MATRIXSYNTH

The Space Dialogue - a Fun Homage

video by ProckGnosis

"Skip beer-and-babble intro to 3:49 for the start of the piece and 8:08 for some comments about the sounds and ideas that went into it. This was meant to be sort of an homage and cheezy collage of synth soundtracks and pieces that I've really enjoyed over the years.

This piece was mostly a side project that gave me something to do from my laptop during corona lockdown and other fun over the last couple of years. It was done mostly with Reason softsynths, with a big assist from the Dreadbox Typhon.

The idea for something like this had been floating around in my head for a while. I originally wrote and recorded the dialogue back in mid 2019, and I've been slowly shaping it, tweaking it, mixing it, and slightly altering it for almost 18 months. The biggest challenge for me putting this together was mixing the various elements and balancing the levels. Though 90% of the melody and arrangement was put together in the first 5 or 6 months, early versions were a bit muddy and crowded, before I started trying for a "less is more" approach. I removed redundant clips/melodies, filtered out the low end where needed, EQ’ed mids more than I usually do, and tried not to drive the mastering compressor so much. I’m fairly happy with the final mix, though there’s still room for improvement. It was fun and a pretty good learning experience.

Thanks to some of the "green screen" community out there for offering up a few special effects. Now I need to go back and find out who to give credit to after I post this.

And of note, I think this is the first ProckGnosis theme I've done based mostly on guitar!"

Oberheim Matrix 12 - Improv

video by Tim Mantle / Psalm37patches

"Found some time to loosen up."

ESK - Cwejman Modular and Akai MPC X - Part 2

video by Metunar

"One synth sound made out of 3 parts from the Cwejman Modular. The drum sounds and the sequencing is from the Akai MPC X.

Direct recording with mastering.

http://www.metunar.ch"

ESK - Cwejman Modular and Akai MPC X - Part 1

Roland Electronic Musical Instruments Big Sounds For Best Listening & Vol 2 Catalog Brochures

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"Two catalogs one from what looks like 1979 and the other from 1977. 1979 has 40+ pages and in color gloss in English. The 1977 is Black and White newsprint style 14+ pages in Japanese. Both complete no tears. The 1977 has some writing in it (see pic9) patch tab names."

Synths featured below:

Roland System-100m
Roland SH-2000
Roland System-100
Roland System-700

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Access Virus TI2 in TI Body

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"Had this repaired around Christmas. Old DSP chips went out. Was offered to upgrade to TI2 main PCB. So MINT TI shell with the nice wooden endbells and brand new TI2 main board inside."

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Yamaha DX200 & AN200 Loopfactory Desktop Synthesizers

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"These are great sounding, versatile synths that are easy to learn and fun to use. Together they make a powerful setup, especially when used with a MIDI keyboard. Every pot and switch on both units have been checked and cleaned with contact cleaner/deoxidizer so everything works as new! Ships with the original manuals and CDs as pictured!"

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