MATRIXSYNTH

Manikin Schrittmacher sequensing monomachine

YouTube via enapa1apa

Nord Lead 2x Synthesizer - Pitch Bend & Mod Wheel

YouTube via residentproducer. follow-up to these posts.

Nord Lead 2x Synthesizer - Portamento

First sequence with my synthesizers.com

YouTube via Thalassa77
"First days with my new synthesizers.com modular synthesizer. It's a basic system with only 1 VCO , 2 Env , 1 Vcf and 1 Vca"

escape out of the black hole

YouTube via vonhaulshoven "von haulshoven on orbit strings."

Thingamagoop vs. Tenori-On part I

YouTube via zinoff "Thingamagoop, meet Tenori-On, Tenori-On meet Thingamagoop"

dual darf

another flickr by citizenmori
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Just some fiddling with the MMM. No music, just sound. Be sure check out the Mattson Mini Modular Forum for a note from George on the one year anniversary yesterday. If you missed it see this post for images. Note the following all feature the Syntar SSM 2040 filter. The final filter is the last remaining item. I do have to say the quality of the system has come a long way since it was first announced. If you remember it was messaged to be a bare-bones, budget modular with a finish on the panels meant to be replaced. It now has a very proper finish (same panel overlays as DSI and Moog) and it feels rock solid. The oscillators are new and based on the Syntar, EML style OSCs. To be honest I was a little worried the new OSCs would not live up to the Syntar's. To my surprise they do and they are much more stable, tracking a full six octaves. With just two OSCs it actually gives my Voyager a run for the money. These are very bold oscillators. The final filter will of course have to prove itself, however if the OSCs are any sign, I am sure they will come through. This is a very nice modular system. Again, the following is just some tinkering. You can see prior posts for more demos and videos by clicking on the MMM label below. Apologies for the heavy reverb on the first couple of demos. http://mattsonminimodular.com/

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Hammond Novachord

via Milo:

Update: image of the four Novachords."This is Hammond Novachord #1431, one of the last of the instruments made, most likely built in 1940 some time. It was originally purchased by CBS Studios in New York City. In the early Seventies, a retiring CBS engineer acquired the instrument and kept it at his home for the next few decades. I acquired it through an estate buyer about three years ago. It has not been powered on since I got it and I do not intend to do so until the internal restoration is complete, but over the last few days I cleaned it up for a photo shoot and figured you might like to see the results. Phil Cirocco documented the restoration of his instrument on his website and it is a truly painstaking process which I will be getting entirely too familiar with over the next few years. You see, I have three more of them..." Photograph by John Phelps, www.johnphelpsphotography.com. You can read about the Novachord Restoration Project here. Be sure to click on the Novachord label below for prior posts.

Patch Bay 101

I have a pretty hard rule on synth only posts, however, I thought this one would be of use to many out there. Sequence 15 has a great post up on patchbays.

If you ever wondered how they work or if your synth collection has grown to the point it is no longer flexible, this might be worth a look.

"So what does a patch bay do? It gives you a place to bring all of your signal sources and destinations together, so that you can connect things in any arbitrary order using short patch cords. In that respect, it's no different from a modular synthesizer. However, a well laid out patch bay can also make your life easier by having pre-made 'default' connections that correspond to the way you normally connect things in the studio, but can be easily overriden when desired. And, by making it more convenient to change connections, it can enable the use of things that might otherwise be too much trouble to cable up -- like auxiliary outputs from synths."