MATRIXSYNTH

Return of the Birotron

"David Biro developed the BiroTron in the 70's as a musical instrument that could emulate other instruments and be played like a keyboard. This is one of the origional BiroTrons at Biro's home in Youngstown, Fla. (MARI DARR~WELCH / AP / November 28, 2009)

Paul McCartney wanted one, the story goes; so did Led Zeppelin. Promoted in the 1970s as the "orchestra at your fingertips," it was an unlikely combination of a piano keyboard and a series of 8-track tape players cobbled together in a Wallingford garage by an unemployed musician with no mechanical experience."

Read the full article on courant.com. This one in via Dave.

Moog Modular 907 fixed filter bank faceplate

via this auction

"The faceplate comes from an original Moog IIIC modular system from 1971.

It was modified with a little switch (refer to picture) to allow bypassing the corresponding filter module effect."

Update via 3P in the comments: "The Series III packaged systems used the 914 Extended FFB, not the 907, so it's doubtful this came from a IIIc. Sounds impressive, tho."

ARP 2600 Keyboard 3604P

via this auction

"The Keyboard was manufactured around 1974 and has Serial number 361148"

NAMM: Make Noise NAMM 2010

YouTube via thedeepelement http://makenoisemusic.com/
"Make Noise's Anthony Rolando shows Pressure Points and René at NAMM 2010."

SequencomatV2.3 jamming and OSCconnection

YouTube via tonvibration
"I show the song construction with this touchscreen sequencer. More music here, less talking... but I describe the main functions again, tell about my meeting with Robert Henke and show the OSC-setting at the end of the video."

It will be interesting to see what sort of software comes out for the upcoming Apple "iSlate" and what sort of interfacing will be capable with the device. I'm hoping JazzMutant ports their software.

M-Z3R0 - SKYDARK - delay synthesizer

YouTube via manufacturedZ3R0
"Modified keyboard with atari punk console, overdrive, extreme pitch and embedded delay circuit with rate, feedback level and feedback filter."

KORG WAVEDRUM & ddrum DIOS bubinga drum set solo

YouTube via MrRitchieDrums
"Improvisation using the KORG WAVEDRUM with the LINE 6 M9 looper & ddrum DIOS bubinga drum set.
I played for about 20 minutes then made some edits for this video. Check out my other videos.........THANX!"

Roland V-Synth DA `V`Code, presetsound work together with Minimoog ect...

YouTube via Synthiefrau
"Hello lovely Synthfolks, this is a experiment with the presetssound of my Roland V-Synth. It works together with the Synthesizers.com Sequenzer, Doepfer Dark energie, Minimoog, Synton Syrinx and Roland JP 8000. I enjoy the variety of the different Synthesizers like a cook who`s work with food;-)))
This is my synthetic dinner for you."

NOT NAMM: Misa Digital Guitar Demo

YouTube via misadigital
"misa digital guitar running linux kernel 2.6.31.
very fun and mesmerizing to play.
sydney, australia.
http://www.misadigital.com"

http://www.misadigital.com/
"My design aim was for a minimalistic interface, with configurability at the sound module end, leaving the instrument itself simple and effective.

That being said, the Misa digital guitar software is open source, and powered by the Linux operating system. This means programmers have the flexibility to modify how it works, and even change the interface to provide specific functionality. This is important because collaboration from the users themselves, experimenting and innovating in their own ways, will further improve the instrument.

The Misa digital guitar is a MIDI controller. It must be plugged into a MIDI capable sound module. The sound of this instrument is limited only by what you connect to it."