MATRIXSYNTH: Saturday, May 11, 2024

Saturday, May 11, 2024

Plinky Chords and Touch - Fragile melancholic sounds

video upload by Making Sound Machines

"Preparing for Superbooth Berlin 2024, which is coming up next week!

We've been busy this year coordinating with mmalex to bring Plinky kits back to @ThonkSynthDIY, and here's a little clip to show why we are so excited about it!

#Plinky is an #expressive polyphonic #synthesizer, with 64 pads arranged as 8 strings you can manipulate in pitch, timbre, and velocity with the #touch of your fingertips. It has a #lush verb and #beautiful delay, making it ideal for #fragile, #melancholic sounds. It can be used #standalone or as a 24HP module.

It is seen here receiving a #sequence of #chords via #MIDI, performed on our #Stolperbeats drum sequencer for #Eurorack. Enrica is altering the chords by changing the MIDI maps on the fly, and playing a melody on the touch #surface at the same time. The small desktop case is a @4msCompany #pod, the output module @apolloview9305 Can-2 - both incredibly handy for small #mobile setups.

Plinky is #opensource and has seen great #hardware tweaks and improvements to the build experience, contributed by us and friends and fellow synthmakers @thisisnotrocketscience3942, @lpzwmodules and @nevetsokyeron - the newest Rev 3 Kit has more pre-assembled parts, USB-C, an improved signal path and TRS MIDI on-board.

Come play Plinky at our booth Z361 at #Superbooth, 16-18 May 2024 at FEZ #Berlin.

Plus we are having two workshops:

At the Superbooth #DIY Area on May 18, 11:00
and at #DIYKitDay @klunkerkranich4643 on May 19, 16:00,
organized by Andreas Krach and @berlinmodularsociety"

An Update on the FAUX HUNDRED

Two new pics of the FAUX HUNDRED.

You might recall the FAUX HUNDRED posted back on April 1st.

An elaborate April Fools joke in that was the joke that it was real, or that it was fake?

Note the play on the name. You might recognize the design as the Buchla 400 Hundred.

Faux / Four

A remake of the 400.

So, is it real?

This is prototype #2 and I hear it is working.

Update: add'l images added below.

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Prophet 5 rev 4 - 80s Synth Pop, Hot-Adult Contemporary Sound Patches - 147 Programs

video upload by Allen Michael

"147 Essential Synth-Pop programs for the Prophet 5 rev 4. Featuring custom Pads, Leads, Orchestral, Percussion, Bass, Unique Poly-synths, and Pianos.
*No FX used except on the "Bette Davis" patch. Bill Cuomo told me he used a Boss CE-1 on that song, so I did the same.

Download on my website below :-)

https://allenmichaelproductions.com/p..."

UDO Teases New Product for Superbooth

via UDO

"We’re excited to once again be at @superbooth_berlin next week! For the lucky ones who are going to be attending, come and see us at the usual booth (bungalow 🏡 ) B005."

This one is in via Soviet Space Child.

Basimilus Iteritas Alia jam with tons of CV modulation and muting

video upload by Noise Engineering

"This is an extended version of the jam used for the official Basimilus Iteritas Alia demo. [posted here]

Our Ambassador to the Stars, Patrick O’Brien, features the BIA in this all-Noise Engineering case.

Triggers come from the Bin Seq, and CV modulation comes from the Mimetic Digitalis stepped sequencer. The Muta Jovis switches off/on the CV, going into the BIA's inputs throughout the patch. The BIA is then sent to Roucha Legio, our stereo filter, which is activated with the gate coming from one of the Horologic Solum channels into the Bypass input.

More on the BIA here: https://bit.ly/3rPRryZ

Manis provides a nice, bright melodic splash throughout the jam, and Virt Iter Legio provides stereo bass drone sounds.

The BIA is a parameterized digital drum voice with its roots in the analog world. At its heart, the BIA is a simple six-oscillator additive and FM synthesizer with waveform, harmonic spread, and envelope controls. An adjustable noise oscillator and an extreme take on a wavefolder round out its synthesis abilities. Its straightforward controls make sound design fun and performable: create sub-shaking kicks, snares, hats, and unique drum hits with just a few tweaks.

• A go-to for percussion synthesis
• Also excellent at leads and basses
• Additive/FM digital synth with root and inspiration in the analog world.
• CV over every parameter
• Dedicated envelope output
• Encoder tuning

Basimilus Iteritas Alia is the successor to the original Basimilus Iteritas Alter. It was developed to sound nearly identical, with added features and new firmware-swapping capabilities."

5/6/24 Wiard 300 System (at Noisebug, Pomona, CA)

video upload by Cfpp0

Update: new video in horizontal format. Orginal short below.

https://www.noisebug.net/

"This sounds like something Silver Apples might have done, or a delivery truck backing up. The Wiard 300 system is part of the synthesizer collection at Noisebug in Pomona, CA. I found it even more confounding than expected."

video upload by Cfpp0

CircuitTracks / Original / Jam

video upload by cocolobeat / ココロのサケビ

"Novation Circuit Tracks

Techno Pop
Melodic Techno
Melodic House
Progressive House
Electronica
instrumental
Dawless
Jam"

DJ Rik LIVE Dark Trance Music using Yamaha MODX6+ Pattern Sequencer

video upload by Rik Marston Official

"Synthesizer demonstration by Rik Marston
*Watch in HD!* *NO Talking!* *Turn it up!*
My Etsy store: AhnyxianSoundDesign
https://www.etsy.com/shop/AhnyxianSou..."

NOYSTOISE NTDD Dual Delay Dub Siren Mini Synth

DEMO video upload by NOYSTOISE

"Short demo of the NTDD dual delay dub siren mini synth. More details available at www.noystoise.com"

See the prototype here.

via NOYSTOISE

"The NTDD is a PT2399 based dual-delay(DD) processor, and analog Dub-Siren circuit.

DELAY:
There are two PT2399 delay chips in series with independent delay time controls on the X and Y axis of the "TIME" joystick(Left).
The delay-mix and feedback-amount are controlled together by the "ECHO" knob. The "REGEN X2" switch enables the output from delay-chip 1 to be fed back to its input, as well as to delay-chip 2's input. When disengaged, only delay-chip 2 will have feedback(echo).
The Echo and Feedback circuits are designed more for experimental exploratory noise, and less for traditional audio processing.
The delay times can go very low and become very distorted, and the feedback is set very high to allow maximal feedback and self-filtering with the use of auto-leveling.
An optical compressor is used to prevent feedback runaway, while allowing lower signals to regenerate continuously.
An internal trimmer resistor can be used to adjust the sensitivity of the compressor.

SIREN:
The "Dub-Siren" consists of a square-wave VCO, gated envelope generator and LFO.
The envelope generator is active while the "GATE" switch is held, and the "ENV"(envelope) knob determines the Attack and Release time when the Gate switch is pressed and released.
The three position switch below the Envelope knob determines the Envelope knob's range. In the upper position, the Envelope knob will have a fast attack, and the knob will only change the release time of the envelope. In the center position, the Envelope knob range will be split between Attack and Release. Increasing the Attack time will in-turn decrease the Release time, and vice-versa. In the lower position, the envelope will have a fast Release time, and the ENV knob will only change the Attack time.
By default, the envelope generator controls the volume of the square-wave VCO, but can also be used to modulate either the Pitch of the VCO or the Rate of the LFO with the "MOD" 3-way switch. In the center position, the MOD switch is "OFF".
The LFO modulates the Pitch of the VCO.
The LFO can be set to Square-wave or Triangle-wave with the "SQR-TRI" switch. The LFO Depth and Rate are controlled with the X and Y axis of the right joystick.
The LFO voltage can be offset with the "BIAS" knob. While the LFO depth is set to minimum, the BIAS knob can be used to change the pitch range of the VCO independent of the LFO.

The NTDD also comes equipped with;
Volume knob(VOL)
Power ON/OFF switch with LED
1/8 inch(3.5mm) input jack
1/4 inch line output jack
5.1mm DC adapter(9V tip-positive)
Built-in speaker
3XAAA battery compartment."

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