MATRIXSYNTH

SCI Prophet VS + Roland Juno-60 + Moog Source

YouTube via retrosound72 | November 23, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"vintage synth demo track by RetroSound

soundtrack theme: View in my Soul

analog strings and pad sounds: SCI Prophet VS
arpeggio: Roland Juno-60
deep bass: Moog Source
audio @ Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/retrosound/view..."

roland system 100 + dynacord.m4v

YouTube via polyvoks | November 23, 2010 |

"roland system 100 simple sequence with dynacord DRS78 delay"

Grendel Drone Commander Analog Mono Synth

via this auction
"very unique modern analog monosynth, the Grendel Drone Commander by Eric Archer. Lacking voltage control of oscillators or gate, this synth is designed for one thing, and one thing alone: analog drones. And it does them very, very well.

With a total of 9 knobs, the Drone Commander offers two manually-tuned oscillators and two LFOs, plus an unusually colorful and nasty filter. LFO1 is an analog variable-shape oscillator, and LFO2 is a pulse waveform that auto-synchronizes to LFO1 at a ratio of 2x, 4x, 8x, or 16x. Both LFOs can be routed to the filter for rhythmic patterns. A line-level output jack is provided for connection to amplifiers or effects.

The sound samples on this page are recorded with one Drone Commander plugged straight into a Fender Princeton Chorus.

Six of the Drone Commander’s nine knobs double as push-pull switches to control signal routing and waveform selection. Scroll to the bottom of this page to view the control layout.

red panel, black text, black plastic knobs
natural panel, black text, natural aluminum knobs
gold panel, black text, gold “marshall” knobs
black panel, no text, black aluminum knobs

The Drone Commander is housed in a dark green military ammunition case with engraved aluminum control panel. The case is welded steel with an easily removable, rubber gasketed lid. There is almost no plastic in the drone commander! It measures 10″(w) x 7″(h) x 3.5″(d), and weighs about 6 lbs.

The unit is powered by a 9V battery accessible through a slide-out drawer in the side, as well as a 9VDC adapter.

Filter CV input (0-10V) and clock pulse output (+8V) are now standard features."

See http://ericarcher.net/devices/drone-commander/ for samples and more. Video previously posted here.

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Dave Smith Mono Evolver Keyboard

via this auction

"The four oscillators all sound great. The analog oscillators are warm, with great sync and PWM effects. The digital oscillators are incredibly thick sounding -- they are 12 bit waveforms, and can sound tough, or very very warm when the analog filter is closed a little bit. And nothing at all compares to sequencing the digital waveforms from the internal sequencers. When combined with ring modulation and cross-oscillator frequency modulation, you have sounds that no other synth can possibly make.

One of the most amazing (and under appreciated) aspects of this synth is the analog filter and the tricks it can do. Two stand out: Audio Mod of the filter, and Lowpass split. Audio Mod allows the analog oscillators to modulate the cutoff frequency of the filter. This gives a really warm sound, which sounds fantastic when you set the filter and oscillators to the right frequencies. It really gives a new level of animation to the sound. The other secret, Lowpass split, allows the synth to sound like two different synths at once. It splits the lowpass filter, so that they cutoff two different frequencies. It really sounds like you have two sounds going, for example a lead and a bassline. This sounds incredible, and unbelievably it works even when you are running the whole synth from the same monophonic sequence. This is a trick no Evolver user should neglect."

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Kawai K5000S Additive Synthesizer

via this auction

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pNORTNAOMI - 9o f2

YouTube via pNORTNAOMI | November 23, 2010 |

"Glitch Tech House? The arp and delay line in Logic is modulating Kontakts speed, grain and pitch controls. Individual channels are then fed into Buffeater."

Taurus Demo mix Computer

YouTube via suitandtieguy | November 23, 2010 |

Update: For sale via this auction

Tripping Beats with the 4ms Rotating Clock Divider

Tripping Beats with the 4ms Rotating Clock Divider from Richard Devine on Vimeo.

"Short experiment making some off time shifted beats with the 4ms Rotating Clock Divider, Shuffling Clock Multiplier, SCM Breakout module, and RCD Breakout Kit.

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Mutant Mechanical Dub with the 4ms RCD, SCM, Breakout Module from Richard Devine on Vimeo.

"Short little rhythmic sequence test with the 4ms Rotating Clock Divider, Shuffling Clock Divider, SCM Breakout and RCD Breakout Module."

LZX Visionary - Introducing the Video Oscillator

YouTube via lzxindustries | November 23, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"Conceptualizing the use of a Voltage Controlled Oscillator as an image generation tool is difficult. This demo attempts to explain a basic pattern synthesis technique using 3 Video Wave Form Generator modules and frequency modulation to generate a monochrome, animated video pattern."