MATRIXSYNTH

Studio Gear Videos via FM Magazine

Sharam Jey Synth collection from will seelig on Vimeo.

Synth Cake

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"My girlfriend's sister created this synth cake for my birthday. Modeled loosely off the Yamaha DX7 (which I have but she didn't know that I had), and using marble cake batter, Kit Kats for the black keys, Jolly Ranchers, and some licorice decorations here and there. Visit her site for more cake stuff (she does awesome work): bake-thoven.squarespace.com/notes/2010/1/23/just-sit-at-h..."

Harvest (original mix)

Harvest (original mix) by alienrobotdance
"Bassline and lead: Korg Poly 800
Main chords: Roland JX3P
Strings: Roland Juno 60
Drums: Roland tr727, tr707 and tr808 samples."

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Moog Little Phatty Videos by Dovinia

Analog Impressions #002

YouTube via Dovinia
"Although a bit tedious to program the Moog Little Phatty is an extremely versatile synth. This little musical sketch takes a Tangerine Dream - like approach with a strong arpeggio in front and drifting leads and flute like timbres floating in and out in the background. This piece was recorded on analog cassette tape and patched together with a recording of the rain pouring down outside my studio."

Analog Impressions #007

"Moog Little Phatty accompanying itself over four analog audio cassette tracks."

MicroKORG and MicroKORG XL

YouTube via Dovinia
"Here's a quick improvisation done in two takes with a MicroKORG and a MicroKORG XL. These are excellent sounding analog modeling synths. As an owner of several vintage analogs by Moog, Roland, Korg and Yamaha I have to admit that these two MicroKORG's, although digital, are truly fabulous. Perfect little synths to have about in the house when away from the big, bulky analogs in your studio... If you consider buying a MicroKORG or an XL: Get them both!"

Uglyface, Tremulus Lune and DOD440 in a box

YouTube via Dovinia
"This is a multieffects unit consisting of an Uglyface (oscillator/fuzz), a Tremulus Lune (tremolo) and a modified DOD 440 Envelope Filter. It sounds quite terrible, but that's the whole point. While the soundquality is rather abyssmal, things may get somewhat more interesting if it is played in stereo; Try adding "&fmt=18" at the end of the url."

The Uglyface is by Tim Escobedo. When available you can find them on Ebay here.
The Tremulus Lune is by 4ms. You can find some 4ms pedals on Ebay here and at Big City Music.

MFOS Videos by Dovinia

Weird Sound Generator WSG

YouTube via Dovinia
"These are some of the sounds you can make with a Weird Sound Generator from Music From Outer Space."

MFOS Weird Sound Generator

"Here's another WSG. This time in a red box. I'm using an EHX Deluxe Memory Man through two amps to fatten up the sound a bit."

Sound Lab Mini Synth

"This is a brief demo of the Sound Lab Mini Synth. It's not a musical statement, just some tweaking of knobs :-)"

Sound Lab Mini Synth

"Just some fooling around on a keyboard with my MFOS Sound Lab Mini-Synth. I'm using a Midi to CV converter connected to a Korg Poly 800. I also use some digital delay and chorus to fatten things up a bit more."

Analog Impressions #003

"OSC 2 sync'ed to OSC 1 on a Music From Outer Space Soundlab Minisynth , but tweaked so that it doesn't track perfectly on all notes, for some eerie results.
http://musicfromouterspace.com/analog..."

Coron DS7 drum synth clone with trigger pad

YouTube via Dovinia
"Here's a brief demo of a Coron DS7 clone with a separate trigger pad. This thing can make some really nice and actually quite realistic drum sounds due to its LFO which provides some timbres which sounds a bit like ring modulation. It's also great for effects and all sorts of spaced out sounds. Some reverb added, otherwise clean sound."

Roland SH 1000

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"Here's a little improvisation made by multi tracking an old SH-1000 a few times. All sounds are from the SH-1000. The only effects added are a Deluxe Memory Man analog delay and a little bit of a Deluxe Electric Mistress analog flanger.

Unfortunately the noise generator does not emit any sound on this particular synth. It seems to work, since the random note generator (which takes its note data from the noise generator) is fully functional. Maybe it's just a bad switch ? If anyone has any experience with this kind of problem, please drop me a line. :-) Thanks.

EDIT: Easy fix. It was just a loose cable at the back of the Noise tab. Damn I wish I'd never sold this synth..."