Machinedrum Impulse Machine Syncs Buchla 200e

YouTube Uploaded by dkimcg on Nov 22, 2011

"Test of my new iPhone 4s shooting the video, and a test of syncing the Buchla to the Machinedrum without midi (Octatrack does nothing but send midi clock and control out). I send an impulse machine to the buchla 227e envelope follower which send the signal out to triggers in the Buchla. The vocal synth is the Machinedrum which was synced as usual through midi.

Jomox TResonator takes the C&D (rear) outputs, puts some envelope filter/delays on it, and feeds it back into the mix. Some expansion and reverb in logic for smoke and mirrors to try to distract from crappy levels while recording.

Sorry for the shaky cam, I need to figure out how to put it on a tripod or stand, til then, shaky cams o' plenty."

Buchla 291e: Tribal Jam

YouTube Uploaded by djangosfire on Nov 22, 2011

"Jamming w/the 291e Triple Morphing FIlter at the core. 266e Noise output split 3x ways into the 291e - a pair of 281e Quad Function Generators (along w/ the 291e internal sequencer) provides the rhythm & timing for the beats. A 254v is the key for mixing pulses and EGs, manually and automatically via the patch (266e, 230e etc..). The random "screaming" is coming from a 261e & 258v."

Making Microtonal Music with an AXiS-49

YouTube Uploaded by JLMoriart on Nov 22, 2011

"An introduction to the basic tools you'll need to get some microtonal playback from your AXiS.

Where you can get an AXiS-49:
http://www.c-thru-music.com/

Where you can download the software described in this video:
http://dynamictonality.com/

Link to get you started on microtonal music:
http://xenharmonic.wikispaces.com/MicrotonalTheory

Those names in the Temperament drop down box are all "Regular Temperaments":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regular_temperament"

Weirding Module - updates

YouTube Uploaded by synthmonger on Nov 22, 2011

"This video demonstrates the updated aliasing and resonance settings."

Weirding Module - Feedback and other goodies

Uploaded by synthmonger on Nov 22, 2011

"Ton of stuff going on in this demo. Mostly feeding the saw or triangle wave into the linear or 1v/o inputs with aliasing on or off. Feeding the triangle wave into the linear input gives a more logarithmic slope to the waves. It also affects the VCF into a weird kind of aliasing or "triangular sloping"

Feeding the VCO waves into the VCF audio input don't always give the best results, since the VCF frequency knob also determines the vco frequency, but certain settings can be fun."

Addictive Synth Loop Recorder

YouTube Uploaded by virsyn on Nov 22, 2011

"Showing the new Loop Recorder and SoundCloud export added in Addictive Synth Version 1.2"


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Voyager Old School + Pocket Piano = Pocket School

YouTube Uploaded by n3bsvid on Nov 21, 2011

"A little improv featuring the minimoog voyager old school and critter and guitar pocket piano GR.

Hardware:
Minimoog Voyager Old School
Critter and Guitari Pocket Piano GR"

SCMRCD demo

Added to this post.

CatSynth at Zuccotti Park

via CatSynth

"This is of course coming a little less than a week after the major raid on Zuccotti Park, so things were a bit sparse, indeed less active than some of the events I have attended in San Francisco. The ban on tents was in full force, with not a single tent in sight. I had also heard about a ban on musical instruments. So here I am playing the Smule Magic Piano on the iPhone in defiance."

Side note: this is post #16918 on MATRIXSYNTH for the year and breaks the record number of posts in a given year. I made a point not to save any particular post for the record. I wanted to see what came in by chance. I couldn't have thought of a more fitting and interesting post. I wondered what the first OWS post might be. This is it. Two firsts in one post. Go CatSynth! :) (see CatSynth for the full post)

Feel free to send any synth related OWS content in for a post to matrixsynth@gmail.com

Elektron Octatrack Dubstep & IDM Remix (Neonim - "Iklamin")

YouTube Uploaded by paulshemyakin on Aug 28, 2011

"In this video I tried to make the live remix for the great song "Iklamin" of my friend Michael Emelyanov and his band Neonim. The device used in the video is my Elektron Octatrack DPS-1, 8 tracks performance sampler - very cool thing to make the remix with!"

Side note: this is post 16917 for the year and ties the record for last year. Next post breaks it.

Portland Synth Gathering Pics via Mackenzie England

You can find some pics of the event on Facebook here.

via Mackenzie of Voice to Spirit on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Pictured below: Malekko Wiard Modular & Folktek Luminist Garden

See the PDX label below for more posts on the event.