MATRIXSYNTH

"Treat Yourself" Vintage Sequential Circuits Birthday Cake Ad

via DSI on Facebook

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the full post.

"Sequential Circuits Inc. Model 700 Programmer and Model 800 Sequencer 'Treat Yourself' advertisement from page 11 of Contemporary Keyboard Magazine May 1980."

Doepfer A174 Joystick Controlled CV Conclusion-Quadrophonic Example

Published on Feb 6, 2014 Raul's World of Synths·251 videos

"The final in the Doepfer A174 Joystick series. A short demonstration of the Quadrophonic Patch from the Doepfer A174 Manual. Sound and Video by Raul Pena"

All parts here.

The Contemporary Austin - Tech Sounds! Bleep Labs Workshop

Published on Feb 6, 2014 Bleep Labs·30 videos

"Bleep Labs and the Contemporary Austin are proud to present Tech Sounds, an all ages, solder-free, synthesizer workshop.

thecontemporaryaustin.org/2012/second-saturdays-are-for-families/
bleeplabs.com/2014/02/06/noise1/"

Dark Side of the Tune's Compound - Free Drum Sample Library

Published on Feb 6, 2014 darksideothetune·17 videos

"Analog and acoustic drum sounds blend together in Compound, a free drum sample library from Dark Side of the Tune. Sounds are a unique concoction of warm synthetic and crisp realism, summed through subtle compression to combine the two elements into one.

Compound's reactionary palette excels in deep Dubstep, Hip-hop, and Trap, to Drum and Bass and Techno, and many other genres.

All files are offered in 44.1 kHz, 24 and 16 Bit resolution to accommodate most samplers and software, and are filed for easy reference.

If you would like to contribute to the hard work it took to make these samples, please visit our store at www.darksideofthetune.com and purchase one of the many sample libraries available.

Direct Link: drive.google.com/file/d/0BzLbZ1FM…edit?usp=sharing"

via Shawn Shirey on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Rattly and Raw Present The CasSYNTHerette

"The CasSYNTHerette includes two synths, both using classic waveforms from some of popular music cultures favourite synths - However each instrument was processed with a different cassette mechanism - Instrument 01 was recorded to a high quality, rare, stable and full range Japanese cassette recorder. Whereas instrument 02 used the dirty, noisy Cassamplerette recording mechanism. We have included many presets that highlight how versatile this synth can be!

Two synths, one using waveforms from classic synthesisers sampled from a very rare , stable, full range cassette recorder with loads of character and the other using waveforms sampled using the dirty noisy Cassamplerette recording mechanism.

Whilst the Cassamplerette was looped and single shot recordings of real instruments, the CasSYNTHerette is a fully functional synthesis instrument using waveforms from some classic synth oscillators recorded and looped onto different cassette tape systems.

All this for £20

Both CasSYNTHerettes share the same features:
FOUR cassette tape-based waveform oscillator faders: Square, Triangle, PWM and Soft (a combination wave from a classic synth)
Additional SUB oscillator fader
Tape cassette noise fader with stereo and tone controls
Individual waveform tuning via tape speed controls
Individual waveform pans
HP/LP Filter + LFO + Envelope
Amplitude envelope
x2 custom convolution reverbs with tone control. One very rare cranky vintage spring verb and one old spacey hardware digital verb!
Fully controllable delay
Two state distortion control with 'soften' control
Saturation control
LoFi (Bitcrush) control
Chorus and Flanger Controls
Wonkiness control - magnify the cassette tape wobbliness
Switchable MONO/POLY
Loads of PRESETS
The demos are at the top of the page here:

http://www.rattlyandraw.com/demos.html"

Dave Smith Instruments ships Prophet 12 module based on flagship polysynth

"SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, USA: Premier polyphonic synthesizer manufacturer Dave Smith Instruments is proud to announce that its Prophet 12 module — a space-saving tabletop and rack-ready reworking of its 2013 NAMM Show-launched Prophet 12 keyboard, the twelve-voice hybrid digital/analog synthesizer that company founder and renowned designer Dave Smith duly declared his “best synth” — is now shipping.

“We have had many requests from professional musicians for a small, easily portable version of the Prophet 12 keyboard, with all the same features and incredible sound,” says Smith. “The new Prophet 12 module is just that: it has all the power of the Prophet 12 keyboard — in fact, it has the exact same voice board — and it fits into a backpack.”

All those powerful Prophet 12 module parameters are easily editable via a well-thought-through front panel perfectly fit for purpose. “People like small these days,” declares its astute architect. “Many musicians also have more than enough keyboards, or simply don’t use keyboards. The Prophet 12 module offers a sleek design that still gives you easy and incredibly fast and intuitive control over all parameters.”

Just like its Prophet 12 keyboard counterpart, the twelve-voice hybrid digital/analog Prophet 12 module not only boasts the greatest number of voices of any instrument from the distinguished designer to date, but each of those voices features four OSCILLATORS capable of generating classic and complex waveforms, a sub-oscillator (Sub Octave), resonant LOW-PASS FILTER and HIGH-PASS FILTER, and analog VOLTAGE CONTROLLED AMPLIFIER. Additional features include a tuned FEEDBACK path, a four-tap stereo DELAY per voice, expanded ARPEGGIATOR functionality, deep MODULATION capabilities, bi-timbral operation, and much more besides. The CHARACTER section adds a variety of out of the ordinary wave-shaping and sound-sculpting options like Girth (low shelf filtering that boosts low frequencies, with some extra harmonic modification at higher settings), Air (high shelf filtering that boosts high frequencies, with some extra harmonic modification at higher settings), Hack (reduces the bit depth of the mixed output from the oscillators), Decimation (reduces the sample rate of the mixed output from the oscillators), and Drive (emulates tape saturation).

Despite its comparatively diminutive dimensions, the back panel I/O of the Prophet 12 module matches that of the Prophet 12 keyboard in almost all aspects — apart from featuring an external power supply in the interests of making it as compact and portable as possible. Headphones, Main/A Outputs, B Outputs, MIDI Thru, MIDI Out, MIDI In, Pedal 1, Pedal 2, Sustain, and USB connectivity are all present and accounted for, making musical communication with the outside world a breeze.

Dave Smith Instruments’ Prophet 12 module will be being demoed and displayed for the first time in Hall B, Booth 5400 at the 2014 NAMM Show, January 23-26 in Anaheim, California.

The Prophet 12 module has an MAP of $2,199.00 USD and can be purchased from any authorized Dave Smith Instruments dealer."

See the Dealers section on the right and of course, eBay for prices and availability in your country.

Elektron Analog Four Demos with Roland Jupiter-80 & KingKORG by jeffdigit

Playlist:

1. Elektron Analog Four poly demo - Published on Dec 22, 2013
Only Elektron Analog Four with OS1.1b
Jupiter-80 keyboard is used only like a master keyboard.

2. Elektron Analog Four combi demo - Published on Dec 29, 2013
Some experimentations by using several parts of the Analog Four and the arpegiator

3. Roland Jupiter-80 & Elektron Analog Four combi demo - Published on Jan 1, 2014

"All sounds are done with Roland Jupiter-80 and Elektron Analog four (will a very small part with the KinkKorg)
Surely my favourite machines in my setup !"

4. Jam show with KingKorg, Analog Four, Jupiter-80 and BK-7m - Published on Dec 29, 2013
Not perfect but give an idea about Analog Four with polyphonic sequences and a nice Lead with the Kingkorg.