MATRIXSYNTH: Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Wednesday, October 16, 2024

Korg Modwave | Soundpack "GLOOMY" - Demo 1 | No talking

video upload by xu.sounddesign - dirk rohde

"This is soundpack 'GLOOMY' with 50 ambient patches designed for the Korg Modwave. There are more demos of this cool soundpack.

All in all there are 50 new performances in the package with smoking pads, grainy strings, organic drones and deep textures. No external effects were used in the demos. All effects are internal effects of the Korg Modwave.

No other hardware was used. No compressor, no limiter, no equalizer, nothing, but the pure Modwave.

All patches are fully compatible with the software-version 'Korg Modwave Native VST'.

I designed all the sounds myself. If you´re interested in these 50 sounds, please send me an email (xu.sounddesign@gmx.net). Please check your spam-folder."

The Bob Moog Foundation Fall 2024 Raffle - "No Talking" Demo!

video upload by Pro Synth Network

"We have been very lucky to be involved with helping out on the latest Bob Moog Foundation Raffle. This time, a classic vintage Minimoog Model D, signed by Peter Gabriel and restored by our very own Kent Spong, can be won.

Andrew goes through the gloriously deep, rich and distinctly Moogy tones of this incredibly special raffle prize, signed by the legend that is Peter Gabriel.

There has never been a more important time to support the Foundation. Hurricane Helene tore through Asheville, NC, home of the Moogseum, last month, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. Although it only sustained minor damage, the loss in trade from being unable to open will hit the Foundation hard.

Buying tickets for the raffle is an excellent way to help out with the added bonus of being able to own this singularly unique and iconic synthesizer.

Look out for more video content to be released throughout the raffle!

Buy tickets here: https://moogfoundation.org/fall-2024-...

Be quick! The raffle ends on the 28th October 2024!

Huge thanks to the amazing and inimitable Michelle Moog-Koussa for this opportunity to support an organisation that is very dear to our hearts. Please support her work however you can."

Post-Helene Channel Update from Make Noise

video upload by MAKEN0ISE

"On Sept. 27, 2024, Hurricane Helene ravaged Western North Carolina. We are still without water. Neighbors created flush brigades and set up tanks with non-potable water. Our job descriptions now include picking up spring water bottles for drinking/hand washing and fill buckets with non-potable water for toilets. We are so grateful for all of the folks bringing water into West Asheville, and to our crew for rolling with it.

Our rural neighbors don't have as much access to these resources even though the people are working hard. If you are able to give, consider these groups:

Beloved: https://www.belovedasheville.com/donate/
Be Well AVL: / bewellavl

Thanks to Harvest Records who provided Make Noise with electricity and keys to their store when our power was still not on so Tony, Mark, and Meg could work on a new design for 2025. Check their socials for when they reopen 'cuz music is healing. We all need it! https://www.harvest-records.com/

Thanks to Firestorm for feeding so many in the community, and getting people what they needed (gas, groceries, water, etc. etc). Order books when they are open. Pro tip from Kelly-they have an incredible collection of children's books. https://firestorm.coop/

Thanks to the Double Crown and friends for providing medical care to folks in West Asheville, and for offering Make Noise outlets and "whatever we needed." We could all probably use gospel night to heal our souls when they reopen. / the_double_crown

Thanks to Owl Bakery for giving away bread and pastries. When Make Noise moved into our current building in 2015, we had a flourless chocolate cake made by Susannah as part of our opening party. They could use some cash, y'all. Wednesday is a bake day, and they will be giving it away again, but anyone who has some cash or can venmo, please consider it so we can help them reopen. / oldworldlevain

Thanks to Cellarest Brewery and Cassia AVL for being a community spot for information, water, and free food. Make Noise just held a modular meet up there a little over a month ago, and sometimes hang there after work. The non-alcoholic options are as great as the beer options. Plus, thai food!

https://cellarestbeer.com/
https://www.cassia-avl.com/

Thanks to our West Asheville neighbors. You've shared so much. If you had power, you put outlets and cables out so people could keep their phones active. You set out lawn furniture and radios so we could listen to the daily briefings together. You've said hello, how are you? with even more care and compassion. Even though life is hard right now, this is still a beautiful place to live because of y'all."

Buchla & Tiptop Audio 259t Now Shipping

video uploads by Todd Barton

Maybe the BUCHLA & TIPTOP AUDIO system can make TECHNO. Let's see it. Modular synthesis- patch notes

video upload by Flat Round Modular Music

"Here I've tried to make a decent drum kit without dedicated module. And extend sequences to more than the limitation of only five steps."

Check with dealers on the right for availability.

Press release follows:

Here comes the beast, Model 259t, and it's now shipping to shops, priced at $529. Preorders open today through our dealers, and we are excited to start shipping them out. A bit of history about this unit: In 1978, Don Buchla invented the 259 Complex Oscillator, an ambitious project that turned out to be one of the best-sounding and most capable analog oscillators ever created for sound design and music. It became a centerpiece of most 200 systems made, and now it is being added to the 200t Eurorack system as well.

At this point, we want to thank the people who helped us create this module, starting with Kurt Kurasaki, who was kind enough to send us samples from his 70s 259 to compare. He also tested prototypes and provided valuable feedback. Special thanks to Ryan Gaston, who helped ensure that all graphic elements on the panel were checked. And of course, Todd Barton, for providing his valuable feedback.

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ContinuuCon 2025 Set for Paris, IRCAM - March 26–28

Press release follows:

ContinuuCon Electronic Music Conference Scheduled for Paris, IRCAM

ContinuuCon 2025, the seventh international Haken Continuum Conference, is returning to France in March 26–28. This year’s event will take place in Paris, and will be hosted by the IRCAM Forum. It will be fully integrated in the IRCAM event with a room dedicated to ContinuuCon every morning.

Musicians, sound designers, software developers, and music enthusiasts are invited to explore the world’s most uniquely expressive electronic musical instruments through presentations, performances, and hands-on experiences. As always, ContinuuCon will focus on every instrument that features the Haken Continuum’s internal sound engine the EaganMatrix, including the Continuum Fingerboard, ContinuuMini, EaganMatrix Module for Eurorack, and Expressive E Osmose synthesizer.

ContinuuCon 2025 will also include a ContinuuCon Dinner (date still to be defined). Over these 3 days, Continuum inventor and EaganMatrix developers Lippold Haken, Edmund Eagan and Christophe Duquesne will join other authorities and some of the world’s most skilful Continuum players to share their expertise and technical knowledge. The integration in the IRCAM Forum will allow attendees to also benefit all the other conferences of the Forum to discover or go into IRCAM ‘s sonic research world in depth.

Haken Continuum players include film composer A.R. Rahman (who participated in last year’s ContinuuCon), Nine Inch Nail’s Trent Reznor, and The Who’s Pete Townshend, who said, “I absolutely adore it. The Continuum is already inspiring me to new ideas.” You may also hear the Continuum featured in the scores to Game of Thrones, Indiana Jones and the Crystal Skull, and the recent Dune: Part Two.

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Entropy & Sons Recursion Studio / Testing some ideas

video upload by HanzVolt

"Entropy & Sons Recursion Studio... a deep and powerful video synth"

Novation Bass Station II - "Andromeda" Soundset 75 Presets

video upload by LFOstore

"'Andromeda' Soundset contains 75 fresh presets for legendary analogue synth – Bass Station 2.

BUY: https://lfo.sellfy.store/p/novation-b...

Enhance possibilities of your Bass Station 2 with our soundset!

Powerful leads, fat analog basses, atmospheric sounds & even modular sequences

All is responsible with modulation wheel & tempo synced!

Here you will find all what you need for writing your synthwave track, electronic song, ambient & cinematic vibes made by Sebastian Cordoves

You MUST own a Novation Bass Station II.
Use Novation librarian software for uploading sounds into your synthesizer."

A New Update from the Pianist, with an Ambient Patch!

video upload by NOH-modular

"The Pianist is a eurorack polyphonic chord sequencer. It facilitates harmonic chord progressions within modular synthesis. It just got a new firmware update (v1.2) with two key features that are explained in this video. These features are as follow:

• Three shortcuts for faster editing:
copy pasting by holding the button pressed when accessing a chord
setting a chord repetition by holding the button on 'go to'
setting the chord progression loop by holding the button on 'then'

• A new "JUMP" function that replaces the old page functions. This will make the Pianist jump to a random chord within a user-set range when the gate is triggered.

This video shows the step-by-step patch on a modular system to set-up the Pianist with the Mutable Instruments Plaits and compose a fast but musical chord sequence using the new JUMP function."

CHAPTERS -
0:00 - Intro
0:27 - New Shortcuts
1:55 - JUMP function
2:28 - Jam Preparation
3:42 - Jam & Outro