The gray skies of yesterday

Published on Feb 21, 2016 MIDERA

"A song I composed back in March of 2012. Back then, I never uploaded anything I wrote for fear of either my tracks being stolen or ridicule and I wasn't sure which I feared more. I wish I would have just put up my tracks and gotten good feedback. I likely would have grown faster, musically. So, I am finding these old songs and just uploading them so I can move on.

This track is made entirely using the Radikal Technologies Spectralis 2 (drums, pads, mono lead part, sequencing) and the Korg Radias (initial sound heard). Shot using a Canon 5D mark ii and Canon 60D (timelapses)."

TrapKat with Novation LAUNCHPAD & KORG EX 800

Published on Feb 21, 2016 Ritchie DeCarlo

1974 MOOG SONIC 6

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via the seller: "Up for auction is this very clean Moog Sonic 6 polyphonic synthesizer. This unit lived a simple life for the most part since it was used at the Carnegie Mellon school of music for most of its life. The outer case shows normal use for a synth of its age.- one of the locking clasps that keep the case shut is missing however. This unit was serviced a out 6 years ago by one of the professors from CMU that teaches electrical engineering. He replaced a few capacitors and cleaned the pots. I will include some extra parts that he did the need along with this unit. This unit was purchases in the 90s by a private owner who died in 2007. I purchased it from his sister later that year. The date on this Sonic 6 is 11/14/74. I won't post the SN but I will say it's under 2000. I am a musician not certified Moog tech. I have done my best to test everything I can in this unit and it seems to be 100% in order. The internal speaker is a bit scratchy but it's in the volume pot not the speaker itself. I also believe 2 caps are missing off of the glide and volume sliders."

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Roland Juno 106 Synthesizer

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"Service performed:
- Voice chip restoration: All 6 voices have been serviced and are fully functional.
- Battery replaced: The original internal battery has been replaced with a new removable one.
- Calibration: The module board was calibrated to factory specs."

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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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cellF - Video Documentation

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. :)

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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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