MATRIXSYNTH

Chaos funk // Patch

Published on Jan 13, 2016 Auxar

"Funking around with this late night electronix patch.
Modules used in this patch:
Make Noise: tELHARMONIC, Echophon, Erbe-Verb, Function, Richter Wogglebug, MMG, Brains, Moddemix, Rene, Rosie, DPO x2, Pressure points x2, Maths x2, Optomix x2, LxD
Doepfer: A-160-2, A-138,A-151
Malekko: Richter oscillator II
Expert Sleepers: Disting x2,Disting MK3"

ludoWic - Reading a file

Published on Jan 13, 2016 ludoWic music

"Recorded track using only a Korg MS10

Track available on:
https://ludowic.bandcamp.com"

Gotharman's Fuzion - Instrument Effects

Published on Jan 13, 2016 gotharman

"Showing the instrument effects of Fuzion OS 11.58. First with a saw wave, then with a beat."

[PB & Jam EP015] Lucas Texas - Unofficial

Published on Jan 13, 2016 Human Interface

"This was recorded on December 24, 2015 but I was in Texas and it was really warm, so I got to do an outside jam in a T-Shirt in December, not bad!

I was introduced to electronic music in Dallas and so I have a lot of fond memories of clubs, friends, and underground radio broadcasts. The scene at the time was a strange blend of Techno, House, Trance, Breaks, etc... Being back there a lot of those feelings came back and leaked into my machines during this jam...

The Kit

Korg

Electribe ER-1
Monotron
Monotribe
Volca Sample
Kaoss Pad

www.soundcloud.com/unofficial"

LE STRUM - MIDI Chord Controller

Published on Jan 13, 2016 midierror

"A unique control surface designed by uber-human Jason Hotchkiss. Le Strum functions something like a cross between a Stylophone and an Omnichord.

Available here: https://www.tindie.com/products/midie..."

An interesting side note is that I own an Oberheim Strummer. It might have been the first if not only piece of kit you could use to generate guitar like cords with your synth. The problem with it was that it wasn't super intuitive to use. It didn't have any strum controls but was rather just a desktop box with a button based menu system where you selected what chords you wanted to use. LE STRUM looks like it would not only easily replace it, but can be used more as a physical controller for your synths. Very, very cool.

"A unique control surface that functions something like a cross between a Stylophone and an Omnichord. Comes FULLY CONSTRUCTED!

Connect LE STRUM to your MIDI synthesizer or computer running synth software, hold down a combination of buttons to select a chord, then use the stylus to play MIDI notes by touching the contact pads on the top right of the board. As the name suggests, you can strum across chords using the stylus, providing an unique and expressive MIDI controller.

LE STRUM's 36 chord buttons give you immediate access to 84 different chords (maj, min, dom7, maj7, min7, aug, dim for 12 root notes). You can also play sus4, add6 and add9 chord variations. It is great for learning about chord progressions and can be a helpful songwriting tool.

LE STRUM has several performance modes which are accessed by holding the MODE button while pressing one of the top row of chord buttons:

Mode+C : Basic mode - Stacked triads mapped across all 16 pads
Mode+D : Guitar strum mode - 6-string guitar open chords used (maj/min/7)
Mode+E : Guitar sustain mode - as above, but chord held after buttons released
Mode+F : Organ buttons - As Basic mode but chord triad plays on MIDI channel 2 as soon as button is pressed
Mode+G : Organ buttons with additions - as above but with sus4/add6/add9 options
Mode+A : Organ buttons with retrig - as above but chord buttons retrigger
Mode+B : Load User Patch
Mode+Bm : Save User Patch
Mode+B7 : MIDI Panic - All notes off
Mode+Strum Pad: Set MIDI velocity (16 levels)

User patch can combine settings for: play on make/break, damp on make/break, guitar voicing /stacked triads, additional guitar octave, enable added 4/6/9 notes, enable guitar chord bass notes, keep chord selection after chord button release, common note sustain on chord change, map chromatic/diatonic/pentatonic scale to pads, enable organ buttons on midi channel 2

LE STRUM has a special 6 string guitar mode, which knows basic major, minor and seven open chord fingerings for guitar. It can be used to lay down strummed guitar MIDI tracks without a MIDI guitar, and in a more convincing way that you could get from a keyboard. It's more than a toy, yessiree!

Designed for hackability (e.g. solder wires to the provided holes on the pads to make proper "strings" to pluck)
Transmits on MIDI Channel 1 for stylus activity and MIDI Channel 2 for Chord Buttons.
Output is to a standard MIDI 5-pin DIN socket.
A PP3 battery is required
Size 98mm x 75mm x 45mm (incl MIDI socket) Weight approx 120g with battery

An optional stand is available, please contact me for more information.

Please note that synthesizer hardware or software is required to make sound. LE STRUM is a MIDI controller and does not make any sound by itself!"

Note: I created a new midierror channel label for midierror moving forward. You can find previous posts by doing s a search on midierror. The creator of LE STRUM is Jason Hotchkiss.

Rephazer - Looking Forward Circuit Remix (Novation Circuit, Dance, Trance, House)

Published on Jan 13, 2016 Rephazer

"Hi All,

I got a lot of positive response on my previous Circuit Session so I decided to do one more!

This is a remix of a track I've written 20 years ago (1996) and I used a (lightly?) distorted bass drum as the base line just to get one extra synth channel/track for atmospheric pads.. Pushing this thing to the edge of possibilities :)

I hope you enjoy it and feel free to leave comments or subscribe."

Korg Volca Beats Tutorial : Motion Control & Stutter Recording .

Published on Jan 13, 2016 Todd Smith

"In this video I'll go deeper into the motion control & stutter sections on the Korg Volca Beats. The Korg Volca Beats has a lot of options to create amazing beats . The stutter & motion control are 2 amazing , fun and very on the fly ways of creating more complex sounding sequences . The Korg Volca Beats might be a one trick pony but that pony can ride pretty hard . More videos on the Korg Volca Beats , Key's , Bass and many other products on the way !!!"

All parts here.

Yamaha DX5 SN 2187 with Internal Upgrade

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via this auction

"This DX-5 has a rare internal ROM upgrade, which was installed by one of their top techs at the Orange County Yamaha facility, so this is as up to date as possible. Few DX-5s have that upgrade.

Besides combining two DX-7 synths in one package with the improved D/A outputs for less noise, they used the best feeling key bed I have played. As most know, this is a DX1 packed in a smaller package but without the elaborate displays of the DX-1or the weight. The DXs layered creates an incredible fat sound. I still get many comments from people that hear it."

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