MATRIXSYNTH

Saturday, December 06, 2014

Crazy Brute

Published on Dec 6, 2014 Matt Hill

"I did this over a year agp when I first got my Minibrute. I think I gave up on it at the time because my poor little laptop was struggling so hard with trying to edit 3 concurrent video takes. I found it again recently and just decided to render it as is. Lots of silliness with the Minibrute's arpeggiator."

Moog Voyager as well.

Upbeat Berlin School

Published on Dec 6, 2014 MrSharps02

"some sequences and some delay for a simple little song. primitive multitracking on the phonogene, el capistan pedal supplies the delay and a touch of reverb. aliasing galore!"

The Path

Published on Dec 6, 2014 Tears ClothedOn

"3rd track from my album
https://soundcloud.com/tears_clothed_on"

Synth spotting: Roland TR-8, Eowave eurorack modular, Arturia MicroBrute, KORG MS-20.

Friday, December 05, 2014

Suzanne Ciani's "A Life In Waves" Documentary Has Been Funded! - 4 Days Remaining to Receive Rewards

The Kickstarter goal has been met! There's still 4 days to go if you want to contribute and receive rewards for your contribution.

You'll find the Kickstarter page here.

Image via Suzanne Ciani's website.

Kilpatrick Audio Phenol - Kickstarter Promo

Published on Dec 5, 2014 KilpatrickAudio

"Check out the Kickstarter promo video for Phenol. Available to order now through Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/..."

"About this project

Phenol is a new synthesizer designed by Kilpatrick Audio. It brings the fun and creative potential of a modular analog synthesizer to more people by offering an attractive and approachable musical instrument that is small, portable and sounds amazing!

Phenol is 100% compatible with modular systems because it uses the same voltages and banana connectors as the Kilpatrick Format and similar modular synthesizers.

Whether you already love modular synthesizers and want a smaller instrument for portability, or whether you've heard about modular synths and want to get your feet wet, Phenol offers an amazing instrument at a great price. (Phenol will retail for $849 in stores.)

Sneak peek at some specs:

Banana patch system with colour-coded jacks and voltages compatible with Kilpatrick Format and other modular systems
Two analog VCOs - triangle, ramp and pulse outputs
Two analog filters (low pass and high pass)
Two analog VCAs with level control
Two envelope generator / LFO combos with many unique features
An LFO with sine and random output
Internal MIDI to CV converter with DIN and USB MIDI interfaces
Compact mixer with digital delay with over 330ms of delay time
Digital pulse divider - divide MIDI clock or LFO output to create 4 musical time divisions
Buffered mixer / mult / inverter with level control
External audio input allows a stereo input to be patched like an oscillator signal - process your drum machine or other source through the system
Designed and made in Canada using high quality parts
Universal input power supply (100-240V) included (shipped with North American plug)
Warranty: 1 year
Over the past six year of making music and audio products, Andrew has designed and manufactured over twenty products which are used by musicians all over the world. His products are carried by specialty musical instrument dealers in Canada, USA, the UK, Germany and Australia..."

Electronic Jungle

flickr by Dan McPharlin

Long time readers of MATRIXSYNTH might recognize the name Dan McPharlin from his miniature synths previously posted here. Be sure to check them out!

Ensoniq SQ-80 and Synapse Magazine. You can find scans of the magazine on the Cyndustries (Cynthia) website here.

KIWISix Demo

Published on Dec 5, 2014 perfectcircuitaudio

"This demo demonstrates the sonic capabilities of the Korg Polysix with a KIWI-Technics upgrade."

Perfect Circuit Audio on eBay