MATRIXSYNTH

Friday, February 20, 2009

Korg Sigma

YouTube via ikworgek. via this auction
"Korg Sigma with a Kenton pro-solo.
Weird old Korg synth with nice filter (same as MS20) and ringmodulation"

via this auction
"Its classified as bi-timbral synthesizer with sound sources coming from two sections the "synthe" section and the "instrument" section. You have control over the mix of these sections, you can also ring modulation the synth section with the instrument section for some really wild sounds.

The really unique portions about this synth are the two joysticks for multi dimensional control over filters, pitch, noise, and vibrato. Sample and Hold. The keyboard is pressure sensitive like aftertouch, portamento. There is also a quartertone rocker for switching to micro tuning! :) What's also interesting is it seems as though you can play up to 18 voices at a time with all synths and instruments enabled, create a mega wall of sound, then filter it, ring mod, and twist it."

Roland SH-1000

via this auction

inside a Roland SH-1000

KORG Polysix

via this auction

CRUMAR STRATUS

via this auction

KVINTET - soviet poly synth string brass

via this auction
"IT WAS MANUFACTURED AT THE SAME POLIVOKS MILITARY ELECTRONIC FACTORY IN 80's. KVINTET HAS GREAT FAT AND WARM ANALOG SOUNDS LIKE JUNO TYPE SYNTHS AND MUCH MORE, BASICALLY IT ARE SYN-STRING-BRASS-PIANO KEYBOARD, VERY GOOD TO USE FOR THE PAD TEXTURES, PUNCHED BRASS FILLS, LONG DECAY POLY SOUNDS, SOLOS AND PIANO.... IT HAS AWESOME ANALOG CHORUS, VIBRATO FUNCTIONS, POWER FILTER, IT FULLY POLYPHONIC WITH THE SAME KEYBOARD AS ON THE POLIVOKS! MODERN NOW SILVER DESIGN!
PANEL PARAMETERS (FROM LEFT):

MAIN VOLUME, SUSTAIN, FILTER CUTOFF
SOUND TYPES - BRASS, ORGAN, PIANO, KLAVESIN
EFFECTS - CHORUS, VIBRATO DELAY, GLOBAL TUNE (ON THE FRONT PANEL)
VIBRATO FREQ, VIBRATO DEPTH, CHORUS DETUNE
CONNECTIONS 5-DIN : VOLUME PEDAL, HEADPHONES, OUTPUT
POWER SECTION: ON/OFF, FUSE, AC CORD IN"

My Extreme Piano

YouTube via Proximasolaris
"How to turn an old piano into the latest Korg workstation...
About 250 hours of work."

Triton Extreme piano by night...

Dr. Bleep at Bent Festival NYC '08

YouTube via drbleep. bleeplabs.com

access Virus Indigo #1

flickr by Nam2@7676
(click for more)

full size

Birthday surprise for Wolfgang Palm

See the surprise via Björn, his stepson and posted by elektro80 on this electro-music.com thread.

ARP Odyssey Pillow

flickr by pul(sew)idth
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pul(sew)idth synth pillows

Arp Omni 2 Synthesizer

flickr by Vintage Vibe
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You can find a sample of it here while up.

PAiA 9308 FatMan General MODs

find them on cykong.com. be sure to check out the rest of the site for more.

281 quad function generator clone

flickr by ...photon...

full size

"Buchla 281 clone split over 2 modules. PCBs by Toppobrillo"

more steampunk

Cicuit Bent Drum Machines by wotatwaat

circuit bent alesis hr-16 drum machine

YouTube via wotatwaat
"4 6 position rotary switches with led indictaors, joystick to control other bends and a pitch control"

circuit bent yamaha rx 17 drum machine

"lots of bends"

circuit bent roland tr-505

Akai XR10 Circuit bent pt1

"Here's a bent XR10. It has 4 6 position rotatry switches all linked, so the capabilites are pretty broad. It's a cool machine without the bends."
"several bends, pitch and individual volume control"

Be sure to see wotatwaat's YouTube channel for more circuit bent goods.
via dylan

Moog / MOTM Fixed Filter Bank PCB

Via JH on the AH list:

"Hi,

some of you may still remember my efforts to make a modern version of the Moog Fixed Filter bank (the smaller model, 907) for Synthesis Technology / MOTM.

This is a faithful reproduction of the original passive circuit topology, but with the inductors replaced with low noise General Impedance Converter technology. (Not the "usual" noisy single-opamp Gyrator circuits!)

Now that Paul has announced not to release this as a MOTM module, I have decided to offer PCBs for this. (I have a working prototype in my studio for many years, so all I have to do is make a PCB layout.)

In order to decide if it makes sense to do this, from an economical point of view, I'd like to get some feedback from all who are seriously interested in such PCBs. Please send an email to jhaible debitel.net if interested. (These are *not* binding pre-orders yet - just to see how much demand there is.)

As for pricing: It will probably be two 160 x 100 mm PCBs, so I expect a price of 54 Euros for the two PCBs.

I know there have been samples published for this (probably by myself, or by Paul). If anybody has a link to these samples, please post it.

Looking forward to hear from you,

JH."

doomlab updates

D/A A/D's modular shots

"The new addition is the Plan B m15 mk2.4."

See the previous posts for reference.

Negativland Meets David Wright

YouTube via theantralhead. via Eric Barbour of Metasonix.
"Mark Hosler (negativland.com) meets Tucson's electronic music pioneer, David Wright."

Waldorf Blofeld Bass

YouTube via Bruce73X. vis fischek.
"This is a bassline test with the great little Synthesizer Waldorf Blofeld. Neither a perfect track nor a perfect video, but it shows how the Blofeld can sound and how one can work with it. The sequence comes from the Blofelds internal arpeggiator.

Most of the crackling noises and bumping rhythms result from the bad recording situation - except the noises while I change effect parameters of the (sometimes) used internal "Triple FX" (bit reduction is desired ;), but the noise while I turn the knob is a bug).

Additional drums by Jomox M-Base 01 and D16 Nepheton. No additional effects or mixwork applied, only slightly limiting and eqing the master-track."

Waldorf Microwave XT, Used 4 "music" signed by Madonna

via this auction
"The synth is a Waldorf Microwave XT Ltd Edition, which was a limited edition "grey" version of the normal orange synth and only manufactured in limited edition. It got Madonna's signature on the back, and is in very good condition (only been used in the studio). It comes with manual and power supply (euro), but I don't have the original box anymore. The synth was borrowed to Mirwais during the recording of Madonna's album "Music" at Sarm West in London, and was used on the tracks produced by Mirwais including the no1 single "Music" for the album.

Here's the story

I used to be in a band and we were at the time signed to Sony. Our manager and his wife used to be the studio manager for Sarm West in London (as well as our band) and took care and organized everything for all the artists recording there. Madonna came to record her "Music" album there and she organized everything and took care of her and the producers. When Mirwais came to record his tracks for the album he needed a Waldorf Microwave synth but none of the rental companies had one stock. I happened to have one in the studio across the road, so he borrowed it and they had it in the studio until the tracks were finished for the album. I asked my managers if Madonna could sign it as a "thanks" and she did before they returned it.

I guarantee that this item is 100% authentic, and my managers got their names in the record sleeve "thank you's" to confirm my story. The story was also featured briefly in a couple of Music magazines in connection with our band."

For those interested in the Madonna connection, you can find her sig on Google.

Mega Formant Modular Synthesizer

YouTube via tomabeman
"This is the big DIY Formant Mudular Synthesizer of my friend Siggi from Duesseldorf/Germany. Many Modules are prepatched on the rear into 3 systems. The red one vor the Sequencer, the yellow one for the Basspedal and the green one for the melody solo. Everything is reconfigurable on the front.
Thanks for beeing your guest, Siggi"

VIRTUALITY Video: Part 1 The Moog Legacy (HD)

Youtube via interstellarcrew

All parts here.

"The high definition version of the first of many podcasts to come features the Bob Moog legacy and talks about how Amin Bhatia came to dedicate the album to him. Interviewed guests include Steve Porcaro, Patrick Moraz, Michelle Moog-Koussa as well as producers, engineers and musicians from "Virtuality"

The podcast series was written and directed by Saul Pincus with contributions from cinematographers and journalists all over the world. Special thanks to the crew at Full Sail University, as well as the Bob Moog Foundation and the offices of Steve Porcaro, Patrick Moraz, Bhatia Music and Splice Heist.

Please visit aminbhatia.com for more on the album and artist."

The Last of the PSYCHO SHIFT REGISTERS

via Cynthia on the Cyndustries list:
"Howdy, we have four Psycho Shift Register modules in stock above and beyond the few that are presently shipping to fulfill past orders. They're all fresh off the boat from Australia and have been blessed and tweeked to perfection by the man Ken Stone himself!

http://tinyurl.com/cs79pr

These are the last four Analog Shift Register modules we ever made. They are perhaps THE most rare and zany module ever offered by us and when they are gone, of course they will be history!

http://tinyurl.com/cpd9ju

Not to be confused with the Super Psycho LFOs, These Psycho Shift Registers are ideal for making cascading melodies, and arabesque patterns as described in the September 1976 issue of Synapse Magazine.

http://tinyurl.com/7wzprr

There is no other module like this out there combing so many features with an Analog Shift Register, it creates it's own little universe of fun exploration. Grab one now while you still can!"

Thursday, February 19, 2009

L.L. Electronics Rozzbox V2

via this auction

Mini and Mini

image via Mark Pulver's midiwall, here.

a pul(sew)idth synth pillow

Family Guy Keytaraganza!

via Louis-Philippe

"From Family Guy TV program.
We can see SHS-10 in two episodes!"

max patch idea

YouTube via daswesen

"minicommand implementation of a remixer idea"
The minicommand is from Ruin & Wesen

MicroKorg Drone A82 & Space Echo

YouTube via Rothgar777

Diabolical Devices Modified 727

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"If you weren't really feeling the need to have an old Roland TR-727, maybe this could change your mind. Diabolical Devices has modified this Latin percussion version of the 707 to have pitch mods for nearly every sound, a few global bends and a cymbal delay bend. You can turn the individual bends on and off. There's also an insane banana plug patch bay on the left hand side allowing you to link various bending points that's not even in this video. More demos soon!"

Machine Groove (Monome, MLRV)

YouTube via StarfireMX. High quality audio embedded.
"Using my monome and MLRV to mix up a few loops, it's not perfect but I though it was pretty cool.

The monome in the video is displaying a spectral meter of the audio playing."

Arp Axxe with Patch Sheets

via this auction

Sequential Circuits Pro-8

via this auction

"8 voice bi-timbral analog and sonically very similar to the Sixtrak and Multitrak. The voices can be layered, split or used in Unision mode for absolutely incredible 8 oscillator stacked basses and leads... The original factory sounds have been reloaded. Includes a CD containing the Factory and Alternative Preload sounds from Wine Country."