MATRIXSYNTH

Yamaha KX88 front panel underbelly

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Ensoniq Fizmo in the background.

Beat Thang hardware unboxing

YouTube via SoundsAndGear | November 10, 2010

"http://beatkangzbeatthang.com just got a test unit of the beat thang hardware from beat kangz electronics, will be testing the software, workflow, etc...trying to break it to find as many bugs as I can. This is just the unboxing video"

Beat Thang hardware booting up

SoundsAndGear | November 10, 2010

"http://beatkangzbeatthang.com just opened the beat thang hardware, turning it on for the first time and showing the boot sequence"

beat thang hardware volume screen

SoundsAndGear | November 10, 2010

"http://beatkangzbeatthang.com showing the volume screen in the beat thang hardware beat machine"

Ellatron via MIDI

flickr By Omenie

"Ellatron via MIDI

A small group of people will remember our first MIDI video about 10 months ago that needed a jailbroken iPhone. Well here is the real thing.

Filmed by iPod Touch, here are a few of the features of the Ella MIDI implementation - 3 voices at once (upper, lower and pads), all can be played concurrently if you have enough hands or somebody else around/on stage who can hit the pads. Programmable keyboard split for upper and lower, programmable chord pads if your keyboard supports it (and the Axiom 49 has 8 of them - mighty useful). Ella can be seen responding to controllers on the keyboard with on-screen information keeping you up to date, and controllers are used to change voices, volume, pitch, tone, reverb parameters, and level/pan for each of the upper, lower and pad instruments. Ellatron and the Lite Trons now all feature the same rich reverb unit first seen in M3000, and the MIDI Ellatron is going to hit the shops with a handful of the real Tron voices from M3000, albeit with the usual limitations - shorter loop times, major third sampling intervals etc. Mellotron purists, or indeed anyone who wants a real Tron will still want the M3000, but people who just want a handful of Tron sounds for occasionally spicing up a song will love the new Ella.

Plus the MIDI implementation is ultra-responsive, despite this being a debug build and having a dozen printfs per played note - printfs going over WiFi to the Mac, because you can't really printf with an attached dock accessory...

A bit more work to do on the user interface to de-stupid it (e.g. "What is" ... "This For?" on the left!), an upgrade to the saved/restored preferences file, and we will be ready to roll out for testing. If all goes well we should be good to go by early December."

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VJFranzK on the iMS20

YouTube via VJFranzK | November 11, 2010
"new KORG iMS10 app for iPAD! Analog Synth and Drum Machine Emulator - Detailed Review Part A"
"THE NEXT Great App from KORG! Emulation of their classic MS20 synth from 1978, used by many top electronica bands over the last 32 years. (Also reincarnated in the KORG Legacy Collection, and Nintendo DS10 + !) Multitouch makes this the most synth you can get in the world of "virtual knobs"."

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Marco Poly - The Jam 01

YouTube via waveshaper | November 11, 2010

"Mono-Poly vs Marco02"

Roaming energy (Plogue Bidule + 2 Doepfer Dark Energy + Moog CP-251)

YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan | November 11, 2010

"Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie. The music has been made in one take with Plogue Bidule (sequencer, mixer and delay effect), two Doepfer Dark Energy (one is sequenced and another one is played on keyboard) and a Moog CP-251. Enjoy !
http://www.myspace.com/fredericgercha..."

Circuit Bent ClearTone Three Drone Synth by freeform delusion

YouTube via eecouk | November 11, 2010

"The synth has been housed inside a small micro mixer.

1/4" Jack output

Large On/Off Switch

Red On LED

Three knobs to shape the synth

Green momentary button to use for rhythmic pulses

Three way switch to choose the type of synth tone/sound

powered by a PP3 9v battery on the back"