MATRIXSYNTH

Signal Art Tetra MAPS Sequencer in Eurorack Format

YouTube via bigcitymusic http://bigcitymusic.com
"The MAPS sequencer, short for MIDI Analog Performance Sequencer, is now in Eurorack modular synth format! The Tetra MAPS is an incredibly versatile sequencer, capable of producing beautifully complex multi-channel sequences or your simple everyday sequences. The MAPS has four(!) MIDI-CV converters as well as up to 32 midi channel outputs. This short demo shows multiple sequences "chasing" each other. You can set the gate time per step, which can give you some wonderful rhythmic variation as well as some nice random melodies. By pushing the corresponding encoder, you start a particular sequence. You can start and retrigger all of the sequences multiple times too. Awesome!

We're sending our control voltages to three Analogue Systems voices, each patched a bit differently. All are using the rs95 oscillator with fine tuner. One has an rs100 Low Pass filter, one a Comb Filter, and all three mixed are running into the amazing Reverb/Chorus module."

A TRIBUTE TO BEBE BARRON by JP

YouTube via stockhausen
"My homage to one of the great 'electronic music' pioneers as in the mid-fifties she and her husband composed and realized the first All-Electronic musical score for the film 'Forbidden Planet'.
Performed by myself on the Arturia Arp 2600v synthesizer.

BEBE BARRON 1925-2008 'there will always be a piece of you within me'-JPVIDEO"

Körsbärsträdet Matti recording Vocoder plus VP 330+

YouTube via RothHandle. click here for more.
"Today was a great day in the sessions for our music for Bröderna Lejonhjärta. Why was it so great...well we had only goal which we actually achieved...we have this weird tendency to glide and start recording new pieces. So the goal was to record and do a rough mix of a son called körsbärsträdet, the cherry tree.

This is a film showing Matti recording the roland vocoder plus vp-330+

This film was shot at my studio, Roth Händle. It is located in Sundbyberg just outside of Stockholm. If you want to know more about the studio please visit www.roth-handle.nu It hasnt been updated for quite some time but its there anyway.

Thanks for watching,

Mattias"

Körsbärsträdet Matti trying out the Chamberlin solo female voice

A borrowed theme

YouTube via attorks
"ouTube user Justwaving made a video in februari 2009 with a theme and sound I like very much. Last night I was looking in my YouTube favourites and played the video again. I decided to program the theme into my sequencer and play around with it but I did not try to reproduce the sounds. Also altered the main sequence a little bit to match the chords. And this is what has become of it. The handcam actions are not to steady but I thought I show you around to see what is happening.
The sequencer clock is from the Waldorf Q keyboard which drives the Doepfer MAQ16/3. The Doepfer has 2 sequences; a 32 step sequence on the first 2 rows with the main theme on the Creamware MiniMax ASB and an 16 step sequence on the 3rd row driving the Synthesizers.com. The 8 step sequence on the Waldorf Q Keyboard does the string sound on the Q with the chords C, Em, F and Am. The solo is performed on the Clavia Nord Lead 1. The choir sound, which is a little bit loud at the beginning, is from the Roland XP-80."

Oberheim OB-Mx extender card

flickr by abovenyquist
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Silkscreen side

via Aaron on AH
"This lets you get to the voice card while the machine is on. In case anyone wonders what it looks like, here you go"

Retro Synth Ads on Cat Synths

Retro Synth Ads has a post up on synths and animals, mainly cats. They contacted me about the subject considering how often images with cats and other animals appear on this site. You can read about it there.

Pictured: Octave Electronics CAT Ad from 1977

Niclas Lundqvist - Nexus1

YouTube via razbittermometer. http://www.myspace.com/niclaslundqvist
via Resonant Filter

AXiS 49 - Harmonic Table Keyboard, with Solo

YouTube via guitarDouchebaggery. via brian c.
" I'm playing the AXiS for more than a month now and since there are hardly any videos of the 49 version on youtube, I thought I'll make one.

I'm not a real keyboardist though, so don't overly criticise my solo, haha

The thing I'm using to do the pitchbending etc. is a Korg nanoPad.

You can find more infos about the AXiS 49 on http://www.c-thrumusic.com/"

Georg F - Purple Organ

" This is a jam type of song where I'm soloing on guitar, bass and organ (with the AXiS) + some riffage.

I tried to make it sound like a certain band that's famous for it's use of the hammond organ... something with "purple"....

For anyone who's interested in the gear:
Epiphone SG into an Orange Tiny Terror
Fender Richie Kotzen Tele into a Cornford Roadhouse 30
Warmoth Strat into a BB Preamp into an Orange Tiny Terror

All Guitar Amps went into a Mesa Boogie Roadking 2x12 in my isolation box.

AXiS 49 used a Native Instruments B4 II plugin

Squier Jazz Bass into a Focusrite Twintrack Pro Platinum (direct)

The silly cloud animation was done with FlightGear (free flight simluator)

I hope everything in the video is in sync thanks for watching"