MATRIXSYNTH

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Digisound 80 and Oberkorn 3 modular

YouTube via trontastic
"Hard work trying to get a good sequence going. And really hard to keep this lot in tune. Love the sound of this Synth though. Sorry about the abrupt end. (my camera's memory ran out). Running this through a Boss DE 200 Echo unit."

Digisound 80 and Oberkorn 3

"Digisound 80 Modular with Oberkorn 3 sequencer running a simple test sequence.Shot with Fuji 5600 digital camera with built in mic."

more noise from my digisound 80 modular

"Just set the neighbours dogs barking down the street, Yeah."

Digisound 80 Modular Chaos.

"Analogue knob twiddling. Sounds ok in here. Shot with a Fuji S5600 digi camera, low-fi."

Ken Rei

"we use synths, samplers, drum machines, circuit bent gear, guitar pedals and anything else we can get our hands on and we DO NOT use any midi. we toured all june with Dino Felipe."

Our websites:
www.bananaseatgirl.com/kenrei.html
www.myspace.com/lovesmashingfacepunch

and here are some youtube vids of us:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klSc0ezZDOY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mK4-SXQAdfs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpRIdB76lI0

Plan B Tour

via Califaudio where you will find the full post with more images.

Snip:
"I saw him [Peter Grenader of Plan B] put on a great show at AnalogLive last year. The man is a synth guru. We sat down in front of the modular rig at Noisebug, the exclusive US reseller of Plan B products, and Peter took me through the ins and outs of many of his synth creations.

He grabbed a fistful of cables and started plugging away, flipping switches and turning knobs to show me how to patch some wild sounds. He comes from the school of synthesis that preaches the power of subtlety. He is fascinated with the nuances of turning a knob a fraction of millimeter. He loves attenuators."

Friday, November 14, 2008

New Optigan Disc - RADIOAKTIVOX

YouTube via peahix. Note: Oregon is pronounced Origgun, Optigan is pronounced Optigon. Think about it.
follow-up to these posts. We finally get an answer to the clock thing on the wall!
"It's the news you've been waiting for! We are now ready to release the first in a series of new, high quality Optigan discs. We've listened to your feedback and have produced a disc that contains the sounds most requested, and in the style that scored the highest in our survey. We call the disc Radioaktivox. Is in the style of a familiar German synthesizer band from the seventies. We used the much sought after Optigan/Orchestron choir sound for the keys- a sound made famous by said band. We used the original source material from the master tapes and have totally eliminated the clicks and pops at the loop seams.

We are now accepting advanced orders for Radioaktivox. You can help us reduce the cost of the discs by placing your advanced order by 12/15/2008. The more orders we receive, the lower the cost. The minimum quantity we can make is 25 pieces for a price $100 a disc. We think that price is too high. If we could get about 100 advanced orders, we believe we can knock off another $10 to $15. Whatever the savings ends up being, we will refund that amount to you at the time we fulfill your order.

Please visit http://shoptigan.ecrater.com/product.... to place your order!

Thanks for your support! We are excited about releasing the first Optigan disc in 34 years, and we hope that there will be many more."

Moog CP-251 Control Processor Applications

YouTube via MoogMusicInc
"An overview of the Moog CP-251 Control Processor, featuring Jordan Rudess and Brian Kehew."

ARP Quadra Model 2463

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IVL CHAPMAN STICK GRID 1 RACK 7000 PITCH TO MIDI SYNTH

via this auction
"This is a one space rack unit for a half grid or 5-6 string design of the chapman stick. It is in it's oem ivl grid box with foam and wrap. It is rare and works well… this unit converts a pitch signal through a synthesuzed sound. A master midi output which will connect to a midi slave or synthesizer output, thus producing synthesized sounds or to trigger other midi slave devices.

Ivl history: ivl pitchrider 7000 units are guitar and multi-string pitch input to midi conversion units. We have them also in stock, and they are for sale on line. These 7000 units are identical to the chapman stick "grid" system which work with any number of string guitars (up to 6) and the 5 or 10 string chapman stick systems. 1/2 and full grid, 5 or 10 string systems. They are all 1 space rack units."

Roland System 100

images at this auction

"Roland Synthesizer 101, the keyboard synth component of a System 100. It has a single oscillator, LFO, low pass resonant filter, highpass filter, and an envelope. It comes with its original box."

Oberheim Stretch1984 OBERHEIM DX STRETCH

images via this auction

"OVERVIEW
The DX Programmable Digital Drum Machine from Oberheim fills the professional musician's need for an afford able. easy to use, state- of- the- art drum computer. Based upon the modular Oberheim DMX Drum Machine, the DX offers the sound and features of the DMX in a less expensive, more integrated package . The DX is not a drum synthesizer; it is a complex microcomputer system programmed with digital studio recordings of real drums. It doesn't sound like a rhythm box. it sounds like a drummer. Not only does the DX sound like a drummer, it can play like a real drum mer; with rolls, flams, odd time signatures, uneven phrases, changing tempos, or even off the beat. Up to 2200 notes can be stored in the DX, recorded in any of 100 Sequences of any length or time signature. Drum sequences can be recorded in real time or one note at a time. Any of the 18 individual drums (including crash cymbal) or individual notes can be recorded, erased, and then re-recorded until the drum beat is exactly right. The sequences can be combined to form up to 50 songs. Each song can contain up to 255 sequences, arranged in any order, to form a complete composition. Tempo and Time Signature are programmable for each sequence, and with the DX's extensive editing capability, a song's structure can be changed quickly and easily. The DX has several Quantize modes, which correct your rhythm to any beat between l/4 notes and 1/32 note triplets, or turn the Quantize off for the human feel. In addition, there is a Swing mode which will give rhythms the uneven feel that is used so often in jazz and other music.

There are individual tuning controls for each voice on the rear panel and each of the six DX voices has its own output. so you can record them on separate tracks. or EQ them separately. There is also a 7 input stereo mixer to allow you to mix all of the drums into the stereo and mono outputs. The DX can run in synchronization with the Oberheim DSX Digital Polyphonic Sequencer and the other components of the Oberheim Music System as well as other sequencers. There is a programmable external trigger, so you can control the DX with sequencers, synthesizers. or even a drum kit. A battery maintains power to the memory when the DX is turned off. so that you don t lose your sequences when you turn off power. A cassette interface is provided which enables quick changes of all of the sequences and permanent data storage. original list price $1395.00

STRETCH expander for Oberheim DX drum machines. The Stretch adds the two things DX owners want most of all: more sounds and more features for older model DX drum machines. For those DX machines, features are added like variable clock, auto start, cue tempo, midi clock out & more. Each Stretch voice has its own buttons, tuning, output jack and level control for the mixed output of the DX. Zif sockets are included to make it easier to add new sounds, containing chip locations for 4 more rows. original list price $495.00"