Synthwave overkill? Classic Prophet-6 sunrise sounds in a laid-back synthwave jam

video upload by Good Sunset

🌞 ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@SequentialLLC‬ Prophet-6 pads - ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@strymon‬ Deco - Source Audio Collider
​⁠​⁠🌞 ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@ArturiaOfficial‬ MiniFreak bass - ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@sourceaudioeffects‬ Artifakt - ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@Zoom‬ MS70CDR
​⁠​⁠🌞 ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@CritterGuitariInc‬ Organelle M arp - ​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@walrusaudioeffects‬ M1 chorus - ​⁠ ​⁠​⁠‪@empresseffects‬ ​⁠ Zoia ​⁠​⁠​⁠‪@ChristopherHMJacques‬ Soft Focus patch
🌞​⁠​⁠ Logic Pro drums

Thanks for listening!

🩶 GS

Prophet-6 + MiniFreak = true love

video upload by Good Sunset

"I recently had the incalculable good fortune of getting a very good ‪@SequentialLLC‬ Prophet-6 at a very good price. This is a synth I heard in my dreams. Everything it does is inspiring. It makes me very, very happy.

It joined my ‪@ArturiaOfficial‬ MiniFreak, which I loved profoundly. And still love, though it's inevitably taken a bit of a back seat. But the real question is...how do the two play together? The first of exploration of many to come..."

Synth Videos by Gard Osen with the Moog Sub Phatty, Korg Minilogue, and Roland TR-8 & JU-06

Published on Sep 22, 2017 Gard Osen

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gard.osen/

Soundclound: https://soundcloud.com/gard-osen

More stuff: https://soundcloud.com/gardmatilde

Playlist:

1. Gard Osen - Bjelge (Casiokids cover)

"Over 10 years ago a band called 'Casiokids' from my hometown made an album called 'Fück Midi'. One of the songs of the album was a demo thing from an old Casio keyboard. Of course I had to make an ALL-MIDI controlled cover of that song.

Check out the original: https://open.spotify.com/track/6GxFVr..."

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33 Animoog Patch Presets

33 Animoog Patch Presets - Download Link in Description
Published on Nov 15, 2012 by lewissa

"33 Animoog Custom Patches
(Everything in this video was created by me)

Download link for presets:
http://airplaneshadow.com/air/portfolio/33-animoog-patches

How to install:

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AMBIENT #10 w/ VOLCA FM QUAD, ROLAND MX-1 | Sunset at Hus Aren

video upload by Andro Lectric

"Scale: A Minor
BPM: 100

w/
KORG VOLCA FM 1 & 2
ROLAND MX-1
BOSS RV-500
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Yes - I got a second ROLAND MX-1
from ebay in very good Condition :-)
now as Reserve or Sub-Mix
ROLAND is sleeping, sold out... MK-II...?
Tested with 4x "VOLCA FM"
Plus "BOSS RV-500" as an Insert
With a little Melody for the Sunset
at Hus Aren

Hus Aren, also known as Arnheim Castle, formerly known as Arnhem, is located southeast of the Bückeburg district of Nordholz. Archaeological findings indicate that the fortifications were built in the 12th century. According to historical sources, the castle was inhabited by the Lords of Arnheim, a regional noble family. After they were displaced by the Counts of Schaumburg, the castle was demolished in 1302.

(c) 2024
Written, Produced & Mixed by (Androlectric)"

"Lo-Fi Sunset" Ambient Eurorack : Bemuda, Rings, Erica Wavetable, Instant Lo-Fi Junky

Published on Oct 26, 2017 Lost For Words

"A late evening patching using new (to me) modules Lo-Fi Junky and Erica Pico RND. Both really great at what they do.

Using every Pico RND(Random) output in this patch.

Left hand Bermuda is playing the 4 note loop sequenced by Yarns. A little noise goes from the RND into the PWM CV which gives a pleasing raspy distortion. Right hand Bermuda playing bass notes sequenced by O&C , as are Rings and the Wavetable VCO.

Wavetable VCO going into Pico DSP in stereo delay mode.

Lots of randomness (RND) and Maths stuff going on.

Reverb courtesy of Disting mk4. It's not as good as my usual 2hp Verb reverb but that's being swapped for a black plate version atm.

Everything goes into the Elektron Analog Heat on a tempered Rough Crunch setting.

Lo-Fi Junky is just a great effect. I used to own the pedal but it was a bit weak with my synths. This Eurorack version just make sense with this kind of setup.

Fell in love with the Bermuda, so I bought a second. Finding some sweet spots with the Wavetable VCO but it has a lot of harsh tones that I'm trying to find a way of modulating and taming to fit my style of music. Will persevere with it!"

Tribute to Dr. Bob: Erik Norlander's Galactic Collective & More to Benefit the Bob Moog Foundation

"Tribute to Dr. Bob: Erik Norlander's Galactic Collective, Steven and Drew Heller, Weave Sonic Inspiration to Benefit the Bob Moog Foundation

Asheville, NC - March 26, 2014... In tribute to pioneer Bob Moog's upcoming 80th birthday, maestro synthesist Erik Norlander and his band The Galactic Collective will perform a benefit concert for the Bob Moog Foundation at Isis Music Hall on May 8, 2014 at 8pm. Opening for the band will be Drew Heller, the guitarist for Toubab Krewe, joined by his father, Grammy award winning producer/composer Steven Heller. Tickets are $20, with proceeds benefitting Dr. Bob's Sound School, the Foundation's hallmark educational project.

The Galactic Collective is a re-imagining of Norlander's favorite instrumental songs written for his band Rocket Scientists, his chanteuse spouse Lana Lane, and his many solo albums including Threshold, Into the Sunset, Music Machine and Seas of Orion. He is an accomplished keyboardist and composer who has produced over 30 albums. He has toured and recorded as the keyboardist and co-writer for the Asia spinoff, Asia Featuring John Payne, since 2007 and has also toured extensively with Big Noize, a hard rock supergroup featuring Joe Lynn Turner, Vinny Appice and other rock luminaries. Norlander has been an enthusiastic supporter of the Bob Moog Foundation since 2007, including performing the benefit Moogus Operandi at Asheville's Orange Peel in 2011.

Norlander comments, "Bob Moog brought a new voice to the musical landscape, and our musical vernacular would be very different without his enduring contribution. The Moog name is synonymous with art, science and innovation, and as a keyboardist and synthesist, I can think of no greater tribute than using Bob's timeless inventions as the core instruments in my own craft."

Steven Heller was a longtime friend and colleague of Bob Moog. He has won two Grammy Awards, as well as a number of national awards for his music and recordings. He was production music supervisor for the 1995 Miramax film, "The Journey of August King." and wrote and produced the theme music for "Conversations" and "Evening Rounds," listener call-in programs on the public radio station WCQS.

"Bob was a brilliant, funny, creative, spiritual, loving and generous man," remarks Heller. "I will always cherish our friendship."

Guitarist Drew Heller tours nationally with Afro fusion band Toubab Krewe. Toubab Krewe's first album, Toubab Krewe was released in 2005, around the time that Moog was critically ill. The band's exceptional musicianship left him sonically inspired. Moog's 80th birthday is May 23rd.

Michelle Moog-Koussa, Executive Director of the Bob Moog Foundation, adds, "On the eve of Bob's 80th birthday, it is a fitting tribute to have these two musical acts converging for an evening of celebration and reverence for Bob's enduring legacy of inspiration though sonic exploration. We are grateful to all of the musicians involved for making this possible."

Isis Music Hall, located at 743 Haywood Road in West Asheville, prides itself on a high quality audio experience. Isis is renowned for its dinner service, which begins at 5pm each evening. Diners may come any time before the show begins. This show will be both standing and seated. Tickets are available at:

http://isisasheville.com/events/tribute-to-dr-bob-erik-norlanders-galactic-collective/

www.eriknorlander.com
www.toubabkrewe.com
www.bobmoogfoundation.org

Video Link: Toubab Krewe's Connection to Bob Moog"


Uploaded on Nov 2, 2010 moogfoundation·98 videos

"VOICES: Toubab Krewe's One-of-a-Kind Connection to Bob Moog through the Network of Creativity

"They are such damn good musicians that I just wish I could dance with Ileana to their music"

-- Bob Moog speaking about Toubab Krewe in the month before his passing

On August 21, 2005, Bob Moog succumbed to an aggressive brain tumor. His passing touched legions of people around the world.

In the month prior to his passing, Bob discovered the music of Toubab Krewe, an new, local african/rock fusion band who was, at the time, managed by Bob's longtime friend Steven Heller. One sleepless night he listened to their new self-titled CD over and over again, and was deeply moved by the quality of the musicianship. This beautiful video explores the reach of the Moog Legacy as it has touched Toubab Krewe and as it is manifested in the Bob Moog Foundation.

We owe a huge thanks to many people who helped make this video a reality. The video was shot in the studio of world-class Echo Mountain Recording in Asheville, North Carolina. The owner, Steve Wilhelm and their manager, Jessica Tomilson, continue to be a wonderfully supportive to the Foundation's mission. The exceptional filmmaking team that donated their services to make this video a possibility was a collaboration between David Bragg of Flying Pigs Studio and the late Margaret Lauzon of Studio South, among other local talents."

Roland GR-300 GK-1 GM-70 80's analog guitar synth

via this auction
"Here we have a COMPLETE Roland 24 pin guitar synth package. All you have to do is add your own guitar and with no mods you will be controlling the best sounding and fastest tracking analog guitar synth ever made. All of the gorgeous analog guitar synth sounds from the 80's are locked inside the GR-300. From Andy Summers' work with The Police in the early 80's (listen to the synth part in "Don't Stand So Close To Me"), to Robert Fripps and Pat Metheny's virtuoso use of the unit, to the synth solo in Don Henley's "Sunset Grill". These are the more widely known sounds of the unit. The possibilities with the GR-300 are vast... This package includes the GK-1 pickup in it's original box with it's original manual and all of the original accessories for attaching it to your guitar. The GK-1 is easily installed in minutes and is used to connect directly to the GR-300 or to control the GM-70. The GM-70 when connected to the GK-1 can be used to control ANY midi device right from your guitar. I use mine to control my Oberheim OBXA to good effect. With this package there is no need to purchase one of Roland's 24 pin guitar controllers to gain access to the world's best analog guitar synth. This is a COMPLETE package and nothing else is needed... For more information on this gear visit http://www.joness.com/gr300/GR-300.htm International bids are always welcome, Check out this youtube video of Andy summers doing a great demo of the GR-300. The demo starts at the 5:37 mark."

Andy Summers -The Police

YouTube via Highme. I heard Old Greg at 9:00.
"Andy demos his recording rig during the GHOST IN THE MACHINE sessions."

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MATRIXSYNTH Turns 7!!!

Today marks the seven year anniversary of MATRIXSYNTH! The original matrixsynth.com actually launched way back in October of 1997 as MATRIX SYNTH. I never took it down, BTW. Click here to see it in all it's old school glory. If you thought there was too much green on this site, just check that baby out. BTW, check out the manufacturers list under MFG. I stopped updating it about the time I started this site in 2005. You can see what modular manufactures, and of course others were around back then. It's an interesting look back in time... Kind of why I started this version of the site actually. I'll get to that further below.

Last year I skipped the site stats and kept the anniversary post relatively short. I used to post stats for the site and a general blurb on what makes the site tick, but it began to feel redundant so I skipped it last year. Well, I kind of missed it, and I know some of you enjoy the stats thing, so I'm bringing it back. And CatSynth did it for their six year anniversary post yesterday, so there you have it. Actually I was planning on including stats before I read that post, but I do like CatSynth. The site has grown quite a bit and we have a ton of new readers who don't really know the background of MATRIXSYNTH so I thought I would share some of that as well. I've also had a few people ask me to do personal interviews. I always turn them down as I do my best to keep myself out of the site so I don't ruin it for anyone. It's kind of like the whole Wizard of Oz thing. Enjoy the Oz in MATRIXYSNTH, and don't let the wizard ruin it for you is my only advice. That said, I decided this year to reveal a little more about my synth history than I normally do. Don't worry though after this post that's it. This site is about the gear only. I see it as my job to bring it to you unbiased and get the heck out of the way. Seriously though, I really do my best to present what is out there free of bias for you to consume and form your own opinion. I do this for three reasons; one, out of respect for the person that created the content, two, so I don't accidentally prevent you from getting your own experience out of the post, and three, because of how much goes up on a daily basis - it saves you and me time.

But, in the anniversary and New Years posts I do tend to make up for my lack of words big time, so bear with me or just skip to what you like.

Before I begin with the stats I do want to give a big thanks to everyone that visits, supports and contributes to the site. THANK YOU!!! It really is a tremendous amount of work, so all the kind words and support make a huge difference. Every single post you see here is hand posted. There is no automation. The site takes roughly four to eight hours on average a day (closer to eight) and sometimes up to ten hours. This is every single day, including weekends. Out of the seven years running the site I have only missed one day (by accident - more on that below), and the only day I take off is Christmas day when I put up only one post, which surprisingly can be torture in not posting. The posts you see here are a combination of stuff I find out there on my own and stuff people send in, which is quite a bit. The site started as a hobby and has fortunately grown into a small business with the help of sponsors. Note sponsors are always on the right. In the history of the site there has never been a paid post on the main site, and if there ever is, I will be sure to call it out in the post. That said, THANK YOU SPONSORS! It's one thing if the work only consumed my time, but it in turn consumes my family's time, so every little bit helps. THANK YOU! You make the site possible!


First the stats!

We still haven't reached world domination. Everything you see with a shade of green is a visit to the site. Check out Africa! The few in white mean no visit came in. The top map is for the seven year history of the site and the bottom is for this last year. Click on each for the full size shots. As you can see they are pretty much the same. Still no hits from North Korea.

On the other hand we had 122 visits from Syria within the last year along with traffic from other war torn countries. Incredible! Please keep safe out there! You are in our hearts, thoughts and prayers.

The top 10 visits by country:

1. United States 982,943
2. United Kingdom 258,070
3. Germany 183,138
4. France 168,649
5. Canada 142,553
6. Italy 109,605
7. Japan 84,202
8. Sweden 76,948
9. Australia 73,881
10. Netherlands 72,680

And the overall stats:

Source: Google Analytics for the year (July 20, 2011 - July 20, 2012):

6,364,538 pageviews
2,838,084 visits
972,065 unique visitors.

Source: Site Meter for the life of the site:

32,734,610 pageviews (18,557 average per day)
15,658,114 visits (7,822 average per day)

Google Analytics (started April 5, 2006):
30,795,628 pageviews
14,313,210 visits
4,258,879 unique visitors.

Note unique visitors can be a bit misleading as I believe it's based on the individual browser and cookies vs. IP Address or individual, so for people checking in on multiple devices and even multiple browsers on the same machine, each one counts as a unique visitor. The numbers are likely lower.

Unfortunately I do not see a top posts for the last year in Blogger so we will have to go with the top posts for all time:

New Schmidt Analog Synth Debuts at the Musikmesse
Apr 5, 2011, 22 comments 13,412 Pageviews

RIP Mr. Tsutomu Katoh - Founder of KORG
Mar 15, 2011, 6 comments 12,542 Pageviews

New Tom Oberheim SON OF 4 VOICE
Jan 25, 2011, 10 comments 7,811 Pageviews

M-Audio Venom Review and Interview with Product Manager Taiho Yamada
Mar 23, 2011, 6 comments 7,186 Pageviews

New KORG Monotribe In the Flesh
Apr 4, 2011, 26 comments 7,149 Pageviews

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Happy Birthday Commodore Amiga!

The Amiga Demoscene Mixtape Vol. 1 - mixed by DJ Arvy (The Old-School Classics Edition)

Published on Jun 11, 2013 DJ Arvy

The Commodore Amiga turns 30 today! via Boing Boing

Playlist:

1. The Amiga Demoscene Mixtape Vol. 1 - mixed by DJ Arvy (The Old-School Classics Edition)
"A non-stop DJ Continous Mix featuring some of the greatest and most popular Soundtracks from the early 90s Old School Amiga Demos.

Playlist:
0:05 "Deep Space" by Greg (from "Odyssey" by Alcatraz, 1992)
0:45 "Stardust Memories" by Jester (from "World of Commodore" by Sanity, 1992)
4:15 "Part6" by Greg (from "Odyssey" by Alcatraz, 1992)
6:35 "Hyperbased" by Firefox & Tip (from "Enigma" by Phenomena, 1991)
11:19 "Checknobankh" by Laxity (from "Desert Dream" by Kefrens, 1993)
14:25 "Elysium" by Jester (from "Elysium" by Sanity, 1991)
17:50 "Vite and Plack" by Virgill (from "Interference" by Sanity, 1993)
21:41 "Part3" by Greg (from "Odyssey" by Alcatraz, 1992)
23:21 "Overload" by Firefox & Tip (from "Voyage" by Razor 1911, 1991)
29:30 "Nagual Dance" by Jugi (from "Paradigma" by Complex, 1993)
33:35 "Demomodul#3" by Laxity (from "Desert Dream" by Kefrens, 1993)
37:55 "Cyberride" by Jester (from "Extension" by Pygmy Projects, 1993)
42:16 "A nice Day for a Walk" by Julius / Mad Freak (from "3D Demo II" by Anarchy, 1992)

Free MP3-Download at soundcloud:
https://soundcloud.com/deejay-arvy/th..."

2. The Amiga Demoscene Mixtape Vol. 2 - mixed by DJ Arvy (Old Skool) ft. Mods by Moby, Laxity and more

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yr3wk42 rhodes & mopho

yr3wk42 rhodes & mopho from longcat on Vimeo.
"Blood Sunset Studio, haven't got good lighting in there yet but the sound is starting to really work...

the 1st improvisation with the rhodes for quite some time, and the Dave Smith Instruments Mopho..."
via the forum

NIN Gear Page for The Fragile

Title link via Kieth Seaman. < Old Man Voice> "Yap, I remember seein' NIN back in the day... a lil ole club called Helter Skelter. He had dreads and performed in a cage back then... Yap.... " < /Old Man Voice> At least I think it was Helter Skelter. It's all kind of fuzzy now. It was off of Sunset Blvd in LA if I remember correctly, so if you know please refresh my memory. But... I do remember seeing K.C. And the Sunshine band reunion at club 70s. Now that was a suprisingly good show... To be fair, NIN put on a hell of a show back then, amazing. But... Let's all remember, Skinny Puppy "taught the killing game first." Well before the likes of Madonna, oops I mean Marilyn Manson. Same thing right?