Published on Sep 30, 2013 Todd Barton·119 videos
"using the keyboard's arpeggiator to drive the on board Sequential Voltage Source -- some fun little patterns and timbres. . ."
Monday, September 30, 2013
SSF Mixmode Saturator VS BD808
Published on Sep 30, 2013 SteadyStateFate·22 videos
"MIXMODE saturating a dynamic signal source.
More info about MIXMODE at www.steadystatefate.com
The BD808 is fed into MIXMODE's mixer saturation circuitry. The effects of the saturator on a bass kick is demonstrated at various settings.
The bass kick is then also hard clipped by the SSF GND CTRL - audio and CV utility.
While the signal peaks are hard clipped, the tail of the kick remains in MIXMODE's saturation region and increases so, as the volume level is increased. This is in effect a multistage distortion capable of a large palette of harmonic overtones.
On it's own, MIXMODEs saturation circuit is unique. As the bias/clipping level is reduced, the signal's peaks are first softly rounded and then squashed.
So the effect is a combination of soft clipping and compression of the signal peaks. This allows for a wider variety of tones and phase shifting effects are heard when biased or voltage controlled.
Increasing the volume begins to saturate the entire signal, adding life and animation. Driven further, the signal begins to hard clip via GND CTRL, which introduces a quicker occurrence of high order harmonics. You can hear the changes as the signal retreats from hard clipping back into pure saturation.
MIXMODE is not just a saturator, it is a very high fidelity, precision attenuator, inverting attenuator, adder/subtracter, full color signal polarity indicator and high end DC coupled audio and control voltage mixer!
More videos and walkthroughs to come from Steady State Fate!
Enjoy!"
"MIXMODE saturating a dynamic signal source.
More info about MIXMODE at www.steadystatefate.com
The BD808 is fed into MIXMODE's mixer saturation circuitry. The effects of the saturator on a bass kick is demonstrated at various settings.
The bass kick is then also hard clipped by the SSF GND CTRL - audio and CV utility.
While the signal peaks are hard clipped, the tail of the kick remains in MIXMODE's saturation region and increases so, as the volume level is increased. This is in effect a multistage distortion capable of a large palette of harmonic overtones.
On it's own, MIXMODEs saturation circuit is unique. As the bias/clipping level is reduced, the signal's peaks are first softly rounded and then squashed.
So the effect is a combination of soft clipping and compression of the signal peaks. This allows for a wider variety of tones and phase shifting effects are heard when biased or voltage controlled.
Increasing the volume begins to saturate the entire signal, adding life and animation. Driven further, the signal begins to hard clip via GND CTRL, which introduces a quicker occurrence of high order harmonics. You can hear the changes as the signal retreats from hard clipping back into pure saturation.
MIXMODE is not just a saturator, it is a very high fidelity, precision attenuator, inverting attenuator, adder/subtracter, full color signal polarity indicator and high end DC coupled audio and control voltage mixer!
More videos and walkthroughs to come from Steady State Fate!
Enjoy!"
Synth Spotting with FARTBARF
FARTBARF 20130926 from LADY HUMP on Vimeo.
"FartBarf Live at Studio Hermosa Sept. 26th 2013 (3 songs) (the show was actually on the 25th but they didn't come on till after midnight so you figure it out...)"
I spy: DSI Mopho, Moog Little Phatty, Tom Oberheim SEM, Arturia Minibrute & DSI Mopho X4.
This one in via Grant of musictechnologiesgroup.
KILLED BY SYNTH - 16 NERVOUS SYNTH PUNK TRACKS
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via this auction
Three videos below.
"KILLED BY SYNTH - 16 NERVOUS SYNTH PUNK TRACKS - NEW
RECORD NEW / MINT
1- SHOX LUMANIA – SIGNALS – 1981 – NEW
YORK
2- LAST FOUR (4) DIGITS – CITY STREETS -1980 - INDIANAPOLIS
3- RED ASPHALT – RED ASPHALT – 1981 – SAN FRANCISCO
4- A-MOS – MODERN NOISE – 1980 – DETROIT CITY
5- ACTIVE INGREDIENTS – LAUNDROMAT LOVERBOY –
1979 – NEW YORK
6- BPA- BUS – 1983 - CINCINNATI
7- ASBESTOS ROCK PYLE – POLICE STATE – 1983 DETROIT CITY
All Connected - Modular Event in Brussels, Belgium Starting in October
The title 'All Connected' is inspired by the idea of Dick Raaijmakers. He destabilised his studio and created unpredictable noises for pieces like Plumes and Flux, by connecting everything to everything and turning up the voltage as high as it would go - See more at: [link]"
You'll find full details on the event here: http://www.abconcerts.be/en/projects/p/detail/all-connected
Some additional details in via Mich:
"First day of the series [October 22] is with Daniël De Wereldvermaarde Botanicus with his collection of Korg MS synths, W. Ravenveer with a Eurorack modular system, a screening of a short Eliane Radigue documentary and Makino Takeshi will screen his movie Recorder with music from Jim O’Rourke.
On the second date, December 6, we will have Kassel Jaeger of GRM coming over with an all night event on the Coupigny synth and the INA-GRM.
Other dates will be announced soon."
Also:
In early 2014 there will also be specials on IPEM and on the San Francisco Tape Music Center. You'll find the ‘general’ project page for that here:
http://www.abconcerts.be/en/projects/p/detail/all-connected
DIY Synth Time-lapse
Published on Sep 21, 2013 themonkeybars·2 videos
"A time-lapse of a DIY synthesizer. Shot using an iPhone with a time lapse app capturing 1 frame every 5 seconds at 800x600 resolution. 46000 frames total give or take a few frames here and there. The time-lapse covers every aspect of the build from start to finish, what it does not show you are the countless hours of reading, researching, tuning and yes even a little bit of trouble shooting.
The synth is comprised of mainly MFOS (Music From Outer Space) DIY kits. The Sound Lab Ultimate, 16 step sequencer, and cv/gate buffer are among some of the many great kits available from them. MFOS is a great resource for the beginner as well as avid DIY enthusiast. A custom layout was created to incorporate all these modules as well as some other custom bits onto one panel. By creating my own layout I was also able to incorporate a neat graphic EQ style led bar display that reacts to the sounds created by the synth. The upper right of the synth is were the control patching takes place, the bottom half is for making the sounds, and the top left is the 16 step sequencer.
The audio for the video was cut from a series of live on the fly Robotlegs style jams. Nothing rehearsed all off the top off your head stuff here folks, trim the fat and leave the tasty bits. Comprised of four computers running Ableton live synced via midi with all audio channel eventually ending up routed to the master clock computer for recording, Most of the synth style sounds were created using the synth in this video as well as two synths similar to the one in this video( MFOS Ultimate, Sound Lab Mini Synth Plus) Additional sounds come from a, Korg Monotribe, Monotron, A Nord Clav style keyboard, as well as various other digital and analog wizardry."
"A time-lapse of a DIY synthesizer. Shot using an iPhone with a time lapse app capturing 1 frame every 5 seconds at 800x600 resolution. 46000 frames total give or take a few frames here and there. The time-lapse covers every aspect of the build from start to finish, what it does not show you are the countless hours of reading, researching, tuning and yes even a little bit of trouble shooting.
The synth is comprised of mainly MFOS (Music From Outer Space) DIY kits. The Sound Lab Ultimate, 16 step sequencer, and cv/gate buffer are among some of the many great kits available from them. MFOS is a great resource for the beginner as well as avid DIY enthusiast. A custom layout was created to incorporate all these modules as well as some other custom bits onto one panel. By creating my own layout I was also able to incorporate a neat graphic EQ style led bar display that reacts to the sounds created by the synth. The upper right of the synth is were the control patching takes place, the bottom half is for making the sounds, and the top left is the 16 step sequencer.
The audio for the video was cut from a series of live on the fly Robotlegs style jams. Nothing rehearsed all off the top off your head stuff here folks, trim the fat and leave the tasty bits. Comprised of four computers running Ableton live synced via midi with all audio channel eventually ending up routed to the master clock computer for recording, Most of the synth style sounds were created using the synth in this video as well as two synths similar to the one in this video( MFOS Ultimate, Sound Lab Mini Synth Plus) Additional sounds come from a, Korg Monotribe, Monotron, A Nord Clav style keyboard, as well as various other digital and analog wizardry."
x0xb0x, Tempest, A4 jam
Published on Sep 29, 2013 Kevin Polzer·36 videos
"All analog jam session. some a4 lines are bad key,,,,woops but i like the mistakes"
Microspheres - Philhelmon 2009 (new mix)
Published on May 22, 2013 Philhelmon·37 videos
via Henk Bol on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge
"'Microspheres' is an outtake from the 2012 album, 'Enjoy it while it lasts'. But somehow I still like the song and want to share it on my YouTube channel. It's inspired by all those great synthesizer performances of the past but also the pioneering work by all those legendary people at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Philhelmon received raving press and radio reviews/interviews worldwide. The CD was mastered in New York City and involved some excellent singing and playing by a wonderful cast of national and international musicians.
If I were you I would get my hands on one of the last copy's of this beautiful physical Deluxe 3 gatefold card case CD. This Limited Edition with a 26 page artwork booklet is almost sold out! Only a few copies left now!
Thank you for watching and as always feel free to subscribe on YouTube or Henk Bol/Philhelmon on Facebook.
Hope you enjoy.
Best regards,
Henk"
via Henk Bol on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge
"'Microspheres' is an outtake from the 2012 album, 'Enjoy it while it lasts'. But somehow I still like the song and want to share it on my YouTube channel. It's inspired by all those great synthesizer performances of the past but also the pioneering work by all those legendary people at the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.
Philhelmon received raving press and radio reviews/interviews worldwide. The CD was mastered in New York City and involved some excellent singing and playing by a wonderful cast of national and international musicians.
If I were you I would get my hands on one of the last copy's of this beautiful physical Deluxe 3 gatefold card case CD. This Limited Edition with a 26 page artwork booklet is almost sold out! Only a few copies left now!
Thank you for watching and as always feel free to subscribe on YouTube or Henk Bol/Philhelmon on Facebook.
Hope you enjoy.
Best regards,
Henk"
Analogue Preservation - An Unpublished Synth Book Featuring Hi-Res Pics
via Tim Mantle on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge
"About 7 years ago for a Final university project I created a book called Analogue Preservation. I shot a lot of synths using a Hasselblad HD back. Here is a small selection of images from that book...there are many more of these. One of these images shows a section of the Arp 2600 to give you an idea of the clarity I got from the camera I was using. I wanted to record these synths in extreme detail so you could go to the book and know exactly what each synth could do, bye eye rather than reading a spec. There is only one book but I still have all the high rez pictures (facebook obviously compresses these to nasty jpg). Graduated with a first in Photographic Arts"
Pictured here: EMS VCS3 & CRICKLEWOOD Keyboard, ARP 2600, Yamaha CS50, Roland Jupiter-6, Roland TB-303, Roland SH-5.
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