MATRIXSYNTH

Wednesday, September 24, 2008

Roll Up Synthesizer Piano

via this auction

Umm... That does not look comfortable to me.

Note this one has MIDI OUT.

Moog Little Phatty Stage Edition

via this auction

Anyone know if that little section description sheet comes with the Little Phatty? How does it stick on there without damaging or marking the synth?

Moog Voyager Signature Edition

images via this auction

"It is number 161 out of 600 total produced. It was ordered by me with custom Cherry wood and the optional BLUE LED Pitch and Mod Wheels."

I See Beats from Kyle McDonald on Vimeo.
"Cell phone-based beat sequencer, a small-crowd improvisation interface. Developed in an afternoon with a webcam, projector, and Open Frameworks. Squares of the video are thresholded for average brightness, and when the line reaches them MIDI notes are sent to Reason.

This was mostly inspired by "I Eat Beats" vimeo.com/625464 which could only support two or three hands simultaneously -- I wanted to allow for more people simultaneously.

This first performance/demo is from a local open mic. Next time I'd like to get some more musicians involved -- maybe a bassist and kit drummer improvising with the crowd...?

Message me if you'd like the source. Huge thanks to Blair for recording some video!"

Malekko E600M update

via Melekko:
"I thought i'd give everyone an update on the E600M module. Of course, were experiencing the saga of backordered parts, electronics component companies can take months to get you parts... Anyway, for those that missed the first post, this is the new 600mS analog delay we're offering. It has CV for every function,delay time, mix, and regen..and feedback loop too! the feedback loop has a level knob to adjust the amount of feeding back it will do...also the pot is a pull out type (because we ran out of room) so if it's pulled out you can modulate the feedback loop via CV and adjust the amount..
The last post was the prototype, this is what the production run will look like (sorry about the crappy pic)...just some module pron to get everyone through until they are released.
My guess now for availability is late Oct. and at 285.00. http://malekkoheavyindustry.com/"

DIY UV lamp for PCB exposure

YouTube via MusicMiK. Posting this one for the DIY aspect of it all. You might remember MusicMiK form these videos.
"No directly synthesizer related stuff today, as i'm currently building a new tool - an ultraviolet lamp for creating PCBs by exposing the photosensitive coating to this UV light later.

See more about the construction here:

http://www.mik-music.org/tiki/gallery53

This unit is not yet completed, i need to build a powerful Step-Up converter for about 80V and 0.6A to feed the LEDs, which are chained in 30 chains of 22 LEDs each. Besides this, some more mechanical work is needed and a timer will also be built in. And of course - safety. You don't want to look into a 40 watts 400nm UV light source accidentally :)"

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS (1,6 GB DVD)

YouTube via Cokabit
"www.agent-one.de
Legendary Sounds of Prophet VS (1,6 GB DVD)
www.agent-one.de
WAV, SF2 & Reason SXT NN-XT
Sampling-CD
(WAV)
sf012
Beschreibung/Tracks:
100 Sounds des legendären PROPHET VS von Sequential Circuits in Studioqualität und über Keyboard spielbar!
1693 Wav Files
1,6GB DVD
+100 SF2 Soundfont Files
(spielbar mit Ableton LIVE Sampler, FL Studio Fruity Soundfont Player und jedes andere Program, welches SF2 Files unterstützt!)
+100 SXT NN-XT Reason Files
www.agent-one.de "

Binary Beat

Binary Beat from Niklas Roy on Vimeo.
"This is an experiment, where I count one byte up - from 00000000 to 11111111. Decimal spoken, this is from 0 to 255. I have assigned a sound to each bit and when it switches from 0 to 1, the sound is played.

'Music is a hidden arithmetic exercise of the soul, which does not know that it is counting.'
Leibniz "

3^n Beat

3^n Beat from Niklas Roy on Vimeo.
"This is an experiment, where I'm counting in the numeral system on the basis 3. The count goes from 000000 to 222222. In the decimal world, this is from 0 to 728. I have assigned a sound to each digit and when it switches from 1 to 2, the sound is played.

This video is part of an investigation of the correlation between numeral systems and music. While the beat in this video sounds a bit awkward, it is interresting to compare it with the binary beat."

via Califaudio.