MATRIXSYNTH: Friday, September 28, 2012

Friday, September 28, 2012

Gotye - Somebody That I Used to Know - Old School Computer Remix

YouTube Published on Sep 28, 2012 by bd594

"HP Scanjet 3C as the vocals. It lags a bit due to the fast paced vocals. In order for the stepper motor to play a note it has to be moving and with that large carriage it takes a few milli seconds before it can play a note. It doesn't sound like a lot of time but stretch that over a 4 minute song and voila...out of sync. Programming does help to compensate but it is not perfect.
Amiga 600 Bass on left audio output and Guitar on right audio output
Each audio channel was feed into an oscilloscope
2 Harddrives as the drums and cymbal
Xylophone as the Xylophone (duh)
Both the Harddrive and Xylophone are controlled by one PIC16F84A mircocontroller"

bd594 also brought us the following mechanical hits:
Robot Band EOL covers Maroon 5 "Moves Like Jagger"
Little Drummer Boy Performed by Robot Snare Drum and HP Scanner
The Animals House of the Rising Sun Old School Computer Remix
The Bit-52's The World's Greatest Parts Band playing The B-52's - Rock Lobster
Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix
Funkytown Remixed with Old Computer Equipment

Snazzy FX:DRONEBANK 2

Published on Sep 28, 2012 by snazelle

"Drooooone"

Moog Sonic Six Video

Uploaded by Vintagestuff2 on Nov 1, 2011

"Sorry, I had to speak in English:-)"

Moog Sonic Six & Roland Space Echo.

Roland System 100

Published on Jun 14, 2012 by Vintagestuff2

"Roland System 101, 102, 104 and an RE-301. Made this video to save my patch:)"

Folktek Arts Feedback Hall

"A prototype by Arius Blaze - the Feedback Hall is a sound art object. It's simply a large dual spring reverb (almost 4 feet tall), designed to not just process musical sound but to act as an atmosphere generator - a standalone art work in a home. The Feedback Hall picks up sound in the room, sends it into a preamp, into an amp, through the springs, into the pickup, into an amplifier and out of the speaker box.

It simply takes the sound and vibration in the room and turns it into an ambient field. The sound is sweet and soothing. Additionally, it can be used to process external instruments and sound..."

via the Foltek Arts blog where you'll find more pics.

Folktek on eBay (RSS)

Switched On Walk Through feat. Cellophane Spill

Published on Sep 28, 2012 by Switched On

www.switchedonaustin.com

"Our walk throughs are a quick way to peek into our specialized store front and see our current floor merchandise.

If you are interested in anything you may see please email us at:
switchedonaustin@gmail.com

or call 12-6pm central standard time
(512) 782-8806

For regular updates on new gear in the shop follow us on Twitter...
@SwitchedOnTX

Also Facebook...
http://www.facebook.com/switchedonaustin

This weeks track is made by the mysterious Cellophane Spill.
Enjoy!"

Quasimidi Technox - examples of sound - Longest Synth Demo Ever?

Published on May 19, 2012 by densoniq

"I represent to your attention the some sound of the synthesizer Quasimidi Technox."

At 1:19:13, is this the longest synth demo ever? Enjoy. I have no idea if it loops.

Red Sound Dark Star - examples of sound - 2nd Longest Synth Demo Ever

Published on May 19, 2012 by densoniq

"I represent to your attention the some sound of the synthesizer Red Sound Darkstar and some possibilities of synthesis."

I'm guessing this is the second longest single synth demo ever at 1hr, 17 minutes and 55 seconds. The longest is coming up next.

via this auction

Note the demo above is for the XP1.

Metasonix S-1000 Wretch Machine

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via this auction

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158 Random Burn-In

Published on Sep 28, 2012 by djangosfire

"Just finished building a few "retro style" Buchla 158 Dual Sine Sawtooth Generator modules. I've got 'em burning in for a while, and thought I'd dial up some quick chaos :)

Modules used in this example: 2x 158, 59a Delay, 250e, 266e, 281, 292, 254v, 261e (used to slam some FM into 2 of the 4x 158 vco's) and a 206e mixer."

Roland Promars "To Cut a Long Story Short" riff

Published on Sep 28, 2012 by DX5

"Just a demo of how does "To Cut a Long Story Short" sound like on a Roland Promars, where it was originally recorded from. Getting close to the sound...

I used the High Pass Filter to cut low frequencies instead using the mix board eq."

And the original:

Uploaded by spandauballetVEVO on Nov 12, 2010

"Music video by Spandau Ballet performing To Cut A Long Story Short. (P) 1980 The copyright in this audiovisual recording is owned by Chrysalis Records Ltd"

Live OP-1 + Piano (Crank)

Published on Sep 28, 2012 by Trygve Stakkeland

"Testing out the crank. OP-1 runs through el cap and cathedral. Polar controlling NI The Giant.

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soundcloud.com/trygvestakkeland"

The Division 6 Lab

via Scott Rise of Division 6 on Facebook.

"The coffee is drinkin', the brain is thinkin', the lights are blinkin'..."

Nice nixie tube clock!

Mini Eurorack case on the shelf to the left of it and a Mattson Mini Modular below.

division-6.com/
mattsonminimodular.com/

Piston Honda + Metasonix R51

Published on Sep 28, 2012 by bendedavis

"custom R-51 with feedback control using 6CB6 tubes"

Garfield & a Little Phatty

via Moog Music Inc. on Facebook

"These cats sure do have it made."

Happy Phatty Friday!
Love,
Your friends at Moog. http://bit.ly/IIugW6"

Arius Blaze Folktek Impossible Box Demos & 1st Release on Folktek Records

Impossible Box Demos:

"Single take, unedited recording of playing the Impossible box (http://folktek.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-impossible-box-official-post.html), layered with a water field recording - cubensis + lost lake. sweet and cello-ish. The odd combination (the sounds of water meeting the sounds of something like a cello in a hall) make the mind reconcile the difference between two different spaces, creating one space that inevitably has form."

"dark, tense film sound from the impossible box (http://folktek.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-impossible-box-official-post.html) - processed field recording and drone"

"single take recording of the impossible box being played (http://folktek.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-impossible-box-official-post.html) = unedited and rather long."

Folktek on eBay

Two tracks recorded for the first release on Folktek Records:

"One of two tracks (the other being "Spatial Features") [below] recorded for the first release on Folktek Records - to be cut to dubplates. The 10" dubplate release is an exploration into proposed space. Both tracks are rather mellow and somewhat minimal spacial dub. Both are rather long, uncut, single take recordings of being at play with the Impossible box; http://folktek.blogspot.com/2012/08/the-impossible-box-official-post.html"

USSR ANALOG LEGEND SYNTH AELITA SN 6596

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via this auction

Note how the front panel folds down. "This one is manufactured in 08.1987 You can see in pictures... It was made by Murom plant RIP in '70's yars. Synthesizer has very original 'transformer' design with removing main operation panel. Synth looks very industrial and military, like the soviet secret weapon. Aelita is a fat sounding synth with quite unique sound due to original soviet analog circuitry and electronic components. The Aelita is a 3-oscillator monosynth with independently detunable oscillators, a 24 dB/Octave Moog ladder filter, dual ADS envelopes and an LFO with triangle, square, saw and ramp waveforms.

If a player uses different musical effects (for example three-part unison, timbral glissando, frequency vibrato, timbre tremolo,
decay, attack, strings.) a composition would sound in a new fashion.
This instrument can be successfully used in a variety ensembles.
The elegent package made out of aluminium alloy and is covered with
artificial leather. It is well protected by the light and firm case.
Specifications:
The outlet voltage, V 0,25
Number of octaves:
- musical range 7,5
- keyboard 3,5
Sound range from "fa" to "do"
Number of registers
- in every voice 5 (32';16';8';4';2').
- unison and string 4 (16';8';4';2').
Noise level, pause level, dB -55.
Volume control range, dB 60.
Mains voltage, V 220.
Power consumtion, W 25.
Dimensions, mm 285-335-900.
Weight - 16kg. (without case) , with case 28kg"

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Drumsamples & Grooves Spectralis

Drumsamples & Grooves Spectralis by Joerg Schaaf
"I did some sampling the past weeks and finally now can program some patterns with the new drum instruments.
It's fun to learn tuning a drum set, miking it the correct way and finally producing some fat sounds...."

Radikal Technologies Spectralis http://www.radikaltechnologies.com/

KiNK with The Ribbon

Uploaded by kink303 on Nov 28, 2011

"I generate the sound with "The Ribbon" (I use its internal sine wave source). I record / overdub the audio in Ableton with the help of Launchpad. The tones are slightly out of tune, because there is no pitch quantization on the instrument."

KiNK session with the MFB Orchestra

video upload by kink303 Uploaded by kink303 on Jan 8, 2012

"this is a composing session with MFB Uzrwerg Pro, MFB Microzwerg, MFB Synth II and MFB 522. Both solo synths are going through Line 6 Echo Park delay, everything goes into a mini mixer by Behringer and ends up recorded on Revox A77 reel to reel recorder. The sound on the video comes from the tape, in the beginning you can hear old sessions, which werent completely erased and they mix with the new recording:) Its all analog (beside the delay). I use the Urzwerg to make sequences on the fly for the Microzwerg and the Synth II. The 522 drummachine is synced to the rest and i use its built in sequencer."

KiNK in the lab with Leploop and Memory Man with Hazari

Published on Sep 26, 2012 by kink303

"Hi! Here is an excerpt of a session with the lovely Leploop, which goes through Electroharmonix Memory Man with Hazari. The full session is 33 min. long, my current youtube account doesn`t let me upload it. (pls. tell me if you know a solution) I decided to make an edit with few chosen parts. This is a quick overview of some part of the sounds you can produce with this setup. However, Leploop have much more to offer, so more full lenght videos with a bit more stripped down approach will be recorded. Stay tuned:)"

via Musikgear

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