MATRIXSYNTH

Wednesday, August 12, 2009

Korg Polysix Vintage Analog

via this auction

"As you may know, there is a problem with battery leakage in these synths when the original patch memory battery decays. Unfortunately I suffered through that problem, but a very smart technician, Old Crow fabricated replacement memory boards that utilitze 3-5V lithium coin-style batteries. Best of replacement of the battery will not require soldering as there is a battery holster mounted on the board [4th shot below]"

Roland GR-300 vintage analog guitar synth

via this auction

Tuesday, August 11, 2009

Fairlight CMI 2x System

via this auction

Shane Keister's Fairlight
"He has worked with a long list of musicians over the years, including Elvis Presley, Billy Joel, Michael W Smith and Lou Marini."

Jupiter-8 Cymbol

via Elhardt:
"I created a really good cymbal patch on the Jupiter-8 about 25 years ago. I
was lost when the backup battery went dead. I finally got around to
creating it again today. I takes advantage of the JP8's unison mode to turn
a whimpy metallic sound into a thick metallic harmonic spectrum leading to a
realistic sounding cymbal. MP3 below. First is the sound with unison
turned off completely dry, then with it turned on completely dry, then the
same sound with a longer decay and some reverb."

JP8_Cymbal.mp3

SunVox on iPhone: playing live

YouTube via NightRadio2007
"Live switching between the patterns. + controller changing.

SunVox is multi-platform modular music creation studio for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, PalmOS, Windows Mobile and iPhone."
SunVox on iTunes:

DSI Tetra Polyphonic Synth Module -Combo Presets

YouTube via bigcitymusic http://bigcitymusic.com/
"Here are a few combination presets from the new and super awesome sounding Dave Smith Tetra. The Tetra is an analog 4-voice synthesizer with great features like multiple envelopes, LFOs, sequencers an analog resonant filter and more. All this awesomeness in this little package too. The Tetra sounds great. Especially for the money!"

TipTop Audio Z2040

TipTop Audio Z2040 from GM on Vimeo.

Don't miss 4:56 on for polyphony - 5:20 on with a breath controller is stunning.
http://tiptopaudio.com MOTU Volta
"A brief introduction. This is my attempt to capture what it is like to feel and use the Z2040 filter. For most of us, it isn't possible to visit a nearby store and hear these things, so you have to sort of buy euro modules on faith. Hopefully you'll find this video helpful."

More Vids on MATRIXSYNTH-C

DO NOT MISS THESE

Mummies - Mummies trashing an organ and a NSFW vid. I put the second vid up on good faith as it is not playing for me for whatever reason... Hope I don't regret posting it..

Harold Heavier than Air - via LDT Regent: "features some shots of part of my rig which includes a Novation Xio Synth (as a synth and midi controller) a MFB Kraftwerg mini-modular, Korg Kaoss Pad 3, Korg Mini Kaoss Pad and a Korg Kaoss"

Rhys Chatham - Amazing guitar orchestral piece featuring Richard Lainhart.

Be sure to see the rest of MATRIXSYNTH-C. There have been some really good videos of late. Be sure to click on the Older Posts link at the bottom of the page when you get there for prior posts. BTW, the number of posts that do go up there are far fewer than here, so posts stay up longer making it easier to check everything out.