MATRIXSYNTH

Newborn BYOC

YouTube via IranContras.
"This BYOC Digital Delay pedal is less than five minutes old. This was made immediately after putting a battery in it for the first time."

YouTube via mugensx.
"Concert in Rotterdam. 18th June 1991.

'Event of Excellence' (Eureka).
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Intro
Chariots of Fire
Spiral
Other Side of Antarctica
Chung Kuo
Glorianna (Markella Hatziano)
Pulstar
Mask Мovement 2
Italian Song (Jon Anderson)
Kinematic
Mask Мovement 5
Hymne"

Roland JD-800 + Oberheim Matrix-1000 + Roland TR-707

YouTube via retrosound72.
"synth demo by RetroSound

bassline: Oberheim Matrix-1000, triggered by the MFB Step64 step sequencer
drums: Roland TR-707
fx sounds and pads: Roland JD-800

hand-played

more info: www.retrosound.de"

Tone2 Gladiator - Revolution in Synthesis?

You be the judge

"A revolution in synthesis!

Gladiator is one of the most powerful synthesizers ever. This is a tough statement, but you should read this...

What is Harmonic Content Morphing (HCM) Synthesis?

This new synthesis method is based on a large and expandable repertoire of standard waves like pulse, unique synthetic waveforms as well as resynthesis waves like trumpets, organs, pianos and voice samples. These waves can be modified in real-time by e.g. FM modulation, altering its harmonic structure, syncing, waveshaping,...
Any modification of a wave can be modulated producing lively shimmery sounds (recall: with only one oscillator!). In total there are more than 30,000 different spectra available for combination and modulation.

Example:
You can take a Hammond organ, FM modulate the organ with a sawtooth, create a hypersaw and amplitude modulate this signal with a BPM synced vocoder drumline.

What is the advantage of Gladiator compared to other synthesizers?
* Real high-end sound quality: Analog, warm, transparent and fat
* Huge sonic range: From classic to unique science fiction
* Excellent value for money
* Low CPU and high reliability
* Gladiator can replace a complete room full of hardware
* Flexibility and expandability
* 750 professional sounds from Vengeance and others
* Gladiator was created by professional dsp scientists"

Tone2 Audiosoftware

Musicmuseet Musical Instrument Museum

Remember this post? longforparade dropped by the Matrixsynth Forum to let us know that the Musicmuseet website has been updated:

"Hi,
I am in fact the "member of the swedish analog sympathizer-mailinglist working at the Musikmuseet". I am also, of course, a daily visitor to the Matrixsynth blog. As this is my last day working on the project of documenting the electronic instruments at Musikmuseet (The Stockholm Music Museum), I wanted to tell the world that many more instruments can now be seen, some even heard, on the museum's homepage:

www.musikmuseet.se

Direct link to the electric and electronic instruments

The collection of electric and electronic instruments is not a huge one, but it contains quite a few rare and interesting objects as can be seen on those pages, and for the most part the instruments are very well preserved due to the fact that they have been kept in storage since the 80's.

A few instruments are on permanent display in the museum, for example the EMS Synthi AKS (M4022) and the Yamaha GS1 (M4055) formerly belonging to Benny Andersson of ABBA, but most of them are kept in storage and can be seen on special appointment by contacting the museum."

Picutured (note the date on this one - it looks like something that would have be done today)
"Educational instruments constructed by Ralph Lundsten and Leo Nilson 1968 for Swedish Rikskonserters school tour "I tonsättarens verkstad" ("In the composer's workshop"). The instruments were distributed among the pupils to be played after a score shown as a film."