This is the "original" omnichord (well, it was the beginning of the evolution of the omnichord). This is the first of it's kind, and it then led to the future production of the Omnichord which has more features/options.
I sent this to Suzuki to have the power source modified. Being that this is from the late 70's, the battery compartment had a very old terminal for AA batteries. I could barely get today's AA batteries to fit in, and when they did, they were almost impossible to get them back out. The connection was also undependable and the batteries often felt hot. So about a year ago, I sent it to Suzuki and "Franz"(I guess he is known as the omnichord guy) replaced the AA terminal with a 9-volt. This is much more convenient for quickly swapping batteries out if you were to play it on stage. The battery life seems to be unaffected by replacing the AA's with one 9-volt. Franz from Suzuki thought, if anything it might last longer. He tested it for 4 hours and said it still played(battery didn't die)... After being serviced, the battery door hasn't stayed on as well as it used to..."
"Harshness is a tiny library dedicated to those who want to add some real destruction to their tracks or to artists who are not afraid of heavy distorted, degraded, clipped, short-circuited sounds.
"This is the first video recording of myself playing in Carlos Beta. The title refers to the fact that this piece was composed/improvised during Easter week and that it, somehow, sounds "Eastern" to me.
Read my blog for details: http://www.seraph.it/blog_files/9d774615381a06e228b7de11a9394562-97.html"
"Robot voices, whispering strings, talking drum loops, rhythmic pads, the resonant ringing of bells, dripping water - the possibilities are all but infinite. With a quick tweak here and there, the Lector turns any incoming signal into novel sounds and effects. Tremendously versatile, the Lector puts in your hands a sonic toolset for a wide range of diverse applications. Just about anything goes, from distorting the human voice to adding subtle harmonies to lead vocals and getting creative with movie soundtracks.
The analysis filter bank splits the incoming audio signal into as many as 100 frequency bands, the intensity of which modulates the volume levels of an equal number of band-pass filters in the synthesis filter bank. The integrated 16-voice synthesizer or an external source provides the input signal for the synthesis filter bank. This lets you do fun things like apply a melody line or chord sequence to articulate vocals or speech.
When we set out to develop the Lector, we looked long and hard at what it takes to make a powerful vocoder tick. This why you will find on the ergonomic user interface some special features and unusual parameters that let you tweak even the most minute details. The fabled Waldorf multimode filter with slope of 12dB or 24dB features prominently. You also get a whitening filter that bleaches the signal before it is colored by the vocoder. This comes in very handy when you’re processing choir and voice samples. A three-band equalizer serves to boost and cut whatever frequencies of the generated signal you wish to target.
The integrated 16-voice synthesizer sports two oscillators with quintessential analog waveforms such as sine, triangle, sawtooth, and square with variable pulse width, sample & hold and noise, as well as freely loadable single and multi-samples. FM and ring modulation enrich the vocoder’s signal with further overtone spectra. The Lector also offers a selection of typical effects used to refine vocoder signals - tube overdrive, transistor distortion and hard clipping, six-voice chorus / flanger, synchronizable stereo delay, and realistic reverb."
via Waldorf. You can find a video of Lector at the Musikmesse here.
YouTube Uploaded by AlistairDBClarkson on Apr 22, 2011
"A Reaktor Ensemble for visualizing Kinect skeletal data available at geometricmusic.co.uk. OSCKinnection feeds the skeletal data into Reaktor using OSC. The yellow orb is controlled by the two hands and the orb position controls a synthesizer. All joint positions can be used as synth inputs."
NWIF: Kinect Wiith a Kaossilator
Uploaded by AlistairDBClarkson on Jan 22, 2011
Kinect hooked up to a Kaossilator pro and Kaoss Pad using NWIF, WiiMote hooked up to NI Massive, all using Midi over IP. For more details see: sites.google.com/site/newwaveinstrumentfabric/
"NodeBeat is an experimental node-based audio sequencer and generative music application for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad.
By combining music and exploration, NodeBeat allows anyone to create a variety of rhythmic sequences and ambient melodies in a fun and intuitive fashion.
"We're starting production of the VCA Matrix!
The first run has a four-color aluminum panel that matches the RCD/SCM clocker suite
Estimated shipping date: May 31st.
Retail price: US$375
Features
The newest Eurorack module from 4ms, the VCA Matrix, is a playable 4x4 matrix of 16 VCAs.
Four CV or audio inputs can be routed in any amount/combination to four outputs, using the 16 CV control jacks, Level knobs, and Mute buttons.
Features:
4 CV/audio inputs and 4 outputs (buffered and dc-coupled)
16 VCA's using high quality SSM chips
Playable surface with 16 latching Mute LED buttons, to mute each VCA individually (mute button disconnects Control jack and Level knob, and silences the VCA)
LED button brightness indicates sum of Control jack, Level knob, and Mute button
16 Control jacks for VCA level control
16 Level knobs attenuate the incoming Control signals. The control jacks are normalled to +5v, so if no control is plugged in, the knobs act as manual level (boost/cut) controls
Matrix Expandability: VCA Matrices can be connected to form a larger matrix using headers on the back (4x8, 8x8, 12x4, etc)
Control Expandability: 16-pin header on back side of PCB allows an external device to control all VCAs: e.g. patch recall, patch sequencing, preset patterns such as quadrature panning, etc.
Suitable as a 4x4 mixer, splitter, as well as dynamic signal router/processor
Module size:
The VCA Matrix is 28HP, and approximately 1.5" deep (38mm).
Power consumption:
A jumper selects using +5V from the power supply, or generating +5V on-board from the +12V rail.
-12V rail: 100mA max
+12V rail:
75mA max with jumper selecting external 5V
110mA max with jumper selecting internal 5V.
+5V rail:
40mA max with jumper selecting external 5V
not used (0mA) with jumper selecting internal 5V."
4ms VCAMatrix and PEG at Musik Messe 2011
YouTube Uploaded by 4mspedals on Apr 23, 2011
"Here we are at MusikMesse demoing our newest products for the Eurorack modular synthesizer system: the VCA Matrix, a 4x4 matrix of 16 VCAs with mute buttons, manual level pots, and CV controls... And the Pingable Envelope Generator (PEG), a wavetable-based dual envelope module that synchronizes the length of the envelopes to a division/multiple of an incoming clock time.
The VCA Matrix has 4 clocks from an SCM running into the inputs, and the outputs are controlling the pitch, wave folding, and filter amount of a basic VCO/VCF patch... this is generating the repeating melody line.
The PEG is generating two envelopes which are modulating the Morph and FM of a Morphing Terrarium module. Both envelopes are triggered by a shuffled SCM output."
