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ZET SQUARE SHIP FACTORY from zet square on Vimeo.
"22.08.2008 Torun, audiovisual performance, playing two improvised streams of audio samples with synchronized video samples (or the other way round, depends how you put it). In use: hardware sequencer and few midi controllers as well as few other bits and pieces needed to make it happen. No 'external' samples used - music is made strictly with audio recordings made together with videos."

"Midi path:
Ableton Live sending midi clock to Korg Electribe ES1, used to program live sequencies, going back to Live through Behringer BCR 2000, each es1 channel having its own path through live with note length control (es1 sends just 'spikes' of midi notes - really bad) and note remapping, going through rewire to arkaos. controllers unmapped in live going straight to arkaos. second machine using Evolution MK-425C as midi source.

Audio path:
arkaos playing audiovisual samples through internal soundcard, going to live through maya 44 (same on both systems) for effects and mixing, then outputs from maya's going into the main desk. monitoring out from the mixer used for recording line audio onto two miniDV cameras.

video path:
both computers, two dvd players and Korg Kaptivator going to Edirol V8, and then to Edirol V4, duplicated using preview outputs, so a pair of mixers allowing any mixing of sources onto two seperate screens, but for most of the show we used av content on top of backing video using lumakey.

no analog oscillators involved but pretty complex overall setup."

I Have Many Interests

via Avery

"i made this mac ad parody based on another parody .... and I realized it probably also describes a large percentage of matrix readers besides myself ;)"

KORG MS2000

Mubo's Lab

via Rik in the comments of this post.

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NASTY JUNO FOAM

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"Even after I took the genuine crusty roland (tm) felt off, bits remained everywhere, courtesy of the genuine roland (tm) glue."

Roland Alpha Juno-1 and PG-300

PAIA 9700S

You'll find some samples and a couple more images on Synth.nl.

HTMind All Drum / Audio Tappi

"Instrument & Sound Effect Music Sequencer which is capable to generate more than 200 preset Sounds : Full 88 keys Acoustic Piano Sounds , 3 full octave Guitar Sounds , 47 Drum Sounds and more than 35 funfill Effect Sounds: Full 88 keys Acoustic Piano Sounds , 3 full octave Guitar Sounds , 47 Drum Sounds and more than 35 fun Effect Sounds.

Sounds are organized into four categories : DRUM ,GUITAR,PIANO and SOUND EFFECT.

High quality PCM Sound samples of 16 bits @ 44100 KHZ (more than 25 Meg).

Playing Sounds alongside with live ITunes library music.

12 TAP PADS where each PAD can be programmed with any Sound.

Complete PAD Sound configuration management : Save & Load & Delete & Override.

Multiple concurrent Sounds tapping capability.

Animating PAD hit during Sound playback.

Tap Sound sequences can be recorded into a Sound Playlist.

Complete Sound Playlist management: Save & Load & Delete & Override.

Option to overlay a recorded Sound Playlist on top of TAP Sound sequences into a new Sound Playlist.

Sound Playlist can be overlaid over and over.

Sound Playlist tempo is controllable for playback & recording.

Separate volume control for IPOD & IPHONE device and Tap Sound.

Current configurations are saved & restored on program exit & enter."
HTMind Website
You can find All Drum here:

Korg Radias Sound Demo 1 (Custom presets Bank N)

sonicstate.TV by DarkShock
"Demo of some of my Radias sound I programmed from my bank N.

Image quality of my webcam sucks and they are some errors (mostly because of nervosity). At least the sound quality is quite good !"

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"chaz having a jam"

Alesis Micron

Surface One - NAMM Vaporware from the Past

spotted this one on Analog Industries. It's the Surface One from Midiman, "a virtual control surface that is completely user-configurable. The basic elements (or objects) that the user manipulates consist of virtual channels, buttons, and knobs. Any object on Surface One is programmable and can transmit any message communicable via MIDI (including volume changes, note on/off, alterations to any parameters, program changes, etc).

Surface One utilizes a fiber optic-based touch-sensitive material as its primary interface. This smart fabric, originally developed by the Canadian Space Agency and now licensed by Tactex, transmits the information it receives through touch so it may be converted into MIDI and sent out of Surface One to control MIDI-compatible devices." It was shown at NAMM 2001. You can read the full release on Harmony Central.

Update via BirdFLU in the comments: "Musician's Friend had these for sale on their web site for about a year for $700. Stock status was always listed as "Coming Soon." They also had changed the color scheme to a more pleasing silver box with blue touch sensors."