MATRIXSYNTH

KORG 700 MINIKORG - HQ SOUND DEMO

YouTube via AnalogAudio1
"The monophonic Minikorg 700 was the first synthesizer from Korg. It has 1 VCO, 1 "traveler" filter (12 dB, highpass/lowpass) 1 envelope and 1 LFO. It has a very special sound - some like it, others don't - I love it.

It was used by Vangelis in the seventies. Also it was Kitaro's favourite synthesizer.
I played the Minikorg with Lexicon MPX 500 reverb and Roland DEP-5 delay."

Know Your Meme / "Weird Al" Yankovic Helps Explain Auto Tune

YouTube via ROCKETBOOM. History of Antares Auto Tune.
via Know Your Meme, via Brian c.

Stolen Gear Recovered!!!

see this post for reference

via Jeremy of MODEL WORKER:
"Through some very odd circumstances (miracle?) all of our synths have returned to us,
it seems largely related to them finding the post you put up for us. After over a month we had figured they were probably gone forever... It all came back packed neatly in the back of a van.

Attached is a pic of 1 half of the gear before it was stuffed into 1 of two cars to take it back home."

Vangelis and the Journey to Itheka - Real Time Performance of Symphonic Orchestra

Update: new video upload by WavesArt

Finally we know what those sequencer looking things are. They appear to be some sort of preset patching system. Check out the mechanical nature of it.

This one in via Joao (thank you Joao!!!)
"you can spot the greek master improvising in his setup and there are some closeups of his custom made modules he uses to switch patches. Pretty awesome stuff... they have a mechanical stuff that goes around where he writes symbols that symbolize different instruments so that he can easily pick his favorite sound. This is matrixsynth material..." Indeed. Vangelis gear mystery solved.

new Serge M-odule released: the 'Klangshifter' M-odule

via Bakis

"a new Serge M-odule has been released:

its the 'KlangShifter' m-odule.

it includes the following modules (from left to Right):

DTG (Dual Transient Generator), MIX PRO (Mixer Processor), FREQUENCY SHIFTER, C/M (a Gate switch, plus lin and exp attenuators), X-Fader.

the official price is 2400 USD.

it is a great m-odule for anyone wanting to get the Serge Frequency shifter module in M-format, plus of course , vc-dual envelope generation, vc-slewing, vc-audio/trigger dividing, vc-gate delay, envelope following, cv mixing/scaling/offseting, vc-X-fading, audio vca, attenuation (exp. and lin.) and manual gate generation."

Moog MP-201 Sale

"So that even more musicians, DJs and producers can experience the power of the pedal, Moog Music is announcing a special promotion. From November 15, 2009 through December 31, 2009, the Multi-Pedal’s price will drop to $399 at participating US dealers and through the Moog website."

buchla boy

flickr by cray5656

DIY Drum Synth

I just spotted this thread from droffset on electro-music.com. I thought it would be worth a post for those curious about synth DIY. The Drum Synth will feature the following:

MD24 MIDI to Gate PCB by Highly liquid
2x CGS Gate to Trigger Converters
4x Thomas Henry Mega Percussive Synth
1x CGS Cynare
3x Coron DS8 clones by m.Bareille
2x Thomas Henry UD-1
1 set of Klee Sequencer PCBs by Scott Sites

"Testing some panel designs for the quad MPSs based on the four elements. Can you tell which is which?"
You can track progress on the thread linked above.

Roland SH-101 "Nova Mod" version

via this auction
"SH-101 Nova-MOD Features :

VCF FM : Amazing new sounds are now added through this feature. Six FM Sources are available.

LFO Clock Input : Syncing the Apreggiator and LFO to external drum modules and sequencers in now possible. As well, interesting feedback loops can be created.

PW Modulation Source Selection : Now you can choose a pulse width source. It is indeendent from the LFO's waveform setting. OSC sources are included.

Pulse width to near 0% : Pulse width effects are now made more extreme and powerful.

External Audio Input : Just plug in a foot pedal or a CV from a midi convertor and your SH-101 will sing

LFO Rate Scalar : Ever hear a bell sound out of SH-101? Try this on Hi!!! Want a really slow sweep.... you got it too.

Overdrive : You may notice that this acts more like a "filter cleaning" knob as the filter is overdriven at it's minimum setting and clean at the max."