MATRIXSYNTH

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

SunVox: Analog Generator Test

YouTube Uploaded by NightRadio2007 on Apr 10, 2012

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Circuitbend workshop

YouTube Uploaded by JvGrieken on Apr 11, 2012

"23-01-2012 till 27-01-2012
A quick video of the end results of a week long circuitbending workshop at the HKU, Utrecht."

Gotharman's Yamaha CS Filter _ Demo 1

YouTube Uploaded by DJjondent on Apr 11, 2012
Audio on left channel only.

"Built in Denmark by Gotharman. Uses original Yamaha IG00156 filter chips removed from old CS80,CS60 and I think also CS50 synths.
(I hope the synths were already dead and that no one was harmed when this was done) :-)
Because of the limited number of these synths these modules are no longer produced.
Check out the GotharMusic site:
http://www.gotharman.dk/index.htm

They seem to like old yamahas.
Check this old CS 20 :
http://youtu.be/m0_0qRCzgWc

Anyway,
This CS 80 filter module has 2 cv modulation jacks.
& LP,HP, band pass. Res & cutoff controls
demo using the Non-Linear Circuits synth (just the 1st VCO).
Thanks Andrew.
http://www.sdiy.org/pinky/

and to Matt from Rhythm active for the modulating LFO (Pittsburgh VILFO).
http://www.rhythmactive.com.au"

Teenage Engineering OP-1 timestretching how to

YouTube Uploaded by darenager on Apr 11, 2012

"A quick tutorial how to timestretch a loop on the OP-1, it is a bit of a hack but works quite well in a lo-fi way, here is how it works, the value LFO is assigned to loop direction, with a fast speed the tempo will change without affecting the pitch, seems to work best with vocals or beats. Enjoy!"

Tuesday, April 10, 2012

RIP Thereminist Barbara Buchholz

Today we lost one of the great theremin players of our time. Barbara Buchholz was a master student of Leon Theremin's grand neice, Lydia Kavina. Do not miss her performances below.

via Wikipedia: "Buchholz was born in Duisburg. She studied flute, guitar, bass guitar and singing at the Bielefeld University. She earned her first success as a bass player in the German woman jazz band Reichlich Weiblich.[1] Since the early 1980s she worked on various interdisciplinary projects both as performer and composer. She produced e.g. Tap It Deep - „midified“ Steppdance and music, Human Interactivity and Theremin: Berlin-Moscow.

At the end of the 1990s Buchholz met Lydia Kavina, the grandniece of Léon Theremin; later she went to Moscow and became a master student of Kavina. In jazz and contemporary music she develops new playing techniques and experiments with various sound possibilities for the theremin. Together with Kavina, in 2005 Buchholz founded the Platform Touch! Don't Touch! for theremin. New compositions for the platform were worked out amongst others by Moritz Eggert, Michael Hirsch, Caspar Johannes Walter, Juliane Klein, Peter Gahn, Gordon Kampe and Sidney Corbett. Buchholz performed in a trio with Norwegian trumpeter Arve Henriksen and live electronics performer Jan Bang,[2] tours with Jazz Bigband Graz in the framework of ELECTRIC POETRY & Lo-Fi Cookies and conducts solo performances as well.

She played the theremin in various contemporary works, like The Little Mermaid, a ballet by John Neumeier, music by Lera Auerbach, and in the operas Linkerhand by Moritz Eggert and Bestmann-Opera by Alex Nowitz.

In 2009 Buchholz participated in the talent show - the German version of Got Talent - and succeeded in presenting the theremin to a wide audience.[3][4]

She died of Cancer on April,10th, 2012."

via Theremin World

Barbara Buchholz Talkshow Tietjen und Hirschhausen NDR.avi

YouTube Uploaded by Mr21gramm on Aug 25, 2010
The performance comes in at 5:23.

Vocalise - Barbara Buchholz (live) Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, 19.05.2010

YouTube Uploaded by Lachos19 on Aug 17, 2010

"Barbara Buchholz performing 'Vocalise' by Sergej Rachmaninov on Theremin at a concert in the "Museum für Moderne Kunst" in Frankfurt."

Note her theremin was the tVoxTour, a Russian made theremin that is no longer in production according to Theremin World.

Update via Pedro Trotz in the comments: "Video of her performance at Sa Taronja, Andratx (Mallorca):"

YouTube Uploaded by ubikac on Oct 8, 2010

"Open Ends @ Andratx (Mallorca). Octubre 2010."

CASSINI Polyphonic Synthesizer for iPhone (v1.0.0)

YouTube Uploaded by icegearnet on Apr 8, 2012

http://iphone.icegear.net/cassini/

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CASSINI Polyphonic Synthesizer

- 3 Oscillators plus 1 Sub-Osc
- Sawtooth, Pulse(PWM), Triangle, Sine, Noise, FM
- Waveshape Modulation
- Oscillator Sync
- Ring Modulation

- 2 Filters
- LP24, LP18, LP12, LP6, BP, HP

- AMP
- Overdrive
- 3 Band EQ
- Auto Pan

- 9 Envelope Generators
- DAHDSR(Delay, Attack, Hold, Decay, Sustain, Release)
- Velocity, Keyboard Tracking

- 6 LFOs
- Sawtooth, Pulse, Triangle, Random, 16 Step Sequence

- Waveshape Modulation
- Envelope(AD/AR)

- Modulation Delay
- Delay Time: 1-2000ms / Tempo Sync
- Delay Time Modulation

- Filtered Stereo Delay
- Resonant Filter (LP, BP, HP)
- Filter Modulation

- Programable Polyphonic Arpeggiator

- Scale/Chord Remapper

- CoreMIDI

- Recorder
- Audio Copy (Compatible with INTUA BeatMaker, Apple GarageBand and so on.)
- Export wav file via iTunes File Sharing
The recording time is limited to 3 minutes."

iRig MIDI and Koushion for the iPad

YouTube Uploaded by kudzucreative on Apr 4, 2012

"iRig MIDI is an ultra-compact standard Core MIDI interface for iOS that connects any MIDI compatible device to the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. It is the only compact iOS MIDI interface sporting 3 MIDI ports: IN/OUT/THRU. These connect to any standard MIDI jacks using the included 2 x 1.6m/5.2' cables. iRig MIDI also has 2 LEDs for displaying the MIDI activity on the IN and OUT ports.

For more info on iRig MIDI go to: www.ikmultimedia.com/irigmidi"