MATRIXSYNTH

Dave Smith Instruments Pro 2 - Sequencer Applications

Published on Sep 26, 2014 experimentalsynth

"The Dave Smith Instruments Pro 2 is the most useful synth I've ever played. I got to borrow one for a short while and it quickly became the central control and performance hub of my analog and digital gear. In addition to its great internal sounds, with four assignable CV Outputs (and four inputs!), it (much like the Moog Multi-Pedal) is able to lend new functionality to your older existing gear.

For example, a Moog Voyager sounds great but it has (for all practical purposes) no MIDI clock synced features. Pair it with a Pro 2 though and you can control things like the Voyager's filter cutoff, volume, pan, wave shape and more with the Pro 2's clock-synced LFOs, step sequencer tracks, envelopes and a variety of other elements.

I had a lot o fun connecting to multiple synths, starting the sequencer, and tweaking knobs. This video does not go into minute detail on showing how I did all this. It is meant as a quick look at some amazing possibilities. Think of it more as an "inspirational" than a "tutorial". I wish I had more time to explore applications of the the Pro 2 while I had it.

See, hear and learn more at www.experimentalsynth.com"

"Futility's Utility"

Published on Sep 25, 2014 Music By Cybertron

"Originally composed and recorded in 2009, this piece makes extensive use of the Synthesizers.com analog modular synthesizer systems, and with other digital synthesizers and digital recorder work station."

Cwejman RG-6 "Bit Crush” Patch

Published on Sep 26, 2014 bigcitymusic

"*Dave Smith Instruments DSM01 Curtis Filter is set to self oscillator. The resulting sine wave is routed into the EXT SIGNAL input of the Cwejman RG-6.
*The RG-6 Clock is set to audio rate. Signal Sample level controls
the amount of the external signal to be sampled by the RG-6. Monitor the signal out from either the low, medium or high probability spread of the RG-6.
*Decreasing the rate of the RG-6 clock begins producing a
“bit crushing” effect on the external signal. Notice the higher
frequencies begin to deteriorate first.
*Experiment with the Slew and Clock Rate CV parameters for further color and dynamics."

Cwejman RG-6 "Bit Crush" Patch - Pt.2

Published on Sep 26, 2014

"*Mutable Instruments Braids Drum patch is routed into the EXT SIGNAL input of the Cwejman RG-6.
*The RG-6 Clock is set to audio rate. Signal Sample level controls
the amount of the external signal to be sampled by the RG-6. Monitor the signal out from either the low, medium or high probability spread of the RG-6.
*Decreasing the rate of the RG-6 clock begins producing a
“bit crushing” effect on the external signal. Notice the higher
frequencies begin to deteriorate first.
*Experiment with the Slew and Clock Rate CV parameters for further color and dynamics."

NOWPLAYING duet

Published on Sep 26, 2014 MILQUETOASTE

"2 Clandestign NOW PLAYINGs form a duet in D major.
NOW PLAYING is an arduino-based quad-tone synth using the tone library and a digitally controlled analog bandpass filter to create generative music based on user-defined musical key, musical mode, length, octave range, and ADSR values for each voice. Units use original lofi speakers amps and other electronics where possible from original circuits."

Three Monotribes and a Circuit Bent Telly (Septermeber 2014)

Published on Sep 26, 2014 Haxxor Soniq

"Three Circuit Bent Monotribes, and a Circuit Bent Television."

Monotribes on eBay

Roland JX-3P & PG-200 "Analogous"

"(c) 2014 vintage synthesizer track by RetroSound

all sounds: Roland JX-3P Analog Synthesizer (1983)
drums: LinnDrum
recording: multitrack without midi"

Sound on Sound Article with Erkki Kurenniemi - Pioneer Of Digital Synthesis

See the update in this post.

Oxygen IV Cover By PolyEvolver

"Having just got a few new additions to the studio, I thought I'd test them out and make a classic. Always good to hear this song from the Grandfather of synths Jean Michel Jarre. Hope you like it."

via James Mcculloch on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge:

"Ok I made this quickly this morning as a demo of what the System 1 and Novation Mini Nova can do together. heres a breakdown of the track.
Track 1:- Arpeggio made on SH2 plug out, used a saw and a square and a tiniest bit of filter.
track 2:- Bass line , SH2 plug out, 2 squares, no pwm, little filter but mostly closed.
track 3:- Lead SH2 plug out, 2 saws, slight detune, midrange filtering with native delay and reverb
track 4:- drums straight tom ultra beat in logic
track 5:- Jarre drum sound, Mini nova using a saw at incredibly low pitch and then HPF frequency gaffing until I got there.
track 6:- bridge strings, Mini nova, 3 saws with the attack slackened off a lot, took 2 filters running in series to get the airy sound
tracks 7:- Strings, MiniNova, there's no phaser effect so I had to stack saws and slightly detune, you can hear the detune in the track, i don't like it but i was in a hurry.
tracks 8:- Chorus lead was a sync patch i found on the mini nova, not much manipulation needed, again in a hurry
track 9+10:- white noise 1 on slow lfo sweep on mini nova, white noise 2 was the system 1 with a tight attack and slowish decay throughout the filter EG .
That's about it."