MATRIXSYNTH

MFOS WP-20 Mini Synth - Virgin Voyage

YouTube via LofiNinja

"First sounds from my D.I.Y MFOS WP-20.. Build from junkbox parts, so it's quite hard to control.."

CIRCUIT BENT Speak and Spell with LFO by 3rdness

YouTube via 3rdness
"The grandaddy of all circuit bent toys!

This has:
A) A big pitch knob with three pitch body contacts.
B) Two looping switches, one with a "sample" button.
C) Three Glitch switches.
D) A pitch modulating LFO (ala Casper Electronics) with power switch, LED, and rate, depth and shape knobs.
E) Hard reset for when it gets a little too real.
F) Translucent RED KOOL AID paint job!

by 3rdness aka noam schatz
http://www.mobiusband.com/blog
http://www.myspace.com/3rdness"

stylophone circuit

YouTube via comemelinhos. "home made stylophone"

MATRIXSYNTH by fischek

flickr by fischek
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Waldorf Blofeld

MATRIXSYNTH By...

thanks fischek!

PING:II

"PING:II 拼图
by Dr Gooi Tah Choe and Darren Ng (a.k.a. sonicbrat)
Photography stops time. Music extends it. Can these two interpretations of time be one? Inter-woven by an oxymoron, PING:II explores this “limbo” in time/space through a jigsaw of two contradicting, yet related mediums. Musicians Darren Ng and Gooi Tah Choe present a discussion with audio-visual works of a joined creative process that crosses sight and sound.

This is the live recording of the performance... live sound improvisation by sonicbrat

Project site: sonicbrat.wordpress.com/projects/ping/

Instruments and Equipment:
Doepfer A100 modular system
Sherman Filterbank II
Moogerfooger MF105 filter
Laptop Synthesis, Live Sampling and Processing (max/msp + Plogue Bidule + Reaktor 5 + field recording playback)
Alesis Ineko
Electric Guitar + Boss RC20 looper + bow + ebow

Most of the synthesis is the A100 with no sequencers, just patching and filtering... with minimalist synthesis from max/msp, reaktor 5 and plogue bidule. Most of the filterings are done with Sherman Filterbank II and Moogerfooger MF105. This audio improvisation was performed live to visual feeds of photography by Dr Gooi Tah Choe."

Emergency Librarian - Rock & Roll Robot

YouTube via robinfry.
Watch the full set here
Emergency Librarian on Myspace

Alesis Ion
Doepfer suitcase with Livewire Dalek Modulator and Dual Cyclotron
Flame MIDI-TALKING-SYNTH
Korg MicroKorg

Playfull

flickr by GeschnittenBrot
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KORG MicroKORG

I also created a new label for synth kids. I'll need to update prior posts. If you ever see one in the archives without the label, drop a comment and I'll update it.

DIY Yusynth Sample and Hold / Noise generator

YouTube via Thalassa77
"http://switchedonsynthesizer.blogspot...

Great DIY module designed by Yusynth. It's a sample and hold / noise generator with a lot of features :

1 - Sample and Hold
2 - Internal clock source ( sample rate variable )
3 - Clock out
4 - White noise
5 - Pink Noise
6 - Random signal
7 - Can be used with external clock signal
8 - Slew rate ( glide time between pulses on S&H )

Very fun module with a lot of possibilities. This video show only a few, the video quality is poor because is phone camera, the audio was recorded on computer. At the end of the video I added external reverb and delay :)"