MATRIXSYNTH

MISC Synth Brochures

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Picutured: Akai S612 Sampler

"casa dell' orchestralle"

house of the orchestra?

Update: see the comments for some translations.

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track 1: Korg MS-20
track 2: Ensoniq EPS (arp soloist and rmi waveforms)
track 3: electric bass and Wurlitzer MLM (4 track tape processed through a Nord G2)
track 4: Korg MS-20
track 5: Clarinet (into an akai headrush -> 8 track) + Hammond M3

Sonicbrat - W E A V I N G

"The W E A V I N G project builds on the ideology of minimalism and improvisation. The album is meant to be listened to from top till the end as a sole entity of sounds and melodies. The sub-harmonics, subliminal changes in timbres and the play of sub-frequencies and hyper-frequencies will leave your ears ringing at the end of the sonic experience."

100% Triton ST88.
Click here for the free download of WEAVING.

sfxr - sound effects for all!

"What I present here is, if you will, an MS Paint for sound effects… or something along those lines. It’s meant to make it dead easy for anyone to whip up a few simple sound effects and save them as .WAV files for playback using most game/media libraries like SDL or pygame.

Basic usage involves clicking the left-most buttons to automatically generate random sounds loosely targeted at certain categories. For more advanced users it’s possible to spend some additional time to manually create fairly varied and interesting sound effects.

The interface is based entirely around sliders for controlling sound parameters, along with a few buttons. Even if you don’t want to spend time learning about all the sliders you can still have some fun just hammering away at them and listening to the various sounds that come out."

Click here for more info including the download. via Analog Industries.

Jomox Xbase09 & Dj Puzzle - Red Acid

YouTube via DjPuzzle73.
"Live improve set by Jason Donnelly aka Dj Puzzle. Rare footage of the whizerd in action. Gear used Dr.Walker XBASE 09 Quasimidi Rave-O-Lution 309 Alesis Metavox Novation Xiosynth"

Robot Sleigh Ride

YouTube via robotmakers.
"Robotmaker's all analog modular holiday tune. Recorded in one live take, with some prerecorded tracks. The polysynth part uses Kontakt instruments created from modular samples (MOTM GX1 Filters)."

tabloid

Another Waldorf Blofeld demo from Stefan Trippler. This one showcases the wavetables.

tabloid.mp3

Note that with the Blofeld you can assign an independent wavetable to each oscillator while on the microwave/XT both oscillators share the same wavetable.

Nerd Party Program

flickr by Pablo Noel

full size

There's just something about this shot. The title, Pole Position, Converse, the mini cassette, and the mini skateboard.

A Red Head and A Blonde

Image via Derek on the Waldorf list. Be sure to click the image for the full size shot, also posted here.

Waldorf XT
Waldorf Q

The title is a little bit of an inside joke - there's some discussion on the Waldorf list regarding wive/partners and synths. Apparently the Q is Derek's German blond whom he only gets to visit on weekends. :) I wonder how much action the red head gets. da-dum! Oh, man, did I just say that?...

Technomage LIFE 2

"L2 will be available in several formats. It will follow the concept of the first incarnation of LIFE in the form of a hand held device. There have been several requests for a rack mount version (to be compatible with the modular synthesiser systems available from other manufacturers). We hope to make this version available as well. Versions of L2 (as pictured on the left) have been undergoing field trials. Feedback has been very positive and comments received are being used to finalise the design. Further details of the control surface on L2 are listed below. Please note that the control knobs and surface finish of the production version of L2 will differ to those shown in this image.

Rotary Controls:
Clock Speed - LFO Speed - LFO (positive or negative) to VCO - VCO Manual Frequency - LFO (positive or negative) to VCF - VCF Manual - Frequency - VCF Resonance 'Q'- EG (positive or negative) to VCF - EG Decay - EG to VCA - Combined Drone and Power Switch.

Touch Switches:
- LFO Speed (Lo/Hi - for ring-mod type effects) - LFO Waveshape (The appropriate LED will light indicating LFO speed and intensity) - LFO Sync on and off (toggle switch) with LED status - Oscillator Pulse Width with LED status - VCF Type (Low, High, Band and Phase) with associated LEDs - showing VCF selection (and also EG intensity) - Divided Clock (b) to EG (with LED indicator) - Divided Clock (a) to sync LFO (with LED indicator).

Interface Sockets:
LFO Select - LFO Sync In - VCO CV In - Signal In to VCF - VCF Select - VCF CV In - Clock (b) Out - Clock (main) Out - Clock (a) Out - Clock In - Signal (audio) Out."

click here for more info including the LIFE 1. Look familiar? Also check out the Chimera.