Mutable Instruments Ambika with 6 SVF Voicecards

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"'Trusted Builders' #4. LCD is a White on Black Optrex."

Shanti Mantel (Ambient Step Live Jam with Curetronic ModularSynth and more)

Published on Feb 24, 2013 darshonaut·27 videos

"A Live Jam.

Sequenced with MPC 1000, Theis Dual Skip Sequencer and Doepfer Dark Time.

Sounds form Clavia Nord Drum, Curetronic Modular Synth, Microkorg and iPad (iPolysix & MorphWizz)

Recorded to Zoom R16 and mixed in Reaper."

Spectralis Tutorials 3 & 4 by acemonvw

Tutorials 3 & 4 have been added to this post. Note these are functional tutorials vs. audio demos.

Spirits of Lemuria / playing with TenoriOn & Virus C

Published on Feb 24, 2013 Stefan Beckhusen·120 videos

"A little bit more drive this time ;)
The music is made with Yamaha Tenori On, Access Virus C and Korg M50 (additional drums). The video of my playing the Tenori On isn't absolute perfect in synth. This time i used 3 layers life with intern sounds, in case of this the mastering isn't really perfect.
The Virus C makes the synthesizer voices and an additional drum track comes from the Korg M50.
The song download is available at: http://beyondthelines.bandcamp.com/tr..."

Tenori-Ons on eBay

KORG monotribe X8 - FIRECRACKER / BakaOscillator

Published on Feb 24, 2013

"Composed by Martin Denny.
Use, KORG monotribe 8, SDD-1000, Doepfer Schaltwerk.
Full CV/Gate controlled."

monotribes on eBay

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Modular Battle 2

Published on Feb 23, 2013 Metunar·6 videos

"Modular Synthesizer Patch with only 2 Modules. That's not really music, it's more a sound experiment. I used the Doepfer A-112 Sampler in rec mode as sample rate reduction effect. The Doepfer A-188-1 BBD with 2014 stages makes the short stereo delay effect."

Goldbaby Studio Tour & Urban Cookbook Volume 2

Published on Feb 23, 2013

"A little tour of Goldbaby studio. http://www.goldbaby.co.nz/"

Synth spotting with Goldbaby makers of fine sample sets.

Update: Goldbaby just released Urban Cookbook Volume 2. You'll find samples on site.

"Time to cook up some more delicious beats... the cookbook has a sequel! Including more ingredients which are full of saturated fat, MSG, a heap of sugar and certainly not suitable for a low cholesterol diet. These new recipes are perfect for these dishes: Hip Hop, Dub Step, Drum & Bass, Breaks, Grime, Dance Hall, Electro... Although chefs making other dishes like: IDM, House and Techno will appreciate the varied high quality ingredients. Punchy Kicks, Solid Snares, Hi Hats, Toms, Percussion, Claps, Cymbals, Layering tools, FX, Vinyl Hits, Chord Hits, Bass Tools and Rex Loops... just over 1 GB of the freshest ingredients.

With patches for Maschine & Mikro, Battery 3, Kontakt 4, Geist, Refill (Reason 6.5) and Logic's EXS-24.

You will need the full version of Kontakt 4 or 5 to use the Kontakt patches. The free player will only load them in demo mode."

Casio Ht-6000 part 4

Published on Feb 23, 2013 ikworgek·50 videos

"Demo track of the casio HT-6000 synth/ keyboard.
All sounds from the casio.
Some reverb and delay

enjoy!"

All parts here.

Casio HT-6000s on eBay

Richard Devine's Massive Modular Patch

via Richard Devine on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Last night's modular patch :-)"

http://www.richard-devine.com

The Packrat Sampler Arrives

My copy of The Packrat Sampler  has arrived!  I thought I'd post some pics up along with a note on why this book is extremely special to me.  I started MATRIXSYNTH in blog format back on July 20th of 2005. The first post on The Packrat went up on Halloween of that year  (with two prior references here and here).   The Packrat was with me on year one and has been a staple on the site ever since.  The MATRIXSYNTH Packrat image pictured on the right of the site went up on August 2, 2006, and to my surprise and complete honor it graces the cover of the book!

The Packrat pretty much symbolizes the true inner synth obsessed in all of us.  He took a little hiatus in 2006 and came back in 2007 and has been going strong since.  He brought us synth dreams and Buchla Christmas wishes.  He has a significant place in synth history as the longest running, if not the only running, true synthesizer based comic strip.  Because of that, and because of the awesome coolness of the man behind the strip, Mr. Dave C. Lovelace, who brought us much of the artwork behind Metasonix products as well as his other comic strips, and plays ripping keys in his band Parallax, I highly recommend this book.  Check out that Tron keytar (more here)!

In all seriousness, The Packrat, also featured in Keyboard Magazine, is part of synth history.  Not only does the book feature each episode of the comic, you get the history behind each including interesting tidbits you might miss in the comic otherwise, and you get a 12-page adventure never seen anywhere else (which includes another MATRIXSYNTH appearance).

Seriously, get this book now!  It's dirt cheap, it's synth history, and it is AWESOME!

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