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Matrixsynth by underface (original image)


Matrixsynth by Shepitology


Matrixsynth by Frederic - Being and X-Men fan, I was surprised and happy to see this one. : )


Matrixsynth by Javier

Yamaha DX100


Waldorf Microwave XT


Waldorf Microwave PC Editor


Clavia Nord Modular


Kurzweil K2000S


Ensoniq ESQ-m

BTW, I want give a HUGE THANKS to everyone who took the time to create and submit these. There have been a total of 47 shots so far. I know how busy things can get, so the fact that you took the time out to one, create the patch/name, two, take a shot of it, and three, send it in is really flattering. I thank everyone privately in email, but I just wanted to say THANKS again in public. I said it in my one year anniversary post and I'll say it again, the contributions by the readers of this site really do add to it. Running the site by myself can be overwhelming with a day job and a family to take care of, so stuff like this really makes it worth it.

As for any of you that think these Matrixsynth by... posts are a bit too much, I will start putting up one post a day with all Matrixsynth by... shots. I'm also guessing over time the number that come in will naturally go down, but I do welcome people to feel free to send these in whenever they feel like it. It would be cool to see one come in a month after they stop. Thanks again. matrix

Turn That Knob...

Thought you all might appreciate this one. Before I pass judgment, my cat JD loved chewing the few knobs on the Sequential Circuits Multi-Trak. Guess it helped him come up with some patches.

Title link takes you a few more shots while they are up on electro-music.com.

Matrixsynth Header is back

Thanks to Des and Tom of Music Thing for letting me put up their logos each for a day. Tom's was fun considering how horrible it looked on my site, tiny with a black background. No offense Tom, your logo looks awesome where it belongs, on Music Thing. : ) BTW, Tom originally sent it to me for a post, not the header. I asked him if I could put it up for fun and he agreed.

Des, I was very, very tempted to keep your logo. Nicely done, so thanks for that. I did miss my simple clean little header though. And the wife made me keep it. : ) For whatever reason she's grown fond of it and says it's the way it should be. It also looks good on a T-shirt for some reason. BTW, regarding Ts, I need to order a sample again from cafe press. Their colors on black Ts are supposedly brighter, but they are still in Beta last I heard, so it will still be a bit before I have them available. I tried spreadshirt and the green came out aqua, so that's a nogo as well.

TONTO on YouTube

TONTO & Stevie Wonder


TONTO in Phantom of the Paradise

Get your freak on...

Yamaha ED10 Analog Synth Drum

Click here for shots pulled from this auction.

Details saved for posterity:
"2 YAMAHA ED10 ANALOG SYNTHSIZER DRUM PADS
very rare '80s japanese analog percussion synthesizer like synare drum synth there are 10knobs for control synthetic sound and touch sensitive drum pad SENS, PITCH, SUB SONIC, FILTER, NOISE, DECAY, BEND, CLICK, FILTER MOD, VOLUME so you can tweak around these knobs and easily get warm and phat analog synth sound from deep bass drum like TR808 or TR909 to industrial noise percussion or spacey disco tom sound! it's very easy and funny to create your own sounds and play it with pad. it also has MIX INPUT,SIGNAL OUTPUT,PAD OUT/IN,DC 12V IN,DC 12V OUT PAD OUT/IN accepts trigger or audio signal so you can control from your drum machine."

Spectralis Update

"Install at your own risk - there is a chance that Users of Radikal Technologies' Spectralis Synthesizer may not recognise their instrument anymore!

The already powerful Hybrid Synth now sports three independent monophonic Synths, which the User can configure freely from the array of available soundmodules of the soundengine. This feature by itself would have justified an Upgrade, but here it is only the beginning.

A bunch of new features has been added to the Step-Sequencer which can now even be used to trigger and control external MIDI and Software instruments. This makes the Spectralis the perfect centerpiece and control-unit of any Synth setup. The number of available Stepsequencer lines has doubled from 16 to 32 - and a good thing it has! After all these sequencer lines are now enabled not only to control the Hybrid Synth and the Midi Instruments but also the Sample Engine of the Spectralis.

Due to the brandnew open routing of the lines parameters such as the FM-or phasemodulation-depth, filter resonance or even exotic parameters like the Time Linearity Modulation can now also be controlled with sequencerlines of up to 192 steps. Also NEW is a switchable Glide-function, which in addition to the previous hard step value changes and the popular step envelopes now also allows for buttery soft transitions when used to control parameters.

Hold it -there is more! The step sequencer is not the only section of the Spectralis able to control external instruments. ANY Part of the Spectralis can be selectively assigned to the MIDI-Out port. This means that even the powerful Drumgrid Editor can be used with connected sound sources. When a new song is selected the Spectralis can also automatically set the outside instruments to the proper sound programs and adjust their volume and panorama positions.

A very special new feature is the Random Sound Generator, which can deliver an almost infinite number of new, surprising and instantly usable Sounds. We should mention that a Hold Parameter has been added to the Hybrid Synthesizer Envelopes. Of course there are also a bunch of smaller modifications and tweaks to further improve the Spectralis' functionality and user friendliness. "

Title link takes you there.

Ken Rich on Sonicstate

Title link takes you to a video of Ken Rich on Sonic State. Ken Rich restores vintage and sometimes not so vintage gear for a-list celebrity musicians. He loves doing custom work. Some of this stuff is over the top. The video primarily focuses on Hammonds and electric pianos, but there is a Minimoog with a translucent red case. Unfortunately you only get to see it in a photo album. You can see the intense red, but as he says you really need to see it on the computer screen or in person to get the full effect. Regardless of the lack of synth content aside from this, the video is well worth checking out.

via Shepitology.

BugBrand Modular and Mini-Modular Synths

Remember BugBrand? Looks like they now have a Modular and Mini-Modular Synth. Title link takes you to the BugBrand Sound Devices page currently featuring the Mini-Modular with samples. Here is a link to the Modular Synth page.

The Mini-Modular contains:
* Input Mixer - Audio Input Preamp, Noise Source, Extra Channel
* VCOs x 2 - Lofi Voltage Controlled Oscillators with audio or lfo rates producing vari-shape Tri / Sqr waveforms - certainly no 1v/oct tuning here!
* State-variable VCF - Voltage Controlled Filter with Lo / Band / Hi - pass responses and variable resonance (up to screamy self-oscillation)
* Output Mixer - two channel output mixer
* Ring Modulator - AD633 type with modulation option
* Attenuverter - signal level control and inverter
* Foot Control - CV generator from volume pedal with adjustable range

via sequencer.de

DIY Drum Grid Editor for Touch Screen

Title link takes you to the post on Music Thing. Apparently this will also work on regular screens. The author of the software stated he will make it available for free. Music Thing will post a link as soon as the link is available. It looks pretty interesting. Like a software version of the monome.

Star Trek MIDI Controller?

Someone should make a MIDI controller out of this


for this: The ConBrio ADS 200


Title link takes you to Star Trek auction shots on the BBC.

Star Trek controller via fmasseti.