Patchwerks Staff Favorite: Doepfer A-111-6 Miniature Synthesizer Voice

video by Patchwerks Seattle

"In this video Matthew Piecora of Patchwerks gives us an overview and demo of the Doepfer A-111-6 Miniature Synthesizer Voice. The Module A-111-6 contains a complete, analog monophonic synthesizer with VCO, VCF, VCA and envelope generator. It truly is a huge sound in a tiny package.

Learn more about the Doepfer A-111-6 Miniature Synthesizer Voice here: http://bit.ly/doepfer_mini_synth_voice

https://patchwerks.com/
Video by: Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT)
https://www.ezbot.live"

Full Details on Doepfer's NAMM 2018 Lineup of Eurorack Modules and the New Dark Energy III

The list:

Dark Energy III (first mentioned here)
A-111-4 Quad VCO
A-105-4 Quad SSM VCF
A-132-8 Octal VCA
A-141-4 Quad VCADSR
A-190-5 Polyphonic CV/Gate Interface
A-123-2 6/12/18/24dB Highpass
A-138s Mini Stereo Mixer
A-140-2 Dual Micro ADSR
A-142-3 Envelope Controlled VCA
A-150-8 Octal Voltage Controlled Switch
A-173-1/2 Micro Keyboard
A-180-9 Multicore

Details on each:

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Doepfer A111-6 Sound Demo (no talking)

Published on May 27, 2019 Bonedo Synthesizers

A-111-6 Miniature Synthesizer

Module A-111-6 is a complete miniature monophonic synthesizer module that has these features available:

VCO
Tune: manual tune control (with an internal jumper the range can be set to ~ +/-1 half an octave or ~ +/-2.5 octaves)
Oct.: range switch -1 / 0 / +1 octave
Mod.: modulation depth (attenuator wired to the Mod. socket)
Dest.: switch that is used to address the modulation to frequency modulation (position FM) or pulsewidth modulation (positon PM), in center positon no modulation
PW: manual pulsewidth control for rectangle waveform, PW can be also modulated by the Mod. input as mentioned above
Wave: waveform switch (sawtooth / off / triangle), the sum of the waveform chosen by this switch and the rectangle is fed into the VCF (to turn the rectangle off the PW control has to be set fully CCW or fully CW)
1V/Oct. (socket): external CV input for VCO frequency (1V/octave)
access to internal bus CV (via jumper, optional, please remove the bus jumper if this feature is not used to avoid unwanted frequency modulation as then the unused CV line of the bus works as a kind of antenna)
triangle core VCO, frequency range about 32Hz ... 8kHz (??? still to be specified)
Balance unit

The balance unit is made of two VCAs which are controlled by the sum of manual Balance control and the balance CV input in the opposite direction.
The audio input of VCA1 is hard-wired to the VCO output, audio input 2 is connected to the socket Ext.In.
The output of the balance unit is used as audio input for the VCF
Bal.: manual balance control, fully CCW the internal VCO is used, fully CW the external signal (Ext.In) is used, at center position both signals have about the same level
CV Bal.: CV input for balance (range about 0...+5V)
Ext. In: external audio input for VCA2, about 5 Vpp level required for similar loudness as the internal VCO
this socket is normalled to the internal VCO suboctave f/2 signal (rectangle with half the frequency), if no external signal is applied the suboctave signal is used as the second signal for the balance unit

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Doepfer A-111-6 Miniature Synthesizer Voice

Published on Nov 27, 2019 Alex4

"In this video we explore the new A-111-6 module from Doepfer. A complete synthesizer in only 10hp. This module offers more than you might expect - with its complex routing you are able to mix and match three different waveforms and a sub-oscillator, you can add an external input and of course do PWM and FM. You can use the filter as a sine wave VCO and switch the envelope from AD to ADSR to AR and so on.
And it is also available as a vintage edition in black."

Doepfer A-111-6

The Dark Trilogy & The Dark Quaternity Doepfer Based Systems

YouTube Published on Apr 18, 2012 creativegallerysynth·24 videos

Playlist:
1. Michelle live: controls Custom Doepfer: The Dark Quaternity - "Michelle controlling the Dark Quaternity live for the first time. Background strings from D-70 live by Dad. (6:13) Pictures of the cabinet at http://www.creativegallery.nl"

2. Dark Mission (Transmission 02): The Evolution of The Dark Quaternity..(pictures) - "Slideshow-video with pictures of the first DIY prototype synth's which are based on Doepfer's Dark Energy. It shows The Dark Trilogy (based on 3 DE's) and The Dark Quaternity (based on 4 DE's) as well as the second and third cabinet on The Dark Quaternity. The video shows some pictures of the first time! construction. Following constructions will be different (learning process..) "Transmission" (The Robot voice) comes from the "Flame Talking Synth". With the third cabinet on the Dark Quaternity this project is ended for now.. For more projects or info you can visit: http://www.creativegallery.nl"

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New 16-IN-1 ENSONIQ ESQ Series Cart

Note: links to listings are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

"This cartridge was built using high end modern components in a no-compromise design.

The banks can be accessed using a 16 position switch. Different banks can be used with different gear (No need for multiple cartridges anymore) and switched on the fly.

Features:

No battery design, FRAM non-volatile memory.

128 x 8K (1024K) Capacity. (16 Times the capacity of the standard ram cartridge)

Fast read/write speed.

High endurance with virtually infinite read/write cycles.

151 years data retention.

Gold plated contacts.

3D Printed clear light blue case.

Different banks can be selected using a switch and used with different devices (from the list below).

Compatible with the Ensoniq ESQ-1, ESQ-M and SQ-80.

Loaded with 1280 patches.


Patch List:

FACTORY VPC-1: "Classic Mix 1"

1: TPIANO 2: BEGONE 3: HRNSEC 4: STRBAS 5: KICK 2
6: PNOSTR 7: SING6 8: KIEV 9: ICEPOP 10: SEGULS
11: MCROAD 12: PORGN2 13: 5OFSWE 14: VOXBAS 15: HI HAT
16: STRNG2 17: SAPRNO 18: FRIDAY 19: PECKBD 20: LANDNG
21: MTLPNO 22: "MACH" 23: NOISE2 24: METBAS 25: MUSCBX
26: STRSEC 27: AHHHHS 28: GLDBEL 29: ROOM 1 30: DRIP 1
31: JBELL5 32: NOSPLT 33: PNOBRS 34: BELBAS 35: MEIMBO
36: SQRSTR 37: UMMA 38: STARS2 39: TMPBEL 40: COPTER

1: HRPSI3 2: PIPEOR 3: SW BRS 4: BASS.T 5: TOYPNO
6: AUHARP 7: FLUTE 8: ALLOY2 9: AMCALL 10: F-111
11: ELZPNO 12: FLTORG 13: REGAL1 14: DRAG 15: MRIMVX
16: DULCI2 17: NYMPH 18: BELRES 19: SQRBEN 20: GONG1
21: "LAYER 22: ACRDON 23: MINIM2 24: RUFBAS 25: VELDRM
26: BANJO 27: BASOON 28: WASH 29: AFTGLO 30: PUTERS
31: BELKBD 32: BASIC 33: SYNLED 34: GROWL 35: KRUMBA
36: WHLPLK 37: SHOU 2 38: BEDTME 39: METBAR 40: LAUGHS

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Analogue Solutions Telemark Meets Doepfer & Greets Kraftwerk

Telemark Easter Monday Fun.wmv

YouTube Uploaded by jakobsweb on Apr 25, 2011

"The wonderful Analogue Solutions Telemark filter modulated by 2 Doepfer A-155 sequencers, gate by Telemark, triggered by Cubase 6;
accompanied by a pad from the Roland JX 8-P, bass by A-100 modular and drums by Vermona DRM1 MKIII.
All done with a friendly wink at rezfilter who inspired me a lot .... (still waiting for my Oberkorn)"

Telemark meets Doepfer

Uploaded by jakobsweb on Mar 13, 2011

"This is a song made with my very new synthesizer Telemark by Analogue Solutions. It's semi-modular and thus goes very well with my other modular and semi-modular stuff. The intro sound is done with the Telemark as well as another later on. It has a great sounding 12db multimode filter.
The other stuff I used in this song are: two Doepfer A-100 systems, Cwejman S1 MK2, DSI Prophet 08, Vermona analog drums DRM1 MKIII, Moog Voyager ... and a lil' drumloop ... all arranged, mixed and mastered using Cubase 6 and some Waves plug-ins. Feel free and invited to comment or ask questions. Enjoy!

Here is a list of some of the Doepfer A-100 modules that I used in case you are interested:
A-111 (3x), A-108, A-140, A-141, A-143-1, A-143-2, A-143-3, A-183-2, A-121, A-110 (3x), A-188-1, A-130, A-131, A-138a, A-138b, A-138m, A-151, A-180, A-134 (2x), A-181 (2x)
The Telemark was modulated by Doepfer A-147 (VC-LFO) - 2 times via multiple.
The Cwejman's LFO was gate triggered by the Doepfer A-160 clock divider."

Doepfer A-100 greets Kraftwerk.wmv

Uploaded by jakobsweb on Mar 26, 2011

"some sounds inspired by German analog modular synthesizer forefathers Kraftwerk."

"Tags: Doepfer A-100 Kraftwek pop techno Vermona DRM1 Cwejman S1 MK2 Analogue Solutions Telemark analog Synthesizer"

Doepfer Product Announcements for SUPERBOOTH21

via Doepfer

"Superbooth 2021 is just around the corner. The Superbooth team around Andreas Schneider managed it with their hygiene and safety measures that the event can happen and personal contacts are possible again. The Superbooth takes place from 15 to 18.09.2021 in Berlin. More information is available at the Superbooth Website. We plan to present these new products and would be happy to welcome you at our booth (presumably B047 in the 'Bungalow-Dorf')."

Left: (A-100PB with a keyboard built into the lid, 37 keys, midi interface with 3.5 mm stereo jack socket)

This is the "small brother" of the monster base A-100PMB. It is very similar to the A-100PMB but has only half the width (2 x 84 HP for installation of modules). The suitcase versions A-100P6 or A-100P9 can be positioned on top of the A-100PB because the width of the A-100PB is a bit more than the width of A-100P6/P9 and the footprint of the A-100PB is adapted to the depth of A-100P6/P9. A-100PB is equipped with one power supply (1200mA) and two bus boards. The bus boards are located in the rear area (even those for the modules that are mounted in the front row). This was necessary to take advantage of the full height of the front area for installation of A-100 modules.

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Doepfer Slim Line Eurorack Modules Coming to SUPERBOOTH

via PatchPierre.Net

"The first batch of Slim Line modules will include:
A-111-6, a miniature Synth Voice, quite similar to the A-111-5 and Dark Energy in just a 10 HP wide panel, and the following 4HP wide modules;

A-118-2 Noise Generator/Random/Sample and Hold module
A-121-3 12dB Multimode filter (a la A-121-2 but with smaller knobs))
A-130-2 Dual Liniar VCA
A-138i Interrupting mixer, a four channel mixer with an additional mute switch for each input
A-138n Nano Mixer, a simple four channel mixer, which can be used with either control voltages or audio signals.
A-145-4 Quad LFOs can be treated as a slimmed version of the quad LFO A-143-3 as it has similar features available
and the A-182-2 Quad Switch, a passive module that contains four changeover switches."

PDF scans follow.

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Last Time Playing This Patch Before Unplugging Everything

video upload by Izntrik

"Just a streamed synthesizer techno, electronic, and ambient jam session. Less polished than live shows, more for practice and experimentation. It's almost time to ruin this patch and move a bunch of modules around to expand my live setup into two eurorack cases instead of one. More drums, more control, more fun! Gets a little experimental at the end. Enjoy the synths!

Patch Notes:
Intellijel Metropolix is the sequencing Plaits and Doepfer A-111-6. Zadar is sidechaining, modulating morph on Plaits, and pulse width modulation on the Doepfer. Basimilus Iteritas Alter switches between quantized voltages from the Polar 8 and also sample and hold pitches from Metropolix with triggers from the euclidean sequencer running on Ornament and Crime Hemispheres, runs into the WMD C4RBN filter for wavefolding and saturation. Tesseract Modular Polar8 is controlling delays, drum density, resonance, saturation, A-111-6 pitch, euclidean offset, and BIA pitch. Prok and Pico Drums are being triggered by the 6equencer and Dnipro Dot. Endorphin Ghosts, ALM MFX, and Qu-Bit Prism for effects.

All music and socials can be found on Izntrik's website
https://www.izntrik.com/

My name isn't Rick
Orlando DJ and Producer
DJ - Everything
Produce - House & Techno"

New Doepfer Eurorack Modules

"Module A-150-8 contains eight manually/voltage controlled switches. Each of the eight switches has a manual control button (Man.), a control voltage input (CV), a common Out / Input (O/I), and two In / Outputs (I/O1, I/O2). The switches are bi-directional, i.e. they can work in both directions, so can connect one input to either of two outputs, or either of two inputs to one output. Two LEDs show which in / output is active (i.e. which is connected to the common out / input). In addition the LEDs are used for the programming of the module:

For each unit the operating mode can be selected: Toggle or Level controlled. In Toggle mode the rising edge of the CV input or operating the manual control button changes the state of the switch. In Level mode the switch state is defined by the voltage applied to the CV input (low voltage = I/O1, high voltage = I/O2) or by the state of the manual control button (not pressed = I/O1, pressed = I/O2). The modes are programmed very easily: Operating the Toggle/Level button of the program section displays the current state of each switch with the LEDs: left LED on = Toggle mode, right LED on = Level mode. Operating the manual control button of the switch in question changes the toggle/level mode while the Toggle/Level button of the program section is operated. During the programming possibly patched CV signals have to be removed as the CV signals would interfere with the manual operating buttons during the programming process.

In addition it's possible to define master/slave groups. In such a group the upper unit (= master) controls also the state of the following switches provided that they are defined as slaves. Master/slave programming is also very simple: Operating the Master/Slave button of the program section displays the current state of each switch with the LEDs: left LED on = Master, right LED on = Slave. Operating the manual control button of the switch in question changes the master/slave mode while the Master/Slave button of the program section is operated. During the programming possibly patched CV signals have to be removed as the CV signals would interfere with the manual operating buttons during the programming process.
When all 8 units are defined as master all switches are independent from each other. If for example the sequence is MSSSMSMS the control unit of the first switch also controls the switches 2, 3 and 4. The control unit of switch 5 also controls the switch 6, and the control unit of switch 7 also controls the switch 8. The current states of the slave switches are overwritten by the state of the master switch.

Technical note: To protect the electronic switches in case of an unsuitable patch (e.g. connection of two outputs) a 1k protection resistor is inserted into the O/I line of each switch. If control voltages used for VCOs are switched this may cause a small voltage drop and lead to undesired audible detuning. For this application we recommend to insert a CV buffer between A-150-8 and the VCO(s), e.g. the Buffered Multiple A-180-3 or the Precision Adder A-185-2. Integrating the buffers into the module A-150-8 was not possible because this would ruin the bidirectionality of the switches."

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Synth Shop Hieber-Lindberg, Munich, Germany

via cheater cheater:

"I thought your readers could be interested that there's
such a nice place in Munich for synths.. it's not exactly Five G but
then they don't have to fly to Japan for it.. :)

Hi guys,
Last Saturday I have visited the music shop Musikhaus Hieber-Lindberg
in Munich, Germany. I was tipped off by Florian, who said it could be
interesting. You can find their website at
http://www.hieber-lindberg.de (unfortunately only in German, but it's
easy to find your way around, and Google Translate works well)

The Shop

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Monster Eurorack Döpfer Modular Synthesizer

Note: links to listings are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

"DÖPFER:
1x A-190-3 Midi CV Interface ca.160€
1x A-190-1 Midi CV Interface ca.120€
2x A-110 Standard VCO ca.140€ = 280€
2x A-111-1 High End VCO ca.260€ = 520€
1x A-118 Noise ca. 65€
4x A-138 Mixer Exponentiell ca. 50€ = 200€
3x A-138 Mixer linear ca. 50€ = 150€
2x A-113 Subharmonic Generator ca.230€ = 460€
1x A-183-1 Dual Attentuator ca. 35€
10x A-180 Multiplies ca. 30€ = 300€
4x A-140 ADSR ca. 75€ = 300€
1x A-142 Decay/Gate ca. 75€
2x A-145 LFO ca. 65€ = 130€
4x A-147 LFO ca. 85€ = 340€
2x A-130 Linear VCA ca. 65€ = 130€
1x A-131 Exp VCA ca. 70€
1x A-170 Dual Slew Limiter ca. 60€
1x A-175 Voltage Inverter ca. 50€
1x A-148 Dual S&H ca. 60€
1x A-141 Voltage controlled ADSR ca. 60€
1x A-115 Audio Divider ca. 60€
1x A-116 Waveform Processor ca. 65€
1x A-188 BBD Module (4096 Stages) ca.165€
1x A-160 Clock Divider ca. 60€
1x A-161 Clock Sequencer ca. 60€
1x A-155 Analog Sequencer ca.280€
1x A-165 Trigger Modifier ca. 55€
1x A-124 WASP Filter ca. 80€
1x A-101-1 Vactrol Multitype Filter ca.130€
1x A-127 Triple Resonance Filter ca.175€

Monster Rack 3HE ca.850€
Monster Rack 2HE ca.740€

Viele Kabel aller verschiedener Größen (mindestens 200€)

CWEJMAN:
3x (!!!) VCO-6 ca.479€ = 1437€
SPH-2 Spatial Phaser ca.659€
MX-4S Stereo Mixer ca.699€
ADSR-VC 2 ca.579€

LIVEWIRE:
2x Audio Frequency Generator ca.399€ = 798€ (Liebhaberpreise sind aber realistischer!)
2x Livewire Frequensteiner ca.249€ = 498€ (theoretischer Preis,nicht mehr erhältlich)

FLAME:
Talking Synth ca.219€

METASONIX:
R-51 Vacuum Tube VCA/Distortion ca.339€

WMD:
Geiger Counter ca.249€

SYNTHESIS TECHNOLOGY (MOTM):
E340 Cloud Generator ca.345€
E560 Deflector Shield ca.340€

FLIGHT OF HARMONY:
Plague Bearer ca. 89€

Malekko-WIARD:
Anti Oscillator ca.245€

EXPERT SLEEPERS:
ES-3 ca.219€
Gesamtneupreis : ca 11690€"

Is the Doepfer A-111-6 module an SH-101...that's cheap?!

video upload by mylarmelodies

CHAPTERZ
00:00 Hello & MONTAAAGE
01:32 Sooo is this a 101 in 10HP?
02:17 What do you get?
04:27 This thing is small.
06:02 Basic Tones & 'Workflow'
07:58 Sounds Pretty Good.
09:51 Le Filter
12:25 Achieving Underworld Vibes
14:49 A Turing Machine Sequence
17:20 Heavy Modulation Acid
18:24 Cheeky Vibrato
19:56 Singsong Resonances 💃
20:53 Enter PLAITS
22:14 'Oh, that's cheeky.'
23:16 Knobfeel Thoughts
24:55 Duckface Techno
26:06 Deepsea Ending

Doepfer A-111-6

Buchla 100 meets a 259

Published on Dec 6, 2013 DJjondent·213 videos

"Playing around with a 259 clone.
The Buchla 100's vintage 123 sequencer is
sending CV to the 259's mod index, pitch & timbre inputs.
Tweaking the mod index & timbre knobs produces some interesting
results.

The audio outs of the 259 are fed into a vintage 111 ring modulator.
The square wave output of the 259 is fed into a 194 filter and then
through the 190 reverb.
The 130 envelope detector is receiving a sine wave from a 158.
The CV out of the 130 is being used to modulate the first channel of the 107 voltage controller mixer"

A Buchla 100 and 259 (Part II)

Published on Dec 8, 2013 DJjondent·214 videos

"Just a few more experiments with a 259 clone to test its range of sounds.
I really love this module. Incredible OMFG sounding. It makes me wonder what a original vintage one sounds like.???
This vid is totally unedited. Recorded live & in one take.

Anyway, the Buchla 100's three rows of the 123 sequencer is
sending CV to the 259

Top row of the 123 goes to pitch,
Middle row - mod index.
Bottom row to timbre input.

Using the 114 keyboard I can step through each stage to trial the different
sounds available.
Tweaking the 123 knobs produces some very interesting results.

The audio outs of the 259 are fed into a vintage 111 ring modulator.
The 130 envelope detector is receiving a sine wave from a 158.
The CV out of the 130 is being used to modulate the first channel of the 107 voltage controlled mixer.

The link to a previous 259/100 video is here.
(I didn't like this old video personally, but it's still might have use to someone to give a
further idea what's available esp when mod is set to sub audio).
http://youtu.be/R3s0kfczRe0"

Buchla 100 meets a 259 (Part III)

Published on Dec 10, 2013 DJjondent·214 videos

"This patch is a development from the previous 259 patch.

The Buchla 100's 123 sequencer is not being used as a traditional
sequencer. In this experiment it's acting like a "preset manager"
Each of the 8 steps has its own CV & gate settings. It effect they are my 8 preset sounds for the 259.

Top row of the 123 goes to mod index.
Middle row - timbre input
Bottom row to harmonics.
The 180 attack generator is modulating a 291 filter (not visible in this video.)
And the white cord that i patch into the CV in of the modulation Osc comes from the
alternate pulse out of the 140 timing pulse generator.

The sequencer used is a J3RK Flip Flop.

Using the 114 keyboard I can step through each stage to trial the different
sounds available."

Tubbutec Brainstep + Brainstep Controller + Knobula Monumatic + Doepfer A 111-6 +Bastl Cinnamon

video upload by The Green Man(TGM) + sound.report by Heiner Kruse

"A short demo of some very fine modules...accompanying an amazona.de review of Tubbutec Brainstep + Controller,... also featuring Knobula Monumatic, Doepfer A 111-6+ Bastl Cinnamon"

32-BANKS ENSONIQ ESQ-1 SQ-80 ESQ-M ROM CARTRIDGE (1280 PATCHES)

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via this auction

"1 in 16 cartridge with a total of 1280 patches. (32 Banks* 40 Patches)

The sounds are from the previous volume 1 and 2. The card has all kind of patches (instruments, synths, FX...)

Compatible with the ESQ-1, ESQ-M and SQ-80.

This cart is read only, patches cannot be written on it. (only read)

3D printed case, gold plated contacts and LED power indicator.

Patch List:

ESQ CARD A
--------------------------------
1: STRBAS 2: 5OFSWE 3: ELZPNO 4: JBELL5 5: FLTORG
6: DGSLAP 7: BASS2 8: BRSBAS 9: PSTEEL 10: KETTLE
11: FIDDLE 12: PANPNO 13: BASTE 14: SEQ 3 15: DG-BRI
16: SQREEJ 17: DGWHO? 18: KEBASS 19: DGPNO2 20: MINIM5
21: SHRTST 22: MODSTR 23: 12 STR 24: SQR SAW 25: ICESAW
26: BLPNO3 27: NOBHRN 28: GRIND 29: ARIEL 30: SITAR
31: PWRHIT 32: VELSAX 33: BRUSH 34: HITBAS 35: HARP 5
36: STARK 37: HELIO3 38: FALOUT 39: BAS R2 40: E STR

ESQ CART B
--------------------------------
1: ATMOS2 2: CTHDRL 3: ATMOS3 4: SLITAR 5: SLITDR
6: LOWSAW 7: BRETH2 8: AIRVIB 9: ZEUS.. 10: MEOWST
11: GRVYRD 12: SPOTS 13: CATBEL 14: PLKORC 15: ZIFSTR
16: BONES 17: BRETH8 18: ALLEY1 19: DRIZLE 20: DRAMA
21: CUTTER 22: SPONGE 23: WASTRG 24: CRIKET 25: THRUSH
26: FOREST 27: QUISIL 28: SKITS 29: BRETH9 30: STLGUT
31: CRYSTL 32: VOXRES 33: AUHARP 34: PIANO4 35: REVERB
36: COWBEL 37: MINIM3 38: VIBES1 39: HRPSI2 40: MINIM3

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Happy New Year From MATRIXSYNTH!

Happy New Year everyone!

First I want to thank everyone who takes the time out of their busy schedules to come visit the site. I want to give an extra thanks to everyone who supports this site, including the sponsors you see above and on the right. Without them this site would not be possible.

As many of you know, running MATRIXSYNTH is a labor of love. The site has been running for over 13 years and hopefully will continue on for many years to come. Every single post goes up by hand, seven days a week, including holidays and "vacations." Some of you may not know this, but MATRIXSYNTH is a one man shop by me, matrix. I have not missed a single day of posting since back on August 6 of 2005 when I first launched this format of the site. I say "this format of the site" because I actually registered matrixsynth.com back in October of 1997. You can still see the old site here. On the left were links to sites I visited back in the day. It's actually a pretty neat snapshot of what was around on the web back then before the days of YouTube and social media. I launched this version of the site back on July 20 of 2005. As of this post there have been 175,117 posts on the site. We had 13,302 posts in 2018. Every single one went up by hand. I am extremely humbled and grateful of those who choose to support the site. Thank you so much!!!

Now, for some numbers. I haven't shared them in a while as they started to feel a little redundant year after year, but I figured why not? The image above is a map of visitors to the site in 2018. We had 540,712 users visit for a total of 3,418,064 pageviews. We finally have a visitor from North Korea this year! The numbers are from Google Analytics and should filter out bots. BTW if you look at this all time map, the only country to not have visited MATRIXSYNTH to date is the Central African Republic. It's pretty amazing to think someone from every single other country in the world has visited the site.

The following are the top 10 countries to visit by traffic:

1 United States 4,564(35.30%)
2 United Kingdom 1,070(8.28%)
3 Germany 866(6.70%)
4 France 653(5.05%)
5 Canada 544(4.21%)
6 Italy 512(3.96%)
7 Japan 464(3.59%)
8 Netherlands 357(2.76%)
9 Poland 331(2.56%)
10 Norway 314

(Update: I originally had the list by language which duplicated DE and FR. The list has been updated for country only).

A couple of years ago I started tracking new gear for the year with "new gear" labels. For 2018 we had the following:

695 new items never featured before on the site. This includes 49 posts on older gear never featured before.
111 new makers
92 new synths
63 new soft synths
67 new sound/noise machines
36 new synth effects
266 new modules
42 new mobile apps
11 new drum machines
111 new DIY projects
26 new controllers
40 new tools
7 new cases

And finally we had 52 posts to get the exclusive label for the year. These are the rarest of the rare featured on the site.

Note there is some overlap and the primary focus of MATRIXSYNTH is hardware synthesis. Rather than go into a top 10 list (which I never was into because all gear has its use imo), click through any of the links above to see what came in by category.

On the mega synth front, we saw the release of the Sequential Prophet X and XL (DSI changed names to Sequential as well), the Moog One and Grandmother, Yamaha MODX, Korg Prologue, and the Waldorf Quantum finally made it to release. You can also recap what was featured at NAMM 2018, SUPERBOOTH18, Knobcon, and SoundMit and other events.

This year we lost the following in the synth world. Note this does not include discontinued gear, although with Erthenvar being featured as a company, I may include gear in the the future.

Erthenvar Closes Shop
RIP John Leimseider
RIP Shirleigh Moog
The Candlelight Vigil: A Synth Cover in Memory of Jóhann Jóhannsson (From Prisoners)
David Van Koevering Has Passed Away

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And that's it for 2018. Happy New Year and onto 2019! Thank you to everyone that enjoys, contributes, and supports the site! I started MATRIXSYNTH to track everything synth. It's rewarding to know people out there still enjoy the site. MATRIXSYNTH is my gift to you.

3 increasingly weird ways to program a TR-606 module (but keep it satisfying)

video upload by mylarmelodies

"This is a blend of: A 606 clone eurorack module demo (the LPZW/Tubbutec 6m0d6), and a tutorial - laced with tips and tricks - exploring three increasingly weird ways to trigger and modulate (drum) modules in general - using Gate & CV, Trigger Riot, and sneaky tricks in Ableton Live & MIDI. The overall theme is: Keeping the results 'musical' and satisfying.

We'll also make a generative sequencer with the Mutable instruments stages and use it to control the excellent Doepfer A-111-6. We'll drive it with the Music Thing Mini Drive. We'll turn the Tiptop Audio Trigger Riot into a modulation sequencer. We'll then use Ableton Live and we'll absolutely smash this thing to bits with some simple but very interesting methods to get completely wild patterns, that would take a LOT of modules to do in analog-land.

Happy days."

00:00 Today we shall...
01:07 I made a tiny groovebox
02:03 6m0d6 sound / basics
02:51 Generative sequencer recipe
03:47 Modulating Decay Time / Accent is Life
05:37 The 1U 6quencer
06:51 Now let's DRIVE it.
08:27 Urgh.
09:05 Sub Tom = A bonus bassdrum
10:46 Speeding up, breakbeats
11:05 Creating a two kick 'roll'
12:55 Trigger Riot
16:59 A weird way to make modulation
21:25 More odd triggering ideas
23:04 Why did this work?
24:43 Ableton Madness
26:36 Dummy modulation clips
29:14 Note Echo Madness
31:22 asd's Arpeggiator Insanity

Softly Melodic

YouTube Published on Sep 3, 2012 by miip999

"Modular Patch
sequenced by Doepfer A-160, A-161, A-166, A-155, A-156 and Make Noise René
Bas - A-111-5
Melody A-111-5
Melody delay - A-112
drums Analogue Soloutions BD88, SD88, HH88
noise pattern A-118 thru A-129/2 vocoder modulated by A-143-9 QLFO
bong - doepfer A-110 thru A-106-6 thru Make Noise Phonogene"