MATRIXSYNTH Swag & Hall of Fame!!!

MATRISYNTH Ts are $20 in the US and $25 outside the US. This includes the shipping cost, three MATRIXSYNTH cards and one magnet.  A set of three cards and one magnet, minus the T, is $5.

The T-Shirts are from Gorilla Screen Printing - highly recommended. If you get Ts done by them, let them know you found out about them here.

Paypal any amount to matrixsynth *at* gmail.com. Be sure to include the shipping address, size and whether you'd like long or short sleeves.

Below are some MATRIXSYNTH Ts and cards spotted in the wild. If you have them, send them in!

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Vermona Retroverb Analog Spring Reverb

via this auction

Access Virus TI Desktop

via this auction

The K-Bow Data Screen

YouTube via bthrew
"Keith McMillen demonstrates the K-Bow data screen, which shows the information the K-Bow transmits to your computer."

via sequencer.de
* XYZ 3D Accelerometer – measures the playing force and angle of the bow
* Hair Tension Sensor – detects how hard the bow presses against the strings
* Grip Pressure Sensor – gives a measure of how hard you are gripping the bow
* Bow to Fingerboard – a measure of the distance you are playing from the fingerboard via the antennas embedded in the bow
* Bow Length – by interacting with the included fingerboard emitter, an Infrared light sensor shows the distance from the bow frog to the strings of the instrument

Roland TB-303 Acid Sounds

YouTube via LorDBassePL
"Acid Sounds from Roland TB-303 great for Hardcore/Rave/Hardstyle production.
http://hotfile.com/dl/14918..."

Midnight Lamp Angel

YouTube via notepool2

"Yes, that's what I do, burn the midnight lamp, most nights! Chameleon 002 was with me just long enough to learn these bits, and some others which I'll be posting soon."
Tags: Alternative MIDI Controllers Isomorphic Keyboards Sonome Melodic Table Opal Chameleon Jimi Hendrix Covers Playing Techniques New Musical Instrument

Machinedrum

YouTube via salzmanufaktur
"foolin' around with the Elektron Machinedrum.
Shot with a Panasonic FZ28 in 720p. Audio recorded with Sony Vegas Pro 9.0b"

Livewire AFG Animated Pulses

YouTube via AdamRSomers
"Viewed with an early version of SoundPrism"

via Adam:
"Here's a little something I put together to show off the unpredictable results you can get out of the AFG with just a couple of mod sources on the harmonic animation section. This really only scratches the surface, but I hope it's a useful demo to anyone who doesn't know the power of that feature. The scope app is something I'm working on right now, I'll let you know when I've got some releasable binaries. In the mean time, definitely check out sndpeek"

John Foxx takes you on an Arp odyssey and MORE

YouTube via Synthasy2000
"John Foxx takes you on an Arp odyssey."

Vince Clarke describes an early sampling drum machine



"Vince Clarke describes an early sampling drum machine."
Anyone remember what this one was called? See the update below.

Phil Oakey describes how the Human League got the drum sound to Being Boiled


"Phil Oakey describes how the Human League got the drum sound to Being Boiled."

OMD Andy McCluskey breaks down the structure of Enola Gay


"Andy McCluskey breaks down the structure of Enola Gay.
From Synth Britannia"

Update on Vince Clark's drum machine via 7ate9 in the comments:
"drum machine = movement 2

first one i've seen in brown, all others seem to be in a tasty orange

movement 1 had a seperate monitor on top of a flat main unit"

See the Movement-MCS label below and scroll for more.

NAMM: Teenage Engineering Op-1 Newsletter #1 - OP-1 to be Shown at Winter NAMM

"Op-1 Newsletter #1

Thank you for signing up for Op-1 news.

We are right in the middle of development and besides the first information in the “Product” section of our site we have also recently posted some sound samples in the “Now” section.

All sound samples comes straight from the prototype without no additional tools or effects used or added. Even if it’s in the middle of development, we hope the demos will give you a good idea about the character of the Op-1. Some things will change during the process, but the conceptual work is all done and fixed.

Here’s a development status:

We are right now finalizing the hardware design and working on the last mechanical parts of the case and keyboard and make it ready for production. The final case will be a light grey painted one piece cnc:d aluminum body with no screws. We have worked hard to make it super thin and as light as possible. During this process we dropped the additional power connection seen on the first prototype. The USB is now used for both power/charging and to transfer data.

The 1:1 CPU board is working fine and displaying graphics on the OLED display. It looks gorgeous. We now have to fine tune the graphics library/engine to make it all look perfect. We also have to run some more benchmark test to check the platform before it goes into production.

When it comes to the software part, six individual synth engines are done. Several effects are done. We still have some polish to do on some of them to make them perfectly balanced.

We have added a new quite interesting sequencer. You will be surprised. We now have two “sequencers” working. The idea is to avoid making one over-complicated sequencer that “have everything”. So we have split them into individually simple but really fun and creative ones. More to come on this topic.

Finally, one last thing...

The first units of the Op-1 will be revealed at NAMM in Los Angeles in Jan, 2010. Hope to see you there so we can demo it to you in person.

All the best,

-Op-1 team"

click on the Teenage Engineering label below for more.
http://teenageengineering.com/