MATRIXSYNTH

D.A.M.I.A.N. DIY Modular

Remember the Damian wooden modular? Here's another shot of it via sequencer.de I love the colors on it.

"The family has expanded with its newest and smallest member, the mini-KP. It offers the same interface and realtime fingertip effects as other KAOSS models, plus many features taken from the new KP3, along with a compact body and battery operation for shirt pocket portability. Mini-KP is ideal for DJ club performances, home studio applications, as well as outdoor live events or for use with a portable audio player."

On Nova Musik's website. Via SIGHUP.

Arturia Origin Synthesizer

BE ORIGINAL

Origin is the first Arturia Hardware synthesizer. It is a modular system of a new generation opening innovative avenues in sound design.
Loaded with modules extracted from the best synthesizers of all time (Moog Modular, ARP 2600, CS-80, minimoog and Prophet VS) Origin lets you combine these modules and benefit from the additional possibilities put onboard. The result: a new type of sound accessible through an extremely intuitive interface.

MAIN FEATURES:

* More than 500 presets created by talented musicians and synthesizer specialists
* Up to 32 voices of polyphony for a typical patch
* Create your own patch or use an existing audio structures: an Origin patch made by connecting independent modules, or the minimoog V, the ARP 2600, the CS-80, the Moog Modular.
* Superb audio quality with TAE® engine. 24 bits/96 kHz supported.
* Compatibility with most of the presets from the Arturia Classic virtual Analog synthesizers.
* Origin lets you open dedicated software on your Mac and PC and use it as an AU or VST plug-in. All the sounds are calculated on the machine while you work on your computer as you would do with a native application.
* Analog: 2 audio ins, 10 audio outs. Digital: SPDIF out, USB 2.0
* Large selection of effects: Phaser, Chorus, Delay, FX Reverbs, Distortion, Param Eq, Compressor, Bitcrusher
* 16/32 step sequencer
* Innovative Macro, Advanced LFO, modulation modes, Advanced Joystick modes.
* MIDI : In, Out, Thru or USB 2

Title link takes you there.

via diablo quapo

Arturia Does Roland

Introducing the Jupiter-8V

CRYSTAL CLEAR PHATNESS
Arturia announces Jupiter 8V, the software recreation of Roland’s famous Jupiter 8 which was in production from 1981 to 1984. The Jupiter 8 was a synth that not only inspired a generation of musicians ranging from Prince to Howard Jones, from Depeche Mode to Moby, it was also a unique machine that offered a sharp and crystalline sound while being uniquely phat.

The Jupiter-8V is the latest born in the Arturia family of analog synthesizer recreations. Offering the unique sound palette of the Roland Jupiter 8 with a bass that can bring down the house.

Based on the latest version of TAE®, the Jupiter 8 V also brings to you an advanced step sequencer, a new line of dynamic effects and a module combining LFO’s called Galaxy. All in one, the Jupiter 8 V comes with a perfect blend of classicism and modernity.

MAIN FEATURES:

* More than 400 high quality and innovative sounding presets
* Up to 32 voices of polyphony, and a Unison mode
* A unique audio structure featuring 2 oscillators per voice (16 oscillators in total), 2 LFO’s, 2 filters and 2 envelopes.
* Keyboard split and layer
* A set of Analog Sounding Effects: Dual Delay, Phaser, Flanger, all three being largely modulable by any audio source in the synth.
* 2 digital effects, X and Y.
* Additional Live-oriented Step-sequencer, additional Galaxy module for advanced modulations
* Set to Control with your external MIDI keyboard in just a few clicks.
* Full compatibility with major formats and hosts on Mac OS X and Windows XP (VST, AU, RTAS)

Title link takes you there.

via diablo guapo

Nord C3 Combo Organ

Title link takes you to a couple more shots.

The dual manual Nord C3 Combo Organ emulates three types of vintage organs carefully modeled from B3, Vox* Continental and Farfisa* Compact Deluxe originals.

Features ...
- Dual 61-note manuals, same keybeds as Electro 61
- New 2nd generation tonewheel organ model
- Two transistor organ models
- 3x vibrato, 3x chorus, unison function
- Tube-style overdrive
- Three types of amplifier simulations (including rotating speaker)
- Delay with tap-tempo
- Reverb (5 algorithms)
- 3-band EQ
- Louder outputs
- Dedicated bass pedalboard MIDI input
- Trek II String Bass emulation, with controls to activate sustained & "pluck" bass

Really cool features ...
11-pin rotary speaker connector - connect a Leslie, Motion Sound, or other rotary speaker with an 11-pin connection, and control it using the C3's rotary speaker controls; includes a high-level output & options for sending just the B3 to the external rotary speaker, and the transistor organs to an amp connected to the L & R 1/4" outputs

Half-Moon Switch accessory (optional) - a physical switch that takes the place of the panel controls for rotary speaker; controls external rotary speaker or internal emulation

33 pounds - yep, 33 pounds ...

Other:
Availability - shipping in the United States in April 2007 (subject to change)
Pricing - List $3,600
Accessories - Half-Moon Switch, Legs (same as Stage), music stand (same as stage), gig bag
"C3" - C = "combo", 3 = three organ models

via Katzenjammer

Jam: "It's a small world" for machines (mini-tour of studio)

And one more sent my way via shagghie.

"A rare mini tour of Shagghie's studio. Kind of like "it's a small world" for machines. I'm just letting them talk here...haven't done much to tame them or get them all to speak the same language, even if at the least they are all on the same clock. :)"

SunSyn meets Magneto-Tube Random Noise Gen!

Another sent my way via shagghie.

"Went by the surplus store today and scored a gem of a module...a vintage HH Scott model 811-B Random Noise Generator... This thing is sick. So of course I ran it through my SunSyn and let the noise modulate the LPF Cutoff Freq. Here's the lofi version..hifi version up shortly after. Thing has ASA, RF, AF, and LF noise modes...anyone know what those stand for?"

Update: Shagghie's MySpace Page

Post War Jam (Cyndustries Entry #1)

YouTube via shagghie.

"This mini performance came in 3rd place in the cyndustries.com 'War and Peace' bug music competition. Tries to capture the sorrow and distortion of life after WWIII, yet the need to still express no matter what the world's circumstance. All live, no samples, no loops. Wish camera mic picked up bass freqs better...the mp3 on Cynthia's site has 'proper' audio, fwiw.
Gear used:
MachineDrum fed through Micromoog filters.
MEK (2 seqences internal, 2 send via midi to SunSyn)
SunSyn - Pad sequence.
KP3- Used for grain delay treatment on treated MachineDrum beat through Micromoog.
Spectralis- Backbeat and light bass synth line
MEK - Dischorded bass line intro"

"For the curious: Ran some of the machinedrum through the micromoog's filter, while the MEK takes care of sequencing itself and one of the SunSyn voices. The Spectralis handles some backbeat and basic bass accents. I don't think a lot of folks realize just how powerful that micromoog can be in the hands of a noise freak. There's a 'pure' audio .mp3 on the Cyndustri's site, too: link"

Roland Jupiter 8 Resource Center

Title link takes you to the archived site on web.archive.org. The site itself is gone. Makes you wonder how many other synth resource sites have gone to limbo. Fortunately web archives saves some of it for us.

One of the reasons why I chose Blogger for Matrixsynth was because it is owned by Google and it runs on the Blogger servers, not my server. I don't have to deal with performance issues, costs (it's free!), and most importantly, the site will live on long after I'm gone.