MATRIXSYNTH

Friday, December 01, 2006

Ensoniq Fizmo

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction. BTW, before you even consider bidding on it, read this.

Octave CAT

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Title link takes you to an all MEK track by Awakened_Yeti. Enjoy.

"Here is a song i made using only the mono evolver keyboard. No other sound sources were used, and no effects, EQ, or dynamics processing was used (except for a bit of compression on the final mix for mastering purposes). Everything is raw evolver sounds, and no presets were used. For the drums, i made one shot samples, and loaded them into NI Battery as a kit to be triggered by MIDI - but no changes were made to the sounds themselves."

Plexus Studio

Remember this PAiA modular? Well here it is in the context of the studio. Gorgeous. Title link takes you to the full shot.

More via Music of Plexus.

The ASM-1 homepage

Remember this post on the ASM-2? Title link takes you to the ASM-1 homepage on Magnus with tons of info and samples.

Electro Harmonix Sequencer

Update: Be sure to check out gavin's Fancy & Spook.

gavin posted a few items on AH for sale. One of them was the Electro Harmonix Sequencer Drum which I had not seen before. He posted some details on the unit for sale (below). I asked him if I could post the image and details and not only did he give me the all clear, he sent me an image of his later model Sequencer for comparison and an mp3. Title link takes you to the mp3. Thanks gavin!

Top image: "electro harmonix sequencer drum - early model (without cv out/clk in/reset in - an easy mod?) - 8 step sequencer with built-in tone generator(clean square wave) - controls for pitch, rate, & decay. sequence triggered by pad at front or from trigger in, repeat or single mode, gated by pad/trigger or clock pulse. lots of blippy fun - only selling it as got 2! us voltage model."

This bottom image is the later model.

Utica 292

flickr by Knuckledragger

Title link takes you to more.

The Best Free Softsynths on CDM

Title link takes you to an excellent article on CDM on free plug-ins including the following categories: Virtual Analog (VA), Granular, Sampler, Beatslicer, Drum Sampler, Drum Synth, FM Synth, Hybrid/Modular, and Others.

Ohm Force Tutorials

Ohm Force Tutorial #1 : OhmBoyz

Ohm Force Tutorial #2 : Predatohm

Title link takes you to the Ohm Force site. Ohm force are the developers behind GMedia's excellent softsynths like the Minimonsta and Oddity. via CDM.

Pics...

Title link takes you to a couple more uploaded on sequencer.de.

Oberheim Four Voice

flickr by Heath Finnie.

click here for more.

Thursday, November 30, 2006

Moog Song Producer

Remember the Moog Song Producer? Click here for more shots pulled via this auction.

via adrien.

Details from the auction:
"It is a midi interface(4out / 1in / 1 thru) for the Commodore 64. It also has 8 trigger outs, clock in/out and foot switch control. It has a faux cartridge which is how it interfaces with the c64. It includes software an extensive manual and schematics."

Update via Gerald in the comments:
"I have one of these. Someone found a warehouse of them and put them up on ebay a couple years ago. You can tell this one is from this lot by the box's water damage. Although it is cool beyond cool, it doesn't work with any of the existing SID-midi software such as Triad's Midislave. I believe that it would be next to trivial for Midislave to be changed to work with the Moog, but alas the author seemed annoyed by the request. Since there are at least 20-30 of these midi interfaces in existence, it may in fact out number the Sequential Circuits, Datel, and Passport catridges.

The software is painful... not particularly graphical, with keyboard shortcuts galore. The best thing about the software is that it is an early example of open source... they encourage you to copy as often as you like."

Back to the Future

Remember this post on "The Great Bleep Forward?" Title link takes you to more synth content on the BBC's 6 Music. It looks like they are on a synth run at the moment. Also note a new episode for The Great Bleep Forward is up, so be sure to check back on these.

Stramp Synthchanger on Aliens Project

Title link takes you to more synth goodness on Aliens Project.

via sequencer.de.

Update via walkathon in the comments: "From the look, I guessed Germany '78 - turns out I wasn't too far off.

buchhhhhie

flickr by ica~icarus.

One more here.

Buchla

Roland Juno-60

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Korg MicroKorg Flight Case

Nice case.

Two shots via this auction.

Roland SH-101

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Trippler.Net

It's been almost a year since I put up this post on Trippler.Net, however I've put up a number of posts featuring Stefan Trippler since I started this blog. Stefan recently posted a few links to his Evolver pages on AH. I decided to check them out again, along with the rest of his site. If you haven't been there, I highly recommend checking it out. As of this post you will find tons of info and samples of the following synths: Waldorf MicroQ, DSI Evolver (all versions), MiniMax ASB, and Virsyn Tera 2. What's great about his samples is that they are pretty diverse, and usually utiliz the given synth for all tracks in the piece. Really good stuff.

AH Bay Area Gathering 2006 Gallery on alt-mode

Title link takes you to the gallery by alt-mode, just sent to AH today.

Two EMS Synthis pictured.

Magnus EMS Page

Title link takes you to the Magnus EMS Page where you will find a number of datasheets, fliers, the Synthi User Manual, support material, and pictures. While there, be sure to check out the top nav links for more synth content on Magnus.

Front cover of the Synthi Users Manual pictured.

Matrixsynth by Javier

No title link. Image sent my way via Javier.

Alesis Andromeda A6

Thanks Javier!

ASM-2 Wizard on Synthwire

Click here for a post by VCO on Synthwire on building the ASM-2 Wizard. You might recognize the ASM-2 from these previous posts.

Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Jona Lewie - "In the Kitchen at Parties" on TOTP

YouTube via ZonkOut. Features Oberheim Four Voice System and ARP Odyssey.

New upload:

YouTue via JonaLewieOfficial
"JONAH LEWIE - You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties

Famous for his Christmas hit single Stop the Cavalry, Jona Lewie penned You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties with fellow Brett Marvin and the Thunderbolts member Keef Trouble. Both were also members of Terry Dactyl and the Dinosaurs and acheived hits with Seaside Shuffle and On A Saturday Night."

Alternative Synthesizer Tunings Group

"A group for those interested in alternative non-12TET/EDO electronic synthesizer tunings and/or alternative key-frequency "mappings" within the standard 12TET/EDO tuning."

Title link takes you there.

The Great Bleep Forward

Title link takes you to "The Great Bleep Forward," a four part documentory on synthesizers and their impact on music. Parts 1 and 2 are currently online. The links are on the right nav when you get there. Enjoy.

MISC on Sendling

Looks like Sendling is on a roll:

Natural M2 Vocoder by MarcMarc

Kenton Killamix mini USB controller

Baby 10 sequencer (click through for a scanned article on this one).

Leisure Cove and The Shamblers - Moog Rogue

via The Shambler's MySpace page. The track "Revs Cost" features a Moog Rogue "filtering a lap steel and feeding a Tapco 4400." Interesting track. Reminds me of something Tom Waits might do minus the vocals. The image of the Moog Rogue comes from The Shamblers blog, Leisure Cove, where you will find a few more shots.

Fox The Fox - Precious Little Diamond

YouTube via xuanxusep. Sent my way via JZ.
Features a Moog Memorymoog, Roland SH-101, and Yamaha DX7.

BuzzOut Synth

YouTube via enjoime. Features Korg MS2000.

Yamaha DX7IId

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Retarded Animal Babies - 11

Title link takes you to a flash toon via Dave of the classic synth comic strip, The Packrat.

WARNING: This is not The Packrat. It's Retarded Animal Babies. A whole different ballgame. If you are easily offended skip this one. It's a flash toon filled with obscene language, nudity and... synths. Not work safe. If you are not easily offended enjoy.

Synths: Nord, Roland JD800, Moog, Roland Jupiter 8, Triton Extreme, Roland JX-3P?, Yamaha DX7, Access Virus Keyboard, Waldorf Yellow Q, Oberheim, Korg, and a Roland Axis MIDI controller if you pick the donkey at the end.

The Thomas Henry XR VCO

"The XR VCO is a voltage controlled oscillator based off of the XR2206 function generator IC. It was designed by Thomas Henry in June of 2006, and is presented here for the enjoyment of all. Feel free to build it, modify it and apply it to any of your DIY projects."

Title link takes you there. You will find samples and more. Be sure to check out the left nav when you get there. Via cp productions where you

will find more samples. Also note this modular had XR VCOs.

Hartmann Neuron VS

You don't see these too often. Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction. Unfortunately they aren't the greatest shots, but, there you have it. Nice packaging.

Moog Taurus II Pedals

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction. They aren't the greatest shots, however I thought this one was kind of interesting. I didn't realize the unit itself was the case.

Oberheim OB-8

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

modular synth diy

Title link takes you to matthias [fonik] herrmann's modular synth DIY site where you will find more info on this modular along with samples.

via sendling

Ryuichi Sakamoto & his Fairlight 1984

Ryuichi Sakamoto of YMO. Be sure to check out the YMO videos in these posts as well. Via DVDBORN, where you will also find this interesting Japanese clip featuring the Fairlight CMI Series 2..

360 Systems SEMs?

Title link takes you to a post on sequencer.de which alludes to this 360 Systems Spectre module as being an Oberheim SEM in disguise. If you know anything about this unit, feel free to comment.

BTW, check out sequencer.de for a few other tasty synth posts including the Akai AX60 and Roland S330 editing interface.

Update via retrosynth in the comments:
"It's an SEM along with some really poor pitch to CV tracking and an envelope follower thrown in. There's normally a cable for a hex pickup on the far left but on this unit the cable had been cut. This unit had the CV/gate output jacks switched to CV/gate inputs. Unfortunately the amplitude envelope is modified for input from the envelope follower so it only has an attack control, no decay or sustain. It could easily be fixed though. Pictures of the internals here.

Update via Sequenberheim in the comments:
"I worked there.
It tracked even worse than you say.
It was the SEM module. They had a deal with Oberheim to buy and use them.

They didn't have much for gear archives but they did have the very rare 6 SEM guitar synth there too. It was 6 separate SEM modules with 6 of the pitch glitchers as I called them.

They also made a programable parametric EQ that is very rare. The 360 frequency shifter is a rare one too."

Phelios / Stephen Parsick @ Wuppertal 24.11.2006

flickr via Moogulator.

This was previously posted on Moogulator's sequencer.de, but I skipped it at the time. It just keeps coming back so I think it's some sign that I must post it. I just love the color in the shot and the Technics WSA1 always intrigued me. The Prophet VS isn't too shabby either.

Tuesday, November 28, 2006

Mammal - These are the Salad Days of the Future

YouTube via channelbenjie. Sent my way via frederic.

Original Synth Docs, Books and Mags

Looks like minime123 is auctioning off a motherload of synthesizer docs, books and magazines. Title link takes you to the shots pulled via the auctions for future reference.

Update: minime informed me that these are all originals and not just scans. I updated the title to reflect this as well.

Casio CZ-2000S

I knew about the CZ-1000, CZ-3000, and CZ-5000 Phase Distortion synths from Casio, but not the CZ-2000S. Check out the built in speakers. It looks like the home keyboard version of the CZ series. Title link takes you to some more shots pulled from this Chinese auction sent my way via Sonicbrat. Sonicbrat was on the hunt for Chinese synths and found a few including this one. The majority of what he did find on Chinese auctions were home keyboards and arranger style workstations. If he puts a post up I'll be sure to link to it. BTW, if you know of any Chinese synths please feel free to comment.