Live Workshop | Sound Design with MicroFreak (with Bryan Borcherds)

Published on Apr 16, 2020 Arturia

"Welcome to our #MicroFreak Livestream: Sound design with MicroFreak

A synthesizer like no other, MicroFreak is a peculiar, exceptional instrument that rewards the curious musician. It blends wavetable and digital oscillators with analog filters. It features a unique poly-aftertouch flat keyboard. It adds controlled randomness to sequences. This isn’t a revolution, it’s a mutiny."

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Published on Apr 16, 2020 tonylight

"Arpopone Twins"

Expressive E Osmose sound design work in progress

Published on Mar 19, 2020 Expressive E

Playlist:

1. Osmose sound design work in progress #1

Shot beginning of March 2020 at the Expressive E office, this video is giving a sneak peek at the current state of 8 sounds that our in-house sound designers are programming using the EaganMatrix by Haken Audio, the synth engine that will be internal to Osmose.

These sounds range from different categories such as classic synth sounds, FM keys, cinematic pads, lo-fi experiments and crazy effects, all taking advantage of the new keybed interactions offered by Expressive E's Augmented Keyboard Action©.

Audio recorded at 44,1kHz, 24bit with a Native Instruments Komplete Audio Mk1 without further processing.

While development of the industrialized prototype is going according to plan, the unit shown is still the same prototype unit that appeared in earlier videos. Creating it involved 3d printing techniques as well as manual labour by our engineers, meaning that you can see some irregularities in the keybed. The final, industrialized model will certainly not show such tolerances and will feature a flawless, even keybed

2. Osmose sound design work in progress #2

Shot at the Expressive E office, this video is giving a sneak peek at the current state of 8 sounds that our in-house sound designers are programming using the EaganMatrix by Haken Audio, the synth engine that will be internal to Osmose.

3. Osmose sound design work in progress #3

Shot beginning of March 2020 at the Expressive E office, this video is giving a sneak peek at the current state of new sounds that our in-house sound designers are programming using the EaganMatrix by Haken Audio, the synth engine that will be internal to Osmose.

These sounds range from different categories such as classic synth sounds, FM keys, cinematic pads, lo-fi experiments and crazy effects, all taking advantage of the new keybed interactions offered by Expressive E's Augmented Keyboard Action©.

Audio recorded at 44,1kHz, 24bit with a Native Instruments Komplete Audio Mk1 without further processing.

While the development of the industrialized prototype is going according to plan, the unit shown is still the same prototype unit that appeared in earlier videos. Creating it involved 3d printing techniques as well as manual labor by our engineers, meaning that you can see some irregularities in the keybed. The final, industrialized model will certainly not show such tolerances and will feature a flawless, even keybed, compare the renders on our website: www.expressivee.com/discover-osmose

Credit:
Performed by: The Elements
Video: Samsara prod http://samsaraprod.com/

Casio RZ-1 - The sixty classic factory patterns

Published on Apr 16, 2020 SynthMania

"I recently acquired a Casio RZ-1 that still had 57 out of 60 of the factory patterns (including the three conga sounds assigned to the sample pads) untouched in memory.

I looked at the RZ-1 Pattern Samples booklet and fixed the three patterns that the previous owner had rewritten, and so here is a little treat for you all - a dive back into 1986, all sixty original RZ-1 factory patterns are here in this video for you to hear - just like if you were buying this drum machine brand new in 1986.

The machine also came with the original cassette with many additional samples, so I'll do a video with those in the future. I will also create a .wav dump of the factory patterns and put it online, for anyone who has an RZ-1 and wants to check out the original factory patterns.

I also wrote the descriptions of each pattern that's written in the RZ-1 Pattern Samples book. It's a great way to learn how some classic rhythms are programmed."

Studio Session: Anthony Rother „Menschenkind“ (Electronic Beats TV)

Published on Apr 16, 2020 Telekom Electronic Beats

"Electro producer Anthony Rother plays 'Menschenkind' live in his studio."

Some studio synth spotting: Clavia / Nord synths, Roland JX-3P, Moog Voyager, Waldorf Wave, Waldorf Quantum, Alesis Ion, and Nord Modular G2. Curious what's under the Wave. If you know feel free to comment.

confined spaces #2

Published on Apr 16, 2020 wildchurch

More interesting gear from wildchurch. This appears to be the first post to feature the Gluon. Note the record player running in reverse.

"More noises from the closet...

Sounds:
string drone machine
reversible/vari-speed turntable with English conversation instruction record played backwards at wrong speed
modified cassette player (variable speed) playing tape of drum loop
'Gluon' a ribbon controlled drone generator

Effects:
Aria spring reverb
Korg SDD-3300"

Update: some info on the Gluon:

"It's a one-off but something I'd like to revisit with improvements. It's a simple oscillator circuit using an LM324 opamp with a sparkfun soft pot as ribbon controller for the frequency. There's additionally a photo-resistor in series with the soft pot acted on by 2 LEDs - one flashing at variable rate, the other of adjustable brightness; both controlled by 555 timers. Between them, they alter the pitch in subtle or not so subtle ways, creating a vibrato/LFO effect. Honestly speaking, more care went into the housing and aesthetics than sonics - without any external FX, it's quite unpleasant and unmusical. The term Gluon comes from particle physics but I named the device such after the album of the same name by the Japanese group Hi-Posi, which is both very pleasant and musical."

confined spaces #1

Published on Apr 16, 2020 wildchurch

The white piece is the Hogaku Conductor. It also came in brown. You can find a demo of one here. They are available eBay

"My studio in a closet in the living room

Sounds:
O2 Minipops (clock master)
drum trigger sequencer triggers Yamaha pmc1 sending MIDI to Akai S20 (drum samples)
sequenced Hogaku Conductor

Effects:
Aria spring reverb
Korg SDD-3300

Not too well balanced - too much Minipops in the mix
Listen with headphones for the low end/sub

Not much variation throughout the 17 + mins - so no need to listen to the whole thing...dip in and out if you feel like it."

AW RETRO MUSIC SOFTWARE: VAZ

Published on Apr 16, 2020 Audio Wanderer

"The worst soft synth of the 90s? The nightmare of a bedroom producer looking for a new synth to test? The ideal sound for noise, industrial fucked up genres about peoples without soul... VAZ"

Anyone know what year VAZ came out? How many of you remember using it? I remember using it on Windows 95 or 98.

Concert of the 24 May 2019

Published on Apr 14, 2020 RADIOKLOW

You might remember previous posts featuring performances by Marc-Henri Arfeux, aka RADIOKLOW, and his students here on MATRIXSYNTH. Marc-Henri wrote in to share this last concert. A ninth was scheduled but unfortunately it will likely be canceled due to the current state of things.

"This concert was given Friday 24 May 2019 at Lycée Edouard Herriot of Lyon, France, by the Philosophy and Electronic Music Workshop I created in 2010.

During this eighth season, we worked around the question of memory.

The concert was performed by:

Victor Barbé: synthesisers, harmonica, voice
Candice Blache : Minimoog Voyager
Julie Breuil : Access Virus TI, voice
Athénaïs Franck : Voice,
Antoine Grimaud : Guitar, voice
Paul Saric : Minimoog Little Phatty, voice
Marc-Henri Arfeux : Minimoog Voyager, Access Virus TI
"Mauvais Garçon" : Introduction to the audience"

Winterbloom Sol & Big Honking Button Eurorack Modules

Note this is the first post to feature Winterbloom. They are also a new supporting member of the site, which is extremely appreciated.

Winterbloom is having a giveaway for their Sol & Big Honking Button eurorack modules. You can find details on how to enter on Twitter here.

The following are details for each module.

Sol via Winterbloom

"Sol is a uniquely customizable USB MIDI to CV/Gate module. It's designed to be useful right out of the box but flexible enough to accommodate a ton of different CV/Gate generation needs. It is an unusual module, though- Sol is the first Eurorack module that can be re-programmed using CircuitPython. It's designed from the ground up to be customized by you. You are not limited by what we’ve programmed the module to do and you don't have to become an embedded developer to impart your own magic into this module.

Manufactured in the United States.

Preorders placed in April will ship in May."

Priced at $169


Big Honking Button via Winterbloom

"It is a lovely day in the studio and you have captured a horrible goose and put it into your synthesizer.

Big Honking Button is, well, a big button that honks. Okay- okay, before you run away- it’s actually a simple sampler in a very silly package. It has pitch CV, gate in, gate out, and you can store up to 4mb of samples on it.

Manufactured in the United States.

Preorders placed in April will ship in May."

Priced at $169