MATRIXSYNTH

at 4/22/2006 12:36:00 AM

flickr by bdu. Title takes you to more including mouse-map of each synth.

at 4/22/2006 12:35:00 AM

Cat in synth. Need I say more? Title link takes you there. All samples Serge modular.

at 4/22/2006 12:34:00 AM

flickr by unrest. Title link takes you to more.

at 4/22/2006 12:33:00 AM

flickr by Sameli.

Much more on the UM-2 here. Specs and one shot pulled below just in case that site dissapears.

"Generally the concept of this stylish instrument can be best compared with a Casio Rapman RAP-1, although this thing has some more feature and is less keyboard oriented."

main features:

* 13 midsize keys (long, black keys need much pressure)
* 2 built- in 10cm speakers (with some bass, mono)
* stylish microphone & headphones
* keyboard polyphony 4 notes (only 3 with background pattern loop)
* 8 keyboard preset sounds (selected in 4 step sequences by 2 buttons, ignores key press duration, names choosen by me)
o 1-4 {banjo, bubbeling synth pad, tekkno chord, lead synth}
o 5-8 {piano, sitar, sitar+piano, ah scratch}
* 24 preset background pattern loops (mislabelled "rhythms", selected in 6 step sequences by 4 buttons)
* tempo +/- buttons (control sound loop sample playback speed)
* button controls in tape deck style {reverse, stop, play. pause, fast}
* master volume knob
* separate microphone and AUX/CD volume knobs (can not be set to 0)
* scratch disc
* 5 OBS disc scratch effect buttons
1. play effect sample 1/ play effect sample 1 backward (proportional speed)
2. play effect sample 1/ play effect sample 2 (ignores speed)
3. play semi- random effect samples (selected by speed and direction)
4. sound loop speed change (slowly returns to normal speed)
5. sound loop speed change (speed returns to 0, like manually turning a record)
* 20 disc effect sounds (selected in 10 step sequences by 2 buttons)
o 1-10
o 11-20
* "effect mixer keys" controller (2 directions play a different sample, 32 samples selected through 4 rubber buttons)
* voice changer switch {normal, low tone, robot, high tone}
* all preset sounds based on low & medium resolution samples
* CPU= "Potex Z0650AA7101, 4" (36+2 pin COB module) with DC controllable clock oscillator
* separate voice changer IC "Z0650AA7102, 16" (COB on small daughter board)
* auto power-off
* "speaker/ headphone" switches for main voice and AUX/CD (make loud popping noise)
* control panel illumination lamp
* extendable platform for portable CD player
* jacks for headphone, microphone, AUX/CD input

at 4/22/2006 12:32:00 AM

Title link takes you to a 11.1M pdf of the OSCar manual.

at 4/22/2006 12:31:00 AM

"This patchbook is designed to be used with ANY dual-oscillator analog/subtractive synthesizer. Contains classic synth patches as well as acoustic emulations created by matching harmonics to the actual instruments." Title link takes you there. Via fvwelsh in this VSE post.

Now if we could only get Elhardt to write one as well...

at 4/22/2006 12:30:00 AM

And it's a synth one, with a funny, no doubt. It's Vogelsheiss' studio. Title link takes you there.

at 4/21/2006 07:23:00 PM

Ummm.... Went for $20. Yep. Via Music Thing.

at 4/21/2006 11:35:00 AM

Remember the genoQs Octopus? Pre-orders opened in December. Well, now it looks like they are actually ready. Beautiful design. Title link takes you there. Via Moogulator.

at 4/21/2006 09:57:00 AM

3rd year running. Line up includes Keith Emerson, Jan Hammer, The Mahavishnu Project, DJ Logic, Roger O'Donnell, and School of Rock. Title link takes you to more info.