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joystick chord trigger

Published on Feb 21, 2016 Ebotronix

choices ~ Jag ~ Tame Machine ~ Chord Machine ~ A185-2²²
4 Vox , Freqboxes²², Unkles²²
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Published on Feb 18, 2016 Guy Ben-Ary

The cellF has been featured numerous times here on MATRIXSYNTH. This video gives the most extensive overview yet.

"cellF is the world’s first neural synthesizer. It is a real 'wet-alogue' Synthesizer. cellF’s “brain” is made of a biological neural network that grows in a Petri dish and controls in real time an array of analogue modular synthesizers that were custom made to work in synergy with the neural network. It is a completely autonomous, wet and analogue instrument.

In 2012, Guy Ben-Ary received a fellowship to develop a biological self-portrait, and decided to portray one of his juvenile dreams: to become a rock star.

Guy Ben-Ary had a biopsy taken from his arm, then he cultivated his skin cells in vitro in the labs of SymbioticA at UWA, and using Induced Pluripotent Stem cell technology, he transformed his skin cells into stem cells. When these stem cells began to differentiate they were pushed down the neuronal lineage until they became neural stem cells, which were then fully differentiated into neural networks over a Multi-Electrode Array (MEA) dish to become - “Ben-Ary’s external brain”.

The MEA dishes that host Ben-Ary’s neural networks consist of a grid of 8×8 electrodes. These electrodes can record the electric signals (action potentials) that the neurons produce and at the same time send stimulations to the neurons – essentially a read-and-write interface to the “brain”.

Human musicians are invited to play with cellF in special one-off shows. The human-made music is fed to the neurons as stimulation, and the neurons respond by controlling the analogue synthesizers, and together they perform live, reflexive and improvised sound pieces or “jam sessions” that are not entirely human.

The sound is specialized in the space to 16 speakers. The specialization is controlled by the neural network and reflects the special pockets of activity within the petri dish. Walking around the performance space offers the sensation of walking through Ben-Ary’s external brain in real time

In its world premiere (On October 4th) cellF jammed live with Darren Moore, Tokyo-based experimental jazz drummer, in a unique improvisation. His music was fed into the neurons as electrical stimulations and the neurons responded by controlling the synthesizer, creating an improvised posthuman sound piece.

cellF is a collaboration between artists Guy Ben-Ary, Darren Moore, Nathan Thompson and Andrew Fitch, and scientists Stuart Hodgetts, Mike Edel and Douglas Bakkum.

For more info – http://guybenary.com/cellf"

Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds Live Cover

Published on Feb 21, 2016 fedemanfredi

"Pink Floyd - Obscured By Clouds Live Cover
Gear:
Korg Monotribe
Korg MS20 Mini
Korg Volca Keys
Ipad Mini w/GarageBand Hard Rock Guitar
Line 6 PODXT Multi-effects Processor"

Novation Circuit Unboxing Pics

Look what arrived in the mail. :) I'll be doing an upcoming review on the new Novation Circuit. Until then, here are some unboxing shots for those interested. Click on any to get to the full size shot. I will say, this one is easy to get lost in (in a good way of course!), especially when you have a bad case of the flu. Lost in synth syncopations in synth la la land. :)

https://us.novationmusic.com/circuit/circuit
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Korg Z1 Multi-Oscillator Synthesis System (MOSS) Synthesizer and RAM Card

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Vintage Korg 770 mono synth

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"This synthesizer is a BEAST! I've never heard another synth sound quite like this one. 2 VCOs, low/high pass filter with a resonance (BRIGHT) switch that affects both. A weird, albeit useful envelope generator, with HOLD and LFO triggers. A CHORUS mode for pulse width modulation. LFO for pulse width and/or filter with a separate LFO for vibrato in the VCO mod section. Portamento. 2 ring modulators, which are out of this world... especially when processing audio from the external input. White, pink and scale noise generators (scale is tracked by the keyboard)."

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Korg Minilogue Voice Mode

Published on Feb 21, 2016 Calle Nilsson

"Trying different Voice Mode. Poly, Duo, Unison, Mono and Chord. Added some drums fromt the Roland TR8 in the middle. Recorded on the ZOOM H4n. Video GoPro 4."

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severence // accretion patch

Published on Feb 21, 2016 severence

// modules used in this patch

addac802 vca quintet mixing console
intellijel planar
modcan quad lfo
mutable instruments clouds
nonlinearcircuits sloth
schippmann vcf-02
steady state fate propagate
steady state fate quantum rainbow 2
steady state fate ultra random analog
toppobrillo quantimator
wmd sequential switch matrix
wmd synchrodyne + expand
wmd/ssf spo
verbos electronics dual four pole
verbos electronics harmonic oscillator
verbos electronics voltage multistage

"chicago love" - 707 riding the buchla easel

Published on Feb 21, 2016 Peter Maas

"TR707 triggering the buchla easel to generate a typical old skool chicago house track. Some delay and reverb added in ableton live but "live" recording.

Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/p3t0r/chicago-..."

the patch from yesterday, mutable instrument Ring / Doepfer TZ peaks drums

Published on Feb 21, 2016 DavidH

"if a patch is not good one day, try it another day, it may become better
yesterday I caught that words from the short waves : 'le mangeur de graines de tournesol en action a l'air d'un maniaque'"

Synth bunny! Wonder what it thinks of the music. Should get together with Kimi the DJ hamster.