MATRIXSYNTH

BeatStudio Promo

YouTube Uploaded by FrontierDesignGroup on Apr 5, 2011

"Coming soon for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch: BeatStudio from Frontier Design Group.
http://frontierdesign.com/BeatStudio"

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Djembe with Heavy Effecting (OTO Biscuit)

YouTube Uploaded by FatSynthDude on Apr 5, 2011

"A friend of mine was in town the other night and we were goofing off in the studio when we started playing around with the hand percussion. He brought up using a contact mic on the doumbek when I remembered that I was in possession of a contact mic that I had never used. We taped it up to the head, sent it to the OTO Biscuit, and sure enough it was super duper awesome, so the next night I tried the same thing with my djembe and recorded the results. I apologize for my awful playing. This video was intended to demonstrate the range of tones possible with hand percussion sent through heavy effects unlike those typically associated with recorded percussion.

This video is my Toca Freestyle djembe (12" head) with the contact mic on the head and a dynamic microphone shoved up inside of it. For part of the video, these two mics were sent to the Presonus StudioLives and the onboard preamps were used. For both the head and the body channels, they were compressed and EQ'd by the StudioLives. The recorded audio is from the main outs of the StudioLives. The effects used (in order of appearance) are a Zoom 1202 (for it's reverb, delay, and pitch shifting), and a Digitech GSP5 (distortion and delay). For the bulk of the video, the mics were then passed through the OTO Biscuit (sample reducer, bit crusher, filter, pitch shifter, delay, waveshaper, step filter and lofi sampler) and into the StudioLives for mixing. Later in the video, a reverb from the StudioLives is put into play. Additional drums are provided by a Novation Drumstation v2 with sequencing done by an Akai MPC1000 (JJOS2XL functionality was utilized for grid sequencing.) In case you're wondering why I frequently rock the djembe back and forth, how open the bottom hole is determines pitch and tone to a certain degree. This effect is much more pronounced with distortion.

A Toca Freestyle doumbek was also utilized, however I didn't press the record button on the camera, so only the audio is present. This was miced up the same way as the djembe with the contact mic on the head and the dynamic microphone inside of the drum itself."

Traveling by train

YouTube Uploaded by attorks on Apr 5, 2011

"This time some music without using the Modulars. The song starts with the Zoom RhythmTrak RT-323 drummachine. After that the arpeggiated chords on the Waldorf Q Keyboard join in. The arpeggiator of the Q is clocked using MIDI from the drummachine. The solo's are performed on the Clavia Nord Lead 1. The Mellotron choir sound comes from the Roland XP-80 which MIDI input is connected to the MIDI output of the Q so I can play the Q and the XP-80 from the Q's keyboard. All in all a very compact piece of music but I hope you will like it.

You can download/see/hear the video and music from my website soon."

ether^ra UNPROTRACTED BURSTS

YouTube Uploaded by potterpaint2000 on Apr 5, 2011

"an improv featuring a BugBrand Boardweevil, a Doepfer DE, a Serge Creature/Seq A combo, and some delay. http://etherra.blogspot.com/"

Octatrack Custom Multiband Compressor

YouTube Uploaded by Catabolicdj on Apr 5, 2011

"Although it doesn't directly support it, the Octatrack can be set up to operate as a multiband compressor. Here's an acoustic drum sample loop (from the Elektron presets) on Track 1. As it stands, it has a raw feeling. After multiband compressing it sounds more polished. The prominent snare is tucked back with a bit of squashing and the kick has more oomph. You can then sample this version and have two versions at your disposal. Run one version during the intro+break and the other while the vocal is going. Or switch them in and out to make subtle variations in the groove. For comparison purposes, the track levels are set so that the overall loudness of both versions is about the same. HD available."

Chicago Synth Event 9 - BubbleSound Demo from Low-Gain on Vimeo.

"New BubbleSound Modules demo'd at the 9th Synth Event in Chicago! Great stuff!"

Teenage Engineering OP-1 VS TB-303

Teenage Engineering OP-1 VS TB-303 from Yuri Suzuki on Vimeo.

beatseqr demo by Mojo

Uploaded by djmojorisin on Apr 5, 2011

"Test driving the beatseqr MIDI step sequencer with Sonar X1. For more info, check out http://www.beatseqr.com"