MATRIXSYNTH

Sequential Circuits Multitrak and TOM (and micromoog)

YouTube via fuckingharpsichord | August 01, 2010

"multitrak tru filter of moog, playing a sequence
tom with the contemporary-cartridge"

Roland Tb 303 with SCI Tom + Micromoog

"Its a 303 from a friend
bassdrum is from selfoscilating filter of Micromoog
you hear the Tom with its Contemporary cartridge"

Mankato panel

flickr by parasitk
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"Undrilled copper panels. They etched for over an hour in ferric chloride, then were patinated with liver of sulphur (which is still active and darkening the metal, actually).

Photo: Shikhee"

The Wersi Bass Synthesizer (high quality)

YouTube via AutomaticGainsay | August 01, 2010

"Here is a high-quality version of the popular Wersi Bass Synthesizer (kit version) video."

KORG KR 55 + MS 10 + Custom KORG 770

YouTube via cosmohelectrastudio | August 01, 2010

"MS 10 and 770 Tiggered by the KR 55 via an handmade multiple.
My 770 have CV/gate input for notes and filter, and two added pots for the filter."

Circuit Bent Korg Kaossilator Ring Modulation LFO by freeform delusion

YouTube via eecouk | July 17, 2010

"Circuit Bent Korg Kaossilator

Two Ring Mod On/Off Switches - these bends are on the Kaossilator circuit board, no additional circuits added to create these. They can be a bit grainy but I think worth it! The Effect changes best when both switches are on then press the tap bpm or scale button. It also provides a gated effect when the screen flashes.

Get Lofi - LTC Precision kit for Pitch Down
Switchable LDR Pitch Control

Get Lofi - 555 Timer kit for switchable Vactrol LFO

2.5mm Jack added for Trigger in from the 4093 synth sequencer

Headphone output is now the main output source. Removed the output RCAs"

Circuit Bent Korg Kaossilator Sequencer by freeform delusion

eecouk | July 18, 2010

"Korg Kaossilator being triggered from the Sequencer.

The Kaossilators Mods:

Two Ring Mod On/Off Switches - these bends are on the Kaossilator circuit board, no additional circuits added to create these. They can be a bit grainy but I think worth it! The Effect changes best when both switches are on then press the tap bpm or scale button. It also provides a gated effect when the screen flashes.

Get Lofi - LTC Precision kit for Pitch Down
Switchable LDR Pitch Control

Get Lofi - 555 Timer kit for switchable Vactrol LFO

2.5mm Jack added for Trigger in from the 4093 synth sequencer

Headphone output is now the main output source. Removed the output RCAs

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The Sequencers Mods/Features:

4039 Synth/Sequencer!

Mono mini jack output
On/Off Switch
Green LED Eight Step Sequencer
Green Momentary button to choose sequencer mode
Red Momentary button to Reset sequencer
Eight Knobs to tune each step of the sequencer
Pitch Control for Sequencer
Rate to speed up or slow the 8 steps
Trigger out to control keyboard/toy/Kaossilator with a mod we can add (demo vids will be up this week)

On/Off Switch for LFO with rate Control & LED (can be used on sequencer or drone synth)

Switchable 4039 Drone synth with three controls - switch between this or the sequencer.

LFO on Kaossialtor & Sequencer can be used together!"

Atau_and_Adam

YouTube via manwithfeathers | July 26, 2010

"Adam & Atau exploit a commonly available consumer electronics device, the Apple iPhone, as an expressive, gestural musical instrument. The device is well known an iconic object of desire in our society of consumption. The iPhone can play music as a commodity, and this is the way most listeners interact with it. Adam & Atau reappropriate the iPhone and its advanced technical capabilities to transform the consumer object into an expressive musical instrument for concert performance. In a duo, with one in each hand, they create a chamber music, 4-hands iPhone. The accelerometers which typically serve as tilt sensors to rotate photos in fact allow high precision capture of the performer's free space gestures. The multitouch screen, otherwise used for scrolling and pinch-zooming text, becomes a reconfigurable graphic user interface akin to the JazzMutant Lemur, with programmable faders, buttons, and 2D controllers that control synthesis parameters in real time. All this drives open source Pure Data (PD) patches running out of the free RJDJ iPhone app. A single advanced granular synthesis patch becomes the process by which a battery of sounds from the natural world are stretched, frozen, scattered, and restitched. The fact that all system components - sensor input, signal processing and sound synthesis, and audio output, are embodied in a single device make it very different than the typical controller + laptop model for digital music performance. The encapsulation in a self-contained, manipulable object take the iPhone beyond consumer icon to become a powerful, expressive musical instrument."

Atau and Adam at NYEAF

manwithfeathers | December 07, 2009

"Atau Tanaka and Adam Parkinson playing at the Frederick Loewe Theatre, NYU as part of the New York Electronic Arts Festival, 2009.

Atau plays the biomuse, which captures physiological neuron impulses resulting from muscle tension , using it to control samples and synthesis in Max / MSP. Adam uses RjDj to run Pure Data on two ipods, controlling granular synthesisers and other sound generators using the built-in tilt sensors.

Audio taken from handheld camera, hence quality not too great - will try and get hold of better audio from the gig."