Eurorack drone.

YouTube Uploaded by martinHETERJAG on May 19, 2011

"havent played much with the modular lately so i made a drone.

Osc-02 to doepfer a-106-1 and borg modulated by various lfos. some nice echo effects from my beloved sound of shadows."

Silk for iPad

Mat from microscopics wrote in letting me know about a new iPad app he has just released. It's not a synth, but rather a drawing app with synth generated ambient music in the background, and a wind chime effect while drawing. "The soundtrack and all sounds were made on the Arp Odyssey and Jupiter 6." You might remember the name Microscopics from various synth posts featured on this site as well as Osmos.


Silk  - Yuri Vishnevsky - iTunes

"With the swish of a finger, anyone can create beautiful, flowing art. An ethereal, relaxing soundscape brings you into a world where strands of color spring from your fingertips.

Silk strands mingle and fuse, weaving together into works of art.

Features:
- The official app of weavesilk.com, with millions of users.
- Create gorgeous wallpapers with the swish of a finger.
- Original music and sound composed for the Silk experience."

The top two pics are mine and the bottom two are from iTunes. Obviously, I tried creating a green M for MATRIXSYNTH. In the second shot I just added a line under the M and there it was - the MATRIXSYNTH M synth cat silhouette was born. :)

Silk  - Yuri Vishnevsky - iTunes
iPads on eBay

Good Friday

YouTube Uploaded by mattsynth on May 18, 2011

"My first song using East West plugins Voice of Passion. Starts out with the Moog Voyager and the Vmodular rack running drone sounds and sequences. The violin solo is East West Symphony Orchestral played on the Voyager. Filling in is Addictive Drums, Prophet 08 for strings, my newly restored Roland JD 800 and the Fantom G for Orchestral percussion triggered by a Korg Padcontrol. Hope you enjoy it."

Voice to Spirit : Synth Session 05

YouTube Uploaded by voicetospirit on May 18, 2011

"Showcasing the Access Virus C as the main pad.
The low bass comes from my Synthesizers.com Modular.
Using the Roland Juno (Junior ) 106 as a controller the Virus.
Filmed with the Canon EOS Rebel T3i w/ 18-135mm lens.

The first progression heard is for a new song that's a work in progress called 'Grace & Love'. Hear a sample here: http://voicetospiritmusic.com/blog/?p=650

Roland Junior 106 here: http://voicetospiritmusic.com/blog/?p=13

Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Voice-to-Spirit/120988312987
Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/voicetospirit
Web site: http://www.voicetospiritmusic.com/"

Vintage Casio PT-82 RED keyboard + ROM pack Boxed

via this auction

Spotted this one after the last video and thought I'd capture it in a separate post.

Casio PT-82 Demo - By Ares Kalogeropoulos

YouTube Uploaded by aresoltero on May 18, 2011

"Casio PT-82 Demo Track

This was my first ever instrument when i was 4 years old. I was wating too long to make something with this! So this is a music track from this and only with this. It has an exeptional meaning for me...

Reverb, delay,some chorus and an octaver for the organ bass. All sounds are presets of the PT-82. No other instrument is responsible for this track."

Casio PT-82s on eBay. It looks like they came in red as well.

Tech Talk: Thomas P. Heckmann (Slices Issue 4-07) PAL

YouTube Uploaded by ElectronicBeatsVideo on May 6, 2011
Massive synth spotting.
"Slices Tech Talk with Thomas P. Heckmann. Taken from Slices Issue 4-07.
Get your Slices DVD here: www.electronicbeats.net/ebshop

Please note that Slices is a free DVD magazine. If you order online you only pay for postage and packing.

If you wanna get news about slices regularly please visit our Facebook site - http://tinyurl.com/6evf84c"

Yamaha CS01II plays ICE MACHINE by Depeche Mode

YouTube Uploaded by peahix on May 18, 2011

"Download this track here: http://snd.sc/jE70lS

The Yamaha CS01II is the first real synthesizer I ever owned. I got it when I was about 14 years old, back in 1985 or so. I noticed that I could get reasonable approximations of most of the sounds from Depeche Mode's "Speak & Spell" album with it, but at the time I didn't have the means to make decent multi-track cover versions, even after I got a 4-track.

Recently I was studying the Depeche Mode 5.1 surround mixes, and realized that I could clearly hear all the distinct parts of alot of the songs, so I decided to throw together some renditions using just my trusty old Yamaha CS01II as the sole sound source (including the drums), just to see how close I could get to the originals.

This version has no vocals at all, but otherwise it comes pretty close to the original. The actual musical arrangement is about 100% accurate. The sounds themselves are of course only approximations, and most of them don't have the same level of timbral detail as the ARP originals. I sequenced the whole thing in Cubase via a Kenton Pro Solo going into the custom CV/Gate inputs on my CS01II, recording each monophonic line in one at a time. Cubase provided the reverb and EQ, otherwise it's all CS01II."

Also see:
Yamaha CS01II plays NEW LIFE by Depeche Mode
Yamaha CS01II plays JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH by Depeche Mode

Pea runs Optigan.com

Nintendo, Atari & Commodore Sample Sets

via these auctions:

COMMODORE 64
"Chip: SID (BOTH 6581 & 8580 CHIPS)
Number of patches included: 20
3 PULSE SETTINGS,SINE,SAW,NOISE,SINE+SAW,SAW+PULSE,SINE+PULSE,SINE+SAW+PULSE, PLUS OVER 900 DRUMS FROM THE C64 AND VARIOUS CLASSIC DRUM MACHINES.
All samples and sounds recorded in 24bit."

ATARI 2600
"Chip: TIA
Number of patches included: 17
BASS, ENGINE,LEAD,NOISE,PITFALL,SAW AND SQUARE (EVERY WAVEFORM ALSO WITH TREMELO). ALSO INCLUDED ARE 3 PATCHES OF VARIOUS ATARI DRUMS AND NOISES.
All samples and sounds recorded in 24bit."

NINTENDO NES
"Chip:2A03
Number of patches included: 36
PULSE X 4 SETTINGS,TRIANGLE,NOISE,MODULATION,SWEEP UP & DOWN ON ALL 4 PULSE WAVEFORMS (SLOW, MEDIUM FAST),VARIOUS PCM DRUM MACHINES & SAMPLES.
All samples and sounds recorded in 24bit."


YouTube Uploaded by speakmumbles on May 18, 2011


Uploaded by speakmumbles on May 18, 2011

Serenity to Madness, and Back

YouTube Uploaded by basswriterNYC on May 11, 2011

"An ambient journey through the possibilities of a Roland Handsonic HPD10, a Roland SP-404sx sampler, and a set of Roland PK-5a pedals.The idea for this setup came to me in a dream while I was on a 40-day solitary music retreat in the Himalayas in 2009, and this composition, "Serenity to Madness, and Back," is inspired by Brian Eno, Steve Reich, Vangelis, and Photek, with nods to the demigods of dubstep and Detroit techno.

This is just the beginning!"