【DEMO】Gakken SX-150

YouTube via musictrackjp. Note these are available on Ebay here.

Four synthesizer comics from Wire to the Ear.

Check them out on Wire to the Ear.

OPL module (for FM synthesizer)

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Anyone know more about this?

SX-150

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Some shots of the Gakken SX-150 packaging.

A Visit to Thighpaulsandra's Aeriel Studios Pt2 - Pt4

YouTube via matrixsynth.

Peter Forrest and Thighpaulsandra tweaking the Cynthia Zeroscillator with Plan B at Aeriel Studios. Be sure to click on the Aeriel Studios label below for all posts in this set.

http://thighpaulsandra.com/
http://www.myspace.com/thighpaulsandra

If you are in the Oakland, CA area, here's your chance to see a Buchla Electric Music Box live. Chris Muir will be playing one with Remember the Toykillers. Note pictured here is the 200e.

"Saturday, August 2 Remember the Toykillers + Oaxacan 8pm, $6-10
The original toy killers consisted of Charles k. Noyes and Mark Miller (both on drums), featuring various cohorts like Arto Lindsay, John Zorn, Bill Laswell, Elliott Sharp, (as Mark would say, "anybody who would lower themselves to playing with us.") The band started as an improvised music duo of clattering percussion, fireworks and noise before transforming itself into a messy no wave band featuring the creme of the '80s NYC downtown scene. Tonight's homage paying ensemble, features Miller and Noyes, with Henry Kaiser (guitar), Allen Whitman (bass), Anantha R. Krishnan (mridangam), and Chris Muir (Buchla synth).

Flavorpill writes about Oakland’s Oaxacan 'Oaxacan understands that noise is a matter of texture and timbre not just plugging in your effects pedals and turning all the amps to ten. Like kindred experimentalists Double Leopards or Climax Golden Twins, Oaxacan prefer night swimming in murky, inky pools of gauzy per cussion and reverb-drenched vocal abstraction.'"

Click here and scroll to see the numerous posts featuring Chris here on MATRIXSYNTH.

harazard de uno

harazard de uno from abre ojos on Vimeo.

"an anniversary, a house guest and a pleasant reminder

fifth in an ongoing series of live sound & visual improvisations using a custom eurorack modular synthesizer and quartz composer on a macbook pro.

for more info visit abreojos.net"

"you can access the video and an mp3 version from the site http://abreojos.net

if you have the bandwidth and are a vimeo user when you log in you can download the original video file from the bottom of the page for a better qual vid.

attached is the pic of the set up for this track, its my current live set up that i've been testing - modular & mic into xstation- xstation via usb into Ableton- some effects on them plus an instance of absynth all out via xstation into amp/pa/mixer then visuals are evolution xsession (wots with all the x's?) controlling quartz composer.

on another note i have just finished a dvd compiling the first four abre ojos a/v tracks, if any of your readers want a copy i'm happy to trade for their own music CD/DVD or it can be purchased for $15USD via paypal posted anywhere. it also includes the tracks as mp3's for transfer to their non video device... they can email via the website if they are interested"

Click here for all videos by abre ojos posted here. Note I've moved away from posting the larger video size on the site, but I decided to make the exception so this post matches the others.

Experimentalists Anonymous Mini-Optosynth demo 2, Vs. Amen Break

Experimentalists Anonymous Mini-Optosynth demo 2, Vs. Amen Break from Experimentalists Anonymous on Vimeo.
"The mini-optosynth is a pocketsized tone generator/distortion box, whose frequency can be controlled by a photocell, some buttons, or an external input. This video shows the optosynth with the classic amen break as an input. I turn the lights off mid-way to show what it's like with the built-in LED as a light source. For more information, please visit experimentalistsanonymous.com/"

Stephi w/ Jomox XBase888 & Pigtronix PolySaturator

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here's a short little sequence from the JoMoX XBase 888 drum machine into the Pigtronix PolySaturator distortion pedal. The PolySaturator has a three-band EQ, which is nice for running drums into it.

http://www.bigcitymusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/bigcitymusicdo...
http://www.bigcitymusicblog.blogspot.com"

ET3 Therevox

images via this auction
"Therevox Electro-Theremin
Model ET-3

About the Electro Theremin / Tannerin: This is the Ultra-Rare Instrument heard on The Beach Boys "Pet Sounds", "Good Vibrations", and "Wild Honey". Never mass produced, it has the beautifully eerie sound of the theremin, but much easier to play! Similar to the Ondes Martenot and Analogue System's French Connection (but with the sound built-in).

Further reading:
* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electro-theremin
* http://www.electrotheremin.com/PTE-TPage.html
* http://www.keyboardmuseum.com/pre60/1950/electrot.html

About this Electro-Theremin:
Completely re-created by Therevox to have an evenly-spaced keyboard!!! This makes it much easier to play. The oscillator in this is incredibly stable and creates a pure sine wave. I tuned it and turned it off for a few days, only to turn it back on in perfect tune! I love it but I must pay some bills so it's my loss and your gain! Only 14 were built in the last year and Therevox says they will not build anymore for 3-5 years. The only thing I couldn't test is the skew voltage control, because I don't have a proper control for it. The skew knob works fine, though. I felt I should mention it so buy with that in mind. Otherwise everything is tested and guaranteed to work upon arrival. Includes manual and AC adapter.

Features:
* Evenly-spaced keyboard
* Volume control knob or gate button
* Ultra Stable Oscillator
* Sine, Triangle, Saw waves
* Sync in/out
* CV out
* Gate out
* Linear FM CV in and knob control
* Exp FM CV in and knob control
* Skew CV and knob control
* Light-weight

Sound clips (played on the ET-1)": http://www.therevox.com/