MATRIXSYNTH

Wednesday, July 08, 2009

QUASIMIDI Polymorph virtual analog synthesizer

via this auction

"Polyphony: 8 voices to 16 voices
Oscillators: 3 per voice with 128 waves (sine, saw, square, pwm, tri), 30 sampled waves, noise, external
Filter: 2 resonant 12dB high pass and 12/24dB lowpass
Effects: 2 per part: 2-band EQ, delay, dist., chorus, flanger
Sequencer: 16 step, 8 variations, 4 parts or instruments
Memory: 128 patches, 64 performances
Control: MIDI"

Novation Nova 2X 49-Key Virtual Analog Synthesizer

via this auction
"49-Key Keyboard version, with Velocity and Aftertouch
24 Voices
3 Oscillators per voice
2 LFOs
3 Envelopes: 1 ADSR for the amp, 2 DADSRs
Filters: Resonant Low-pass, Hi-pass, band-pass; 12, 18 and 24 dB/Oct slopes and overdrive.
Also includes effects / outboard processing such as Distortion, comb filtering, EQ, reverb, chorus, flange, phaser, delay, panning,

40-band vocoder.
It features roughly 53 knobs, 8 sliders, 135 switches, so you'll most probably have fun with it if you're a knob-tweaker!"

KORG MP-4 Mono Poly Analog Synthesizer

via this auction
"It has 4 Voltage Controlled Oscillators (VCO's). The possibilities with this synth are endless. It runs in Monophonic and Polyphonic modes. In poly mode, you can play up to 4 note chords simultaneously. The way the VCO's are controlled is by using the function buttons just above the keyboard. You can even play a chord and press the Chord Memory Button to play the entire chord, simply by pressing one note at a time. You can also use the Chord Memory along with the astounding Arpeggiator Function. The Arpeggiator is extremely versitile and can be controlled externally. The external control options are very huge. Take a look at the rear panel and you can see just how much control you can have with this thing."

SN 373449

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Emu Emulator II Demo - Part 2.

YouTube via JMPSynth. Part 1 here. Be sure to see all vids here.
"Part 2 demo of Emu Emulator II library sounds."

best service TITAN Sound-Show 11 Pads 1 "Analog Classics & Vintage Strings Synths"

YouTube via bestservicegmbh. I love the intro to these...
"This video shows 29 of the warmest analog pads & vintage strings synths available from the Best Service TITAN sound-library, the biggest and most extensive Synthesizer Sound Collection of all time! 200 different Synthesizers"

best service TITAN Sound-Show 18 "Basses 3 Dance"

"This video shows 38 Dance-Basses from the Best Service TITAN sound-library, the biggest and most extensive Synthesizer Sound Collection of all time! 200 different Synthesizers in one famous virtual plug-in."

New TouchOsc Layouts for Modul8 2.5

link and in Googlish

via twitter.com/chinowski

WalkSX

YouTube via ggijs

"The Walkman has a recording of a TR-808 with the drums on one track and the rim shot on the other.. The Rim Shot is used to trigger the sequencer, that sequences the Gakken SX-150.

http://gieskes.nl/instruments/?file=w..."

Any Yamaha Motif Experts out there?

If you know of any Motif experts shoot me an email. My contact info is on the bottom right of the site.

Zazen II

Zazen II from Retribution Body on Vimeo.

"Video of the recording session for the track Zazen II by Retribution Body.

Gear used in the recording: ARP 2600, BugBrand Board Weevil, Flame Clockwork, Alesis Wedge.

Download this track and the rest of the album at music.retributionbody.com.

Find more information about the project at retributionbody.com."

READYdot´s A-100 Experiments Vulcanian Dalek Freak Show

YouTube via READYdot

"So here is some really f***ed up patch, creepy as doom. Dalek and Vulcan Modulator play a part, as does the MFB OSC-2, a BBD and the RE-20. The thing was inspired by James Ciglers Dalek Demo."

:wrongbot: 4093 oscillator synth

YouTube via Wrongbot. via this auction

"For all you people who like compact boxes filled with hideous noise...
this is obviously for you!

Contained within the tiny 6ish by 7ish centimetre box is a 4093 oscillator circuit and it kicks out some great bleeps.
Not only that but with a few twists of the dials you will experience a wide array of tonal variations and modulations...
and maybe even a pair of perforated eardrums.
Yep, it's that good.
Here's a list of the controls- blam:

* 4x dials worth of inter-oscillationary* play!
* 1x dial to glitch and warp the oscillations.
* 1x on/off slider switch.
* 1x pure green LED behind yellow perspex... it looks almost sexual.
* 1x 6.35mm jack socket for hooking up to your amp/mixer and effect units.
* 1x 9volt battery holder (battery not included).

As always, We ship without batteries as it keeps the Postie from going insane."

METASONIX HELL TIME - Something New from Metasonix?

"This Saturday, July 11, 6pm at Robotspeak

FREE

Yes, the owner and founder of Metasonix, Eric Barbour, will give an in-person demonstration of the hot new Metasonix vacuum-tube effect, the KV100 "Assblaster"!!

Plus other all-tube Metasonix products!!

If you'd like to try it out, bring your favorite instrument! If you have a modular or other analog synthesizer, bring it and we'll have an Analog Party! With patch cords and control voltages and the whole shebang!!

BONUS! Eric has finished a top-secret prototype for a possible new product for next year! It hasn't even been on Matrixsynth or shown to Metasonix dealers yet, so show up if you wanna be the FIRST IN THE WORLD to see this unique and insane breadboarded mess of wires!!

This demo is for ONE NIGHT ONLY!!! Don't miss it!

YES, WE WANT YOU TO POST VIDEOS AND PICS ONLINE....SO....
!!!!!!!!BRING YOUR CAMERA!!!!!!!!!!"

Introducing: Riddle & Enigma

Remember Antarctic Origins: Riddle & Enigma? You can now find them at this EHX post.

Cary Grace

Cool image via
http://twitter.com/carygrace

bottom shot via
http://carygrace.com
where you will find more

EMS and ARP

Waldorf Largo update 1.1.0 available

"08/07/2009: Now this is what we call decent product maintenance! The Waldorf Largo synthesizer has been upated to version 1.1.0. This update is not only a "bug fix", it also carries a bunch of new features e.g. the Mod Delay, a completely revised Reverb and an extended multi-part function plus several additional enhancements. Largo version 1.1.0 is a free update for all Largo user and available for PC and Mac. Also available is the updated PDF manual."
via Waldorf

Rhapsody on GX 1

YouTube via cnxww893
"the beginning of yayoi Hirabe's "Rhapsody on the GX-1". I screamed "Machigaeta" at the end of file, which means"Oh my gad I failed!" So complicate to play pieace on an..."

fanfare for the common man 1 2

"I demonstrated Emerson's Fanfare for the common man"

fanfare for the common man 2 2

YAMAHA GX-1, Bobby Lyle "Dance of Love and Peace"

"What surprised me is that you can have 7/4 beat with preset rhyhym on GX-1! This instrument is really really interesting."

how to create sound on toneboard for GX 1

"trying to create sound on GX-1 using tone board."

Groove dismantling

YouTube via ShermanFilters
"Sherman Rodec Restyler
berahviour changes when detekt frequency changes
It's all very sensitive and very depending on the source"

Beep Street iSequence

"iSequence is a complete mobile music production environment designed to play and compose real music.

Thanks to intuitive, single screen sequencer and 55 instruments built in you can easily create, edit and mix your compositions just like in a "big" audio creation software.

FEATURES
55 professional instruments: drum kits, synths, leads, pads, basses, effects classical instruments (and more coming soon)

Sequencer: 4 tracks, 3 octaves, up to 99 patterns (similar to Mod Tracker)

Full featured mixer and effect bus

Easy pattern editing: select / copy / past / transpose / mixer - all can be changed in real time, so that you can jam live over your songs.

Low latency audio engine (44.1 kHx, bi-cubic sample interpolation)

Save and load your compositions

Singe screen based, optimized for usability, wonderful user interface"

available on iTunes here:

http://beepstreet.com/

MIDI Controlled Fire Cannon

YouTube via psylab
"Fire Cannon created by Rob Darman.
The cannons are controlled by MIDI notes being sent from Steven Asaro's Roland V-Drums.
Special thanks to Jeff Mission for MIDI technical support and translations via GlovePIE."

Flytrap Gear

flickr set by chironbramberger

Xpress (320 x 240)

YouTube via prophei. don't miss 1:46 for some heavy synth spotting at Tokyo's Five-G.
"Coming out of days of illness, I wrote a new dance track a few days ago using mostly my Livewire AFG, self-built ssm 2044 filter (fonitronik), my self-built and modified x0xb0x and pro tools HD3 system.

Yesterday, starting to relapse with my illness, I experimented with making a music video for the song using only some vacation pics from Asia... and apple's iMovie.

While the results are much better than I anticipated, using iMovie was as frustrating and evil as imaginable. It felt like editing with an application that hates you.

As much as I am typically a HUGE apple fan, BIG THUMBS DOWN. Next time, I'm going with adobe after effects, premiere pro or even apple final cut pro.

I posted this on youtube twice, but had to remove it due to sync between the video and music being lost. I then uploaded to Vimeo, even worse! Looks like this worked now only at 320 x 240. Link to original 640 x 480 file below...

If sync still sucks, you can download the video here: http://www.prophei.com/video/Xpress_Y..."

click here and scroll for prior posts featuring prophei's vids.

Zenhiser ::: Exclusive Audio Samples, Music Loops & Drum Beats

"Zenhiser is a pro audio sound design company based in London, England and Perth, Australia.

The Zenhiser team is composed of a key group of sound designers, producers & remixers whose expertise in the music field currently spans over 16 years. With a consistent audio production & remix schedule under our teams belt we believe it has given us an understanding of what the customer really wants and needs from pro audio sample cds and audio download packs.

Zenhiser was thus created for one simple reason, to bring new & exciting sample libraries to the customer at affordable prices. At Zenhiser we believe that our production music library should be available to all levels of music producers & composers. It doesn’t matter whether you’re recording your next album in Abbey Road Studios or creating your first track on your bedroom computer. By keeping our prices at a very competitive rate on both our sample cds and our audio downloads we can now bring you some of the finest pro audio titles ever released.

To keep bang up to date add our rss feed, feed://zenhiser.wordpress.com/feed/
Want the inside information on Zenhiser? Bookmark our blog, http://zenhiser.wordpress.com/"

http://www.zenhiser.com

x0xbox Red, White and Black

via these auctions

Ekdahl Moisturizer

via VICMOD

Note if you are near Melbourne Australia, Cray of VICMOD will be playing tonight with the Ekdahl Moisturizer, a Bugbrand Postcard weevil, and 1 chopstick. Should be interesting. :)

click here for a prior post featuring the Moisturizer including video.

Tuesday, July 07, 2009

Access Virus TI Polar

via this auction

As always, click the images for the larger shots. These look better larger. I thought the more natural light images were interesting - a little more present.