Alessandro Cortini and the EAR Synthesizer

YouTube via plugtpd
"Alessandro Cortini discusses the EAR synthesizer and its role in live Nine Inch Nails shows."

Alessandro Cortini in his personal studio

YouTube via plugtpd
"Alessandro Cortini discusses his synthesizers and other studio equipment."

ELECTRO HARMONIX MICRO SYNTHESIZER

YouTube via zzzz00x00zzzz. "MODIFIED"

THE MOST STUP*D LOOP EVER - MUST SEE!!!

YouTube via feelda303
"this is the most stup*d loop ever made by the most stup*d youtube user on the most stup*d instruments..."

Raymond Scott Clavivox Cake

Clavivox cake by Sarah Albu, Montreal via the Raymond Scott blog. Also check out the Official Raymond Scott site for the 100th Centennial of Raymond Scott. There are some great quotes from various musicians and synthheads including Bob Moog.

"Raymond Scott was definitely in the forefront of developing electronic music technology, and in the forefront of using it commercially as a-musician." - Bob Moog, inventor of Moog synthesizers

Ruby Coast

flickr by Qinn

Just because everyone needs a little Donald Duck now and then.

Anyone know the synth?

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Admin: Added Followers to the Right

I logged in this morning to see "4 followers" of the site. I wondered what this was and made a mental note to check it out later. Well, it turns out that Blogger added a module that let's people "follow" the site. I thought I'd add the module for now and see what it was like. You can find it at the bottom right of the site just above the contact info. Feel free to add yourself. It appears to act like a blog reader. Of course if you have a blog reader of your own, you can just sub to http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com directly. Bloglines is my reader of choice.

Alessandro Cortini and the Buchla 200e, Part 1

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"Alessandro Cortini discusses the Buchla 200e synthesizer and his contributions to the Nine Inch Nails album, Ghosts I-IV. Part one of two."

MIDI LFO's -Moog MP-201 Controlling the DSI Prophet 08

YouTube via bigcitymusic. Available now at http://bigcitymusic.com
"The MP-201 has finally arrived and you can control whatever you freaking feel like with it! The MP-201 has four control voltage outputs which can individually be assigned to send and expression pedal smooth voltage, LFO with your choice of any classic waveform, or a gate signal. This patch, you can save presets, has Channel 1 on the MP-201 contolling oscillator 1 pitch and channel 2 controlling oscillator 2 pitch. Whammy style. The third channel is an actual control voltage triangle wave LFO running into the DSI's filter CV input. The fourth channel is a triangle wave LFO sent via MIDI (Yes!) to the wave shape of oscillator 1. Holy cow, the possibilities are ridiculous. Wait, what do all four sound like at the same time?"

Bend Matrix trigger jack and MIDI output

YouTube via 4mspedals
"From 4mspedals.com. Demo of Bend Matrix triggered by a guitar to step the sequencer forward. Also has Step-back and Play/Pause trigger jacks. BM's MIDI output is going to a MIDI synth which generates the piano sounds"