MATRIXSYNTH

John Cage Paying Attention

YouTube via rasppatrol
"Narrative John Cage. If you don't know who he is look him up. Early synthesis work. from OHM dvd. Look him up and OHM dvd."
OHM on Ebay
OHM on Amazon
Look for The Early Gurus of Electronic Music - DVD and CD.

Click for more John Cage on MATRIXSYNTH

"If I were A Boy" on the MicroKorg

YouTube via meemightymouse
"just messing around with the notes for "If I Were a Boy" by Beyonce on my microkorg. strings in the beginning, then the second time i made my own preset and used the arpeggiator. pretty soon i'll have a full song up, with beats and more layers when i edit some more sounds together but i plan on having a full cover of "if i were a boy" by using just my synthesizer and editing the different sounds off GarageBand later on.

http://www.myspace.com/musicbymouse"

lil sidrassi take 2

YouTube via circitfied
"just trying to make a better video....

lil sidrassi from ciat lombardes site....

on a paper circuit board no less"

ARP Odyssey Mk II Model 2813

via this auction
"Below are the Model 2813 technical specs that I pulled off the internet:
Filter - 4075. 24 dB/oct (assumed)
Pitch bend - knob
Slider caps - small soft plastic "tic-tacs"
CV/Gate/Trig in/out - 1/8 inch
Output high - RCA
Output low - 1/4 inch
Audio in - RCA
Pedal - 1/4 inch
Portamento footswitch - 1/4 inch
Power cord - attached
Power switch - on control surface, large, lighted
Keyboard - 2 bus (assumed)
23" wide
18 1/2" deep
6 1/4" high (add 1/4" for feet)
Approx. 16 lbs."

Moog Sonic Six

via this auction

"This is a later model Sonic Six which has the classic Moog 24db filter. Early Sonic Six's have a much weaker filter. This synth has two oscillators, two LFO's which can be used together or separately (to create strange waveforms), ring modulator, portamento, external input, internal speaker, white and pink noise, and sound can bypass the filter or VCA so you can set up drones if you wish. It's a VERY flexible mono."

Prophet 08, Zelda and some Brutal Deluxe

"While working on a song for the "sea songs" EP, I took some time off playing with MIDI files of video games oldies...

So, here's two all-Prophet demos!"

Demos and info on Cafe 80.

MOOG

flickr by FallingShaun

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JÜRGEN HAIBLE Subtle Chorus (Roland Dimension D clone) part kits

via Tobias on AH:
"Hey you guys,

I'm going to offer sets for the Subtle Chorus main board and the BBD board.

Project details:

http://www.jhaible.de/subtle_chorus/jh_subtle_chorus.html

http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=26527

For those who are going to build the Dim T or Dim TD version I suggest the Tau part kits from Bridechamber. Scott is a cool guy and does a perfect job.

IMPORTANT: I won't be able to ship part kits before mid january, as I do have a job ouside of town until then. But of course you can order those from now on.

Main board:

This is the TL072 version part kit. I won't offer the vintage kit, as especially the power transistors are not that easy to source in larger quantities. Same for the HA1457W.
At least I didn't find a supplier for those so far.

Main board parts kit contains all parts per Jürgens BOM, no panel mount parts.

Price: 77 (~ 109 us$)

BBD board:

This kit also contains TL071 / TL072 instead of HA1457W.
The BBD and Clock chips (MN3007 and MN3101) are original NOS Matsushita/Panasonic chips, and the compander chips are NOS Philips SA571.

BBD board kits contain all parts as per Jürgens BOM, no panel mount parts.

Price: 118 (~ 166 us$)

Shipping: small parcel via DHL
in Germany: 5 (~ 7 us$), insured 8 (~ 12 us$)
Europe: 8 (~ 12 us$)
Rest of the world: 14 (~ 20 us$)

As you can see the prices in us$ are estimated. That is because there was a little bit confusion about exchange rates lately, so I'm going to charge you in . This way you will get the correct daily exchange rate.

Please send your order to:

ts-parts (a t) web . de

(you know how this goes: name@ etc...)

Please include the quantity and type of kit in the about line

(like this: Order for 2 Subtlr Chorus BBD kits...)

Please include in the mail:

- your name
- full adress
- how you like to pay (bank transfer or paypal - if paypal: please include your paypal billing adress)
- from which list/forum you come

I will send you an email with all details about payment and other information. If you're paying via paypal you will also receive a paypal invoice.

I'm looking forward to hear from you.

Best wishes,

Tobias"

Et la tendresse?... Bordel!

via swissdoc. Note this one is NOT safe for work. It features an ARP 2600 and a pretty analog DIY controller. :)

"www.qwave.de/georg/matrix/arp2600.avi

It is taken from the French movie "Et la tendresse?... Bordel!" from 1979

Here the movie title was
"Verdammt noch mal...wo bleibt die Zärtlichkeit"

The text translates to:
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Sorry, the music came from your flat?
Yes, ideed, is it disturbing you?
No, it makes me curious.
Do you live here in that house?
No, I just wanted to ask you some questions for a survey.
Survey?
Yes, such an opinion survey...

Excuse me, I could understand if you would close the door in my face,
but I would really like to know what you are doing here?

Would it be very indiscreet to ask, what's going on here?

You know, we produce music from our emotions. We transform our sensation
of pleasure into music. Listen...

Who ist that?
I just wanted to ask you some questions for a survey.
What questions?
I don´t think that will interest you, it is about the pros and cons of
advertisment in sports broadcasting.

Do you change once in a while? I mean, do you let her stroke you?

Yes, but the music from a man is much more rudimentary. The female sensation
for pleasure is more suble, has more nuances and the music as well.

May I try? Please?

That´s normal, because, there is no love between you and her..."