MATRIXSYNTH

Modular synth: Monolith2 custom cabinet

flickr By Jon Sonnenberg

Click through for the mouse overs for each module and more pics.

"I don't really know much about this synth except that the modules that I have working sound great and are mostly made up of discrete parts. I bought this off of a coworker when I was working at a music store several years ago. Originally, there was a different case, with speakers and a copper touch-plate keyboard and the word "Monolith 2". The inside was a nightmare of spaghetti wiring. I decided to tackle one thing at a time and first rebuilt the cabinet and added the multiples at the bottom. Someday, I would like to get the keyboard working."

A bit ARP 2500 inspired in design mixed with some steampunk. The top row reminds me of a specific type of graphic design, but I don't know the name.

M-Audio Venom Sound Design Tips and Tricks – Oscillators

"Tip 1 – Recreating analog oscillator behavior

The first thing that comes to mind is how the frequency of an analog oscillator drifts over time. It slowly meanders in a seemingly random fashion as the circuit reacts to small variations in temperature and other factors. To quickly add some of this behavior to a Venom sound, turn up the Drift parameter using the oscillator section of the Vyzex editor."

via the M-Audio Venom blog where you'll find the full post including:

Tip 2 – Using the Waveshaper to generate PWM
Tip 3 – Unusual uses for drum sounds
Tip 4 – Using Oscillators 2 and 3 as LFOs
Tip 5 – Frequency modulation of Noise

Vintage Casio Casiotone 403 Organ, Analog Drum Machine & Synthesizer

YouTube Uploaded by trashbaggage on Jan 6, 2012

as promised

YouTube Uploaded by noystoise on Jan 6, 2012

"quick update video before work
sound is coming from my computer speaker because my other camera is dead...
more to come very soon."

Buchla 200e: 266e Sample and Hold Sequence

YouTube Uploaded by djangosfire on Jan 6, 2012

"Experimenting with the 266e Source of Uncertainty's "Stored Random Voltage " lower section. A 261e is used to clock the "sequence". The 266e grabs "notes" from a 281e falling transient (that is pulsed by the 261e). SO - as the tempo/frequency of the 261e changes . . so do the "notes" created.

The 258v VCO's are the target of the sequence. Using a 255 Control Voltage Processor to attenuate the 281e transient into the 266e - allows for sequence note modifications on the fly . . . the 261e clock is passed through the 255, and is used to balance the stereo imaging.

Lot's of manual knob twiddling - more experimenting - fun stuff!!!"

customScales1 - Cellular.m4v

YouTube Uploaded by rrr00bb on Jan 6, 2012

"Initial user interface for custom scales. Using 53ET based Pythagorean scales, with low quartertone put temporarily in just to show how it works. Legato and polyphony behavior are controllable now. This is ThumbJam being controlled, but SampleWiz does this correctly, and Arctic may have this working reasonably well in private beta builds as well."