MATRIXSYNTH

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Royal Bastards

YouTube via 2drswitch. Non-live video starts at :28 with synth babes and tons of gear.

Spectralis 2 Demo by Jorg Schaaf at Schneiders Buero

Spectralis 2 Demo by Jorg Schaaf at Schneiders Buero from niamhguckian on Vimeo.

"The radical new world of Spectralis sound brought to you by the man himself, Jorg Schaaf.
This demo is in German for the benefit of viewers in Deutschland, Austria, Switzerland and...Namibia

Opening title by Carlo Krug"

livid block NE Intro

livid block NE Intro from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.

"I made this video to show the Livid block NE (nova musik edition). I used LividStep with this, a step sequencer for Max for Live. Available only at novamusik.com."

Livid Block NE from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.

"This video shows a bit more detail about the block NE (Nova Musik Edition) available exclusively at novamusik.com"

Livid Step Quicksetup from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.

"This is a super quick setup example showing how to load Livid Step in Max for Live."

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Cagura Sappro City Standar DIY Analog Synth

via RJBlog here

Anyone know more about this one? via philip.

Update: some additional info in the comments. Also see this holiday track featuring a Roland CMU-800 and SH-101. Click on the "CMU-800 de Xmas" link when you get there.

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ELEKTRONIKA EM-26 RARE SOVIET USSR ANALOG VOCODER SYNTH

via this auction
"Electronika EM-26 portable vocoder is intended for synthesis the voice or external signals, has internal strings ton-generator, analyzer-synthesizer, modulations and vocoder effects.

Control panel include 4 sections: VIBRATO, VOCODER, STRINGS and LEVEL, also it has a panel real time transpose and other controls.

VIBRATO section has sliders - accent, depth and rate
VOCODER - chorus knobs (on, mode), mic/vocoder level

STRINGS - on/off, level, violin/cello, sustain
LEVEL - mic, line A, line C
Keyboard PANEL: main level, pitch, interval, octave, pitch bend

CONNECTION (1/4 jack): mic in, line A,C, phones, output, pedal, power.

Specifications:
— Number of octaves in a keyboard, 2,5
— Weight with case, 6 kg (approx. 13 Pounds)"
samples on ruskeys.net here

Sold For: US $359.00

PLAN B Model 15 Rev. 2.5 - Complex VCO

via this auction
"The immensely popular Plan B Model 15 is an analog Voltage Controlled Oscillator (VCO) featuring an all-discrete component triangle wave core, two independent fully processed (+/-) VC inputs, a single 1V/Oct input, a dedicated linear FM input, sync, and independent Sine, Triangle, Saw, PWM and Wave Morph Outputs. The VC Wave Morph is a vactrol-based (read: smooth) crossfade function via a manual pot setting or VC control and the morphs from Sine to either Saw or Square wave outputs.

Due to it's triangle core architecture, the sound replicates that of the Buchla 258 with stability better than .01% (less than 4 hertz drift at 1kHz over 24 hours) and boasts a frequency range of 1 to 20Khz and a maximum power consumption of only 40mA.

Various component improvements on the Model 15 core have increased for 1V/oct tracking to seven octaves requiring only single pot adjustments for periodic calibration and none of the hick-ups associated with sawtooth core VCOs past the 3k limit.

The Model 15 has been mechanically redesigned with it's electronics resting parallel to the faceplate, bringing the overall depth from over 4 inches in previous revisions to less than 1 1/8th inches with the Rev. 2."

Sold For: check back

Ham Heart Hamdusts

via Ham Heart

"got a new batch shipped off to bigcitymusic.com"

ME80 THE AFTERTOUCH SYNTHESIZER

Just released today. You can find full details here including samples.

"The sound of ME80 will remind you of an acoustic instument. It sounds synthetic, but has the expression of a real instrument. You can shape the tone with aftertouch like you would do on a brass instrument. The velocity feels very alive with a seperate velocity-envelope that took 1 year to develop. Different velocities will have totally different envelope shape. If you want arpeggiators on this synth you do not deserve to play it. The instrument takes practice to master, like a real instrument. Polyphonic aftertouch is supported, but you can select "last played" mode for the aftertouch, and you will have fake polyphonic response from your mono aftertouch keyboard."

via Georges