MATRIXSYNTH

Bugbrand Modular vid #1 & #2

Published on Feb 10, 2013 Phisynth·61 videos

Bugbrand Modular vid #2

the nebulophone by bleep labs in action

Published on Feb 10, 2013 pianoloft·179 videos

"the nebulophone is a very small synthesizer. the concept is very clever, so you have a lot of possibilities of sound and musical structure. you can play melodies with the stylus, you can create arpeggios and small sequences, but also wild and chaotic experimental noise-eruptions. at first there is a melody in the vid, and later on some noisy stuff, where the instrument was run through a pitch shifter delay effect of the roland sp-404sx. other instruments used: the optical noise brick, handbuilt by dr.moonstien ( http://www.youtube.com/user/drmoonsti... ) and a sound of the roland gaia sh-01."

http://www.bleeplabs.com/
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Modular Wild Presents SOUNDS-Grendel Formant Filter Modulation

Published on Feb 10, 2013 modularwild·16 videos

"A brief demonstration of the modulation possibilities of the Grendel Formant filter. Livewire Vulcan Modulator used as Modulation source.This filter is available from Rare Waves,LLC. For more information check out ericarcher.net. Sound and Video by Raul Pena.© 2013 Raul Pena"

Tears Of Stainless Steel - Memorymoog

"My ode to the Memorymoog! I love this big beast of a synth. All the synth lines in this piece are from this American classic. Composing with it is like riding a mechanical bull, a real ride!"

via Ned Bouhalassa on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Drivkraft - Went On A Walk by Drivkraft@Play

"Another track made with only The Realistic Concertmate MG-1.

All drum and synth sounds made with The Realistic Concertmate MG-1. (Yes, it's a Moog)
vintagesynth.com
No MIDI, no sync. Mono out - Tube amp - TC Electronic Impact Twin.
All audio sequenced and processed in Cubase 5.

Additional filter - FabFilter
Delay - FabFilter
Reverb - D16 Group
EQ and dynamics - Waves

Have at it."

via Anders Olofsson on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

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An Interview with David Borden - The Early Days of Moog

"In the late '50s he attended the Eastman School of Music, in Rochester (NY) and it was during this time that he discovered the electronic music of Otto Luening, the man who founded the Columbia-Princeton Center for Electronic Music with Vladimir Ussachevsky. This interest in electronic music eventually led David to meet Robert Moog in 1967 and - two years later - to found the first all synthesizer ensemble, Mother Mallard Portable Masterpiece Co. In the early years, Mother Mallard used monophonic modular Moog synthesizers and was the first live act to take the Minimoog on stage - when it was still being developed - in May, 1970. Mother Mallard recorded some great pieces that still sound fresh and modern nowadays!"

via Astronauta Pinguim where you'll find the full interview. You'll find links to additional interviews by Astronauta Pinguim here.

Dagda's Magic Harp

Published on Feb 10, 2013 copperleaves·57 videos

"This is one of many stories about the mythological king of ancient Ireland, know as 'Dagda' (pronounced "dada"). Dagda is said to have possessed, among other wonderful things, a magical harp which he could use to produce supernatural phenomena. This story was first written down by Christian monks around the 12th century AD, but at that time it was already ancient and had been handed down verbally for more than a thousand years.

According to legend, there were two tribes living in Ireland at the time of King Dagda: the Fomorians who were small and dark haired people, and the Celtic "Tuatha De Danaan" who were tall, light skinned and blond and whose leader was King Dagda. It seems they were constantly at war and this particular tale has to do with the time the Fomorians stole Dagda's magic harp (something which turned out to be a very bad idea).

The instrument I am using to accompany myself in this song is a two part affair of my own devising which I call the 'tibicen' (the Latin word for "piper"). It is entirely electronic, and consists of a small keyboard which sits in my lap, and a pedalboard (similar to a church organ) on the floor in floor in front of me. Nothing was added to this performance and there are no overdubs or additions of any kind. This is exactly the way it was performed.

The pedalboard provides the drone, while the keyboard plays melody. The instrument has a huge range, can play in any key, and I have tried to show some of what it can do in this video.

In ancient time, when sagas of this sort were performed, they sometimes went on for hours. I had to cut this down to its bare essentials in order to bring it in under eight minutes. The unedited story contains a lot of interesting details but I didn't want to bore everyone by going on too long!"