MATRIXSYNTH

KETRON XD3

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"The XD3 is a Synth Sound Module, Drum Machine & Arranger Workstation.

Live Performer with a lot of flexibility for Midi. Perfect for the Midi Accordionist, Midi Guitarist or those wishing to expand their current line-up.

The XD3 offers all you'll need in a mid-range keyboard module with exciting features like Drum Remix, Live Drums, Midifile player and the capability to create your own styles (or load in new ones). Add on the optional Pattern expansion memory card (for even more style space), vocalizer (to add human back-ground voices to what you sing), video card (to display lyrics or screen information onto an external computer monitor) and you're 'loaded' XD3 is now able to challenge some of the higher-end module of today's market. Made in Italy with pride!"

Visit www.KetronUSA.com for Ketron info.

AD Kombinat Now Available...

"rom mild tone-shaping or adding a bit of grit to full-on total waveform destruction, Kombinat is a complete toolbox of sonic warfare. This plugin is, in our opinion, the single most annihilating effect available today.

With seven different options in each of the three distortion engines (plus pass-through), Kombinat is capable of sophisticated and unique sounds. Want to add a ring mod to the low end, a mild saturation to the mids, and a bit-reduction algorithm to the high end? No problem. Want to run your signal through three sine-warps in series? This is your box.

Kombinat's signal structure allows for a fairly broad palette of sounds, as each segment of the overall effect is a versatile tool in its own right. The Isolator is a full "DJ-style" band-killer EQ; this leads to the three distortion engines, which may be used in multi-band mode for subtle surgery, or in series mode for complete signal destruction. The engines go in to a four-pole lowpass filter of our own design, and then in to a compressor which we have configured for one-knob operation.

Taken as a whole, Kombinat is a tweaker's paradise, yet designed so that it is easy to just grab one of the 64 presets and touch it up a bit to suit the source material."

More info including samples on the Audio Damage website.

The exponential converter (also known as antilog amplifier)

MusicMiK who has brought us these excellent videos on his synthesizer DIY projects wrote in to let us know that he has created a page on the exponential converter. You can find that page and more here.

"The nature often has a logarithmic or exponential behaviour, this also applies to the human reception of volume levels and frequencies. So for the human ear, musical intervals like octaves feel like linear, but in fact are exponential. One octave is the double frequency, two octaves are four times the frequency and so on. As it is easier to handle the control of pitch in a linear way (for example using a resistor divider chain in the keyboard to convert a constant current flowing through the resistors to a linear voltage depending on the key pressed), there must be something to convert the linear control to the exponential output, like the frequency of a VCO.

This is the job of the exponential converter, which is a term commonly used in electronic music instruments, whereas the term used in other technical areas usually is antilog amplifier, as it does the opposite of a logarithmic amplifier."

Prophet '08 non-SE with backlit wheels

"Here is a non-SE with backlit pitch/mod wheels, a Sequential Circuits nameplate and
special purple heart wood sides."

via synthwood

Maid in Mexico - Yosoyerica

YouTube via warlip. Maid playing her Weevil. :) via BugBrandBlog where you can find a little more info and more BugBrand posts.
"Hi i am erica and want to be a real sounding artist sonidera) plaese right to me any advice"

x0xb0x #13 Analog Synthesizer / TB-303 Clone

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"It was purchased during the very first run of kits and is serial #13.

It has the lexan "c0nsumer" face plate overlay which is extremely durable and will not wear.

Wood paneling was done by a friend of mine who specializes in exotic hardwoods and they are beautifully finished with black wood inlays.

Mods
All the audio are switched so they can be turned off returning to the original setting:

* Power Switch
* Envelope
* Cutoff Range
* Resonance Range
* Overdrive"