MATRIXSYNTH

SimplAE FMatic 3e Demo

SimplAE FMatic 3e Demo from future control on Vimeo.

"a FM synthesis Rythm Box + Probabilist Sequencer + Breaking System made with Max/msp, pluggo."
via TrainingMan in the comments of this post.

via Malekko on Muff's:
"Well no rest for the wicked, and Grant Richter must never sleep!!!

He's been working very hard on the next Wiard/Malekko release, the much anticipated ANTI-ENVELOPE! Here is my initial mockup, nothing is locked into place, it is just initial. The top row are toggles, of course the red button is a trigger, the loop is a toggle to go from "one shot" to loop!

10 sliders
a row of pots
ins
and outs

This is obviously a non traditional, and very complex env, capable of many interesting feats such as "strummed" notes etc

stack several firing at the same time or set multiple envs up serially for a monster sequencer!

Were shooting for a cost of about 300.00
More info coming soon!"

Circuit Bent Little Tikes PopTunes Big Rocker Keyboard

YouTube via thebarkpetition
"Circuit Bent Little Tikes PopTunes Big Rocker Keyboard. I added a speed pot, a harsh noise bend that can be activated by either a momentary switch or a toggle, and a switch to stick the keyboard into a one-note loop."

First demo of the Son-of-Storm-Tide-Flanger

"First demo of the Son-of-Storm-Tide-Flanger - just fooling around - but everything seems to work:

http://www.jhaible.de/sonofstormtide/son_of_storm_tide_1.mp3

http://www.jhaible.de/sonofstormtide/sonofstormtide.html

PCBs available soon."

Doepfer A-100 another demo

YouTube via flototal88
"So far it is a VCO (A-110), a VCF (A-120), an EG (A-140), a LFO (A-145), a Trautoniumfilter (A-104), a VCA (A-131) and a Trautonium Ribbon Controller (A-198)"

Alexandra Plays Theremin

YouTube via matrix12x
"My 15 month old playing with the Theremin. She loves to play, and often uses her head or entire body to play."

Fixing a Synthex joystick - part 1

YouTube via MusicMiK

Fixing a Synthex joystick - part 2

Fixing a Synthex joystick - part 3

"Another story for the DIYers among us.

Today, i repaired the joystick of an Elka Synthex. This was a bit more complicated, as the joystick is reveted together, so i needed to modify the mechanics a bit to use screws to put it back together.
This took the whole morning, and i didnt see much i could cut out of the videos i took over this period, so this is another multipart video series.

The main cleaning procedure is the same i use on potentiometers having major trouble, this part is quite simple.

All in all, this is another video showing that even hopeless damage (im sorry i didnt take videos of the condition of the synthex with this joystick before i started the repair) is no killer for unobtainable parts if you invest enough patience to get them back to life.

Part 1 shows how to take it apart and prepare it for using screws to put it together later
Part 2 is some mechanical work for the screws and cleaning the potentiometers
Part 3 shows how to put the thing together and test it

Hope anyone else with similar problems can use it as a motivation to try to repair it. The joystick was in a condition where i couldnt lose anything, it was completely unusable, i had the choice between further damaging it so its just left there as decoration or to get it fixed - which was successful."

Speaking in Code Trailer

http://www.speakingincode.com/
"Speaking in Code is an intimate account of people who are completely lost in music.

A heartbreaking and lighthearted documentary, it's a vérité glimpse into the world of techno.

Captivating and entertaining, the film takes you around the world, following the people who make electronic music ... their lives."
Mote the monodeck. Click on the label below for more info.

The Pendulum Electronica

YouTube via sciencefidelity
"This is a work from 2002 inspired by the Pendulum Music by Steve Reich. Four torches hang directly above four light sensors, four assistants pull back and release the torches simultaneously, as each torch passes its light sensor a sound is played. The sounds are field recordings made in the city the work is being performed. Cities the work has visited include Nottingham, Glasgow and Paris, here are clips from two different performances in Cardiff."

Bluesynths Kufstein 2009 Pics via Sequencer.de

more pics at sequencer.de

Pictured:
EMS Synthi-E
Yamaha DX1
Misc Modulars:
Doepfer Modular
MacBeth M5N
Doepfer Dark Energy
Blue DIY and more...

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