MATRIXSYNTH

Ultimate Groovebox MS-Paint Pixel Art Timelapse

via Vegeta897

Click the pic for the full size shot. Video of the making below.

YouTube Uploaded by vegeta897 on May 9, 2008

"All art done in MS-Paint. See the full picture at http://vegeta897.deviantart.com/art/Ultimate-Groovebox-85225973

Most of you probably don't know I'm an avid pixel artist! I do all my work in MS-Paint. All the line/edge smoothing is done manually, pixel by pixel, not with a tool in photoshop or something. You can call me stupid for doing that, I don't care; I enjoy it!

So what this is is just an imaginary groovebox (music-making device) based on the emx and esx, as you can tell. I used a picture of the emx for reference on a lot of things.

I've always wanted to do one of these timelapse videos because peoople never get to see how much detail I put into my pixel art. Unfortunately the first couple hours of the work I wasn't capturing, but I guess the video is long enough as it is, right? Haha. Also, all the music is made by me with Reason 4.0.

Find the full versions of the tracks I used and more of my software music here: http://pixelatomy.com/stuff/music.html

Please enjoy, and thank you for watching.

Edit: Heh, I just noticed there's a little error near the end, part of it plays twice in a row. I didn't even notice at first, probably because it happens so fast :p Oh well."

And a performance by Vegeta897

BoQ (Live Electronic Jam)

YouTube Uploaded by vegeta897 on Aug 29, 2008

"Sorry for the cam shaking!

BoQ was originally an old track I made back when I had just the ER-1 and EA-1. I liked it so much that I decided to bring it up to speed with my other equipment and make a jam video out of it.

I really really like the way it turned out, and I hope this makes up for how bad my last video was.

Please enjoy!"

More: http://www.youtube.com/user/vegeta897

RGBSOUND Promo Codes

RGBSOUND - Francesco Cricchio
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay
Promo Codes Below
"This is not a virtual instrument, this is not a drum machine or a sequencer: this is RGBSOUND!

★ "RGBSOUND brings music creation to the unwashed masses" - 148app.com
★ "Colour your iPad Tunes with RGBSOUND" - iPad Creative
★ "RGBSOUND: the innovative electronic music app made in Italy" - ispazio.net

By tapping the colors you play sounds and you launch infinite electronic loops, by shaking the device you change your music pattern.

If you have an Ipad you can use the screen-saver mode to project a colored mixture of visual effets on a screen, for example while you're playing as DJ in a club.

RGBSOUND is simple, fast and intuitive; create your groove and surprise yourself!

Connect RGBSOUND to your hi-fi or to a Dj music system and put your hands up in the air!!

Watch on YouTube:
✔ a TUTORIAL by searching for "RGBSOUND Tutorial"
✔ a DEMO video by searching for "RGBSOUND App"

To find updates and join the community RGBSOUND:
✔follow @RGBSOUND on Twitter
✔become a fan of RGBSOUND community on Facebook
✔subscribe to the YouTube channel RGBSOUND

☆MAIN INSTRUCTIONS☆

★HOW TO PLAY★
✔single tap to play a sound
✔double tap to start a loop
✔swipe up/down on a button to accelerate/decelerate a loop
✔single long press to show volume/pitch controls
✔use the direction square buttons to change the sound table
✔shake the device to change the set of sounds in each tables
✔press the central rotating button to show the control mask where there are the master pitch and general bpm sliders, a central reset square button, and square buttons to save tracks

★HOW TO SAVE TRACKS★
After having pressed the rotating central button to access the control mask mode:
✔ Save the current soundtrack by pressing on the gray squares. Once the track is saved the square will become white
✔Access the saved track by pressing again the corresponding white square.
✔ Delete a track by long pressing the corresponding white square, until it becomes gray again.

★HOW TO SHARE TRACKS THROUGH ITUNES★
✔ The soundtracks are saved in .rgbsound format that can be replayed only by RGBSOUND music app.
✔ To export these files on the computer you connect the device to Itunes, in the app section of the device you go to the "file sharing window" and you save the files. The files are labeled from 1 to 6, for example track_1.rgbsound.
✔ To copy and replay these files on another device you follow the same procedure through ITunes, but note that the file name should not be changed.

What's New in Version 1.2

Thanks to the feedback by DJ K Valerio Solari, by DJ Puzzle Jason Donnelly, by the band Cyberpunkers and by many users we added the following features to version 1.2:
✔ Possibility to record the produced tracks to a file in format .rgbsound that can be saved on the computer and shared with iTunes.
✔ The main metronome now works in 1/8 in order to help the synchronization of sounds.
✔ Correction of minor bugs"

RGBSOUND - Francesco Cricchio
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

Promo Codes (first four to grab them gets a free copy):
ALFPL4LML6NE
4X7RMMY64PWJ
HPEYXHA9HFE4
YLNFNKHH3XW4

Klemt Echolette-Maestro Rhythm Master-Astor Tube Radio-Vintage Jam.MOV

YouTube Uploaded by NakagawaGakki on Aug 6, 2011

"Vintage Tube Jam. My decrepit Astor Tube Radio from 1949 being mashed by the modulation gate of the 1971 Maestro Rhythm King Mk4 then fed to the awesomely hungry 60s era Klemt Echolette NG51s Tube Tape delay... Spat straight out at the camera.

Live recording of a similar setup for Noizemaschin #1 19/07/2011:
http://soundcloud.com/i-n0jaq/thermionik-molestah

Video of the same:
http://youtu.be/a3aXp1KesWM [below]

Live recordings of all artists performing at Noizemaschin #1:
http://theartifactory.bandcamp.com/album/noizemaschin-1"

I.n0jaQ

Uploaded by cirtcele on Jul 23, 2011

"Artifactory NoizeMaschin#1 July2011 From the blurb:
I.n0jaQ - I.n0jaQ will be dusting off 1950s tube radios, 60s tape reverbs, 70s preset rhythm boxes, 80s educational machines and 90s found electronics. The unmistakable warm tone of last century's analogue circuitry intensely over-driven to timeless noise brutality levels."

Stunning Korg PS-3100 Vintage Analog Synthesiser

via this auction
"f you are familiar with the Korg PS series, these don't come up very often, make no mistake this one is pristine for a 34 year old synth, and sounds fantastic, it has been completely rehoused in a polished solid mahogany case and is the centre piece of any analog collection. I love this monster, but having had the pleasure of its use, my craving for more gear has taken hold once again and this is alot of synth real estate tied up in one big beastie. All pots and keys (except in 2 above) behave perfectly, keybed action feels great. See these links for more details:

http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb01/articles/retrokorg.asp

http://www.korganalogue.net/korgms/ps.html

Purchased by the previous owner from Ko at Modeless Factory about a year and a half ago who did a lot of servicing work to it including replacing all the edge connectors and electrolytic caps before shipping. When it reached the UK, the previous owner had the MM5824N divider chips replaced with modern CMOS replacements from Flatkeys (they have a life-expectancy of at least 20 years) and it was serviced by Tim Wallhead. It has two minor faults, some paint flaking down left hand edge of metal front plate, but barely noticeable (just make it out on pic 3), up to you if you touch up, and one d sharp key occasionally triggers erratically, which indicates a minor residue on busbar, however these are all work arounds for me and until due a service next."

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Vintage Kurzweil 250RMX 6sp Rackmount Synth

via this auction

"Kurzweil 250 RMX, 6U rack version of the K250 keyboard, with all four soundblocks. This is the classic instrument developed for Stevie Wonder and used by all the top film composers through the '80s and '90s, for example the Lethal Weapons series. I believe Paul Shaffer still plays the keyboard version on the David Letterman show, but if not he did for years. The K250 was originally $20,000 by the time you added all the options (which this has). When they came out with the RMX, it was one of the first rack versions of a keyboard nobody wanted to carry around... The audio quality is just impeccable, with XLR transformer balanced outs, a very high internal sample rate, and a massive power supply inside - I'd estimate the weight of the unit to be 50 pounds. Kurzweil later released some of the K250 sounds in the 1000 PX series, but the 250 has all of them and sounds considerably bigger.

Poor cosmetic condition - missing knobs, broken sliders - Unit DOES light up and produce sounds."

SN 87030020