MATRIXSYNTH

Synthrotek Chaos meets Easel

Published on Jan 13, 2016 Todd Barton

"A quick experiment with the Synthrotek Chaos NAND going into the Balanced Modulation of the Easel etc."

Published on Jan 13, 2016 Todd Barton

"another exploration of the Allen Strange 'dream machine' patch using a small Serge Modular Music System. for better audio:
http://soundcloud.com/user7621213/ser..."

Rare Braintec Transistorbass 3

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via this auction

"ULTRA RARE VINTAGE/RETRO late 1980s GERMAN ANALOG RACK BASS SYNTH BRAINTEC TRANSISTORBASS. A very rare opportunity. These synths almost NEVER show up anywhere, including Ebay. In the entire world, only 400 were made. This one is in a great condition, minor rack wear near the front screws. Comes with a U.S. AC adapter, original german manual pages. Its MIDI config is extremely deep, much in the synth is controllable, one has to dig into get to all its secrets/oscillators etc. This synth can do Roland 303 style bass sounds, but actually its strongest capabilities are way more expanded, getting to deeper/moog/oberheim style territory: Braintec is massively better, deeper, with more functions, depth, thickness, control, knobs etc than most 303 clones. Search Cykong pages for its fuller description. The synth, in fact, was the predecessor by same people who created the simpler German 303 clones: Music and More MB33/MB33 MKII, NEXT SpaceBass 3.3/4.4, FAT Freebass FB383, Terratec etc. Great for an EDM afficionados/synth enthuasiasts/professional players/collectors/sound designers."

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CLAVIA NORDLEAD extended // PLAYING over 90 sounds // 1

Published on Jan 13, 2016 LESINDES

"This is the stunning original CLAVIA NORDLEAD.The Nordlead 2 then was a bit smoothed down in its sound. SO this is the first version with the voice extension and some feature enhancements.
PART ONE."

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CLAVIA NORDLEAD extended // PLAYING over 90 sounds // 2

Published on Jan 22, 2016 LESINDES

"This is the stunning original CLAVIA NORDLEAD.The Nordlead 2 then was a bit smoothed down in its sound. SO the is the first version with the voice extension (increasing the number voices from originally 4 to 12) and some feature enhancements.
PART TWO."

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Rubycon slight return - Waldorf Streichfett with Roland SH1oh1

Published on Jan 13, 2016 Vykaar Tones

"More Tangerine Dream inspired improvising with the Tubbutec modified SH101 in its basic new sequencer mode with a sequence on each key accompanied by the streichfett string synthesizer and korg sdd1200 delay."

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.