MATRIXSYNTH

NAMM: KORG mini kaoss pad 2 : preview Video

NAMM: KOMA Elektronik KOMMANDER Pics

Two pics added to the main post here.

NAMM: Echophon Sounds by Richard Devine, Tom Erbe & Make Noise

Echophon sounds by Richard Devine by makenoise
"Richard uses only the Echophon to process the Roland TR-606 drum machine. All sound bites use same drum pattern. No DAW computer editing or processing is employed. The sounds are created by modulating the Echophon.

The Echophon is the result of a collaboration between Tom Erbe (Soundhack) and Make Noise. The module utilizes Erbe's gorgeous DSP algorithms on hardware developed by Make Noise.

The Echophon flips the script on the 20 year trend of software synthesis emulating classic analog hardware putting the powers of a true DSP coding genius into the analog modular synthesizer.

http://www.richard-devine.com/
http://www.soundhack.com/
http://www.makenoisemusic.com

If you are at NAMM 2012, please stop by Hall E booth 1270 and check it out."

NAMM: TipTop P3000. Craziness.

via @Chris_Randall of Audio Damage & Analog Industries.

8 CORE PVCO

8 voice polyphonic eurorack module.

Also see:
Tiptop Audio Going Polyphonic - 8 Voice Module, CS-80 in the Works?

NAMM: MacBeth Vortex Pics & Street Price

A couple of pics and the price via @Chris_Randall of Audio Damage & Analog Industries.

Best NAMM info ever:

"Look at how thin it is. (And how soft and supple Ken's hand is.)"

"He said $1800 street. Worth it, IMO."

CLOUT! LIVE 'ASTRO' IMPROVISATION

YouTube Uploaded by CLOUTmusictv on Mar 28, 2011

"Using cherry picked sounds and textures, Chris Le Monde and Bradley Steptoe of CLOUT! perform an improvised groove. - Performed Live @ St Martin's School of Art / Charing Cross Road. March 2011."

UK Astro BleepBlop CLOUT! (Electronic Swing Tonic!) (E.S.T.!)

Uploaded by CLOUTmusictv on Sep 28, 2011

Grendel Drone Commander
Yamaha CS15
Roland SH09

Doepfer A101-2 Low Pass Gate-Combined Mode

YouTube Uploaded by raulsworldofsynths on Nov 4, 2011

"Demonstration of the Doepfer A101-2 Low Pass Gate in combined mode. Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

All parts here.

The Nanoblock Lego Synthesizer

via Asia Synth Station

"The instruction is not very good - there are a lot of extra pieces in the pack ....so I walked a little different path compared with the instruction ...added some more buttons etc..." See bottom pic for the mfg's version.

You can order it here.

Jim Patchell's SMBC

The Synth Module Board - Cheezy Version

via Jim Patchell on the SDIY list:

"When I lost most of my eyesight, I didn't think I would ever do something like this again...but here I go again.

Back around 1999, I did this project:

http://www.noniandjim.com/Jim/smb1/smb.html

This board was huge (15" x 10"). And it was so big, building it was a real problem. (Although, back then I could see). I don't remember the component count, but it was a lot.

Well, I got the hankering to give it another try. But this time, I was going to keep it much smaller. I have got the schematic about 95% complete at this time, and after counting the pages, it came to 32. Hmmm....not exactly as minimalist as I intended. I call this one the SMBC, which stands for Synth Module Board - Cheezy.

It includes an AVR X-Mega controller which will do Midi/Sequencer/User Interface duties. Anyway, here is a very prelim schematic.

http://www.noniandjim.com/Jim/SMBCheezy/100-1059.pdf

And the webpage is at:

http://www.noniandjim.com/Jim/SMBCheezy/SMBCheese.html"

Synth Trivia: Jim Patchell worked on the Mattson Mini Modular filter featured here.

iPad MIDI Fighter

"Here's an iPad MIDI Fighter clone sending MIDI messages to MIXXX."

via Greg Cerveny

"Yesterday I was heading to coffee with @alexbaldwin when we started chatting about the future of digital DJ interfaces. We decided to put together this prototype of a DJ controller based on the MIDI Fighter but with a cross fader and accelerometer control.

A few hours later, here’s the demo"

iPads on eBay