MATRIXSYNTH

Oberheim Xpander analog synthesizer

Circuit Bent Toy Guitar by freeform delusion

YouTube Uploaded by eecouk on Feb 19, 2012

freeform-delusion on eBay

"Toy Guitar

switched mono mini jack output
blue LED added inside
pitch up/down control
warp effect switch"

Elektron Machinedrum + Octatrack = OT FX

YouTube Uploaded by n3bsvid on Feb 19, 2012

"Quick demo showing how octatrack effects can greatly alter a simple drum beat.

The drum beat comes from the machinedrum and is unchanged the whole time. The machinedrum is fed into the octatrack and goes through a "thru" machine and "neighbor" machine to achieve 4 effects: Lo-Fi, Plate Reverb, Filter, Compressor.

No other effects applied.

Hardware:
Elektron Octatrack
Elektron Machinedrum MK 2 UW+"

ESX+MONOTRIBE+TDL-1+MOPHO+SUNRIZER

YouTube Uploaded by wbfortyone on Feb 19, 2012

"ESX separate OUT to Monotribe Sync-IN.
Monotribe through analog delay TDL-1.
MIDI sync between ESX, Mopho and Sunrizer."

FFF You, Oscar

YouTube Uploaded by shaft9000 on Feb 19, 2012

"modcan techno sunday-quickie. 2/19/2012. 100% live
sorry fer the blurrz"

Monotribe + MC-505 acid/techno (+sync instructions)

YouTube Uploaded by PitBullFrankfurt on Feb 18, 2012

"Jamming around with my new Korg Monotribe and good old 505. Video includes tutorial on how to sync Monotribe with Roland MC-505 groovebox. Ironic enough the picture doesn't stay in sync with audio towards the end, but image is dark and noisy anyway, so who cares.."

monotribes on eBay

Everything Fits Nicely

flickr By niobite

Travelogue Magnetic Table CV Controller

via Travelouge where you'll find additional details and pics.

"Here is one of my designs that I based off of a magnetic pendulum toy. The toy consisted of a dangling string with a magnet on the end of it; then it hovered over magnets on a table that either repelled or attracted the string magnet; the stringed magnet then maneuvers around in crazy patterns due to the position of the table magnets.

There are 2 control voltage outputs for this device; one for the X axis, and one for the Y. They vary from 0 to 5 volts. These can be used to change any parameter in a synthesizer or effects system to make interesting sounds..."

Jon Sonnenberg - Travelogue Workspace - half of the studio

flickr By Jon Sonnenberg
(click through for mouse-over descriptions for each synth and more pics - that's an Aries modular on top and the custom monolith2 on the right - previously posted here)

You can find Travelogue here. Don't miss the EML Poly-box post here.

On the studio:
"As you can see, the studio is pretty packed. The only gear that does not belong to me is the Oberheim OB-1 and the Boss GT-5 which are borrowed from a friend. You can hover over the photo to see what the gear is. I make rules for myself when it comes to gear position. 1) I try to have all keys and controls within reach. 2) modulars are positioned where hanging cables will not get in the way of using other equipment. 3) equipment is not blocked by other equipment (this is the most challenging rule) 4) Everything is plugged into power strips and regulated through a SU700 UPS; though anything CAN be turned on, I try to keep the power load down by only turning on the equipment that I will use for the task at hand. I have a homemade DIN sync multiple connecting the MC-202, TR-808, TR-606, Mini Doc, XOXOX, and an MSQ-700 (usually for the Jupiter DCB, but can be switched to MIDI)"

This one in via Solvent of I Dream of Wires

Banyek Workspace

via András Hargitai on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.

"i've been in heaven for some weeks now :)"

MFOS 16-step analog sequencer, Moog Little Phatty, Korg Electribe ES, Vermona DRM-1 MKIII, Doepfer mini-modular incl. a-125 (vc-phaser) + a-106-5 (semtype filter) + a-143-9 (quadrature lfo/vco), carbon copy mxr analog delay hardly visible in the picture :) the covered synth is az elektronika em-25 (russian junoesque string synth).