MATRIXSYNTH

ARP Avatar

via this auction
"There is one big difference between this ARP Avatar and others that have been offered on EB, which is: it works! In fact we just spent $492.68 with Advanced Musical Electronics, LA's premier synth repair service, to insure it is fully functional. If you don't believe us, here's a copy of the receipt! IMO this synth is best used as an adjunct to a 2600 or other ARP of the same vintage. However we also include a NOS guitar pick-up - never been used. The Avatar is legendary as the synth ARP spent a ton of money working on but then never really sold or marketed it properly. Opinions vary on the effectiveness of using it as a guitar synth and your mileage may vary. This particular synth is in G+ condition - probably as good as you'll find."

MEMORYMOOG PLUS with MIDI and SEQUENCER

via this auction

original pics?

Lost in space (Plogue Bidule + 2 Boss SYB-5)

YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan — June 04, 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 Boss Bass Synthesizer SYB-5. The sounds of these 2 Boss Bass Synthesizer SYB-5 has been reintroducted into Plogue Bidule in order to permit to short and long delays to be added. The all thing has been made in one take and has not been edited. Enjoy !"

Making Noise with an Atari Punk Console and some effects in my new studio

YouTube via NoizeHack — June 04, 2010 —

"I built an Atari Punk Console (556 timer synth) and then ran it through a cool 4ms simsam2.0 kit I built and then ran that into an MXR Distortion + and then ran that into a DOD flanger I got at a garage sale for $7 and then into my honeytone. some awesome terrible noises."

The First TB-303 Record Ever - from 1982

01 Untitled 1 - First Roland TB-303 Track in History by matrixsynth
via David Bulog http://www.myspace.com/jointhecarcrashset
"This never saw the light of day but thought you may be interested
Within a week of TB-303 being released in New Zealand we went into the studio and decided to make a couple of tracks for a EP that just featured this great machine--just drummcahine + TB-303
recorded at Mandrill---MCI 24 track --Trident desk----AMS reverb
The record company was horrified and refused to put it out"

Or was it CHARANJIT SINGH - Synthesizing: TEN RAGAS TO A DISCO BEAT - india 1982
Thanks to D' Naab 136 for the reminder in the comments.

Sound Builders: In 1967, This Guy Invented Circuit Bending

"'Anything Can Happen'

In this episode of Sound Builders, we travel to Cincinnati, Ohio, to meet with Reed Ghazala, the founder and father of circuit bending. Reed takes us into his workshop where we get a glimpse into his world of circuit bending, exploring the history and evolution of this art. Reed bends our minds by walking us through the struggles and triumphs he endured while establishing the art of circuit bending.

“The wires fall upon the circuit like the paint on Pollack’s canvas,” he says, rhapsodically.

We tinker with several of Reed’s machines, manipulating sound and opening our minds to this fascinating art form. He works on a project for Motherboard while explaining the method to this music madness, his process, his teachings, as well as the different inventions he has created over the years.

See more Sound Builders episodes – and enter to win our contest for $1,000 – and don’t miss our documentary on New York’s circuit bending Bent Festival."

You can find all Motherboard synth vids here.

ACID

via Steve

Top: ladyada kit #345 with the kit #100 of the x0xi0
Middle: 303
Bottom: ladyada kit #289 with the happy faces

click the image for the full size shot.

more pics here

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Tristan Perich: 1-Bit Symphony Pre-Orders

You can find Tristan Perich's 1-Bit Symphony on Pre-Order here. Pre-orders ship two weeks before official August 24 release date. See this video and the 1-bit label at the bottom of this post for more.

"Tristan Perich's 1-Bit Symphony is an electronic composition in five movements on a single microchip. Though housed in a CD jewel case, 1-Bit Symphony is not a recording in the traditional sense; it literally "performs" its music live when turned on. A complete electronic circuit programmed by the artist and assembled by hand plays the music through a headphone jack mounted into the case itself.

A return to the format of Perich's lauded 1-Bit Music (described by the Village Voice as "technology and aesthetic rolled into one"), 1-Bit Symphony further reduces the hardware involved while simultaneously expanding its musical ideas. 1-Bit Symphony utilizes on and off electrical pulses, synthesized by assembly code and routed from microchip to speaker, to manifest data as sound. The device treats electricity as a sonic medium, making an intimate connection between the materiality of hardware and the abstract logic of software.

While 1-Bit Symphony is purely electronic in its execution, its contents reflect Perich's long-standing interest in orchestral composition. Since the release of 1-Bit Music in 2006, Perich's compositional work has combined 1-bit audio with acoustic classical instruments, providing insight into the conceptual and aesthetic relationships between physical and electronic sound. With 1-Bit Symphony, Perich brings this insight back into the digital realm, juxtaposing the grand form of a classical symphony with the minimal nature of 1-bit circuitry.

For more information, please visit http://www.1bitsymphony.com"

Robert Rich in Seattle

via John Marshal:

"Robert Rich will be performing in Seattle:

Thursday, July 1st at 8:00PM

The Chapel Performance Space at Good Shepherd Center
4649 Sunnyside Ave N
Seattle, WA

www.robertrich.com
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Robert Rich will also be available to discuss/lecture in Renton:

Friday, July 2nd 7:00PM

Renton Technical College
Technology Resource Center, Blencoe Auditorium, Bldg C
3000 NE 4th St
Renton, WA 98056

He would like a suggested topic.
He would like this meeting to be well promoted. Please post this everywhere, freeway off ramps, etc.
He would like a good group of people.

Okay guys, I need your assistance to make this work.

Take care,
John"

Robert Rich is most known in the synth community for his extensive use of the MOTM modular. This would be a great change to see one performed live if you are in the area.