Sparks - "The Number One Song In Heaven" in Collaboration with Giorgio Moroder

Published on Jun 24, 2012 SparksOfficialVideo

"The original and official video for the single "The Number One Song In Heaven" from the 1979 album No. 1 In Heaven."

Oberheim Four Voice, MiniMoog and Arp 2600.

This one in via Phil Schwartz.

"This album was made in collaboration with Giorgio Moroder (I could tell from the first time I listened to it) and this particular song was included in the closing credits of the movie 'Alan Partridge'."

New Roland JD-Xi Pics Leaked

New Roland based on the JD line?

Three octave System-1?

Mini keys?

Time will tell.

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Zeropage - Acid Signals 1

Published on Jan 1, 2015 Zeropage

"Acid Signals 2 + 3 are hardware live performances. Acid Signal 1 is software based and so in this video I captured some of the VST Instruments used, mainly the AudioRealism ABL2 which went thru the D16 Sigmund. Sounds crazy? Then you haven't seen the video...

Audio: http://soundcloud.com/zeropage."

RARE: Platinum Ed. 48 Voice SuperNova II Keyboard

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"48 Voice Pro X Limited Edition unit with OS 2 and all sound banks installed. Fully working and in great shape. All knobs, sliders, keys, display etc. are original and are working perfectly. Cosmetically the keyboard is in really excellent shape except for a small paint chip on left side front show in photos..."

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Doepfer A137-2 VC Wave Multiplier II Audio Processing/Scope Views Pt. 1

Published on Jan 1, 2015 Raul's World of Synths

"Exploring the processing capabilities of the Doepfer A137-2 VC Wave Multiplier II.Oscilloscope views are featured for basic waveforms.Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

All parts:

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John Bowen Solaris Digital Synthesizer SN 00228

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Moog The Rogue Synth w Original Box SN 1463 / 14631 ?

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Why does the synth have 1463 and the box have 14631?

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Oberheim Xpander Analog Synthesizer SN 762901

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Future Retro Revolution SN FREVO788

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Moog Minimoog D SN 6639

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"It comes with the flight case,owners manual, and some other 32 page patch book."

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ROLAND Juno106S

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Some pics of the inside including the speaker cabinets below.

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New Korg Electribe Demo: The Basics

Published on Jan 1, 2015 perfectcircuitaudio

"This video demonstrates the features of the new Korg Electribe music production station."

Electribe2s here

Perfect Circuit Audio on eBay

Hawkmoth "Technetium"

Published on Jan 1, 2015 SGE

"An exploration of one channel of the Perfourmer ringmoding another using a Ring Thing pedal, both running an offset sequence. Acoustic guitar looped as well."

Monotrome - Live 01/01/15

Published on Jan 1, 2015 Monotrome

"Live jam session on New Years Day.

Gear used:
- Eurorack modular
- MFB Nanozwerg
- MFB 522 drum machine
- MFB Urzwerg Pro Mk II sequencer
- Pedals: Electro-Harmonix Cathedral, Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Boy, Electro-Harmonix Double Muff"

moog machine

Published on Jan 1, 2015 Ebotronix

Moog 2x Prodigy (chords & R2m solo),Taurus2(bass),
Voyager (vocoder & arp),B Murf,CP251, MP201,VX351
Crumar Spirit (sync),Maestro Ringmodulator, Soldano SP77
Doepfer R2m
Electrix Warp Factory Vocoder
Kenton Pro2000, Pro Solo, Pro Solo mk2
Mackie the mixer
Rane SM 26
Rocktron Rack Interface,311 Compressor / Expander
TC M one XL, Lexcicon PCM 90
Korg micro X & Yamaha MCS 2 midi CC controller
Ultrabeat drums
vid # 1220

dank90 - Monomachine and Analog Rytm

Published on Jan 1, 2015 Joshua Davis

"Something I put together for new years. Enjoy."

Tenori 3

Published on Jan 1, 2015 Great mesmo

"Just messing about with this unique sequencer.
Recorded just using the headphones out to camera (with noise gating added during edit)."

Tenori-Ons on eBay

Happy New Year From MATRIXSYNTH! - A Look Back at 2014

Happy New Year everyone!

I want to start by thanking everyone that comes to MATRIXSYNTH and helps make it what it is - the readers, the supporters, and of course all the sponsors on the right.

THANK YOU and have a GREAT 2015!!!

This site is a labor of love and a ton of work. This site is ultimately meant to be an testament to everything synth in the making. We have over nine years of daily synth history captured here, 119,983 published posts. I can't wait to see what the future brings us in 2015!

That said, here are a few interesting bits from 2014 in the longest post of the year. ;)

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Bruno Ender Lee - 2015 - a new year

Published on Jan 1, 2015 Bruno Ender Lee

"HAPPY NEW YEAR !!!
...a little live performance on analogue synthesizers. For the first time I used the drum-expander from my old Simmons SDS-8 drum (from 1982, which has no MIDI) as a 'drum-machine' - I've patched it with several trigger-outputs from the DotCom-sequencer.

Synthesizers.com Studio-88, Simmons SDS-8, MiniMoog Voyager OS, Moog Little Phatty, ARP Odyssey, Roland Juno-60, Roland Juno-106

2015 Velvet Voyage Productions / all rights reserved"

Happy New Year From Thonk - And a Reminder: Discount Bundles End Tomorrow!

via Thonk

Future Retro Revolution

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"The over-all look of this unit is very inspiring and classy. Looks like an art-deco piece.The sequencer is one of it's greatest strengths other than the cv/gate out for other analog gear, random knobs (2 of them),built in efx and of course the great sound."

Roland Paraphonic RS505 Analogue Synthesizer

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"The Paraphonic is a beautiful and vintage sounding machine. It's great for strings, sweeps, pads, and big bass. Has that rich 70's Roland Sound.

It combines strings, a basic polysynth section and a bass section. The keyboard is split down the middle to allow you to assign different sounds to the left and right sides of the keyboard.

The Synth section has a number of waveforms which can be assigned to the different sections of the keyboard. Has its own VCF with cutoff and resonance sliders, VCA ADSR sliders and LFO features. The filter sounds like the early Jupiter 4/ProMars which came out at the same time as the Paraphonic.

The Bass section has three preset bass sound types to choose via the big red buttons. It has its own VCA Attack and Release sliders and Vibrato controls. The bass tones are rich and full and can be combined together for some monstrous tones.

The String section has two lush pitched sounds - selectable via big green buttons – which can be assigned to the Upper and/or Lower sections of the keyboard. With Attack and Release control and Vibrato.

Sounds from the three tone sections can be blended for interesting results and the built-in stereo Ensemble chorus applied to each sound. One of the best stereo ensemble sections built into any Roland, with three modes. Stereo flange, stereo chorus ensemble(solina like) and a Dimension D like subtle chorus mode.

The Paraphonic 505 also features an external audio input (mono) so you could run another synth through the quadruple-BBD Ensemble chorus.

The performance control section to the left of the keyboard provides volume, tune, glide and pitch bender controls."

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ARP AXXE MODEL 2313 with MOOG FILTER SN 1293

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Vintage Sequential Circuits Drumtraks Machine Model 400 SN 06730

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Vintage Yamaha SK20 Symphonic Analog Synthesizer

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Rare CRB Electric Piano, Zither, Honky Tonk, Harpsichord

This one in via reader Stein. It may be up for sale. If you are interested leave a comment below. I've never seen one before.  See the CRB channel for some of their other products.  Note this is only the 5th post on the site featuring CRB.

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Junost 75 Vintage Soviet Combo Organ

Published on Jan 1, 2015 Najvrtson

"This video presents a vintage Soviet combo organ made by Muromsky Zavod approx. in the middle of 1970's."

Synth Rorschach #35: Largest Rubik's Cube - 17x17x17

What do you see in the synth world?



And the 7 hour version:

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KORG Gadget plays Chopin

Published on Dec 15, 2014 Acky Channel

"Programing 'Etude Op.10 No.1'
with KORG Gadget and Sound Module."

iTunes: KORG Gadget - KORG INC. | KORG Module - KORG INC.

Simmons SDSV Runthrough

Published on Jan 1, 2015 zibbybone

Bluesphere : KORG DSN-12

Published on Jan 1, 2015 karenevil

"Experimental video clip and soundtrack with KORG DSN-12.
Sky shot was recorded with Zoom Q3HD + toy fish-eye lens.
DSN-12 display and soundtrack : recorded with Zoom Q4.
Edited with Kdenlive on debian wheezy."

Nintendo 3DS on eBay | Nintendo 3DS on Amazon

Taide'n Borg - Jorgos and The Revenge on the Iron Beast

Published on Jan 1, 2015 Sun's May Flower (Official)

"Equipment:

Poly synth - Roland Super JX 10
Bass - Korg Monopoly
Synth Lead - Arp Odyssey
Strings - Solina String Ensemble
Drums - Akai S900

Effects:

Reverb - Lexicon LXP 15 II
Analog Delay - EEM 2000 ST
Chorus - Boss CH1 Super Chorus
Stereo Phaser - Arion SPH2"

Arturia iProphet ambient track with timelapses

Published on Jan 1, 2015 MIDERA

"Purchased this iPad app tonight and must say, combined with a reverb
pedal (Eventide Space) it sounds fantastic!

Timelapses were made using an assortment of lenses and cameras. Thanks
to the folks at Magic Lantern (Canon) and NikonHacker (Nikon) for their
brilliant work and dedication to improving the software end-users like
me benefit from!"

iTunes: iProphet - Arturia

The Packrat - January 2015 & The MATRIXSYNTH Packrat T-Shirt!

And we start 2015 with an episode of The Packrat! :)

You'll find the awesome MATRIXSYNTH Packrat T pictured below and more Packrat schwag at http://umop.com/packrat.htm

You might recognize the image on the T from this post. Support The Packrat on Patreon here!