MATRIXSYNTH

Mozart - Symphony No. 25 in G minor - Sequential Circuits Prophet 600

Published on Jun 3, 2014 MrCaliforniaD·51 videos

"Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 with GliGli mod.

Fx : Reverb

Enjoy!"

Enigmatic Signal : KORG MS-20 mini, Volca beats and the radio

Published on Jun 3, 2014 karenevil·340 videos

"Not music but an experimental soundtrack with the radio signal.
I used enigmatic radio signal known as 'Slot Machine', unidentified but they say this is for naval communication ( beacon?) signal or something　( for JSDF ?) , can be heard in far east pacific area at several frequencies. The signal is modulated just like teletype or something. I patched this signal in MS-20 mini and this is it."

Teaser for Church Of Super Serge 6/21/14

Published on Jun 3, 2014 Dmitri SFC·134 videos

"LXR = brain implant for Serge Monolyth
All trigs & Analog."

SWITCHED ON PARTY: SATURDAY JUNE 7TH

via Switched On

"Switched On is excited to announce that we have moved to a new location, just minutes away from our current one. So on June 7th, 2014 were going to start this new location off with a bang, zap, zzrrp, thup, click, and some sequenced basslines. Thing will get started around 6pm after our normal business hours.

Here is the event on Facebook

Switched On's new location will be:
2400 E. CESAR CHAVEZ, STE 200
AUSTIN, TX 78702

Officiating our new location will be the world class DJ crew...

THE GAME WARDENS OF TEXAS
All vinyl DJ sets. 100% Gold. Master selectors of electronic jams.

RAFFLE PRIZES
Switched On will be holding a raffle with very attractive prizes for those with synth lust. Show up early and stay late. We will be giving away 3 special items that you will just have to come enter to find out what they are.

SPECIAL GUESTS
Yamaha CS-80
Fairlight CMI
EMS VSC3 "Putney"
Many more new and legendary pieces of musical technology will be available.

ABOUT THE NEW SHOP
The new shop will better integrate our retail and repair departments, allowing us to better serve our customers' needs. We want to thank our customers and friends for helping us to grow and expand this synthesizer dream. The new Switched On location is going to expand our horizons greatly. This means new inventory, a more sophisticated repair center, and the return of classes and workshops.

DRINKS & SNACKS
Our party will be catered by our new neighbors and friends the Counter Culture Cafe.

http://countercultureaustin.com/

Libations To Be Announced..... :) "

Dave Smith Talk on the History of Synths Tomorrow at Stanford University's CCRMA Open to the Public

via CCRMA

Hopefully someone will record it and put it online for those of us that can't make it. Update: embed below!

"Dave Smith will discuss the interesting history of synths, moving from analog to digital to software and now back to analog.

Bio: Dave Smith founded Sequential Circuits in the mid-70s. In 1977, he designed the Prophet-5, the world's first microprocessor-based musical instrument. This revolutionary product was the world's first polyphonic and programmable synth, and set the standard for all synth designs that have followed. The Prophet instruments played a major part in the recordings of all popular music styles, and are still prized by musicians today.

Dave is also generally known as the driving force behind the generation of the MIDI specification in 1981-in fact, he coined the acronym. In 2013, Dave received a Grammy in recognition of his role in the development of MIDI. After Sequential, Dave was President of DSD, Inc, an R&D division of Yamaha, where he worked on physical modeling synthesis and software synthesizer concepts. He then started the Korg R&D group in California, designing the Wavestation products and other technology. He then took over as President at Seer Systems and developed the world's first software based synthesizers.

In 2002, Dave founded Dave Smith Instruments to develop new hardware instruments like the Evolver, Mopho, and Prophet synthesizers, as well as the Tempest drum machine, co-designed with Roger Linn. His latest instrument is the hybrid digital/analog Prophet-12 synthesizer."

CCRMA Colloquium - Dave Smith Instruments

Streamed live on Jun 4, 2014 ccrmalite1·192 videos

At 13:10: MIDI could have been named UMII pronounced YouMe which stood for (Universal Music Instrument Interface). The name was suggested by Roland's founder Ikutaro Kakahashi.

"Dave Smith, designer of the Prophet-5 analog synthesizer will discuss the interesting history of synths, moving from analog to digital to software and now back to analog.

More information:

https://ccrma.stanford.edu/events/dav..."

via Andy Joyce on Facebook

Also see John Bowen's talk on the History of Sequential Circuits.