MATRIXSYNTH

Inner mind loops (Plogue Bidule + 2 Behringer BSY600 + Audacity)

YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan — May 08, 2010 — "Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie and this music. The music has been made with Plogue Bidule sequencing 2 Behringer Bass Synthesizer BSY600. The sounds of these 2 Behringer Bass Synthesizer BSY600 has been reintroducted into Plogue Bidule in order to permit to a long delay to be added. The all thing has been made in one take and has been a bit edited with Audacity (compression, short stereo delay and pitch downshifting added). Enjoy !"

The Sound(s) of Vangelis

"The sound of the first works in Nemo Studio shaped mainly analog synthesizers and keyboards, initially Oberheim 4-Voice, ARP Pro Soloist, Elka Rhapsody 610, Farfisa Synthorchestra, Minimoog, Minikorg 700, Korg Polyphonic Ensemble, Roland SH-3A and the Roland system 100, 1977 and then more and more of the Yamaha CS-80, the Vangelis was now his main instrument. Vangelis was among the first CS-80 users in general, and his first instrument was the legend, even the adventurous way to take the train from across Japan by Russia."

You can find the full article on AMAZONA.de in German here, and Googlish here. via Marko of Retrosound.de.

Pictured: Vangelis in concert with two Yamaha CS-80s.

Cooper Sloan - One Synth Tracks

http://www.myspace.com/coopersloan

"Function Forest - 4 tracks of one evolving 2600 patch to 1/2" tape, no dubs or editing. There was a bit of murf on it as well.

Cold - Buchla 200, using frequency shifters with comb filter in feedback paths, some lexicon reverb.

4017 - Live acoustic drums w/ piezo trigger comparator to step DIY modular sequence on kick hits.

Finger Waggin' Baby - Mic'd up some am radio cabinets through 292s is all I remember... done in a couple passes."

Update: you can also find the track and images of the DIY modular on http://cooper.muxtape.com/. "It was built by a talented guy named Terry Flaig from the early 70s to around 85 if I remember correctly. I just finished a new expansion cabinet for it... I'll have to post some videos soon or something."

See here for a previous post on the modular.

Glitch experiment with Reaktor via Effectrix

YouTube via l3xand3r — May 07, 2010 —

Vintage '70s MIB Casio Melody-80 ML-80 calculator synth

via this auction
"Vintage ORIGINAL Casio ML-80 "Melody 80" Vintage Electronic Calculator synth: MINT IN BOX, sealed, never used! After the Casio VL-1, this is by far the best Keyboard/Calculator, hands down. Includes a real time sequencer for recording and playback, built in vibrato and 2 full octaves. Fairly loud for its size. The ML-80 also has built in melodies, tempo up/down and one key/auto play functions. A must have for any Calculator or Casio collector.

Also comes with everything as sold in the late '70s: MANUAL, smaller leather case, etc., Stored for 30 years! Insanely rare in this condition. Inside the box , it measures 5.25" x 1" x 4.5""