MATRIXSYNTH

Sunday, September 26, 2010

ether^ra S-SUTRA

YouTube via potterpaint2000 | September 26, 2010

"an improv featuring my Serge Creature/Seq A, my trusty VTOL Cramola, and a Doepfer Dark Energy/Tenori-on. http://etherra.blogspot.com"

YouTube via FuckingSynthesizer | September 25, 2010

"After crossing Styx and the ordeal at the gates of the City when an Angel of God had to intervene to open the way Dante and Virgil now cross through the city of Dis a landscape of burning buildings and ruin surrounds them."

"Osaka" - a Jupiter-8 and DX7 demo - Roland SBX-80 Sync Box Video

YouTube via SynthManiaDotCom | September 25, 2010

"This is a demo song featuring Roland Jupiter-8, Yamaha DX7, and Linn LinnDrum - three classic instruments of the 1980s.

The genre is Synth Pop / Italo Dance, with a bit of Japanese aura - courtesy of the DX7's "Koto" sound."

My First KORG M01 #3

YouTube via DETUNEltd | September 26, 2010

"非公式な公式ムービー「はじめてのKORG M01＜その３＞」です。
今までシンセやDAWに触ったことが無い・・・でもM01で曲を作ってみようと思っている方にもお判りいただけるように各種機能を紹介しています。
＜その３＞は、ドラムス（タイコ）で遊んでみよう！です。
www.detune.co.jp"
Nintendo DS on Ebay - refine search on left when you get there.
KORG M01 on Ebay

Korg EMX-1: creating basic 80s sequence

YouTube via TheSynthFreq | September 25, 2010

"This is a short video about the basic steps to writing an 80s drum pattern with the Korg EMX. Also explained, is the process of using a synthesizer to record the bass line in to the EMX. The EMX sends midi data back to the synth, for a more realistic 80s bass patch.
The pattern shown is 4 measures but up to 8 measures are available on the EMX, the Roland Alpha Juno was used to enter the bass line into the EMX, then the EMX sent the midi data back to the Juno and the Juno's sound is heard, not the EMX (synth part 1). I also couldn't resist but to add the D-50 with some sparkling chords in to the mix.
Keep in mind that this is very basic, nothing fancy.
Please pardon my horrible explainations!

Please enjoy. :)
Have a synth-tastic weekend everyone!

:) TheSynthFreq"

boleia

YouTube via comemelinhos | September 25, 2010

"pure data -vs- roda de bike com arco"

Electronic Projects Lab Kit Audio Oscillator

YouTube via ThePurityControl | September 26, 2010

"Completely ridiculous, i had one like this when i was about 12 and could never get any of the interesting projects to work and ended up feeling like an electronics failure... now years later i decided to try and defeat my gremlins and maybe learn a thing to too as well.

Audio is from my digital camera, first pass is cleaned up only, second is effects drenched for laughs."
Electronic Projects Lab Kit on Amazon
Electronic Projects Lab Kit on Ebay

PRO ONE vs. PRO 12: analog vs. digital Prophet 5 - Harlem Nights

YouTube via harlemnightsmusic | September 26, 2010

"An analog versus a digital voice test of the Sequential Prophet 5 (rev 3) synthesizer (1978):
- L channel = Sequential Pro One synth (1981)
- R channel = Creamware Pro 12 synth module (2006), in single voice mode

Mostly focusing on basic sonic quality, not features. Envelopes and filter levels were matched to eachother by ear (the number settings differ). Pro 12 was played with EMU Xboard 61. No added fx or EQ. Both were recorded through the same mixer and soundcard.

There's quite a lack of proper Pro 12 demos on internet, hence I made this one for others deciding about it... A HQ mp3 of the test can be found at: www.harlemnightsmusic.com/PRO_ONE_VS_PRO_12.mp3

To my ears, the Pro 12 held up surprisingly well in this test against a famous analog bass synth. Main sonic differences were in the filter and pulse width range. I would say the basic sound

In a polyphony test, against a real Prophet 5, this difference may be larger, as the oscillators will be summed. But if you play the Pro 12 in two voice unison with a slight detuning, you still got six phat voices and won't be far off :-)

Next time: more music!

Enjoy
Harlem Nights"

Update: video back up.

Korg MS-20

YouTube via lesingemonotone | September 26, 2010

"A bit of knobturning on the classic Korg MS-20 synthesizer, sequences by x0xb0x and drums provided by MFB-522."