MATRIXSYNTH

Monday, October 22, 2012

HarsH Noise Generator

Published on Oct 22, 2012 by kinetiklab

"HNG is a minimalist noise generator.
Feed it in your effect chain.
Make noise."

CASIO PT-50 by S-CAT (Circuit Bent)

Published on Oct 22, 2012 by PHONICPOTION

"Circuit bent with 12 modifications"

S-CAT on eBay

Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) - Get That Sound

Published on Oct 22, 2012 by FutureMusicMagazine

"The title track from 1983's Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This) album has one of the most instantly recognisable synth riffs around. There have been many different theories about the synths used on it, but the consensus seems to be that either an Oberheim OB-X was used for both the left and right riffs, or perhaps a Juno-6 and Roland SH-09 for the left and right channel riffs, probably sequenced using a Roland CSQ-100."

Vintage Paperface Serge Synthesizer - Negative Slew Test 1

Published on Oct 22, 2012 by DJjondent

"First audio test of the Serge Dual negative slew module. A credit to whoever built this almost 40 years ago. Sounds awesome even without a filter.

In the upper Slew I've patched the pulse output into the input to make the oscillator.
The lower slew provides the clock for the sequencer.

Check out Ken Stone's description of the negative Slew:
http://www.cgs.synth.net/modules/cgs82_negative_slew.html

The upper panel has two programmers (4 steps each)."

【DEMO】KORG KROME

Published on Oct 22, 2012 by musictrackjp

DEMO by Katsunori UJIIE.

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KORG KROME's on eBay

Music Ipad App: Yamaha Visual Performer

Published on Oct 22, 2012 by musicgearvideos909

"Music Ipad App first look at Yamaha music app Visual Performer. Free but does have in-app purchases. It looks nice but useful as a music making tool? Probably not. Worth checking out."

iTunes:
Visual Performer - US - Yamaha Corporation of America
iPads on eBay
iPod Touch on eBay

Roland CR 68 demo

Published on Oct 21, 2012 by superfroe

"Just a general run-through of the fabulous CR-68 "CompuRhythm" analog drum machine (little brother of the legendary CR-78). The CR-78 is what's heard on Phil Collins' "In the air tonight", among other classic records. The '68 is the same sound engine as the '78, but with a few less programming "features" (a few less buttons)."

circut bent creation

Published on Oct 21, 2012 by SuperRoss007

Dementia Labs on eBay

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Exclusive Moog Minitaur Review - All the Bass & More for Less

This is a MATRIXSYNTH review...

A brand new Moog Minitaur will set you back $599, a Slim Phatty, $795, an RME Voyager, $2695. So how does the Minitaur sound compared to its siblings? Pretty darn incredible.

For this review I had access to both a Minimoog Voyager and a vintage Minimoog Model D for comparison, and the Minitaur more than held its own. Actually it was capable of sounding identical to the Voyager with roughly equivalent settings. The Model D, whether due to age or physical design, has a brighter, fizzier, more unstable characteristic to it compared to both. It's kind of like the original Minimoog has a wild beast inside it while the Voyager and Minitaur have managed to keep that beast under control. I used to think of an analogy where the Model D sounds like it has a Tasmanian Devil inside it, while the Voyager has Darth Vader. Well, the Minitaur adds a massive fat bull. All three are extremely powerful sounding synths. The bass the Minitaur produces is as full as it gets and the filter gets wide open. It was a bit shocking when I first heard it. The Minitaur might be slimmed down in price, but sonically it has all the fat you will ever need.

As the Voyager sounded closest to the Minitaur, I primarily focused on it for comparison. For the most part I could get the Minitaur to sound identical, but there were subtle differences. An interesting thing I noticed was that the filter on the Minitaur seemed to open more than the Voyager, but then I realized that on the Voyager the filter opens up more if you apply the envelope to it. Once I adjusted the envelope on the Voyager, they sounded nearly identical. The saw waves were identical and the pulse waves varied a little, but I believe this was likely due to additional pulse width settings on the Voyager that the Minitaur does not have. I found myself spending more time attempting to get the Voyager to sound like the Minitaur vs. the other way around. This was clearly due to the extra parameters on the Voyager, and it reminded me that sometimes less can be more. With pulse waves, the Minitaur sounded a little more rounded, smooth and fuller. In many cases where I couldn't sonically hear a difference, I could feel it. A funny side note is I have an overhead lamp in the studio I did my testing in. The lamp has a metal hood over a small glass dome for the bulb enclosure that rattles with significant bass. It rarely happens but I noticed it happening quite a bit with the Minitaur. I decided to take the Minitaur, Voyager and Model D to town with a rattle test. The Minitaur won. It consistently produced the most intense lamp rattle. :) This is not too surprising considering Moog's reputation for bass, and that the Minitaur is based on the Moog Taurus 3 bass pedals, which in turn was based on the original Taurus I released back in 1975 (note the Taurus II unlike the I & 3 was based on the Moog Rogue - this is significant, and I'll comment on this in the summary). It's worth noting that although there are other dedicated bass synthesizers out there, there are essentially two types - TB-303 emulators and thundering bass pedals. The Minitaur of course is based on the latter, and few synths sound as full. The Novation BassStation keyboard which is also analog, for example, was geared more towards TB-303 emulation and does not really compare to the Minitaur.

Before we get into specs and finally the summary, there are a few things you need to know off the bat regarding the Minitaur:

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