MATRIXSYNTH

Monday, March 20, 2006

Moog 55 Advert - New Flickr Shot

flickr by maxkalehhoff.

Rhodes Chroma Printouts

Title link takes you to Rhodes Chroma printouts added to the Rhodes Chroma site. "There are books for sets 1, 2, & 3; and sets 4 and 5. These are printouts, I believe from Fender's Apple II software, of the program parameters of all the factory patches." Might be interesting to try these patch settings on other synths and see what comes out.

Sunday, March 19, 2006

Roland SH-1000

Just a couple of shots pulled from this sale on Craigslist. Love the green velvet.

The Bahn Sage Makes a Come Back!

Remember the Bahn Sage? Word has it it's featured on page 14 of the April issue of Keyboard Magazine. Can't wait to get my copy. BTW, the same Elhardt that does the insanely impressive emulations, like the Jupiter 6 covering Freebird, was the man behind the Sage.

Shot via Sequencer.de

Metasonix S-1000 Take 2 on One Blue Monkey

Title link takes you there. Video link under date, under title.

Misprints of the Synth World

Update: Make sure to check out the comments in this post for some other interesting examples.

Thought this was interesting. Peter Forrest of Spheremusic and the VEMIA auction called out that the Korg PS-3100 up for auction had LIMITER misspelled as LIMITTER. Ron West posted a link to the image below where you can see it. According to Peter Forrest the mistake was caught and later models were corrected. I wonder how many other synths have unintentional misprints. I know many of my posts do. : )

"I was just having a last play on the Korg PS-3100 that is in the auction ending today, and saw that this one has the spelling mistake LIMITTER on its front panel. It's serial number 712139 - presumably an early one, before it was spotted and corrected."
Peter Forrest
Susurreal Publishing (A-Z of Analogue)
VEMIA auction (www.spheremusic.com)
fax +44 1363 777872

Korg Mono/Poly Samples

Two Korg Mono/Poly Samples.

One of my favorite Mono/Poly shots. Via the Zen Mono/Poly site.

http://www.retrosynth.com/tracks/joe_erwin_zippity.mp3
"The following tune was done by friend Joe Erwin on a Mono/Poly multritracked on a Tascam DA-88. I think this is circa 1998." Via Cary Roberts.

http:// www.baward.plus.com/mp3/MP4.mp3
I am jumping on this one a bit late (DSL has been down) but here's another example of the Mono/Poly solo which I originally I posted last year. 5 minutes of noodling, me getting carried away with the arpeggiator and lots of modulation options, as it is so easy to do. That's a Stage Echo tape delay it's routed through.
Ben
Korg Kornucopia - analogue synthesizers

Musical_instrument_shop1 - New Flickr Shot

They even have a spittoon. Shot by resonanced sky.

Saturday, March 18, 2006

Moog Solar

There is Balance in the Synthiverse

Apologies for being down most of the past 24 hours. Blogger had a few hiccups with affected not only me but a number of blogs out there. I've been catching up and WOW, Moogulator has had quite the burst of posts while I've been out. Title link takes you there. Some drool worthy stuff going on there. There is balance in the synthiverse.

Update: Moogulator tells me the post that featured this shot was about another commercial site that used the shot without giving credit. That is just wrong. It's the equivalent of stealing it, because people visiting your site have no reason not to assume it's yours. Bad mojo. It really pisses me off because I go out of my way to make sure I give credit when credit is due and I definitely don't mind people posting about stuff on my site as long as they give me credit. I won't link to the offender in this case but I will call them out - they are called Phonostar. You can see the full post on Moogulator.

Li riconoscete

Title link takes you to Li riconoscete, a website filled with synth shots from various band videos. Clip from Billy Idol's Rebel Yell below?... Via Moogulator who has Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran in Planet Earth up. Definitely remember that one...

TR Brothers

Via Brandon Daniel.

Juno 106 - New Flickr Set

Title link takes you to more. Shot by unyo303.

Friday, March 17, 2006

HGPF on Analog Industries

And it's a synth one. Title link takes you there. Thought the following intro was kind of funny: "Old Schoolers Anonymous. Check this shit out. No computer, beeyatch! He makes songs the old fashioned way. He types them in to an MC-4, one note at a time, like Real Men Used To."

Metasonix S-1000 Wretch Machine on One Blue Monkey

Title link takes you there. Video under date, under title. Eric Barbour controls it with the Eowave Persephone picutred below. He also triggers it with the on board joystick. Thought that was pretty cool in that it actually does the triggering in addition to pitchbend so you can control the joystick with one hand and adjust knobs with the other sans midi controller.

Synth Demos by Ron West on StudioB12

Title link takes you to some synth demos by Ron West. Synths featured: Korg Mono/Poly, Moog MicroMoog, Yamaha CS-15, and Roland System 100m. Also check out his other links. It's worth noting Lenny the Lemur helped him with these. Who needs a cat when you have Lenny the Lemur. ; )

Jupiter 6 Does Freebird

Another from Elhardt. Title link takes you to the MP3. Has to be heard to be believed. I have no idea how he does it....

"The entire demo is all JP6 through the Johnson J-Station amp simulator,
except the bass which is straight JP6 by itself. No other keyboards or
synths used.

-Elhardt"

The ErsatZ Planet Oberheim Databank

Title link takes you there. Focus is on the SEM, 2-voice, and 4-voice. Schematics, Manuels and more.

Psychotropic Carousel - New Flickr Shot

I was checking out Mark Pilkington's Flickr set after reading this post on GetLoFi. I ran into this shot of Psychotropic Carousel with a Jen Synthtone SX1000. Title link takes you to the set with tons of shots of Einsturzende Neubauten, Coil, Genesis P Orridge of Psychic TV, Cosey Fanny and much more.

My Synthesizer - New Flickr Shot

Korg Karma. Shot by level4world.

Hobo # 615 - New Flickr Shot

Nice Moog. Shot by lily pepper.

My Moog Rules the Nation! - New Flickr Shot

Shot by Omega_Helsinki.

Thursday, March 16, 2006

The Samchillian Tip Tip Tip Cheeepeee

There's been some buzz on The Samchillian midi controller. I just took a look at these two videos (one, two) and it does look interesting. The first video is the current design floating around while the second video is the original design using what looks like a custom ergonomic qwerty keyboard; just like the one you use with a PC. The Samchillian website (title link) actually has a sofware version of The Samchillian so you can try it out yourself. You will also find instructions on how it works. The second video does a good job of showing you it's flexibility - you can chose various scales including some in depth microtonal scales that allow you to have 40 notes to the octave instead of the standard 12. Pretty interesting stuff.

New Samchillian Design

Original Samchillian

zebranologic 5osc Synth Soundsamples

Sound samples are up on SubtleNoiseMaker. Title link takes you there.

Short Vangelis Vid

Title link takes you to a short snip from a Vangelis interview. Nice Yamaha CS80 in the background. Via Simon Gouldstone. Thanks Simon!

OCP

Joao Ricardo sent me a link to his site where I pulled the nice shot below. Title link takes you there, make sure to check out the links on the right nav. BTW, I didn't see Matrixsynth on his links page, but I did see Moogulator! What's up with that! ; ) Update: Turns out Matrixsynth is linked under blogs. Thanks Joao! : )

Red Square and MX3

Fred's Mini Sound Lab

Title link takes you to a post on Fred's Blog on his Mini Sound Lab. He took an old videopac and used it to house the Mini Sound Lab. I love the color on this design, especially the red knobs. More shots on the project after the hop. Thanks Fred!

Sidcontrol and Pong VSTs

SidControl is a VST controller for the MIDIBox SID.

Pong is... well a pong VST you control with your mod wheel.

Title link takes you there. Via C64Music!.

New Moog?

Another tease? : )

Image cutesy of sizzlemeister on this HC thread.

Korg K-Series & PadKontrol on One Blue Monkey

Title link takes you there. Video link under date under title.

Analog-Lab

XPass Filter by Analog-Lab

They make an XPass Filter, Fluid Preamp and Vocoder X-32.

Update: Here's a link to some info on the X-32 in English.

Here Again - Stefan Trippler

New track by Stefan Trippler. Sick, sick, sick! Features the Mono Evolver Keyboard and Stylus RMX. Title link takes you there - 2.64M mp3.

Make sure to check out Trippler.net for more samples and shots including a much bigger shot of the above. Man, I love that shot.

SubtleNoiseMaker and the Zebranologic

Remember the Peruvian Zebranalogic? Well it looks like Sascha Renner picked one up. Title link takes you to a post on his brand new blog SubtleNoiseMaker. The Zebranologic isn't as shiny/polished as I was expecting, but that clear case is cool. Samples will be coming. I'll be subbing to his blog so hopefully I'll see the samples when they come in. I added SubleNoiseMaker to my blogroll on the right as well. Thanks Sascha!

Update: samples are in.

Toys - New Flickr Shot

Moog Etherwave Theremin. Shot by TheWaz.

Wednesday, March 15, 2006

Stacked Synth Shots

Some killer shots from this thread. Sent my way via Dennis Verschoor.

Prophet 5 Armada

Yamaha CS80-Go-Round

OSCar Ladder

Jupiter-8s - Just Lounging Around

The Boys Club - Anyone gotta light?

Title link takes you to more shots on Synthforum.nl.

Bob Moog Tribute Concert - UK March 25

Title link takes you there.

New Moog Will be a Keyboard?

On Sound and Sound: "Turnkey and Moog were remaining tight-lipped on this, but they were heard to say ‘Brian will have the keyboard with him, yes’."

Moog Clue #2

Also check out this new shot on the Moog website. Looks like wood end cheeks to me. I ran into this on Music Thing catching up this morning.

Update: Grabbing the text from Moog for the clue #2 shot above before it is gone.

"Could it be Wood? It must be a Boomerang...

Clue # 2

Two weeks until the Musik Messe and Moog’s new product unveiling - but why wait. Take a look at your next clue now.

Feel like discussing the hints with a community of creative and intelligent folks?

If so, Join our Moog Forum!"

Twiddle - New Flickr Shot

Yamaha CS1x. Shot by hazabaza.

I remember picking up this synth when it came out because it was so cheap. Surprisingly it's a great little synth. I'm not the biggest PCM fan, so it actually stood out with my non-PCM gear. Very crisp and squelchy sounding synth. Icy strings as well. Cool to see it being used like this. Jazz is cool.

Adventures in Analog Synthesis

Video tutorials on modular synthesis. It's $25 for the full tutorial but there is a pretty leanghty sample clip worth checking out. Title link takes you there. Via Synthtopia.

Roland Synthesizer Clan

Title link takes you to the synthesizer page on the Roland Synthesizer Clan website. Make sure to check out the right nav for what else the sight offers. For some reason the gear links are puking in Firefox on my end, but IE works fine. Via Moogulator.

Roland SH-7

The Novachord Restoration Project Updates

New audio sample up. Title link takes you there.

Arkanoid Re-Created

Lawrence Eldrige posted a track centered aroudn the C64 and SID sound. He is working on building a uCApps C64 MIDIBox. For this track he had MIDI working and that's about it. Knobs will be coming next. I thought the track was pretty well done and as he listed the synths used, I asked him if I could put it up. He gave me the go ahead, so here it is. Title link takes you to a 6.94M mp3 (right click and save). Note's below from Lawrence. It's a really cool track. Enjoy.

"So, I've been re-living my past love for the SID sound, and decided to
re-create the C64 theme tune to Arkanoid... using analogue synths. :)

http://www.obscuresounds.com/obscure_track2_f.mp3

Roland SVC-350 (main melody, verby sound @ 0:51)
Octave CAT (bassline @ 0:10)
C64 (beats, computer blip @ well, err, all over.)
ESQ1 (beats, main melody, pads @ 0:10 & 2:13)
ARP 2600 (guitar accompaniment, bass @ 2:13)
Mellotron Choir @ fading in & out throughout.
Rhodes Chroma (loading noise at start @ 0:04)
Solina String Ensemble @ various points.
MS-20 (white noise) @ 0:03

Hopefully I have the mixture just right!

...sadly the SID sound is either love or hate :)

Modular Planet

Title link takes you to the Modular Planet website. The sites hosts a bunch of mp3s and patch mappings to make these sounds on a Doepfer modular. Pretty cool. Click on the Patches link when you get there for the full list. Gotta love the retro site desing. : )