MATRIXSYNTH

DIAMOND - Uranus

via Suno Elettronico, an Italian synth site. via Francis in the comments of this post. Check out Suno Elettronico for more.

"Tipo: sintetizzatore
Tastiera: 73 note (Do-Do).
Oscillatori: 4 VCO indipendenti (32', 16', 8', 4', 2'); generatore di rumore bianco e rosa.
Forme d'onda: 3.
Filtri: 4 VCF indipendenti.
Effetti: glide; batteria elettronica con 12 ritmi
Accessori: 2 pedali di espressione."

rs 290 + rs 200 AS

YouTube via vectorass
"it`s not the music but some strange weird sounds from Analogue Systems rs 290 Sampler\Delay + rs 200 StepSeq."

The easiest way to play the X-Files theme

YouTube via cmatsuoka
"... (or something closely resembling it) is using a delay effect. I noticed that most X-Files theme tutorials out there either skip the signature echoing entirely, making the tune much less recognizable, or play it by hand, adding complexity to the performance. This short howto illustrates how easy it is to play the piece using the appropriate effect."

x0xb0x+miami

YouTube via pac209
"Available in 2009: a good 808 clone and a good 303 clone, both with shuffle and good sequencers. Makes me wonder why it took this long to happen...."

RIP Maurice Jarre

Sad news sent my way via George Mattson

"Jean-Michel’s dad died yesterday.

He had quite a composing career winning Academy awards for his scores from Lawrence of Arabia, Dr. Zhivago and Ryan’s Daughter.

He also composed his first electronic score for “The year of Living Dangerously.

RIP Maurice. My condolences to Jean-Michel."

Condolences indeed. Such a great loss.

Maurice Jarre on Wikipedia
Maurice Jarre on IMDB
Jean Michel Jarre on Wikipedia

A couple of videos in his memory:

Maurice Jarre - Lawrence Of Arabia

YouTube via freeasabirdd
"Maurice Jarre conducts the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra on "Lawrence Of Arabia" - A musical tribute to Sir David Lean, 1992"

Maurice Jarre - Doctor Zhivago

"Maurice Jarre conducts in tribute of David Lean, 1992. (Sound track of DOCTOR ZHIVAGO writen and conducted by Maurice Jarre,1965)"

MFOS 10 Step Sequencer (CV control demo)

YouTube via tylersplan
"10 step sequencer controlling an MFOS VCO sine wave."

MFOS 10 Step Sequencer (Gate/Ext Start Demo)

"Showing the gate function on a sine VCO being run through a VCA, with a gate controlling an AR gate for the VCA."

Airböurne Synthesizer System Video

Just in case you missed it, see this post for updates and a link to video. Note I labeled the post Featured so you can get to it again by clicking on the Featured link on the top header menu of this site. If you are going to the Musikmesse, be sure to take lots of pics and video. :)