MATRIXSYNTH

Homebrew analog synthesizer

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Note the Maker's Mark bottles sitting on top.

Update: More info on the synth here. via Mikael in the comments of this post.

"This page is devoted to information and projects about one of the most sophisticated synthesizers ever made, the New England Digital Synclavier, and its offspring, such as the rare Synclavier I, and its sucessors, such as the big 9600."

You will find sections on history, documentation, audio and video. Pictured here is the Synclavier I which consisted of the monitor and three cabinets in the background.

via DVDBorn

Workspace and Environment: Lusine

Another workspace post on trash_audio.

"What is your favorite piece of hardware?
Arp Odyssey. It sounds awesome and I've owned one for over 10 years and never gotten tired of it. I have two Odysseys, a Mark III, and a Mark I. The Mark I was a hand me down from my uncle that was broken. I ordered a 2 pole filter replacement from an online tech guy and soldered it in and then I did the Kenton CV/Gate/Filter mod as well. It works, but it still doesn't work perfectly. I'm still researching into how to fix it. The Mark III is the one I've had for 10 years. I haven't done any modifications. It works and sounds great."

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Mixer as tone source

YouTube via IranContras. via Peter on Leisure Cove.
"An experiment using the EQ bands on a Behringer UB1202 as four fixed-tone oscillators in a feedback loop, with a Bleep Labs Thingamagoop phototheremin and Tapco 4400 reverb as the input sources."

KLAUS SCHULZE - FM DELIGHT (EDIT)

YouTube via MUSICTOMUSIC. via Nusonica.
"This is a shortcut version from this great instrumental song. the original song is normally over 17 minutes and was released on the EN=TRANCE album from 1988 !!! official website"

Dynacord ADD One Drum sampler

YouTube via buchla300

"A small example of what the ADD-One can do. The buttons I am pressing are the manual trigger buttons, but it can be triggered by pads, gates or midi. Each sample (12 bit 50khz) can be filtered (same filters as the Sequential Circuits Studio 440 btw) and modulated in many ways and can be repeated and re-triggered in various ways (hence the rhythmic patterns that play just by hitting one trigger)
Quite possibly the best drum sampler ever."

Buchla 200 Videos

YouTube via buchla300. via Nusonica.
Vid1: Buchla 200 Modular Synth
"Buchla 200 analogue modular in action The touch keyboard is working as one 16 note sequencer while the smaller 5 x 4 sequencer makes the other sequence.."
Vid2: Buchla 200
"Some more buchla. The chords are set up by the 5 x 4 sequencer which is just triggered from the 4 touch plates on the left. The sequence is one oscillator sequenced from the main touchpad."

ARP 2500 Modular Synth

YouTube via buchla300. via Nusonica.
"I was checking the ARP 2500, so decided to video whilst noodling. Will make something better later... AMAZING synth. Funky, fat, flexible."

Alesis Micron Sound Design

YouTube via Gtechture. via Nusonica.
"This is aprogram I created. It uses frequency modulation to create unique textures and the timbre is affected by the use of the pitch wheel." Things get more interesting when he uses the pitch wheel.

CME launches ASX for UF and VX series keyboards

"The ASX is a DSP board which goes into the expansion slot of UF and VX series keyboards and provides a flexible synthesis engine, turning the CME MIDI controller keyboard into a stand-alone synthesizer.

he ASX does not rely on playback of sampled sounds but brings sufficient DSP power to run dedicated synth modelling plug-ins. Four plug-ins are included with the ASX, which can be dynamically loaded one at a time: the Minimax - a polyphonic replica of the analog synth legend, the LightWave - a wavetable based virtual analog synth with plenty of modulation possibilities, the B4000 organ - a precise model of the famous tonewheel organ and the Vocodizer - a complex vocoder which is controlled via a dedicated microphone input.

Next to the microphone input, the ASX provides stereo line out, stereo headphone out and a USB port to connect to the ASX Editor Software. The Editor provides graphic interfaces to each plug-in and allows access to all settings of the plug-in. Sounds can be managed, exchanged via an online server and uploaded to the ASX hardware.

Listed at 369 USD, the ASX is shipping within November 2007."

[CME]