MATRIXSYNTH

Wednesday, January 02, 2008

KORG Poly-61M Pitch Bend Assembly

Roland Jupiter-4 Compuphonic

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"'The synth's oscillators are switchable between sawtooth, square and square with PWM waveforms. and include a sub-oscillator and noise generator. All 4 oscillators can be stacked together for a fat, monophonic sound. In the filter section, the Jupiter-4 offers a hi-pass VCF, as well as a resonant low-pass filter. There are two ADSR envelope generators - one for the VCF (invertable) and the other is for VCA. The LFO features sine, square and ramp up/down waveforms, with sample/hold. It can be routed to the VCO, VCF, VCA or PWM. The Chorus button doubles the fatness of the synth sounds...'

The Roland Jupiter 4 was an analog synthesizer manufactured between 1978 and 1981. It was notable as the company's first self-contained polyphonic synthesizer, and for containing digital control of analog circuits (termed "Compuphonic" by Roland), allowing for such features as programmable memories and voice assignment modes.

Priced at around US$2,000, it was cheaper than polyphonic machine from its competitors (such as the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 and the Oberheim OB-X) however it did not sell well in comparison. (These poor fortunes were reversed on the release of its successor model in 1981, the popular Jupiter-8.)

The Jupiter 4's basic architecture was 4 identical voice cards, each with a VCO (with sub-oscillator), resonant low pass VCF (which could self-oscillate), and VCA. Modulation included an ADSR envelope and LFO. The LFO, routable to oscillator pitch, pulse width, filter cutoff and amplifier, was notable for being able to reach audio frequencies, allowing for crude FM and AM synthesis.

The Jupiter 4's two most distinctive features were provided by virtue of its "compuphonic" digital control of the four voice cards:
* An arpeggiator, with a choice of up, down, up/down, or random mode.
* Four voice assignment modes, which, as well as simple 1VCO-per-voice polyphony, included the ability to effect 4-VCO unison when one key was pressed, 2-VCOs per voice when two keys were pressed, and 1-VCO per voice when three or four keys were pressed.

The final signal path also included a simple high pass filter and a stereo chorus effect. The Jupiter 4 had 10 preset sounds and also featured 8 memory locations for user-created patches.

The Jupiter 4 Compuphonic (known to most of us as just the Jupiter 4) is a four-voice polyphonic synthesizer with an arpeggiator and a 49-note (C-C) keyboard. It has 8 user-programmable memory locations and 10 preset patches with names like "Piano" and "The Force". The buttons for patch changes are in the front of the keyboard, underneath the keys. Each voice consists of a single VCO with sawtooth, square, or square with Pulse Width Modulation (PWM) and a suboscillator that can be switched on or off. There is also a noise generator that can be switched on and off. Like the suboscillator, it has no level control.

The Jupiter 4 can be put into mono mode which stacks all 4 oscillators on each note, creating a very thick, although monophonic, synth. The filter section consists of a high pass filter and a low pass resonant filter. The Jupiter 4 has two ADSR envelopes, one for the filter which can be inverted, and another for the VCA. It also has one LFO, switchable between sine, square, ramp up and ramp down waveforms. The LFO can be routed to the VCO, the VCF, the VCA, or PWM. Although some say that the LFO rate on the Jupiter 4 is the slowest of any production keyboard, it also can modulate up into the audio frequencies (around 100 hz), making it very flexible. Only the filter can be modulated by a sample and hold function of the LFO labeled as "VCF mod" in the filter section.

The Jupiter 4 has a built-in chorus, a single on/off switch labeled "ensemble". Its arpeggiator is a fixed range running the length of the keyboard. However, there is a click input to sync the arpeggiator to an outside source. The click input can also be used to trigger filter modulation. This input and a cv input for the VCF were the only interface available with the Jupiter 4. It has no keyboard cv/gate input. It is possible to overdrive the Jupiter 4's VCA. When you do this a little light comes on to let you know."

Tuesday, January 01, 2008

Sequential Circuits Prophet-5

images via this auction

Something Metasonix This Way Comes

Just when you thought you've seen it all... :)
via Dave:
"Eric Barbour, a.k.a. Metasonix, is up to no damn good again. I created art for Eric's TX-2 Butt Probe manual, and the graphics & manual for the TM-7 Scrotum Smasher. And now, the latest piece of hardware I did creative production for... well... I just don't know what to say.

As a tease, I'll be posting new daily images (usually one per day, occasionally two) on umop.com until all is revealed at the NAMM Show on January 17th.

The first three images are attached, and can be linked here:

http://umop.com/metasonix/01.jpg
http://umop.com/metasonix/02.jpg
http://umop.com/metasonix/03.jpg

Latest daily images will appear here: http://umop.com/metasonix.htm"

Ultravox Live Aid

YouTube via Indio70. "The 2 songs that were edited out off the official DVD... here they are again enjoy."

Ultravox performing Reap the Wild Wind followed by One Day at Live Aid 1985. One Day is definitely the stronger performance. It's almost like they are just warming up with Reap the Wild Wind. The performance gets even better below. Be sure to catch Vienna. Billy whips out the violin. In the video above: Midge on E-Mu Emulator II and Billy on a Yamaha DX7 and Kurzweil K250.

I remember staying up until the wee hours of the night/morning to catch this live when it was first aired. I forget if they aired all four songs in the US but I definitely remember Vienna and at least one other. If you remember, feel free to comment.

BTW, Midge Ure was the co-organizer behind Live Aid, but for whatever reason I only remember seeing Bob Geldof receiving most of the limelight. I always wondered about that. Probably because Geldof was the main organizer and he was a bit more known in the states? Who knows...

"Here is the 2 other songs from Live Aid -85. These made it on the DVD. Classic Ultravox moment. Don't forget 2 view the other part, with the 2 songs that was cut out of the final DVD."

Dancing With Tears in My Eyes followed by Vienna. Chris Cross on PPG Wave 2.2. I also think I see an Oberheim DX drum machine next to the Emulator in this one. Billy on DX7, MIDIBoard and Violin. Midge on the Emulator.

Anyone know what was used for the drum effect in the original recording of Vienna? I always loved that particular sound.

For more posts on Ultravox click here, be sure to scroll for some of the more interesting posts.

Update: be sure to check out the comments for more including an update on the synths used.

Jerry Goldsmith - Logan's Run (1976, US, electronic)

Anyone know what synths were used for the soundtrack?

"This post consists of audio rips from the electronic parts of the movie Logan's Run. A lot of the score contains synthesizer sounds. I converted the ac3 to mp3 and made up the titles at my own discretion.
According to the Internet Movie Database, Jerry Goldsmith is the composer. Jerry did also the music for The Twilight Zone, Planet of the Apes, Star Trek, Chinatown and The Boys from Brazil."

click here for the post on Wiel's Time Capsule.

The Lonesomes - Crop Circles

YouTube via diekleinekuh. You might remember Anne Moo from this post.

"The Lonesomes' first music video from the upcoming album "This is Cow-Fi" (LoAF Recordings). Filmed in Berlin and in Moo-Zik studios 2007."

via The Lonesomes (be sure to check them out). The video "features a small jen sx-1000, but actually the recorded music is done mostly with the yamaha cs-40m and yamaha sy-1, with small parts on the jen."

Pictured:
Ann Moo and her miniature synth arsenal.

Time Machine Demo

YouTube via stretta.
"Created for an ebay auction. How to use the Time Machine for voltage-controlled pitch shifting and Karplus Strong synthesis."

nord modular g2 solo

YouTube via mrosly. Sent my way via fischek.

How to use USB to Make Midi Files

YouTube via lockergnome. Be sure to check out this video as well.
"http://live.pirillo.com - I love to play with my new TENORI-ON. However, I've been having trouble finding a way to sync the music from the TENORI-ON to my computer, so I can save it out as a Midi file. The TENORI-ON comes with Midi cables, so all I needed was the software to make it happen."

moog bode + human vox

YouTube via polyvoks.
"simple application of a vox thru a Moog Bode frequecy shifter"

revolution test

YouTube via ripe909.
"testing out the futureretro revolution with new version of genoQs octopus operating system. All this started with a particular effect in the Korg Kaoss Pad :-)"

blopad

A new years Waldorf Blofeld pad via Stefan Trippler.

www.trippler.net/files/blo/blopad.mp3

dx100 demo

YouTube via 909techno.
"small dx100 demo. quickly done with plenty of mistakes. Everything you hear is from the dx100. reverb, delay, eq, etc. from ableton live."

One Layer, One tenori-on, One Sound

YouTube via pepemogt.
"Here is my first track i did with the tenori-on after recive it from overseas, thanks to alt-vinyl in the UK. enjoy and happy new year! http://www.myspace.com/latinsizer"

Blacet Bar Graph 2520

via this auction

"The Blacet BG2520 provides a visual display of audio and CV waveforms on a 20 element LED display. The range is from -10V to +10V and from DC to audio frequencies. For DC or slow control voltages, one LED bar will light. For audio, a range of LEDs will appear to light, showing the signal peaks. Signals outside of the 10V ranges will light the upper or lower LED bars until the signal passes back into range. Three “multied” jacks allow a signal to be both monitored and sent to two other locations. Use the BG as a visual aid to track control voltages from ADSRs, LFOs, BZs, etc. Use the module to monitor audio signal levels for best signal to noise ratio and to avoid distortion."

Also see this post on Matrixsynth-b

Oakley Little Lag

via this auction
"This is a very simple but useful little module to introduce 'smoothness' to CVs and waveforms with the addition of a 3 way mult. It doesn't just have the usual 'lag time' pot that some simple lag generators possess, but two separate UP and DOWN controls. The UP control will affect the speed at which the output of the module rises. The DOWN control affects the speed at which it falls.

Drive the unit with a gate signal and the module becomes an effective AR envelope generator.

Use it to process those lumpy CVs you get from your midi-CV convertor. Remove that zippering to create smooth changes over time.

Use it also to process the output of an envelope follower to create more controlled filter sweeps when used with a VCF.

You have a choice of linear or 'logarithmic' output slopes, controlled by a simple switch.

The logarithmic output allows for longish times of lag to be set up easily, roughly 8 seconds maximum lag time. The output moves quickly at first then slows to reach the final value.

In linear mode, the output rises or falls in a straight line. It is classified in volts per second, as opposed to just time. The amount of time it takes depends on the front panel pots' positions AND the voltage change on the input. Generally, for small changes in voltage the linear output will appear to move quicker than its 'log' equivalent. The linear mode is very accurate and can be used to create linear portamento.

In addition to the LAG portion there is a 3-way mult which is normalled to the output of the Lag Processor. this allows you to send your Lagged CV to 3 different destinations (2 Oscillators and a Filter Cutoff control for example). When you have nothing inserted at the input of the Little Lag, the 3-way mult at the output may be used as a stand alone mult.

The construstion of this module is very nice. The panel is 6160 Aluminum, with silk-screened ORIGINAL graphics. There is only ONE other one like this"

Clavia MicroModular

via this auction

ARP Odyssey

images via this auction

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I hope it was a good one. Cheers to 2008 being better than 2007.

To the left is the world map for visits to the site. The shade of green indicates the amount of traffic from the given country. White means no visits. One year, I'd love to see the whole map green. It blows me away to think people from all over the world have visited the site. Happy New Year World!!!

Some stats for 2007:
When I took the snapshot (roughly 8:30 PST/11:30 EST) the total number of visits for the year was 1,383,337. The total number of page views was 2,519,686. The total posts to date including this post was 11,810. The total number of posts for 2007 is 6672 . That makes an average of 556 posts a month, roughly 18 posts a day on average. Total hits on the site since it started in July of 2005? Approximately 3.8 million. Amazing.

The reason I am putting up these stats is because this site isn't about me. It's about synths and the people who love synths. There are quite a lot of us. I want to thank everyone for a great 2007. The content and via links should speak for themselves. This site isn't just what I decide to put up, but what you, the synth community, sends me to put up. The site rocks because of you. THANK YOU!!! And have a VERY HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Monday, December 31, 2007

Arp Synthesizers --- a little tribute page and Demo Record

"During my early years I fell in love with electronic music (this was the late 60s and early 70s), and then fortune fell my way when the high school I attended had a teacher with enough foresight to organize an electronic music class. This was my first chance to play on these exciting instruments, first on the high school's early model ARP Odyssey, then later on a Moog Mark II with extra modules at a local college. Since then electronic music has been part of my life, both as a listener and a musician, although the latter on and off as the years went by.

I was lucky enough to receive and keep intact a demo record from Arp Synthesizers that I received when I asked for one of their catalogues. It's both an interest slice of some of the electronic potential of those instruments back then, and also an interesting view of the company as it was back then, quite viable and with a lion's share of the market. Unfortunately, there was little warning about the internal power struggle that would melt the company to nothingness, and of the coming of digital technology." Click here for the page with downloads.

Electro-music.com Streaming New Years Eve Party

Just a reminder that this is on right now at electro-music.com. Richard Lainhart is set to go on at 9:30 PM Eastern, so that would be 6:30 PM PST for everyone on the West Coast. BTW, looks like the stream is a pls file. If you can't launch it try winamp.

And...

HAPPY NEW YEAR everyone! Have a fun and safe one. Make 2008 better than 2007.

Mark Smart's ARP Axxe

ARP Axxe modded to work better with the Haken Continuum.

click here for the list of mods and more info on this unique ARP.

September-07 207

flickr by xdeedeex

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SCI Prophet-5
MOOG Polymoog Keyboard

August 2008

flickr by Gerd Rieger

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KORG Vocoder

Jorrit Dijkstra's Lyricon Site, Cwejman and The Lyricons

Via Jorrit Dijkstra's Lyricon Site:
"The Lyricon is an analog electronic wind synthesizer made in the 1970's by Computone. These days a small amount of aficionados (such as me!) still own and play one of the three models...

My Lyricon Driver and the Cwejman S2 analog synthesizer. The S2 is an pre-patched analog synthesizer with CV inputs (NO MIDI INVOLVED!!), modified by Wowa Cwejman to work with the Driver. The Lyricon Driver's Wind output goes to extra added EG and VCA

inputs on the Cwejman S2, the Lip output to the S2's Filter Cutoff, and the Bend Up (pitch) output to the S2's Tune input. But other connections are possible too."

You will find samples on the right pane of Jorrit's site.

Also check out The Lyricons where you'll find some resources including manuals, brochures and schematics as well as links to other Lyricon sites.

via Mr. Array.

The Lyricon link below will take you to some previous posts here on MATRIXSYNTH.

Moog The Phone Controller

images via this auction

"This auction is for a MOOG The Phone Controller. It powers up great, but I am unsure of how to properly test this unit. I attempted to do some research this, but came up empty handed. I know that MOOG is famous for their Synthesizers, but I have never heard or seen anything like this. This is truly a great piece for any MOOG enthusiast. It includes power supply, and phone cord. The unit itself is in great condition, with no major blemishes. Good Luck!!"

According to the MOOG Archives, in 1983: "Sale of company to management. Emphasis on Contract Manufacturing. Attempt to enter into telecommunications market with a microprocessor-controlled "feature telephone", initially named "Telesys 3", later "The Operator". Design and manufacture "Song Producer". Develop "SL8" and build prototype. Maintain repair operations for Moog products. Produce the "SSK Concertmate" synthesizer for Tandy Corp (Radio Shack)."

Cat and synth

flickr by Andrea Marutti

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KORG MS20

Sauerkraut Novation K-Station

flickr by mprat (click for more - there are some cool shots in this set).

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Novation K-Station

Sequence 15

Cornutt has launched a new blog called Sequence 15 to discuss synths and electronic music. Check it out. via Cornutt on the Matrixsynth Forum.

Blade Runner - The Dream

YouTube via eisdorne. According to Mark Smart on the AH list, this clip features the Roland VP-330 choir sound. The soundtrack of course is from Vangelis and is know for his use of the Yamaha CS80.

Roland Juno 60 DCB Polyphonic Synthesizer Vintage Keyboard

YouTube via this auction

BOSTICH TENORI-ON NORTEC

YouTube via bostich1.
"ramon bostich (nortec) playing live his nortec sounds on the tenori-on
www.myspace.com/bostichpointloma
http://www.global.yamaha.com/design/t..."

An Analog Synthesizer for the 21st Century

"A collection of schematics for a complete, accurate and versatile analog synthesizer. Designed by well-known synthesizer guru, Thomas Henry, this is a comprehensive set of plans guaranteed to delight and challenge the advanced DIY enthusiast."

via brian c via lulu.com.

Monome 40h

images via this auction

"So this is a Monome 40h kit I just built. It's one of the latest 100 series that was brought by the monome people (november 2007). I just used it a couple of hours. Aluminum faceplate (Schaeffer) and custom wood case. This is hand made DIY so not perfect, but check the picture to see how it looks. In great condition, except for a minor cuff on the faceplate (see last pic).
Fully working of course."

Oberheim OB-8 With Factory MIDI

images via this auction

Sunday, December 30, 2007

Matris Terra Ultionis

If you have been following this site over the past couple of months you should be familiar with the work of Richard Lainhart and Todd Barton (vgermuse). You will recall the Buchla 200e compositions from Richard posted here and the Akai EVI compositions from Todd posted here. You might also recall daddio of Tapewarm from these posts.

After hearing the brilliant compositions by Richard and Todd, Daddio contacted them about creating a new composition featuring theirs. They gave him the ok and Matris Terra Ultionis is the result. You can listen it here.

part one features:
metaliton, buchla2Crop, eviExtended, and buchlaStormBirds.
mixed with my WarStorm samples and an old waterphone recording

part two:
Thonk and SlowEvolution
w/more WarStorm samples and Launch

part three:
Orchestra of the Damned, SpaceMetal, buchlaDemo2, buchlaDrumSolo, eviSerge and eviSerge2
yet more from Warstorm (lol) and my My Hydrogen Gas Tank

Regarding the sources of the compositions:
"Thonk and Orchestra of the Damned are from Richard.
200e/Haken continuum

WarStorm, Launch and My Hydrogen Gas Tank are my compositions.
I used a Doepfer modular, twin Kaoss pads and a waterphone along with a boatload of samples.

All other files are Todd's: metaliton, buchla2Crop, eviExtended, and buchlaStormBirds, SpaceMetal, buchlaDemo2, buchlaDrumSolo, eviSerge and eviSerge2.
evi, buchla, serge"

moreofdeblo

Another Waldorf Blofeld demo via Stefan Trippler. This one via sequencer.de.

moreofdeblo.mp3

This one showcases wavetables and the new distortion.

Nord Lead 2x

click here for a flickr set by fischek.

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Roland D-50

click here for a Roland D-50 flickr set by fischek.

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A Drumbuddy Going up for Auction

Remember the Drumbuddy?

It looks like one will be up for auction on Jan 26th. I'm guessing this is indeed for 2008 as there is an update for 2007 on this site. You can read more about the Drumbuddy there, including more images of the 2007 Drumbuddy's, but DO NOT miss the official Drumbuddy site.

Austin Powers impersonation: Yeah... Baby. And don't miss the video (click on the image and watch it through).

snip:
"Only 10 Drum Buddies were made - all in New Orleans, Louisiana - and the one for sale (in the photo above) is serial #1. It is also the instrument which was originally intended to belong to Quintron. He has decided to let this one go and give 10% of all profits to the New Orleans Musician's clinic. The starting price is $5000 and the ebay auction will begin on Saturday, Jan. 26th @ 11:59pm and end on Tuesday, Feb 5th (Mardi Gras day) @ 11:59pm All 10 of the Drum Buddies except this one at FRESH KILLS have been spoken for -mostly by New Orleans Swamp Tech DJs. New York City musician Laurie Anderson has acquired one for her band as well as Los Angeles guitarist Nels Cline - famed improve music guru and latest member of the band Wilco."

The GM Voice

Produced through a partnership between Dan Lavin and Thomas Henry. via Scott Sites.

"Okay gang,

This one took me way too much time to complete, but I'm ready to start spilling the beans.

What it is: The GM-Voice is a standalone, MIDI driven multiple voice unit. It can create hundreds of pre-programmed high quality instrument sounds---some natural, some electronic---in addition to dozens of percussive instruments. Best of all, the voices respond to dynamics and you can play a minimum of 24 simultaneously! GM stands for General MIDI, as if you hadn't figured that out already.

Total outlay? About $25, if you know how to shop. This is probably the least expensive way to outfit a home recording studio with high quality sounds I can think of.

Here's the scoop. A decade ago our own esteemed Antman wrote me a note on his researches into the possibility of a standalone GM circuit. I was absolutely up to the gills in projects at the time and it's only recently I've been able to return to what he had originally proposed. Moreover, Antman was able to get me the crucial raw ingredient for ten bucks on Ebay a month or two ago, and it's all been downhill since then.

This project takes a Soundblaster type daughterboard, adds a little support circuitry and voila---the computer isn't even needed to extract its magic. It becomes a standalone instrument for the studio.

This is my first joint project with Antman, and it's been a great success. I hope we can encourage him to submit a general overview of the project, the overall process and some purchasing tips for newcomers. (I still have some of your letters from a decade ago---can I post them for general info to builders?) And then, I'll supply the new and improved schems, along with PCB artwork and wiring info.

Here are the features I've included in the Antman/Henry version of the
GM-Voice:

- reset button providing emergency all-notes-off action
- MIDI In
- two MIDI Thru jacks
- stereo and mono outputs
- fully buffered outputs for maximum protection
- improved MIDI activity LED shines brightly!
- internal power supply for true standalone performance
- carefully worked out digital/analog grounding for optimal performance

Attached are two photos of my unit. I only have a $25 digital camera, so the quality is a bit punk. but you'll get the general idea. The whole thing is about the size of a brick and looks very nice.

Okay Antman, care to jump here?

Thomas Henry

======

There's a song Thomas composed and performed using the GM voice posted towards the end of the thread. Check it out!:

http://electro-music.com/forum/download.php?id=10971

"Antman" by the way is Dan Lavin.

Take care,
Scott"

More info on this electro-music.com thread.

My Korg Kaossilator Demo

YouTube via garykibler. Listen to this one in stereo.
"Just got my parcel yesterday for this year's new xmas toy. I decided to upload because, while this is far from a masterpiece of electronic music, many of the early kaossilator videos posted suck, if for nothing else that many are in mono and the stereo effects on the patches are the thing that add so much dimension to the sound of the device. So much fun with 4 AA batteries. Now if it would only have Save capabilities ..."

Cygnus Show, starring the Creamware Prodyssey ASB

YouTube via xaviercygnus.
"Aleatoric composition using the Prodyssey ASB. A bit messy at times, but a nice exploration of the filter and sample and hold modules."

Nonlinear Studios

YouTube via Sturzi.
"a little tour through the nonlinear studios with lots of knobs and synths...."

SURFMASTER 3000 test toast

YouTube via nevenen
"soothing surf noise for a relaxing sleep.

not filmed: me pulling my hair out over the buggy amp circuit i later added so the board could drive its own speaker. if i don't lose my temper and shank someone i'll film that and put it up eventually.

white, pink noise source through dual vca, modulated by two LFOs. annoying-ass amp chip to drive loudspeaker. hopefully it will run more than a night or two on a pair of nine-volts, but we'll see."

via clusterchod on this VSE thread.

"few days ago, i did an improv/tweaking session on my rev2. decided to cut out a few clips demoing general character of this ssm machine. only processing is TC4000, running DVR-2 plate:

http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_SawLead.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_PolyModPad.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_PolyMod-FilterFM.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_Sync1.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_ommadawn_pad.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_strings_n_sweeps.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_liquid_selfoscilation.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_1974.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_1974B.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_TrianglePad.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_classicpad.mp3

Synth still needs slight calibration after a bumpy plane ride, esp filter decays, and octave tuning aint exact 100% either."

Udpate: some samples of the Rev 3 and notes added by clusterchord on the VSE thread. Apologies for grabbing this, but the one thing unfortunate about VSE and many forums is that the threads expire in time to conserve disk space. I don't want this getting lost. This is actually the reason I switched from hosting MATRIXSYNTH on my own servers to Blogger. But do check out the VSE thread for the rest of it as well as the comments in this post below.

http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev3-KillerBass.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev3-VariousSounds.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev3-Bass-FreqMod.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev3-ClickChords.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev3-SyncLead_UNISON.mp3

"as on rev2 examples, only processing is slight plate reverb from TC4000. there are no effects per se, like delay or chorus that could make the synth sound bigger or more animated. tho rev3 mp3s are limited a bit, so louder.

even tho Rev2 at times sounds almost as if it was going thru a space echo (w tweaked delay time), im just continuously playin its lfo and osc b frequency .. pitch bend etc.. but definetely most organic poly ive played so far - controls react in such a musical way, as if the board has a life of its own. its somewhat indirect and ambiental character is inherent. rev3 is IME slightly "drier" and more focused. whether this is subtle or not, depends mostly on application.

ive spent substantial time with both machines. and in my mind/ear there is not doubt about difference in character of filters, and how resonance and self oscillation sounds/behaves. further, as filter opens more smoothness of ssm vco is apparent vs. trademark ripping/in-your-face sound of curtis 3340. one example: i feel i couldn't do exactly as good warm pads n silk strings with rev3, same way i cant get rev2 to do sparkley sizzley curtis brass, agressive punchy bass, 80s synth pop comping sounds, things like that.. u can get them to sound very similar on some sounds, esp when lot of modulation is "playing" the ear, masking the nature of vco n vcf.. to some, differences may not be important. to me, they are. if i had unlimited funds id get a Rev3, and a P08 too. Smile

i asked my friend if he could bring over his Rev3.3 (one i'm playin in above examples) so we could do a direct side by side. but dont know when this will take place. and both need slight calibration. "