MATRIXSYNTH

Roland D 50

YouTube Published on Jul 13, 2012 by styleCityRecords

"Here are my sounds that i created- WITH NO Internal or External FXs on the Roland D 50. Many of the keyboard videos show off the user presets and that's fine. This sound bank which is part my Astronaut Series,is for those who choose to live outside Earth's boundaries. Contact me at stylecityrec@aol.com RE: D50"

Yamaha DX7IID

YouTube Published on Aug 4, 2012 by styleCityRecords

"Here are my sounds that i created- WITH NO Internal or External FXs on the Yamaha DX7IID. Many of the keyboard videos show off the user presets and that's fine. This sound bank, which is part my Beyond FM Series, is for those who choose to live outside "Preset Sound" boundaries. Contact me at stylecityrec@aol.com RE: DX7IID"

via Andre L. Prioleau

FOLKTEK Modified Omnichord OM-36

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"Modified omnichord one(om-36) Touch synthisizer. This piece features 60+ touch points allowing you to produce rich and complex tones, drones, harmonies, filtering and distortion. Multiple tones/notes can be played at one time to create thick and complex tonal harmonies. The hand etched copper clad section on top features 3 rows of thirteen notes including ,mid,bass and grimey tones. The Bottom copper clad section features 12 sonorous chord tones as well as 10 amp points that in combination with any note section creates distortion, warble, noise, grime, noise and leval/bass boost. Omnichord functions regularly when no touch points are activated. This unit only runs on a 12v adaptor as the battery compartement has been utilized to house the modifications. Includes basic manual of the mods. \"

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Keyboard/Piano Lesson Em Pentatonic Scale "Roland SH201"

YouTube Published on Aug 4, 2012 by synthartist69

"Hey Guys and Gals. Here is a visual lesson on how to play a super fast keyboard solo that can be used in many styles of music including Rock, Jazz, Blues, Jazz Fusion, etc. This is a super easy scale to remember and to play in regards to finger positioning. The notes played up and down the keyboard will be E, G, A, B, D. Do not play F or C or any black keys but later I will post a video on how you can add black keys to this. Start out slow and note that finger positioning is extremely important here when playing the scale fast. If you have a drum machine or metronome do not hesitate to use it. Continue to play this scale slowly and do not rush yourself as it will take time to get to where you can play it fast. BE PATIENT! But once you have it down you will be able to solo to just about any song that is in the key of E and more! Towards the end of the video I go into a simple TRILL scale that I like to use, especially for hammer on effects. Good Luck!"

Switched On Demos: Moog Minitaur with The x0xb0x (303 clone)

YouTube Published on Aug 4, 2012 by Switched On

www.switchedonaustin.com

"Switched On Music Electronics demonstrates the Moog's new desktop bass synth the Minitaur interacting with a 303 clone, The x0xb0x.

The x0xb0x is sequencing the Minitaur via midi, and also sending its audio through the filter of the Minitaur for a stack of thick textural bass.

Moog Minitaur available here:
http://www.switchedonaustin.com/products/moog-minitaur

Visuals are produced by our modified Atari Video Musics available here...
http://www.switchedonaustin.com/products/atari-video-music-modified

Narration by a member of our floor staff, Erich Ragsdale.

Switched On is an electronic musical instrument store and repair shop based in Austin, TX.
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Repair, Restore and Revitalize your cherished gear.
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Atari D2 Punk Synth / Sequencer by A.S.M.O.

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YouTube Published on Aug 4, 2012 by eddie23a

"Stepped tone generator + 5 step sequencer housed in a Star Wars R2D2 bubble bath container."

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Kawai K5000S Wicked Soundscapes

YouTube Published on Aug 4, 2012 by gstormelectro

http://gstormelectronica.blogspot.com/

"This synth was literally rescued from a garbage heap. I have refurbished it w/ a new LCD, reconstructed the shattered end caps, and performed exhaustive deep-cleaning of the programming interface boards. The sounds presented in this video mark my first work programming Additive. All sounds are coming directly from the K5000S, no other processing added.

The Kawai K5000S is quite the under-rated Additive synthesizer. It is unbelievable to me a piano company like Kawai have turned out such a stellar vehicle as this one. Programming Additive requires a great deal of persistence, but the reward of huge sonics are smashing as digital sounds go.

The on-board effects engine is first rate. The ensemble chorus is a surprisingly faithful vintage emulation which I haven't really noticed available on any modern hardware synth @ 0:36

The K5000S has a precise formant filter for dialing in choirs @ 0:10, 1:28 and 3:06.

Sounds @ 2:13 and 2:31 feature prominently on my forthcoming track "Polar Shift".

Vintage electronic organs of the day used additive techniques to generate their sounds through electro-mechanical tone wheels. Similarly in programming the K5000S, organ sounds are always pulling at you like gravity. Most of them are static and some are quite interesting such as @ 2:56.

The last three sounds starting @ 4:22 were patches downloaded from the internet Chroom + Stucco (which use the on-board PWMs), and Microvox (additives)."

Inside a Moog Minitaur

via Till Kopper's website where you'll find additional info and pics.

"There are two funny additions seen on the board:

1) There is a tiny ladder printed on the board next to the SMD components that build up the transistor ladder filter.

C129, C132, C148 and C149 are the capacitors of the filter. The original Moog Taurus used a transistor array chip CA3045 for the top and bottom transistor pair. The Voyager uses a CA3086 transistor array for all 5 pairs of transistors of the filter ladder. On the Minitaur they (Q15, Q16, Q19, Q20 and Q22) are discrete transistor pairs.

The Moog Taurus III uses through-hole capacitors (C103-C105) for the filter ladder. And SMD transistor pairs (Q06-Q10). So the Minitaur filter is not exactly the same as on the Taurus III. But who cares, if the sound is right.

2) At about the middle of the board, there is the inscription "ENTER THE LABYRINTH ..." printed on the board. This is referring to the Greek mythology of the Minotaur. -> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur"