MATRIXSYNTH

"There goes my everything" - on Technics SX-C600

YouTube via organfairy
"This time I am playing a plain old country song on the Technics organ. The rhythm comes from a Roland Rhythm Arranger while the piano and arpeggios are played on the Yamaha HE-8 organ that also controls the Roland JX-8P synthesizer."

ARTURIA : Origin 1.1 Introduction video

YouTube via Arturiaweb

Roland JX-3P sound examples

Roland JX-3P sound examples pt2 \

YouTube via vinyljunkie07
"Everything you hear has been done on the JX-3P except the drums and multi-tracked in Logic

Check out some of those Vangelis like sounds ;-)"
Some Chariots of Fire.

DIY Sequential Circuits Prophet-600 Analogue Synth Case

via this auction

# Sequential Circuits Prophet-600 metal case: hinged lid and base
# Newly made SYNTHWOOD.COM Mahogany wood sides
# Newly made Technology Transplant membrane data entry pad
# DIY wheel box - case would need to be modified for wheel box to fit
# I may have the original wheel box, but have not been able to find it - when and if I do, its yours!
# MIDI din connectors, IEC power entry, fuse housing and power switch

Roland TB-303 meets his cousin TR-606!

Roland TB-303 meets his cousin TR-606! from mike bamford on Vimeo.

"Cousin TR-606 comes to visit TB-303 bringing a DIN sync with him! A little touch of glitch on the drums, some verb on the bass and let the tweaking commence!!"

Dr Peter Zinovieff Interview via Red Bull Music Academy

"When you take a closer look at this inventor/librettist/geologist’s biography, it doesn’t take you long to realize that owning the first ever computer in a home environment, helping develop the sequencer, and building one of the first and most influental synthesizers of all time, the EMS VCS3, all are nothing but rather mundane details. So if you wanted to REALLY discuss how to shorten methodologies of brain signal analysis, whether there is another way to generate REAL random numbers other than the Geiger counters they even use in Vegas, or if you REALLY wanted to think new avenues in intuition-led interface design - this Russian-English renaissance man will keep it very, very real for you."
Also see this interview. You can find all posts mentioning Dr. Peter Zinovieff here.

Korg SDD-3000 Service Manual

You can find a copy of the service manual scanned by Florian Anwander here [mirrored here].

Circuit bent Moon Cycle Delay Boss PS2 by Spunkytoofers

via this auction

"The moon cycle delay pedal is a new design by Spunkytoofers for hands free control of a circuit bent boss ps 2 delay pedal.

the boss ps-2 is a dual board pitch shifter/delay pedal. the unit is demonstrated in the one of the delay settings. with the moon cycle stomp switch you can capture 2 second loops, or faster loops to stutter, all the way into self oscillation with help from the foot pedal. in the delay setting you can create some tonal variation as well as adding some synthesizer variants to the delay loop. stomps can be selected to have pattern slicers, circuit bends, and rhythmic sound variation.

the pitch shifter modes creates a synthesizer tone in which the synthesizer can be circuit bent in sound as well as sustained by the moon cycle switch. this allows the user to duet with the synthesizer generated by the pedal as well as isolated the synthesizer to have a fully pitch controllable circuit bent synthesizer.

Here are some more info from my blog"

previously posted

4ms Circuit bent Bend matrix (Joytoy version) midi I/O

via this auction

"Bend Matrix from 4ms factory. This one was custom build by Dann Green himself. It has the classic two parts matrix hardwired to circuit bent toys producing some infinite possibilities of bent sequences. Several modes are added for extra flexibility : record sequence, different modes of bent sounds (effects, notes, drum parts). Rare enough on those art piece is a midi out and midi in (!) to sync the Bend Matrix to some other midi gear.

Here you can see me use it with a Flame midi talking synth : more vids (theau playing the ghostmatrix).

On my youtube channel you can see some more videos of it in action (build in sounds used). Here is my channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/theau61?feature=mhw4

The bend matrix is powered with 9V DC PSU and comes with a custom instruction manual.

More info on the Bend Matrix : http://4mspedals.com/bendmatrix.php

what is the bend matrix?
the bend matrix is a midi sequencer for circuit bent projects
...a dynamic tool to store and recall your analog synth patches
...a microcontroller brain that leeches onto a host circuit
...a signal router/mixer that can be played like an instrument and patched to your other midi gear
...an octophonic surround-sound system controller for routing and spinning 4 inputs to 8 outputs
...a circuit bending controller for live performance, e.g. turn a thrift-store kids keyboard into an arpeggiating, sequenced, midi-controlled player piano (forget squinting over a pcb with an alligator clip in the dark trying to find your glitch point!)
...an automatic patch-bay and sequencer with real-time analog controls: strobe, arp, gloob, random.
...a meta-instrument: play the playing of other sound-makers, routing them into each other, multiple outputs/effects, programming and saving patches

what does the bend matrix do?
connect/disconnect glitch points within an external circuit-bent device (two separate 4x4 matrices or one single 4x8 matrix)
connect/disconnect/route audio inputs into multiple outputs (4 inputs=>8 outputs or 8=>4)
act as a patch matrix for modular synthesizers, or other cv/signal routing
store up to 128 "patches" in memory (memory is held even when power is disconnected)
sequence the 128 stored patches at specified bpm (2 - 2000 bpm)
generate random patches
apply effects to the current patch (or sequence of patches) using analog controls: randomization, arpeggiation, strobing, gloobing.
inputs midi note/cc commands, so you can program your patches and sequences using standard midi gear
outputs midi note/cc commands, so you can use the bend matrix to sync up to other midi gear (video effects, etc...)

how might i use it?
a. circuit bending
add midi in/out to your circuit bent projects
program/save/recall patches of bend points
sequence trigger points to essentially convert any sound generating device into a player piano
real-time analog controls (joystick, knobs, photocells) provide special effects/glitching/strobing/arpeggiation and randomization

b. effect switching/re-ordering
change effect ordering and routings on the fly: store up to 8 patches per bank, with 16 banks
series, parallel, and series-parallel configurations possible
sequence your effect changes, so you can simply hit "next" after each song and the next effect ordering
up to 4 effects in any order and combination of in/out of the loop
dynamic re-routing
external stomp switches and rack-mounting optionally available.

c. modular synthesizers
patch synth modules together using a central button matrix to control routings
save/recall patches, (8 per bank, 16 total banks = 128 patches)
sequence patches within banks, sequence playback of multiple banks
split matrix functionality allows one half to control patches (e.g. lfo->vcf, adsr->vca, etc) while the other half can send midi note commands or make

d. art installations
flexible configuration allows a variety of sound sources and amplifiers to be dynamically routed (16 total bi-directional ports: e.g 4 inputs => 8 outputs, or two separate 4 in => 4 out...)
route trigger/sensor/microphone signals to various processing devices
outputs can trigger lights, sounds, motion, anything that runs on electrical power (use your imagination!)
customizable matrix size and configurations available

additional notes:
the photocell modification adds four light-sensitive photocells, each with an enable switch. the photocell overrides use of the knob for real-time effects.
the trigger input jacks include step ahead, step back and play/pause. this versatile input accepts cv, audio or any line signal.

9vdc powersupply included (120/240v).
2mm aluminum panel 12" x 10" on aluminum box (2" tall)."