Tenori On sequencing Access Virus TI Snow 01a

YouTube via polishbroadcast
"Trying to expand the internal sounds and get beyond that recognizable Tenori On sound and timing. I thought the 4 parts of the TI Snow would be limiting but the sounds can be so big it is a challenge to try and be simple. The Tenori On is in "Advanced" mode so i wasn't locked into score mode for the first 4 layers which was useful on my Nord Modular G2 (which i am also uploading).

Excuse the quality. This was recorded with my Macbook Pro's iSight and audio input so the video quality is bad and there is a buzz in the audio. Beyond the buzz, the audio sounds pretty ok."

ARP/Rhodes Chroma

via this auction

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Moog Minimoog

via this auction

Oberheim OB-8

via this auction

Sequential Circuits Multi-iTrak Sequencer Demo

YouTube via menticideebay. via this auction.
The Six-Trak does have unison.

YAMAHA CS50

via this auction
"The CS-50 was released just one year before its famous big brothers, the CS-60 and CS-80. The CS-50 looks like a scaled-down version of the monstrous CS-80, and it is! This will benefit those who crave the famous classic Yamaha synth sound without the struggle of lugging around the 215 pound CS-80! The CS-50 weighs in at about 100 pounds. The CS-50 is also just 4-voice polyphonic, and lacks the quality weighted 61-note keyboard of the CS-80. The CS-50 has just a 49-note standard keyboard. It does feature pressure (aftertouch) sensitivity route-able to several destinations, however.The CS-50's sound is unmistakably related to other classic CS-series synthesizers. "From 1975, it's the little brother of the Yamaha CS80 (the famous "Blade Runner" Synth). This board was amazingly ahead of it's time in it's polyphonic implementation. If you recall, the majority of the big names at that time were strictly monophonic. This guy came out and featured 4 key polyphony and an early form of aftertouch that can affect the filter, VCO or LFO. There is also a auxillary input to run sounds through the side panel which I have used on a couple of tracks.Small or not, this still weighs close to 100 lbs and is the size of a small organ. There is a really great sounding ring modulator for crazy sci fi sound, 13 presets and a full synthesizer section including both HP and LP resonant filters. Specifications Polyphony - 4 voices, monotimbral Oscillators - Four (1 VCO per voice) LFO - One Filter - 12 dB/oct lowpass and highpass filtering Effects - None Keyboard - 49 keys (pressure sensitive, route to various destinations) Memory - 13 preset, 1on panel Control - CV/Gate Date Produced - 1976"

MMM MATTSON MINI MODULAR AMPLITUDE FOLLOWER TEST

YouTube via redmartian http://mattsonminimodular.com/
"I'm using a new prototype Amplitude Follower module with the source being a Gibson Les Paul. The AF triggers a gate based on a threshold level. There is also a secondary gate which can be delayed by several seconds.

The patch is very simple: Two VCFs swept by two ADSRs on the two gates (one slightly delayed) from the AF. One VCF is LP and the other is HP and panned stereo."

my music made with YAMAHA QY70 !enjoy!

YouTube via LxAxRxS. follow-up to this post.

Doepfer !00 & KORG KP3 & BOSS DD-20

YouTube via unyo303

Siel Orchestra

YouTube via ohmstudiste. Update: it's now up for auction here.

Analog Synthesizer MOTM-650 Demo Air On a G String

YouTube via justwaving
"This is demo of the MOTM-650 Midi/CV convertor operating in four voice mode. Velocity and controller information is also being sent to the modular"

kevin_001

YouTube via zebranalogiczetangas. http://zebranalogic.com/ Also see the label below for more.

kevin_002


P2140163

MB-808

http://www.eight-oh-eight.org/

"Roland TR-808 clone with MidiBox sequencer"

Be sure to see this video.

Cacophonator

YouTube via druesenhieb. via Deviant Synth
"SubtleNoiseMaker Cacophonator 2009"

Jupiter 6

flickr by alphajuliet

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Crumar Orchestrator 035

flickr by transanalog
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cool retro buttons

lights

flickr by nicole st. john
(click for more)

"@ iLounge, Pontiac, MI

GREAT GIRL! "

I think inteliko had it right in the comments of this post. Somehow the keytar is cool in this shot. Cool tattoo on the bottom left shot as well.

The keytar is a Yamaha KX5
Update: found them on MySpace:
http://www.myspace.com/lights

General purpose Midi controllers

sizone has an excellent thread on alternate scaling MIDI controllers on the forum. The thread lists out a few current controllers that can be used for this purpose including the Jazzmutant Lemur, H-Pi Tonal Plexus, Buchla, and DIY devices. The thread includes some pros and cons along with investment costs in both currency, materials and time. Well worth a read. sizone is also looking for alternatives. If you have any suggestions feel free to chime in either in the comments here or the thread there.

yr3wk35 roland juno 6

yr3wk35 roland juno 6 from longcat on Vimeo.
via the forum
"i'm borrowing this beautiful Juno 6 from a friend for a time and this is the 1st of the improvisations with it... only one camera but i'm pleased with how it came out x"

Tiptop Audio Z3000 HSM Test

Tiptop Audio Z3000 HSM Test from Isotope Of Me on Vimeo.
video description:
"I recently purchased the Z3000 Smart VC-Oscillator from Tiptop Audio and have been intrigued with the HSM input, so I ran it through an audio analyzer to see how the waveforms differ between regular sync and the HSM as I swept the oscillator through it's full range.

One of the big differences is that HSM isn't just for pulse/square waves, as I show by using the sine output of my A-111 VCO and monitor the sine output of the Z3000.

One also gets unique and interesting results using both the sync and HSM inputs with different sync sources as is also shown toward the end of the video.

Mind you, this is a bit of a noisy one, not very musical but hopefully clarifies what this unusual and neat function that Tiptop Audio have included on the Z3000 can do."

Sine is fine!

Sine is fine! from Isotope Of Me on Vimeo.
"Here's a nice mellow modular patch using the combined sine waves from the A-110 and A-111 VCOs for the initial portion of the sound. A heavily and quickly phased pulse wave is slowly mixed in as the note sustains longer. First I walk you through the patch as I randomly (and rather mindlessly pick at the keys, then at the end of the video you can hear the sound sequenced into a mix."

Pin Patch Matrix

via this auction
auction details:
"The possibilities are endless with these patch matrices. They are much smaller versions of those found on the VCS 3, Synthi, and Vostok synthesizers. I haven't been able to locate the manufacturer's name on theses guys.

They would be great for circuit bending the smaller synths and toys
or maybe you could mount all four in a square, cover that with a "master" face panel, and spread out the pin nputs to create a Synthi sized matrix and give yourself more finger room.

I have four of these in perfect shape.

Each matrix ships with 10 gold-plated pins."

Looks like a Ghielmetti patch matrix.

Alessandro Cortini - Lecture at Concordia University

"Audio recording of Alessandro Cortini's lecture and demonstration of his Buchla 200e modular synthesizer."

via Daphne and Richard Lainhart.

Serge sputnik buried in sand

Serge sputnik buried in sand by b3nsf

"A desperate message from an archaic device trapped below the desert surface.... All Serge Modular Creature Quad Slope, delay, reverb and panning added.."

Theremin Cello

YouTube via sidecars. via kingfm@yahoo.com who is selling a theremin cello for $5200.
"By request, here I am playing Theremin Cello. I am not a cellist... nor a theremin cellist! Very much still learning this instrument. Check my other videos for some of the rest of my instrument collection. I have another video that has me playing theremin cello shortly after I got it. To learn more about the theremin cello google these keywords 'theremin cello pringle'."

Theremin's cello meditation

"Engels Theremin Cello recreation set to an Indian drone. I didnt practice.... I Just improvised along to the drone. Really just something so you can see and hear something about this instrument."

Tenori-on Sampling Experiment one

YouTube via sidecars
"My first experiment with sampling of vocoded sounds from Vsynth XT.

The Tenori-on can do more than dance or club music. Here why blood bleeds friends wound oh no stop."

via kingfm@yahoo.com who is selling the Tenori-On for $850 including shipping.

Aribitrary Function Generator module on the Buchla 200e

flickr by guiltysin

full size

Herbie Hancock "Making Love" 1980

YouTube via 2channeltv. Happy Valentines Day. ;)

LSDJ Clips

YouTube via littlescale. Six clips of LSDJ for the Nintendo Gameboy
Elektron Rock Kit for LSDJ Game Boy!
Ellington Kit for LSDJ Game Boy!
HAL8999 Kit for LSDJ Game Boy!
HAL9001 Kit for LSDJ Game Boy!
Mozart Sinfonia Concertante Kit for LSDJ!
Nanoloop 2.3 Kit for LSDJ!

Nintendo DS Electroplankton + Pod Studio UX2 (Pos Farm)

YouTube via pierrelebatteur
"My Nintendo DS link to the Pod Studio UX with the software Pod Farm"
Note Electroplankton is an app for the Nintendo DS designed by Iwai Toshio, the man behind the Yamaha Tenori-On.

MOTM-510 Live Patch Jam

YouTube via JohnLRice
"Here is another instance of playing around with a particular module and coming up with something "almost" good enough to post here . . . and going ahead and posting it anyway! ;-)

Sorry for all the keyboard noise! I promise for the next video I'll take the time to attach carrot laden sticks to the heads of the multitude of little donkeys that turn the big wheel the powers my studio and record a proper line out to the computer instead of using the camera mic again!"

Waldorf XT Shadow

via this auction

Rhodes Chroma Voice Board

via this auction

Model 500 - 'The Chase' - SH-101 MC-202 TR-606 Moog Prodigy

YouTube via rottenrow
"JH from Dirty Hospital skips lunch to batter down a version of 'The Chase'. The Mac is firing out MIDI clock to the Kenton Pro 2, which is sending arpeggio clock to the Roland SH-101 and DIN sync to the Roland MC-202. The Roland TR-606 is taking sync from the 202. The 202 is also going through the Holy Grail pedal by Electro Harmonix, on the excellent 'Flerb' setting. And of course the bassy goodness comes from the Moog Prodigy. Recorded into Ableton, with a smidgen of compression over the mix. John enjoyed a bigger than normal tea that evening."

Mechanical piano pieces on TENORI-ON(s) [Rehearsals] by Smith

YouTube via znshn. be sure to see these prior posts (scroll).
"Digital adaptation of the "mechanical piano" (also known as "pianola" and "player piano") ways of playing as imagined by Colon Nancarrow in his "Studies for player piano" (and George Antheil in "Le ballet mécanique") using two TENORI-ON(s) and various filters.

N.B.- These rehearsals are part of a series of solo pieces inspired by Nancarrow's works and John Cage's experiments for prepared piano.

See also previous video "Studies for two TENORI-ON(s)" on Create Digital Music: http://createdigitalmusic.com/2009/02...
IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.

Material in this video:
- 2 TENORI-ON(s)
- MI Audio Pollyanna Octave Synth
- Moog Low Pass Filter (MF-101)
- Moog Ring Modulator (MF-102)
- Jomox M-Resonator
- POG Polyphonic Octave Generator (Electro Harmonix)
- Space Echo (Boss RE-20) *only reverb used here
- Boss FV-500L (as expression pedal for LPF Resonance)
- Boss FV-500L (as expression pedal for RM Frequency)
- Boss EV-5 for Space Echo volume *not used here

http://www.odiolorgnette.com
http://www.myspace.com/sthintosmither...
http://www.myspace.com/znshn

See also http://www.youtube.com/odiolorgnette"

I love my Monome!

YouTube via StarfireMX
"This is by far one of the most interesting musical device I've ever came across, to find out more go to monome.org.

This was made with Ableton Live and a Monome 64, using impulse in ableton for drums, and both the lower 'bass' line and the main melody were made using the FAW Circle VST.

The Monome was controlling the main melody using Polygomé written by Stretta (stretta.com) and using the tilt feature of the Monome to control Circle live for some added variance.

I know it got a little long but I was having fun with the Monome and got carried away, beside isn't that what music is about sometimes!

Thanks for watching, please comment!!"

RA: Machine Love: John Tejada Interview

You can find the full interview sent my way via Mark on Resident Advisor.
snip: "If you had to prioritize and sell everything except for five items (not including monitors / mixer), what would they be?

I would need my modular, my Cwejman S1, my Doepfer Maq 16/3, my Moog Voyager and my Eventide Eclipse. If compressors counted as well, I may have to keep my bus compressor over the Eventide. Or wait, the Moog, or uhm.... now I'll probably have a stress nightmare.

How often do you use hardware sequencers like the Doepfer MAQ box?
I use them probably in nearly everything I do. A big reason for this is they send CV/Gate out to my analog stuff which gives me much more creative control over midi. I can send channel 3 of the sequencer to the filter in or anything that has CV in and sequence the parameters. It just sounds great. Also drum-wise, I enjoy using one of the drum boxes to sequence with. But since I do come from a piano background, I also many times just enjoy hammering it all out on the keyboard."

Yamaha QS300 + QY70 Synthesizers - Rendez Vous 2

YouTube via hilltree

"Only both yamaha synths are used . This is a track from jean michel jarre.
More at www.groenewoudnet.nl"

GiGi D'Agostino on QY70 little cover

YouTube via LxAxRxS. "please watch full length :)"

The Leper - live prog keyboard million-note performance

YouTube via hamsterdunce

"More music on umop.com/parallax.htm Here's another version of my original song "The Leper" from my album "umop apisdn." Performed live at the Downtown Cafe in quasi-beautiful Bristol, CT."

The white Roland JD-800 on the lose. Note hamsterdunce is David C. Lovelace of http://umop.com/. He is the man behind The Packrat (scroll and click on the images when you get there), and he does the artwork for Metasonix. He also did the Matrix Packrate drawing for me on the right of this site. :) Dave rocks. You can find more info on his music projects including videos here, man of which have been featured here on MATRIXSYNTH.

arp 2600

YouTube via angelometz. "fixing the arp"

Buchla 200e and genoQs Octopus

flickr by xartdigital

full size

A Concert of Music and Psychogeography

flickr by JC_Phosphene
(click for more)

full size

"Glasgow University, 28th January 2009. A series of works by composer in residence Drew Mulholland."

Frostwave Funk-a-Duck Envelope Filter

via the forum where this is listed for sale. "Out of production and very rare-ified... Maker Paul Perry is on an indefinite hiatus at the moment and this pedal is out of production. This is a Mutron III on steroids type envelop filter with High and Low switchable Filters, an up and down knob to dial in the envelop, an over the top resonance knob control that can self oscillate and get very twitchy... This Funk-a-duck is designed for extreme filtering capabilities so you have the standard Mutron or Discumbobulator settings as a starting point. The envelop is chewy and sweeps with a pot from early to late trigger and open. This pedal plays well with others...be it Electric Guitar, Bass, processing drum machines, analogue synths, and anything else that you want to throw at it. This is a deep box, built like a brick in its duck yellow 16 guage steel enclosure and is in excellent condition. Comes with original 14 Volt AC wallwart." Some more details on the forum. Also listed on Ebay here.

Electron Machinedrum

via the forum where it is listed for sale with the mixer. DSI Mopho and Korg R3 in the background. Not sure what MPC that is or what's next to it. There are more shots here.

VoiceKeyboard iPhone App

YouTube via jetdaisuke
"http://webdog.be/archives/0...
iPhone App "VoiceKeyboard" is a sampling keyboard just like a CASIO Sampletone SK-1.
Record your voice or any sounds. And tap keys to play your own music."
You can find VoiceKeyboard on iTunes here:

Circuit bent Casio MT400V

YouTube via derrytift2
"Soon to be up for sale on Ebay (links to follow shortly)"
Here's a search on Casio MT400V on Ebay: link.

Axel F on Ensoniq SQ-80 (iDrum and Reverb)

YouTube via derekaggs11
"Much fuller-sounding version of the dry, 100% SQ-80 I posted earlier. MP3 available upon request."
First version posted here.

Roland GR-300 w/ RC-1324-PDL-V2 Parker PM-10 as G-303 G-808 Controller Vintage Analog Synth

YouTube via WayneJoness

"Roland-Ready Parker PM-10 with a RC-1324-PDL-V2 acts as a vintage Roland G-303 or G-808 to control a vintage Roland GR-300 analog synthesizer. Filter presets, hex fuzz features and more, plus the original three "Craig Anderton" modifications are all built into the GR-300. No "modeling" this is the REAL THING with genuine analog circuitry! Also segments with GR-700, US-2, etc, Godin and Brian Moore guitars."

Custom circuit bent machine with Casio SK-5 etc.

YouTube via thenervoussquirrel
"This project was commissioned by Joe Henson, who specified that it should make as many strange noises as possible. After a few of meetings involving beer and a sketchbook, the plans were made for a machine that eventually included the following:

Modified Neurosmith Musini
Modified Casio SA-2
Casio SK-5 with 24 patch points, separate instrument/drum pitch control and assignable joystick
Modified talking toy educational computer
Patchable modulation section
1950s panel meter connected to audio out (funkyness indicator)
More details at www.nervoussquirrel.com, and please get in touch if you'd like to discuss a new project!"