New Sponsor Shout Out! - THONK & Announcing The New 258J Analog Oscillator

I just wanted to give a shout out to a relatively new sponsor of the site, THONK! You might have noticed their banner on the right in the Manufactuers section. They offer DIY panels, PCBs, kits, knobs and lots more. Be sure to check out their website to see what they have to offer. They just announced the 258J Analog Oscillator as the first part of this year's limited edition 'J3RK PROJ3KT 2013' series. THONK is also a sponsor of the Tokyo Festival of Modular posted earlier.

DIY

"A test of a few devices I have that are all DIY

Main sequence is an Anushri By Mutable instruments , the drums are also the Anushri, but I configured them to run on a different MIDI channel to take advantage of the X0X style sequencing

The filter sweeps and echo are by Little dieter by d-machinery, its a control unit for a Doepfer A100 diy analogue synth, its my noob eurorack module. The LD output is running through a Mutable instruments Shruthi1 which has a Yellow magic filter board ( clone of the korg MS20 ) with a pt2399 delay chip, so I was using t mostly as a delay/echo

It was a lot of fun goofing around, using my big toe to move the arpeggio up and down octaves and running out of hands to twiddle the settings, but it was still fun like I said!"

Update via dude163 in the comments: "D-Machinery now have a website with the Little Dieter available as a kit

http://dmachinery.wordpress.com/"

Edgar Winter - Frankenstein (1973) The Midnight Special

Uploaded on Jan 12, 2009 Shane Combs·30 videos

"Edgar winter group frankenstein at the midnight special in 1973. Amazing performance. (i did not do the color changing effects). thats how it was on the show. i also have many other midnight special videos"

ARP 2600 keytar. Via Waveformanalogueresearch Elektro on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Tokyo Festival of Modular 2013

Tumblr in Japanese here. Googlish here.

Meet The Knobbers 2012

Published on May 7, 2013 Lo Yeye·1 video

http://meettheknobbers.com/?p=147

Remember Knobbers 2013 is coming up. Details posted here.

emSynth News - 200 Boards on Order

You might remember the new mini format modular come from emSynth in this post.  200 boards are on order.

via emSynth: "5-12-2013 I have agreed to have 200 emsynth boards made. when they arrive we (Carlos and I) will begin building boards and shipping them at a rapid pace. early adopter boards include Arduino 8-pin processor, daughtercard adapter, and supply decoupling cap. Expect to have eary adopters with boards in a few weeks (4-6)."

You'll find emSynth's email address at the top right of http://electro-music.com/emsynth/

Akai AX60 Waveforms and Pulse Width Modulation

Published on May 12, 2013 zibbybone·116 videos

"In addition to basic waveforms: saw, triangle and square, there is a saw/square combination wave. Pulse width modulation is also available on all of these waveforms for an interesting effect. I'm pretty sure the AX60 is the only synth with this feature. Feel free to comment if you know of other synths with this capability."

J. Mattheson Air for Theremincello and Piano

Published on May 12, 2013 Thierry Frenkel·5 videos

"First public appearance for many years of the Theremincello!
It was an invention of the Russian physicist Leon Theremin around 1930. Then it was forgotten for a very long time and now revived by "Theremingenieur" Thierry Frenkel who completely reinvented the electronic circuitry with modern components and Augusto Triani who handcrafted the housing and the mechanics."

ALESIS HR-16 DRUM MACHINE WITH LINN, OBERHEIM, SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS SAMPLE EPROMS

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"This auction is for a absolutely mint Alesis HR-16 in perfect working order, this comes with all original packaging, midi cable, power supply, instructions and two sets of EPROM sound chips. The pictured set are the original ones which are in perfect order, but in the Alesis I have installed a new operating system chip and two EPROM’s filled with high quality classic drum samples.

On the installed EPROM’s all 49 original sounds have been replaced with a selection of Linn LM-1, LinnDrum, Linn 9000, Oberheim DMX, Oberheim DX, Sequential Circuits Drumtraks, Emu Drumulator, Emu SP12 and Emu S1200 samples (see the full list of samples below).

This item can be collected from East London and please don’t hesitate to get in touch if you have any questions.

The installed full list of samples are as follows:

— DMX Clap
— DMX Kick
— DMX Shaker
— DMX Snare
— Drumtraks Closed HiHat
— Drumtraks Crash Cymbal
— Drumtraks Kick
— Drumtraks Open HiHat
— Drumulator Clap
— Drumulator Clave
— Drumulator Closed HiHat
— Drumulator Cowbell
— Drumulator Kick
— Drumulator Open HiHat
— Drumulator Ride Cymbal
— Drumulator Rim
— Drumulator Snare
— Drumulator Tom
— DX Tom
— Linn 9000 Conga
— Linn 9000 Cowbell
— Linn 9000 Electronic Tom
— Linn 9000 Kick
— Linn 9000 Ride Cymbal
— Linn 9000 Snare
— Linn 9000 Tambourine
— Linn 9000 Tom
— LinnDrum Clap
— LinnDrum Closed HiHat
— LinnDrum Conga
— LinnDrum Kick
— LinnDrum Open HiHat
— LinnDrum Snare
— LinnDrum Snare23
— LM-1 Choke HiHat
— LM-1 Clap
— LM-1 Clave
— LM-1 Conga
— LM-1 Kick
— LM-1 Medium HiHat
— LM-1 Rim
— LM-1 Snare
— LM-1 Tambourine
— LM-1 Tight HiHat
— LM-1 Tom
— SP12 Kick 1
— SP12 Kick 2
— SP1200 Kick 1
— SP1200 Kick 2"

MTI AUTO ORCHESTRA AO-1

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via this auction

"First and foremost, the drum machine section of the unit DOES FUNCTION along with the tempo and volume knobs, every rhythm button, the variation switch and all 'break' buttons, allowing you to cancel different drum hits while the rhythm is playing. HOWEVER, there is a hum that drones, whether or not the rhythm is playing, when the 'drum' on/off button is pressed. I am not sure what is causing this hum. It does come from all three outputs (MAIN, BASS and STRINGS). This hum does NOT sound when the BASS, CHORDS or STRINGS on/off buttons are pressed. However, to my knowledge, you need the MTI footboard accessory to use the BASS, CHORDS or STRINGS function. As a sidenote and a warning, the MTI Auto Orchestra 16R accessories (footboard and volume pedal) are NOT compatible with the AO-1. Although, a youtube search will lead to certain homemade electronics guys that can build MTI keyboard accessories..." via the Strangler in the comments of this post.

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Alesis A6 Andromeda Synthesizer & 512 kb PCMCIA Card

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Roland TB-303 Bassline Synthesizer with CV & Gate Mods

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KORG TRIDENT MK1

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via this auction

Some pics of the inside below.

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Circuit Bent Pink Fluffy Telephone by freeform delusion

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated. Published on May 6, 2013 freeform delusion·81 videos

via this auction

"Now on ebay, worldwide shipping -

Pink Fluffy Telephone - didn't have much going on inside it so tried my best to give it a bend

switched mono mini jack output
centre off toggle switch - down - to select constant flick through each tune/sound - up - to select glitch control, find the sweet spot and the unit does this pretty good glitchy effect seems to work best when touching the telephone a bit like a body contact, turn it fully and it will flick through the various tunes/sounds as one finishes another one will start.

.fd. online
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/pages/freefor...
Twitter - https://twitter.com/freeformd
eBay - freeform-delusion on eBay (RSS)
My older Circuit Bending channel - http://www.youtube.com/user/eecouk?fe..."

korg dw 6000 vintage analogue synthesizer

Published on May 12, 2013 orangecoals·27 videos

"very underrated synthesizer - the presets are quite 80's trying to do DX7 of the time ---but with the correct programming can sound huge fat and very vintage analogue --- I prefer it to the similar Rolands ---i.e. juno and jx3p. The resonant VCF filter is awesome and very expressive. No external effects ---just the pure sound of the korg---sometimes using the stereo chorous for sting like sounds --I find a mono out with no chorous best for punchy bass like sounds"

The "wonderful" Elka Synthex: my 40 original patches by hayeye

Published on May 12, 2013 hayeye·19 videos

"40 personal patches on my Elka Synthex. No external effects oro processing. Some sounds are a bit distorted...sorry.
Thank to my friend mr. Mario Maggi for is kindness and helpfulness"

Kilpatrick K4815 Pattern Generator

Published on May 12, 2013

"Kilpatrick K4815 is a Pattern Generator that works with a 8x8 matrix: each ligthed dot corresponds to a CV note and a Gate or a couple of CVs; direction of crawling, visual/CV pattern, range and crawl speed can be set by musician. On this - pretty static - video, K4815 drives a pair of A-111 oscillators by Doepfer, filtered with Makenoise filter and MFB envelopes. No Art on this video: just flickering light on 8x8 matrix and on/off notes :-)"

Kilpatrick K4815 on eBay

MEET THE KNOBBERS 2013

via Andrea Pedra on The MATRIXSYNTH lounge:

"MTK staff is proud to introduce our 3rd edition of the coolest synth meeting in Italy:

MEET THE KNOBBERS 2013 - 25th may - at CENTRO MUSICALE SOUNDY - 53035 Monteriggioni - Tuscany - ITALY

this year along with the usual tonnes of analog, vintage, modular, diy and stuff we will have the very first preview of KORG, WALDORF, MOOG, NOVATION and GRP products like MS20mini, VOLCA, PULSE2, SUB PHATTY and A4!
our italian synth-guru Enrico Cosimi will be present as usual.

we will introduce new eurorack modules from our local manufacturers MAD ROOSTER LAB and SOUND MACHINES.

the event will feature workshops covering production tecniques, programming, synthesis, field recording and after dinner we will have an open stage jam session where our knobbers can kick in some electronic tunes, from electronica to deep techno detroit.


everyone is invited, if you like to bring your sweeties drop me a line and I'll organize some space.

FOOD&DRINK service avaliable.

https://www.facebook.com/events/154908101336983/"

ebassoon demo

ebassoon demo from ranjit on Vimeo.

"demo of the ebassoon instrument, using a network of dividers to derive a just intonation scale from a single master tone."

Buchla 204 vs 402

Buchla 204 vs 402 from Votek Mendo on Vimeo.

"Buchla original 204 and 402 DIY sonic experiment.
Nothing serious here, just exploring and having fun.

Main oscillator is a 259 filtered by a Model 2040. Also using a Buchla DIY Time Machine, Jason's VCRV, Eardrill source selector, morphun, PR, a K4816 and a ZOE.

No modules where harmed during this experiment.

Thanks for watching"

Happy CV Sunday Vintage Moog Modular via Moog

via Moog Music on Facebook

"Happy CV Sunday! Love, your friends at Moog."

A $60 Vintage E-mu Modular?

via Nathon Plumlee on Emu Systems Modular Synthesizer on Facebook

"My friend brian said he found this emu years ago at a church flea market, $60 is what he told me he had paid, he was on the hunt for a hammond and was sidetracked by these beautiful silver and blue machines, the right place at the right time i suppose, r.i.p. brian scroggins, may your emu modular synthesizers bring sweet sounds to whomever they were liquidated to"

David's Multimoog Restoration (by Synthpro)

Published on Apr 27, 2013 synthpro·93 videos

"Hello everyone,

This is actually a video for David, he is the proud owner of this multimoog that I had the privilege of restoring."

The Multimoog is essentially an expanded Micromoog.

Pigtronix David's Polymoog Restoration

First Published on Apr 12, 2013 synthpro·93 videos

"Hello everyone, this is a video of David Koltai's polymoog.

Check out his company at www.pigtronix.com"

1st seven videos. I'll update the playlist and let you know when new videos come in.

Machine by PSProject

"The machine uses only two sounds, produced eletrically. 1996 song by PS PROJECT."

"Prophet 5 for the Pads, effects and most of the sounds. All was sampled on the ASR-10 and sequenced in it."

Inspired by the original Voder speach synthesizer featured in this post. The track above is from 1996.

PSProject is from the man behind EMW - Electronic Music Works

Modular Wild Presents PROFILE-Make Noise Wogglebug

Published on May 12, 2013 modularwild·35 videos

"A brief look at the Make Noise Wogglebug. Discussing basic features and and functions.
Sound and Video by Raul Pena. ©2013 Modular Wild, Raul Pena."

Voice of Saturn Sequencer - Endif Style

Uploaded on Jul 12, 2008 cephal0p0d·59 videos
One more video featuring the Voice of Saturn Sequencer sequencing the MFOS Sound Lab Ultimate.

"My build of the VoS sequencer.
Bought the PCB, had most of the parts already.

They also sell varying levels of kits, or prebuilt, so whatever your skill/interest level, a VoS is within reach.
http://www.curiousinventor.com/kits/v...

Instead of pots and knobs I used some sliders I had lying around. Upgraded the LEDs to some big fat obnoxious blue ones I'd been using for throwies and such. Case used to house the firing controls to an MX missile.

Face plate is 1/8 inch aluminum stock from some Amazon seller. Small Parts I think. Anyway. Laid it out on the back side, drilled out the pilot holes with a 2mm bit, then went larger as needed. Filed down all the rough edges, then sanded it all down til it was 1200 grit smooth and gave it 3 coats of glossy clear coat. Looks nice.

Used a router attachment on my Dremel to do the slider holes. They're rough, but they work. Cleaned them up with some files. Next time I do it on a sub-plate and just cut one big hole. Pots and knobs are soo much easier. =P

Mounted the PCB to the face plate with 1 inch standoffs. Battery holder wound up on the plate too. I went so far as to drill holes for them on the bottom of the case, then realized that this would *suck* when it came time to change out the batteries, or whatever. Bad idea. Definitely mount to faceplate.

The build went smooth, everything worked correctly except, predictably, the sliders. I had never worked with sliders before, and didnt have any docs on these, so I winged it. First try was wrong. Second try was closer. Third try was correct. Sliders are much more intuitive than knobs. Linear.

Next step is to label this thing. I can't keep referring to my chart. =/ Maybe I'll hand paint it.

So, the video.

Sawtooth is from the Blacet VCO. Meaty little bastard. Filter is the Harvestman Polivoks clone. Nasty, unpredictable, awesome. Envelope generator is another Blacet. Rest is explained in the vid.

Anyway, here's 2 minutes of me messing around with it.
Enjoy. =]

Oh, and if you want to hear the project this will be used with, check out my work at http://www.myspace.com/endif

Thanks,

~!J!"

via Jason Hollis on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

MFOS sound lab Ultimate first run
Published on May 7, 2013 cephal0p0d·59 videos

"Voice of Saturn Sequencer controlling newly obtained Music From Outer Space Ultimate Soundlab. I've since put nice black chickenhead knobs on, easy to tell position in any conditions."

Sunday (Arturia Minibrute CV sequenced by Analog Four)

Published on May 12, 2013 Khantipol Kasemsant·205 videos

"For this song, Arturia Minibrute was CV sequenced by Elektron Analog Four.
Output of the minibrute was feed back into Analog Four to use FX track."

via Khantipol Kasemsant on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Elektron on eBay
Minibrutes on eBay

MAM ADX1 Analogue Drum Expander

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Formosa1C from Piedwagtail on Vimeo.


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"Very capable of extending the classic Vermona DRM and Roland TR series analog sounds.
5 channels of ten controls with in built modulation facilities of various relevant parameters.
Individual outs and stereo mix. Trigger button for quick editing.
As unique in its own way as the renowned machines.

An amazing array of sounds.
Responds to Midi controller information as well as standard trigger and velocity inputs..."

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Moog Prodigy Synthesizer SN 1496

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CustomSynth Black Roland TR-707

via Steven VdBrande on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge, via Custom Synth on Facebook.

Vintage Japanese Synth Scans

via Steven VdBrande on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Electronic Musical Instruments Museum" On the basis of catalogs.
From 1976 till 1999.

http://www.denhaku.com

Tangram-Tangerine Dream HD

Published on May 12, 2013 graal7·59 videos

"Tangram-Tangerine Dream
not a real cover ,just a new inspiration ."

Yamaha CS15, Clavia Nord Wave & Moog Voyager.

Serge Creature TGO Demo

Published on May 12, 2013 pjoris2·28 videos

"As there didn't seem to be too many basic demo's of Serge modulars, I try here to document my discovery of Serge. I'll start with the most recommended "starter" M-class pannel: the Creature; and more specifically with the basic noisemaker in there: the Voltage-Controlled Timegen Oscillator (TGO). All noises are made with +/- only the TGO. X-Fader used as output, and sometimes the SSG als LFO. An overview of the video:

Basic Functions of the Left Oscillator (Osc 1)
(00:05) Saw wave output
(00:20) Square wave output
(00:30) Frequency modulation using variable CV input
(01:10) Audio-rate frequency modulation
(02:00) 1V/Oct CV input
Basic Functions of the Right Oscillator (Osc 2)
Trigger on (to the right)
(02:15) Triangular wave output with variable rise and fall
(03:00) Frequency modulation using variable CV input
(03:30) Pulse output, varying frequency and duty cycle
(04:30) Demonstrating trigger switch
Trigger off (to the left)
(04:45) Triggering Osc 2 with pulse out of Osc 1
(05:00) Depending on the relative settings of Osc 1 & 2, the frequency of Osc 2 is now controlled by Osc 1. We can vary now Rise & Fall without changing the pitch of the Osc 2 output.
(05:40) Now using the Pulse output of Osc 2: pulse width modulation.
Using Right Section as Filter
(06:00) Plug in saw of Osc 1 in the lower Sig In (black jack). The Rise pot changes filter cutoff. The Fall pot only makes signal more quiet.
(06:30) Filter cut-off modulation using the VC in of Osc 2.
(07:30) Audio-rate filter cut-off modulation
Saw of Osc 1 in Input of Osc 2 and Trigger On
(08:00) Filtering was with Trigger Off. Now see what happens with Trigger On for Osc 2. No idea what it does, but sounds interesting ...
(08:40) Adding frequency modulation of Osc 2.
Feedback on Osc 2
(10:00) Feedback the output in the CV In: that way you get exponential (+ modulation) and logarithmic (- modulation) slopes
(11:00) Feedback of the output in the Sig In. No idea what this is.
(11:30) Add an LFO to the CV in. Even more noise.
(12:00) Certainly if you take the modulation into audio frequencies !
And finally: some more feedback:
(12:45) Osc 1 out in Osc 2 Sig In, Osc 1 Pulse in Osc 2 Gate in, LFO in Osc 2 CV in."

Slope114 - LostInSpace

Published on May 12, 2013 Dmitri SFC·89 videos

"She was overweight. Now she is fit. We don't Starve, or eat small portions. Nor exercise obsessively. All we did was Stop eating cheap food, Start eating 100% Local Grown Organics (farmer's markets!) & bicycling for local transportation.
D-"

http://www.coa-modular.com/

KORG MS-20 Mini Punk

Published on May 12, 2013

"MS-20 mini DEMO"

I added "Punk" to the title.

KORG MS20s on eBay

KORG monotribe X8 - RIDEMAN / BakaOscillator

Published on May 12, 2013

Composed by BakaOscillator.
Use, KORG monotribe X8, KP3.

Monotribes on eBay
Kaoss on eBay

op-1 +shapesynth midi mapping work in progress

Published on May 12, 2013 humbletune·51 videos

"Hi. I am reworking the midi mapping for shapesynth, improving it and making it default to the op-1 layout. Also, in this beta you can see I have worked on animating the tape :), cool stuff. Took me a while to get that working without using too much processing, and the on screen keys have been improved a bit, sliding in to ways. Sliding up from below to sit over the current window and sliding as you can slide fingers between keys, all multi touch. Should have been like that from start."