MATRIXSYNTH

Synth DIY UK 2011 - booking now open

via www.njohnson.co.uk

"The time/space coordinates are now confirmed: the weekend of 9th/10th July, same venue!!!

Online booking.

Photos from last year's event can be found on Paul Maddox's site"

Also see the SDIY UK label below.

OBERHEIM STRUMMER

via this auction
"THE FOLLOWING IS QUOTED DIRECTLY FROM PAGE 2 OF THE OWNERS MANUAL

The Strummer by Oberheim was the first of the new generation of the Oberheim Perf/X, “Performance Expansion” MIDI modules.

The Strummer takes MIDI notes and chords that are played on a keyboard and changes them into the way they would be played on a guitar. You have control over all settings. You set strum rate and direction, lead enhancement, chord voicing, and arpeggiation patterns and 28 other parameters.

The Strummer has 96 presets including 64 permanently in ROM from the factory and 32 user presets in RAM for your custom programs.

The Strummer can record short phrases of “riffs” and play them back when triggered from the keyboard. You select a “trigger key”, play the riff and then press stop. If you press the “trigger key” again at the end, the riff is looped and starts vamping (repeating) until stop is pressed. These “riffs” are stored globally and can be used at any time from any preset!

The Strummer has dynamic MID control over a number of its parameters. Strum speed can be varied by velocity as can the number of notes used in a chord. You can even program chords “on the fly” using “Chord Capture”. Once a chord is ‘captured’ it is held globally until a new one is captured.

The Strummer fully supports System Exclusive allowing external storage and remote editing of Strummer programs."

Arp Omni POSTER 70's Synth Keyboard Promo Ad

via this auction

"This is a great Promo Poster for the NEW Arp Omni Keyboard.

It's a must for any Arp fans out there...and it's a LARGE 18" X 24"."

MacBeth M5N (& Friends)_4

YouTube via synthypnosis | January 05, 2011 |

"VELVET VOYAGE - "MacBeth M5N (& Friends)_4" - Performed live 5. Jan. 2011 by Bruno Ender Lee
MacBeth M5N & Doepfer MAQ-Sequencer, Moog Little Phatty Stage II, ARP Odyssey, Roland Juno-60, Roland JP-8000, Analogue Solutions Vostok, Korg Delta, Korg DS-8, Prophet 2000, Technics KN 3000, Absynth"

DEP-1 bit distortion modification

YouTube via ggijs | January 05, 2011 |

"http://gieskes.nl/undefined/tutorials..."

JV-880: nylon guitar

YouTube via TheSynthFreq | January 05, 2011 |

"E-mu Emax SE: JV-880 nylon guitar patch (midi from Emax), Just making up a random guitar like riff.
(this sound is a little distorted here)
One of my favorite JV-880 patches."

E-mu Emax SE: Formatting Disks (Basic)

YouTube via TheSynthFreq | January 05, 2011 |

"Hi!! :) Here is my attempt at explaining how to format floppy disks for the E-mu Emax SE sampling synthesizer. Formatting floppies for the Emax SE is a two part process that can be a little confusing.
Note: the odd sound quality of my speech is due to a cold and a hearing impairment, not the mic.
If there any part you don't understand, please comment and i will do my best to clarify it! :)

Please enjoy!
:) TSF and E-mu Emax SE (who was not harmed in this video) lol"

E-mu Emax SE: "Shall we play a game?" (War Games, computer) & Other Samples

YouTube via TheSynthFreq | January 05, 2011 |

"LOL!! I just couldn't resist! I had to sample the famous "Shall we play a game?" sample from the awesome 80s classic movie, "War Games". Its the voice of the computer "Joshua", a talking computer/speech synthesizer."

emax se: Chorus Synth strings

TheSynthFreq | January 05, 2011 |

"emax se: Chorus Synth strings patch. (Its a little distorted!)
I sampled a generic string patch from Motif-6, and added the E-mu's chorus to it and modified the ADSR (amp) to give it a slower attack time, as well as a release time that is appropriate"

emax se: New D-50 patches by TSF

TheSynthFreq | January 05, 2011 |

"emax se: New D-50 patches I have written for the Roland D-50 linear synthesizer. Played with the Emax SE (through midi)"

E-mu Emax SE: JP-8 and Fairlight CMI sample

TheSynthFreq | January 05, 2011 |

"E-mu Emax SE: Jupiter-8 strings and Fairlight CMI "arp" sample."

Emax SE video 3: Jupiter-8 sample

TheSynthFreq | January 05, 2011 |

"E-mu Emax SE: Jupiter-8 sample"

video 2, emax se "DX-7 Bell Tines" sample

TheSynthFreq | January 05, 2011 |

"E-mu Emax SE
DX-7 Bell Tines sample"

New Year, Same Old Buchla Bongos

YouTube via dkimcg | January 05, 2011 |

"More bongos n sticks with a semi-strange voice in the mix.
Plus the Slim Phatty, this time staying away from the Buchla's low ends.
250e times and sequences."