MATRIXSYNTH

Korg DS-10 Acid "Lily"

YouTube via DSacid. drums come in at 1:00 and the track really picks up at 1:30.

YouTube via Rhythmicons
"My first youtube attempt. This is a demo basically intended to give prospective Freqbox buyers a chance to hear it used as a second Oscillator. The CP251's mixer is used to control the volume of the Freqbox before entering the Micromoog's audio input.
MicroMoog Keyboard to Attenuator CP251
Attenuator out to Freq Box Frequency Input
Freqbox Osc output to Mixer input.
Mixer output to Audio Input of the MicroMoog.

HOpe you enjoy and the next will get better"

Video Feedback Visualizer Modular Patch

YouTube via ionraygun
"I create live real-time video feedback sets on occasion and this is one of my favorite starter patches for audio visualization... wanted to demonstrate the patch while everything is still in this configuration from a New Years Eve gig.

This example uses an ebay telephone carbon microphone as an audio source going into a Doepfer A-119 input module filtered by Livewire and Plan B VCFs into an MFB VD-01 VideoScope module that is then keyed over a live video feedback signal path with a Videonics MX1 video mixer and processed by a Korg KAOSS Pad Entrancer... wow is anybody actually reading this?

Shot on a Nikon D90 for no other reason then it was handy and my Canon XHA1 is loaned out to a friend... plus who else would dare use their new DSLR for video feedback looping?

Watch in HD!"

BASS SYNTH WITH GUITAR

YouTube via kulten
"Boss SYB-5 BASS SYNTHESIZER with a guitar..."

Synth Blues - JayVinsent

YouTube via jayvinsent
"A short improv blues piece with accompanying synthesizers. I recorded this using a cheap Casio keyboard and Propellerhead Software's Reason 4. This is my first time using this software, so be nice :P"

HyperSynth Alesis ION Editor

"Ion-editor is a MIDI-editor for advanced controlling over the famous Alesis ION analog modeling synthesizer in your DAW. For rejecting the mouse flicker and reducing zippering noise on MIDI port every knob is specifically programmed to transmit the MIDI messages like a real hardware MIDI controller so ion-editor knobs don’t generate several unwanted data with the same value which is a common issue in the most of the other MIDI-editors. The same pages like the original ion LCD display make the tweaking easy for parameters that need more descriptive information like filter panning, arpeggio, mod matrix and tracking generator.

Note : ION-editor does not generate any sound itself without using ION synth.

v1.0 Features:
- Support automation for all 234 ION parameters
- Flicker Free Knobs (unlike other midi editors!)
- Remotely changing ION banks and programs
- Automatable MIDI-OUT channel
- Preset manager with save and load function
- Sync to host option for master tempo
- Easily tweakable interactive tracking generator and mod matrix
- One waveshape display for each oscillator"

Wiard with Milton

Just saw this one over on sequencer.de.

Thought it was a pretty incredible image.

The shot is from Peter Grenader's (Plan b) Buzzclick Music. The Milton is a powerful sequencer. You can read more about it here and via the Milton label below.

z3000 - fm hell

z3000 - fm hell from surachai on Vimeo.
"I just received my Tip Top Audio z3000 oscillator in the mail today and thought I'd introduce it to the rest of my system. The patch itself is quite complicated but essentially a Cwejman oscillator is going into the FM ins on the z3000 - First into FM1, then later in the FM2 where the modulation can be controlled from a pot. It can play nicely but I try to stay from that."
via Trash_Audio where you'll find a more extensive write-up.

Weddell Filter Sweeps - "Encounters at the end of the world"

More than just filter sweeps actually. Just listen to the samples of Weddell seals on this page. Just do it.

via fischek:
"I've watched the "Encounters at the end of the world" movie by Werner Herzog and at one point a very interesting thing happened :) I know you only post stuff about the synths, but believe me these sounds are identical to analog filter sweeps and cracks, etc and what's producing them are Antarctic SEALS!"

They are indeed! Pretty amazing actually. The page linked above is from this site where you will find more samples and the source CDs. Directly below is the trailer for "Encounters at the end of the world" where you can hear some other interesting sounds.

Encounters at the End of the World Trailer

YouTube via THINKFilmNY

"Werner Herzog ("Grizzly Man," "Rescue Dawn") confirms his standing as poet laureate of men in extreme situations with ENCOUNTERS AT THE END OF THE WORLD. In this visually stunning exploration, Herzog travels to the Antarctic community of McMurdo Station, the hub of the US Antarctic Program and home to eleven hundred people during the austral spring and summer (Oct-Feb).

Over the course of his journey, Herzog examines human nature and Mother nature, juxtaposing breathtaking locations with the profound, surreal, and sometimes absurd experiences of the marine biologists, physicists, plumbers, and truck drivers who choose to form a society as far away from society as one can get."