Monome with variable intensity LEDs

Per led intensity: with sound from Jul on Vimeo.

You can find more info on The Stretta Procedure.

Modded Matrix-12 Stolen

Stephen wrote in to let me know the one of a kind modded Matrix-12 pictured here was recently stolen from a friend of his. If you find this synth either online or posted for sale, please contact him at lx_rudis at sbcglobal.net. There is currently a reward. Contct lx for more info. You can also reach him here.

"the instrument can be instantly recognized, and the mod is described in the caption ['a trip down memory lane. this is the 'matrix 12' which confused so many reviewers back in 2002 when i released Crashing the Russian Renaissance. note cyclone arpeggiator on right side, it is a monstrously powerful device for creating ostinatos and repetitive figures out of nothing. sadly, the synthesizer was stolen from me in 2007. it can be recognized by a half dozen 1/4" jacks on the back and toggle switches which enable one to either process six external signals or pass voices 7-12 into voices 1-6 for additional processing. '] it's the only one in the world modified that way, i know that because i modified all four of them and this one is unique - none of the others have toggle switches.

a row of six 1/4" jacks in the middle of the back of the instrument, with six three-position mini toggles in a line above them. the toggles control whether the jacks feed external signal to voices 7-12 or route voices 1-6 into voices 7-12. internally, the mod is distinguished by the use of test probes to access the individual voice outs by clamping to the pins on the stock 'external output' mod on the left side of the synth.

Once again: this is an instrument with provenance, the only one modified in this way that i know of. three others were modified _BY ME_, and can be recognized because they have 12 jacks on the back, a plastic plate that identifies it as a 'matrix 12 xpansion', and no toggle switches.

this one was modded by one of my collaborators with my assistance, it has _six_ jacks on the back approximately 1.5" apart from each other, in a straight line, roughly in the center of the back. above that is a row of six three position mini-toggles which allow the user to:

a-route the six synths in the bottom voice board into the six synths of the top voice board

b-do nothing

c-send line level signals at the jacks into the six synths of the top voice board.

there is no plastic plate on this instrument, the mod is clean but looks homebrewed. i never duplicated this mod, and to the best of my knowledge it never occurred to anyone else to duplicate this mod.

if the instrument is opened, it can be seen that the voice stacking option is done by running test probes with spring clips over to the hot pins on six of the voices on the stock multiple output modification made by oberheim.

additionally, the numbers for the multiple output mod have been peeled off because i had a bit of tape covering them up - in order for dan to make the mod work, he had to reverse the two banks of six jacks referencing the multiple outputs, so if you try to use them you'll find that they run
7,8,9,10,11,12,1,2,3,4,5,6"

Formication's Studio Shots

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Note the Dynacord Desktop Electronic Echo and the Sherman Filterbank

via Alec of The Formicarium

Kandinsky Variations

via vgermuse
"Albany Records just released a new album, An Encounter With the Music of William Kraft. The cover art is Kraft's graphic score for his Kandinsky Variations from 1975. The performance (2006) of that graphic piece is by Todd Barton, Akai EVI and Terry Longshore, Roland Handsonic. Enclosed is a 1:30 crop from that track."

Be sure to check out these videos of vgermuse and the EVI.

CR-78 triggering a synthesizer.com vs the pitch pirate

YouTube via RothHandle
"Yesterday two friends from Västerås came by the studio to try to explain what this whole modular synth business is about...And what better way than to bring a large beautiful synthesizer.com system to Roth HÄndle for a day of tweaking and noise making...and the odd musical sound here and there too..."

MK II moving violins through Moogerfooger bass murf

YouTube via RothHandle
"Yesterday was a really interesing day in a lot of ways...I started out by recording some drums for my good friend Niclas Criborn. Doing some pitch experiments and moogerfoogering. Then two friends from Västerås and brought a large synthesizer.com system for me to try out so that I would get a better understanding of how they work as I have been curious about them for years.

Sadly enough the experience left me impressed, inspired and utterly confused.

So to round off the day I thought I could make some standard films of pedals trying to show and demonstrate a bit how they work. Usually when people do this they use a drum machine or a arpggiated synth so I thought that maybe I could do something a bit different...so I recorded a little loop into a Boss loopstation of the Mellotron MK II strings and then tried that through a bunch of pedals."

The Persephone playing the synthesizer.com

YouTube via RothHandle
"Yesterday two friends from Västerås came by the studio to try to explain what this whole modular synth business is about...And what better way than to bring a large beautiful synthesizer.com system to Roth HÄndle for a day of tweaking and noise making...and the odd musical sound here and there too...

This short film is of the french instrument, the persephone controlling the synthesizer.com modular system.

This film was shot at the Roth HÄndle studios in stockholm with a simple Nokia phone. The studio is filled with odd and interesting instruments including Mellotrons, optigans and piles of other analog goodies. If you are curious about the studio please take a stroll by www.roth-handle.nu"

Jomox Resonator Neuronium Mutation with Mike

YouTube via bigcitymusic

"Here is a good example of the mutation function of the Neuronium. You can hear the sound "mutate", adding bits and changing sequences on it's own."

Rhode Island - a Statescape

YouTube via DaveCornutt via Sequence 15 were you can find a higher resolution audio file.
"Source Code, "Rhode Island" - composed using the delay-line technique of Statescapes"
Gear: Roland JD800, Oberheim Matrix-1000, Studiologic MP-113 pedals, Boss DD-20 Giga Delay

Peavey DPM3 Sample

mp3 here

via kitnexus
"I bought my first real (albeit digital) synthesizer , a Peavey DPM3se, a couple of weeks ago, and I LOVE IT! I finally figured out how to program the thing, so I decided to make a demo of the sounds I made for it! I'm not the best live player, and there's a tad bit of popping from my old computer's soundcard, but I had fun making it (and making the sounds)!

If anybody has a Peavey DPM3se and wants the patches, they can email me at kitsunexus gmail.com"