MATRIXSYNTH

at 12/30/2007 12:04:00 AM

via this auction

02 of 25 signed by Stefan Stenzel via Novamusik.

at 12/30/2007 12:03:00 AM

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at 12/30/2007 12:02:00 AM

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Model - VP - 330
Serial # - 112214
Made in Japan (late 70's to early 80's approx.)

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at 12/30/2007 12:01:00 AM

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at 12/30/2007 12:00:00 AM

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"The Data Sheet is two sided glossy and dated 1976. The Price List is two sided colored paper is dated 1/1/1977."

at 12/29/2007 07:55:00 PM

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It almost looks shellacked. Decent BIN on this one considering.

From the description:
"I added the heart sticker awhile ago but I, ahem, didn't have the heart to take it off."

at 12/29/2007 05:15:00 PM

YouTube via GoldfrappChannel. Electro-Harmonix Mini Synth. via tara busch of AnalogSuicide in the comments of this post. Note: if you like Goldfrapp, check out AnalogSuicide for one more video of them with some groovy outfits.

"Seasonal greetings to one and all.

Before we scamper off to our Christmas hidey hole to prepare for the release of Seventh Tree we are pleased to say that Alison and Will have prepared this very special Christmas message for you all, filmed in the back streets of N1 in London on Wednesday.

Frappy Christmas everyone and we hope that you have a wonderful new year.

The Deer

xx

http://www.myspace.com/goldfrapp
http://www.goldfrapp.com"

at 12/29/2007 04:24:00 PM

SIMMONS Clap Trap samples via Pure Magnetik.

via hadjek in the comments of this post.

at 12/29/2007 03:11:00 PM

Old one coming back soon.
Update: it should be all back to normal now. Let me know if I missed anything.

at 12/29/2007 02:22:00 PM

YouTube via LiveFromAustinTexas. Sent my way via Jared.
"Ghostland Observatory Live From Austin, Texas"
Any synth player with a cape gets an automatic post.
Anyone ID the gear?

at 12/29/2007 02:00:00 PM

YouTube via lockergnome.
A non synth geek perspective. Chris Pirillo is this "geek", founder of Gnomedex and Lockergnome.
"http://live.pirillo.com - I have no musical ability or talent at all. It's not for lack of trying, I assure you. I love music, and I love creating music. Thanks to the person from the community who recommended this great new toy, I can do this easily! And... special thanks to Ponzi for getting me this for Christmas!"

BTW, I updated this post with the YouTube version of this video. You can find more of Chris Pirillo's videos via the lockergnome link. Same goes for all YouTube vids I put up.

at 12/29/2007 11:57:00 AM

via André Vézina

"Specifications: 5 trig in, 5 output, one for each sound, Bass drum, Snare drum ,High tom, Low tom, Bass tom. There's a white noise for each sound.

Control: Trigger, noise, tone, bend, decay, balance, pan and level.

The potientiometers seems to be a good quality. I trig it with the audio output of my hr-16b, and it works perfectly. "

As always, click the image for the full size shot.

at 12/29/2007 11:53:00 AM

YouTube via peahix.

peahix on MySpace

"All the sounds (drums too) are from my old monophonic Yamaha CS01-II, which I had retrofitted with CV/Gate jacks and plugged into a Kenton Pro Solo midi/cv box. I bounced each part from midi to audio one by one in Cubase, mixed with some effects. Maybe I'll develop this into a complete song someday, for now it was just a quick experiment to see what a full arrangement using the CS01-II would sound like.

You can download a Kontakt program of a bass sound I made with this synth here: http://www.twango.com/media/peahix.pu..."

at 12/29/2007 11:52:00 AM

YouTube via peahix.

peahix on MySpace

"i haven't seen any demos of the eh mini synth on youtube, so i thought it high time to put one up here. this thing is kind of like the edp wasp, though not quite as versatile. obviously i'm just noodling around, but this will give you a basic idea of some of the sounds this thing makes. pretty limited, but what it does do, it does quite well. also, you can get an idea of how the velocity sensitivity works on this thing.

as a bonus, you can download a very detailed kontakt program of a big bass patch that i made with this synth by going here: http://www.twango.com/media/peahix.pu...

for those interested, the controls are:

top row sliders l-r:
-pitch bend
-sub octave
-phase rate
-sweep start freq
-sweep stop freq
-sweep rate
-master volume

bottom row switches:
-octave
-tune (recessed trim pot)
-phase
-sens.
-2x filt.
-q
-power

btw, the "phase rate" slider acts as a pwm lfo rate when the "phase" switch is in the up position, and acts as a continuously variable pulse waveform when the "phase" switch is in the down position."

at 12/29/2007 11:50:00 AM

via Henrik Zelizi on the Matrixsynth Facebook photo album.

Spot the synths.

at 12/29/2007 11:48:00 AM

via Krivoi Rog on the Matrixsynth Facebook photo album.

at 12/29/2007 11:45:00 AM

YouTube via retrosound72

sent my way via fischek.

"short test with different settings of my new ehx small stone phase shifter from the 70` years

Jean-Michel Jarre used the small stone phase shifter in "Oxygene" and "Equinoxe".

strings: Logan String Melody 2
drums: Korg MiniPops Junior"

at 12/29/2007 11:43:00 AM

"Friends: Short notice, I know, but this Monday, December 31, at 9:30 PM EST, I'll be among the artists taking part in electro-music.com's live New Year's Eve Streaming Party. Tune in here:

http://radio.electro-music.com

starting at 2:30 PM for hours of live streaming electronic music. Here's the link for the calendar showing your local times and the current artist list:

http://electro-music.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=159942

I'll be performing a continuous half-hour set (9:30-10 PM EST, 2:30-3 AM GMT) of realtime electronic music for Buchla 200e and Haken Continuum. You can find more about my system here:

http://www.otownmedia.com/he/buchla.htm

During my set, I'll also be streaming webcam images from my studio here:

http://www.otownmedia.com/birdcam/birdcam.html

See you then, and a Happy New Year to all.

Richard Lainhart
http://www.otownmedia.com"

Update: see the comments for the full schedule.

at 12/29/2007 11:21:00 AM

flickr by janvanvolt (click for more)

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Anyware-Instruments Clok Box

at 12/29/2007 11:14:00 AM

click here for a few more shots. I believe the modular is a Club of The Knobs modular (COTK). If anyone knows otherwise, feel free to comment.

Update via swissdoc in the comments:
"Bernie calls his Modular "Walhalla" (see link) and it is a bit of everything: Moog, PPG, Roland, Synthesizers.com, COTK. Details here"

at 12/29/2007 12:04:00 AM

YouTube via unyo303

at 12/29/2007 12:03:00 AM

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at 12/29/2007 12:03:00 AM

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at 12/29/2007 12:02:00 AM

via these auctions.

at 12/29/2007 12:00:00 AM

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"Octaver & Super Fuzz Guitar Synth (1967 Name = Sound System For Woodwinds) All Pots Inside Have Date Codes of 1967 On Them"

at 12/28/2007 04:44:00 PM

via this set of auctions. (there are more early modules listed)
Update: images of other modules saved here for posterity.

Pictured:
"Modcan 24a Boolean Logic module.

This is an A series unit with stackable banana jacks like Serge. This is an early (possible prototype) Modcan unit and was purchased new from them. It has been in a smoke free studio ever since.

This unit has a unique color scheme which was built to my specifications by Bruce at Modcan. To my knowledge, no one else has ever had this done. The color scheme:
Audio Inputs: Green
Audio Outputs: Blue
Control Voltage Inputs: Yellow
Control Voltage Outputs: Red
Gate Inputs: White
Gate Outputs: Gray
This color scheme makes it visually easier to patch the Modcan modules!"
Hmm... I'm not seeing the colors being referred to.

at 12/28/2007 04:34:00 PM

via Cynthia

at 12/28/2007 04:30:00 PM

Anyone know what this is? I saw it on this VSE thread via Tyler2000.

Update via the thread:
"That's a JL Cooper Sound Chest II. I bought one at a GC tent sale back in the early 90's. Supposedly you could load it with EPROMS from Obie DX, LinnDrum & Simmons. I had a set of DX chips I put in mine. I was hoping to find a dead LinnDrum and rob the chips, but gave up on it. I sold mine on the 'bay around '01 or '02 along with a bunch of other stuff that was not getting used. I think I kept the instructions. I'll have to look in my 'file.'"

at 12/28/2007 04:27:00 PM

flickr by synx508

full size

at 12/28/2007 04:20:00 PM

YouTube via paulharlyn. Parts 1 and 2 previously posted here.

at 12/28/2007 04:10:00 PM

YouTube via trap0001.
"Here I perform a track from ELO's vintage era, their album 'On The Third Day' of 1973, ish. Unlike my previous videos where the sequence was programmed some years ago for ELO tribute 'Wishful Thinking' (long before You Tube) this has been progammed especially for the You Tube audience.

The keyboards in the shot are (top down); just in shot top, right, Korg MicroKorg vocoder which isn't actually used in this piece (but will come in handy when I do my next piece 'Prologue' from Time), Korg DW8000 used for the main triplets riff (with a sequenced harpsichord underneath), Korg M1 (more synths, strings, guitar sounds), then the mighty Roland RD300 for the piano parts.On the left there is a Roland DR660 drum machine (not used) sitting atop a Korg 05R/W which does most of the drums, strings and bass guitar.

Once again I've used Windows Movie Maker to make this video (which I am rapidly outgrowing, great for beginers but lacks polish), but in answer to some critisism I have limited the angles and gone for a pretty much contigeous performance, just one angle change near the end as the cross-arms coda could not be seen on angle 1. So there.

I hope you enjoy my rendition of one of Jeff Lynne's early works from when ELO was more prog than rock, as usual you are all welcome to leave comments and/or video responses - please also visit my website www.paultrappett.co.uk for more recordings and rantings."

at 12/28/2007 03:58:00 PM

YouTube via musotalk.
"der 4.Teil ist ab sofort online auf www.musotalk.de.Hier ist der langerwartete endlich erhältliche Waldorf Blofeld in der Serienversion im MusoTalk-Studio."
Googlish:
"The 4.Teil is now available online on the long-awaited www.musotalk.de. Hier is finally available Waldorf Blofeld in the serial version in MusoTalk studio."

at 12/28/2007 03:56:00 PM

YouTube via totaltwit.

"The Supernova plays House of the King by Focus. Again this is one for those into playing Focus, I've simply done the tune using synths. The graphics are mostly something to look at!?"

at 12/28/2007 06:46:00 AM

via jesper of electronic-obsession.

at 12/28/2007 06:44:00 AM

YouTube via figital666
"This is Nicholas, who is 14 months old, having a play on an Arp Odyssey and a Roland D-20."

at 12/28/2007 06:41:00 AM

YouTube via Tuengxx. Roland Fantom.

at 12/28/2007 06:34:00 AM

YouTube via DX5.

Sent my way via fischek.

"Me testing and playing for the first time my Kurzwel PC1x. A demo of some preset sounds.
Start with an organ sound.
Following, strings, pianos, pads, etc."

at 12/28/2007 12:05:00 AM

images via this Craigslist post. via brian c.

at 12/28/2007 12:04:00 AM

YouTube via jetdaisuke.

at 12/28/2007 12:04:00 AM

YouTube via mnc000
"a little toy ;) nexus+SuperWave"

at 12/28/2007 12:03:00 AM

flickr by man pikin.

full size

KORG Polysix
Roland JX-3P
Roland Juno-106

at 12/28/2007 12:03:00 AM

via this auction

"original framed promo ad for Mutron featuring Larry Coryell that came out of a 1973 music publication."

You can find more info on the Musitronics MU-TRON III on mu-tron.org.

at 12/28/2007 12:01:00 AM

YouTube via tylersplan. via this auction.

at 12/28/2007 12:00:00 AM

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C batteries

at 12/27/2007 02:59:00 PM

"Use Audio Inc. is announcing the release of a ground-breaking new product: Listed at just 399 EUR incl VAT / 469 USD net, the Plugiator is an excitingly innovative table top synthesizer which utilizes the latest and fastest DSP technology to provide high-end plug-in technology within a most convenient portable form factor.

The Plugiator comes loaded with four great plug-ins:

The Minimax
MiniMax is the highly acclaimed replica of the famous legend. Incredibly fat and responsive sound, intuitive control... tweaking its knobs is pure fun, a real performance synth!

The Lightwave
While the oscillators of the LightWave are based on wavetables, the aftermath is virtual analog - giving you wide control of the sound. From complex pads to powerful leads, LightWave offers a vast range of sonic possibilities.

The B4000
The B4000 turns your keyboard into the Queen of Organs. The genuine sound of a real living electromechanical 400 pound monster. Lively, authentic, emotional...

The Vocodizer
(free registration bonus)
That's what the microphone input of the Plugiator is for :) Plug in your microphone and modulate sounds with our voice ...

Still can´t get enough? There is room for more: Four more plug-ins will be available for optional online purchase at nice prices.

The Plugiator box provides MIDI In and Thru connections, USB, a microphone input, stereo line outs and a headphone output. It will have its debut at NAMM in January (Hall E Booth 1204), and will be available with dealers from February 2008.

If you own a CME keyboard controller, the Plugiator is also available under the name “ASX – Authentic Sound Expansion” as an expansion board for the UF and VX family of keyboards, see www.asx-synth.com"

at 12/27/2007 02:56:00 PM

Cynthia Sawtooth Animator available in Euro format from Analogue Haven

at 12/27/2007 02:53:00 PM

"We're going to show you how to make the world's most bare-bones electronic music instrument – and a bunch of other things, as well.

This instrument is called a 'ribbon controller', but it's also known after its inventor, Paul Tanner, as a 'tannerin'. He called this instrument an 'Electro-Theremin'. That name didn't catch on because this is not a Theremin (the musical instrument you control by moving your hands in the air) even though it sounds like one. You are going to build a sound generator that changes pitch as you slide wires back and forth on a conductive “ribbon” we will make as part of this project..

We also discuss how you can take this same circuit and do many other experiments with things you have around your home.

Brian Wilson and the Beach Boys' song “Good Vibrations” used the magic of Paul Tanner's ribbon controller to make its distinctive sweeping wee-oo-wee sound. Wikipedia has a great page on the history of the ribbon controller"

click here for more detail.

at 12/27/2007 02:30:00 PM

just a stock photo from Sweetwater who is selling them for $199.96 at the moment. These fit into the CME line of keyboard controllers. Not sure if they all support the expansion or just specific models. You can see previous posts here.