MATRIXSYNTH

Custom Creamware Odyssey

via AndyR1960 in this electro-music.com thread. See the thread for more images.
"I've recently been commissioned by Dave Formula of Magazine/Visage to build a controller for his Proddy ASB (Magazine have reformed for a couple of gigs here in the UK, and unfortunately Dave couldn't risk taking his Mk1 Oddy on the road). Lucky for me that a mutual friend of ours spotted one of my modulars, and suggested to him that I may be able to do the job...

The keyboard and midi PCB's were taken from a CME M-Key (nice semi-weighted keyboard, but comes with a terribly flimsy and almost, but not quite entirely, useless joystick!) The joystick was replaced with 3 Wheels - two of which, plus two foot pedals, are programmable. Although I have just found a bug which prevents normal control of one of the foot pedals - GRRRRR!!!!

Any problems... Well, quite a few along the way, the hinging mechanism was a bit of a pain, but ended up using a couple of "Side hanging Window friction hinges". Tolexing was fun - though being stuck in a room for 3 days sniffing glue is not advisable : )" via zamise

Wave tables

YouTube via Quiggers1981. sent my way via fishcek.
"using the waldorf blofeld and one oscillator, no filters and only one lfo, this is wavetable synthesis"

Waldorf Blofeld As Promised 1

CHD ELEKTROSERVIS JP4-KBD: Roland Jupiter-4 MIDI Interface

"JP4-KBD MIDI retrofit enables Roland Jupiter-4 to be controlled via MIDI. You can remotely control the keyboard and speed of the arpeggiator by MIDI commands. The instrument works like polyphonic MIDI sound expander.

Features:
* Instrument's keyboard can be controlled manually and by MIDI Note On/Off commands simultaneously.
* The keyboard can be transposed in whole range of MIDI notes.
* Four modes of key priority can be chosen: Last / Higher / Lower / None.
* Tone generators can be tuned by MIDI Pitch Wheel command. The bend range is from 0 to +-2 octaves.
* Arpeggiator can be synchronized with internal tempo generator or external MIDI clock.
* Number of MIDI channel for communication is user programmable. OMNI mode can be chosen, alternatively.
* Default values of all parameters are user programmable - they can be stored into internal memory.

MIDI implementation - reception only:
* Note On / Off
* CC 16 - "Key Shift" parameter setting
* CC 17 - "Key Priority" parameter setting
* CC 18 - "Pitch Wheel Range" parameter setting
* CC 19 - "Arpg Clock Rate" parameter setting
* CC 64 - Hold
* CC 120 - ASO
* CC 121 - RAC
* CC 123 - ANO
* Pitch Wheel
* System Clock
* System Exclusive - setting and programming of all parameters, selection of MIDI channel"

more info here

Vocal 'Ahhh' patch on a modular how to

YouTube via stretta. "How to construct a vocal patch using four modules."
Analog Systems French Connection and Cwejman modular.

The Wretch F*cker

YouTube via bigcitymusic

"Machinedrum-Wretch Machine-F*cking F*cker"

Dotcom can do Minimoog too

YouTube via invalidbuffalo
"Here is my attempt at "that sound" using a Synthesizers.com system. I think I got pretty good results!"

V2.fi testaa: Korg DS-10 Synthesizer

YouTube via v2fi. "Teknoa syntyy nappia painamalla!"

Desoldering an IC from a PCB

YouTube via MusicMiK
"If you ever wondered how you get an IC desoldered an easy way if you don't care about the IC but want to protect the board, just look here.
Not perfect, but maybe informative enough."

Analogue Solutions Red Square v2

YouTube via coldhandmurr. "Red Square doing its thing."

"Giving my Red Square's ringmod the finger... with an assist by Synthesizers.com Q106 VCO.

The cable I am handling feeds into the ringmod 'Y' socket. Reading up on typical ringmod x/y nomenclature will explain what is happening."

Analogue Solutions Red Square v2 Acid

"(Around 1:34 a note is dropped -- that's not the Red Square's doing -- my laptop went into sleep mode and skipped a note.)

Just a demo to see what Red Square sounds like with a patch o' acieeed.

Pretty much just using the top row of the synth, which is internally prepatched. Only patch cable is for allowing midi-to-cv pitch output to slightly mod the filter cutoff.

You'll note that I didn't tweak the resonance. The rez is what I would call "touchy" it goes from rezzy to screaming self-oscillation in just a few degree turn of the knob, so I tend to set it and leave it. Will probably do a mod someday to change that."