MATRIXSYNTH

First Try-out on C1 and Sonic Cell

YouTube via captainkeys
"I just got my Clavia for a week, and today my sonic cell arrived. So i tried it out..."

Gakken SX-150

images via this auction

Herbie Hancock on the Minimoog and The Chemical Brothers from the included magazine.

Moog Voyager Old School White Wash

via this auction

"Minimoog Voyager OS - Old School Synthesizer
Limited Edition in White Wash Finished Wood.
Features
• 44-key keyboard with velocity and afterpressure outputs
• Three wide-range, high stability VCO’s (Voltage Controlled Oscillators) with continuously-variable waveforms.
• Five-input mixer for combining the audio sources prior to filtering.
• Dual mode filter module includes dual lowpass and highpass-lowpass filtering.
• The Envelopes Module generates two wide-range ADSR (Attack Decay Sustain Release) envelopes.
• Low Frequency Oscillator generates triangular, square, Sample & Hold, and smoothed Sample & Hold waveforms for use as modulating signals.
• Classic Moog Thick & Warm Analog Sound"

Anyone know if the OS has multi-pole filtering like the original Voyager and if so, how do you set the different poles? If not, what other differences are there in regards to sound generation - not controls as that is obvious.

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Machinedrum and Kenton Pro-2000

see the full post on felix inferious. the following is just an excerpt:
"So, what I chose to do was simply sequence a few notes (patched from the "A" CV) and patched 4-6 of the Auxiliary CV outs to various other controls on the modular, like the filter cutoff, EG timebase, VCAs for LFOs and FM index. I was having a lot of fun, adding a step on the MD's sequencer and either manually setting a parameter lock, or just turning one of the knobs in real time, indirectly controlling the modular. It was a blast. The real fun came though when I remembered that you can set parameter locks in realtime record mode; just twist the knobs and your actions are recorded via param locks. I was know simply tweaking controls and they were automatically recorded. Sequencing filter cutoffs and FM indexes was extremely immediate and intuitive feeling. It was fantastic."

TZFM SAW VCO

via frijitz in this electro-music.com thread.
"This looks somewhat promising. It's a SAW VCO with thru-zero FM. So far just a proof of principle. But quite simple and cost effective. None of that doo-dah with rectifying the CV, separately reversing the core direction, etc. Just modulate the core's input current back and forth and carefully process what comes out..."

The Mophos Have Arrived

At Big City Music

via the Big City Music blog.

Stromeko: Downloads

Stromeko: Downloads
various resources including the following:

MIDI implementation and additional Documentation for Waldorf Synthesizers

Factory and User Soundsets and Singles for Waldorf Blofeld, Q, Q+, microQ and rackAttack

Wavetables for the Terratec KOMPLEXER

SoundDiver Adaptations
Waldorf Q, Q+, microQ, rackAttack and Blofeld

Using the AutoLink Feature of Logic with the Q Adaptation

Links to the latest SoundDiver manuals and updates

MIDI2SDS(X) WTF

YouTube via muffwiggler
"My new Elby Designs MIDI2SDS(X)
Excited anticpiation ends in frustration on arrival of new module.
argh why is it acting like this?"

Update via Muff in the comments:
"Laurie at Elby Designs AND Paul Maddox (the designer of the PCB) have both been VERY HELPFUL and GREAT to deal with.

It's confirmed that it's a bug with my unit. Laurie is shipping me a new microcontroller for it.

No foul here - been very impressed with how these guys handled it, great communication & great service. "