MATRIXSYNTH

The Death of Discourse

YouTube Uploaded by srrecords on Aug 6, 2011

"A delicate tone poem about how the masses have hijacked rational discourse in the U.S. Much like Athens 2500 years ago.....and in each case, hijacked by those who use rhetoric for political manipulation. The results are never pretty, folks."

"Arturia ARP 2600 V for the "synth" stuff, and the tapeworm mellotron vst."

Studio Electronics Code 8 Arp2600 filter demo

Studio Electronics Code 8 Arp2600 filter demo by CoolColJ
"Someone requested a solo Arp2600 filter demo on the Code 8
here it is - there is some delay added, just to make it less boring

Single sawtooth, legato and glide some VCO2 to filter crossmodulation, sub-oscillator, then dual sawtooth

Soundcloud processing makes it a bit fuzzy - 24 bit original file download available"

Hadikat Raja VII, Première Partie

YouTube Uploaded by RADIOKLOW on Aug 7, 2011

"Seventh visit to the garden. Composition for Keyboard Virus TI."

"Just a detail : this time the piano used in the begining is not one of my favorite prepared pianos created on the Virus TI but the Steinway of Wiener Philarmonik by IK Multimedia, transformed by various GRM Tools. On the contrary, the clarinet you will hear in solo from the third minute and at the end of second part, as all the other sounds, has been created on the Virus TI."

Hadikat Raja VII, Deuxième Partie

Update: I sent the following to RADIOKLOW and thought I'd share it here as well. I love the use of the Virus in these pieces. Here is why.

"As always, I love your use of the Virus TI and the sounds you create with it. It's refreshing to hear it used in this way. I think it's inspirational in that it reminds people you can use synths for more than rhythm based electronic music. People seem to associate music like this with Buchla and forget you can use a synth like the Virus to explore sound in a similar way. It's easy to fall into the use of synths for more conventional electronic music. Your music reminds me of when I first explored editing synths and my initial love for synthesis unbound by conventional sounds. For me it was all about creating new instruments never heard before. My first synth was the Matrix-6, hence the alias matrix and name of the site. The Matrix-6 has a pretty extensive modulation matrix, tracking and ramp generators, velocity sensitivity, aftertouch, and something not common on most synths, release velocity. You can map all of this to different parameters in the modulation matrix allowing you to essentially create unique expressive instruments." It was more about exploring sound than trying to create specific sounds to use in a mix. Note it's all good in my book, it's just nice to be reminded that you are free to explore anything you want, anytime you want. Don't box yourself in.

Rhodes Chroma Overlay for the Doepfer Drehbank

via jesper on the Rhodes Chroma list: "spent some time today fiddling with the design for my dedicated (Doepfer Drehbank) Chroma controller. The original Drehbank is the standard boring grey type that Doepfer just love.

I plan to cover it in adhesive black film and then print this design on two clear sheets of overhead film, joining them at the middle.

The knobs are also grey and hopefully I can track down thinner black knobs, maybe even with knob caps in the Chroma colour scheme. If all turns out well I might even add cherry end cheeks.

The two columns of knobs to the right correspond to eight input jacks at the back. I've thought about re-programming the Drehbank to allow all these eight to accept breath control and then map it to eight different destinations in the Chroma. More on this (a lot) later... The blank knobs are unused. I thought about removing them, but God knows what Dave and Sandro might add in the future. Can you even do scratch patches and bank select by CC? :)

The typeface isn't the best as this resolution, but you get the general idea."

Korg Poly 800 Moog Slayer Mod Doth Not a Moog Maketh

via Ununseptium warehouse where you'll find the full post.

"For anyone unfamiliar with this manoeuvre, it involves tapping into a couple of variable resistors on the Poly 800's motherboard and routing them to a pair of potentiometers, which should be fitted onto the synth's outer casing, to control the filter cutoff and resonance. Here's a link to the destructions." Note that is a link to the Moog Slayer Mod instructions and not Ununseptium warehouse's post.

P800 post mod 4 by ununseptiumwarehouse

Mixtikl Tutorial - Deep editing IV(1) - Audio Rate Modulation Pt 1 - Ring Modulation

YouTube Uploaded by UncertainMusicCorps on Aug 7, 2011

"Two linked videos looking at routes to audio rate modulation inside the Mixtikl synth.

Because control units run at a lower sample rate than the audio units you can't connect audio units directly to modulation inputs. So you have to rely on the built in options. This video is about the first of those - Ring Modulation.

RIng modulation is a type of amplitude modulation, combining the output of two oscillators to produce a new wave that is the sum and the difference of the harmonic content of original pair. It is usually associated with clanging, metallic sounds but can also produce more melodious results when the oscillators have a strong, fixed harmonic relationship to each other.

Experimentation is the key."

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Cableguys MidiShaper

YouTube Uploaded by CableguysOfficial on Aug 7, 2011

"Powered by Curve's unique modulations engine, MidiShaper brings Curve's flexible yet powerful LFOs and envelopes to all your favorite software synthesizers and effects, to your hardware synthesizers, MIDI VJ tools, lighting consoles and 1980's MIDI keyboards. http://www.cableguys.de/midi-shaper.html"