MATRIXSYNTH

Escape From Noise Opens eBay Shop - Bubblesound Instruments VCOb & More

Escape From Noise's eBay shop is now open.
Check it out for more.

Pictured is the new Bubblesound Instruments VCOb listed here.

"The VCOb is an voltage-controlled analog oscillator based around a classic triangle core VCO. It is similar to the uLFO, but with some improvemnets. The range of the VCOb is one of the widest in the analog modular world. And like all triangle cores the real fun is in the FM.

Since we're starting with a triangle core it's easy to produce a real Sine wave output. There is also a Saw and Pulse outputs. The Pulse will almost become fully positive or negative with the pot, and will go all the way open and closed with CV.

The VCOb offers FM in both the Linear And Exponential varieties. There is only one input, unlike the uLFO. and the FM set to full in Expo mode this will act as a second 1V/Oct input for things like transposing.

The tracking is all analog and will give 4-6 octaves, depending on how picky you are. It is very stable and they do track together very well.

• Outputs: saw, pulse, sine, triangle
• Range: 10 Second cycles - 21.4K Hz
• Modulation: 1 fm input with linear and exponential, pulse width modulation
• Size: 8 hp, 60mm (2.1 inches) deep
• Current draw: 100 mv"

The Analog Lab Offers Three Month Synth Repair Course

"Do you wish you were able to fix and maintain your own gear? Ever wanted to know what an oscilloscope does and how to use it?

Twice a year, the Analog Lab offers a complete technical hands-on mentoring program for those individuals who have an interest in being a professional gear tech or gear designer. Classes meet twice a week for three months and covers subjects such as electronic safety, components, circuit design (using examples from classic analog synths), etc. Each student chooses their own final repair or build project so you come away with a new or restored piece of gear! Jeff Blenkinsopp, The Sonic Wizard, administers classes and has been involved with analog synthesizers and their design and repair for more than 30 years. You can read more of Jeff’s bio here: http://www.earsnyc.com/blenkinsopp.html

You will leave the course with a “real world” education that you can’t get anywhere else!

There are no more than 6 students to a class so don’t delay in signing up!" You can sign up by emailing The Analog Lab at theanaloglab at gmail.com. Also see their training site here, and they "have a free (or donation based) tech database people can sign up for on our website now that allows people to access our database of tech notes and schematics, pictures, tricks of the trade, etc. that address is at http://www.theanaloglab.com/?page_id=69"

Going Modular - Test 5

YouTube Uploaded by csmcrckrs on Jul 20, 2011
"A little improvisation on the Theis Modular System.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

Sequences: Doepfer MAQ 16/3.
Some reverb from the Lexicon MPX100.
I tried to smooth the levels and added a bit of ping pong delay in Ableton Live."

concert jca

YouTube Uploaded by holophonicholophonic on Jul 18, 2011

"Point of Arrival" - Oberheim in the Desert

via The Unrivalled's Photos

"Original Oberheim photography used for cover "Point of Arrival" cassette, 1985"

via Loren Nerell
"Something for your 6th year. :) Its a fake synth I made from reject parts when I worked at Oberheim in the mid 1980s. Front is from an OB8, keyboard from a Matrix 6, rear panel from a Matrix 12. I still have it buried somewhere in my garage. As the caption says it was the front cover of my first album, which will be re-released later this year on vinyl."

Update: Now on vinyl:

http://boomkat.com/vinyl/543940-loren-nerell-point-of-arrival

http://www.forcedexposure.com/artists/nerell.loren.html

Teenage Engineering OP-1 Meets the Minimoog

via luke sanger

Shibuya Shibuya by Luke's Anger
"Electrofunk created on the OP-1 using sounds from the Minimoog!"

the final frontier. Canadia, elektro died for your sins...

via Bartoz Blank's Photos & The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Synth prototyping cont. (Make #Zero) - Digi synth with analog filter and LFO

YouTube Uploaded by yakthekyle on Jul 20, 2011

"Further progress on a digital synth project that I plan to start producing very soon. The synth will be reprogrammable from any computer and the code can be easily bent or created from scratch. It also has an LFO controlled analog resonant lowpass filter to fatten up the sound (also circuit bendable) . This project will be COMPLETELY open source (schematics, code, everything) once I get everything organized."

Farfisa Syntorchestra internal view and features run down

YouTube Uploaded by sounddoctorin on Jul 20, 2011

"Bob Weigel of http://www.sounddoctorin.com investigates the Farfisa Synthorchestra a bit and demos the sounds."