MATRIXSYNTH

Kawai K5000s Additive Synthesizer

SCI Prophet-5 ( day 1)

flickr By TheSynthFreq
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"Prophet-5 Sharpie art. Parameter/switch details will be next to complete. The " wood grain" design was the most fun to draw. Also there is a black and white reference photo above the drawing."

follow-up to the Jupiter-8 post here.

Hatsune Miku (vocaloid) by- K-suke

flickr By TC.Dosan

Yamaha DX-7

Cylonix

"Cylonix (maker of the eponymous vocoder software in the 90's) has returned with its own digital VCO module, the Cylonix Cyclebox.

This module is a 2-oscillator vco (with a subosc) that digitally combines the outputs of the 2 oscillators to produce many cool sounds. There are 16 different combination modes, including a bit-wise XOR mode, making the Cyclebox essentially 16 different modules in one. The Cyclebox employs digital processing, using an FPGA device, running at a 24MHz clock rate. The 2 quadrature outputs are from 192KHz, 24-bit DC-coupled DACs. The module has a wide frequency range, from 50KHz down to one cycle every 24 minutes.

Details (including an in-depth manual, sound clips and tutorial videos) can be found at http://www.cylonix.com/.

The Cyclebox will be available for purchase from the Cylonix website in January 2011 (after I return from holidays), but a limited number (5) of modules will be made available to Muff Wigglers (10 post minimum) at the discounted price of $300CDN (shipping extra) for the next week only (until December 18 - before I go on vacation). If interested in one of these modules, send me a pm here on Muffs."
via jjclark on Muff's

Introducing the Intellijel uMod, uAtt and uScale

"uAtt: 4hp quad passive attenuator. Has jumpers to select log or lin response.

uScale: 4hp quantizer and intelligent interval module
-buttons to select scale notes
-duo leds show scale pattern (red) and realtime quantized note (green)
-Special multifunction "shift" input operates in range +/-12 semitones. Jumper on pcb to select 0-10V or +/-5V interface.
-With shift you can alter the output in multiple ways including: transposing before force to scale, transposing in scale (e.g. a value of "4" results in the note transposed 4 scale degrees instead of 4 semitones) and post scaling which allows very interesting key changes. The shift destination can be routed to the main noteA, interval note B, both or the scale root (again creates really interesting scale changes). Output B (interval note) is derived from the root note. It can be selected as +/-12 semitone value.
-interval note can also remain chromatic (not forced to scale) so that you can have fixed intervals. Nice for FM perhaps.
-8 banks x 8 scales of store/recall
-manual scale root note shifting (essentially shift scale left/right)
-** in process of adding a scale select mode via shift input
-This thing makes anything sound musical!!!

uMod
-this is the first of a series of collaborations with analog guru David G. Dixon and based primarily on the SSM2164 quad VCA chip
In his words:
Quote:
It’s a ring modulator with a twist. It’s got a “Q Balance” knob which puts it into four-quadrant multiplication in the middle, and – or + two-quadrant multiplication at the left and right. The X and Y inputs also have rectifiers which pass the –, –/+, or + portions of each signal with the flip of a switch. This, along with the adjustable multiplication, gives a whole range of sonic possibilities not generally available from ring modulators. It also makes a wicked waveshaper as well as a very interesting CV mangler. See the attached document for some random scopeshots (will post soon). AC/DC coupling switches on each input add to the possibilities. Plus, since it’s based on opposing linearized 2164 VCA pairs on the same chip, it is very accurate and has almost no CV bleedthrough (unlike most ringmods).

Special thanks to Haven, James Cigler, and Shawn for great input on these modules.

These three are in production and price/ship date will be announced soon. uScale takes more work since it requires programming and calibration but I am working 24/7 to get some units shipped before x-mas (even if it is a small batch)."
www.intellijel.com
via Muff's

reactable systems documentary

reactable systems from Melissa Willenborg on Vimeo.

"a four minute documentary displaying the concept behind the invention of the reactable: an electronic instrument based on a touch-screen table-top interface"

Reactable Mobile:

iPads on eBay
iPads on Amazon

iPod Touch on eBay
iPod Touch on Amazon

Nyle Steiner & Richard Souther "The Holly And The Ivy" plus quick interview

YouTube via northblip | December 13, 2010 | 2 likes, 0 dislikes

"Nyle Steiner and Richard Souther performing on the Park City 'Mountain Morning Show" with hosts Jen Hardman and Karilyn Fraser, Monday December 13th, 2010...
Arrangement: ©2010 Richard Souther / Northersouth Music EMI CMG (ASCAP) and Nyle Steiner (ASCAP) 
http://www.richardsouther.com/
http://www.patchmanmusic.com/NyleStei...
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/steinersouther
http://parkcity.tv/"

Note Nyle Steiner is currently working on the reincarnation of the Steiner Synthasystem.

Slicing René

Slicing René from bar|none on Vimeo.

"Experimental noodling with the Monome controlling a Make Noise René sequencer via cv. Pads on the monome are influencing the movement of René in both the x and y positions as well as affecting the clock timing and envelopes. The effect feels similar to slicing loops but we are "slicing" an analog sequencer.

Watch the grid of lighted knobs in the lower right corner of the modular which is René.

SevenUpLive on the monome is controlling 8 faders that are sending OSC messages to an ADDAC Brain that is in my rack over ethernet.

andregoncalves.info/addac/

This addac brain is an excellent way to control multiple channels of cv over OSC without the need to setup a complex arrangement via your DAW and an audio interface. The fact that the addac brain is connected over ethernet means that it is a connected device on your network and can be accessed by OSC capable devices, even WITHOUT using a computer at all."