MATRIXSYNTH

Sunday, March 01, 2009

Synth Books via 123synthland

123synthland aka minimi123 has a number of books and synth documentation on his ebay auction list. Pictured here are:

Buchla Electric Music Box 200 Modular Synth System Spec
Aries System 300 Modular Synthesizer Synth Modules Spec
Serge Modular Music Systems Analog Synth Panel Spec

Note I used the scans label below not because these are scans but because people looking for scans/documentation might find these shots interesting. Be sure to check out the auction for more including a Crumar Stratus, Oberheim TVS, Moog Taurus and a Studio Electronics MIDI Moog Minimoog Oscillator Board - hardware not documentation on these.

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Bug Killer - Synth Demo

YouTube via robotmakers Minimoog
"A Robotmakers demo of the MOTM-730 Pulse Divider and the Synthesizers.com Q960 Sequential Controller in a musical context. Be patient for the musical context."

Saturday, February 28, 2009

KS RAW TranSID64

"KS RAW TranSID64 is a collection of 68 lo-fi and sid sounding instruments for Reason, the long awaited follow up of our highly appreciated TranSID reason refill series. The ultimate 8 bit resource for reason, TranSID64 brings raw sonic madness to spice up you tracks."

more info including a sample on kreativsounds, via kreativsounds on Twitter.

Null Object - The Raft Building Song

YouTube via nathnullobject
"Banging Techno Sydney Style... While all the European babies are asleep, Sydney party people a rocking out to killers like this. Off the 12 vinyl Null 02 - I Saw Machines But I Heard Monsters" on Null Recordings.
http://www.discogs.com/Null-Object-I-..."

Some details on the gear: "It was written on a Roland System 100. The System 101 was fed into the ring modulator of the System 102. The System 104 step sequencer was driven by a trigger pulse from a Roland TR808, The breakdown in the middle of the track was done by changing the pattern of triggers from the TR808 and mashing down on the System 101 Keyboard. There may have been another synth going into the ring Mod on the System 012 but I can't remember right now. I used the system 10 keyboard as a big transposing CV by pressing down different notes. The crazier I pressed different notes the crazier the breakdown got until i just did one of 70's finger sweeps down the keyboard to return to the main riff. Drums are Roland TR909 and a circuit bent Alesis HR16B. Recorded live in one take to two channel Dat from A Yamaha 12 channel mixer."

Ethereal Electric Elixir - Live at Awakenings pt.2

YouTube via filbyhyde22. Note the Oberheim images on the screen in the background.
"A second clip from the bands performance at awakenings on 21-02-09.
http://www.awakenings-em.co..."

Ethereal Electric Elixir - live at Awakenings pt.1

"recorded live at Awakenings on 21-02-09 performing 4m33s' The Ritual. Put together at short notice for the gig, the band contains John Sherwood (4m33s) with guitarists Lee (Hashtronaut) and Steve (Mooch.sat behind John). The 2 guitarists had never heard the piece until the night of the gig. Not that you'd have guessed, as they added wonderful textures to the music. The whole piece is 1 hour long."

Suck You Dry Instrumental Cover by Muzik 4 Machines (electro-tech)

YouTube via muzik4machines. http://www.youtube.com/user/muzik4machines
"MP3: http://muzik4machines.com/muzik/4/mac...
Forum: http://muzik4machines.com/Forum
a quickly done cover of Mudhoney's "Suck you dry" from the album piece of cake
gear used
Korg ESX1: All Sequences/Drums
Yamaha TX81z: Reverby/Pumpy Sawtooth Bass (chain:TX81z-Boss V-Wha-Akai MFC42-DBX266 ch2 (Compression/distortion)-Alesis Nanoverb-DBX266 ch1 (pump)--Mixer)
Roland MKS50: Hoover/Saw/Lead/Pumpy Synth (Chain MKS50-DBX266-Boss SL20-Zoom RFX2200-Mixer)
Redsound SoundBite Pro: Vocals/looping
Korg Kaoss pad 2: Tempo Delay
Korg Kaoss Pad 3: Loops, Looper(snare rolls), Grainshifter
Korg Kaossilator: Noise Sweeps (path: K01-Mini KP(Delay)-Mixer)
Korg ER1: Beatbox AND sidechain signal (Chain: left out-ProCo Turbo Rat-Boss V-Wha-Mixer)
DX200: Fm E-piano, pads, 303-esque sequences, etc (Chain: Left Out-Boss DD5 delay-Mixer)
Motu Midi Mixer 7s: My mixer, controlled by the BCF2000)
Kawai Midi Patchbay:Guess
DBX MC 6: Output Compressor
NOT used:
a computer, besides recording it; no edition,"

Circuit Bent Hing Hon EK-001, 2 LED version

YouTube via frostedminipete
"Re-upping an old video for ebay... so many Hing Hon's on my channel..."

"Modulation knobs
[For heavy bass, overdrive/distortion, modulation, hardcore gabber sounds, glitching, frequency generation, etc...]
Pitch down knob
Modulation/Distortion opto-theremin [with on/off]
Low pass filter switch
Note sustain/hold switch
Rhythm modifier/skip switch
High pass filter/acid switch
Crazy glitch switch

Acts as a distortion/modulation box [through the mic input]
1/4" Audio output jack
2 sound pulsing blue LEDs
[New addition... RCA output jack for visuals! Plug into TV, projector, etc...]"