New York School of Synthesis - Intro to Synthesis

Intro to Synthesis Part 1 - The Building Blocks of Sound & Synthesis

YouTube Uploaded by matrixsynth on Jan 4, 2012

Videos for parts 2 and 3 further below.

Update2: Dean also wrote The Complete Guide to Synthesizers, Sequencers & Drum Machines (on Amazon here).

Update: Details on how to get your own New York School of Synthesis T-shirt here!

Also see: The Yamaha DX7 II FD D Video Manual by The N.Y. School of Synthesis

Dean Friedman of New York School of Synthesis back in the day. This is a great intro to sound synthesis. Currently Dean is an indie recording artist with a slew of international chart hits and critically acclaimed albums to his credit. You can see what he's currently up to on his website www.deanfriedman.com and his YouTube channel www.youtube.com/deanfriedman.

I want to thank Dean Friedman for giving me the permission to put these up and swissdoc for sending them.

Dean Friedman on Wikipedia - be sure to see his full bio for his musical accomplishments. The following is just a portion pertaining to his book on synthesis, the "New York School of Synthesis", and this video:

"In 1985, Friedman produced a seminal work on the newly emerging synthesizer industry called Complete Guide to Synthesizers, Sequencers, and Drum Machines. Whilst dated, this tome is still of use in evaluating devices that crop up on the second-hand market. Friedman also set up the "New York School of Synthesis" and provided a series of videos entitled Intro to Synthesis'. Friedman presents the rudiments of this topic in an audio-visual format, whilst incorporating a unique sense of humor." Note the videos must be from 1988 or later as they reference the Korg M1. Thanks goes to Caixa in the comments for catching this.

You can find Dean's website here: http://www.deanfriedman.com/

Synth Trivia: At the end of the video the credits mention the synths were provided by The Music Connection in Happinger Falls, N.Y. I did a quick search on them and nothing came up.

Note: I added a link to this post in both the Synth Books and Synth Movies sections. There's actually two copies of Complete Guide to Synthesizers, Sequencers, and Drum Machines on Amazon [link] at the time of this post.

Intro to Synthesis Part 2 - Types of Synthesis & Programming Examples

Intro to Synthesis Part 3 - Additional Synth Features, Performance Controls & Wrap Up

Cybernetic (Studio Wormbone)

"'Cybernetic' from Studio Wormbone gives you a taste of what tomorrow will sound like. Intricately fluid transformative machine motions, robot vocalizations, megatron impacts and droid melodrama, this is pure metal-on-metal warfare!"

Pictured: Arp Oddy and an Evila Modular used in the creation of the soundpack.

Wolfgang Palm on the PPG Realizer

See the updates in this post.

Original 1978 Muson Synthesizer

via this auction

"This is an original Muson Synthesizer, a mini organ with a built in sequencer, created in 1978 by Mego Corp. I am the original and only owner. It is fully functional, but requires 4 D batteries (not included)."

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DSI Tempest Funk Demo

YouTube Uploaded by carsonday303 on Jan 1, 2012

Second video has better audio:

DSI Funk Demo 2

Uploaded by carsonday303 on Jan 5, 2012

Konkreet Labs Oblique

"The sounds and feel of Oblique, a Max for Live synth made for KONKREET PERFORMER.

It's here > konkreetlabs.com/oblique/
and it's free!"

Konkreet Performer - Konkreet Labs - iTunes
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

Funky Jam ! (Yamaha MM6 / Roland D-50)

YouTube Uploaded by thiagogomestoledo on Jul 16, 2011

"A E minor improvisation using "Pattern" mode of the Yamaha MM6. The "Pattern" used was the "Acid Jazz" with splited real time "auto accompaniment".

Voices of Yamaha MM6:
Jazz Guitar
Power Grand
Vintage 74'

Roland D-50 patches:
Intro: Spacious Sweep (factory patch)
Octaved Brass 'aka' Jupiter-8
Monophonic Lead (original card patch)
"Mooged" monophonic bass (edited by me)

Sorry some mistakes, it's a little hard to play with half of keyboard 'splited'. The "themes", voices and patches, key, were chosen at the time!

Enjoy and thanks for watch!"

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joasihno please go back i will & the Wernick Xylosynth

YouTube Uploaded by joasihno on Oct 29, 2009

"live at carl-orff saal / munich"

joasihno - please go back i will by joasihno

http://joasihno.bandcamp.com/track/joasihno-please-go-back-i-will

Spotted this one on Wolfgang Palm's (PPG) FB wall.

via Wernick

"Designed and engineered without compromise, thanks to years of feedback from professionals on the front line of touring and West End shows, the Xylosynth™ remains an unrivalled opportunity for mallet players to unlock the flexibility and convenience of MIDI whilst retaining the physical playing experience of an accoustic instrument.

Our revolutionary sensing and filtering technology means that the Xylosynth™ can bring the best out of your sound source with a vast dynamic range, and all with accuracy of triggering and lightning fast response time that means what you hear is exactly what you played. With the XS6, latency has now been all but illiminated, at a phenomenal 0.003 seconds or less, and speeds of 33 hits per second, per note will now be flawlessly recognised. The unique transpose pedal allows the player to shift to any key signature or switch octave in real time. Wee!

The Xylosynth’s solid hardwood keys unlock an unparalleled level of nuance and playability in any MIDI sound source. It looks, plays and feels just as a real instrument should and, thanks to intuitive hands-on control of note length and sensitivity, can gracefully adapt to your playing style. And the Xylosynth™ makes no demands for special technique - whatever your playing style or choice of mallets, the Xylosynth™ will make you forget that you are playing an electronic instrument, allowing natural glissandos and true expression..."

You might remember the Xylosynth from this Atomic Shadow video.

Octave Plataeu Voyetra Eight

via this auction

Video at the auction and below.

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Dave Smith Tempest

Click the pic for the full size shot. This one is currently up for auction. Note the pic is different, but it is the same unit. Feel free to send your auctions in. They will go up either here or on MATRIXSYNTH-B.  Note the auction link in the menu above only filters by auction for M.  It does not include B.