MATRIXSYNTH

at 4/07/2006 08:07:00 AM

Title link takes you there. Via Synthtopia.

at 4/07/2006 01:06:00 AM

flickr by kedasc. Check out this custom case. Title takes you to the set.

at 4/07/2006 01:05:00 AM

Title link takes you to the Polivoks Filter Clone site by Marc Bareille.

James R. Coplin built one and recorded this 261k MP3 of the clone. Check it out. It's a wicked sounding filter.

James on the filter:
"I just got done putting a Polivoks filter together on a breadboard and thought some folks might like to hear how it sounds. The filter is from Marc Bareille's adaptation and sounds like drinking vodka through broken lips and teeth must feel! A big thanks to Marc for all his help. I will be posting full details of the project with some additional adaptations that Marc told me about to use some hard to get parts. I'm thinking I need about 4 of these in my rig." "The thing has *no* caps in the filter and has a very strange resonance characteristic as a side effect. At extreme settings instead of producing a sine wave, it makes a squarish wave and eventual kind of craps out as you can hear.

The patch was just three saws running in and then out through a vca. There was *no* distortion added or sync on the osc. All that grunge is from the filter itself. I wouldn't want one as my only filter but I got to tell you, this thing is wonderful. I'm not exaggerating when I say I'm building 4 of them for my rig. Processing drums with these is lovely."

at 4/07/2006 01:04:00 AM

flickr by Zebra Pares.

at 4/07/2006 01:02:00 AM

Nice shot of an SH-1000 pulled from this VSE post.

at 4/07/2006 01:01:00 AM

Brian Comnes sent me the following shot of his x0xb0x #150 before he put the lid on. He bought it from Simfonik - note the message that will be sitting on the inside. Also note the serial number on what looks like a key ring charm. Like a secrete decoder ring. : )

at 4/07/2006 01:00:00 AM

flickr by softestthing. Title link takes you to the set.

at 4/06/2006 11:22:00 AM

Title link takes you to some shots and pdfs on Analogue Haven. Note how thin these are.

at 4/06/2006 01:19:00 AM

Title link takes you to more shots pulled from this auction. Something about synth shots in nature. And of course... Green.

at 4/06/2006 12:39:00 AM

Michael Weeks sent me a couple of links to shots of Josh Adam's studio. The first link takes you to Josh's website, Neopolitan Labs (make sure to check out the gallery). I asked Michael if Josh had any association with Metasonix considering the number of modules he owns. He said no, but Eric Barbour of Metasonix did pay him a visit. The shots here are from that visit. (Direct links for when the posts are no longer current: one, two, three).

"Eric visited Josh's new studio being built in San Francisco, with analog synths everywhere and a literal army of Metasonix boxen (including NINE Agonizers, four Butt Probes, and at least two of everything else. And now, sixteen TM-6s.)

He says the photos only show a small fraction of it, much of the gear is still packed or being used by Josh's partner. Apparently, Josh hates software synths, even though he's a programmer."