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MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013: John Bowen Demos the Rotors on the Solaris

Published on Mar 18, 2013 matrixsynth·274 videos

One of my favorite features of the John Bowen Solaris. You won't find this in other synths. The simplest way to think of a rotor is a cycle through four oscillators. You can set whatever oscillators you want in the four rotor slots in any order you like, including up to four external audio inputs. If you want you can set all rotors to just OSC 1. Why would you do that? Because you can set modulations on OSC 1 and then use the rotor to skip through the changes. You can then cycle the rotor into the audio frequency range to create new timbres not possible on other synths. You can also adjust the crossfade level for the rotor for either smooth sounding or more edgy transitions. Everything is open to modulation as well. This is a new and pretty incredible method of timbral synthesis for source oscillators when you think about it. Be sure to see the John Bowen Synth Design website for more.

A side note: this marks the last post of my own content on the MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013. More is coming in from others though, so stay tuned.

MMTA Spring SYNTHFEST 2013: Computer Controlled - Octotrack & TT-303

Published on Mar 18, 2013 matrixsynth·273 videos

Part of Computer Controlled's performance with the Cyclone Analogic TT-303 & Elektron Octatrack. Apologies for the audio quality on this one. It sounded much better live. The TT-303 sounded great BTW.

Again, these videos are meant to give you a look at the event. Be sure to see the MMTA SYNTHFEST 2013 label for all posts on the event this year. I leave the link up on the top right of the site for a little bit while new posts come in.

VR Panoramas of Seattle Area Artist Studios - Project Seeks Local Musicians

This is just a heads up for those that might be interested. Bradford Bohonus specializes in high resolution panoramic photography. You might remember some of his panorama's of this year's MMTA SYNTHFEST from this post. He is looking for more musicians to be represented in his on-going personal project photographing local Seattle area artists in their studios. ( See: http://www.bohonus.com/artists/ ). Let him know If you are local to the Seattle area and would like to participate. There is no cost, and you are welcome to post links to the finished panoramas on your website, Facebook, Twitter etc.

FREE Modular Synthesis Workshop at Make Noise (Asheville NC)

via Richard Devine on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge:

"Doing a FREE Modular Synthesis Workshop at Make Noise (Asheville NC) and special modular solo performance the night before."

RSVP here, performance details here.

MiniSynth 2 vs. Werkbench

Published on Mar 18, 2013

"We got our hands on Yonac's miniSynth 2 yesterday and fell in love! Werkbench jam starts at 2:07."

iTunes:
WerkBench - Bolasol, Inc.
miniSynth 2 - Yonac Inc.
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Octi Likes Samples

Published on Mar 18, 2013 ipassenger·11 videos

"A little messabout on the Octatrack, showing how it can easily create lots of weirdness from a basic instrumental loop.

A monomachine loop provided the original raw material but only the octatrack is used in this video."

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Corey Henry (Kronos Sound Demonstration)

Published on Mar 18, 2013 KorgUSAVideos·346 videos

"Solo artist and Snarky Puppy keyboardist, Cory Henry, joined us at Korg USA for a test drive of the Korg Kronos X, along with the optional EXs, and KRS Expansion Sample Series libraries available at http://www.korg.com/kronossoundlibraries

As an established gospel and jazz fusion keyboardist, Cory knows the importance of having an inspiring instrument at your fingertips: "The Kronos does a great job of making you feel as if the instrument that you're playing is right in the same room as you. Every time I browse another sound, it kind of gets me into a different place that makes me just want to play, as if I am a violin player, or if I have an actual electric piano in my house. It does a great job of making you feel that you're playing the actual instrument."

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ROKTON UDS — RARE VINTAGE SOVIET ANALOG DRUM KIT SYNTHESIZER

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"It has 5 identical channels (which can be used & edited freely) for BASS DRUM, HIGH TOM, MIDDLE TOM, LOW TOM, SNARE and two channels for Hi-hats and Cymbals. In every channel you can change: trigger signal sensitivity, base tone pitch, pitch envelope time, amount of pitch modulation, noise/tone ballance, filter's cutoff for noise, accent amount, channel's volume. The synth has also built-in beatbox with 16 patterns. The beatbox and the synthesizer are independent modules so they can work at the same time freely..."