MATRIXSYNTH

shruti-1 synthesizer videos

synth demo 1 from brett burton on Vimeo.

synth demo 2 from brett burton on Vimeo.

vocal sounds in this one

synth demo 3 from brett burton on Vimeo.

"more noise nonsense"

Sound Opinions A History of the Moog

"Guitars, bass, drums…blah blah blah. This week it’s all about the Moog! The Bob Moog invented synthesizer has experienced a resurgence in popularity in the past few years. New artists love the analog sound, and many are gathering at next week’s MoogFest in Bob Moog’s adopted hometown of Asheville, NC. Jim and Greg talk to Brian Kehew, the Bob Moog Foundation’s official historian, about the synthesizer’s history and legacy." More details and podcast links at Sound Opinions here.

Elektron Octatrack Update

via Elektron

"Individual track lengths and time signatures

Every track can be up to 64 steps of length and all the tracks of a pattern can have both unique length and time signature settings. A master length parameter sets the number of measures the pattern will play before all tracks are restarted from the beginning. If the master length is set to infinity, the tracks will play and loop within themselves infinitely. This amount of pattern customization makes it easy to create intricate and continuously evolving poly rhythms.
Micro Timing

The Micro Timing menu brings detailed and very precise note trig editing to the Octatrack. Every note trig can be nudged back and forth on a 1/384th step resolution note grid. The resolution doubles when the time signature of the track is set to 2x. Lightning fast flams through special repeat parameters, off-kilter stutters and organic grooves are all made possible by the Micro Timing feature.
Dedicated MIDI Sequencer

Apart from the eight internal tracks the Octatrack offers, by the simple press of a button, eight dedicated MIDI tracks. Every MIDI track features an arpeggiator, three assignable LFOs and two pages of CC parameters. Micro Timing and individual track length and time signature settings further enhance the MIDI experience. The eight MIDI tracks can play in conjunction with the eight internal tracks, making the Octatrack well-suited for controlling other instruments during a live performance.
Parameter Locks

The parameter lock feature contributed a great deal to the functionality of the Machinedrum and Monomachine sequencers and is found in the Octatrack as well. A parameter lock allows individual parameter settings for all note trigs. Trigless trigs is a parameter lock variant that doesn't trig samples, instead they alter only parameter settings for chosen sequencer steps. Through the use of trigless trigs the melodic structure of for example a vocal loop can be completely changed. If the loop is subject to timestretch the pitch can be altered without affecting the timing."

Individual Track Lengths by Elektron
"All eight tracks of the Octatrack are playing. During the first bars the tracks are all 16 steps long. At 00:17 the pattern is changed. All tracks of the new pattern have a unique length, resulting in a complex rhythm."

follow-up to this post.

altKeyboards

altKeyboards - a site dedicated to alternate controllers.

Blonde Redhead Concert at the Vic v2

flickr By rrooyyccee
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"I found myself pondering the horse. My associations were with the Trojan horse, kabuki, tentacles, Blade Runner."

"Access Virus on stage at the Vic. Accompanied by Blonde Redhead."

Sunday Acid Jams

via Acid Box Blues
"devilfish tb303, the tr606 and the sh101."

"The First is pretty much dry, with the accent out of the tb303 triggering the sh101."

Sunday live jammed by DyLABs

"This is a distorted tb303 with overdrive and fm modulation cranked all the way going into more distortion and a ping pong delay."

Distorted Outer Spaced by DyLABs

Tama TS-305 first test

YouTube via sparkey1 | October 24, 2010

"Triggering my new Tama TS-305 with the Klopfgeist softsynth (the metronome click!) in Logic9 on 6 tracks sent out thru multiple outputs from my Presonus Firestudio. I tried to do this first with Ultrabeat / multiple outs, but the thing would not behave. Bass/snare/"hat" sound are running through some TL audio tube preamps and a snare through a Roland Space Echo. Toms are dry. Sorry about the crappy audio quality on the camera, just a quick first test of this drumsynth."

Note: one just went up for auction here.

Alan Wilder Signs Pea Hicks Drumulator

via Pea of http://optigan.com/:
"saw Alan Wilder's RECOIL set last night and managed to get him to sign my Drumulator. This is the drum machine he used heavily on DM's 'Construction Time Again' album, notably on 'Everything Counts.' Also, if you listen to 'Work Hard' (a b-side), they even used the click pulse from the Drumulator as part of the rhythm track in addition to the regular drum sounds.

He told me he still has his, and dug it out recently, but it wasn't working. I also asked him why they chose the more "budget" priced Drumulator at a time when they could have afforded something a bit better like a Linn, and he said 'because we were cheap!'

also, here's a pic of the Recoil set, with Alan playing a Korg MS-20. I'm pretty sure he was just using the filter section, processing stuff from Ableton Live."