MATRIXSYNTH

Sunday, April 13, 2008

AHMW Year 10 Pics by Synthasonic

Click here for images of this year's event by Synthasonic.

Update: more images in on Retrosynth.com

images via this auction

"This is an extrmemly rare Ddrum AT Drum module by the Swedish company Clavia. There were only a couple hundred of these units made. This module comes with the even rarer sound paks. There are five: Orchestral 1, Kick & Snare, Ddrum Kit 3, Larrie London Signature Kit, and Effect snares. The DDrum AT also has internal kits ranging from rock to electronic. The samples are great.This module is one of the best I have ever heard and the control and sensitivity is awesome. It has some scratches and dings cosmetically but it functions 100%. It is one of the easiest units to use and program as well. I am selling the pay the taxman otherwise I would definetly be keeping this. I will email you a PDF of the manual at the auction end but you can download it yourself on the Clavia Nord site." via Nick.

Sequential Circuits Model 700 Programmer

via this auction
"Mark 2 In 1979 the Mark 2 model was released with front panel V/octave trimmers for the 3 control voltages, and a single multi-way socket for a single cable connection to the partner synthesizer. The Mark 2 has revised PCB's and a slightly different circuit design. The original CA3080 and matched transistor design was updated to use SSM2050 and SSM2020 chips, along with TL072 Op Amp's. The high quality sealed cermet pots were also replaced with standard carbon pots. All these changes meant the Model 700 could be manufactured for less money.

Sequential Circuits went on to sell over 200 Programmers, and it was still in the catalog in March 1981.

The Model 700 has a place in synthesizer history and it provided some funding and technical R&D for the legendary Prophet 5. Below is a Mark 2 version with Prophet 5 knobs, and lettering above the tactile switches. The 7 segment display is larger and the patch Record facility has a red button rather than being on the right hand lower toggle switch." via Nick.

Kawai K5 Additive Synthesizer

"Kawai K5 and Kawai K5m are Digital Multi-Dimensional Synthesizers working based on fourier synthesis Additive Sound Synthesis , that gives nearly infinite freedom in creating sounds. Using realtime Additive Synthesis, each sound of the Kawai K5 can consist of up to 126 harmonic sine waves. This simple but powerful technique, makes it possible to create complex waveforms for new and unique sounds or even recreate waveforms similar to natural sounds."

Click here for a website dedicated to the Kawai K5 and K5m additive synthesizers. You will find samples, images, a librarian, and more.
via swissdoc

Saturday, April 12, 2008

flight of harmony Infernal Noise Machine

via flight:

"Pics, diagrams, specs and samples are up at flight of harmony. We hope to get as much feedback as possible and would love to hear what people really *want* in a synth/ music- related device. If we get enough suggestions for something specific, we’ll work to make it a reality."

Samples of the Infernal Noise Machine are on site.

MC202 does Boards of Canada

YouTube via nibkey
"Well no one really knows what they use but here's my little 202 doing a (very) passable impression of one of their signature tones. No fx AFAIK, maybe a touch of reverb, not sure. Sorry for the sound quality, that MC has a nasty resonance!

And yes, my playing sucks and the sequence hasn't been edited to play properly, I know but this is just a proof of concept, not a performance. If you're lucky you can make out the settings to copy them!"