MATRIXSYNTH

Thursday, October 29, 2009

London and Iceland Airwaves

Anyone know what these are? Found them on FFFFOUND!

Restyler_Dub

YouTube via ShermanFilters. "Restyler demo on dub record"

SonicProjecs V-Machine Bundle with BCR2000

YouTube via virtualoberheim
"http://www.sonicprojects.ch/vmbundle/

Playing and tweaking sounds with the following setup:

- SM Pro Audio V-Machine
- SonicProjects VM Bundle
- Behringer BCR2000
- Korg DW8000 (only used as master keyboard)

Have a look at the used controller templates:

OP-X:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/vmbundle/...

Stringer:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/vmbundle/...

The master keyboard (Korg DW8000) is connected by MIDI cable to the V-Machine. The Behringer BCR2000 controller is connected by USB cable to the V-Machine (which offers two USB connectors). The SonicProjects VM Bundle is installed on the V-Machine and produces the sound including effects. The line outputs of the V-Machine are directly connected to an amplifier (using the green jack cables) which drives a pair of Yamaha NS-10 speakers. The audio of the video was recorded with the integrated room microphone of the video cam.

The installed SonicProjects VM Bundle is a bundle of adapted versions of OP-X (a virtual analog synth), Stringer (a sample based vintage string machine emulator), two custom made effect plugins (reverb and delay) as well as two banks with many ready to play presets in VFX format.

The VM Bundle also contains a BCR2000 toolkit that offers a custom sysex preset for the BCR2000 that matches the pre-mapped versions of the banks. After loading the sysex preset from a MIDI sequencer into the BCR2000 the setup can be immediatly used and offers a knob or button for every single parameter of OP-X and Stringer without the need of manual configuration. The BCR2000 toolkit also includes two printable templates that show which parameter is mapped to which BCR control.

This setup can serve as a complete hardware synth replacement and allows for tweaking and programming sounds as it used to be in former days, with a hardware control for each single function.

Furthermore - and this is even better than in a normal analog synth with knobs - the knobs and buttons on BCR2000 update automatically to the values of the new presets on preset change using MIDI feedback (has to be activated in the V-Machine before). This allows for tweaking parameters without annoying value jumps.

So this setup is a real dream offering immediate playing and tweaking fun which a usual pc/mouse setup is far away from. It's also a great leightweight and cheap solution for the stage.

This video is also available in a long version where in the intro is shown how to load the sysex preset into the BCR2000:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wm_8cO... [below]

Further important links:

The makers of the V-Machine:
http://www.smproaudio.com/

The makers of the VM Bundle:
http://www.sonicprojects.ch/

The makers of the BCR2000:
http://www.behringer.com/"

V-Machine: SonicProjects VMB and BCR2000

Quick tour of my studio (Doepfer, Korg, OSCar, TB-303, Odissey...)

YouTube via antoniograzioliweb. For anyone new to the site, this is not my studio. For YouTube vids and all other posts for that matter I go with the title of the video or image to capture what the person put up for the video or image because... this site is meant to be a repository of a slice of synth history - what went up on a daily basis and what the creators of the content wrote.

video description:
"A short tour of my home studio showing some gear..Synthesiszers: Doepfer A-100,Korg MS Serie, Arp Odissey, Moog Prodigy, OSCar, TB-303, TR-606, Roland SH-101, Nord Modular...DIY Drums and Guitars, Telecaster and Stratocaster "