the best Ive seen.
If anyone knows of a better midi sequencer for ipad do let me know.

Notice the latency. .. for me its not nearly as tight as abelton or cubase
but it looks cool.

Or the lag could be due to my ipad .. its a version 1.
Maybe it's the future of things to come.??

Drums: ipad modrum
Synths: KorgPS3200 Dave smith Evolver Doepfer Dark energy

Tune : My remix of "One" by The Swedish House Mafia."


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Eardrill Morphun Colors

YouTube Published on Apr 22, 2012 by djangosfire

"Lovely noises....... colorful chaos.......

Module info can be found here: http://www.eardrill.com/"

Nova Drone

YouTube Published on Apr 21, 2012 by bubagoo

"Analog sound and light synth. Im working on a PCB and kit right and will post schematics, parts lists and board art on my site casperelectronics."