MATRIXSYNTH

SX-150

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"Now with resonance pot! SCREEAAMM!!"

Quasimid Rave-o-Lution 309 and x0xb0x with Gakken SX-150

YouTube via JeffreyPlaide — June 21, 2010 — "Dreamsong 1983 was my very first use of creating experimental music with the use of a multi-track recorder way back in 1983. Essentially it was an unsuccessful attempt at creating an interesting pop tune with a synthesizer, but I was young, and inexperienced in the structuring of musical compositions. This was the first composition to use multi-track facilities, and it was great to use the magic of over-dubbing, sound-on-sound effects and tape echo. This was a revelation for me in 1983. The track was produced using a very primitive setup only - just an open-reel tape recorder and a stereo cassette deck for mastering. The Realistic Concertmate MG-1 portable synthesizer was used. The bassline consists of a filtered and detuned sawtooth waveform. The melody and rhythm (short noise pulse reversed and played manually) were also created by the MG-1. The vocals were pitch-altered and tape-echo applied. The voice sounds female, but is in fact a male voice pitch-modified. No digital effects were used, and no equalisation applied. No rhythm units used and no sequencing. There weren't even any mixing facilities - only the use of a small mono mixdown box. The TEAC A-3400 4-track open reel recorder created the magic behind the composition. This classic analogue mutli-track model from TEAC came with sync-function and 7.5 and 15 inches per second tape speeds. There was also a pitch control and independent inputs and outputs for each channel. This machine was an affordable means to capture musical ideas by the solo musician in an era when cassette-based portastudios were a relatively new invention. Later on, experiments with tape loops and tape-splicing provided even greater means to create sound collages and special effects. In 2010 I re-mastered the work from metal audio cassette processed with dbx noise-reduction. The mono composition was given pseudo stereo by delaying left and right tracks very slightly and hard panning left and right and equalised to increase the bass. Dreamsong 1983 is important for me, in that it is the first real original experimental composition produced by any means."

CR-68 MIDI Input

YouTube via shiftedphase — February 03, 2010 — "A quick overview of the MIDI input circuit I built for the Roland CR-68 drum machine."

Elmood Modular Synth 1.0

YouTube via shiftedphase — February 14, 2010 — "My self-designed and self-made modular synthesizer as of Feb. 2010. Each of the current modules are demonstrated and explained."

My Lab

shiftedphase — October 27, 2009 — A short tour of my lab.

K4815 Pattern Generator Prototype - Elmood

YouTube via shiftedphase — April 21, 2010 — "A quick introduction to the K4815 modular synth pattern generator by Andrew Kilpatrick. Soon to be released in a Eurorack format. This is an early beta showing some of the basic functionality. More to come..."

K4815 Pattern Generator Prototype - Demo 2

"shiftedphase — April 30, 2010 — A quick demo testing the MIDI clock function of the K4815 Pattern Generator prototype. Here you can listen to some of the different clock divisions, patterns and see just how fast this thing can go. The synthesizer playing is a Roland Juno-2."

NOVATION BASS STATION RACK

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Yamaha CS80

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More pics here.

"After much deliberation and sadness I'm selling my CS-80. Just been serviced by Kent Spong so if you need to know tech info about what he did you're best getting in touch with him. I know that it works 100% and he fitted a ribbon controller which it lost at some point.

The CS I've owned since the early 90s. Used it sparingly until around 2006 when I got back into the sound of it. Massive service by Kent around then, its featured on an album I did. "The Meeting" by Hudson Fall. All the synths are the CS80. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbcuasedhH8 you can see it and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9vZVPnPrBo&feature=related you can hear it (its not the organ thing i'm pretending to play)!!" [videos below]

HUDSON FALL - (I CAN'T) DREAM FOR YOU MUSIC VIDEO

YouTube via rkruger — December 31, 2007 — "BRAND NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR HUDSON FALL'S "(I CAN'T) DREAM FOR YOU", DIRECTED BY RYAN KRUGER
MYSPACE.COM/ENIGMAACE
EDITED BY MICHAEL S. DAVIES & RYAN KRUGER"

HUDSON FALL - A REASON TO BELIEVE

YouTube via rkruger — February 09, 2008 — "MUSIC VIDEO FOR MERSEYSIDE BAND HUDSON FALL'S TRACK "A REASON TO BELIEVE"
DIRECTED BY RYAN KRUGER
EDITED BY MICHAEL S. DAVIES
MYSPACE.COM/ENIGMAACE"

Oxford Synthesizer Company OSCar with MIDI

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"The brainchild of Chris Hugget - the Oxford Synthesizer Company OSCar."

Serge Modular Music Systems Analog Synth Panel Spec

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"This is a 6 panel fold out mailer / pamphlet explaining the Serge and its features and offering kits or pre-assembled Serge synths. Nice black and white photos and presentation. There's a stamp inside explaining that due to increased costs they'll need to start charging for catalogs and literature."

Buchla Electric Music Box 200 Modular Synth System Spec

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"Buchla 200 System 101 2-sided specsheet. The 101 is a dodeca module, dual oscillator and keyboard in a wooden cabinet. The front side has a beautiful pic of the system 101 and the back side lists its specs. November, 1971 Buchla & Associates Berkeley, California."