MATRIXSYNTH

THE MICROTONIC PATTERNARIUM and µTonic Beta

"The MicroTonic Patternarium. You could describe Patternarium as an online collaborative patch randomizer. It continuously generates new sounds and rhythms for MicroTonic through principles of evolution. You get to vote on whether rhythms should prosper and procreate or if they should die. Call it musical darwinism - survival of the phattest.

Read more and start playing here: http://www.soniccharge.com/patternarium

Seriously, go there, even if you don't own MicroTonic. It is great fun. Promise"

For the µTonic Beta and Sonic Charge products in general, see http://www.soniccharge.com

via brian c

Odu, musical interface concept by Nicole Weber

YouTube via cdmblogs — June 06, 2010 — "An entry to the createdigitalmusic.com + Casa da Musica / Digitopia Dreams Competition, challenging artists to imagine new musical inventions.

More on Nicole's entry
http://topotropic.de/odu"

EMS Synthi Aks connected with a CV/GATE converter box to x0xb0x

YouTube via ofiroman123 — June 06, 2010 — "the synthi needs a converter box to convert the CV 0.32 volt / octave to 1 volt octave
and the gate to about 4 volt.
the x0xbox here gets midi notes and convets them to cv/gate signals and then
the box converts it to fit"

Update:

EMS Synthi Aks connected with a CV/GATE converter box to x0xb0x sequencer

4ms Clock Divider

via The B-Roll where you'll find more pics, details and a demo.

"I finally got a chance to test out the new module tonight. It’s called the Rotating Clock Divider. It’s such a simple concept it’s surprising it took so long for the design to come to light. Basically it does exactly what it says. It takes a clock and divides it. There are plenty of other clock dividers out there but for some reason the divisions have always gone in multiples of 2. So no matter how you patch it everything always hits on the beat. It can make most rhythms feel cold and lifeless. What the Rotating clock divider does is simply provide an incremental division, so output 1 is /1, output 2 is /2, output 3 is /3 and so on. So what this allows for is things can be triggered on the offbeat."

http://4mspedals.com/

Shueh-Li Ong

flickr by madaboutasia
(click for more)

"Rehearsal @ Singapore Esplanade for Theremin-ising 6 June 2010 with Artsylum Quartet"

follow-up to this post

Korg EX800 Flyer Ad

flickr by Analogue Solutions

"Korg retro synth ad EX800 & RK100"

Professor William Hoskins and His Mystery Moog Upates

More updates in this post. Look for Update 6/6/2010. No further information on the mystery keyboard, but some interesting synth history from those around at the time.

Acid IMP - Basslines on the Machinedrum

YouTube via Catabolicdj — June 03, 2010 — "The GND IMP machine on the Machinedrum does more than snap, crackle, pop - it does basslines. Won't sound exactly like a 303 but you can get some great sounds nonetheless."

Machinedrum goes industrial (+samples)

"Catabolicdj — June 04, 2010 — Not just an IDM machine, the Machinedrum can do much more. Here the MD gets some industrial treatment. Free samples info at the end.

This started out as a challenge project - to build a drumkit from only the simplest machines. I especially wanted to see if I could get more sounds out of GND-IMP, which is rarely used solo. I ended up being able to do most of the kit with GND-IMP.

Thanks to all of the people who watched the previous version of this video without the subtitles."