MATRIXSYNTH

Korg 770

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"One of the nicest sounding monosynths I have had the privilege to play."

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Where to Read the Waldorf Q Manual

"The perfect place to read this user manual is your favourite bathroom. we recommend 5 pages per session! [Waldorf Q User's Manual (pag 157)]"

via Celiar Structures

via the AKAI S900 Blog:
"I've gone crazy for months before finding a working way and even that suddently stopped working for apparently no reason for nearly one year. Now things are working fine but I bet there are many users out there that simply can't get the damn thing to work!

Since some of you contacted me privately telling me their desperation I decided to help people wanting to upload some samples into the machine. Send me your .WAVS and I'll send you back an image of a floppy with the sounds in it, so you can simply convert it into floppy using Omniflop and load it into the AKAI S900.

Limit for this free offer if of one floppy per person, as MIDI sample dump is SLOOOOOOW!"

Korg DS-10 - Popcorn Song

YouTube via DsSiege11
"The famous Popcorn Song on Korg DS-10. It's not the whole song because there aren't enough patterns. Enjoy! Check my channel for more Korg DS-10 videos!"

Phantastron All Vacuum Tube Synthesizer

YouTube via sheepslinky. Also see these videos.
"A demonstration of the assembled Phantastron Kit from WWW.ELECTRICWESTERN.COM.

This Phantastron was built for a customer from the same components & case parts in the kit. The phantastron has a great 30's all vacuum tube sound like an Ondes Martenot in the highs and a Trautonium in the low range.

Phantastron was recorded direct to camera. No effects used..."

x0xb0x Walkthru With Sound Designer Justin McGrath

YouTube via gearwire
"If you've been shopping around for DIY TB-303 clone kits -- and who hasn't -- you owe it to yourself to check out the x0xb0x. We heard that local sound designer and film scorer Justin McGrath had one, so we headed over to his studio to check it out.

I was so amazed at how accurately the x0xb0x recreates the sounds of the TB-303 that my x0x were literally blown off. Seriously. I was x0x-less while watching this interview. Take my advice and affix your x0x with x0x-garters before watching.

See more on Gearwire.com."

Jean Michel Jarre Synth Site

via Khoral: "I just stumbled across this Jarre fan site that I thought might interest the matrixsynth readers. It's in polish (I guess) and you get the traditional gear list of JMJ, but the catch to me is that the guy has recorded good quality examples of how some synths were used. For instance, JMJ used a lot of D50 factory presets on his Revolutions album, and you get recreations of the parts played with the original factory preset. All in all, a nice source of info about his use of gear, but also a good source of synth examples in general.
Best regards
Khoral
www.khoral.net"