♫ Jamming With a Bunch of Synths ♫ ----- (19)

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5U Modular (Synthesizers.com/STG Soundlabs/Synthetic Sound Labs)
Akai MPC X
Behringer 2600 (ARP 2600 clone)
Behringer Pro-1 (Sequential Circuits Pro One clone)
Behringer TD-3-MO (Devilfish modded Roland TB-303 clone)
Boss HC-2 Hand Clapper
Clavia Nord Wave
cre8audio East Beast
cre8audio West Pest
Frostwave Fat Controller (Sequencer)
Ladyada Xoxbox (Roland TB-303 clone)
Korg Delta
Korg Mono/Poly
Korg SQ-1 (Sequencer)
Moog Source
Simmons SDS-V
Studio Electronics Boomstar 5089 mk1
Yamaha CS-15
Yamaha TX-802 (rackmount DX-7ii)

8/9/23 .com Q123 (440Hz) SSL 1660 (gate rest) 1310 + LWSS + MooSonics + Zerosum Inertia (oscillate)

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"Same SSL 1660 sequence (except for the D slider position) as in the previous video, but with the 1660 gate set to rest, so that it deviates from steady 1/8th notes (the SSL 1310 is swinging them into 16ths). The Synthesizers.com Q123 Standards module (which has an oscillator that produces 440Hz to reference for tuning) runs into Zerosum Inertia The Destructor Beam, but self-oscillating and tuned higher than 440Hz. So flipping the 440Hz switch on or off selects either 440Hz or tube feedback and provides two tones to drone against the SSL 1660 sequence."

A Quick Little Ditty With Custom Folding Modular Synth

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Soundtronics Sequencer 192
Synthetic Soundlabs The Matrix, Quad LFO, Clock Divider
Moon Modular 565 quantizer, 501d VCOs,
Happy Nerding Fun VCFs,
Free State FX Dual Trigger Processors
Grove Audio quad VCA
Synthesizers.com customized Box11 cases
Tendrils Cables

8/9/23 SSL 1660 (D c8 to B12/B14) & 1310 + .com Q123 (440Hz) & Q124 + LWSS CGS35 + Moo Vanilla Env

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"Altering the D slider on The Matrix to get different variations: starting at c8 then B12/B14\B12 …
The Matrix to Vanilla Envelope VCA to Low pass in on CGS35. The soft drone towards the end is when Q123 Standards drops a 440Hz A note into the CGS35 band pass in. Flipping the switch to negative on Standards accentuates the tone and the Matrix CV out wavers it all."

7/31/23 Metasonix RK8 Filterwall + SSL 1660 + MooSonics Vanilla VCA/Envelope + PCM 70 (gated plate)

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"A maiden voyage into the latest glory hole from Metasonix."

via Metasonix

"The RK8 contains six bandpass filters, which use vacuum tubes. They are simple 'twin T' designs. Each filter is about one octave lower in range than the one to the left—treble on the left, bass on the right.

Each filter may be manually swept with its own separate tuning knob, over approximately one and one-half octaves. Or ALL the filters may be swept together, using either the 'MANUAL TUNE' knob, or the CV input, which overrides the knob when a patch cable is inserted. Although it is capable of some conventional swept-filter effects, the RK8 is more useful as a complex equalization system or for unique special effects.

Resonance is separately adjustable for each filter. Usually the treble filters will resonate strongly and oscillate under some settings. The bass filters might not. It’s a strange monster.

Inputs and outputs are compatible with all Eurorack and other modular synthesizer equipment. The output peak voltage is limited to the supply rails and can’t damage other modules.

Don’t assume you know what you are getting here—the RK8 is unlike anything else ever marketed. Also don’t expect it to track VCOs. Its voltage-to-frequency curve is 'more or less' hertz-per-volt but can’t really be guaranteed. The six vactrols in each RK8 were hand-matched, but can’t be expected to remain matched, or to track together perfectly.

Again, everything about the RK8 is abnormal. It is not perfectly 'clean' and perfectly 'distortionless', and it cannot be made so. Because it uses vacuum tubes.

It is something you have NEVER seen before. It can NOT be compared to any other product, ever made, PERIOD. Do not walk into this with 'preconceptions'.

Specs: 32HP width Eurorack module, with circuits protruding about 1.5″ or 38mm behind panel. The RK8 uses six 5702 subminiature pentodes, all Raytheon US military surplus from the 1980s. Power supply required is about 600 mA after warmup and 1.4 amps when started cold from +12v, and 10 mA from -12v. Low-cost power supplies are NOT recommended. A spare tube is included, although soldering equipment is needed to replace any of the tubes. They are run very conservatively and will last many, many years."

Metasonix RK8 Filterwall Demonstration 1 SD 480p

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"Metasonix RK8 Filterwall prototype demo - video 1.

Modules used: Hexinverter Mutant BD9, Mutant Snare, WMD Crater and Kraken, Moog DFAM, and some live percussion samples from the 1010 music Bitbox.

This is an un-edited 13 minute session of experimentation with direct audio recording to showcase the tonality of the prototype as it processes these sounds. When audio stops and comes back in that is me bringing up a separate mixer channel of the raw audio unfiltered as a comparison, which is then muted out and the RK8 direct channel is brought back in."

Metasonix RK8

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"Some examples of the Metasonix RK8 Filterwall. First clip is of the Industrial Music Electronics Hertz Donut MK3 running through the Filterwall. Second clip is the Filterwall acting as a sine bank. Third clip is some bad drumbeat being processed through the Filterwall."

5U Modular Patch with Wavetek Oscillator

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"Module List-

Synthesizers.com -
Q105 Slew Limiter
Q106 Oscillator (x3) with soft sync aid
Q107 State Variable Filter
Q109 Envelope Generator (x2)
Q112 4 Channel Mixer
Q116 Ring Modulator
Q118 Instrument Interface
Q119 Sequential Controller
Q124 Multiples
Q125 Signal Processor
Q128 Switch
Q130 Clipper/Rectifier
Q137 Power
Q147 Distributor
Q155 Curver (Curver, VCA, Slope Detector, VC Inverter)
Q157 SH++ (Sample and Hold, LFO, Clock Divider, Noise, Lag, Decay EG)
Q171 Quantizer Bank
Q179 Envelope++ (Multifunction module with looping envelopes/lfo/sequencer/gate delay/quantizer)
Some discontinued Midi interface module

STG Soundlabs -
Wave Folder
Signal Amplifiers
Mixer

Synthetic Sound Labs -
Tap Tempo LFO"

7/23/23 SSL 1660 (The Matrix) + Metasonix TM-1 (riding the pulsar stability) + SSL 1310

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"Some sludge"

7/22/23 SSL 1660 + TonAtelier Lauter EML 101 VCF + Zerosum Inertia Destructor Beam & VCA + SSL 1310

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"Swing thing"

Acid Jam with 5U Modular, Akai MPC X, and Analog Synths [Take 2]

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"5U Modular ( Synthesizers.com , STG Soundlabs , Synthetic Sound Labs )
Akai MPC X
Moog Source
Xoxbox (Roland TB-303 clone)
Studio Electronics Boomstar 5089 mk1
Korg Delta"

7/21/23 SSL 1660 + EML 200 (switch rhythm, dissonance, spring reverb) + Zerosum Inertia (percussion)

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"*SSL 1660 audio out to MegaOhm attenuator to EML 200 HPF to LPF to Reverb to Switch in A.
*Zerosum Inertia Destructor Beam 1 & 2 (tuned and self-resonating) to Synthesizers.com Q114 to ZI Vactrol Controlled Amplifryer to MegaOhm attenuator to EML 200 switch in B. Switch out to mixer 2.
*SSL 1660 cv out to EML 200 vco 1 & 2 to mixer 1 to mixer 2.
*SSL 1660 gate out to ZI VCA and to the pulse input on EML 200 switch."

7/19/23 SSL 1660 (The Matrix) & 1310 (Digital Delay) + Zerosum Inertia + EML 200 spring reverb

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"Testing out The Matrix and this recording resulted. The feedbacking of the 1310 is worth archiving here. At the end I pull the audio cable from the 1660 and it’s CV continues to squeak the Destructor Beam while the 1310 feedbacks.

The Matrix is based on the Triadex Muse. Have to learn it, but this will be a cold dead hands module."

7/7/23 Electrocomp EML 200 + 5U system + camera problem

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"Two EML 200s, supported by some 5U modules: SSL 1600 and 1310; MooSonics Vanilla Mixer, Filter, and Envelope; LWSS CGS01 and CGS35. Recreate this patch at Christmas."

7/15/23 Casio SK-1 + Metasonix TM-5 + SSL Six (channel compression t/hold +5, LF bell out +5)

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Abusing The Matrix ;-)

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"Quick extreme external clocking test of the SSL The Matrix module. The M524 quad VC LFO from @moonmodularhq provides The Matrix clock on channel 1 and then the other 3 channels are mixed by a M526 and sent to the channel 1 CV input. Always fun to see The Matrix lights reverse themselves! 😜 If you buy this module abuse it at your own risk! 🥺😅🧐 #modularsynth #electronicmusic #sequencer"

SSL1660 The Matrix Algorithmic Composer

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"The Matrix Algorithmic Composer model 1660 from Synthetic Sound Labs was designed by Doug Slocum and programed by Harold Screven. It is directly inspired by the Triadex Muse which was invented about 55 years ago by Edward Fredkin and Marvin Minsky at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T.) and was one of the earliest digital music sequencers ever created.

Index:
0:00 - Beginning
0:50 - Introduction Reel
1:45 - Brief Layout Overview
3:11 - Interval Controls and Binary Basics
5:33 - Normal vs Rest
6:10 - Scale Quantizer
6:45 - The C3 and C6 Difference
8:00 - Distraction and Audio Out Processing
9:00 - Back To Rests Plus Resets
10:41 - Partial Review Before Moving On
13:56 - Theme Controls and Shift Register Basics
17:42 - The Linear Feed Back Shift Register
20:42 - LFSR Pattern Watching
22:15 - Patch Example 1 - Clock Dividers and Quantizers
24:31 - Patch Example 2 - Audio Out as Modulation Source
27:51 - Patch Example 3 - External Shift Register and Quantizers
31:53 - End

If you found the content of this video helpful, interesting, or entertaining, please consider showing your support so I can stay stocked up on coffee and cookies. 😋 https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/JohnL..."

DIGing The Matrix

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"I was doing a test of SSL’s The Matrix module and was liking the simple sequence and the look of the evening sunlight on the modular. Both The Matrix (voiced by the SSL 1235 Envelope / VCA Combo) and the Strymon DIG delay pedal (off camera) are being clocked by a Moon 569 sequencer with The Matrix getting a half speed and uneven number of clocks. #modularsynth #electronicmusic #sequencer"

Another brief taste of The Matrix Algorithmic Composer

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"Gear used:
Synthetic Sound Labs - 1660 The Matrix Algorithmic Composer and 1235 EG/VCA
Oakley Sound Systems - Diode Superladder Filter
Allen & Heath - MixWizard 20S
Strymon Engineering - Timeline and BigSky
Lexicon - MX400"

Simple Raw Test With SSL’s The Matrix Sequencer And Friends

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"Simple test of Synthetic Sound Labs new module 'The Matrix Algorithmic Composer'. You are hearing the module's square wave audio output along with its CV output controlling a STG Sound Labs VCO with its saw wave output manually filtered by a Moon 517S VCF. Very simple and raw and I was liking it a lot, might be good as the basis for a New Wave inspired song? 😎 #modularsynth #electronicmusic #newwavetypebeats"

Jamming with 5U Modular, Akai MPC X, and Friends (3)

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"5U Modular (Synthesizers.com, STG Soundlabs, Synthetic Sound Labs)
Akai MPC X
Moog Source
Xoxbox (Roland TB-303 clone)
Korg Mono/Poly
Korg Delta"

The Matrix Revealed! Teaser For The New SSL Sequencer Module

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"The Matrix model 1660 by Synthetic Sound Labs, inspired by the Triadex Muse. Also a Moon Modular 517s VCF and SSL 1235 Envelope/VCA

Thanks for watching! :-)

#modularsynth #electronicmusic #synthdemo"