MATRIXSYNTH

Inside the x0xb0xmod

Two shots of the inside sent my way via limor, aka ladyada. Title link takes you to discusson on layada's tea party.

See this previous post for more info and vids.

COMMONTONES - Roland MC-303 Demos

On July 1, I posted about COMMONTONES, a project by Sonicbrat, Eric, and LDT, in which they would produce a track once a week. The interesting bit is that each week the role of contributors to composer changes. Contributors will provide samples for the composer to work with. This week Eric will be the composer and LDT and Soncibrat will be the contributors. Title link takes you to a post by LDT which includes his contributions, mainly Roland MC-303 samples. You'll find the samples along with notes on the 303. You can find a post by Eric following LDT's post on COMMONTONES that pictures the additive soft synth, Morphine just recently posted here.

The Latest on Synthwire and Matrixsynth-b

Just a heads up, I added two new sections to the right just above the Google Search box. "Currently on Matrixsynth B" and "Currently on Synthwire". These are the last five posts on each site. Be sure to check them out so you do not miss what's coming in there as well.

Oberheim Director Chairs

via an anonymous reader.

EDP Wasp Special

Two shots sent in via an anonymous reader.

Roland PG-200

Two shots sent in via an anonymous reader.

x0xb0xmod

"This is a major mod kit for the x0xb0x. Everything you need to know can be found at x0xb0xmod.

The new feature set includes the following:
New Controls:
VCO1 Level
VCO2 Level
VCO2 Tune
VCO2 Fine Tune
VCO2 Waveform Switch
VCO Xmod
Filter Overdrive Range Switch
ENV2 Attack
ENV2 Decay
ENV2 to VCF Depth
ENV2 to VCO Depth
ENV2 to VCO2 On/Off Switch
ENV2 Trigger Source Switch
VCO to Filter Mod Amount
VCO to Filter Mod Source Switch
VCA Attack
VCA Decay
VCA Decay Range Switch
VCA Release
VCA Release Range Switch
Accent Decay
Accent to VCA Amount
Accent Release (Sweep Speed)
Filter Tracking
Slide Time
Hi Resonance Switch
Gate On/VCA On Switch
Envelope Re-trigger Button
Cutoff High Range Switch
Overdrive On/Off Switch
Overdrive Amount Switch
Overdrive Tone
Overdrive Low Freq Switch
Overdrive Type Switch
Power Switch

New Inputs/Outputs:
Gate In
CV In
Accent In
Slide In
Accent Out
Filter Mod CV In
Filter Mod CV In (Audio)
VCO Out
VCF In
VCF Out
Accent Sweep Out

New Indicators:
Gate On LED (logo)
ENV2 LED
Accent Decay LED
Env Decay LED
Hi Resonance LED
Cutoff Hi Range LED

links to the audio demo's:
x0xb0x Mod Audio Demo1
x0xb0x Mod Audio Demo2
x0xb0x Mod Audio Demo3"

via Brian

Update: see this post for some shots of the inside and a link to discussion on ladyada's tea party.

Gary Wright - Love Is Alive (Midnight Special, 1977)

YouTube via rg2027x.

"Keyboardist/Songwriter Gary Wright performing "Love Is Alive" on the Midnight Special TV show, 1977. Featuring a young Steve Porcaro {keyboards for TOTO, Herb Alpert, Pablo Cruise, Brothers Johnson, etc.} on synthesizers along with a rockin' female cowbell player ;-) Awesome Minimoog bass. Enjoy this great song from the 70's decade of musical innovation & legendary songwriting."