MATRIXSYNTH

Chain0 - KORG DS10 Track

"Written February 2009 for the RPM Challenge. Korg DS-10."

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"Stuff you can listen for in this song are a lot of FM (both filter FM and oscillator FM), a very short delay effect (used kind of like a spatial comb filter), 4 custom percussion sounds (my Nord Lead percussion programming experience pays off big time with DS-10, by the way), and a good amount of filter and FM modulation via the Kaoss sequencer tracks."

You can find another track by Ascdi featuring the DS10 here.

Freeclyde Swag Featuring MOTM

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via Paul Schreiber on the AH list:
"If you watch the sci-fi series Stargate SG-1 Joel Goldsmith is the composer. He has a pretty nice modular system here"

MOTM Sound Examples

Find the link on the My Synthesis Technology MOTM Analog Modular Synth blog.

LEL' PSR - soviet drum machine with MIDI

be sure to see the update below if you are thinking of bidding on this one.
via this auction via the forum.
"Lel' PSR is the digital drum machine that has a built-in sequencer for 8 songs, 32 patterns of the factory (64 of user), 16 styles, each of them contains 2 variations. Maximum duration of the composition - 255 bars. Minimum tempo value from 40 to 250. It contains 12 internal sounds of percussion instruments: bass drum, bongo, clap, gong, rim, snare, tom1, tom2, tom3.

Functional buttons: song, time, pattern, +/-, copy, clean 4/4, (3), Midi, step mode, metronome, forward, backward, stop, pause, accent, sounds (12 drums).

Display: # song, # pattern, bar, step, duration of step, value.

Back panel: midi input/output, audio output right/left, input for a tape recoder, headphones."

Update via vtol in the comments: "there is no midi!!!!!!!! i have one! the input midi jacks are not connected to the board!! they was made for special expansion board witch was never produced "

TipTop Audio Z3000

Nice TipTop Audio Z300 image via Modular Synthesis From A (100) to Z (3000) on isotopic.

Yamaha CS5 Rainbow

cool little animated gif via cliplead_ here. Also see the Roland TR-909 here.

Update: and a Casio SK-5 here.

Your Music Still Sucks

On that note, Metasonix modules arrive at Big City Music. :)

via the Big City Music blog:
"We just got our first shipment of Metasonix r51 vacuum tube VCA/Distortion modules in! They look great and can sound like a bear who's sat on a sharp stick! Check them out here."

Boss SE-50 Stereo Effects Processor Demo SE50

YouTube via zibbybone
"Quick demo running through the presets of this early 90's fx unit. I have a simple sequence playing on a Roland HS-80 (Alpha Juno 2 with speakers) using an unfiltered saw wave without chorus running into the left channel and a couple of preset patterns from a Roland TR-626 Rhythm Composer in the right channel. There are some algorithms (such as Stereo Mixer and "x" + "y") that have seperate parameters and/or effects for each channel. In Vocoder mode, the HS-80 acts as carrier signal and drum machine as modulator. Using half the width of a single rack space, this compact unit is great for live situations. With a street price of $400 back then, the SE-50 gave a lot of bang for the buck."

Alternative Oscillators -Volume 1

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here are a few different modules you wouldn't normally use for oscillators. But, in a pinch, or for effect, they can do the job quite nicely.

As a reference, we start with an Analogue Systems rs95 square wave. The first alternative is the Plan B Model 37 Elf LFO. Yes, it will track one volt per octave. It also offers a few different waveform outputs too.

The next is the Cwejman MMF-1. Lots of Cwejman modules track one volt per octave. This is one of them. This is the lowpass mode, but it will track in the other modes, including the awesome dual bandpass mode.

Next is the Analogue Systems rs120 Comb Filter. It does not track one volt per octave, but the feedback makes for an interesting tone for an oscillator. All modules are being sequenced by the A.S. rs200."

(Fairlight) Enter data to Page R with QWRTY keybard

YouTube via btpro
"Another Fairlight demonstration.
Page R is Real Time Sequencer.
In this tutorial, I enter playing data from QWRTY keyboard (not musical keyboard).

Moving cursor = arrow key
Enter / Delete notes = Set, Delete key
Fill command (hihat part) = F key"