MATRIXSYNTH

Transfusion Machine

Joel Braverman

"Performed live using Moog and Behringer synths. Vocals using VC-340 and Spectravox"

4 Track Tapes 85-86 by Runningonair

A new collection from supporting member Runningonair. Check out the 4 Track Tape Restoration videos below!

"The title, “4 track tapes 85-86”, might suggest a direct lift, clean up and remaster, but this is far from the truth. Comprising of a selection of musical sketches and demos, the material on the tapes was never intended for release.

Instead, the tapes have been languishing in storage for around 30 years. However in 2017, concerns about the
longevity of the originals lead to transferring to digital. This was the first time I had heard the material for many years; I was surprised by how many of the tracks I remembered and by how much I liked them. It really felt like discovering a treasure trove. Yes, it’s all early stuff, poorly performed and lo-fi sound but without pretention. Naïve really. At the time I wasn’t really listening to much pop music and so there was minimal influences from that area. Although the
tapes were littered with performance mistakes the sound has an almost clinical quality at times, typical of early digital synths.

When I considered turning the material into a functioning album, I wanted to find a balance between the authenticity of the original and potential gains of current music technology. I did this by setting certain boundaries, the most important being only material from the original tapes could be used.

While performance mistakes could be fixed relatively easily, the lack of drum tracks was a bigger problem. At the time I didn’t have a drum machine and would instead resort to banging a few tin cans to try to get some form of percussion part. This rarely worked. Of course, true authenticity would demand I didn’t add anything new, but I felt it really needed the lift drums could bring. Fortunately, I did occasionally get brief drum machine loans from various sources and recordings of these were on the same tapes in the form of unfinished tracks. From these sound sources I constructed sympathetic drum parts, attempting to create something that I could have done at the time.

Additionally, I allowed myself the luxury of enhancing the sound quality within certain limits, essentially sticking to basic EQ, reverb and stereo widening.

Although the enhancements have changed the character of the tracks greatly, certain key ingredients remain; the
wonky ever-changing tempos and improvisational playing remain intact, and they still feel like the original tracks, although they do sound richer. I’m sure the younger me would have wanted to go much further."

4 Track Tape Restoration

"In this series I look at some of the issues I had while I was working on the album "4 track tapes 85 - 86". More information about the album itself can be found here:

https://runningonair.bandcamp.com/alb..."

Daft Punk "Da Funk" on modular synth & Bass Station II

Extralife

"The eurorack sequencer used in this video is now on Kickstarter! Click below for more info:
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

After many years of listening and contemplating it, I finally decided to dive in recreate Daft Punk's classic acid house burner with my modular synth setup. Every sound you hear was created on the gear you see! The drums are hexinverter 909 modules (the sub bass comes from the kick), and some samples on the Squarp Rample (hi hats, drum break, horn stab). The first bassline is on the Novation Bass Station II using some external feedback looping for more growl. The classic 303 line is recreated using my open-source Super Sixteen sequencer, MFOS VCO as an oscillator, Yusynth Moog Ladder Filter, and a SansAmp Para Driver. Some EQ and buss compression was added to the recording.

Sorry that 25% of the video ended up being the top of my head! Still working on a proper overhead camera setup. Will fix that for the next jam."

BUILDING A MUSICTHING CHORD ORGAN: LIVE (WITH SPECIAL GUEST TOM WHITWELL!)

mylarmelodies

"Let's put some tunes on and I'll solder a music thing live on camera. BONUS: A brief chat with inventor extraordinaire Tom Whitwell at the start!"

DX5 playing Spandau Ballet "To Cut a Long Story Short" cover

DX5

"Instrumental cover using the Roland Promars as they originally did.

Gear:
Roland MRS-2 Promars
Roland JP8000
Kurzweil PC1x
Backtrack previously recorded track by track from scratch on Pro Tools.
Original song composed by Gary Kemp.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

And the original also with an MRS-2 Promars:

Spandau Ballet - To Cut A Long Story Short

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DX5 playing Depeche Mode "But Not Tonight" Cover (updated).

Previous cover here

"'But not Tonight' (Modern Girls movie version) update. I've already recorded a cover of this song twelve years ago. Time to a revision, using basically the same sounds, a bit more processed.

Gear used:
Yamaha DX7
Emu Emax I (library choir and Yamaha DX7/Roland JX8P sounds previously sampled by me).
Backtrack previously recorded and sequenced on Pro Tools.
Original song composed by Martin L. Gore.
Performed here by DX5 Jose Maria Bara."

DSI Pro 2 & Boss HM2 Heavy Metal

3rdStoreyChemist

Roland V-Synth Tweaking the Choir Virtual Analog Sampler Synthesizer

#rolandvsynth #rolandvariphrase #supersaw
Roland V-Synth "Tweaking the Choir"
Synthesizer Demo by Rik Marston
***Watch in HD!!*** ***Turn it UP!!*** ***No Talking!!!***

The Roland V-Synth is a trip!
This short video I demo "Cyber Choral".
It really is a fun experience playing the V-Synth!
It really is worth all the money, I am sure they will only
got up in second hand prices! GET ONE NOW!
Sound designers, this is a MUST HAVE!