Matryomin

"Matryomin is the unique, original erectronic musical instrument invented by Masami Takeuchi in 1999. It is a type of theremin - oldest electro-musical instrument invented in Russia - shaped Russian traditional wooden doll, Matrioshka.

It hold form of Matrioshka perfectly, moreover, performing five octaves range. The distance of 1 octave at Low-Middle range is equal to Etherwavetheremin of Moog Music Inc. If you have acquired the basic technique to play theremin by Etherwavetheremin, you can enjoy playing Matryomin by same way. Matryomin is only pitch controlled theremin.

Mandarin Electron, a company directed by Masami Takeuchi, started manufacturing Matryomin on a commercial basis in 2003. Now, Matryomin is going on 2nd generation model. Selled over 1,600 till now in Japan"

You can find videos, samples and another image on Masami TAKEUCHI's official website.

via John

p23 Music

http://www.p23.biz/

You'll find more images and music.

bruce haack

flickr by chandalstore

full size

Looks like a PAiA. If you know feel free to comment.

Update:

Click here for a video of Bruce Haack on Mr. Rogers Neighborhood.

Be sure to check out the comments below for more.

Yamaha GX-1 Videos by cnxww893

YouTube via cnxww893
Playlist:
shooting stars played on the GX-1 5.10.2008
"this is very old song which attranted me so much. It was composed in 1981 by toshiko simomura, when she was 14."

stella by starlight on GX-1 5.21.2008
"I played by ear, but I did not listen to the record for more than 20 years. so many mistakes are there."

海溝
"deep sea composed by shionoya"

KAI Orchestra and Electone
"composed by Masa Matsuda"

GX-1のチューニング how to tune GX-1
"GX-1のチューニングです。非常にややこしい。this is hwo to adjust tune on GX-1, so crazy. You have to adjust every over tone, and there are 8 sound boards on teach raw on upper and lower. There is only one for solo, two for pedal.
Once either Upper or Lower start having problem of unstable tune, you need to correct on eacy over tone with checking which sound board has problem."

Playing with a Moog Modular

YouTube via neriksdotcom.
"A simple step sequencer demo performed on a Moog Modular."
via neriksdotcom studio page. Check out the synth corner below. More images on site. via Magnus.

glitchDS theme and variation

YouTube via organofqwerty via the comments of this post.
"nintendoDS running glitchDS, recorded into ableton live, with added drum track and synth pad. still just scratching the surface of the potential of this great little app. video high contrast and saturated on purpose."

glitchDS dub

"nintendo DS running glitchDS + mini kaoss pad + alesis philtre"

Life in Balance on the Moog Synth

Steve Sciulli of Life In Balance talks about his Moog. "When I play the Moog [synthesizer], there's such a deep-rooted connection for people that it brings up memories and possibilities," he continues. "I'm physically playing electricity. With a guitar, you always know what that's going to sound like, but with a synth, you're not only playing music, you're recreating the sound every time you power it up."

See the full article on the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette here.

http://www.myspace.com/soundhealer - pretty cool stuff, do check it out.

The Akai XR20

"Portable Beat Machine Integrates Drums, Percussion, FX and Instrument Samples

Cumberland, R.I. (August 12, 2008) – Akai Professional, the name synonymous with innovation in electronic musical instruments, announces a new tool for creating beats on-the-go – the XR20 Beat Production Station.

The XR20 is a portable beat production station loaded with a sound set that is geared towards making Hip-Hop and R&B beats wherever and whenever inspiration strikes.

More than 700 pre-loaded sounds cover a range of drums, percussion, effects and instrument samples, while an integrated effects engine includes Reverb, EQ and Compression, enabling musicians to make complete backing tracks. A microphone input is included for mixing vocals over patterns. Bright, backlit pads provide visual cues for added beat precision.

The XR20 features sounds of standard and electronic drums, single (one-shot) hits, bass and synth sounds to easily create the maximum mix in minimal time. Key features of the XR20 include:
* More than 700 sounds produced by Chronic Music
* Ninety-nine Preset Patterns and 99 User Patterns.
* Backlit LCD
* Bright, glowing, backlit pads that follow the beat
* Microphone input and Headphone output
* Pattern Play Mode – different patterns can be triggered from individual pads
* Drum Roll/Note Repeat feature
* Battery Power capability and AC Adapter

The Akai XR20 is coming Q2 - 2008 to musical instrument retailers with an MSRP of $499."

Moog Vocoder - used on Monty Python recordings

images via this auction
"MOOG VOCODER - as used on many Monty Python productions

The Gear Garage is very proud to be presenting a fine collection of Monty Python Equipment in very good condition, well looked after and featured on many famous recordings with a unique heritage.

The Moog Vocoder we have here is recognisable from their recording of 'Here comes another one.'

Besides from being a superb and rare instrument it is a piece of history unlike any other. Anyone looking to buy such an article may consider this as an investment as well as a creative tool. Very likely to gain in value on both counts. NOW WITH ORIGINAL MANUAL!

Works perfectly. Good Condition."

Be sure to check out the sellers other auctions.

[Noodle]Mono-Poly - The Bass Of Space

"Don Serge Grant"
via mono-poly's public channel.

Korg R3: Be Thankful For Full Sized Keys

YouTube via gearwire
"Join Gearwire's Bill Holland and Korg's R3 for this walkthru where we take a peek at the main panel pluses packed on this petite synthesizer with pleasingly playable keys. Bill plays some popular patches that have been preset in a "favorites" section.

Of course, we don't forget to show a little love to the built-on vocoder. Stay tuned for more of the R3.

See more on Gearwire.com."

Yamaha DD-6 Circuit Bent Drums

YouTube via anode8
"Yamaha DD-6 Circuit Bent Drums with 12 point patchbay, noise filter, and boost/ overdrive knob."

Circuit Bent Yamaha DD-5 Drum Machine

"Circuit Bent Yamaha DD-5 Drum Machine for Jarred in North Carolina."

Vector Surgeon 1.0

"Hello, good evening, and welcome to Vector Surgeon, the Prophet VS editor/librarian.

What The Program Does
The program currently performs the following functions:
* Transmit and receive patches, singly or in banks, between your computer and your Prophet.
* Load and save patches, singly or in banks, between your computer and its disk drive.
* Transmit and receive banks of waves between your computer and your Prophet.
* Load and save banks of waves between your computer and its disk drive.
* Graphically view banks of patches, allowing copy & paste etc in the same window or between windows.
* Graphically view patches, allowing edits of most parameters.
* Edits of parameters are sent live to the Prophet, in theory keeping computer & Prophet in sync.
* For a nice surprise, turn on MIDI parameter transmit, then do some edits on the Prophet and watch the computer screen.

What The Program Does Not Do
The program does not currently perform the following functions:

* Editing or single transfer of user waves. Sorry. Soon, though.
* Er...
* That's it. Maybe you can find more things it doesn't do :-)"

You can find the download link, more info and images on the Vector Surgeon website.

Peacefully in Your Sleep - Track Made with Nodal

Remember Nodal? Here's an example of what someone did with it.



See CTRL_Voltage for details and an image of the patch.

the squarewave parade updates

via the squarewave parade:
"a lot of new things posted to the store today and a couple oldies. the TEASPOON release is a little odd this time, trying to keep it fair. i'll be randomly posting single units to the store through out the next couple days and the last one will be posted to my ebay store for a 3 day auction ending at 8pm CST on saturday, good luck
the TEASPOON
the MINGROD
bleak mixer v.b
bleak mult
SAFEPLACE - minm
bleak CV to EXP
bleak dual EXP
direct to store"

Cell Phone Synth

spotted this one on modd3d. You can see a video of it here.
"The cell phone piano. Each key on the keyboard is wired into a key on a cell phone - as you play, you are also dialing. The channels are mixed together and amplified through speakers. Every sound the piano makes is generated by one of the four phones. The white keys play notes and the black keys are people saying the number out loud - English on the left hand and Spanish on the right. Some white keys were left over and I made those percussion instruments (the "*", "END", and "#" keys)."

Modular synth controlled from MaxMSP

Modular synth controlled from MaxMSP from Andreas Wetterberg on Vimeo.
"MaxMSP is sending out amplitude variations of a squarewave. This audio signal is fed into an envelope follower, which generates the pitch of the sequence.

The rest is just me futzing about. I'm really hoping to find the *cough* 'time' *cough* to expand this system soon."

Synsonics Model# 5300

via this cl listing, via Jeremy who'd like to know if anyone out there knows more about these. The shots aren't the greatest, but I've never seen or posted one before. Click on the Synsonic label below for posts on other Synsonic electronic drums. via the listing: "Synsonic Model# 5300 ----THESE ARE NOT HIGH QUALITY PROFESSIONAL ELECTRIC DRUMS, but instead, it is a fun set of four drums & a base drum that makes various tones (& some drum/cymbal sounds) that can be altered & played around with. I bought this set about 18 years ago for about $350."

Update: Jeremy found a close-up of the control box on Audio Playground (keyboardmuseum.com) here, via the Synsonics page.

Roland Juno-106 | demo (1 of 2) by syntezatory.prv.pl

YouTube via Jexus

"1984 Roland Juno106. All sounds programmed by WC Olo Garb. Video editing by WC Olo Garb. ||| Syntezatory.prv.pl Videos: showing you not what a synthesizer can do, but what a man can do with a synthesizer. Watching in high quality recommended."

TLN 428 VCF Kit

images via this auction

"kit for a TLN-428 Voltage Controlled State Variable Filter... Tellun synth projects are well documented and well designed. They are the closet thing to MOTM in synth DIY. Take a look at his website for more amazing projects.

Auction includes:
Tellun PCB - out of production / no longer available
Stooge mounting bracket
PCB Stand Offs
Jacks and Pots (Pots are Alpha and not the more exspensive Bourns or Spectrol. One of the Pots will need to have it's shaft cut tomatch the others)
All board mouted components including CEM 3320 (Which sell for $40.00!)
Black mounting screws (to mount your panel in to MOTM style rails)
IC Sockets
Wire - Including shielded audio for the
Solder - both organic and no clean
MOTM Power cable
Tellun User's Guide, and schematics - which can be found online here

You'll need to supply a small amount of heat shrink grease (Scrap some off that old CPU in the garage;)

EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOR FRONT PANEL AND KNOBS!

This was never offered as a kit (well not to my knowledge anyway). I put this together as a kit - That's to say that it's not a kit offered by Tellun Industries."

Vermona DRM MKII

via this auction

"Vermona DRM MKII Analog Drum synth with Chrome knobs and blue LEDS"

KORG Poly-800 Mk II

images via this auction

Roland SH-5

images via this auction

More Synth Art by Matias

Three more via Matias

follow-up to this post.

Click the images for the full size shots. Spot the synths on the top left.

electribe esx-1 1

YouTube via mutepg58
"improv on the korg electribe esx-1, first vid of it,..couple of mistakes but it came out pretty good. not my usual style, but plenty fun.. broke the very ending but oh well :)

everything = esx. sample kits are custom as well as the synth waveforms. a decent trick; run a pad or lead through all three chains of pitchshifter to build a chord. resample that chord at a root note or two and save it. also gives the 'supersaw' sound if u use it on a good saw wave."

Korg DS-10 DNB #2

YouTube via mutepg58
"Messing around with my dnb patterns on the DS-10 before I move on to something else."

GlitchDS

YouTube via mutepg58
"real quick overview of basic functionality i did for some devs of another app.. might as well share it., could help someone. sorry its a bit dark.. "

Qchord Strum Plate Keytar demo

YouTube via JorgeCortez01
"A very small sample of what the Qchord keytar can do"

Synth Drawings by Matias

Two drawings sent my way via Matias. These were drawn by him. Amazing work.

Old Friends

flickr by Tsotha
(click for more)

Be sure to click on the All Sizes link when you get there for the full size shots.

Oberheim Matrix-1000
Oberheim Matrix-6R
Oberheim Matrix-12

Propellerhead Software supports the Bob Moog Foundation

via Propellerhead Software:
"Bob Moog helped moving electronic music from obscure university laboratories into the realm of popular music and for that we all owe a lot to his legacy. Innovations such as the Minimoog have in many ways shaped the sound of today's music and have inspired both musicians and other manufacturers to push electronic music instruments further and further ahead.

When Bob Moog passed away in August 2005, his family established the Bob Moog foundation dedicated to the advancement of electronic music and in his memory. The goals of the Moog foundation are, in their own words:
'The mission of The Bob Moog Foundation is to document, celebrate and teach innovative thinking and to support and honor the legacy of synthesizer pioneer Bob Moog. Our four long range goals are: scholarship, outreach programs, unique community events and a Bob Moog Museum.'

Propellerhead Software have decided to support the Bob Moog foundation by a donation and to help raise the awareness about the Foundation and Robert Moog's legacy among Reason users. To achieve the latter, we have released a Moog-inspired ReFill, created by a team of experienced synthesists. The ReFill is free to download for all Reason users and we encourage anyone who uses the ReFill to donate to the foundation.

About the Moog Foundation ReFill
Industry pro's (and Reason experts), Craig Anderton, Mark Vail and Gordon Reid donated their best Moog-style patches, built using Reason's Thor synthesizer. The intent is to shed some light onto the world of music synthesis that Bob Moog pioneered. Those patches have been assembled into a single Reason ReFill and are available to registered Reason version 4 owners.
How to help support Bob Moog's memory

To make the Foundation's goals a reality, the Moog Foundation is in need of financial support, both from companies like Propellerhead Software and from musicians like you. Even if you have never used or owned a Moog synthesizer, each time you use a sawtooth waveform in Thor you are in fact using part of Moog's legacy. To donate, please visit the Moog Foundation's donation page."

You can find the ReFill download and a letter from Michelle Moog-Koussa here.

Gakken SX-150 box, parts, and magazine/instructions

flickr by enderisnotmyrealname
(click for more)

full size

Sequentix P3 Pre Production Model Built by Colin

images via this auction

"This is the preproduction model, same functions and using software v4 which is awesome"

Be sure to see the seller's other items.

Roland SH-1 & Alesis Andromeda

YouTube via GCom67
"Short improvisation music played live by GCOM featuring the Roland SH-1 and Alesis Andromeda. Circuit bending emulated using Guitar Rig III."

SX-150 Noise Generator

YouTube via btpro
"Add noise generator to Gakken SX-150 synthesizer."

Sequential Circuits Pro-One Analog Synthesizer

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

SCI Pro-One Analog Synthesizer (demo of various filter and envelope settings, Sync, FM, Polymodulation and more); triggered by the Roland TR-606 'Drumatix'
drums: Roland TR-606

no effects or EQ used

For me is the Pro-One one of the best classic monophonic synths ever!

This video demo is not a musical statement, only demonstration of the sound possibilities of the instrument."

Acidlab Bombass

YouTube via glumc

"Jam-Session: Acidlab Bombass gated from a Acidlab Bassline and some 808"

"Cat Stevens"?

flickr by graemecoleman

"Ginny, with her magic eyes, having a wee lie down on the synths."

pigtronix echolution solo

YouTube via softfreak
"pigtronix echolution
http://sendling-info.blogspot.com/"

NORM DRONE OFF

flickr by Formication
(click for more)

full size

www.theformicarium.com

Update via theformicarium: "I've just had great fun taking some shots of our newly repaired Multimoog (which used to belong to the music department at my old school, I went back a few years ago to take part in a performance for my brother and found that they were planning to chuck it in a skip and so I rescued it!) I have just saved up enough to have Tony Allgood at Oakley Sound get it restored to nearly good as new and it arrived back on Sunday. The sound is amazing, the sweepable waveshape oscillators sound incredible when theyre halfway between shapes and the sample & hold is to die for. I've taken some careful closeups and put them on the Formication Flickr page along with some shots of our Analog Solutions modded tr-606 and a few more shots of the ubiquitous notron"

Show me your panels for CGS modules!

via sneakthief on electro-music.com where you'll find an image of the finished product. The thread just went up so be sure to check back there for more.

"here are some CGS modules using my ghetto Dymo-labelled panels"

Nodal

"Nodal is a generative software application for composing music. It uses a novel method for the notation and playing of MIDI based music. This method is based around the concept of a user-defined graph. The graph consists of nodes (musical events) and edges (connections between events). You interactively define the graph, which is then traversed by any number of players who play the musical events as they encounter them on the graph. The time taken to travel from one node to another is based on the length of the edges that connect the nodes.

Nodal is free software available for Mac OS X based computers.

Working with Nodal

Nodal does not make any sound by itself – it only generates MIDI data. You will need a MIDI synthesiser to hear the output that Nodal is making. Nodal is compatible with any MIDI synthesiser. For simple demonstrations we recommend SimpleSynth.
Nodal will also work with Apple's GarageBand software."

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~cema/nodal/#

Kurzweil PC3-X cool VA-1 sounds

Kurzweil PC3-X cool VA-1 sounds from Falgor on Vimeo.
"Some cool sounds, mostly VA-1 stuff. Also my trusty yamaha PSR-640 playing the beat, which I composed."

littleBits

littleBits intro from ayah bdeir on Vimeo.
"littleBits is an opensource library of discrete electronic components pre-assembled in tiny circuit boards. Just as Legos allow you to create complex structures with very little engineering knowledge, littleBits are simple, intuitive, space-sensitive blocks that make prototyping with sophisticated electronics a matter of snapping small magnets together. With a growing number of available modules, littleBits aims to move electronics from late stages of the design process to its earliest ones, and from the hands of experts, to those of artists, makers and designers."
More info and videos on littleBits.
Little Bits

Grace Against Gravity

All Buchla 200e track by Chris Muir. You can find it along with the story behind it on Chris Muir's Buchla 200e noodle page.

x0xb0x w/ x0xi0 Mod

images via this auction.

Note this is the same modded x0xb0x from this video.

"x0xb0x with custom x0xi0 mod. The unit is brand new, built specifically to sell on Ebay. The kit is professionally built, tested and calibrated. I am the guy who makes and sells the x0xi0 kits. This kit is serial #006. There are currently 50 kits that have been sold. I have taken several hi-res pictures during the assembly of this box to demonstrate the build quality. I have also added a video clip and a few audio samples to demonstrate that the box works perfectly and sounds great.
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If you are bidding I'm sure you know with this is. For more info check out
x0xb0x Main page
x0xb0x Forum

Specific details of this x0xb0x:
1. Hand selected 2SA733P transistors for high Beta
2. Hand selected VCA for low dc offset
3. High quality sockets for relevant IC's
4. Latest OS v1.05
5. USB tested
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Details of x0xi0 mod:
x0xi0 Website
x0xb0x Forum Main x0xi0 Thread
x0xi0 I/O & Overdrive Users Manual
x0xi0 I/O & Overdrive Install Manual

New Controls:
Overdrive On/Off Switch
Overdrive Type Switch
Overdrive Amount Switch
Overdrive Tone
Overdrive Low Freq Switch
Cutoff Hi Range Switch
VCA On Switch
Power Switch

New Inputs/Outputs:
Gate In
CV In
Accent In
Slide In

Filter Mod CV In
Accent Sweep CV Out
VCO Out
VCF In
VCF Out
VCA In
VCO FM In



SAMPLES
Random & Keyboard Mode
Basic Pattern
Overdrive
External CV & Gate control
VCF Input
VCO Frequency Modulation"

Moog Minimoog fart around - basslines and stuff

YouTube via CoolColJ
"Just mucking about on my Moog Minimoog analog mono-synth. One of the many old and newer analog synths I have lying around here

This Minimoog is one of the earlier models. Key contacts need cleaning...hence the swooping notes

sorry about the crap audio - the camera's mic doesn't capture bass very well, and the Minimoog has a ton of bass :)

Should have recorded a direct feed... "

assign

flickr by aaron_mcc

X/Y pad modulation assignment for the KORG DS-10.

Serge modular - j h c c a t

YouTube via cray56. "serge self playing patch"

Novation Nova analogue modelled sounds

YouTube via yarosystems
"All the sounds programmed by Yarosystems."