MATRIXSYNTH

FUTURE RETRO FR-777 Synthesizer

Tony Banks Genesis Roland System 100 Ex for Auction?

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"Roland system 100 includes the 101 and 102 which was ex Tony Banks Genesis and the 104 sequencer I dont much about this stuff brought it from Music Control service and ready to go about 5 years ago for studio project never to happen so its up for grabs the 102 still has its original box with Genesis tour sticker and back plate"

Ned Rush = Kaoss Effects Rack teaser!!

YouTube Uploaded by MrNedRush on Mar 29, 2011

"this is a quick look at my Kaoss pad style effects rack for ableton live 8. ideally for use with the korg nano pad, but will work with any controller that lets to assign momentary controls to something like a button, which most of them do. it will be available for free/donation in a few weeks. hope you like."

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Yamaha SK 20

YouTube Uploaded by dzlvs8 on Mar 29, 2011

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YesImSoberButFrustrated.m4v

YouTube Uploaded by rrr00bb on Mar 30, 2011

"It's almost 4:00am. Good Night. Too much contemplating the mysteries of full 3-limit."

Mugician - Rob Fielding
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Grokking the FS1R: Part 5 - Formant Choir Dissection

YouTube Uploaded by NoisyLittleBugger on Mar 30, 2011

"WARNING - This video contains loud audio. Even though a limiter was placed on the output, the nature of FM means that noise peaks are inevitable when experimenting. You have been warned!

If you don't know what FS1R or FM synthesis are then there's no point in watching. Really.

Part 5: Formant Choir Dissection

The FS1R was primarily marketed for it's formant synthesis and Formant-sequencing (FS) abilities.

In this video I dissect a non-sequenced formant patch. Performance B008 - Choir uses formants and noise generators to mimmick the human vocal tract. Formants provide the vowel sounds, whilst the Unvoiced (noise) operators provide the consonants and/or breath.

I am collecting articles that explain the theory behind formant synthesis, with Frequency charts for common formants - see http://stimresp.wordpress.com/tag/formant/.

Essentially, the formant operators on the FS1R can be thought of as band-passed oscillators. The frequency and bandwidth of these formants can be changed to approximate the resonant qualities of real-world acoustic sounds, instruments, speech, etc.

The human voice can be approximated by at least three formants in parallel set at different frequencies. Research has produced charts that map the frequencies for common vowels and consonants - so in theory these can be used to make the FS1R say whole words. However the temporal aspects of such a patch would be too complex to program, as even 64 operators may not be enough. Changing the frequency and bandwidth is possible using MIDI knobs/automation, but the results are still far from convincing.

Yamaha's answer to this is/was formant sequencing. I will look at the formant sequences in a later video.

Software used:
Sakura FS1R editor - http://synth-voice.sakura.ne.jp/fs1r_editor_english.html (thank you K_Take!)
Reaper - http://www.reaper.fm/
S(m)exiscope vst - http://bram.smartelectronix.com/plugins.php?id=4
Voxengo SPAN - http://www.voxengo.com/product/span/
Camstudio - http://camstudio.org/

Grok: 'to understand intuitively or by empathy; to establish rapport with' and 'to empathise or communicate sympathetically (with); also, to experience enjoyment.'"

LearnMax's Guest-spot on DJVespers, talking about Max for Ableton Live

YouTube Uploaded by learnMax on Mar 30, 2011
Good intro to Max/MSP for Ableton
"http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=learnmax
http://www.youtube.com/djvespers

I recently did a guest spot on DJVespers' channel introducing Max for Live to his subscribers. In case you missed it there, here's a "local" copy for you. Be sure and check out his channel for some especially great Sax work!"