MATRIXSYNTH

Roland SH-1 Synth OVER LORD

via Larry, aka Computer Controlled on the AH list. He found this one on his SH-1.

This one in via burnie:
"the studio in the first district of vienna of the producer collective bingo boys is for sale or rent now. as far as i know they had some massive chart success in europe with lets say kind of commercial productions, and with their single "show me how to dance" i think they even reached us top 5. also georg luksch and peter rauhofer did remix jobs for madonna and got an emmy for this...

but maybe more interesting for you and other synthheadz, there was a nice feature of georg lukschs gear and him talking about the difference of touching real gear or doing it virtually , like making an instant soup or do real cooking, on the dvd of in the german magazine sound&recording (formerly "keyboards"), issue 4/2007 [unfortunately the article is not available online, just an abstract] also hes showing his huge gear park, including mostly all improtant synthesizers of the last two and a half decades, even switching on the emulator 2 and the fairlight... today i came across the website of the studio, and that it is going to be sold or rented."

Note the Achtung! at the bottom of the page states that the equipment is not for sale by itself.

How To Open a Waldorf Synth

Via Chris on the Waldorf list. Photos originally courtesy of Achim Lenzgen.

"This works for either a yellow Q or an XTk, which I have personally verified. Other Q's are probably similar, though not identical. Keep track of the screws - there are seemingly millions of them."

SYNTH GOD

"SYNTH GOD is a feature-length documentary film project that explores the world of synthesizers and electronic music.

Developed over fifty years ago, the synthesizer is essentially an electronic sound generator that can produce an infinite spectrum of sound colors. This one seminal idea – in its many incarnations and applications – has shaped modern music and culture and profoundly altered our contemporary soundscape.

SYNTH GOD is a search for the influence and power of the synthesizer in our everyday sound environment. The concept is not simply a contest of musicians or keyboardists. The gods of synth can manifest in the minds of artists, inventors, performers, composers and sound designers as well as inside transistors, vacuum tubes, lines of computer code, ringtones and video games.

Comprised of interviews, live concert footage, archive clips, animation, behind-the-scenes tours of small indie workshops and giant synthesizer factories, SYNTH GOD is set to film in the U.S., Japan and Europe under the direction of Hans Fjellestad, whose past films include MOOG (2004)."

Click here for more info.

Kelly Osbourne Has a Synth Tatoo?

via Perez Hilton, via catsynth.com.

Synth Babe tag for both Kelly and Perez. BTW, how many of you know who Perez is? Just curious. My wife is addicted to his blog and I've been known to look. Never thought I'd get a post from it though.

Update: I swore I saw this one before. Turns out I did on Music Thing. Link. But it was just the close-up of the arm back then.

SEKU Analog Sequencer

YouTube via sigmambient.
"Self made analog step sequencer controls Korg MS10 and Roland S100M synthesizers. First row controls MS10 pitch and S100M noise-drum gate. Second row controls MS10 filter-cutoff. Synthesizer sounds are modified live when sequence is running. More information about SEKU and Sigma on www.studiomanus.com"

Korg MS-20 - Endless random triggered space loop

YouTube via Newueel.

"Another 'endless' loop...
With many thanks to an anonymous comment at http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/ on the previous movie (Endless Space Loop):
"Anonym ous said...
Also try patching a noise output to the ESP and taking the random trigger outputs from that."

Never used the ESP for this kind of purposes and I like it a lot! Had lots of fun already!

So the noise generator is used to get a random trigger. This trigger is also used for clocking the sample & hold using the EG2 reversed output.
Later on the MG is clocking the sample & hold combined with a slower random trigger.

If you're interested check out the patch info below:

KNOBS:
VCO1: [Rectangle] [very narrow] [16']
VCO2: [Rectangle] [-2/-3] [2']
PORTAMENTO: [0]
VCOMIX: [10] [ 0] [10] [ 0]
HPF: [ 2] [ 5] [10] [ 0]
LPF: [ 5] [ 8] [10] [ 0]
MG: [(max to the right)] [8]
EG1: (n/a)
EG2: [0] [0] [10] [5] [0]
ESP: [6] [(n/a)] [(n/a)] [(n/a)] [5]

ESP Note: Only SIGNAL IN and TRIG OUT are used. SIGNAL LEVEL (about 6) and THRESHOLD LEVEL (about 5) is a very precise combination. Each SIGNAL LEVEL requires the appropriate THRESHOLD LEVEL. Changing the SIGNAL LEVEL will change the interval for the random trigger. The THRESHOLD LEVEL changes the length of the trigger.

USED PATCHES:
(random trigger:)
1. NOISE GENERATOR (WHITE) -> ESP (SIGNAL IN)
2. ESP (TRIG OUT) -> (TRIG IN)

(random sounds:)
3. ENVELOPE GENERATOR 2 (REV OUT) -> SAMPLE & HOLD (CLOCK)
4. NOISE GENERATOR (PINK) -> SAMPLE & HOLD (IN)
5. SAMPLE & HOLD (OUT) -> VOLTAGE CONTOLLED OSCILATOR 1 (TOTAL)

(later:)
Replace 3. by MODULATION GENERATOR (OUT RECTANGLE) -> SAMPLE & HOLD (CLOCK)"

Thanks for the thanks Newueel!

AH Bay Area Gathering 2007 - Cary Roberts' Serge and Blacet

YouTube via therealretrosynth.
"Cary Roberts' Serge, Blacet, and MFB gear driven by Doug T's Serge TKB at the Analogue Heaven Bay Area gathering in Oakland CA on Sept 9 2007."