MATRIXSYNTH

Vintage 80's Stepp DG1 DG-1 analog guitar synthesizer

via this auction

"For those of you who don't know the Stepp is a digitally controlled, monster analog synth that is full of SSM and CEM chips. The synth engine is based around a six voice Oberheim expander..."

Anyone confirm this? Some pics of the inside below.

Update: see this post for a video of one being used by Ultravox's Midge Ure.

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Skyrim Main Theme on Eurorack Modular Synthesizer

YouTube Uploaded by crudface on Nov 11, 2011

"Let's do this."

Impressive. The Elder Scrolls Skyrim. On a personal, non-synth note, the Elder Scrolls series are my absolute favorite RPGs, followed by Sir-Tech's Wizardry (I actually played Lord Foul's Bane on an Apple II plus), followed by Might and Magic. Regarding the Elder Scrolls series, I started with Daggerfall and played every game since, finishing all but Daggerfall. Daggerfall was so huge (and I was new to the platform) I ended up getting lost in side quests. They are incredibly open universe games. Massive, beautiful and emmersive. Unfortunately my XBox 360 got the ring of death a second time, AFTER being sent in to Microsoft for the fix. I tried the DIY heatsink compound fix and it died a week later. I no longer have time for gaming with MATRIXSYNTH, but this is the one game that makes me want to pick up a new PlayStation 3.

Back to synths...

A wigglebeat

YouTube Uploaded by dudeohyeahable on Nov 11, 2011

"Adventures in pure modular drum machine patching over morning coffee"

Modcan & Trouby Modular

DAS OS @ KLUB MOOZAK #48

flickr By klubmoozak
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"DAS OS @ KLUB MOOZAK #48

4 YEARS OF KLUB MOOZAK
5 YEARS OF E-MAY.ORG
28.9.2011 - 21:00
FLUC WANNE / WIEN PRATERSTERN
Freie Spende / Free Donation

LIVE:
ELISABETH SCHIMANA (AT) with the MAX BRAND SYNTHESIZER aka MOOGTONIUM
PIA PALME (AT)
ELECTRIC INDIGO (AT)
DASOS (FR)

Photos by Markus Gradwohl"

Navs Three Thru Zero Comparisons

Navs compares "the thru-zero linear FM response of the Cyclonix Cyclebox to the Cyndustries Zeroscillator and Harvestman Hertz Donut."

Midisyncer - Boston Music Hack Day project

YouTube Uploaded by syntheticbits on Nov 8, 2011

"Demonstration of my hack from Boston Music Hack Day, held Nov 5-6 2011 at Microsoft NERD in Cambridge, MA. The project was an iOS app that lets you sync a drum machine or groovebox to a song on your iPhone/iPod. It uses Echo Nest song analysis data to get the beat patterns of the song you pick, then uses iOS CoreMIDI to send out a MIDI clock based on that pattern that can be synced to."

Synth Trivia: syntheticbits is the man behind Funk Box and Little MIDI Machine for iOS.

BI created a Synth Trivia label starting with this point. Not sure if it will go anywhere, but there it is. If you catch any posts, old or new, that you think should get the label feel free to comment in that post or shoot me an email.