MATRIXSYNTH

Music Machines

I noticed this image of the Arp 1045 on the Matrixsynth Forum. It was posted by dlmorley. I asked him were he got the image and he pointed me to Music Machines. Music Machines (hyperreal.org) was one of the first general synth sites I visited when I first started browsing the web in 1995 or so. Be sure to check out the site if you haven already. It might actually be the oldest general synth site. It launched in 1994, predating Sonic State (1995), Synthzone (1996), Harmony Central (1997) and Vintage Synth Explorer (2001). I launched my old Matrixsynth site as a personal portal for everything synth back in 1997. If anyone knows of an earlier site than Music Machines, please comment or shoot me an email.

"Welcome to music machines, home of musical electronica on the web. Music machines offers images, software, schematics, and lots of tips and comments from electronic musicians all over the Internet. Synthesizers, effects, drum machines, recording equipment -- anything people plug in, turn on, and turn up for music-making is welcome. "

The MOOG Strikes Bach

One of the many MOOG albums following Switched on Bach.

via daddio of tapewarm.

Update via Suit & Tie Guy in the comments:
"that's Hans Wurman. apparently he made a follow-up album which was never released.

there were alot of records which "followed" S-OB, but as far as quality goes the only two that come close are this one and Switched-On Nashville.

S-ON is quite interesting as there's some Tomita-like vocal synthesis on "Folsum Prison Blues" which blows my mind ever time i drop the needle on that cut. if you ever come across it, digitally or on vinyl, don't hesitate to grab it.

apparenlty John Mitchell claimed to feel The Moog Strikes Bach was either peer or superior to S-OB. if you check the Synthesizers.com Yahoo! group archive you should find some posts regarding this."

MOOGChild

via daddio of tapewarm.

San Fransisco's Wave Organ

"At the eastern edge of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area in San Francisco, a tiny spit of land juts into the bay. If you walk out to the end, you can see San Francisco's skyline on one side and the Golden Gate Bridge on the other.

The view alone is worth a journey, but the little peninsula offers more than scenery. It's also the home of a San Francisco wonder, the Wave Organ."

"And the sound? It's like listening to the world's largest sea shell. It's like distant drums, muffled cymbals, quiet thunder. The variety is endless, and the sounds of the pipes are punctuated by the cries of gulls and the barks of sea lions. The sounds of ships' horns drift across the bay, and little waves slap against the stones."

click here for the full article. via daddio of Tapewarm.

Matrixsynth by Muff Wiggler

you can listen to the patch here. Sweet!

via Muff Wiggler

"The "image synth" being used is Coagula. It's free software, and really cool. You can check it out here.

Open Labs "MimiK" Keyboard Cloning Software, Part 2

Update: Part 1 added below. Also check out Redmatica's AutoSampler. via Mibrilane in the comments.

YouTube via OpenLabsInc. If you know synths you know this isn't quite true. What they talk about can be done with almost any sampler. Yes the starting point can be the same but it's where you go from there that makes all synths unique.

"MimiK™ keyboard cloning software is a simple and easy to use software.
Features:
1. Can be setup to automatically sample any MIDI capable sound devices that is connected to a NeKo or MiKo.
2. Can capture different velocity layers, after-touch layers and note off sounds.
3. MimiK can sample any key range, note length, up to 96K/32bits and in stereo (or mono).
4. Creates sample files for each note sampled (WAV or OGG).
5. Options for automatically fading and chopping samples.
6. Can sample entire banks or sets of banks at a time.
7. Exports an open human readable sample library file (SFZ). Sample libraries generated by MimiK can be played back by the free SFZ player. SFZ files can be converted using third party software to most other formats."

Update: Part 1