MATRIXSYNTH

Navs' Modular Lab - Filter Fight Update! Update

In case you missed it there is an update via Nav on this post:

"Couldn't resist comparing the CGS with Plan B's Model 12. New files added."

OB-Xa Demos

Title link takes you to some demos on Clusterchord's synth demo page for the Oberheim OB-Xa.

Oberheim OB-8 Video and Samples

Oberheim OB8

YouTube via mikethompsonmusic.
"Just a short instrumental demo of my OB8, playing my song 'Thoughts'."

The following samples via Paolo Di Nicolantonio on this HC thread (check out the thread for some others):

(Stream all the examples below)
01 Strings
02 Eerie Choir
03 Bass with Resonance
04 Reso Synth
05 Classic Analog Strings
06 Classic '60s Combo Organ
07 Funky Analog Polysynth
08 Retro AnaStrings
09 Fusiony
10 Synch'd
11 Emerson Portamento
12 Analog Pipes
13 Fat S&H
14 Early '80s Melancholic AnaStrings
15 Classic '80s Synth-Pop Pad
16 Pitchin' Up
17 Extremely Thin Synth
18 Arpeggiator At Work

Prophet '08 to PEK Size Comparison

via sequencer.de via Stefan Tripler. Also, in case you missed it the Prophet '08 manual is availbable on the DSI site here.

Update: Looks like this is actually the Prototype. To start, look at the panel graphics in relation to the pitch and mod wheels vs. the images on the DSI site, then look at the rest.

Zerosum Inertia

Title link takes you to Zerosum Inertia. Check out the track "Opening A New Door, (Closing An Old)" and be sure to listen past the intro. Lot's of Metasonix grunge. The player is to the right of the top image.

Via the comments of this post:
"There is TM-3 fed into TX-1,TM-3 into TM-1 thanks to Muff Wiggler.
There is the resonator used as a sinewave fed into TM-1>TM-7.
All the guitars with the exeption of the very end has the TM-7 at the end."

Also be sure to check out the videos and the rest of the site as well. Here's a teaser vid.

TM-1 EG-1 to VCA synth demo.avi

Prophet '08 Page Is Up

Title link takes you there. Via Stephen.

Oberheim Strummer PERF/X

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

"The "Strummer" listens to chords played on your MIDI keyboard and plays them back to your MIDI sound source (Synthesizer or Sampler) just as they would be played from a guitar. Not only will the chord voicings be correct, but the chords can actually be "Strummed!" With the "Strummer," you can even change the speed and direction of your "Strums" just by changing the way you play your MIDI keyboard. Also, "Strummer" has the ability to distinguish the difference between chords and single notes, allowing you to send chords out on one MIDI channel (Distorted Guitar Sound for example) while your single notes are sent out on a different channel (i.e. Solo Sound). Your keyboard may have a great guitar sound, but can you play a great guitar part? Yes. The Oberheim Strummer will transform your keyboard playing into a stunning and convincing performance featuring realistic guitar articulation.

By looking at such factors as the range of the guitar, the number of notes being played, chord position, and the velocity of the performance, Strummer can transform the incoming MIDI data out into performance data emulating that of a real guitarist. Performance data may be delayed, echoed, harmonized, transposed and sent back out on multiple MIDI channels. In addition to control over strum direction and speed, the Strummer also features Chord Capture for real time single finger chords. Individual picking patterns and riffs may be assigned to a single key, for real time performance playback. You can even control the number of "strings" being strummed via keyboard velocity.

The "Strummer" includes features such as:
o MIDI Delay (Echo).
o Adjustable Delay and Decay Rates.
o Multiple MIDI Channel Output.
o Velocity Switching.
o Keyboard Splitting.
o Chord Voicing Variations.
o Arpeggiation.
o Chord Capture (Adjustable Single Finger Chords).
o Transposition of MIDI Delays (Great for MIDI Harmonizing).
o Ability to synchronize to MIDI Timing Clocks (External Sync).
o MIDI Program Change.
o Supports MIDI Sysex for storage of user defined patches."

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flickr by mpeake.

That would be Mike Peake. He was one of the people behind the Alesis Andromeda A6. It's nice to see him back.

Title link takes you to the flickr shots. Be sure to click on the All Sizes link for each to see the full sized shots.

Update: higher res scans
Solina2.tiff
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