MATRIXSYNTH

Kawai K5 Additive Synthesizer Demo

See the update in this post. Don't miss this one.

Water drop sequencer

Water drop sequencer from Mårten Bergkvist on Vimeo.

"The Water drop sequencer is an interactive sound installation. It creates sound by water drops falling on suspended iron bars with piezo elements attached. The viewer or performer can control which tones will be played by placing water bottles upside down in holes that are centred over the iron bars. It is also possible to control the speed of the dripping."
via Califaudio

B-System: Basses & Leads - Buchla Sound Pack from Richard Lainhart

"From the synthesizer arsenal of Richard Lainhart comes the second volume in the Buchla 200e series. B-System: Basses & Leads includes a richly programmed library of instruments and looped clips." samples onsite

via Richard Lainhart: "Friends: the second volume of Puremagnetik's series of Buchla 200e instrument and loop samples in Live, Kontakt, and Logic formats is now available from Puremagnetik. These samples were all recorded on my Buchla 200e/Haken Continuum system and expertly edited and formatted by Brian Cass for maximum playability and expression. Check out the preview track for some examples."

Spaceships For Bob: A Minimoog Voyage

Spaceships For Bob: A Minimoog Voyage by btbyrd
via B.T. Byrd in the comments of this post.
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"Everybody knows that's what aliens sound like" - Bob Moog.

I wanted to do a scary Halloween dance song using only my Minimoog Voyager (pictured above) as a tribute to the awesome possibilities of the instrument. It's dedicated to the man who designed it. Dear Bob, thanks for everything.

(Visit the Bob Moog Foundation's Website: http://www.moogfoundation.org/ ; See also, Moog Music: http://www.moogmusic.com/ )

The Voyager gets quite a workout in this piece, and I do my best to make it sound big and nasty. As it opens, the Moog mothership descends, tentacles of patch-cable swirling, and abducts the listener to the far reaches of the galaxy at well beyond light speed. As for what happens after that? Use your imagination!

At the final count, I had 90 stereo tracks of pure Moog goodness. There was no sequencing; I just played in each part "live." Except for the kick (IZM Bazzism), the first snare, a bit of guitar, and the beat at the end (which comes from NI's Maschine) everything is from the Voyager. Processing was limited to simple compression/sidechaining, mild EQing, and some basic (though sometimes big) reverbs and delays. Compression from the Stillwell Rocket / Verb from Aether / Delay by from Fabfilter's Timeless / DDMF EQ. That's it! Oh, and the Moogerfooger ringmod and phaser get in on the action occasionally."