MATRIXSYNTH

Monday, April 07, 2008

MOOG Minimoog 1974

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"VINTAGE Moog minimoog S/N 6428 Dec 1974"

Oberheim Modular Synthesizer SEM with SUB-OSCs

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"module is mounted in a 5RU 19" rack case and contains an internal power supply with an IEC AC connector on the rear panel. Each unit has a custom 1/4" patch panel on the right side that brings out the patch points of the SEM signal flow. This allows you to use the synthesizer in a more modular fashion. The patch panel also contains 8vb and 16vb suboscillator circuitry for each oscillator, each with a volume pot for the suboscillator level. There is also a mixer on each panel as well as a 3-jack mult for modular patching. See photos of the panel for full detail. The customs panels are ENGRAVED (not silkscreened) with each function's name in silver. The custom panels use Cosmo knobs for the pots, the same knobs as found on the iconic Moog synthesizers. These modules will interface nicely with a Moog modular system or even the newer Moog Music products that have patch points available. Of course they will also work with any analog modular synthesizer -- new or old -- provided you can get the patch cables to 1/4". There is no MIDI on any of the modules, but of course you can use any suitable MIDI to CV converter if you want to use the modules that way."

GrooveStep Teaser

YouTube via groovestep.
"Teaser video for the GrooveStep Digital Music Studio for the Nintendo DS. Visit www.groovestep.com for more information."

GrooveStep is preloaded with hundreds of sounds and also gives the user the ability to mix existing sounds to create new ones.

Create rich layered grooves with 16 tracks, perfect for Hip-Hop, Techno and other electronic styles.

Song Features:
16 tracks with up to 2 samples per track
Tempo: 30-300 BPM

Pattern Editor features:
Variable pattern length: 1-64 steps
Variable pattern playback speeds: 1x, 2x, 4x

Platform: Nintendo DS
Release Date: TBA"

Optiganally Yours - Mr. Wilson

YouTube via peahix
"song by Optiganally Yours video directed by Dave Sheridan"

That's No Trumpet. That's Nyle Steiner.

"Chances are you've never heard of Nyle Steiner. But you've heard him.

He's some of the ominous drones of 'Apocalypse Now.' He's the peppy melody of the "Knotts Landing" theme.

Steiner is a humble trumpeter and self-taught engineer who invented the horn and clarinet players' version of a synthesizer.

And he's a Fresh Look on Life scheduled to air on Two News at 10 Sunday, April 6." You can find the full article on KUTV. via Rod-MPS.
If anyone finds the video of this, be sure to post back.

In the Presence of Enemies Pt2 Synth Solo Lead in Reason 3.0

YouTube via thiagotecnico
"Another Lead, 1 Subtractor used. I'm starting from 'init patch'. See and comment if u like. i can post more sounds here. This minimoog sound is not a mystery anymore. The modulation is horrible but this example allows you to play this moog sound when you need. It's not *perfect* because its digital, not analogic."

Moog synth Lead

YouTube via WaweLab

OB12 scary sounds & noisy arps III

YouTube via RanKirlian

"Me getting weird and noisy sounds from my Oberheim OB12. All sounds starting from factory and knobbing them over the arpegiator just for fun. I also try to focus on the parameters I play and the screen for more info."

Roland Juno-60 + SCI Prophet VS + Minimoog VCF by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo track by RetroSound

bassline: Roland Juno-60 arpeggiator triggered by the TR-707
pads and porta lead sound: SCI Prophet VS
drums: Roland TR-707 through Minimoog VCF with different filter and "LFO" (OSC3) settings"

Roland Jupiter 8 Minimoog ARP Odyssey Korg VC-10 MS-10

YouTube via angelometz
"A more experimental improvisation by Angelo Metz. The Drumtraks feeds the arpeggio clock to the Jup8. The MS-10 filters the rimshot."

ion battle

flickr by breath.sound

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beamz Music Performance System

YouTube via SharperImageProducts. Remember beamz. More Cowbell.
"The beamz™ unleashes the musical creativity that's harbored in every soul.

* Extraordinary invention fuses the interaction of your hands with laser beams to create the sounds of hundreds of different instruments.

* Breaking the laser beams with your hands automatically generates pre-authored pulses, streams, riffs or loops of musical notes or sounds from a variety of instruments — all kinds of strings, keyboards, winds, percussion. Sophisticated high-fidelity sounds seem to pour off your fingertips like magic!

* Choose a complementary rhythm track from 30 original songs in 19 music genres, including jazz, bluegrass, classical, hip-hop, reggae, heavy metal and more.

* The beamz system has a "W" shape, with six laser beams spanning the two sections; connect via USB to your PC or laptop, then hook up some speakers and you're ready to perform great-sounding music.

* Includes software CDs and USB cable for connecting directly to USB port of your PC or laptop.

http://www.sharperimage.com/us/en/cat..."

MOTM-730 Prototype Module

"This page describes the my Beta evaluation of a prototype MOTM-730 module.

I received the prototype from Paul and set it on my ARP sequencer with a 6 pin power cable into my top cabinet. I am using a PowerOne HCAA-60W-A power supply with a MOTM-990 distribution board. The MOTM-730 had a lot more jacks than I was expecting with a total of 11 for the divider outputs and 3 for inputs. There are also 2 potentiometers, three switches, a jumper strap, and the 3 digit LED display."

via ModularSynthesis where you can find more info on the MOTM-730.

Vintage Synthesizer

YouTube via otakumusicde
"Das Otaku-Studio von Manfred Willms (1995) verfügte über diverse Kultgeräte und klassische Synthesizer wie den Roland JX-3P, JX-8P, JX-10, JD-800, Juno-60, Juno-106, MSQ-60, TR-808, SBX-80 oder Sampler der ersten Generationen wie den Akai S-612 mit externem Drive MD-280. Die Instrumente und Geräte wurden unter anderem für die Projekte THIS DARING SYSTEM, OTAKU, FOREIGN AFFAIRS und KHEELAGO benutzt. (Mehr Bilder dazu auf der Seite www.manfredwillms.com/synthesizer) VIEL SPASS :-)"

Ob12 scary sounds & noisy arps I

JRackAttack

"Java Implementation of a remote GUI for Waldorf's Rack Attack."

LINK

Sunday, April 06, 2008

Krunkus ASM-2 Sorcerer

via Uncle Krunkus on electro-music.com

"Here's a couple of pics of my ASM-2 PCB. Just to show that in the same way a "modular" is never finished, a complete synth PCB is still a work in progress.

On the front side pic you can see my two Sync summer/buffer boards striding through VCO territory like a couple of War of the Worlds walkers. Towards the other end you can see my first "addition" which was a small board for the +/-10V trimmers. Some of the TL074s needed inputs swapped, that's why there are some piggybacked sockets around town.

On the back side pic you can see the extent of the "secret undocumented features", otherwise known as kludges. There are 24 all up including the 3 on the front. It doesn't look as pretty as a "perfect" board, but I know this collection of circuits back to front because of all the extra work I've needed to do. I wouldn't have it any other way. Well,....unless I find out there's something else I need to 'fix'." see the thread for updates. See the ASM label below for more.

Stramp Synchanger II - VEMIA

"Rare European take on the Synthi Hi-Fli style of guitar processor, nicely designed, and in good cosmetic condition and working order. Full title: Synchanger 2 4000. Complete with some idiosyncratic English spellings: 'functiones', 'modyfiers'. Looks like it might be missing some lining material on the inside of the case lid, and has some slight marks on the control panel, but generally very good. No pedal included, but we believe uses standard stereo-jack-plug type pedal. Tested at Lucid Sound. Has the fastening plate underneath for attaching to a mic stand (wide type thread). Switchable voltage for use worldwide. Includes pitch-to-voltage conversion with hold (like practically all similar machines, difficult to avoid some glitches in the tracking oscillator); envelope following; fuzz; and a seven-band graphic EQ. Switches and faders for three outputs: source, internal synth, and fuzz. Really nice hardware (especially the switches), and a pleasure to use."

You can find this one on VEMIA - Click on Auctions, Search, and search for 5756.

EWI "Electronic Wind Instrument" FUNK w/ Mike Theiss

YouTube via funkscribe

"Saxophonist/Synthesist Mike Theiss tears up the funky EWI ( An electronic synthesizer played like a saxophone) live at Seattle's Nectar Lounge 4/4/08. Backin Mike up is Funkscribe's Family Affair. Check out miketheiss.com for more info."

flashy modular dot com synth

YouTube via ohrspace. "modular synth in the night :-)"
I see Roland. Anyone know what that is?

FUN YEARS DRUM MACHINE by S-CAT

YouTube via PHONICPOTION "CIRCUIT BENT WITH 7 MODIFICATIONS"
Up for auction here.

"This thing also has a "Robot" setting, which is basically an awesome analog vocoder. Whatever you say will be rendered to whatever note you dial yourself to on the pitch slider, you can go up and down a full octave, starting starting at the bottom at the low C, middle C in the middle and high C at the top. It quantizes it per half-note, so you can change to different notes pretty easily, without having to fine tune or anything. This is the closest thing to a Korg VC-10 I've ever had the chance to use! It make some amazing sounds, way better than a MicroKorg, and way cheaper than a Korg VC-10!

I should also mention that there is a blending slider, so you can get a really nice octave effect on your voice or whatever you run through it, like a Boss OC-3 or Electro Harmonix Octave Multiplexer. The built-in reverb it has is also amazing, combining the reverb and octave effects can make just about anyone's vocals sound great. You could run a sax through it too, I tried that and it sounded great.

This also come with some sort of professional modification, where there is a headset microphone connected to the unit, and also a phone line for a connection to any land line telephone. I didn't realize that others didn't come this way when I got it, but everything works great either way. There is still a 1/4 inch input for a mic or synthesizer, guitar, or whatever, or you can use the headset. I think you can even use both, but I never really tried that. If you don't need these mod on there, I'm sure you could take it off if you opened it up, but I just left both of them on because I didn't want to mess with it. I never tried the phone line thing, but it should work fine. You can trick your friends into thinking you are someone else, or an alien or something crazy. The voice changer on this is so convincing! It's not at all like the voice changer toys you see on Halloween.

You can find more information here at the Boss website"

ARP 2600

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Paia 4700 Modular + 8782 Keyboard

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Sample #1
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Listen while the samples are up.

Waldorf Goldfinger?

If you look here on the Waldorf site you will see Goldfinger. If you click on the link for it you will end up on a page with a couple of links and a download. Unfortunately there is not a larger image. Goldfinger of course is a reference to James Bond as Blofeld was. Now... What exactly is this? Click here and note the date. :) Update: and of course there was the Access Goldfilter.

Buchla 200e Demo by Nick

click here for the mp3.

Roland TR 707 filtered by Korg MS 10, Juno 6 and VC 10

YouTube via angelometz (click for the rest)

Korg MS-10 VC-10 Mono/Poly Drumtraks Six-Trak Juno6 Moog

YouTube via angelometz

Korg Mono/Poly MS 10 VC10 Sequential Drumtracks Moogerfoor

Minimoog Model D Roland Jupiter 8 ARP Odyssey Clavinet

YouTube via angelometz. via Nusonica.
"Just went through major changes on my synth setup. Gonne are the Juno 6, Six-Track, MG-1, Mono/Poly and Lambda. In are the mini, the ody,the clav and the jup. Just got the jup this week, and the factory patches are gonne. Other than that it's perfect."

Bergfotron Complex VCO

"The front panel is divided in three parts: To the left the modulation generator, to the right the main oscillator and in the middle, at the bottom, the modulation routing section."

You can find more info and samples here and more sound clips here.

STECKBOX

"The STECKBOX is a simple, universal patchmatrix with 64 crosspoints. Eight inputs and outputs are connected through attentuators, light sensors, buttons or simple shorting jacks... either directly, variable, controllable or not at all; the possibilities are always expanding. As an analogue controller, systematic instrument or multiple, the STECKBOX acts as a control center at the heart of your creative work."

http://www.steckbox.com
Available at Schneidersbuero

JH. String Filter Update

via JH. on AH:

"A quick update about my String Filter project:

Filter section of one board (20 channels) tested.

The new filter topology works great!
And trimming these filters works like a charm.

They are stable, with TL072 chips.
You can use 10% capacitors here, and still you have almost one turn of the multiturn trimmers to walk along the peak of the BPF transfer function.

Still have to build the VC resonance and the Stereo Spread function, and the on-board PSU. If this works, I'll order a second board to build a complete 40-band prototype.

JH.

Now Playing: Mike Oldfield, Ommadawn"

Spring Cleaning

vis swissdoc

Inside a Roland Alpha Juno 2

Intervenus has a post up on cleaning the Roland Alpha Juno 2 including instructions. You can find it here.

Also check out two studio shots here and here.

via magenticka on the forum.

KAADA - PLAYING HIS FILMMUSIC

YouTube via dummemamma. via arne.
"KAADA performing the main-theme from the motionpicture "NATURAL BORN STAR" with the rockband "the moving oos" plus a 70 men strong choir"
He should have had a Syntar.

Sunburn on the Moon Music Video

YouTube via Babungus
"So often a relaxing trip to the moon can be ruined by intruding sun rays.
Ride the MS20 controller through time and space.
(Get the full res download at www.freakery.net)"

Linn MIDI Studio 001 prototype

"The (one and only?) Linn MIDI Studio, shown to the world by Bob Connely, director of sales at Linn Electronics - 'Groovy Bob' - hence the serial number GB001. The provenance may be verified with Roger Linn, who is a good friend of owner Felix Visser. Not tested. Includes technical (pre-production) documentation, and a very concise 'how it works'. The code-name of the project was 'Irene'. Dated December 1985."

You can find this one on VEMIA - Click on Auctions, Search, and search for 5764.

Mondo Modular Episode 1

YouTube via scootermccrae. via Nusonica
"Noodling around with various modular synthesizer cabinets with modules from Synthesizers.com and Modcan. Hopefully the first in an on-going series of episodes concerning the generation of electronic tonalities (or something pretentious-sounding like that)."

Spectralis from Radikal technologies

YouTube via lasercicalone
"My first pattern with Spectralis, sorry about poor pattern but it's first time with Spectralis"

Spectralis sample

"Another sample done in ten minutes with my Radikal technologies Spectralis, probably I'm using only a little percentage of the power of this machine"

Flame talking midi synth meets Spectralis from Radikal tech

YouTube via lasercicalone
"My flame midi talking synth meets the Spectralis step sequencer for 9 minutes of lazy sounds directly from my Genelec 8020"

Sherman Filterbank 2 meet Korg Electribe MX

YouTube via lasercicalone
"I have used the Sherman to make more analogo the sound of Electribe Synth"

Xenosonic Audio Modulation DRSSTC Tesla Coil

YouTube via eastvoltresearch
"The Xenosonic Audio modulator interface is featured here on an initial testing run hooked up to an Eastern Voltage Research miniBrute DRSSTC system. Not show, the Xenosonic is connected to a Yamaha S03 Synthesizer.

The Xenosonic is a universal musical interface for DRSSTC, SSTC, and VTTC Tesla coils provided PRF based modulation on monophonic inputs. One can connect a keyboard, guitar, acoustic instruments such as trumpets, saxophones, and even esoteric instruments such as Theremins with the Xenosonic interface.

See complete design details at http://www.easternvoltageresearch.com !!!"

close up der Woche #15/08 -PPG Sequenzer 314

via Aliens Project where you can find some info in German or Googlish here.

Sequential Circuits Pro-One Synthesizer by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound
Sequential Circuits Pro-One triggered by the TR-606 drum machine
drums: Roland TR-606
'demo of various VCF and ADSR-envelope settings, Sync, FM, PWM and more"

Jomox T-Resonator and Moog Little Phatty

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"http://www.bigcitymusic.com
http://www.myspace.com/bigcitymusicdo...
http://www.bigcitymusicblog.blogspot.com
In this video we are running a Moog Little Phatty through the Jomox T-Resonator. This is a small sampling of the amazing effects the T-Resonator can produce. Sure, it does all the normal reverb, chorus, flanger stuff, in stereo. It also does insane feedback looping with delay algorithms at your fingertips.

The T-Resonator can produce beautiful organic sounds, subharmonics that will make you check your shorts, frenetic filtering, and modulations that modulate themselves. Truly amazing stuff. We could make a video a day for the rest of the year and still not show everything the T-Resonator is capable of. If you are in Los Angeles, come in and check it out!
Big City Music"