MATRIXSYNTH

Saturday, March 20, 2010

properboy "two-voice" synth demo

YouTube via theproperboy www.properboy.com

2010 SXSW web awards by Bleep labs

flickr by Dr. Bleep

"Special edition Thingamagoop2s for SXSW.
Instead of a silk screed metal front, they have a laser cut acrylic face plate and only a photocell and button for controls. The lights are always on and change every minute or so. When you press the button, it makes noise and cycles through five differnt audio presets.

Look for an special edition acrylic Thingamagoop2 for sale soon.

Thanks to Aaron H for the Photo."

1Song1Week1Year - Week12 - One Dozen

YouTube via DJDJSMusic
"Week 12 in my 1Song1Week1Year project to write one new song each week for a year.
This week's song is called "One Dozen".

I use Several slices of drum loops from Grove Criminals that I got from this month's issue of Computer Music magazine."

Jomox Xbase 888 Dance Demonstration Techno

YouTube via intromix
"Some samples of the Jomox 888 with TB-303"

Friday, March 19, 2010

Moog Polymoog Synthesizer With Pedals

via this auction

"Polymoog Synthesizer Model 203A, complete with Polypedal Controller and original metal legs.

This one is of the latest generation of Polymoogs, serial number 3795. It actually bears the name Polymoog Synthesizer on the front (instead of Polymoog Keyboard).

This machine has been overhauled extensively. The overhaul includes:

Repairs: this Polymoog has been fixed. It is one of the few around that are 100% functional.

Keyboard contacts have been cleaned and aligned. All seventy-one rubber keyboard bushings have been replaced with brand new ones. All thirty seven indicator LED’s for the pushbuttons on the front panel, as well as their current regulating resistors have been replaced with new ones that are less energy consuming and thus put less strain on the power supply.

All the capacitors on the power supply have been replaced with new ones in order to reduce chances of burn out.

All fifteen hundred solder connections for the polycom and balance card slots on the three motherboards have been re-soldered to reduce occurrence of fuzzy or dead notes on the keyboard.

All eighteen opamp IC’s LM3080AN on the top left and top right circuit boards have been replaced by their modern day equivalent NTE 996. The old LM3080AN is a common cause of failure in polymoogs. The NTE996 is more durable.

All internal adjustable parameters have been tuned and calibrated.

It has been serviced with durability in mind. This is not a guarantee because the Polymoog remains a sensitive instrument that needs care and attention, but the chances of survival for this one have certainly been improved.

Cosmetically it is in pretty reasonable shape. It does show some wear and tear but overall nothing too outrageous considering it’s age. The worst thing in my opinion would be some curling at the corners of the stickers on the left hand side front panel. See pictures.

The Polypedal Controller, model 285A, serial number 1898 PD is working 100% as well and is in good cosmetic shape.

Included with this sale are five spare Polycom cards and three MM5823N frequency divider IC’s to further increase the potential lifespan of this machine."

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PRIMA HARMONY TRAINER harmonic tuner mini-organ

via this auction

"PRIMA HARMONY TRAINER is extremely rare and most strange japanese electronic musical tuner mini-organ this unique "harmany tuner" was specially made for pure temperament tune you can easy to set pure temperament tune and confirm by your eyes and ear it's very useful for chorus,ensemble,brass band also for people who seriously studying pure temperament tune made by PRIMA in 1984 Japan

HARMONY TRAINER was expensive and made very limited quantities those days and never sold at ordinary musical instruments market so i'ts very hard to find even in Japan nowadays... this is your first and last chance to get this vintage bizarre tuner mini-organ!

first of all, it looks super cool and futuristic designed, built in silver plastic case with lot of knobs and sliders with 2 octave mini-keyboard and big tuner/beat meter it has black portable handle inside bottom panel

it has selectable 2 MAIN MODE,TUNER and SOUND in SOUND MODE,you can play mini-keyboard and check the harmonic tune that you made TUNER MODE turn this device as a tuner with outside sound(I don't know how to use this TUNER MODE because of no manual)

this unique device allows you to make different tune on each pitch of keys using each black & white tuning knob and set volume balance of each keys by black & white sliders and you can play it with mini-keyboard this mini-keyboard has 4 sounds(organ,sine wave etc),octave shift,pitch shift and TEMP/JUST INTO.selector(I don't know the function of this selector)

left side has metronome section it has big tempo knob with light and BEAT selector and volume

it has internal speaker and internal mic

side panel has OUTPUT,INPUT,DC 9V IN(it also works with batteries),and MIC(SOUND)ON/OFF switch

I recommends HARMONY TRAINER for the artist who tired of usual electronic instruments and seeking for fresh and bizzare one or collectors for these rare strange japanese electronic instruments,mini-organs and also recommends those who seriously studying harmony or pure temperament tune"

You can find a video of one here.

Mopho Keyboard is Coming Soon in Yellow!!!

Yes!!! I was actually rooting for yellow. :) No word on if there will be a black version.

I am so getting one of these. I can't wait. I played with one at NAMM and loved it.

Details

via Russ

Remember the poll? Black slightly edged out, but yellow definitely had support. I wonder what leaned Dave Smith to yellow.

Update:
"The voice architecture and general specs are the same as the Mopho desktop module. Enhancements include programmable feedback gain, additional arpeggiator modes, and the ability to set the slew rate separately for individual sequence steps. (Yes, the latter two features will eventually find their way into the other products in the Mopho/Tetra/Prophet family.) It features a semi-weighted keyboard action with velocity and aftertouch. And it has great feeling, two-shot, soft-touch knobs.

The eagle-eyed among you may find it odd that a monophonic synth has a unison on/off parameter. When paired with a Tetra, Mopho Keyboard makes a very compact, very powerful five-voice poly synth!"

MIDI Memo App for MIDI Mobilizer - Record/Playback

YouTube via line6movies

"Learn more at http://line6.com/midimobilizer

Learn how to record and playback musical ideas using the MID Memo App with your iPhone or iPod touch."

MIDI Memo App for MIDI Mobilizer - Back Up Settings and Patches

MIDI Memo App for MIDI Mobilizer - Add Your Settings to Replacement/Rental Gear

Machinedrum Bugbrand Modular Jam

YouTube via darenager
"Using the Machinedrum to filter and process the modular, the modular is being clocked from the Flame Clockwork, all sounds from the machinedrum, bug weevil, bug filter."