MATRIXSYNTH

New Gear Testdrive - Korg, TC, Strymon, Roland

video by verstaerker

"Got some new gear to test out, so I made this little track
first Sequence made with the Korg NTS-1, sequenced on the Korg Sq-64 and added some delay with the Strymon Volante

Drums made with the Yocto 8080 send through the Sherman 2x2 with some reverb on the Snare added from the TC-M3000

The later appearing sequence is from the Roland Cloud System-100, wich sounds really analog …also added Sherman Drive and Tape-Echo

The Strymon Volante is really the best Tape-Simulation out there.
The Korg Sq-64 is a quite capable sequencer . I’m not so happy that saving projects requires additionally a proper shutdown of the device. And creating/changing longer notes is a bit complicated … considering they call it polyphonic sequencer.

I love the TC-M3000 .. the reverb sounds very natural. It’s great for everything where you want to recognize the original sound and don’t smear everything with a cloud of reverb.

I was very surprised how well the Roland Cloud plugins sound. Especially the SH-2 and System-100."

Testing new live rig with plinky itération 3

video by Meska

"Juste quick & raw preview of the new live rig i build, this time chessy acide ! :
welcome to the new module added: Typhoon
elektron octatrack mixing and EQ
gotharman ld3 all the drum (no sample) , sub and sidechain
plinky arpegio and sequencing the sub via CV
and some euro module : razmasynth unknow pleasures, 4ms rcd and MI grids..

Thank you for watching.
My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly "dark and expérimental" music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with.
i'm tattooist at day jobs and you can found my work here : www.meska.fr

You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/

If you'd like to support the channel consider buying music from bandcamp ;)"

Frogleg Synthesis Benjolin Rob Hordijk Banana Synth

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Demo in the listing previously posted here.

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Ensoniq SQ 80 Cross Wave Synthesizer w/ ROM Carts & Floppies

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"6 Floppy discs included: Performance #1, & #2, Essential 1, SQ80 Voice/Data disk #1 and 2 unlabeled disks.

5 Cartridges include: Percussion,80 Voice ROM 803, 80 Voice ROM 802, 80 Voice ROM 801, 80 Voice ROM 804"

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Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 SN 1591

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"In great condition, I bought it from the original owner and recently got it repaired through wine country. They installed 6 new IC’s and a new membrane panel, around 600 in new parts plus the latest OS was installed. See receipt, manual also included."

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Roland D-550 w/ Plus RAM Card & Rescue Disk

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Rack-mount version of the exceptional and legendary Roland D-50

"The included Roland D-50 Rescue kit (which also works for the D-550) will also allow you to restore the system settings via MIDI. A printed version of the manual is included; there is no original box. To this day the synth remains popular for its unique and powerful sounds. You will find it is still fully supported (on eBay you can find upgrades for the display and other accessories; the internal battery used is a very common and inexpensive CR2032.
Features:

16 voice polyphony (32 partials with 2 per voice), or 8 voices (using 4 partials per voice in Dual or Split Mode)
Oscillators: Digital (Linear Arithmetic Synthesis) ; PCM,
LFO : (3 x 2 tones = 6 LFOs)
VCF/VCA FILTER: low-pass-resonant; ADSR envelopes
61 note keyboard with velocity and aftertouch
64 patch memory"

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ELEKTRONIKA EM-26 w/ Teal Side Panels SN 029 30

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"Elektronika EM-26 portable vocoder is intended for synthesis the voice or external signals, has internal strings ton-generator, analyzer-synthesizer, modulations and vocoder effects. Control panel include 4 sections: VIBRATO, VOCODER, STRINGS and LEVEL, also it has a panel real time transpose and other controls.

VIBRATO section has sliders - accent, depth and rate VOCODER - chorus knobs (on, mode), mic/vocoder level STRINGS - on/off, level, violin/cello, sustain LEVEL - mic, line A, line C Keyboard PANEL: main level, pitch, interval, octave, pitch bend

CONNECTION (1/4 jack): mic in, line A,C, phones, output, pedal, power."

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Alesis Air Synth AND Air FX w/ Manuals & Patch Charts

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video by John Schussler

"Bringing out a couple units I haven't touched in 20 years from the attic to remember what they sound like.

No narration or commentary, just me waving my hands around and listening to the funny sounds that come out. Probably more of a record for posterity than anything else...."