Khoral - Clockwork Cities (Microkorg Vocoder)

Published on Mar 19, 2013

"www.khoral.net
http://khoral.blogspot.com

http://www.facebook.com/khoral.central

Featuring the ever popular MicroMoorg.
Bass&Lead : Moog Little Phatty
Drums : DSI Tempest
Strings : Gforce Virtual String Machine
Choir : Gforce M-Tron Pro w/ Chamberlin"

Lyrics via the khoral blog:


In the clockwork city they all look the same
Everybody’s working and nobody knows your name
In the clockwork city they all look the same
Everybody’s working and nobody knows your name

In the clockwork city there’s no hope in vain
The heart of the wise in the house of mourning
In the clockwork city there’s no hope in vain
Everybody’s working and nobody knows your name

It’s a room full of toys and nothing’s for real
It’s a desolate place you can never leave
In the clockwork city you’ve nothing left to hide
In the clockwork city where things never die

In the clockwork city you know the game is fixed
How much you lose and how small you gain
All summer long I’ve been wasting my sorrow
All summer long broken and forlorn

AINT NOBODY

YouTube Uploaded by supersoundcrafter on Oct 10, 2011

"CHAKA KHAN AINT NOBODY COVER CREATED IN MY STUDIO.
DRUMS:KORG EM1
BASS:ROLAND MBD1
STRING:ROLAND JV1080
PIANO:YAMAHA EX5
SEQUENCED ON ROLAND MC909

RECORDED LIVE."

The Rise of the Synths (80s retro music documentary)

Currently seeking funding on Kickstarter here.

"A documentary about the synthwave scene, 80s nostalgia, retromania & memories. Inspired in Carpenter, Moroder & Tangerine Dream legacy.

Feature documentary (90-120 min.) about the synthwave scene, 80s nostalgia, audiovisual collective memories and electronic music.

The natural way of the cultural wave: we generally experience that musical and cultural trends shift from an outstanding position within public opinion to near utter rejection, refusal and ridicule, through an ever-shortening period of time. However, if that period of time is extended, to often several decades, we can witness a renovation, a new heightened recognition – the rebirth of the wave. Through today’s global reach, powered by the internet, cultural waves and fascinations can resurface and manifest themselves, with an even much bigger fan impact than the original source.

The film is a travel in time towards the roots of a worldwide grass-root music scene known as Synthwave, an irresistible blend of modern electronic composition with 80s pop culture’s nostalgia, that over the last two years has transformed from a whisper on selected internet hubs, to an ever-growing scene, expanding rapidly as we speak. Accounting millions of plays on social media, devoted fans are legion, but nobody in the mass media knows about them.

Thousands of synthwave composers around the world are living out double-lives. Away from their normal everyday life they spend another half-life behind a faceless musical avatar, creating and uploading their own renditions of 80’s-styled film scores, sharing them with the world – surging the wave. They belong to an endless army of watchers for the master’s legacy: the sound that Edgar Froese, Giorgio Moroder and John Carpenter created in the late 70s.

A time travel into the universe of creating sounds. A love letter to human fascination and the collective memories of an universe that never existed."

Additional details at Kickstarter.

The rise of the synths (Sizzle reel) from Ivan Castell on Vimeo.

The Rise of the Synths on the radio show "Synthaves"

Published on May 10, 2016 The Rise of the Synths

"Our director talks about the project on the radio show "Synthaves" hosted by Noah Kaufmann on "KFAI" Radio. CROWDFUNDING NOW RUNNING ON KICKSTARTER: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

The Rise of the Synths is a documentary about the Synthwave scene, nostalgia and the universe of creating sounds.

'The old soundtrack of a new generation'

The film is a time travel towards the roots of a worldwide grass-root music scene known as Synthwave, an irresistible blending of modern electronic composition with 80s pop culture’s nostalgia, that over the last two years has transformed from a whisper on selected internet hubs, to a ever-growing scene expanding rapidly as we speak. Accounting millions of plays on social media, devoted fans are legion, but nobody in the mass media knows about them.

A time travel into the universe of creating sounds. A love letter to human fascination and the collective memories of an universe that never existed.

Featuring: Electric Youth, College, Miami Nights 1984, Com Truise, Nightcrawler, Dynatron, Dance with the Dead, Maethelvin, Stellar Dreams, Vincenzo Salvia, Jordan F, Futurecop!, The Midnight, Power Glove, 80s Stallone, Betamaxx, Kristine, Darkest, Lazerhawk, Mitch Murder, Carpenter Bru, Timecop 1983, OGRE, Waveshaper, MPM Soundtracks.

A documentary about the universe of sounds created by: Giorgio Moroder, John Carpenter, Claudio Simonetti (Goblin), Tangerine Dream, Brad Fiedel, Stu Phillips, Vangelis, Harold Faltermeyer and Jan Hammer (to name a few). "

Sequencing: Aint Nobody-Chaka Kahn: JX3P, Juno 106, Prophet 5 ,Polysix, and Linn 9000

Published on Oct 5, 2015 javd007

"Hey Guys!!! Here is a cover of Aint Nobody-By Chaka Kahn (One of my favorite songs)

1. Rhythm-Linn 9000
2.Lead- Roland JX3P
3.Bass-Prophet 5
4.Strings-Korg Polysix
5. ARP- Roland Juno 106
6. Sequencing-Linn 9000"

The Bizarre Double Stylophone Nobody Wanted | Stylophone 350S

video upload by Simon The Magpie

"Double stylus and 6x the size, packed with tons of features that nobody asked for! The Stylophones original success led to this monster and I totally love how silly it is in every possible way! Honestly a really cool synth for the 1970s though right?"

Nobody's Diary - Yazoo Cover - feat. Marie Haddad & Casio MT-400V

YouTube via peahix

"This is a cover of the Yazoo song "Nobody's Diary." Marie Haddad did the singing, I did the music/production. This was largely an experiment to see what could be done with an old Casio MT-400V, which was used for all the sounds in the backing track. The video consists of a slow pan across the Casio's control panel. This MT-400V has a nice resonant analog filter, which was used heavily here. Some other effects were used on the Casio sounds, most notably a pitch shifter on the bass, to get it down an octave lower.

To hear this without the crappy YouTube mono/compressed audio, visit Marie at http://www.myspace.com/mariehaddad"

NOBODY SMOKES FOR FREE// Vocoder Jam, Roland VT-4, Yamaha DX-7

Published on Aug 26, 2019 MR TUNA Music

You've been coming over here
Smokin' all my weed
But I thought I made it clear
Nobody smokes for free

Novation Circuit #Korg Volca Bass #Akai Mini #iMS20 #Launchkey Live -Nobody is Perfect Next One

Published on Oct 2, 2016 Plekyn Records

"Nobody Is Perfect Next One, Live Sunday Jam with Novation Circuit, Korg Volca Bass, Akai Mini MIDI controler, iOS apps like iMS20 and Launchkey from Novation.
Volca Bass is through ART TPS II tube preamp.
Everything recorded by PC computer with Reason on board.
Video recorded by Nicon P530
If you like it, Please subscribę my channel.
Thanks for watching!"

Lustobjekt "La Salle Blanche" Record Session

Published on Dec 29, 2013
via Cornel Hecht on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Session with PPG, Jupiter & Moog"

https://itunes.apple.com/at/album/per...
http://www.amazon.com/Per%C3%B3n-La-S...
http://www.musicload.de/lustobjekt/pe...
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"Back in 1994, Carlos Perón created the 40-minute soundtrack "La Salle Blanche" to "The White Room", a fetish film that achieved wide acclaim in the gothic, fetish and dark wave scene.

The music, which seemed to have immense magic power, was even played at high-end erotic establishments and fetish/BDSM studios. The piece quickly turned from being an insiders' tip to a classic. Rumor has it that some ardent fans even conceived their children to "La Salle Blanche".
Now, 20 years later, the German art project "Lustobjekt" have picked up Perón's original composition.
For more than two years they worked on a completely new version of the classic:
"We had to be very careful transferring the spirit and the magic of the original so it was quite a challenge. Just one mistake and all our efforts would have been a complete waste of time. Nobody could tell us if this experiment would actually work out."

"Lustobjekt" are no strangers to the scene. The art project was founded in Hamburg in 2006 by Cornelius Ohm. Since then they have published original compositions and remixes at irregular intervals. "Lustobjekt" sound like a highly seductive variant of electro pop, based on classical songwriting and somewhat influenced by Kraftwerk, Yello and Donna Summer.

At the mysterious "Hell" studios "Lustobjekt" experiment with special custom-made instruments on new exciting sounds and songs or completely crazy ideas.
Carlos Perón: "Nobody knew what they were up to at that studio. But when I heard their first
sounds I was so excited that I let them have my original files."
Mystical Gregorian chants take their listeners on a journey entering a realm of unfathomable basses, soft synthesizer melodies and lascivious French lyrics sung by a mysterious beauty -- pure, light, almost clinical sounding.

Pain, punishment and domination -- striking words whispered and accentuated by taylor-made percussion instruments. With whips and timpani they guide their listeners through the music while offering comforting safety.

So are you weak or can you resist the magic?
http://www.lustobjekt.com
https://www.facebook.com/lustobjekt"

Ikonika + MUNGO 'Nobody' - Made to express // Novation

NovationTV

"Watch @Ikonika perform ‘Nobody’ with immersive four-wall visuals by London artist Mungo.

Using Launchkey Mini, Ikonika teams up with London artist MUNGO to present a series of uncanny urban scenes, using choreographed strobing to light up familiar objects and quirky staged elements.

We have always been really passionate about doing anything we can to help enable expression, whatever that looks like. Made to Express is our four-part weekly series, with artist collaboration at the heart. Discover videos & interviews showcasing the talent of a handpicked selection of some of our favourite artists using Launchpad and Launchkey like you’ve never seen them before.

--- To discover more about creating the video: http://bit.ly/MTE-IkonikaMungo

--- To find out more about Launchkey Mini [MK3]: http://bit.ly/LaunchkeyMini-MK3"

Kraftwerk 'The Robots' (Ed Zuccollo talkbox cover)

Published on Dec 23, 2016 Ed Zuccollo

"Talkbox cover of The Robots by Kraftwerk.
Music video production, props, costumes, filming and editing done by the wonderful folks at Renegade Peach Project. All props and shots made in one day.
All synths (Minimoog, MS-20), talkbox, drum programming, production, mixing and mastering by Ed Zuccollo 2014.
www.edzuccollo.com
www.renegadepeach.com"

And what you are hearing:

"The Minimoog is the acid bass (I chopped each note manually to get it techno-tight), the lead motif, all the pads EXCEPT the robot speak breakdowns (Ja tvoi sluga, Ja tvoi Rabotnik robotnik) where all the synth sounds are made with the MS-20. Also the long bass in the last section (nobody owns me, nobody sells me) is MS-20. I use the MS-20 for the talkbox, because it has a high pass filter which allows me to clear up the tone of the talkbox a lot, removing frequencies that can't be reproduced by the driver in it anyway."

Yazoo - 'Nobody's Diary'

YouTube via pedesnet. via Ade in the comments of this post.
"Commercial video for Yazoo's 1983 hitsingle 'Nobody's Diary'."
Vince Clark on Roland SH-101 played as a keytar. Is there anyone better at synth pop than Vince?

Sound Design:Chaka Khan Ain't Nobody Moog Mother 32

Published on Mar 8, 2016 Rishabh Rajan

"In this tutorial video I show how to create the intro sequence from Chaka Khan's Ain't Nobody. Its a bit tricky to recreate this on the Mother 32 due to its limitations but I think I got it close enough.

Please check out my Patreon page if you would like to support me and get a say in future video tutorials:
http://patreon.com/rishabhrajan"

http://www.moogmusic.com/products/Semi-Modular
Moog Mother 32s on eBay | Moog Mother 32s on Amazon

PinkPantheress vs Underworld (Circuit Tracks Mashup Remix)

video upload by Guinan

"Time for a bonus extra upload. The remix nobody asked for! (I dropped enough hints but nobody took the bait). I couldn't resist doing a version of this song that brought the Underworld version of 'Dark&Long (Dark Train)' with PinkPantheress' 'Illegal'.

Hopefully all previous glitches with the music are sorted and you can enjoy this version. It was programmed and played on just a single Novation Circuit Tracks. If you'd like more details as to how the track was put together check out the videos for the two component parts,"

Moog Sound Lab | Deltron 3030 | Nobody Can

Published on Nov 26, 2014 Moog Music Inc

"Alternative hip-hop supergroup Deltron 3030 came into the Moog Sound Lab to re-imagine their song “Nobody Can” off of their 2013 album Event 2.

Del The Funky Homosapien runs his vocals through an MF-104M Analog Delay to add a warm slapback echo to the track. Kid Koala uses a Minifooger MF-Delay to effect his unique style of turntablism, while Dan The Automator commands a Minimoog Voyager XL. From the 3030 Orchestra, Takahiro Tozawa saturates his guitar tone with a Minifooger MF-Drive, bassist Juan Alderete fills out the bottom end with a MF-101 Low Pass Filter and Alex Swain triggers percussive accents from a rack of Minimoog Voyager RMEs.


You can watch more Moog Soundlab videos at: http://www.moogmusic.com/sight-and-so...

Find more from Deltron 3030 latest releases and tour dates at: http://www.deltron3030.com/"

Incredible rare STRAMP PPG "SYNCHANGER" Synthesizer

via this auction

"This must be one of the rarest synths made "in series"

STRAMP "SYNCHANGER" designed by nobody else than Wolfgang Palm of PPG.

Originally a guitar synth, cv / gate modification is sure possible.

This is a really wild sounding synth, with a filter reminding me of the great PPG 1020.
deutsch electro wire sound

even for filtering your drums sounds or whatever, this is something really special that
(almost) nobody else has

there are some sound examples on a page but the SYNCHANGER can do a LOT more

and the best news is yet to come: THIS SYNCHANGER is absolutely NEW OLD STOCK from an older music shop. UNUSED. With original papers and original price plate: 1750 DM (old german currency but price in EURO would now be aequivalent)

Brought in a time capsule from the early 80's straight to be listed here.."

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The Twilight Sad - I Could Give You All That You Don't Want

Published on Feb 12, 2015 thetwilightsadofficial

http://thetwilightsad.com

Quick disclaimer: I recently discovered this band and absolutely love them. That said, I didn't think I would be posting them here anytime soon as this site is strictly about specific synth demos and heavy synth spotting only, with few exceptions. Well... a funny thing happened. I finally got around to watching this video in full and I noticed something odd midway through that would definitely warrant a post here on MATRIXSYNTH. You will notice the only synth featured in the video is a Roland Juno-60, but that in and of itself really isn't enough to warrant a post. There has to be something more. So why the post? Watch the video and see if you can guess, then come back to this...  Done watching?  So what was the guitar playing vs. the Juno-60?  While watching the video I realized that what I thought I was hearing was the guitar towards the end, was likely the Juno-60. If you didn't catch it, watch the video again, listen, and try see what each instrument is playing. If I'm right, it's a fascinating transition and conceptual blend of the two instruments. The transition happens at 2:08 with the first reveal at 2:14 and 2:20 (guitar) followed by 2:34 and 3:08 (Juno-60).  I could be wrong, and it could be they chose to show the guitar playing rhythm vs lead at those points, but I do know the Roland Juno-60 and most synths in general are capable of making that sound. I thought this was a good example of how a synth can add substantially to a track without having to stand out specifically as a synth, and that gets the post.   To expand on this, what originally drew me into synths wasn't the "synthy" timbres we've come to traditionally associate with synths nor the attempt to mimic real world instruments, but rather the exploration of sound with instruments not possible before. With a synth you get to create your own instrument, and it doesn't have to sound like a synthesizer. One of my favorite synthesists is Richard Barbieri of the band Japan because he did things with the Prophet-5 that sounded more organic than synthetic. He used the Prophet-5 as an instrument rather than as a synth if that makes sense. Sometimes, like in this track, you don't even realize what you were hearing came from a synth and that is a good thing. The title of this track is somewhat fitting in that context as well. Sometimes a synth (and I'm guessing this site for that matter) will give you all that you don't want. There is so much more to synths. It's all good.

Video description:

"Directed By Nicola Collins

Taken from 'Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave', out now on FatCat Records

The Twilight Sad tour North America Feb/March 2015. Tickets at http://thetwilightsad.com/tourdates

Feb 23 Boston, MA - Great Scott+
Feb 24 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right+
Feb 25 Philadelphia, PA - The Boot & Saddle+
Feb 26 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel+
Feb 27 Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox+
Feb 28 Chicago IL - Beat Kitchen+
Mar 02 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry+
Mar 03 Fargo, ND - The Aquarium (Upstairs) +
Mar 05 Missoula, MT - Stage 112+
Mar 06 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern+
Mar 07 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge+
Mar 08 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret+
Mar 10 Sacramento, CA - Blue Lamp+
Mar 11 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill+
Mar 12 Costa Mesa, CA - The Wayfarer+
Mar 13 San Diego, CA - The Merrow+
Mar 14 Phoenix, AZ - VivaPHX
Mar 17 - Mar 20 Austin, TX - SXSW
+ - w/ Port St. Willow

Buy Amazon - http://smarturl.it/nobodywantstobehere
Buy iTunes - http://smarturl.it/nobodywantstobehere

http://www.thetwilightsad.com // http://twitter.com/thetwilightsad // https://www.facebook.com/thetwilightsad"

Invisible Zoo Nobody's Girl

YouTube Uploaded by InvisibleZoo on Apr 19, 2009

Some old school synth spotting. Prophet Remote keytar at 2:56. KORG MS20 & Poly-61 amongst others. Anyone ID what looks like a racked white modular? Reminds me of Digisound but then again not.

"1984 music video of Nobody's Girl by Los Angeles synthpop band Invisible Zoo featuring members Doug Lynner, Andy Robinson and Bill Boydstun. For more about Invisible Zoo, including their new album In This Zoo, visit http://www.invisiblezoo.com."

And one more. No synth spotting in this one, just a song about a synthesizer man.

Invisible Zoo - Synthesizer Man

Uploaded by sickmotionz on Dec 27, 2011

"invisible zoo - synthesizer man (vanity) 1984"

Update via Doug Lynner in the comments: "I hadn't seen this here before. The modular synth behind me (the guitar player in white shirt) is my Serge Modular synth known as the Mystery Serge."

A New World in Synthesis

YouTube via Pic2008Lex

Note the above video does not feature any synths. It is a concept video for a tablet UI. The hardware looks like the majority of artist renders for the upcoming Apple iPad/iSlate. If you haven't heard, tomorrow, Apple will announce their new tablet device. Rumor is it will essentially be an iTouch with a 10" screen, more power, memory and may have the ability to run multiple apps at the same time. [Update: it most likely will]

Why is this a new world in synthesis? In short this is a new hardware platform for synthesis. Yes it is an extension of the iTouch platform, but the obvious key difference and game changer in my opinion will be the size of the screen. For example, imagine controlling all of your synths running Numerology on the device in that video. Imagine interfacing with your modular with a UI optimized version of VOLTA or Expert Sleepers. Imagine running Way Out Ware's iSample, or how about an ARP2600 emulation with sliders. Imagine running Audio Damage's tattoo on one, etc. And don't forget the accelorometer. Processing power, additional memory, and potentially running multiple apps at once will only add to the advantage the slate will have over the iTouch.

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Eminent Solina String Ensemble

via this auction
"The String Ensemble is an example of excellent Dutch craftsmanship. The wooden casing certainly looks good and is very sturdy. The console with sliders and instrument selection buttons is made of metal. The four octave keyboard is fine and has this typical 'spring crack' when you depress the keys. The contact springs are located under the keys, so they don't get covered with dust easily. In fact, the contacts are built that well that I have not noticed any cracking or sound degradation due to corrosion.

The unit can be opened by taking out three screws at the back, lifting the lid some two centimetres and sliding it backwards.

Inside, the machine is a perfect world of neatly placed boards and very tidy wiring. A joy to see!
The buttons and sliders on the panel are the following: power on/off, tuning up/down, contrabass, cello, volume bass, crescendo, sustain length, master volume, viola, violin, brass, horn and modulation.

The contrabass and cello selectors can be used to turn on a 16' or 8' monophonic bass, which is triggered by the lowest of the keys one presses. The bass runs from C0 to G1 and stops there. The bass volume can be adjusted to match the volume of the upper registers by the 'volume bass' slider.

The crescendo and sustain sliders can be used to alter the attack and decay rates of the viola and violin registers and also have some minor effect on the other registers.

The viola and violin are the core string sounds of the unit. Brass and horn are also very nice and soft sounds which may be blended with the viola and violin sounds to create subtle sound differences.

The modulation button can be used to turn off the built-in chorus effect. I think nobody will do this, for the stereo chorus of the ensemble is what makes this machine sound so very wonderful!"

Note the labels are not ARP.