MATRIXSYNTH

Sequential Circuits PRO-ONE

via this auction

"This Pro One Is one of the first 200 ever made and is the J-wire Version."

YouTube via attorks — June 22, 2010 — "I was fiddling around with the arpeggiator of the Waldorf Q Keyboard. Then I tried to synchronize the Synthesizers.com Q960 sequencer through the Doepfer MAQ16/3 sequencer which more or less succeeded. The Waldorf Q arpeggiator clock is fed via MIDI to the MAQ16/3. The gate output of row 3 of the MAQ16/3 is shifting the Q960 sequencer. The 5-step sequence on row 1 of the Q960 is driving the Synthesizers.com Modular. The 4-step sequence on row 1 of the MAQ16/3 is driving the self-built Modular. The bird sounds comes from voice B of the Clavia Nord Lead 1.The Mellotron flute solo comes from the Roland XP-80 and the synth solo is performed on voice A of the Clavia. I am sometimes kind of lost in the beats and bars but I hope you don't mind."

テノリオーブ (Tenori-Orb) Acid Jam

YouTube via 808mmman — June 22, 2010 — "Tenori is driving 808, Orb is driving 303.
Tenori-On (Midi Sequence) - -TR-808 Mod(Midi) - - Futureretro Orb (Cv/Gate Sequence) - - TB-303 Mod (Cv/Gate In)"

bC16 and SM9 demo

video by YouTube via ChimSyn — June 22, 2010

"A quick demo of the SM9 analog sequencer driving the bC16 patchable synth."

mpc60 final - Display Repair

YouTube via repeatle — June 22, 2010 — inside an Akai MPC-60

Eurorack Modular

Pic of Navs eurorack modular taken by verstaerker. Click on it for the full size shot.

Navs has a new EP out and will be playing live "as part of the Bloom Garden project at the 48 Stunden Neukölln arts festival in Berlin this Saturday (June 26th)." You can find details here.

velosynth release#001 - DIY Arduino Based Bicycle Synth

velosynth release#001 from velosynth on Vimeo.

"announcement for the first release of velosynth, the open-source bicycle interaction synthesizer. released under a creative commons sharealike license.

video work by the ever-so talented harris porter - vimeo.com/harrisporter
tunes by % - virb.com/owneroperator"

velosynth+003 from velosynth on Vimeo.

"speed/tone

a hall effect sensor detects the rotation of a spoke-attached magnet. this data is translated into sound via an arduino microcontroller, 8bit R2R DAC, lowpass filter and audio amplifier.

the linkage forms a cognitive loop between the cyclist and their microlocal transportation environment.

more info at: velosynth.com
arduino code: bit.ly/WB7uf"

soundgin demonstration from velosynth on Vimeo.

"velosynth prototype B iterating through soundgin demo sounds"

accelerometer interaction test from velosynth on Vimeo.

"an accelerometer modulates a 4093-based oscillator through a 5206 digital potentiometer controlled with an adruino microcontroller."

Inaugural Hexaphone Jam

YouTube via hexaphonejam — May 19, 2010 — "Featuring Sam Gilman (right), Organist, Otis Grove (http://otisgrove.net)"

Hexaphone Recording and Playback

"hexaphonejam — June 21, 2010 — Hexaphone is the most playable musical instrument for the iPhone. Built for improvization, it lets experts and novices alike experiment with musical scales, intervals, rhythms and progressions."

Anyware Tinysizer Demos

via monokit on electro-music.com:
"It has 2 VCOs, 3 LFOs (slow, fast, audio), 2 EGs (normal, fast), 4 VCAs, a great SEM based filter (LP, BP, HP), and audio input stage (preamp, env follower and gate trigger), a digital FX unit (delay, reverb, mixable), wave processor, mixer, ring, S&H, noise (white, pink), built in MIDI->CV, 10 external in/outs, and a ton (300+) of patch points. Check out the block diagram here. [below to save the hit on Anyware Instruments and for the archives.]

Patching this synth is totally different from patching my MOTM with its big fat quarter inch cables. On the Tiny everything is under your eyes, no arm stretching. It a bit like patching a VCS3 matrix with tiny cables. No normalled routes, you have to wire the whole thing yourself. It's lots of fun. On the MOTM everything is more physical."

"Anyware Tinysizer filter and overdrive demo.
Two OSCs driving the LPF. A slow LFO is opening the LPF cutoff.
Over time the filter inputs are opened from 5 to 10, and filter RES is opened from 0 to 10.
Some internal delay used.
No external FX, straight into AD."

"Cheesy drum loop from QY700 into Anyware Tinysizer using built in preamp and envelope follower. Input volume cranked up. :)"

"And finally a demo of the filter at breaking point, modulated by two slow LFOs (tri and square)... I really like the filter, which can be sweet, but I like it most for its raw power. A single VCO source will start to overdrive the input around 7 or so on the pot. The lowpass sound is nice and fat, and the bottom end stays when turning up the reso."