MATRIXSYNTH

Wednesday, June 24, 2009

POLIVOKS in the Summer

via this auction

In the Winter here.

Genesis on iPhone's PianoStudio

YouTube via FrontierDesignGroup
"http://frontierdesign.com/PianoStudio

A demo of "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" by Genesis and played on PianoStudio on an iPhone.

Featuring a unique and truly playable interface designed specifically for the iPhone, PianoStudio lets you compose and perform complex songs that are impossible to play with other apps that limit you to tiny keyboards with limited ranges.
PianoStudio is the first piano app for the iPhone and iPod touch that helps you explore musical ideas, learn songs, write your own tunes, and even play along with your iTunes music.
By placing individual notes, entire chords, and even complete musical phrases onto a set of buttons that you can arrange and play, you can write and perform real piano music with chord progressions, "two-handed" patterns, and melodies in Allegro, all right on your iPhone or iPod touch."

PianoStudio on iTunes:

Tegan & Sara - Moog or what?

YouTube via xfarnezx. Moog Prodigy.

castor atari punk x3, low pass gate, dual sequencer, clock

YouTube via horchacha
"castor
sound generator 'atari punk console/stepped tone generator'
it's pitch is modulated by the top sequencer either pitch or pulse width
second atari punk/stepped modulates the main apc pitch's cv pin
third atari punk/stepped modulates the pulse width of main apc
this goes through a low pass gate w/ switch for vca/band pass/low pass and
second row of sequencer modules its cutoff via a depth pot
master volume - external clock input/reset

dave wright
www.notbreathing.com"

Clavia Nord Wave Testdrive

YouTube via hitspacetv
"Zsolt Kaltenecker shows some of his own presets on this special instruments"

ENSONIQ ESQ-M

YouTube via denha. "Digital / Analog Synthesizer"

Square 2.2 usine/ableton touchscreen patch

YouTube via 23fx232323
"first try with few basic sounds and 3clips only in live to test the latest version.
32 pages of 16 cellz multimode (momentary/toggle, note/cc, sequencers) 512XYZ storable. 16XYcc synced automations wirh independant lengh, editable and shiftable, ableton grid with feedback."

1960s Hohner Pianet Demo Record Side 1 of 2

YouTube via jafafah0ts. Obviously not a synth, but I decided to make the exception on this one.
"A vintage demo record for the classic Hohner Pianet electric piano. The demo has German-language narration, I have added the English translated text to the video. Side 1."

1960s Hohner Pianet Demo Record Side 2 of 2

YouTube via jafafah0ts
flexi disk

Update via in the comments:

"In fact, the clavinet was not invented to become a funky instrument. First it was more a kind of a substitution for a spinett. I have made a video, where you can hear the original sound and also the funky sound with a wahwah.
Look at www.tastronauten.de/hohner-clavinet-d6.html
or at youtube at http://youtu.be/pRbQmwLE5sA"

Sounddemo Hohner Clavinet I - Clavinet 1

Published on Mar 6, 2012 Tastronauten·17 videos

"http://www.tastronauten.de
Sounddemo Hohner Clavinet I - Clavinet 1 - First Clavinet ever built
Copyrights Volker Hein - 2012
Look at our website http://www.tastronauten.de for more synth, organ and keyboard gear like Roland Jupiter 8, Prophet T8, Yamaha GS1, Yamaha EX-1, Crumar Bit One and many, many more."

The Sound of the SCI Prophet-600 + TR-808

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 Analog Synthesizer (1982);
drums: Roland TR-808;
FX: a little bit reverb and delay, no EQ"

Who's the Big Dog now?

Who's the Big Dog now? from Calvin on Vimeo.

"Please visit cl516.blogspot.com"

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Cubase 5 Book

via UniQue Werkx in the comments of this post.

awesome

sequencerbabies

YouTube via horchacha. Watch your audio levels on this one.

GeoSafari Digital Recording Lab

"Your kids like making sound, so don't you think it's time they learned about it? With the GeoSafari Digital Recording Lab, they'll learn all about sound and electronics, while having fun putting together different projects - 59 in all. Your inquisitive geeklings will learn how to build:

* A rhythmic sound generator
* A digital voice recorder
* An electronic parrot
* A voice alarm
* A voice changer
* And loads more!

All the components for these projects are permanently installed on the GeoSafari Digital Recording Lab; all your little ones will have to do is connect them in the proper sequence using the connection wires. The project guide will not only show them the order of the wires, but also explain how the different electronic parts (transistor, capacitor, resistor, etc) are actually working. Your kids will start with the GeoSafari Digital Recording Lab and learn so much they will quickly ease into a career designing layered sound effects for Skywalker Sound. Trust us."

Available at ThinkGeek.
via Dustin

Moog Minimoog Model D Vintage Analog Synth w/MIDI

via this auction

"Moog Minimoog Model D vintage analog synthesizer. This mini has a Big Briar MIDI kit and is serial #7283."

Crumar Trilogy

via this auction

"Vintage Analog Synthesizer. Make: Crumar. Model: Trilogy(TRY) Made in Italy."

site jeanmicheljarre.com EN

YouTube via jeanmicheljarre. some synth spotting.
"Jean Michel Jarre Introduces his new website"

and in French:

MVI 1097

YouTube via 4mspedals
"a third quick demo of the ghost bend matrix toy"

Gestural Music Sequencer

Gestural Music Sequencer from Unearthed Music on Vimeo.

"Josh Clos produced this documentary short about the Gestural Music Sequencer or GMS."

prior posts featuring the term gestural

Ultimate Cynthcart Commodore 64

YouTube via kilobyte242
"fully customized Commodore 64, enhanced for Cynthcart. Features SID2SID installation, Linear/Slider pot for Cynthcart filter, active guitar effects (overdrive and frequency filter) for each SID's output, an mounted musical overlay, feedback knobs.....for more information check out www.kilobytemodshop.com"

Acid Alert - Traffic Jam

On MATRIXSYNTH-C. Don't miss this. Comment there.
"Analog production from Oliver Dodd featuring the TB303 TR808 SH101 and the TR707"

Serv Seq

Serv Seq from Gijs on Vimeo.

gieskes.nl/instruments/?file=serv-seq

KNOBSTER MelloFAN

"If you like noise, and you know how to use it for music, the synthesizer MelloFAN exactly what you need. With this synthesizer you can perform music on an ordinary household fan.

Main features:
* Adjustable «melodiousness»;
* Adjustable frequency and amount of rotation;
* ADSR-envelope;
* LP filter."

Linn LM-1 Drum Computer and the Oberheim DMX

via Hey, what's that sound on the guardian.uk (click through for the full article). via The Museum of Techno on Twitter (http://twitter.com/museumoftechno)

"What are they? The first drum machines to feature digital sampling. Before the release of Linn's LM-1 Drum Computer in 1980, early drum machines could only synthesise drum sounds out of bursts of white noise or sine waves. The LM-1 and Oberheim's DMX sampled actual drum hits, which could be programmed and manipulated with lovely knobs."

spectral processor

flickr by citizenmori

"a 296 module built beautifully from a garage sale kit by rick of electricmusicbox.com."

The Moogist - "Attitude"

YouTube via timtsang3

"For more info please contact Tim at moogist@gmail.com"

The Moogist -"Music is Finished" - Glenn Gould Mashup

quick BM toy (ghost version)

video upload by 4mspedals

"short video to show it works!" 4MS Bend Matrix

Update:

Toy matrix (ghost) part 2

good books/sites for synth electronics

Tim (good enough for analog) Servo sent the following in to the SDIY list. I asked him if I could put it up here and he gave me the OK.

"For learning basic electronics and finding some fun circuits to play with, I'd recommend any of the Forrest Mims "Engineer's Notebook" series.

http://www.forrestmims.com/
http://www.forrestmims.com/engineers_mini_notebook.html
http://www.radioshack.com/pwr/product-reviews/Toys-Games/Hobby-projects-kits/RadioShack/p/2102913-Electronics-Learning-Lab.html

For more thorough electronic theory, "Art of Electronics" by Horowitz and Hill.
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Electronics-Paul-Horowitz/dp/0521370957

Also try the "Op Amp Cookbook," "IC Timer Cookbook" and others by Walter Jung.
http://www.amazon.com/Op-Amp-Cookbook-3rd-Walter-Jung/dp/0138896011

For a great collection of synth circuits and some theory behind them, "Electronic Music Circuits" by Barry Klein. Highly recommended, and Barry is even a list member.
http://members.cox.net/barryklein/em.htm

Electronotes. You will love this. Guaranteed. If you don't want to pop for the entire collection, at least get the "Preferred Circuits Collection."
http://electronotes.netfirms.com/

I also sell reprints of several books by Thomas Henry that concentrate on one specific chip (e.g. 3080 OTA, or 566 VCO) or one type of synth circuit (e.g. Drum Circuits or Noise Circuits) through Magic Smoke Electronics at www.lulu.com/magsmoke

You will definitely want to get yourself a decent meter. I have one that was less than $100 and does capacitance and frequency readings. Not super accurate, but VERY handy. Also, do yourself a favor and get an oscilloscope. You can easily get by with an older model with lower bandwidth (5 or 10MHz is good enough for analog synth stuff), although a dual trace model is recommended. Again, you can often find a used
model for less than two or three hundred, and a scope will make diagnosing and troubleshooting SO much easier.

And welcome back to synth building!

Tim (good enough for analog) Servo"

Note the Atari Punk Console comes from Forrest Mims' designs.

Update: be sure to see the comments below for more recommendations.

Waldorf Largo Comes with Free Version of D-Pole

via andrew

"Just got my Waldorf Largo about an hour ago. Yeah, it's frakking awesome! I know you're loving that Blofeld, too! Anyway, just wanted to let you know that the Largo CD also comes with The Waldorf Edition LE (lite versions of Attack and Wave 2.v, full version of D-pole). I've been wanting to try out the 2.v (this version has 8 voices + 1 MIDI channel), so it's a very nice bonus!"

very cool

OCTAVE KITTEN

via this auction

"The Kitten offers two mixable modulators on both the VCO and VCF. The Axxe? No way. The Kitten's oscillator has three mixable waveforms, plus independent sliders for 2 suboctaves! The SH-09? Nope. The Kitten's filter is more ballsy and can be modulated by the oscillator! Korg MS-10? Not even close. The Kitten has just as many interface jacks and sounds much bigger. Overall the sound of this synthesizer is unique and high quality; it offers lots of flexibility for its size."