MATRIXSYNTH

circuit bent pss-30

YouTube Uploaded by noystoise on Oct 11, 2011

"circuit bent pss-30"

via Wired: "RJD2 likes to build sounds.

The musician has been making tunes for more than a decade: First as a DJ, then as a hip-hop producer, then as a solo artist (the Mad Men theme song is his "A Beautiful Mine"). Now, as part of the duo Icebird, he's taken his gearhead obsession — building his own modular synthesizers to make his music — further than ever.

What else would you expect from a guy named after a Star Wars droid?

'To have a piece of plastic with a bunch of copper traces on it and then drill some holes in a piece of sheet metal and silkscreen it, then you wire this whole thing up and send some voltage through it — I know this might sound silly, but that's the most fascinating and addicting process you can possibly imagine,' RJD2 told Wired.com by phone, discussing his process."

Full article on Wired.

Danish Super Synth System from 2003

This one spotted by Inteliko on SOUNDCHECK.dk. Googlish: "Danish Key2Sound comes with this year's wildest synth system.NetSynth Pilot. It is not just a synth, but an entire system, with 128 oscillators, 64 filters, with room for 16384 presets in the board database. With a matrix with 120 parameters for each of the 16 layers and 96 system parameters to play with to even the most demanding sound designer have enough opportunities. With so many options were people behind Key2Sound aware that this required a completely new user interface if it could be used by ordinary mortals so they have designed a box that can stand on top of a mother keyboard. This is controlled via four swivel wheels and a big 16x9 screen.

The main features are:

16 Voices
16 Layers
128 Oscillators: FM, AM, PWM and hard sync.
64 Filters: 16 different filter types
48 Envelopes: 4 steps with key and velocity tracking
32 LFO's
96 Modulation Matrices
2 Stereo Effects
96 kHz Stereo digital I / O
Balanced Stereo I / O
MIDI I / O"

Anyone remember this one? It looks familiar but I couldn't find a prior post. Wikepia has some interesting info: "Goodiepal or Gæoudjiparl van den Dobbelsteen, whose real name is Parl Kristian Bjørn Vester, is a controversial Danish/Faroese musician/composer wanted by the Danish police authorities for an unsolved theft from the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus.[1] [2] The eccentric and self-made Goodiepal has influenced the course of modern music through radical excursions into computer technology and media art. He performs and lectures about his work and ideas worldwide and has so far done about 150 universities around the world according to the Danish newspager Information.[3] Until recently he has been employed as a teacher at DIEM (Danish Institute for Electro-acoustic Music) at the Royal Academy of Music in Aarhus, Denmark. Goodiepal declared intellectual war against the stupidity in modern computer music and media art, which is to say against The Royal Academy of Music, when he quit the job in 2008. As per 2010 he lives somewhere in Denmark or Scotland...

In continuation of his dealings with the unsuccessful synthesizer manufacturer Key2Sound, working without any payment, Goodiepal decided to take action by hiding an unnamed piece of music in the system source code of a prototype called INetSynth. The prototype and source code were then brought up for auction offering the head of Key2Sound a veto-price of 10 Danish kroner, if he wanted his prototype back. Through this act, Goodiepal reclaimed a symbolic fee for the work he had done for Key2sound, and since they did not respond, the INetSynth, with tag, went to an unknown Dutch collector.[26]"

rhythm studio demo

YouTube Uploaded by danmusicstoke on Oct 11, 2011

"Messing around with the Rhythm Studio app for the iPad. Checking out some of the new devices from the recent update."

Rhythm Studio - Pulse Code, Inc. - iTunes
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

Korg Monomania Sound Contest - Mono Axel Tron

YouTube Uploaded by KotroLaszloLehel on Oct 11, 2011
Some drunken Axel F for you.

"KORG monomania monotron music
Korg Kaossilator drums processed with Monotron"

Nothingbutnoise Studio Pics (ex Front 242)

Nothingbutnoise is:

daniel B (front 242)
dirk bergen (founding member 242)
erwin jadot

Click each pic for the super size shot. More studio pics & info on site.

DrumToy 2.0

YouTube Uploaded by RobbyKilgore on Oct 8, 2011
via Robby in the comments of this post.

"The latest update is a major one. More sounds, tunable drums, unlimited presets and improved fidelity."

Drum Toy - Maz & Kilgore
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

"Drum Toy ‘thinks’ the way drummers do. Find the pocket, lay down the main groove and sprinkle lightly with a few tasty fills or variations here and there to keep things fresh. Drum Toy is set up to force certain beats while leaving others to just the right amount of chance. This simple mechanism yields a surprising array of personality.

Drum Toy – the world’s funkiest practice metronome.

Tools for musicians, by musicians.
http://www.facebook.com/DrumToy

What's New in Version 2.02

* Over 70 new sounds
* Adjustable Pitch, Volume, Dynamics
* Improved Fidelity
* Unlimited User Saves"

Vivi Pedraglio + Boss Loop Station World Championship

YouTube Uploaded by vivipedraglio on Oct 11, 2011

"Boss Loop Station World Championship 2 by Vivi Pedraglio

Gear:
Boss RC-20XL
Boss RE-20
Boss VE-20
Roland SP-555
Roland Gaia SH-01
Edirol M-10MX
Roland R-05

http://vivipedraglio.blogspot.com
http://twitter.com/vivipedraglio
http://facebook.com/vivipedraglio3"