MATRIXSYNTH

Saturday, March 07, 2009

EMX-1, OS-2. 0013

YouTube via lodernnr. Accidentally posted this and another on MATRIXSYNTH-B yesterday. Thanks to CV! for pointing it out.

MemoryMoog Service Manual

flickr by Acusonic24
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Studio

flickr by Andez Flamenco

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Roland V-synth GT

Friday, March 06, 2009

The Animals - House of the Rising Sun (1964)

YouTube via magusmagic. Vox Continental.
"The Animals - House of the Rising Sun (1964)
So gifted and ahead of the times! In my humble opinion, Newcastle's Animals circa 1964 were vastly superior to their chart contemporaries, the Beatles and the Stones. The Beatles were loveable moptops then, and the Stones were still a few years away from their songwriting peak, but The Animals were raw, gritty and, in Eric Burdon, they had one of the all-time great blues/rock voices.

The Animals' take on "House of the Rising Sun" sounded wholly new, if you weren't there in 1964 it's hard to imagine today how big a deal this new and gritty sound was, "House of the Rising Sun", was dark, brooding and very, very cool, it had an edge that was lacking from the other Brit-Beat groups and it broke new ground. American music critic and writer Dave Marsh described it as: "the first folk-rock hit," sounding "as if they'd connected the ancient tune to a live wire," while writer Ralph McLean of the BBC agreed that: "it was arguably the first folk rock tune," calling it "a revolutionary single" after which "the face of modern music was changed forever."

Viva The Animals for the fantastic sound they had!

Eric Burdon - vocals
Alan Price - keyboards
Hilton Valentine - guitar
Chas Chandler - bass
John Steel - drums"
Just put this one up on Sparkle Train and figured the Vox justified a post here. The Vox is the lead.

No synths in the following but related:
The Ventures Live 1966 4/4

YouTube via nokie0064
"Wipe Out
House of The Rising Sun
Telstar"

Munich, Electronic Music Studio in Deutsches Museum 1 - 7

YouTube via elgauchoandres
"My second visit to the fantastic Deutsches Museum and for second time taking details of the Siemens Electronic Music Studio"

WDR Electronic Music Studio 1 - 5

YouTube via elgauchoandres. via rustyanalog
"A visit to the WDR Electronic Music Studio courtesy of Volker Müller. The studio where Stockhausen spent almost their whole artistic career."

Stratosfear

flickr by Tinm@n

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"Experimental use of modified cheapo ebay Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Flash, born in Jan 1956 according to secret code marked YCRO on inside of camera, and 1990s expired Ektacolor film. Also my first ever home-developed colour c41"

Clavia Nord Lead

DJ@Starbucks

flickr by chrisminochan

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KORG Kaossilator

Bug Brand Modular Rack

via the Bug Brand Blog

"13 LPGs, 12 DC Mixers, 9 VCOs, 8 Audio Mixers, 7 RingMods, 6 LFOs, 5 PTDelays, 2 envelopes and 1 SV Filter (yes, there are a few new bits within there)."

http://bugbrand.co.uk

BassN Filters

YouTube via Quiggers1981
"XTRMJZZTRRR asked a few questions and i hope this video answers them"

YAMAHA DD 12 by S-CAT

YouTube via PHONICPOTION. S-CAT/PHONICPOTION on Ebay
"CIRCUIT BENT WITH 12 MODIFICATIONS...5 GLITCH SWITCHES ON EACH SIDE PLUS STEREO OVERDRIVE/BASS FOLLOWER DIALS AT THE TOP"

Alexandra plays x0xb0x

YouTube via matrix12x
"Alexandra is plays x0xb0x to Silence by Delerium"

Invisible Limits 3rd Row Timing

YouTube via davidryle
"Using the 3rd row timing of the Q960 to do the same thiing. Simpler way to skin a cat. Bassline is from Tangerine Dream's "Invisible Limits" off of "Stratosfear"."

Vocoder & Synthesizer YUDO SV-5 for iPhone

YouTube via yudoinc

"As for the application, it is scheduled to be sold in the AppStore in the middle of March. Currently you can get it for only 8.99$!! After the XXth April the price will get higher so make sure to buy it now!"
UI influences from Roland Juno-6, Juno-60, Juno-106 series and ARP orange on black.

MOONMODULAR M563v2 Trigger Sequencer & Expander M563e

YouTube via moonmodular
"Tap every single step you take!
M563v2 & M563e

http://www.moonmodular.com"

MoogDrumDemo

YouTube via Rhythmicons
"This is a demo of the Moog 1130 Percussion controller controlling the Micromoog. I put this together quite hastily and I hope that the Voyager really comes through like it should. Thanks for watching."

Roland Juno-106

via this auction

with custom case

Roland TB-303

via this auction

inside a TB-303

SPECTRALIS 2 Teaser 1

YouTube via SCHAAFJOERG

"www.radikaltechnologies.com
photos by Andreas Tofahrn"
Note the man behind Radikal Technologies, Jörg Schaaf, was the man behind Quasimidi. Quasimidi made the Polymorph another great rhythm based synthesizer. Jörg Schaaf makes some wonderful instruments. The following is an image of Jörg with the Spectralis prototype from this Sonic State post. Do see the post. It's a fascinating look back in time when the Spectralis was first announced.

septembres

YouTube via fretless
"de Philippe Malone avec Jean-Marc Bourg et Franck Vigroux
mise en scène Michel Simonot, images Igor Juget"
Googlish:
"Malone Philippe Jean-Marc and Franck Vigroux Bourg
staging Michel Simonot, Igor Juget images"

via Carlos
"here is a trailer of the theater performance "septembres" featuring musician Franck Vigroux on Moog Taurus 2"

THE BLUE NILE- The downtown lights

YouTube via vicoland. Two Jupiter-8s. via ian.

Spectralis - Virus Ti - SP 555 - KP3

YouTube via artneffa. via fischek
"Homemade Electronic Sound"
It's interesting how patterns and sounds take a bit to change and merge. They may sound off at first, but after a few loops and editing (in this case filtering on the organ sound) it just meshes.

Livewire AFG Sample on Veqtor's corner

You can find the sample and details on Veqtor's corner.

Gleetchlab3 now Available

You can find more info at Gletchplug.com

Be sure to see these videos.

sent my way via noisecollective.net

Invisible Limits Bassline

YouTube via davidryle
"Bassline off of Tangerine Dream's "Stratosfear". Made using an Arrick modular with the Q960 sequencer."

SYNTH-DRUM mini

YouTube via denha. syndrum
"featured by LM324 LM3900 CA3080."

Wrongbot @ Old Bar

YouTube via spoonholio
"Wrongbot performing live with circuit bent instruments at the Old Bar in Leeds University."

Rod Argent SCI Pophet 5 & 10 Ad

flickr by Acusonic24
(click for more - quite a bit went up)

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EMS Synthi AKS

flickr by fabioperletta
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Update via Enrico in the comments: "it's a really little beast! this one AKS has some heavy mods done by steve gay & robin wood (mr. ems himself): a fourth VCO/LFO, hard sync on all VCOs, shape modulation, 1V/Oct standard, portamento on sequencer out, step sequencer loading & external step advance, "easy tune". I have bought directly from ems/cornwall/uk in 1984."

Studio

flickr by Andez Flamenco

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"Fiddling with Korg RADIAS"

Thursday, March 05, 2009

Monome Step : Generative Drawing

Monome Step : Generative Drawing from formalplay on Vimeo.
"This is my first test of having the Monome control some generative drawing along with the audio through this step sequencer I made in Flash similar to the original 64Steps.

I especially like where the step sequencing begins to break down because of how deep the drawing gets.

Its the same drawing engine I used to generate this seasons Thank You cards (although for the Monome version I removed the Type Flakes)

This season's cards in collab with [M]:
ilikegravity.com/real/archives/2007/01/generative_gratitude_collaboration.php"

Monome_RandGridRunner_01.swf

Monome_RandGridRunner_01.swf from formalplay on Vimeo.

Gravity Snd Toy Prototype 01.01

Gravity Snd Toy Prototype 01.01 from formalplay on Vimeo.
"As an exploration of physical interface, this standalone reactive object is the beginning of a series that investigates ways in which objects can play and manipulate sound using external input and data. Sound playback is controlled within this object by moving it through space and changing its orientation.

This prototype is battery operated and the sound is played from an SD card attached to an Arduino board. In its current state, the prototype contains an 1/8" audio line out so that the sound can run directly to amplification and recording devices."

Gravity Snd Toy Prototype 01.02

Gravity Snd Toy Prototype 01.02 from formalplay on Vimeo.

Gravity Sound Toy Prototype - Impromptu Interview

Gravity Sound Toy Prototype - Impromptu Interview from formalplay on Vimeo.
"Saturday night @ 9pm. Hanging out with my 10 year old nephew. I ask him what he wants to do and list off about 1/2 a dozen things including video games and watching one of the movies he brought over. Out of everything I listed, he picked going to the studio to make stuff. I had been working on this earlier in the day. He was playing with the video camera and decided to ask me about it."

via evan
"The work is done by Formalplay."

Synthi: khaki + ivory microfiber

flickr by toybreaker

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Synth Ties

Future Retro 777 for sale on eBay

YouTube via arivas3. via this auction

ARP 2600 SINGS

YouTube via angelometz
"Here's the ARP 2600 after restoration! It sounds great!!!!!"

keybdwizrd - Fantom XR Demo #4

YouTube via keybdwizrd
"Some favorite patches from the Roland Fantom XR synthesizer module."

keybdwizrd - Fantom XR Demo #3

keybdwizrd - Fantom XR Demo #2

keybdwizrd - Fantom XR Demo #1

MOTM - 830 Dual Mode Mixer

via this auction

"You can read more about this unit here"

Simmons SDS 1 drum synth and 9 EPROMS

via this auction
"The EPROMS are: wood snare, tight snare, rock snare, gun shot snare, hand clap 2, breaking glass, bright tom, timbale 2, and bass riff. The bass riff EPROM is pretty interesting, it plays different bass guitar riffs depending where and how hard you hit the pad... Here is a link to the user guide for the SDS-1 i would suggest you check it out to see what this unit is capable of: [link to pdf]"

ARP Explorer 1 Synthesizer

via this auction
"Oscillators - 1 VCO (w/ sawtooth, square, narrow pulse and modulated-width pulse waveforms and Pink Noise generator)
LFO - 1 LFO with adjustable speed, depth and delay controls Filter - 4-pole (24dB/oct) low pass filter with cutoff and resonance controls

VCA - 1 ADSR envelope
Effects - repeat, delayed vibrato, bender, portamento, and pitchbend"

vocable rhythms

YouTube via yaxu
"More info: http://doc.gold.ac.uk/~ma50..."
More videos: http://www.youtube.com/user/yaxu

Haskell music 2

"Another experiment which might fall within some broad definition of music. This time using Haskell98's Parsec library to parse a simple grammar based on Bernard Bel's BP2.

More info at http://doc.gold.ac.uk/~ma503am/"
via sequencer.de

Line Up

flickr by mushroomk☢

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"Lightwriting One more from 1st Experience"

Korg Kontrol49

blindoldfreak show LA - live - buchla

via n3:

Negativespace presents:
Blindoldfreak (Alessandro Cortini - modwheelmood)
Cyrusrex
DJ Anon

The event will also feature a live collaboration set with blindoldfreak + cyrusrex + anon using modular synths live (Buchla, Macbeth m5, tr808, FX pedals and much more) to close the evening.

KNITTING FACTORY HOLLYWOOD
7021 Hollywood Blvd. Ste. 209
Hollywood, CA 90028

P: 323.463.0204 x131 F: 323.463.0262

TICKET SALES

FLYER [pictured]

New Customsynth T-Shirts

available via CustomSynth

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Korg Trident Mark l

via this auction

auction description via Robert Ls Analog Synths

Ronald Moogin'

flickr by garrett_himself

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with the hamburglar...

"T design for the band TERA MELOS"

Zinc 80 Meter CW Transmitter, Actual Sound Heard From Various Distances.

YouTube via nylesteiner. yes that Nyle Steiner. follow-up to these posts.
"More info is available at http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com

This is an update to the previous video "Zinc Negative Resistance 80 Meter CW Transmitter". In the previous video, the sound of the transmitter at 5 miles was simulated. This update plays the actual sound of the transmitter as recorded on video from various distances up to 5 miles.

K7NS builds a very simple 80 meter cw qrp transmitter made out of a homemade zinc negative resistance diode. This simple radio transmitter is made without using any vacuum tubes or transistors, and it's ultra low power of 100 microwatts can be easily heard 5 miles away.

Thanks to W9RAN for his contribution of using a quarts crystal in place of an LC circuit."

circuit bent casio VL 5 SYNTH

YouTube via djwidow420
"CIRCUIT BENT CASIO VL-5 BY RESONANCE CIRCUITS WITH 6 EXTREME MODIFICATIONS"

Prophet-5 Spec Sheet

flickr by Acusonic24
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"This came with the prophet back in the days when I bought it at Wine Country Sequintial Circuts in 1999. In 2002 I sold The Prophet to get the never been use ,spankin new Memorymoog That never was opened. Didn't regret it but Will get another Prophet 5 along with the Prophet 08 Cause there both plentiful more so than the memory. Prophets sold more than the memorymoog Cause the Prophets was the first Poly Programmable synth. Memorymoogs Was and is a monsterous synth but very very very unreliable, always a voice detune, etc. Later on in the late 80 to the early 90s on up to today, lintronics Made a super reliable Kit for the memory and added dual out plus a super midi kit, new display,gold pots,jacks and etc. Never had any serious problems with my memory yet, every now and then a voice acts up but not often that happends, But anyways, Always gotta have a Prophet in the arsenal."