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Saturday, December 31, 2016

Haken Continuum Firmware 8.00 Update

What's New in Continuum Firmware 8.00 from Edmund Eagan on Vimeo.

Firmware 8 Selected Presets from Edmund Eagan on Vimeo.

A demonstration of many of the System Presets new in firmware version 8.00.

"FIRMWARE VERSION 8.00

Firmware 8.00 is the latest and greatest version of the Continuum firmware. There have been many improvements included in this release. Even more improvements are coming in the near future!

Firmware 8.00 includes over 120 new System Presets, designed by Edmund Eagan and other Continuum Fingerboard sound designers.

System Presets are now organized by Category making a particular preset easier to find.

Description bubbles offer patch information and suggestions for playing techniques.

Even More Ways to Play the Continuum

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Elektron Analog Four and Analog Rytm Jam

Published on Dec 31, 2016 BBoy Tech Report

Polivoks Featured in Franz Ferdinand's Lucid Dreams?

Uploaded on Feb 4, 2009 Cameron Meldrum

This one came in on the AH email list as an example of the Polivoks sound, specifically the filter. 4:40 on is worth a listen to get a feel for the synth. According to the poster: "Sounds mostly LP setting for the bassline throughout, but a BP sweep at 4:40 layering into LP output panning around in stereo. You definitely want to wear headphones on this one"

I don't own a Polivoks but I of course have heard plenty of demos, and I do have an Industrial Music Electronics, Harvestman Polivoks eurorack filter and it definitely goes there. See the demo by Dave Skipper below. This is one of my favorite aggressive filters. It and the Frostwave Resonator (based on the early KORG MS20 filter), can strip the paint off of walls with a bit of resonance.

General video description from YouTube:
"This is the official album version of track 10 from Franz Ferdinand's third album: 'Tonight: Franz Ferdinand'. You can buy the album from iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/ton..."

The Harvestman Polivoks VCF demo from Dave Skipper on Vimeo.

Noise Test // 01

Published on Dec 31, 2016 Dualtrx

"Some fast chaos with DPO+Maths and Teleplexer."

Moving Lights

Published on Dec 31, 2016 millolab

"An afternoon improvisation. Headphones highly recomended.
Gear used: Korg Electribe 2, Roland System1-m, Arturia Microbrute, Torcido, Demora."

Münpauzn // Live @ Erica Synths Garage

Published on Dec 31, 2016 Erica Synths

"Second video from December garage session, this time from our Lituhanian friend Münpauzn jamming on his modular system.

More: https://soundcloud.com/munpauzn

* Erica Synths Garage is a place at our office where time by time we do parties with jam sessions and live performances."

Also see: Marta SmiLga // Live @ Erica Synths Garage

Volca Keys + Volca FM

Published on Dec 31, 2016 Alba Ecstasy

"Small keys, beautiful sounds! It is not a secret anymore, for many of us, that the Volca series sounds very nice even they're packed in such small boxes with such tiny keys and tiny knobs. What are these, synths for ants?! I bet if ants could play keyboards, would be very delighted to have them!
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Yeah, I had some fun this morning with Volca Keys and Volca FM and I kept the mood: still, today is ending a very bad year, right?! Let's be happy about that!
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Volca Keys is in UNISON mode and play a little sequence, and is getting the reverb from MI Clouds.
Volca FM plays a pad I made a few weeks ago and I used Roland Demora for delay. Also is sending time clock to Volca Keys - a really useful thing, to set the Keys on an exactly BPM!

I wish all of you a Happy New Year and may all your wishes comes true in 2017!

ae"

Friday, December 30, 2016

Led Zeppelin's The Crunge

Led Zeppelin - The Crunge (2014 Remaster) Published on Nov 10, 2014 Raisy Didley

Why would this go up on MATRIXSYNTH considering the site's guidelines? Listen to the full track and then scroll down.

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Did you hear it? If not, listen to the brass parts closely. Note this song was released in 1973, on Houses of the Holy. I was just listening to the album minutes ago, in the background tonight with my wife. She asked me what the synth was. I asked her what synth? She said the brassy parts. I told her I didn't think it was a synth considering the year, and that it must just be muted or processed trumpets. She said it was not trumpets and had to be a synth, or some organ or something. Well, it turns out she was not only right, but it's something I never would have guessed in a million years. I still can't believe it to be honest with you - it's like it's from the bizarro, alternate world of synths. If you don't know, listen closely and see if you can guess it for yourself one more time. Hint: It's not Moog. What is it? You'll find the answer below, and if you were somehow able to identify it based on the character of the synth, you are the Kwisatz Haderach of synth gurus.
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And the answer is....

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Arturia MiniBrute Female Choir Patch (Vox Humana)

Published on Dec 30, 2016 stuthomson

"My female choir patch on the MiniBrute. Added some chorus and reverb. Using a fast chorus speed. In this case I am using an Electro-Harmonix Electric Mistress chorus pedal through an Alesis MicroVerb. Also note the sub-oscillator waveform is set to square wave. Don't forget a light touch of vibrato!"