MATRIXSYNTH

Thursday, July 02, 2009

Moog Little Phatty 2 Stage Edition

via this auction

Korg Poly-61

via this auction

Crumar Stratus - Vintage Polyphonic Analog Synthesizer

images via this auction

"This is a somewhat rare Crumar all analog polyphonic synth from around 1983. It features 49 keys, 6 voices, 2 oscillators, and supposedly uses the same chips as some other desirable poly synths from the era.

You can read more about the Stratus at synthmuseum.com and listen to some demo sounds via keyboardmuseum.com. The demo is very faithful to the kinds of tones you can dial in with the stratus."

inside a Crumar Stratus

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Vintage Syndrum Drum Synthesizer

via this auction

"Syndrum Model 178 drum synthesizer, with a drum pad trigger."

Sight In Many Spectrums

YouTube via rezzn8r
"Using the IF beam from the nightvision feature on my video camera to stimulate the primary photocell on the Thingamakit. Output through Moog Phaser and Delay.
I can't help but think of Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle and the Observer effect ;)"

Circle Synth

YouTube via Mahto
"This is a circular controller for a synthesizer, using the openCV visualization library to analyze a series of points on a rotating wheel, and generate MIDI events. For more details, see:
http://www.cibomahto.com/2009/07/spin..."

Korg microKORG XL Official Product Introduction

YouTube via KorgUSAVideos
"Korg presents the microKORG XL Synthesizer/Vocoder! Features include Korg's powerful MMT synthesis, 37 velocity-sensitive mini keys, 16-band vocoder with included metal gooseneck mic, and HUGE sound. Visit http://www.korg.com/microkorgxl for more!"

Roland U-220 Factory ROM Play Demo Songs

YouTube via zibbybone
""Highlander", music by Marvin Sanders, 1989
"U Might Be The 1", music by Eric Persing, 1989

About the composers (from U-220 Owner's Manual, 1989):

Marvin Sanders is an accomplished composer / keyboardist and authority on creative sequencing applications. An active musical director and composer for film, tlevision, and theater, he lives in Los Angeles where his talents are utilized in studios and live perforance. As a product specialist and clinician for the Roland Corporation have included the "Cityslicker" ROM demo in the D-5 and programming for the TN Series Style cards.

Eric Persing is one of the most in demand session players and programmers in the Los Angeles area. Eric began working for Roland as a product specialist, first doing clinics and support, then gradually became more involved in product and sound design. Eric has worked with such artists as Micheal Jackson, Denise Williams, Lionel Richie, Larry Carlton, and REO Speedwagon. His music and sounds can also be heard on many TV shows annd commercials. Actively involved in film music, he has worked with top composers including Michael Coulmbier, Danny Elfman and Bill Conti."

Update via Zero:
"Eric Persing, as most know, is the Spectrasonics guy. Marvin also did a stint at Keyboard Magazine"

Custom Korg MS-20 on ebay

YouTube via RedDevilfish303. via this auction

Sequential Circuits Prophet 600 Analog Synth

YouTube via daveparry
"I wrote this song today to demonstrate the P600. Dave Smith founded Sequential Circuits in the 1970s and he also invented midi in 1982. The Prophet 600 was the 1st synth to have midi.

Yamaha MM6 - bass and rythm
Prophet 600 - everything else, outboard reverbs and delays were used occasionally
Mixed on a Behringer Xenex 1002FX
Multi tracked on a Fostex MR-8
Pictures from Hubble"

Alberti (Live Elektron/303 jam)

YouTube via shagghie. Note the black Machinedrum.
"Bacon is back after getting an ear mauled off. but he still is a great acid warrior!"

How Do You Juno Contest is Closed - Time to Vote!

Cast your official vote at the official Roland "How do You Juno?" contest site. Then come back and vote here. I thought it would be interesting to see what people here vote for compared to there. Below are the vids and below that is a poll for MATRIXSYNTH ONLY. Be sure to vote at Roland otherwise your vote will not count in the official contest and your favorite will not have your support. The polls below have zero weight in the official contest. Just thought I'd put them up for fun. Note there are two polls below, one without Jexus so we can compare the official entries to Roland's official poll and another poll with Jexus for the heck of it. :)

This Is How I Juno!! Using the Sequencing Template 002!!!

YouTube via NOlivarria

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New Roland GR-33B Bass Synthesizer Vids

Four vids added to this post. Scroll to the red Update when you get there. Remember, always check the current and last days set of posts for red Updates. I normally do not put a new post up when I do updates unless it's been more than two days.

Amanda Palmer is Alive and Well!

flickr by Kenny Maths
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KURTWEILL KURZWEIL

Коробейники - Muzik 4 Machines tetris Theme (Korobiki,Korobeiniki)

YouTube via muzik4machines
"the "nintendo" is the nord modular and the hooverish is the mks 50"
"HD: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li-sHz...
MP3: http://muzik4machines.com/4m72b4
trying to have an 8bit look FAIL!
"Korobeiniki" (Russian: Коробейники, also romanized Korobeyniki) Based on a poem with the same name by Nikolay Nekrasov, written and printed in the Sovremennik magazine in 1861
booking: http://muzik4machines.com/book.html
Twitter: http://twitter.com/muzik4machines
Podcast: http://muzik4machines.com/2ztc7w"
more details in the YouTube description here.

Post-Volta Setup on The Stretta Procedure

more images here

Access Virus C

flickr by Soyuz7
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KORG DS-10 on Nintendo DSi

flickr by S_Ishimaru

prior posts featuring S_Ishimaru

Oberheim Xpander Vintage analog synth

via this auction.

Unfortunately the shots aren't large, but there you have it. Shot of the inside below.

Roland Fantom G6 Improv

MP3 here
Roland Fantom G6 Improv via Toumal in the comments of this post.

Tikutus 3 (Roland Juno-G sequencing)

YouTube via joukoq. sent my way via Toumal.
"A tune I threw together. Using Roland Juno-G internal sequencer only, preset sounds with some tweaking here and there."

St. Elsewhere Theme on the Organ

"Continuing the series of 80's TV themes on weird instruments: St. Elsewhere. The original piece was composed by Dave Grusin. This version includes a short semi-improvised "outro" in the end.

I use Roland Juno-G preset named "Pipe Org/Mod" with some additional reverb. I play in C-major and use the Transpose function to bring it to F-major which seems to be the original pitch on the TV series. In the very end I also press the Octave Down key to reach the lowest bass note."

prototype 909 studio antics 1

YouTube via taylor12k

prototype 909 studio antics 2

"P909 messing around in the studio some more. cool ARP synth..."

Hartmann Neuron - audio demo - textures and pads

YouTube via taylor12k. sent my way via fishek
"just going through some of the patches i created on the Neuron. going through quick, nothing fancy, but gives a good idea of one aspect that the Neuron excels in. Not a lot on the Neuron here, so figured it doesn't hurt to add another.

apologies for the distortions.. the Neuron can be a bit unpredictable!"

Expert Sleepers Silent Way now available as VST (Windows/Mac OS X)

http://www.expert-sleepers.co.uk/
follow-up to these posts.

Roland SH-101 + Juno-60 + TR-606

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

'Roland Trio part 2'

bassline and deep bass sound: Roland SH-101 internal sequencer is triggered by the TR-606
pad sounds: Roland Juno-60
drums: Roland TR-606
FX: a little bit reverb and delay (Lexicon MPX-110), no EQ

Thanks for over 4000 subscribers today :)"

Roland GR-33B Bass Synthesizer Introduction

YouTube via WayneJoness. follow-up to this post. mrsjoness on Ebay.
"The amazing vintage Roland GR-33B Bass Synthesizer. The only 4-voice all analog bass synthesizer ever built."

Roland GR-33B Bass Synthesizer Modes