MATRIXSYNTH

Muzik 4 Machines Live 08-21-08 part 4

YouTube via muzik4machines. via muzik4machines in the comments of this post.
"i taped a new version of it. towards the middle of the clip (part 4/4 of a set)"
Umm.. what's with the hammer about :53 seconds in? :) You should be able to play the other clips by mousing over the thumbnails at the bottom of this video when over.

Analog computers

via Rick:

"Analog synthesizers are about the only remaining descendants of analog computers.

Here is a couple of great pics:

Polish analog computer AKAT-1
(from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Analog_computer)

Hitachi 240 Analog Computer
(from http://www.vaxman.de/my_machines/hitachi/240/240.html)

Cheers
Rick"

Waldorf Blofefeld Sound Organizer, Editor & Randomizer

YouTube via KotroLaszloLehel
"Waldorf Blofeld editor 1.03
main features:
Sound Organizer
Sound Editor
Sound Randomizer
download:
http://lady.rdsor.ro/~kotro/blofeld"

and a prior vid:

Waldorf Blofeld Sound Organizer

Sat 9/13 - Synth DIY / Circuit Bending / Chiptunes Festival in Baltimore, MD

via Josh:
"My friend Karl and I are organizing an all day festival in Baltimore, MD at our venue The Hexagon (hexagonspace.com). From noon until 7pm we're going to have a Synth DIY / Circuit Bending / Chiptunes meet-up where people can bring their own home-built and modified instruments to set up and show off. This afternoon event is free to the public and there will be performances throughout the day featuring local musicians with home-built electronic instruments including Peter Blasser (sejayno, ciat-lonbarde), Carly Ptak (Nautical Almanac), T.A. Zook (http://www.myspace.com/tazook), The Baltimore SDIY Variable Ensemble, The Cheater's Club, and others. We will have tables set up with power/small amps, but if anyone has a large modular system they're considering bringing they can let us know by emailing me at josh@hexagonspace.com so we can make sure they have space reserved.

There will be a happy hour / potluck with DJ's from 7-9pm (our space is byob, so bring whatever you like to eat & drink).

At 9PM that night we're going to have an all 8-bit / Chiptunes Baltimore Invasion with Bubblyfish, Glomag, Nullsleep, noteNdo, and others from NYC playing their gameboys and other modified game systems live. There will be live visuals by don miller, voltage controlled, and noteNdo. $10 / will go on until 2AM. Not to be missed!

Thanks!
Josh"

Replicant Overview

YouTube via AudioDamage001
"This is a brief run-through of Replicant, our looping/slicing/dicing/repeating/glitchi ng effect."
See the write-up on Analog Industries.

Rop Papen RG

"RG is a brand new groove plug-in that is far more than just a "virtual Rhythm Guitar player .

By using the RG onboard sequencer it is possible to create classic Rhythm Guitar grooves, but beyond that you can use the synthesizer features and effects to make fresh new edgy guitar grooves. To play the grooves RG is using a keyboard layout of "major chords" and "minor chords", each with two sequence patterns (A or B) option.
It is only a matter of hitting a single note in the major keyboard range or minor keyboard range and the groove plays. The sound sets are clean sampled guitars, which gives you great freedom and flexibility when using the synthesizer features and effects of RG.

Guitar types included are:
- The classic Fender Stratocaster ® electric guitar
- A 8th note groove type Steel String acoustic guitar
- A 16th note groove type Steel String acoustic guitar

The synthesizer parts of RG include a classic analog modelled synthesizer filter, LFO, envelopes and modulation section. The effect section can be built up by using up to 3 effects at a time. Included are midi time-based delays, chorus and also speaker simulators, phaser, flanger and many more. Included are over 500 presets included 300 "RG" grooves and 200 "basic" grooves.

RG…the very first 'Rhythm Guitar Synth'."