MATRIXSYNTH

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Custom White ENSONIQ ASR-X PRO

via this auction

"Ensoniq ASR-X Pro w/ 66 megs max RAM, EXP-3 Urban Expansion, X-8 Outputs Expansion, Internal SCSI ZIP drive kit, new encoders/potentiometers, external USB Zip Drive and 26 Zip disks*"

spotted by kyle

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Detroit Techno 1991 - 2005

"I had first gotten my taste of “real” dance music in 1988 after hearing Kraftwerk’s Musik Non Stop. After getting sidetracked with industrial, goth, hip-hop, shoegaze and post-punk, in 1990, MTV‘s 120 Minutes showed a clip of 808 State performing “Cubik” at a Manchester rave; I immediately set my sights on techno..."

Article by Todd Sines on The Daily Swarm

One NSFW pic in the article. Full gallery here.

Dirty Electronics ICA London

"Dirty Electronics will be doing a residency at the ICA, London, 16 to 20 Feb that includes some free workshops open to the public. This will involve building and performing with a giant patchwork quilt-like modular electronic instrument specially designed for the main gallery at the ICA. Info and booking"

This one in via John R

RC CIRCUIT BENT SPACE BOX ANALOGUE DELAY MACHINE

YouTube via djwidow420 | January 27, 2011 |
resonance circuits on eBay
"ONE-OFF ANALOGUE DELAY FROM RESONANCE CIRCUITS"

MidiVox Arduino Shield on Make: Live ep01

YouTube via makemagazine | January 27, 2011 |

"Collin Cunningham shows off his MidiVox Arduino shield on the premiere of Make: Live! This is an archived clip from the episode broadcast 1/26/11. Go to makezine.com/live for details on the next show."

Wednesday, January 26, 2011

Testing the C951 COTK Arpeggiator

YouTube via georgmahr | January 25, 2011 |
http://www.cluboftheknobs.com/
"Keying in notes into the arpeggiator´s buffer, then modifying the sequence with the 'stretcch-control' knob, sorry for the sound distortion, the audio level was a bit too much for the built in mike."
"This is a stability and performance test run of the new C951 Arpeggiator (white) . The buffer is big enoung, so I played the notes of three different chords one after the other. This harmonic change can be heard when going through the whole sequence. The intention of the video is not focussed on the C951, but rather shows a complete overview of the system we are using."

Testing the C951 modular Arpeggiator

georgmahr | January 25, 2011

via johnlrice

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer (1986)

YouTube via retrosound72 | January 26, 2011 | 4 likes, 0 dislikes

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer from the year 1986.

part2: a few of my favorite VS sounds

- 8 Voices
- 4 Oscillators per voice
- 96 preset waveforms + 32 user waveforms
- analog 24 dB/oct lowpass Curtis CEM3389 VCF
- analog VCA CEM 3360
- Arpeggiator

Update:

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer pt.2

YouTube Uploaded by retrosound72 on Jan 16, 2012

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Sequential Circuits Prophet VS Vector Synthesizer from the year 1986.

- 8 Voices
- 4 Oscillators per voice
- 96 preset waveforms + 32 user waveforms
- analog 24 dB/oct lowpass Curtis CEM3389 VCF
- analog VCA CEM 3360
- Arpeggiator"