MATRIXSYNTH

Post Camp - a 96BPM patch for eurorack synthesizer

Published on Dec 9, 2016 Luke Killen

"Some grinding textures coming from a Modulated Sputnik Dual Oscillator, next to some bell bird like pings and melodic trills.
A slow marching bass drum and an occasional burst of noise."

MIDNIGHT JAM (ROLANDaira & OLDSKOOL TECHNO GEMS)

Published on Dec 9, 2016

"'MIDNIGHT JAM'

Warming up,making noise, Jamming with Rolandaira & some other classic hardware gems!

(Calentamiento, haciendo ruido, Jamming con Rolandaira y algunas otras gemas de hardware clásico! )

#Ibiza 2016"

Synthrotek Case Power Mini For all Those Tight Spaces

via Synthrotek

"Power. More. Power. Albeit, smaller.

The Case Power Mini is a smaller, more affordable version of our Case Power. It is safe, clean, quiet, and will power small Eurorack systems. Connecting Case Power Mini to your current bus board system is easy with our molex Connector or Molex adapter cable. We have 3U or 1U power entry panels available, but Case power Mini doesn't have to take up valuable HP space; you can wire a jack, LED and switch into your case and easily attach them to the board.

Cool retro "mini" ad. Synthrotek is definitely good at them.

Follow-up to this post.

Vibes - (Korg electribe sampler vs xoxbox TB-303 Clone)

Published on Dec 9, 2016 Phone Records

https://soundcloud.com/phonerecords/vibes

STS Serge Animate Shop Panel w/ PS2A Power Supply

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via this auction

SN 10178

"STS Serge Animate Shop Panel w/ PS2A Power Supply, 4.5" Chassis w/ Rack Ears and 13 Patch Cables

Excellent condition, purchased 10/2015. I am only selling to downsize my equipment. Kept in a smoke free, dust free studio, extremely well kept. The only sign of wear is on the top of the chassis from being rack mounted with another STS Serge panel."

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Synth Jam 45: Novation Circuit, Arturia Microbrute & Arturia BeatStep Pro

Published on Dec 9, 2016 Marcus Padrini

Bass, Drums and Chords: Novation Circuit.
Synth Lead 1: Arturia Microbrute.
Synth Lead 2: Moog Sub 37 controlled by BeatStep Pro.

Tobacco - Full Performance (Live on KEXP) w/ Two DSI Prophet-6s

Published on Nov 18, 2016 KEXP

Dual DSI Prophet-6s - one keyboard & one desktop. And a Korg MicroSampler! :)

"http://KEXP.ORG presents Tobacco performing live in the KEXP studio. Recorded October 7, 2016.

Songs:
Warlock Mary
Memory Girl
Dipsmack
Streaker

Host: Troy Nelson
Audio Engineer: Kevin Suggs
Cameras: Jim Beckmann, Alaia D'Alessandro & Justin Wilmore
Editor: Justin Wilmore"

New Ants! Analog Modular Synthesizer From Plankton Electronics

Currently on kickstarter.

"An affordable modular analog synthesizer. Make your music with this pure analog sound machine.

Ants! is:

Analog: true analog electronics and sound.

Modular: connect the different parts and functions with standard 3.5mm pacth cords to create from classic to weird and new sounds.

Affordable: Ants! retail price will be 480€. Just a fraction of the cost of a basic eurorack modular system.

Compatible: 100% compatible with the eurorack voltage system and patching cords. It can be expanded it with most of the eurorack modules available in the market.

Portable: small size and desktop format.

Big: despite the small size Ants! have a lot of features which make it very powerful and versatile. Much more than a basic modular system.

Features:

4 Oscillators: yes, 4! V/Oct triangle-core oscillators. 2 of them switchable to LFO. Combining sinusoidal, triangle, saw, square and pulse with PWM. Play chords, detuned basses, octaved leads, drums, and frequency modulated sounds.

2 LFOs: 2 low frequency oscillators with triangle, square and pulse outputs.

VCF: switchable analog 12dB low-pass / 6db high-pass filter with resonance. At high input volumes it distort the signal. Self oscillating. It can sound crystal clear or really dirty.

2 A/R envelopes: 2 attack - release envelopes with manual and external controls. Working at different times.

Mixer: 3 input mixer. Mix oscillators, envelopes, noise or any other AC or DC signal.

2 VCAs: control the level of the signals with 2 analog VCAs.

Noise: a white noise source!

Sample and Hold: create random voltages, stepped sequences or dither your sounds or even your own voice.
AND gate: logic AND gate. Combine oscillators to create new waves, combine LFOs to create different patterns or mix your control signals to create complex modulations.

MIDI to CV: connect any MIDI keyboard, sequencer or computer and transform the digital signal to analog voltages for controlling the synth.

49 patch points, 28 potentiometers, 5 switches and 8 leds.

Normalized: Some connections are already made between some functions. Just connect your Midi or CV controller and play the synth without patching it. You can break any connection by plugging a patch cord to the normalized input."

See the kickstarter campaign for more.

The Waldorf Wave II

You are looking at renders of what was to be the Wadorf Wave II, designed by Axel Hartmann, the man behind the upcoming 20 Electronics synth, and hardware designer for numerous manufacturers including Access, Moog, and of course Waldorf. There was also the Waldorf Stromberg that never made it into production.

"Got to pull these out again . . . from somewhere in our archives. This baby was supposed to be the "Wave II", back in the days, somewhere around the year 2000. We have been working on some wicket ideas then; - wanted to use huge trackballs, to create animated surround sound coming directly out of that machine. Also, for the lefthand controls, we were trying to implement some ideas that I had years before, when working on the "Gambit" study. I was asking myself; - why should a keyboard player, who is capable of doing the wildest things with his left hand, be limited to using just the hand or the thumb to control things . . . so we came up with the 4 dynamic switches array; - one switch for each finger, in combination with a pitch bender, that we stole from Hans / Nord (sorry for that, but it is such a GREAT thingie . . .). The switches have been located ergonomically perfect, just below the left edge of the wheel block . . . Also, look at that display . . . oh man . . ."

"A synth with balls."

"The entire front panel is a glass surface; - printed from the back. Of course, the pots are all encoders with lightrings. OK; - it is a bad rendering; - but not too bad for the time, when it was created ;-)"

"Achja; - klar - polyphonic pressure . . ."

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