MATRIXSYNTH

Thursday, July 30, 2009

STUDIO ELECTRONICS 6 Voice OMEGA 8 Poly Analog Synth

via this auction

Moog Satellite Synthesizer

via this auction

Metasonix S-1000 Wretch Machine Tube Synthesizer

via this Big City Music listing

click the image for the full size shot

"Pitch sources:
* 2 independent VCOs
* Made entirely of vacuum and gas-filled tubes
* Range >2 octaves using CV, octave switching allows range from 33 Hz (low C) to more than 2 kHz.
* 3 waveforms: thyratron sawtooth, square, and square with suboctave
* VCO2 may free-run or be soft-synced to VCO 1
* Numerous patch points allow enormous flexibility

Waveshaper:
* Unique circuit with soft clipper and pulse adder (shapes waveforms from VCOs by adding small pulses to top of waveform at discontinuity)
* Made entirely of vacuum tubes
* Settings: disable, soft-clip only, and soft-clip with pulses added to signal. Latter circuit allows simulation of noise source.

Filter:
* Unique multimode circuit allows it to be used as a lowpass, treble/midrange bandpass or bass bandpass filter.
* Continuously variable control allows mixing of filter forms in any proportion.
* Made entirely of vacuum tubes.
* Range of treble resonance switchable, 400-1700 Hz. Bass resonance tunes from ~100-350 Hz

VCA:
* Unique circuit using a pentode tube
* Made entirely of a vacuum tube
* May be modulated with the AR generator only, or with the control voltage generated on modulation bus 2

Modulation:
* 2 envelope generators, A(S)R and AD, both triggered with input gate signal. Both may be combined on either modulation bus to create ADSR.
* 2 independent LFOs, triangle waveform, range <0.3 Hz to more than 5 Hz.
* 2 modulation buses allow combining the A(S)R, AD, and two LFOs as needed to affect any CV input in the audio circuit (VCO pitch, VCO squarer waveshape, waveshaper pulser, filter tuning).

Main CV input controls pitch of both VCOs (Hz/V response).
Gate input triggers envelope generators, accepts 0-5v or 0-10v gate voltage.
6AL7 "eye" tube displays status of LFOs and A(S)R control voltages on three separate glowing green bar graphs.

Miniature joystick performs multiple jobs: vertical motion affects pitch of both VCOs, horizontal motion affects tuning of filter.
Press joystick in to trigger envelopes.

Features
Size: 6U high standard EIA rack mount, 3" depth below rack panel. 11 vacuum/gas tubes. Weight about 20 pounds with AC adapter. Draws 12 volts (AC ONLY) at 3 amps."

PPG Firmware

flickr by krunkwerke
(click for more)

"The original V6.0 firmware EPROM set has been removed from the I/O board."

"The new V8.3 firmware EPROM set has been installed on the I/O board. "

Silent Way and TouchOSC demo

YouTube via expertsleepers
"The forthcoming v1.1 of Expert Sleepers Silent Way has an enhanced OSC implementation that makes it possible to use with the popular TouchOSC iPhone app. This video shows this in action."

shiner hex oscillator + light box in photo feedback loop

YouTube via danielfiction
"here we have two wooden box circuits interacting with each other. the hex oscillator is made in the style of nic collins: six photocells mixed to diodes and competing for voltage dominance. it's housed in a 9.99 gram weight box with a sliding lid so user can control how much light is getting in. let it all hang out.

the light box is an original circuit made with a solid state relay. it pumps out AC in beat frequencies between an audio input and 60 hz. so the lights flicker in response to what you plug into it. in this case, the hex oscillator is the input, which in turn is modulated by the flickering light, and ta daaa! a light-based feedback loop.

autofocus can't handle the intense flickering, so go on and get blurry!"

808 CPU Wanted

images via D' Naab 136 who is looking for a working CPU. If you know where to find one contact him at info[at]analoguerenaissance[dot]com.

::Robo Synth:: rack version

YouTube via Vtolus
"custom version of my Robo Synth

http://samoletuvvp.narod.ru..."

YAMAHA DX7 II + ROLAND JD-800 + TR-707

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

'Digital Vibes'

bassline: Yamaha DX7 II FD, sequenced by the MFB Step64 step sequencer and sync with the TR-707
digital pad sounds: Roland JD-800, played with the Waldorf Gecko chord memorizer (the yellow tool)
drums: Roland TR-707
FX: reverb and delay"

Doepfer Drums Analog Modular

YouTube via Analogger
"Doepfer / Livewire modules
I just stuck a bunch of patch cables together to see what would happen. The bass drum sound came from the A105 24db lowpass filter (very fat)

Osillators and noise was used as perccussion sounds and were processed thu the Livewire 105 ssm VFC - I used the hp ouput - very gnarley sounding"
Some KORG KAOSS Pad in there as well.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

MODULAR SYNTH PROTOTYPE DEMO

MODULAR SYNTH PROTOTYPE DEMO from BLCLONES on Vimeo.

"This is a quick setup to demonstrate the modular in a music setting. It can handle midi no problem. The lower notes are the modular. The higher lead is a Juno 60. I am about to sell this sucker on ebay. I just have to make it all tidy and neat with tie straps. There is nothing out there that quite sounds like this modular. It can sound very old skool. The vco's have SuperSaw waveforms.

I can only do so much with (1) hand. I have to hold the camera." On Ebay

Sequential Circuits Prophet-10

via this auction

re-listed

Yet, Another Pattern Bussing Demo

YouTube via morbius001
"This is only a DEMO showing how easily the anlog-modular Q960 sequencer can be used to change sequence patterns 'on-the-fly', which is especially great for improvisational work. Imagine you have other music-tracks playing (or even other instruments in a band)... and you wish to change-up how the sequence patterns sound... not just 'skipping' notes, but completely re-ordering reset-points. My technique works really well when you're looking for "that feel" that works with what you're doing or hearing at that time."

Next Life Progression

"Just a little sequencer "noodling" (playing around)... using the 'pattern bussing' technique I use to alter the 'reset-points' of the analog modular sequencer. No digital, or soft-synths were used to create this piece."

Percussa AudioCubes - Soundpack Tour

Percussa AudioCubes - Soundpack Tour from percussa on Vimeo.

"In the second of our online Percussa tutorials we take a look at the various Soundpacks Percussa has put together to help you get started with your cubing experience.

We look at some of the audio samples included and the custom designed FX racks to find out what ways we can use these with the Cubes."

via the Percussa blog

Free Korg nanoPAD, nanoKONTROL Scripts for Ableton Live

via CDM where you'll find the details

"Having to open Live templates, however, just to get the mappings you want is a big pain. So, instead I’ve created a basic set of MIDI Remote Scripts and Kontrol Editor templates for Mac and Windows, Live 6.x and later, and wanted to share them with you."

Also see this post on Ableton Live MIDI Remote Scripting.

Folktek Arts Time Scape Sequencer keyboard addition

via the Folktek Arts blog where you'll find more images and info.

"The keyboard is polyphonic and all touch based, allowing the generation of a vast array of waves and feedback textures. Those waves can further be altered by the functions of the Time Scape including the ability for any phrase of waves to be sampled (in conjunction with an incoming signal or solo) and then further altered in sequence in thousands of ways. This broadens the spectrum of the piece a great deal and allows for an entirely new body of sound."

Folktek on Ebay

Future Is Now - track produced entirely on the iPhone

YouTube via AmidioInc
"Amidio has got a secret technology called ioLibrary that allows data sharing between our audio apps and Intua Beatmaker (for sequencing). This way, anyone can create impressive tracks using nothing but the iPhone! http://amidio.com"

Noise.io on iTunes:

BeatMaker on iTunes:

Tara Busch Visits Moog Music

see the post with more pics on AnalogSuicide.

Karl Ekdahl Feature on the Baltimore City Paper

The Baltimore City Paper has a great article on Karl Ekdahl and the Moisturizer. You might remember the Moisturizer from this post featuring video of the device. The following is just an excerpt from the BCP article, be sure to see it for more.

"'I want to present a box to people, and the knobs will have names on them that people have never seen before," he continues. "And not do that to be funny, but because those knobs have never existed before, so I had to make them up. And I think that's much more interesting, or much more challenging. Right now, there are a trillion and one pedal businesses out there, and they're all making another fuzz box. And that's not really interesting. Because there's so much out there. What I'm aiming to do, generally, is make new things, or things particularly broken or erroneous. I don't think the world needs another distortion box not from me anyway.'" Image credit: Michael Northrup

Red Roland SH-101 Cake

via Veqtor's corner where you will find more shots.

check out the Synth Cake label below for others.

Updated Postcards Released

via the BugBrand mailing list:

"Hi all,

In the last bug-mail I mentioned that newly updated PostcardWeevils would be arriving shortly...
Well - they're now here!

Description & Shop
On the Blog

I am very happy with the update - the overall feel and appearance have been nicely improved.
Better dials - better line-output - better presentation -- but, of course, maintaining the same wondrous sonic world of the previous version!
The only slight down is that the price has also had to rise a bit due to improved parts and a slightly longer construction..

The first batch is available now - further batches are likely towards the end of August.
There are also just a couple more BoardWeevils currently available too - again, further batches sometime in August.

** **
Some people may also be interested to see the YouTube clip of the freshly updated CTL1 - Touch Panel, one of the core goodies of the BugModular range.
http://bugbrand.blogspot.com/2009/07/ctl1-touch-panel-version2.html
** **

So ends July...
Cheers & best to all!
Tom / BugBrand"

Charlotte the cat inspects Farfisa organ

via Lee

"What's this, more keyboard clutter?

Here are a few pics of Charlotte the cat inspecting a recently
acquired Farfisa Fast 5 organ, that is in my studio / living room.

Note - seen under plastic in the background, top to bottom:
Roland SH-101, Korg MS-2000 and Ensoniq EPS sampler / workstation."