MATRIXSYNTH

DSI Evolver - tweaking parameters

YouTube via Analogger.
"I just got the Dave Smith Instruments Mono Evolver Keyboard (MEK). It has some really nice sounds...what I did for this video is pick one patch and twist some knobs while the 16-step sequencer triggered away. The Evolver has some awesome analog patches, ambient textures, and cool digital hybrids. For this exercise I wanted to see how rude and agressive I could get the Evolver to sound. I zeroed in on the display screen so you could see the parameter I was tweaking and how it was affecting the sound. I wish you could hear how it sounded in stereo and thru my studio monitors...but this will at least give you a perspective on one aspect of this very versatile synth.

I included some video clips documenting various adventures I've undertaken the past few years. Much of it includes explosive devices, burning instruments, and an occasional "this is going to turn out bad" encounter with a leather clad nymphet."

Modded x0xb0x

images via this auction, via SillonS.

"Mods I did:
Hardware:
- Increase Env Mod Range
- Increase Accent Range
- Increased Filter Low End
I also tried out the Bass Boost and Resonance Boost mods but I didn't lilke the sound it provided, too far from the original, so I took them out. Matter of taste i guess.

Software:
- Firmware SokkOS
(this one brings lot of new features like Loop Mode, Play backwards, Step-edit when playing in edit-mode, Pattern rotate, Save To, Pattern restart, Live Edit and many more. A must have)
Of course you can still load the original or other third party fimware via USB"

MOOG Modular 952 Keyboard Controller

images via this auction

"This is the duophonic keyboard that was often sold with the portable systems"

Crumar DS2

YouTube via evening1. via Nusonica.

Chromeo - Bonafide lovin'

YouTube via gothamfusion. Sent my way via moni. "About the vid" here.

Video reposted here.

Justice "D.A.N.C.E." on Jimmy Kimmel Live 10-9-07

YouTube via musickimmel. Sent my way via moni.

Charles Cohen / Color Is Luxury and the Buchla Music Easel

click here for more shots sent my way via Kenneth R. Jackson. Kenneth played a show this past Tuesday and one of the acts on the bill, Charles Cohen / Color Is Luxury, had a Buchla Electric Music Box."

BeatPhone

"BeatPhone is the first beatbox application for the iPhone. Aiming to be a “studio in your pocket”, it is still in an early stage of development. Are you ready to take your little studio in your pocket?"

Features & Notes :
* 9 one-shot pads,
* 6 loop-pads
* Samples in “any” format : WAV, AIFF, …
* Output at 44.1kHz, 16-bits
* Up to 256 samples polyphony

Future…
* Strudder pads (stop previous playback and start again)
* Metronome, BPM detection on “tap”
* Loop stretching
* Record samples and live mixes
* Landscape sequencer
* Tactile effect box

More info and the download here. via CDM.

A couple of vids of BeatPhone still in beta:
BeatPhone : A beatbox for the iPhone