MATRIXSYNTH: Monday, September 18, 2017


Monday, September 18, 2017

Dave Smith Instruments In The Spotlight with Raphaella and The Prophet-6


The latest installment of Dave Smith Instruments' In the Spotlight series is up with Raphaella and the Prophet-6. Click through for the full interview.

"Raphaella is a a triple-threat producer, writer and singer based in North London who’s vocal and vocal samples you may already be familiar with from a number of heavily supported releases at BBC Radio 1 and 1Xtra. She’s been collaborating with a plethora of emerging and heavyweight talent such as Rudimental, Gorgon City and MNEK, Wilkinson, Armin Van Buuren, Watermat, Henri PFR, Dimension, Culture Shock, NVOY, Michael Calfan, MIST, Kideko, Jack Wins, Yungen, Friction, Dirtcaps, among others — recording and vocal producing the majority of her features from her studio in north London where she produces material for herself and other artists. Raphaella is also a Platinum and Gold selling songwriter. Her latest single, Turn Around, reached number 3 on the Hype Machine charts. Her songwriting for other Artists includes Yellow Claw’s Love & War, which amassed over 25 million Spotify streams, and K-pop EXO Thunder, whose EP Overdose was number 1 on USA Heat seekers Billboard chart and which recorded over 660,000 pre-orders, the highest number ever reached at that time. Her scores have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4."

You can find previous posts featuring DSI's Spotlight series here.

Dave Smith Instruments Prophet Rev2 - Exploring the Presets - Knobcon 2017 - MVM #88


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Midiverse - TV

"What's up everybody? Welcome to Midiverse -TV, on this episode of Exploring the Presets we're on the floor at Knobcon 2017 checking out the Dave Smith Instruments Prophet Rev2."

Deckard's Dream Deep Dive Demo! (single voice card)



"At KnobCon I had the fantastic pleasure of spending an hour with a one-voice Deckard's Dream, owned by Scott Rider aka Old Crow, the designer of the amazing CS-80 filter clones in the DD. What Roman Filippov has put together here is truly astounding.

The fact that this unit had 'only' one voice card allowed me to focus in on the details of the sound of it. Rather than going through the presets I spent the whole hour tweaking the voice's two parallel synth lines, which to me sounded absolutely wonderful and as close to the CS-80 as I've ever heard. Imagine what 8 voices of this beast would sound like!"

Club Of The Knobs Modular synthesizer


Published on Sep 18, 2017 MrFirechild

"This track is using sounds from the Club Of The Knobs modular synthesizer. It is a custom configuration based on the System-55. Most modules are inspired from the legendary Moog modules from the mid/late 60s. Multitracking and additional Reverbs and Delays are used. Composed and produced by www.firechild.se"

All sounds Club Of The Knobs w/ additional LFOs from Moon Modular. The DSI OB-6 appears to be used as a controller only.

Multivox MX3000 vintage analogue synthesiser demo


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Monte Carlo

"This video is a brief demo of my old MX3000 polyphonic synth which has been restored to full working order."

BUCHLA LEM 202h, 225h, 281h, 292h, w/ HARVESTMAN HERTZ DONUT

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"BUCHLA (BEMI) LEM boat with modules: MIDI AND CV INTERFACE MODEL 225h, DUAL FUNCTION GENERATOR MODEL 281h, ADAPTORS AND CONVERTERS MODEL 202h, DUAL DYNAMICS MANAGER 292h, with 20hp BUCHLA TO EURORACK ADAPTOR. ALSO INCLUDES HARVESTMAN HERTZ DONUT MARK II Oscillator. INCLUDES POWER SUPPLY and patch cables as pictured. Everything is fully functional. A few minor scratches on the wood on the boat. See pictures."

Access Virus Indigo Synthesizer SN G10001622

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Access Virus B Rack Virtual-Analog Desktop Synth

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Møffenzeef Mødular MITØ Demø


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Møffenzeef Mødular

You can find details on the Møffenzeef Mødular MITØ here.

Cwejman BLD


Published on Sep 18, 2017 MrRostislove

"First simple bassline test.."

JUNO 106 + TR8 + Squarp Pyramid: POWERLOCK


Published on Sep 18, 2017 MR TUNA Music

"I just can't get away from my new Juno 106! This is all Juno with Eventide Space doing right by its name, and Roland TR8 for that 707 flavour with MX-1 remixing live and somewhat to excess. No post production, just live music with sequencing from Squarp Instruments Pyramid and visuals by Lumen video synth."

estudos de música científica brasileira 2


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Arthur Joly

"pesquisando timbres no jolymod"

"searching for stamps in jolymod"

Roland TR-808 used for CV and kicks in at 2:04 as well.

AQUA SPACE RITUAL ::: Festival de Inverno :::: Sesc Araraquara


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Arthur Joly

"apresentação insólita no Sesc Araraquara"

"Unusual presentation at Sesc Araraquara"

Minitaur Eurorack DIY Conversion Kits by Million Machine March


via Million Machine March

“Do you want a bad ass analog bass synth in your eurorack? This is the way to go! This entire kit is produced in house. The panel was designed, CNC cut, bead blasted, powdercoated and screenprinted in house! These kits have been refined over the last two years to make the conversion as painless as possible. Some of the soldering work has already been done for you! Read through the DIY Guide to see if you feel comfortable performing the conversion. I can also perform the mod for you if you ship me your Minitaur. An additional fee will apply.“

What Can You Do With A Bass Station II? (Session One)


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Red Means Recording

"Multitracking the Novation Bass Station II to make a synthwave track.

Drums: https://soundcloud.com/datadrive/80s-...

Post-processing for each track:
Bass - Chorus, CLA BASS, Saturator, EQ
Lead 1 - EQ, Saturator, TAL Chorus, Reverb
Lead 2 - EQ, Saturator
Arp - EQ, Delay
Solo - Reverb
Hi-Hat - Flanger
Sends - Valhalla Shimmer, H-Delay"

Tiptop Audio 909


Tiptop Audio 909 from Station 252 on Vimeo.

"Tiptop Audio 909 is complete! Even though I'm more of an 808 type, 909 is essential to ZV_K drum sound. The 909 closed hat is our main hat sound, the BD909 is always there and ready to fight whenever we need it. Toms, rim shot and cymbal - spice it up nicely. Clap 909 is essentially will be present in our rack forever. The snare completes the set and it is a welcome alternative to the 808 snare that I've been using since it's release.

But what about using 909 only drums? in this video this is exactly what I'm doing, running it clean, driving it with Z2040 input gain and with Vemona VcDrive, filteing it with Z2040 and Topobrillo's HiPass. And just jamming. No FX, Enjoy!

BD909 Bass
SD909 Snare
HATS909 Hi-Hats
CP909 Clap
TOMS909 Toms
RS909 Rimshot
CYMBL909 Cymbals

Sequencing: Tiptop Audio Circadian Rhythms"

chris randall - exploration.04


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Chris Randall

"Testing a workflow idea; iPad 12.9 2nd Gen running AUM (with Audio Damage plugins), Yamaha CS5, Nagra for the loopiness, and disembodied hands."

OB-Xneo Teaser


ob-xneo_teaser01 from Nutzer5582238 on Vimeo.


This one in via A. Nonym. Your guess is as good as mine. Upcoming Oberheim OB-X emulation in software? Render of upcoming hardware? We'll find out in time. Cool LED knobs.

New Ritm-2 Synthesizer by VG-Line


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Thngs


Pics via https://thngs.co/things/10267.

No additional details, but you should be able to get an idea of what it can do from the controls, the video above, and previous Ritm-2 posts. This appears to be a new desktop version by VG Line.

Update: details posted here.

Deckard's Dream synthesizer by Black Corporation


Published on Sep 17, 2017 Thngs

Note: I created a new Black Corporation label for these moving forward. Previous post will get the label added as well.

The unstoppable Wersimatic


Published on Sep 18, 2017 organfairy

"Normally 'unstoppable' is a positive word. But when it is used in the same sentence as "drum machine" it tends to be annoying.
My Wersimatic II was literally unstoppable so I had to do something about it. It turned out to be a defective logic gate. Quite and easy fix but still something I had to do.

The music is 'Knuden' which was a minor hit for the Danish band Shu-bi-dua back in 1978. Apart from the Wersimatic II I play it on my Wersi Prisma DX-5."

RECO SYNTH EL DIABLO + RECOVERB


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Arthur Joly

1940 Hammond Novachord Synthesizer Fully Rebuilt

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Beautiful, but pricey!

"This is the exact instrument that was recently featured at Sweetwater Sound's 2017 GearFest. To see a video of this synthesizer up close and hear what sounds it can produce, search YouTube for "Sweetwater Novachord".

Having spent more than five years, my son and I have recently completed a thorough rebuild of this Hammond Novachord Synthesizer. This legendary instrument is now fully functional as original. It looks as good and performs as well as it did the day it left the factory in 1940, and is considerably more reliable, with all of its capacitors and resistors replaced, and the original cotton-covered wiring replaced with Teflon insulated, silver-tinned copper wire. All 163 vacuum tubes test as new or nearly new. The pedals have been replated in polished nickel, and the original Bakelite and Plaskon keys are smooth and shiny.

The Novachord is considered to be the first commercially available polyphonic synthesizer, and was used extensively in science fiction and horror movie soundtracks of the 1940's and 1950's, as well as radio theatre and nightclubs around the country.

To our knowledge, there are only five Novachords that exist in this condition.

This rare instrument is currently located at Sweetwater Sound Studios in Fort Wayne, Indiana."

How much?

$96,000.00 listed here.

Buchla Music Easel

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Vintage 1980's Moog The Source Analog Synthesizer SN 2913

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SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS Prophet 5 Rev.3.3

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SEQUENTIAL CIRCUITS PRO ONE Analog Synth

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ROLAND SH-101 w/ Mod Grip

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Kawai K3 Digital / Analog Hybrid Synthesizer SN 105992

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"Kawai K3 synthesizer with a Grundorf Hard Case. This unit has been kept in a smoke free, climate controlled environment, has been fully tested, and is in 100% working order. All keys, controls, membrane buttons, parameters, outputs, and the display screen have been tested thoroughly and everything works perfectly...the synth plays and sounds amazing! Cosmetically, it is in very good condition for its age. It has some light surface scratches and imperfections (see images), but overall it looks great. The membrane buttons work like new and are very responsive, as is the control dial."

Access Virus KB Synthesizer SN 19900097

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Yamaha CS-10 Analog Synthesizer w/ Original Box & Docs in Japanese

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Drumfire DF500 Drum Synth w/ Pickups

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New Polivoks Synthesizer Demo


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Thngs

"35 years after the release of the first model, the creator of Polivoks, Vladimir Kuzmin, decided to release an updated version, which already fell into the hands of many lucky people and, judging by the existing reviews, the legend has already returned. In the work on a modern embodiment, engineers Alex Pleninger and Alexey Taber took part. At the moment there are only 100 copies of the new Polivox and each of them is collected manually."

MDP101 Baby MIDI controller by Pribore


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Thngs

"The Pribore MDP101 Baby connects to a computer or a phone via bluetooth, defined as a MIDI device. It has 2 assignable control knobs (Rotary Knob CC), 2 assignable keys (Button CC), 5 transport keys (Rewind, Stop, Play, Record, Loop), 1 angular acceleration sensor (accelerometer), for capturing emotions and expression (Motion Sensor), 1 battery for stand-alone operation, and a USB port for charging and connecting as a usb-midi device."

Pipette device by Playtronica


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Thngs

A bit like the Pantala Labs CCV2 - Color Control Voltage 2

Touch Me HCI device by Playtronica


Published on Sep 17, 2017 Thngs

"Touch Me is a HCI device that turns human touch into music.
When the surface area or intensity of skin contact between two or more people changes Touch Me modifies sound output according to selected scale and tone parameters."

http://www.playtronica.com/toolkit/

Thyme effects processor by Bastl Instruments


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Thngs

"The Thyme is an effects processor that is best described as a sequenceable robot operated digital tape machine. With a lot of parameters at hand it enables the exploration of all the time based effects and the vast space in between their classical multi-effects categories (delay, phaser, reverb, chorus, pitch shifter, multi-tap delay, tape delay, tremolo, vibrato, compressor) and in stereo! Each of the 9 different parameters (Tape Speed, Delay Coarse & Fine, Feedback, Filter, extra heads Spacing and Levels, Dry Wet Mix and Volume) has a dedicated, very flexible modulation source – called the Robot – which can be phased out differently for left and right channel to create psychedelic new sound effects."

Lyra-8 synthesizer by Soma Laboratories


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Thngs

TR-08 drum machine by Roland


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Thngs

SoftPop synthesizer by Bastl Instruments


Published on Sep 17, 2017 Thngs

"SoftPop is a playfully organic, semi-modular light and sound synthesizer with wide variety of sounds: from random dripping water pops to heavy subtractive basslines. Its fully analog core consisting of a heavily feedbacked system of dual triangle-core oscillators, state variable filter and sample and hold is played through an intuitive interface of 6 faders that provide countless combinations which can be explored by anyone."

BD 9Q9 bass drum by VG-Line


Published on Sep 17, 2017 Thngs

"The VG Line bass drum BD 9Q9. Totally analogue clone of legendary Roland TR-909 kick with wide range of settings, which original TR 909 doesn’t have — a switcher to extend decay and the pitch."

See this post for additional details on the BD 9Q9.

SH-01A synthesizer by Roland


Published on Sep 17, 2017 Thngs

Whirling Windmills (never stop turning knobs)


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Aidan Burns-Fulkerson

Fun piece.

"In the absence of any kind of order, with very little preparation, sound energy is made from chemically stored electrical energy. The 0-Coast is the only outlier of the group, demanding its energy in the form of quickly alternating voltage.

The continually spinning turbines use concepts of special relativity to push endless electrons to the consumers. The synthesizers transfer electrical energy to (sometimes) audible frequencies and then send the signals to the air-movers so we can feel the waves.

Support alternative energy! Everything is star powered if we look back in time far enough. We now have the technology to cut out the middle men and stop burning things here in our atmosphere to make electricity. It's time to let our favorite star do the 'burning' millions of miles away, far outside our tiny layer of air."

New Expressive E Preset Demos


For those interested, new demos have been added to the playlist here. The new ones start with 13 "Softwell".

UVI Ob Legacy - The legendary Oberheim sound for your studio - OB-Xa, OB-X, Matrix


Published on Sep 18, 2017 RetroSound

"(c) 2017 vintage synthesizer demo by RetroSound

In june 2017 I drove over 1200 kilometers with my Oberheim OB-X , the OB-Xa and the Matrix-1000 to Paris in the UVI headquarter for sampling works for the new OB Legacy software. You can find a lot legendary Oberheim sounds in OB Legacy and a lot more.

UVI Ob Legacy
One of the most prolific figures in synthesizer history is the maverick engineer and designer Tom Oberheim. His efforts can be heard across hundreds of albums, decades of pioneering instrument designs, and experienced through conveniences we take for granted on a daily basis including preset memory and MIDI. His influence is as great as any and his designs have stood the test of time better than most, with models in production today that have changed little in over 40 years. The sound of his instruments is distinct and inherently musical, with a character that's often described as "lush" and "massive", and rightly so.

UVI Ob Legacy is the legendary and authentic Oberheim Sound for your studio.

more info here: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi"

ROLAND SYSTEM 100 MODEL 101 + MOOG MF-108M CLUSTERFLUX ~ Will They Pair? Ep.32


Published on Sep 18, 2017 once upon a synth

"Pairing the Roland System 100 Model 101 with the Moog Moogerfooger MF-108M Clusterflux. The Roland Model 101 is the keyboard synth part of the System 100 series which was a system of synths made by Roland in the 70s. The MF-108M is a chorus and flanger pedal from Moog's moogerfooger line. Chorus and flanger effects are based on delay lines with really short delays. The MF-108M offers a delay line with feedback and an LFO which is assigned to delay time. This combination of modules allows you to achieve both normal chorus and flanger effects as well as more experimental vibrato or ring modulation sounding effects. What makes the MF-108M different from most standard guitar pedals is that it provides CV and MIDI control over most parameters you see on the front panel. This allows you to use external signals or expression pedals to control the sound in interesting ways.

In this video I take advantage of these CV inputs and use the Model 101's ADSR output to control things like the mix, LFO amount and LFO rate. This results in a much more expressive synthesizer sound."

iPad synth jam: PPG Infinite, Viking Synth, Ravenscroft275, Modstep, Zeeon & Arturia iSpark


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Marcus Padrini

"Recorded live playing with Modstep sequencer and the apps PPG Infinite (synth), Viking Synth (synth bass), Ravenscroft275 (piano), Zeeon (synth pad) & Arturia iSpark (drums).

Track mixed with Cubasis and video edited on Luma Fusion, both for iPad."

Algotechno


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Tobor Experiment

"Algorithmic acid with #rolandboutique TB-03 and #Udoo_x86
Euclidean rythms & drum synthesis: #puredata (no samples)."

Tone It Down A Little // Live @ Erica Synths Garage


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Erica Synths

"Tone It Down A Little performs live using: Figūras (on the left) - Korg Electribe ESX-1, Flashback X4 Delay & Labais Dāma (on the right) - Korg Monotribe, YOCTO 808, Boss BF 3 and Boss DD3 pedals.

Tone It Down a Little is an experimental acid duo of solo projects Figuras and Labais Dama, based in Riga and created with an aim to explore the acid parts of the electronic music spectrum. When describing tehmselves, the artist duo comments: [we feel like] two neanderthals posing as humans trying to blend in and fight for neanderthal rights that have been neglected for several millennia. Both of them are also co-founders of the just launched record label No Sex Just Talk – the first release will be their debut album Lynx Mom, coming out on 27th of July 2017.

MORE:
www.ericasynths.lv/garage
https://soundcloud.com/nosexjusttalk"

Analogue Solutions Fusebox: sub osc and cross mod


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Analogue Solutions

"A quick demo featuring Sub Osc and FM modulation."

ANTS! patch: PULSE MODULATION


Published on Sep 18, 2017 Plankton Elec

http://ants.metapatch.com/patch/9438

Novation Bass Station 2 & Line6 Verbzilla


Published on Sep 18, 2017 3rdStoreyChemist

"Bass Station 2 synthesiser through the Verbzilla.

No further processing except normalisation."

Moog Minitaur, EHX Small Stone & Strymon Big Sky


Published on Sep 18, 2017 3rdStoreyChemist

"Minitaur synthesiser through the Small Stone phaser & Big Sky reverb. Minitaur is sequenced from an Electron Octatrack.

No further processing except normalisation."

Dreamy Continuum + Octatrack Live Improv @Volda Animation Festival 2017


Published on Sep 18, 2017 cuckoomusic

"The Volda animation student festival invited me to talk about my background as an animator. After my talk I performed an improvised piece with the Continuum Fingerboard expressive synthesiser, an Octatrack for live sampling/ looping, and a Strymon Blue Sky reverb.

It is totally improvised (apart from the rhythms that were pre-programmed). While some phrases went down ok, some didn't. Regardless I decided to put up the whole piece unedited."

Maschine MK3


Published on Sep 18, 2017 scorbie

"Native Instruments Maschine MK3 Ribbon Pitch Setting Demo by the scorbie twins."

MASCHINE MK3 Review and top 9 new features. Is it the ultimate groovebox?


Published on Sep 18, 2017 loopop

"A review of the new MASCHINE MKIII by Native Instruments. This review covers the top reasons why it may be the ultimate groovebox

BTW it's on a KOSMO stand by Cremacaffe"

Macbeth Modular Synth and MFB Tanzmaus


Published on Sep 17, 2017 Sacha KETTERLIN

"Recorded in Berlin - 17.09.2017"
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