MATRIXSYNTH

Sunday, November 25, 2012

SOLARIS Estradin 314 SOVIET ANALOG POLY SYNTHESIZER

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"Up for auction is very rare soviet analog polyphonic synthesizer - SOLARIS (Estradin-314). It was manufacture on the same "Estradin" military radio plant in Zhitomir city where was produced power moog-type synths Altair-231, Estradin-230 in eighties. SOLARIS uses organ style drawbars to create the basic tone, and has a analog filtering as well. Inside it has 12 voice boards that correspond to each key in an octave, and then uses a divide down system to get to the other octaves. Because of this the sound of the oscillators are really thick and meaty. The filter is really extreme and sounds fantastic, as well the envelope is really punchy, so you get great synth stabs, sweeps and percussive organy sounds. If you use the envelope and filter sections carefully you can get great moogy leads out of it, warm organ sounds, flying ambient textures, in the high resisters it can sound like a string machine, or even a theremin if you crank the resonance. It has tons of character and can sounds really unique!

Estradin 314 Solaris CONTROL PANEL:

-Pitch bend

FILTER section: Envelope amount, Cutoff, Resonance, Attack, Sustain, Release.

REGISTERS section: Harmonics 1-5 ( 8", 4", 2", 2 2/3", 1" ).

VIBRATO section: Lfo speed, Lfo pitch amount, Lfo filter amount.

-Amplifier release

-Brilliance ( Filter blend )

-Tune

-Power On/Off

CONNECTIONS: output 1/4 jack, pedal 5-din input, power plug, fuse.

The supply voltage - 220-230V/50Hz. For use with 110/127V, a voltage converter is necessary."

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Distant Drums - Make a track with wilhelm scream sample on Octatrack

Published on Nov 25, 2012 by darenager

"Octatrack Science Lab 4 entry - Make a track using just the Octatrack and the wilhem scream foley sample. Good fun, if you have an Octatrack head over to the Elektron Users forum and take part. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_scream"

Circuit Bent Primeval Anomaly Detector & Keyboard by freeform delusion

Circuit Bent Primeval Anomaly Detector by freeform delusion

Published on Nov 25, 2012 by freeformdelusion
"Primeval Anomaly Detector

switched mono mini jack output
blue LED
pitch up/down control

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Circuit Bent Keyboard by freeform delusion

Published on Nov 25, 2012 by freeformdelusion
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Circuit Bent Keyboard

switched 1/4inch jack output
switchable noise/distortion with volume control
pitch down control

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RC CIRCUIT BENT 'LUNAR MACHINE MODULE' SPACE DRONE NOISE GENERATOR SYNTH

Published on Nov 25, 2012 by djwidow420
"ONE OFF NOISE MACHINE"

Resonance Circuits on eBay (RSS)

Grendel Drone Commander - Weekend Demo

Published on Nov 24, 2012 by ozashikiTECHNO

"Grendel Drone Commander + Propellerhead Reason FX"

カオスパッドの練習 3 - Gelbes Zimmer / BakaOscillator

Published on Nov 24, 2012 by BakaOscillator
"Composed by BakaOscillator.
Use, KORG KP3, KP QUAD, KORG M01."

Mixer Warmth/Distortion Demo 2

Published on Nov 24, 2012 by JohnLRice

"This is a demo of the type of desirable distortion that can be obtained when creating a patch with an original Moog Modular mixer, modern STG mixer or equivalent clone/mixer with a similar design.

See related discussion thread here:
http://forum.moogmusic.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=14247
and here
http://www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=59825"

Saturday, November 24, 2012

GEM PK 4900

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via this auction

Check out the side panels.

"This is a mega rare digitally controlled analog synthesizer. I was told that Radiohead used one of these on the Kid A album. It's a very unique and special synthesizer with multiple uses and many exotic sounds. There is a string section called Instastrings, a polyphonic section called Polytron and a monophonic section called Monotron. There is two separate outs in the back for poly and mono. The string section has preset buttons with the following sounds: Sustain, Violas, Violins The poly section has preset buttons with the following sounds: Brass I, Brass II, Horns, Chorus, Vibrato Delay The mono section has preset buttons with the following sounds: Synthy Wah, Reed, Funky Solo, Jazz Pulse, Pop Synthy, Trombone, Trumpet, Pan flute, Mod, SEC, Chorus, Auto Bender There is a 4 knob control section on the far right with a volume, Tone, Portamento and Tune."

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New 2012 Vako Orchestron Discs - SOLO TRUMPET & TROMBONE

New 2012 Vako Orchestron Disc - SOLO TRUMPET

Published on Nov 24, 2012 by optigandotcom

"Now available at http://www.optigan.com/shoptigan

A new release in our line of Vako Orchestron discs, SOLO TRUMPET. It's unlikely that there will be sufficient demand to do a second run of 25 of these discs, so your best bet is to buy as many of these as you need while you can! Any future additional copies will most likely be done as one-offs, which are twice as expensive to produce, and thus will cost twice as much.

SOLO TRUMPET is an entirely NEW sound for the Orchestron. This is an actual acoustic trumpet sound, taken from the original Optigan/Orchestron master tapes, but never actually heard on any Optigan or Orchestron disc until now! Please excuse my awful playing here, which is just a quick noodle to demonstrate the sound!

PLEASE NOTE: This disc WILL NOT play properly in an Optigan! They WILL play, but the sounds will NOT be mapped correctly to the keyboard- they will be mapped mostly haphazardly across the chord buttons. Please don't order this disc expecting to easily use it in an Optigan. In the future we will be porting the Orchestron sounds to the Optigan- please be patient! :)

Stay tuned for more Orchestron discs, both new and remastered titles!"

New 2012 Vako Orchestron Disc - SOLO TROMBONE

Published on Nov 24, 2012 by optigandotcom

"Now available at http://www.optigan.com/shoptigan

A new release in our line of Vako Orchestron discs, SOLO TROMBONE. It's unlikely that there will be sufficient demand to do a second run of 25 of these discs, so your best bet is to buy as many of these as you need while you can! Any future additional copies will most likely be done as one-offs, which are twice as expensive to produce, and thus will cost twice as much.

SOLO TROMBONE is an entirely NEW sound for the Orchestron. This is an actual acoustic trombone sound, taken from the original Optigan/Orchestron master tapes, but never actually heard on any Optigan or Orchestron disc until now! Please excuse my awful playing here, which is just a quick noodle to demonstrate the sound!

PLEASE NOTE: This disc WILL NOT play properly in an Optigan! They WILL play, but the sounds will NOT be mapped correctly to the keyboard- they will be mapped mostly haphazardly across the chord buttons. Please don't order this disc expecting to easily use it in an Optigan. In the future we will be porting the Orchestron sounds to the Optigan- please be patient! :)

Stay tuned for more Orchestron discs, both new and remastered titles!"

4ms Sack Lunch

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D.I.Y. 4ms Noise Swash Kit in Original Bag via this auction

"Everything you need to build a "mini" Swash (8 knobs/2 flip version). Includes all components, a drilled aluminum box, and the PC Board. **2nd photo is a stock photo. Nob models may vary**"

Video below.