MATRIXSYNTH: Friday, June 29, 2012

Friday, June 29, 2012

Get with the Program.

via Moog Music Inc on Facebook

Thought this one was interesting having the Future Retro Orb in it.

Pittsburgh Modular Drone

YouTube Published on Jun 29, 2012 by vcs3dreams

"sonic architecture"

Ian Fritz TZbells

YouTube Published on Jun 29, 2012 by frijitz001

"The Teezer TZ FM VCO synthesizer module producing some bell sounds. Patch and three scope views are included."

ARP Quadra demo by RossT

ARP Quadra demo by RossT

"Demo of ARP Quadra derived from old cassette from 1985. reverb, EQ, and inadvertent processing from 1x12 Multivox amplifier."

Oberheim in the Desert Album Now on Vinyl

See the update in this post.

The Pittsburgh Synthesizer Cell One

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Synton 202 Vocoder

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ETI VOCODER - Analog Powertran

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EMS VOCODER 2000

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"This auction is for an original EMS Vocoder 2000. Very rare unit! Very creative and musical tool. The previous owner told me he got it from the Electric Light Orchestra (Mr.Blue Sky) but I don't have proof of this. They are known to have used this model. Many other top artists used the Vocoder 2000. It has a very complete feature set with some nice tricks. It just had a new meter backlight bulb... Everyhting is ok."

Update via VoiceEncoder in the comments: "The EMS Vocoder 2000 is the vocoder used for the voices of the Cylon Centurions in both the original 'Battlestar Galactica' and 'Galactica 1980' TV-series!!"

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Simmons SDS-1 Drum Synth Pad & EPROM chips

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"Very nice musical tool with which you can play EPROMs and easily swap sounds. There are some wild controls to alter the sound AND it can be triggered from an external pad or Roland tr606, tr808, tr909, very nice to combine :) Power supply and 3 sound EPROMs are included (Tight Rock Snare - Gated Tom - Electronic Snare)."

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Minimoog Model D SN 1807

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Quicksilver 303 MIDI CONTROL MODE tutorial

YouTube Published on Jun 29, 2012 by ripe909

"We demonstrate various interesting ways to use the MIDI control mode of the Quicksilver 303.
For more information: http://www.socialentropy.com/quicksilver"

eierreiter's Cloned MiniMoog

My Cloned MiniMoog

YouTube Uploaded by eierreiter on Dec 3, 2007

"My DIY MiniMoog clone digests a stupid midi sequence. Look at all the wires...
Need to build a cabinet next."

My Cloned Minimoog (part II)

Uploaded by eierreiter on Jun 24, 2008

"Now all wires are hidden in a 70th style cabinet. DIY Moog plate added!
The AN1x is degraded to keyboard+sequencer. It just sends MIDI events to the MIDI-to-CV converter which feeds the control voltage inputs of the Minimoog.

Some reverb added."

MonoSynth Controller for Mssiah

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YouTube Published on Jun 14, 2012 by grizzz

"Testing the MonoSynth Controller for Mssiah (C64 Midi cardridge)
Available at the Apple AppStore for iPad"

iTunes:
MonoSynth Controller for Mssiah - new media company GmbH & Co. KG
iPads on eBay

"The Mssiah is a Midi cardridge for the Commodore C64. With this app you can easily control the mono synthesizer component of Mssiah via a midi connection.

- load/save patches
- generate random patches
- share your patches with your friends (itunes file sharing enabled)

a Commodore 64 and the Mssiah-Midi-Modul is required.

** this is not an official 8bitventures app **
** this is just a little homemade project to support the mssiah community **"

Control Voltage Faire Pics from Wire to the Ear

flickr set By oliverchesler
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Write-up on wiretotheear

Pictured here:

Mark Verbos Buchla Concert

Karl Ekdahl demoing the Polygamist

Oliver Chesler at the Pittsburgh Modular booth.

The Technology Behind Percussa's Audio Cubes

via Percussa where you'll find the full post including pics.

"If you think the AudioCubes are just a collection of glowing lamps you can put on your night desk,…then you definitely need to read the paragraph below :-)

You are right that the AudioCubes have LEDs inside, but there is far more technology inside every AudioCube than you might think.

An AudioCube has four onboard infrared sensors (one on each face) to communicate and measure distances to objects nearby, digital signal processors (DSP), a USB-rechargeable battery, and a translucent housing.

PCB AudioCubes - ready to be built into the housingAs you can see on the picture we didn’t use an Arduino nor standard off-the-shelf sensors. We’ve developed our own custom wireless sensor and communication systems for AudioCubes from the ground up, using infrared technology..."

Ira Wolf Tuton meets the Slim Phatty

YouTube Published on Jun 29, 2012 by MoogMusicInc

"Ira Wolf Tuton of Yeasayer produced some rich bass tones and melodic arpeggiation from our Slim Phatty using his MIDI Bass.

Learn more about the Slim Phatty at:

http://www.moogmusic.com/slimphatty"

EMBOLACHA - Projeto ANVIL MACHINE do grupo anvil FX

YouTube Published on Jun 29, 2012 by paulobeto

cEvin Key & Ryan Twilight Circus @ Subconscious Studios LA 2012

YouTube Published on Jun 28, 2012 by TwilightCircusDub

"Hard at work in the studio on a forthcoming collaboration. The spacey sounds were generated by cEvin on 'Synthasaurus' - the massive modular synth."

Some Bugbrand, Atomo Synth and the late Mike Brown's Livewire in there.

beetlemania

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated. YouTube Published on Jun 29, 2012 by pianoloft

"we met in the woods close to vienna. i dedicated that soundtrack to my new friend, realised with dementia dm1, combined with the filter of korg monotron and boss od 20, and later on trax rota synth and sherman filterbank are added."

Dementia Labs on eBay

Yamaha Synth Arp & Drum Pad - Demo Performance - iPad App

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YouTube Published on Jun 27, 2012 by yamahacorporation

"Available on the iOS App Store [still not in the US store as of this post]
Update: US version now available here.
http://itunes.com/app/syntharpanddrumpad

The special release price for a limited time until July 31th 2012!
☆★☆　2012/7/31まで発売記念価格350円にて販売　☆★☆

Learn more about Synth Arp & Drum Pad on our website:
- UK: http://uk.yamaha.com/products/apps/synth_arp/
- other EU countries: http://europe.yamaha.com/products/apps/synth_arp/
- Australia: http://au.yamaha.com/en/products/music-production/accessories/apps/synth_arp/
- Canada: http://ca.yamaha.com/en/products/apps/synth_arp/
- Japan: http://jp.yamaha.com/products/apps/synth_arp/

Use Yamaha's new iPad app "Synth Arp & Drum Pad" to easily create fabulous phrases and enjoy a performance freely!
Synth Arp & Drum Pad is an iPad app with arpeggiator and drum pad that allows you to easily play the internal synthesizer or any connected MIDI device and produce music with phrases having an abundant variety of musical styles.
(The arpeggiator automatically plays the individual notes of a chord in a selected pattern.)

多彩なフレーズとビートで、自由に演奏を楽しめるヤマハの新アプリ!
アルペジエーター（和音を分散して弾いたパターンを自動的に生成し演奏する機能）やドラムパッドを使って、アプリ内のシンセサイザーや接続したMIDI機器を簡単に演奏し、多彩な音楽ジャンルのフレーズで音楽制作できるアプリケーションです。"

iPads on eBay

Follow-up to:
Synth Arp & Dr Pad - Yamaha (video)
Yamaha Synth Arp & Drum Pad for iPad (product announcement)

Orphion - Record and share

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Orphion - Record and share from Orphion on Vimeo.

Orphion is a musical instrument with a unique sound between string instrument and percussion. Everyone can play expressive, wonderful sounds and easy or virtuosic melodies on it just by moving fingers on virtual pads.

Get Orphion here:
orphion.de

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

iTunes:
Orphion - Bastus Trump
iPads on eBay

Roland Juno-106

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MeeBlip & Coffee... MeeBlip Gets "Key Buy" Award

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Reflex Audio
"The MeeBlip SE is the latest version of our wildly popular digital monosynth. This auction is for a fully assembled factory demo unit in excellent condition (used in-house to shoot videos, so we can't sell it as new). It includes the latest firmware and 9V DC power supply (USA/Canada).

MeeBlip SE received Keyboard Magazine's coveted Key Buy Award in the May 2012 issue. Reviewer Francis Preve wrote, "it’s the features you won’t find elsewhere that give this synth some serious digital cred: stuff like switchable anti-aliasing, digital distortion mode, and oscillator FM. Because of those features, the MeeBlip is capable of binary grime that dubstep and IDM producers will absolutely love." (Read the entire review on the Keyboard Magazine site).

For those of you who like gory technical details:

Virtual analog monosynth running on an Atmega32A microcontroller at 16 MHz
16 user-programmable patch memories
MIDI CC control of all patch parameters
Switchable waveform anti-aliasing (turn it off for added bass grunge)
New variable pulse width / PWM waveform
Dual digital oscillators with filter, LFO, ADSR envelope, FM (Frequency Modulation) and distortion
2-pole resonant low pass filter in software (with high-pass mode)
DDS (“Direct Digital Synthesizer“) oscillator waveforms (sawtooth / variable pulse / noise / triangle / PWM) at 39 kHz sample rate
Dual 8-bit weighted DAC audio output (approximates a 16-bit parallel DAC)
8 potentiometers for continuous input (bank shift function allows two parameters per pot)
16 software-defined parameter switches
4-pole active lowpass anti-aliasing filter
Opto-isolated MIDI input
9VDC power supply included"

Update: CDM who makes the MeeBlip with Reflex Audio has a new and pretty extensive post up on the Meeblip with audio demos.

ROLAND RS-09 Organ/Strings SN 853294

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KORG Mono/Poly Vintage Analog Synthesizer SN 470699

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Roland JX-305 & MC-505 Display Board

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"The display is missing some lines (which can appear back if contact cable is pressed on control board), but still othervice very readable and the board with backlights work fine. Great for replacement and parts/repair (also for MC-505)."