MATRIXSYNTH

Beast Master V2

Published on May 13, 2014 electro lobotomy·212 videos

Roland DC 50 and RE 301 Chorus Comparison

Published on May 13, 2014 Rhythmicons·33 videos

"This is a Chorus Comparison of the Roland DC-50 and the RE-301 Chorus Echo."

Combarison with a synthesizers.com system.

Published on May 13, 2014 punkdiscoUK·21 videos

"Guess the drum machine. Answers in video. All recorded straight, into a Behringer ADA8200. Featured machines (not in order) are:

Korg KR55B - worth £170
Roland CR78 - worth £1000
Roland CR8000 - worth £300

Prices are approx. value at time of posting."

New Free PPG WaveGenerator Sound Banks

You'll find them here.

CotFG: New Media Art & Sound Summit 2014

On Kickstarter here. Note Bleep Labs will be hosting a synth workshop at the summit.

"Preparing the 6th Annual Journey to the Apex of Sonic Innovation and Fearlessness: New Media Art and Sound Summit 2014.

Church of the Friendly Ghost and Austin Museum of Digital Art present the New Media Art and Sound Summit (NMASS) from Thursday, June 12th until Saturday, June 14th, 2014. The festival will feature music performances, sound installations, film screenings, and workshops!

Your contribution to this campaign underwrites the production of NMASS, paying for things such as artist travel, accommodation, equipment rentals, sound engineering, and venue costs. Your support is an investment in a creative summit which contributes to the unique cultural identity of our great city! 100% of admissions proceeds are paid to our featured guest artists and performers. NMASS and COTFG are completely volunteer-run. You can support this campaign even if you're not in Austin or can't attend the festival in person!

Here is a partial list of artists and musicians confirmed so far for NMASS 2014:

J.G. Thirlwell (NYC; Foetus, Manorexia) performing with a string quartet and separately with Noveller (NYC; Important Records), Stephen Farris, Flcon Fcker, S U R V I V E, Chad Mossholder (of Twine), Malloc, SYMBOL, Xander Harris, Kyle Evans (of Cracked Ray Tube), Vision System, Sounding Vessels, Bourdon Ensemble, Steve Parker / Bob Hoffnar / Jason Phelps trio, CotFG iOS app ensemble, Scott Stark / Allison Leigh Holt (SF) film performance, Code in Motion film program curated by Clint Enns (Toronto), Vanessa Gelvin sound installation, Meason Wiley cymatics demonstration, Bleep Labs DIY synth workshop, Gary Wilson, Weasel Walter / Sandy Ewen / Damon Smith trio, Moonsicles, Aunt's Analog, Bradley Telcom Ensemble, Darcy Neal, and more!

Church of the Friendly Ghost is a 100% volunteer-run nonprofit cultural arts organization founded in Austin in 2003. We operate under the sponsorship of Salvage Vanguard Theater, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with support from the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin, and the Texas Commission on the Arts. All contributions, other than ticket purchases, are federal tax deductible. Tax exempt status information available on request.

The full 3 day festival pass is just $40! You can purchase that right here, right now by backing us at that level!

Regular t-shirts designed by Lindsey Taylor and Stephen Fishman or NMASS Exclusive T-Shirts designed by Laurel Barickman of Recspec.org!"

Shape and shift

Published on May 13, 2014 maertsemil·24 videos

"Shapeshifter standalone demo. Just a little bit of reverb added"

Groovesizer Golf & RED Jam

Published on May 13, 2014 MoShang·64 videos

"Jamming with a Groovesizer MB with Golf firmware (32-step, 12-track MIDI drum sequencer) and a synced Groovesizer RED. The Golf is triggering drum sounds on the Zoom MRT-3, as well as sending MIDI clock and pattern trigger messages to the RED. Pressing F1 on the Golf repeats a step, whilst F2 reverses playback for as long as it's held."

Clavia Nord Lead a1 Synth jamming on presets part 1

Published on May 13, 2014 Space4Keys·687 videos

"Clavia Nord Lead a1 Synth jamming on presets part 1 ( Space4Keys Keyboard Solo )"

An Interview with Randy Jones of Madrona Labs on Monome.org

"i. Instrument, Utensil, Implement, Machine, or Apparatus? which? why? where? if you had to choose just one preindustrial tool, which would it be?

To use, or to be? I am a person, which is a kind of animal, which is none of these categories, so I’m going to go with 'to use.' Or maybe, to build. Personally I’m building things that are some kind of intersection of instrument and machine, and I think this combination has the potential to lead to new categories that are really interesting..."

Full interview on monome.org here.