MATRIXSYNTH: Monday, February 16, 2015


Monday, February 16, 2015

Social Entropy - Engine overview


Published on Feb 16, 2015 ripe909

"In this video we give a brief introduction to the Engine hardware sequencer. First, we cover the basics of the machine, then we program a basic song using various features."

Synth Tech - Eurorack Power Supply Design


Published on Feb 16, 2015 shiftedphase

shiftedphase is Andrew Kilpatrick of Kilpatrick Audio.

"Here is a video explaining the DSupply power supply design that I did back in 2013. Some basic theory of switch-mode power supplies is explained here.

This is a small and efficient power supply that has very low noise and excellent performance. If you are interested in building or buying them please email me: ak@andrewkilpatrick.org. Finished boards are available as part of a Eurorack rail system. I don't sell these but can put you in touch."

601.1 [eurorack volca touchOSC]


Published on Feb 16, 2015 donaldjasoncrunk

"a new configuration for my Erthenvar / Pulp Logic lunchbox synth centered around the WMD Sequential Switch Matrix and Make Noise Phonogene. both are controlled by some custom layouts i made in touchOSC, and MIDI is being transmitted via the MIDI Implant tile.

this rig is really intented to function alongside the Korg Volcas and other similar instruments, with the SSM being very useful for routing clocks and audio between the boxes.

in this patch, a cycling function acts as master clock for the STG Soundlabs .DIV, which the WMD SSM dutifully distributes to the Volcas, Phonogene and back into itself. The XY pad controls CV inputs on the Phonogene while the Korg Volca keys and Monotribe stumble along behind."

iTunes: TouchOSC - Robert FISCHER

Modular Wild-Malekko Heavy Industry-Richter Megawave-Bank 7 Audio Rate Demo Part Two


Published on Feb 16, 2015 Modular Wild

"An exploration of Bank 7 of the Miniwave bank of the Malekko Heavy Industry Megawave,Includes Oscilloscope views and sounds.Sound and Video by Raul Pena.
For the ultimate experience follow along with the Miniwave manual:
http://www.musicsynthesizer.com/miniw..."

All parts:

Gakken SX150 MKII Eurorack Module


Published on Feb 16, 2015 Unun Septium

Details and additional videos at Ununseptium warehouse. Note the monotron converted eurorack module to the right.

MACBETH M5

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via this auction
"This is the M5 (MKI), more raw & dark sounding then the M5N (MKII) said to have 'cleaner' signal path."

KORG Poly 61M SN 002239

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via this auction

"USED IN SMOKE FREE STUDIO WITH GUITAR PLAYER ANDREW DUNCAN OF OKGO. FOR MANY MANY SONGS IN SOUND LIBRARY AND MAKING OF THE 3RD LETTER OR 36 STAIRS AND SEAHORSE LIBERATION ARMY. / COMPACT 86 , ECHO WILD AND COCO REMOTE AND HOLY SHIT WITH MATT FISHBECK MIDI WORKS GREAT WE SYNC IT TO A KAWAI EP-308 MOSTLY AND OMNI CHORD"

Fender Rhodes Chroma Polaris

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via this auction

"Chroma Polaris in really nice condition. All membrane switches and controls work as expected. The batteries were replaced two months ago and all the standard patches loaded. There are some minor marks on the instrument, as can be expected from a used instrument, but it looks like it was never gigged."

buchla spacey easel and 200e


Published on Feb 16, 2015 DrOctave1

"buchla spacey easel and 200e all buchla fun space sounds and a head banging kick from the 258c"

Buchla 291e Scanning


Published on Feb 16, 2015 d4nnyp

"251e and 281e mixed with 256e scanning 291e.

Simples!"

AudioCubes MIDIBridge 3.0 Now Available

via Bert Schiettecatte in the Percussa newsletter:

"I have some good news: MIDIBridge 3.0 is now available for Mac and PC, as well as the new firmware update which you will need to use this new software update!

I've decided to write up a combined "what's new" and high level manual for this MIDIBridge update, just to make sure you know what each part of MIDIBridge does and how it works. I've also included an explanation of the new Topology mode for MIDIBridge. I hope you enjoy the new MIDIBridge and firmware update! It has been a labour of love for the last couple of years.

Alright, enough talking. Head over to the blog post which has all the details including how to download the new update!

Please get in touch if you have any questions or find any bugs :-) I'm available on Facebook, LinkedIn or via email at bert@percussa.com."

patch autogénératif 1,01


Published on Feb 16, 2015 DavidH

http://malekkoheavyindustry.com

patch autonome 1,01
Malekko/WIARD Noisering/JAG
Double Anti-Oscillator
Double Envelator / BORG / BOOGIE
Mutable instruments CLOUDS
+Oscillator 2 en LFO qui gère la chance et qui est modulé par la sortie 1 de Noisering.

Spirits Of The Temple Electric - ForbiddenPlaces


Published on Feb 15, 2015 John L Rice

"And another in this series. This one is more just an exploration of manually manipulating various parameters of the Modcan 58B digital oscillator while watching the oscilloscope. By using both the normal and 90 degree quadrature outputs of the Modcan 58B VCDO into the X and Y inputs of an oscilloscope so interesting patterns were discovered. Strymon BigSky reverb pedal featured.

I have a quick overview of how I make these videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHW5I... [below]

I made a video playlist that contains all videos in this series in order of creation chronologically: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list..." [below]

Spirits Of The Temple Electric - Secrets Revealed -

Uploaded on Dec 13, 2009 John L Rice

"I created this video so people wondering how I created this series of videos would have at least a general idea of what took place. Definitely not a step by step tutorial but maybe enough to inspire you to try it yourself. I encourage you to stay vigilant for "happy accidents" and go with the flow of what happens, since this whole series came out of something totally unexpected! :-)"

Spirits Of The Temple Electric

Building a Sequencer with the World's First Personal Computer

via giorgiosancristoforo.net where you'll find the full post.

Giorgio Sancristoforo is the man behind Berna.

"So here is the idea: in the video episodes that I will post here, I will learn assembly, refresh my Basic knowledge, and start programming and connecting the Altair to a modern PC/Mac to transform the Altair into a digital sequencer (linear and/or generative).

The first part of this musical quest is to make the Altair communicate with MaxMSP software by Cycling74, so I will be able to build both standalone programs and MIDI software interfaces, later I will try to make some tests with Processing.

Next I’d like to interface the Altair with Arduino and see if I can manage to work to a prototype board+software to sequence Control Voltages for the Buchla Music Easel analog synthesizer. The Easel’s programming cards are the ideal interface for the task. Any help, comments and critics from retrocomputing and assembly lovers, is more than welcome." You can reach out to Giorgio via his main post here.

SoundScaper live demo


Published on Feb 16, 2015

iTunes: SoundScaper - An experimental sound mini lab - iMusicAlbum

"SoundScaper is an experimental sound mini lab for creating unusual soundscapes, atmospheric textures, drones, glitches and noises based on circuit bending ideas. More: http://motion-soundscape.blogspot.com"

Dr-110 Synced with x0xb0x


Published on Feb 16, 2015 Johny Pneumonic

R.A.Moog 901b osc comparisons with hand-built unit...


Published on Feb 16, 2015 noddyspuncture

"Here is my *comparison video* comparing my own hand-built 901b with an original R.A.Moog oscillator. It also turned a demo of my Modular - explaining how my custom switching between mixer channels works. I'm really pleased with my home-built unit... for all intents and purposes, it sounds exactly like my other 901b oscillators... all four of which each have their own sound anyway..! See what you think..!? Sound is recorded direct from my live sub-mix set up."

Sebton VCS - Verbos Composition Suitcase Synthesizer System


via Sebton

Artist: Frédéric Sebton
Output: Verbos Composition Suitcase
Year: 2015

"This custom case was built to resemble vintage suitcase synthesizers of the early 70s like the Buchla Electric Music Box (1970) and the EMS Synthi AKS (1972).

A vintage briefcase was converted to hold the the complete ’Verbos Electronics Composition System’ from Mark Verbos. Modules include the Amplitude Tone Controller, Complex Oscillator, Dual Four Pole, Harmonic Oscillator, Voltage Multistage as well as Doepfer A-140 ADSR, A-119 EXT. IN. Pittsburgh Modular Audio Mixer/Attenuator and Intellijel µjack. The entire case is powered by Tiptop Audio µZeus.

The Verbos Electronics Touchplate Keyboard is mounted separately in a converted PHILIPS Infrakamin and powered by an external power source."

Custom Painted Circuit Bent Yamaha RX-17 MIDI Drum Synth

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via this auction

"Modified with 8x switches which alter the sounds in wicked, wicked ways.
(will play as a normal drum machine when all switches are off).

Custom Painted. Looks damn fine.
Comes with charger."

Video of the mods here.

MFB Kraftzwerg II semi-modular analog synthesizer SN 14594

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via this auction

Roland Jupiter-6 vintage analog synthesizer

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via this auction

moog sonic 6 synthesizer

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via this auction

"I purchased this unit 2 years ago at an estate sale. The story is that this u it was once part of the Carnegie Mellon school of music (who also did some work on the synth). It was sold off to a private owner who died around 2007 and I purchased it for his sister along with some other pieces. From what I can tell it seems to be fully working although it sounds like a loose nut that holds the face plate on is rolling around when you tilt the closed case. I can fix this if you ask before I ship."

Rare Synton Modular System 3000 with Keyboard

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via this auction

"Made in the 1970s, System 3000 modular synthesizers were popular with those experimenting with electronic music. They were reputedly sold to Karlheinz Stockhausen and were distributed in the United States by Bob Moog's Big Briar Inc.

The kit on offer belonged to my late brother, who worked for many years in the sound industry.

The keyboard and modules on offer have not been used in over 20 years, but appear to still be in reasonable condition. There is no apparent damage to the circuitry or the module fascias. The small number of screws on the keyboard appear superficially rusty, though they still turn easily. There are a few scratches to the metal casing of the keyboard."

"Included in this set are the following genuine Synton items:
(the descriptions are taken from websites and mean little to me – so I regret that I am unable to answer specific questions about their function)

KBM 35 Keyboard
44-key monophonic keyboard with scale control.
3005 EGR
Discrete ADSR with manual trigger button and LED.
3006 MPL - Multiple
3015 MXA
3-1 mixer with unity-gain input.
3017 VCF
State-variable 12 dB filter. One output is Band pass, the other has a control for low-notch-high pass.
3021 VCO (x2)
Uses a Curtis chip. Triangle, saw and variable pulse outputs, hard sync and PWM inputs.
3209 VCA
Dual VCA with positive gain-offset controls. This can be used for feeding a sound to the output without an envelope while testing or tuning.
3211 PRM/NRG
Ring modulator, white/pink noise with level control, VLF noise with level control.
3218 INV / SLR
Dual inverter with offset controls (also used as variable voltage source) and slew limiter with rise and fall controls. This can be used as simple AR envelope.
3223 2LFO
Dual LFO with VC speed. Square and triangle outputs.
3235 ENV / CPR
Envelope follower and comparator with reference level control."

Waldorf Pulse 2 Demo Sound Tests

Waldorf Pulse 2 - demo sound - test brzmieniowy cz.3 ( portalklawiszowy.pl )

Published on Jan 13, 2014 PortalKlawiszowy

Waldorf Pulses on eBay

Waldorf Pulse 2 - demo sound - test brzmieniowy cz.1 ( portalklawiszowy.pl )

Published on Jan 13, 2014

"Krótka notatka brzmieniowa przedstawiająca możliwości modułu Waldorf Pulse 2. Nagrane na żywo z ręki, bez użycia komputera za pomocą rejestratora Zoom H1, sterowane klawiaturą Edirol PC-80."

Googlish:
"A brief note sonic possibilities of a Waldorf Pulse module 2. Recorded live from hand, without a PC using the Zoom H1 recorder, keyboard controlled Edirol PC-80."

Roland JD-Xi Prototyp | Beatmaking Test


Published on Jan 22, 2015 PortalKlawiszowy

"Jest mi niezmiernie miło zaprezentować wam beatmaking demo nagrane na prototypie najnowszego syntezatora firmy Roland. JD-Xi czyli rewolucyjny instrument łączący ze sobą syntezę analogową oraz cyfrową, w zupełnie innym stylu niż dotychczas. Instrument udostępnia nam 4 sekcje: 2 z syntezą cyfrową, 1 z syntezą analogową oraz 1 z sekcją bitmaszyny. Dodatkowo wzbogacony został o intuicyjny i bardzo prosty w obsłudze sekwencer krokowy oraz Vocoder. Instrument brzmi zaskakująco dobrze, dynamicznie, przestrzennie, brzmienia świetnie kleją się w miksie i są wyjątkowo plastyczne. Co do samych presetów, programiści Rolanda mocno napracowali się nad tym żeby instrument doskonale odnalazł się w najnowszych trendach brzmieniowych. Znajdziemy tu świetnie zaprogramowane brzmienia do takich stylów jak: trap, hip hop, rnb, dubstep, oraz szeroko pojęta muzyka elektroniczna. Tu nie ma miejsca na przypadki! Instrument świetny zarówno do studia jak i na scenę a dzięki sekwencerowi krokowemu nie potrzebujemy do produkcji nic innego! Jest to zdecydowanie świetny instrument, którego wszystkim mocno polecam!

Pozdrawiam
Teka"

Googlish:

"I am very pleased to present you beatmaking demo recorded on a prototype of the latest Roland synthesizer. JD-X or a revolutionary instrument that combines elements of synthesis of analog and digital, in a completely different style than ever before. The instrument provides us with 4 sections: 2 with digital synthesis, 1 the synthesis of analog and 1 bitmaszyny section. Additionally enriched with intuitive and very easy to use step sequencer and Vocoder. the instrument sounds surprisingly good, dynamic, spatially sticky sounds great in the mix and are extremely plastic. As for the presets, developers Roland heavily worked hard over the instrument perfectly to find the latest trends in sound. We find here a great pre-programmed sound styles such as trap, hip hop, rnb, dubstep and electronic music widely understood. there is no room for cases! instrument great both in the studio and on the stage and thanks sequencer krokowemu do not need to produce anything else! This is definitely a great tool, which all strongly recommended!"

RITM 2 Soviet Synthesizer Demo

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Published on Feb 16, 2015 rundgren80

"Just a few notes. Through an old Made in Taiwan analog echo and into my stereo."


And some pics via this auction

There are some of the inside below. Check out the easy access to the keyboard section.

Wiedza, nauka, postęp, Grenoble - Eryk Maler, 09'2014


Published on Oct 6, 2014 Eryk Maler

Two Arturia Origins played by a shirtless guy with a straw hat.

Beste meinem Synthesizer und meine Malerei - Eryk Maler, 2015

Published on Feb 16, 2015

"Dies ist die beste Synthesizer, Eryk Maler - Gemälde zum Verkauf - Eryk Maler - obrazy na sprzedaż https://plus.google.com/photos/101842..."

Googlish description of the first video:

Sugar-bytes Effectrix Feature


Published on Feb 16, 2015 Jordan Rudess

"Featured App - Week of 2015-FEB-16
Sugar-bytes creates extremely cool cutting edge music software. Effectrix is one of my very favorite effects plug-ins for my computer but now it is also in app form for iOS!
If you're looking for out of the box coolness which can take your sonics to another level, you must check this out!"

iTunes:
Effectrix - Sugar Bytes GmbH
Elastic Drums - O-G-SUS

KORG ARP ODYSSEY Synthesizer (2015) - single sound demo


Published on Feb 16, 2015 RetroSound

"(c) 2015 synthesizer demo by RetroSound

short single sound demo of the new ARP Odyssey Synthesizer made by KORG in 2015
I used a bit delay."

"The rose and the cross" - on Roland SH-2000


Published on Feb 16, 2015 organfairy

"It's kinda funny that I haven't covered anything by Jean Jacques Perrey untill now. But there is a first time for everything and this time I am playing 'The rose and the cross' from the late 1960's.

I play the melody by hand on the SH-2000. The other parts run as a MIDI file that is controlling my Wersi Prisma DX-5 and Hohner GP-180 organs. The drums sounds are from a Roland RA-30."

JORDAN RUDESS explores ZED for iOS


Published on Feb 16, 2015 Jordan Rudess

"Exploring a BETA version of ZED a week before its release! This is a very powerful synthesizer based on some traditional ideas as well as modeling. It not only plays sounds by itself but it also takes audio in and has some fascinating sonic results check it out here: Zed Synth by Richard Meyer
https://appsto.re/us/htiE4.i"

Patching at SchneidersBuero


Published on Feb 16, 2015 Joey Blush

"Patching at Schneidersbuero... I was recently at Schneiders trying out some modules and this photographer decided to film me. This is what came out of that. May give you some insight into my approach to doing things."

Impressions of the Modularday's 2015


Published on Feb 16, 2015 moondustweb

"The Modularday's ,is a swiss Modularmeeting like the Happy Knobbing, but a bit smaler."

Update:

Synthesizertreffen Schweiz on the Modularday's 2015

Published on Feb 16, 2015 moondustweb

"A littel part from Jam on the Modularday's"

Haken Continuum In The Himalayas


Published on Feb 16, 2015 Peter Pringle

"Voice & Haken Continuum"

Roland DC-50 Digital Chorus (BBD Analog Delay Chorus) + Korg EA-1 mk2


Published on Feb 16, 2015 SubTokyoShop

"Roland DC-50 BBD Analog Delay Chorus + Korg EA-1 mk2

Roland DC-50 was released on 1976, all analog BBD Chip, despite the name 'digital'."

subtokyoshop on eBay | subtokyoshop on Reverb

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Kiwi-3P - Roland JX3P - First test after calibration - 5K Ana


Published on Feb 16, 2015 Eyepatch Entertainment

"First 35 seconds are dry recorded, internal chorus only.

Lots of stuff done to this JX3P. It was in ok shape when I got it, and here is everything that I've done to it since:

1. Installed Kiwitechnics Kiwi-3P CPU Upgrade
2. Installed the Chorus Speed Mod
3. Installed the new LED Resistors
4. Cut the midi link W5 and installed the cap on the Sens slider
5. Installed a new Rate Slider and cap
6. Cleaned all of the internal boards for the first time probably in its life
7. Fixed the Volume pot and resoldered it to the board
8. All of the silver caps were looking rough, so I polished all the caps to a smooth original shine
9. Calibrated the Power Supply
10. Calibrated VCF and Resonance for each voice
11. Calibrated DCO1 and DCO 2. Beating/phaze minimized at around 10 seconds."

AKAI RHYTHM WOLF // MFB KRAFTZWERG // Session 1/1


Published on Feb 16, 2015 LESINDES

Akai Rhythm Wolfs on eBay

7 Minutes with an Ipad Synth - PPG WaveMapper for IOS


Published on Feb 16, 2015 Synth Anatomy

iTunes: WaveMapper - Wolfgang Palm

"PG WaveMapper features the Sound Map, which maps the various sounds in a way to easily access and experiment with them, more importantly the PPG WaveMapper features a new synthesis system which maps the waveforms of a sound into a new kind of wavetable which preserves the sound characteristics better than classic Wavetable synthesis and at the same time allows for the manipulations which make WT synthesis so unique.

The Mapping window is the visualisation of a pool of programs on which “modules” float. Those modules represent certain parameters of the synthesiser engine and each module can be placed on one of 32 programs. The moment an item is placed on map then the parameters of that module will take on the settings of those parameters in the underlying program on the Mapping window.

People who do not posses synth-programming skills can use this mapping technology as a starting point to create complex sounds. For example a user can drag a string sound source onto a drum envelope, or a guitar sound onto a string envelope – the concept is simple, yet incredibly powerful."

Casio CZ-1 Running through the Dreadbox Erebus Filter


Published on Feb 16, 2015 ProckGnosis

"I was curious how my Casio CZ-1 (a very 80's digital synth!) would sound running through my fully analog Dreadbox Erebus Analog Synth filter.

It met and surpassed my expectations!

Unfortunately I didn't really maximize the test options in this video. I didn't do a full-resonance filter sweep test with the CZ oscillators, so sonically I didn't really "push the envelope" so to say.

Regardless, it sounds great, and it has inspired me to put a piece/song together with heavy contributions from this Phase Distortion antique! I say it again...not the most programmable synth on the planet, but very capable of producing some unique and cool sounds, especially running through a quality analog filter...

Cheers!"

Dreadbox on eBay

Cyclone Analogic TT-303 Bass Bot Demo no.1


Published on Feb 16, 2015 Tony Horgan

"A sound demo of the Bass Bot (a Roland TB-303 clone), dry and with distortion and delay."

Bass Bot TT-303's on eBay

Review - AKAI Rhythm Wolf analog Drum Machine - english


Published on Feb 16, 2015 musotalk

"AKAI Rhythm Wolf review in Englisch. The Rhythm Wolf is an analog drum computer with a simple mono bass synthesizer. It is cheap but the build quality is quiet good. It features full size MPC Pads and nice knobs to tweak the sounds. More german language reviews and videos: http://www.musotalk.de"

Akai Rhythm Wolfs on eBay

Korg Volca Series+MicroKORG(tangerine shades)


Published on Feb 15, 2015 Metatron's Cube

"If the korg volcas went back in time it may have looked and sounded something like this. Sort of an ode to Tangerine Dream in my own weird style. Enjoy the sweet view of gear in a false vintage setting! As always, thanks for stopping in and watching/listening.

Instruments:
Keys+ TC electronic Transition stereo delay
Bass+ TC electronic Hof stereo reverb
microKORG+ TC electronic T2 reverb
Beats, straight pimp'n
Download@ https://soundcloud.com/miles-baskett/..."

Korg Volcas on eBay

Sonic Faction Releases Sickness Synth for Ableton & Max for Live


Sickness Micro Tutorial Published on Feb 15, 2015 Sonic Faction

"http://SonicFaction.com - This is a micro tutorial of Clone by Sonic Faction, a new synth for Ableton Live and Max for Live. For more Clone audio demos and instrument features visit: http://sonicfaction.com/products/able... -or- check out our entire arsenal of Ableton/Max for Live instruments at: http://www.SonicFaction.com"

"Sickness features twin switchable oscillators plus sub and noise for killer sound design. Use the custom dial to mix between sounds and create the perfect pandemic.

Sickness is loaded with filthy basses, insidious leads and electrifying arpeggios. Scan through hundreds of wavetables or detune hypersaws into oblivion.

Like all Archetype instruments, Sickness comes equipped with a preset randomizer and morphing matrix. Morph between any sound for endless sonic possibilities.

Sickness includes a free Max for Live synth step sequencer for Push, APC40 and Launchpad. Use Synth Sequencer and for hands-on control of your sound..."
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