MATRIXSYNTH

SNES Doombox with MIDI

YouTube Uploaded by CptCredible on Feb 28, 2012

"For more info on whats inside and how to make one yrself, checkit: http://tiny.cc/doombox

Super Nintendo Doombox, By Captain Credible, the international space hero. Made from tiny bits of electronics carefully carved from the stomachs of violently exploded pigeons, and old photos of dead cats.

Demo Video"

Richard Devine Beta Testing Minituar at the MoogLab

via Richard Devine on Facebook

"beta testing Minituar this weekend at the MoogLab :-)"

MacBeth

via Ken MacBeth on Facebook

Audiobus for iOS

via Sebastian Dittmann on
The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

http://audiob.us

"What's the difference between Audiobus and Virtual MIDI?

Virtual MIDI is a local communications channel for passing around MIDI messages like "C# 1, Velocity 127", or "Modulation, 50" - simple messages that control how a synthesizer should generate audio.

Audiobus is a local (and network) communications channel for sending live audio, like the audible output of a synthesizer app, or the output of a guitar amp effects app, for example.

More than that, Audiobus is also a multi-track recorder and content creation platfom, allowing you to record and mix the output of several apps all at once, and then publish the result.

Will Audiobus be Universal?
Yes, it will.

Can I play iOS instrument apps via MIDI, and record the output audio at the same time?
Yes, absolutely. Audiobus works entirely independently of MIDI, so both can be used simultaneously."

iPads on eBay
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iPod Touch on eBay
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EMS Synthi K

flickr by rick604

"Rare - Pre KS EMS touchplate (no sequencer)"

Update: Word has it there was one on display at the Oramics to Electronica Exhibit in London's Science Museum.

C64 Fastfingers Lead Synthesizer Lightshow and Drums !

YouTube Uploaded by techristian on Feb 29, 2012

"This is a video using the Fastfingers Lead Synthesizer software for Commodore 64 and my drumming. I added a new Lightshow feature to Fastfingers, which changes the color of the screen in time with the music.

All of the sounds are C64 Fastfingers sounds except for my drumming."

Update via Dan in the comments: "Today I began BASIC MIDI routines with the C64 Expansion Port Sentech/Passport type MIDI interface, mostly to check my MIDI interface and also to re-familiarize myself with the MIDI commands. I was able to get my Kawai K3 to play a slew of notes which I sent to it by way of a fornext loop. So the MIDI programming re-begins..after almost 30 years. So hopefully I will be able to integrate this into Fastfingers. This in only HALF of the BASIC programming. The other HALF is to also RECEIVE notes from a MIDI keyboard to trigger the Fastfingers sounds.

The PASSPORT type MIDI interface was the most popular, and it is not easy to make a universal MIDI driver because of the way the DATA and CONTROL/STATUS registers work. There is only ONE STATUS register on the PASSPORT and the same register is also the CONTROL register. Many other MIDI interfaces will use 2 separate registers for STATUS AND CONTROL. The same goes with the DATA register. It also flips so that it can be a READ or WRITE register.

So what I'm basically saying, is to start shopping for a PASSPORT type MIDI interface if you plan on using Fastfingers , in the future, with MIDI.

Dan"

POCKET PIANO portable six-mode synthesizer by CRITTER & GUITARI

via this auction

"The following description is taken directly from the manufacturer's website:

The Pocket Piano is a mini electronic synthesizer with a big sound! The synthesizer features six unique modes:

• Vibrato Synth
• Harmonic Sweeper
• Two-Octave Arpeggiator
• Octave Cascade
• Mono FM Synth
• FM Arpeggiator

The Pocket Piano is housed in a sturdy aluminum and hardwood case and also includes a built-in speaker, a 1/4" output jack, and wooden keys made for a refined touch. It can be powered both by a 9V battery or a wall wart (not included).

When you change modes with the right-most wooden button, a color LED above that button indicates what mode is selected with a different color for each mode. The entire keyboard may be tuned over a 2 octave range by turning the knob second from right. Volume is controlled by the right-most knob. The function of the remaining two left knobs depend on what mode is selected, and are described below. There is also a button that selects waveform (sine, square, triangle, sawtooth) in the first four modes, and shifts the keyboard an octave higher in the last two modes."