MATRIXSYNTH

Sunday, February 03, 2008

The Yellow Album - 100% Kaossilator (stereo)

YouTube via garykibler
""The Yellow Album" is the first full-length album produced and performed entirely on the Korg Kaossilator handheld synthesizer. No other effects, EQ or sounds were added. All 17 tracks were digitally recorded direct from the Kaossilator's line outputs. The only external editing was simple volume balancing. Free download at
www.reverbnation.com/theyellowalbum"
via Gary Kibler in the comments of this post. You might remember The Yellow Album from this post.

Also via Gary:

Ghostradioshow VS Kaossilator

YouTube via ghostradioshow

The TX81Z Homepage

"Yamaha came out with the DX7 in 1983, which used a new type of synthesis technology at the time called "FM synthesis". It was the first widely used FM synthesizer and it turned out to be the best selling professional synthesizer of all time. These synthesizers featured six sine wave operators that could be routed in 32 different arrangements, which are called algorithms. They produced a few different models using this synthesis engine, including the DX1, DX5 and TX7. They also produced a line of four operator synthesizers, like the DX9, DX100, DX27, and DX21. These were less expensive and a little more limited than the six operator synths, since the operators also produced only sine waves. But in 1986 they introduced the four operator TX81Z, which was the first FM synth that could use different operator waveforms. The TX81Z's operators can each be configured to use one of eight different waveforms and this is what gives the TX81Z the ability to make sounds that the six operator synths aren't capable of making (although the converse is also true)."

Click here for the website. via Iso-topic in the comments of this post.

Rhodes Chroma Kenton MIDI Kit Manual

"The Kenton [Chroma] MIDI kits all seem to follow the same format (I have one installed in my Rev 1 Prophet 5). The kit is 'dumb', at least dumber than something like the KMX interface in that the KMX hooks into the Chroma firmware to give you a user-interface to set parameters. Kenton does all of its 'stuff' outside of the smarts of the machine its installed in. Â The way it does itis that there's a red button that gets installed on the outside case of the keyboard. By pressing the button certain ways you configure the interface for certain mode. For instance, tapping the button two times quickly puts the device into 'setup mode', which is where the table you note comes into play. When in this mode, the interface uses the keyboard keys to act like input buttons."

Click here for more on the excellent Rhodes Chroma site.

Dr. Bohm Digital Drums Flexi Disk Online

click here for the Dr. Bohm Digital Drums soundset audio on Keyboardmuseum/ Audio Playground.

via André who provided the soundset to Audio Playground. Below, according to André is the Boehmat, a predecessor from around 1975.

Future Retro Revolution Electribe EMX ESX Novation XStation

YouTube via inducejack
"I call this Chicago deep Freeze the 530AM Mix...Super Deep Dirty Jack!!! "

Access Virus TI Keyboard & gcom music

YouTube via zbpwqdmx
"Just a quick video demo of the Virus TI keyboard. Music by GCOM MUSIC. If you like this track the full mastered version is here at: www.myspace.com/gcommusic Many thanks /G"

Doepfer Analog FM Experiment

YouTube via isotopeofme
"Long-ish video playing with another FM patch. Cubase is sending a simple rhythm to the EG, everything else is patched into the Doepfer. This one goes through a number of sonic qualities."

Yamaha TX816

images via this auction

"Yamaha TX816 rack mount modular synth with 8 DX7 modules"

ARP Odyssey

images via this auction

"The ARP Odyssey was an analog synthesizer introduced in 1972. Responding to pressure from Moog Music to create a portable, affordable (the Minimoog was US$1,495 upon release) "performance" synthesizer, ARP scaled down its popular 2600 synthesizer and created the Odyssey, which became the best-selling synthesizer they made.

The Odyssey is a two-oscillator analog synth (the Minimoog has 3 oscillators and its sound is considered "fatter"). The Odyssey was the first synthesizer with duophonic capabilities (the ability to play two notes at the same time). Many cite ARP's semi-modular 2600 as the first duophonic synthesizer; however, the 2600 was originally shipped with a monophonic controller keyboard, with a duophonic keyboard not being released until after the Odyssey's release. One potential appeal of the Odyssey is the fact that all parameters, including a resonant low-pass filter, a non-resonant high-pass filter, ADSR and AR envelopes, triangle (not sine) and square wave LFO, and a sample-and-hold function are editable with sliders and buttons on the front panel.
* Produced between 1974-76.
* The Odysseys I and II look and feel virtually the same. The main difference between them are the addition of CV/Gate control and a new black and gold color scheme. The 2810 introduced a beefier 4-pole VCF. This filter was similar to the Moog filter and did not last. While a persistent rumor that Moog sued ARP over this, no suit ever occurred. Arp and Moog came to an amicable agreement and a small licensing fee was paid by ARP for units previously manufactured. ARP soon after designed their own four-pole, low-pass filters. They came up with the 4075 filter which was used in subsequent Odyssey models. The similar 4072 was featured in the 2600, Omni, Axxe, Solus, and others."

Update via Dave Cornutt in the comments:
"One correction: I'm pretty sure the EML Electrocomp 100 was the first mass produced synth with a duophonic keyboard. It preceded the Odyssey by about a year. Also, I seem to recall that Wendy Carlos' Moog was fitted with a duophonic keyboard at some point, but I don't think this was ever offered as a catalog item by Moog."