MATRIXSYNTH

Roger O'Donnell of The Cure Plays to the Cows

YouTube via worldsfair. via Tara Busch of AnalogSuicide, where you'll find a post on a new Cure Tribute CD, Perfect as Cats. Tara will be doing a cover of "Let's Go To Bed." Hmm...

video description:
"Roger O'Donnell will soon be releasing his debut solo album, "The Truth In Me", a beautiful and profound departure from his rock & roll pedigree with The Cure and Psychedelic Furs. Here, he sets up in a cottage near his home in the UK to video a brief performance, only to find himself in the company of some rather unexpected audience members... The cows from the farm next door can't help but wonder where those sweet space sounds are coming from - music soothes the savage beast. Hear , see and read more Roger O'Donnell at www.rogerodonnell.com and myspace.com/rogerodonnell"

Candylicious 08

YouTube via Synthomania
"This is a song made for a norwegian celebration called "Russ". Vocals recorded at my studio, mixed at my studio. Im using mostly Korg Ms2000 in this song, with drums from my RX5,Mc307, DR100, and mc09. Pads by Juno2 and D-50."

M563 by night

YouTube via moonmodular
"Changing audio voices/trigger bus. The LED´s are NOT green, it´s the camera mode."

Me playing DM Everything Counts (just a check)

YouTube via DX5

"Checking some Everything Counts sounds played over an easy backtape (almost all played live). It sounds raw, as I didn't add any FX to the keyboards like reverb or delay.

Keyboards:
Top: E-MU Emax
Mid: Yamaha DX7 IIFD
(same setup on Music For The Masses Tour -the DX7II was boxed-)

Below: Yamaha DX7

Backtape running on Pro Tools"

Emu Emulator II Sampler

flickr by Yotsuba&!
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And a MOOG Minimoog

MooCowMusic: Band

YouTube via MysteryAardvark. via Synthtopia.
"Record tunes on your iPhone or iPod Touch . For more information see- http://moocowmusic.com"
You can get MooCowMusic Guitarist here:

You can get MooCowMusic Pianist here:

You can get MooCowMusic Band here:

One in a Million

one more flickr by Neil Vance

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"Chris Jenkins purses his lips around the Millioniser 2000, a harmonica type mouthpiece interfaced to a programmable analogue monosynth."

Update: video below via rock in the comments

video upload by millioniser2000

"Rock Erickson -The first American called to Europe to play and record with Walter Mueller's Millioniser 2000. Harmonica like in principal giving the end user complete control over synthesizer and midi functions with the sensitivity of your own breath. This instrument is a one of a kind powerhouse. The video starts off by showing the functions of Millioniser 2000 and then merges into the on stage video which was shot in London. Rick Fenn of "Lie For A Lie" Sony Music was the music director and lead guitarist along with Charlie Barret from The FIXX on bass. The Millioniser Breath Controller units that I'm currently using in the studio are breathing new life (literally) thru their capability to dynamically control some of the most popular software and rack synths ( Garritan Personal Orchestra, Roland Sound Canvas, Yamaha VL70 ect ) and samplers like SampleTank & Tascam Giga Studio ) in both the mono and polyphonic arena. If you have comments or questions please post here or email"

The Digisound 80 Modular Synthesizer - Synth Scans via Neil Vance

flickr by Neil Vance

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You can find the set of scans this is part of here. Cocteau Twins fans might want to click through.

FLAME Clockwork: review pt.1

You can find the full review on Noise Source.

"I'm not a musician, I'm a drummer (ha, beat you all to it), and as such I tend to instinctually think in measurements of time rather than notes, chords, scales, what-have-you. A lot of my modular programming is based on creating intricate time driven triggers that fire off in interesting patterns to make up what eventually spills out of the VCAs and into Logic. This piece of gear has made that endeavor much more playable (and in sync to boot!) letting me quickly try out different rhythmic mixtures and variations without a lot of re-setting and re-patching. Everyone will use a particular module or unit in their own way eventually, I'm not saying my way is the best, I'm only going to tell you how I've started using it myself and take from it what you will."