MATRIXSYNTH

Saturday, September 15, 2007

KORG Poly-61

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"The Korg Poly-61 was released in 1982 as the successor to the Polysix. It was somewhat of a step up [not really - the Polysix is more highly regarded] from the Polysix, as it has 2 DCOs for better reliability. It also retained the arpeggiator of the Polysix. It has a very dirty sharp sound much like the Yamaha DX7. This is good if you are into the lo-fi sound of electronica. The Poly-61 can provide cool gritty basses or trippy analog sounds and fx.

Also added is the familiar Korg joystick, which can be used to modulate the VCO or the VCF. However, its filter only has 7 steps of resonance and is not as fat as the Polysix's filter. It also uses the same method of programming the Poly-800 and Yamaha DX-7

Specifications:
Polyphony - 6 Voices Oscillators - DCO1:sawtooth, pulse, and square; DCO-2: sawtooth, square LFO - 1 LFO can modulate the DCOs or the Filter Filter - 1 lowpass filter w/ ADSR Memory - 64 patches VCA - ADSR Keyboard - 61 keys Arpeg/Seq - Arpeggiator with external sync Effects - Chorus Control - MIDI (on later Poly-61M models) Date Produced - 1982 - 1986"

Access Virus TI

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Don't throw this one in the dumpster.

Clavia DDrum 2

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"Six Soundpac voice cards
- Asst. Perc. 3
- Drummachine 1
- Effect toms 1
- Metal 1
- Ethnic 1
- Minneapolis 1
Five pad triggers (four tom-style one of which is missing it's hardware mount, one larger kick drum-style). We do not have the hardware pertaining to the kick drum trigger.
MIDI Kit Selector pad.

Ddrum unit itself features:
Line input with level control.
Individual trigger inputs and line outputs for each of the eight instrument channels.
Stereo mix output.
MIDI in and out.
Headphone output.
Separate volume controls for Master level control and headphone output level control.
Trigger buttons on front panel to audition sounds while loading/editing.
Programming control section with LCD display to fully select and edit sounds and banks.
Individual trigger input sensitivity controls with metering.
Kit number LCD display.

MIDI Selector Pad features:
Dual-function numerical pads.
Kit number LCD display.
Value change pad.
Enormous BANK pad.
MIDI in and out.

The four tom-style trigger pads have XLR output (XLR to 1/4 inch cables or adapter will be necessary to use the unit properly).
The larger kick drum-style pad has two XLR outputs, one of which does not appear to have output (this may be due to our not knowing exactly what the significance of having the two outputs may be)."

Roland The Synthesizer Four Volume Set

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"The Synthesizer", published as a FOUR VOLUME SET by Roland (1979 softcovers with index and illustrations.)

"Very rare and extremely collectible - especially in MINT condition as this set is!
Absolutely PERFECT and still in the original SLIPCASE, which is also in fine condition!

Volume titles are:
-A Foundation for Electronic Music
-Practical Synthesis for Electronic Music - Volume One
-Practical Synthesis for Electronic Music - Volume Two
-Multichannel Recording for Electronic Music"

Korg M3 First Person Industrial Revolution

YouTube via rfoshaug. via Nusonica.
"A first-person view of my cover of Jean Michel Jarre's Industrial Revolution Overture. All sounds come from the Korg M3 Music Workstation/Sampler, and only the "machine run" percussion sound is sampled - everything else is programmed sounds using internal waveforms. Everything that looks live is played live, offering an unique first-person look. :-)"

DIY Modular wth Two Henry/Stites SN-Voices

More info and shots on this electro-music.com thread.

Friday, September 14, 2007

Third Annual Austin Analog Synthesizer Party!

Two PM on Saturday, October 13th, 2007 at Salvage Vanguard Theater, 2803 Manor Rd, Austin Texas, 78722.

Bring your analog synths (remember an extension cord and a stand) and BRING HEADPHONES!

CORON DS7 Drum Synce Clone

"The DS7 Drum Synce (DC860) is a little analog percussion synthesizer from the 80's made by CORON. This drumsynth was dedicaced to drummers : the DS7 was fixed on the border of a drum to be played/triggered by hitting the drum.

The DS7 contain a VCO +VCA chain. The VCO is modulated by a cheesy LFO and a simple decay envelope trigged by the piezzo cell pulse. The cell work as a pressure/hit sensor. It can be replaced by a jack to be used with any kind of trigg pulses or even gates. In this case the "decay" pot become a "Release" pot ... The VCA is directly controled by the envelope. The LFO can drive the VCO from slow modulation to hi-speed to produce FM like sounds." click here for more.