MATRIXSYNTH

Friday, March 05, 2010

White Moog Liberation Synthesizer Keytar

via this auction

Not the largest shots but you can read the controls and get a sense of how much wood is in the case of these.

Access Virus TI2 Desktop Synthesizer

via this auction

SMS Modular Synthesizer System - 2 Mars, 1 Planet7

via this noisebug auction
"2 SMS MARS units & 1 Planet7 In Great Condition - Includes Manuals for each Unit & Power Cords.

Manufacturer Description:
The MARS & PLANET7 is a complete Modular Analogue Synthesizer taking up 4u of 19” rack space. The system has been designed for easy expansion & can be started with a single MARS unit, with an additional MARS & P7 module completing the system. The combined system is a powerful Analogue Modular Synthesizer incorporating:

* Two VCLFO’s * Two temperature compensated 1V/Oct VCO’s with waveform morphing *l Two 24dB/Oct Transistor Ladder VCF’s * Two Log/Lin VCA’s
* Two ADSR Envelope Generator’s * One 3 way Multi * One 3 way Buffer * One 2 Channel Mixer with +/- outputs * One Sample & Hold with Integral Clock
* One Lag Processor * One DC Level Shifter/Voltage Source * Four Bi-polar Attenuators * One high quality Ring Modulator * 3 Colour Noise Source.

Mars:
The MARS (Modular Analogue Rack Synthesizer) is a complete five module modular synthesizer in a compact 1u 19" rack. Internal pre-patched connections allow for convenient signal & modulation routing but can be overidden for true modular synthesis.

Planet7:
The P7 is designed to sit between two MARS synthesizers for convenient system patching. When combined with two MARS synthesizers the additional modules within the Plantet7 compliment & enhance the system performance."

Electro Harmonix Micro Synthesizer

via this auction

FL Studio Guru - Friday Nights Remix Contest

YouTube via imageline
"Download the sample pack from - http://flstudio.image-line.com/docume...

Listen to other entries and upload your remix to - http://forum.image-line.com/viewtopic...

Contest ends MARCH 31st 2010, so be quick!

Enjoy!"

Trying some knob twiddling on the Access Virus TI2 Polar

YouTube via johnsoncp13
"I took a perfectly good patch and fiddled until I destroyed it.

Without much regard for what I'm doing here is what happens when you fiddle with loads of knobs."

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Ruin & Wesen Minicommand

Ruin & Wesen Minicommand - Device & Wesen Live Patch

"Product video for the Minicommand
First part: Unpacking and Wesen Live Patch"

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Lacuna (Live Minimal Tech, Machinedrum, Minicommand, Tetra)

YouTube via JustinValer

"Lacuna is performed live using:

Elektron Machinedrum UW SPS-1 Mk1
RuinWesen Minicommand
DaveSmith Tetra

All mixing and sequencing occurs in the machinedrum. Audio from the Machinedrum runs into the KRK Monitors which is then recorded by the cam corder MIC. Sadly, my DAW failed to record the direct output of this track.

More sounds @: http://www.justinvaler.com/
More sounds @: http://www.soundcloud.com/justinvaler"

Vox Percussion King - RARE analog drum machine 1967

via this auction

"very rare and fully functioning Vox Percussion King. Famed to be one of the drum machines kraftwerk used on autobahn these do not come up often. great for a collector, but works great too!

Drums are triggered using buttons, can be assigned to upbeat/downbeat. very unique setup for a drum box, but heck it was 1967. available drum sounds are crash cymbal, brush cymbal, bass drum, snare drum, drum roll, bongo I, bongo II, block, clave, and castanet. 1/4" audio output and volume and tone controls."

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Noisy tweak

Noisy tweak from dalas verdugo on Vimeo.

"Still learning what this stuff can do. Using a wavetable VCO as a clock that goes through a clock divider that gets fed into Maths, which generates functions that are fed to various other parts of the patch, including the filter's CV control. Things got weirder when I made the wavetable VCO sync to another VCO. Turning up FM on the VCOs adds to the mess."
What's to the right of the Livewire AFG?
Update via fluxmonk in the comments: "MOTM morphing terrarium" [see this post]

Gary Chang: Make Noise Pressure Points

flickr by Analogue Haven
http://analoguehaven.com/
"Here's a pair of Gary Chang's Pressure Points mounted in a small tabletop enclosure (the manufacturer and model # is PacTec Model CM69-120 / www.pactecenclosures.com/Plastic-Enclosures/CM69-120.html ).
They have been modified by Tony of Make Noise to run off a 9v battery.

From Gary: "I sent my Pressure Point back to him and he modified a pair of them for battery power so that I can move it around in my studio to use with whatever modular that I want - the Wiard, Serge or Eurorack...."

The modules can also draw their power from Gary's Eurorack rig via a custom cable, when desired.

LINK (unofficial website): www.garychang.net/."

Macbeth: X-Series 'Backend' Filter

flickr by Analogue Haven

"The Macbeth X-Series 'Backend' Filters are here! Beautiful construction and very nice sounding, they share the same price and size as the Dual Oscillators. Having both completes a synthesizer "voice" in Eurorack. Modules ship from stock via our website. LINK: www.analoguehaven.com/macbethstudiosystems/xseriesbackend..."

Continuation of PAiA 9700 Series Modules

via PAiA where you will find the full details.

"The 9700 development project continued to evolve at every turn. Progress accelerated in 2008 when we were joined by our newest designer, Cliff Schecht. Over the next year, Cliff took the existing design sketches and concepts and developed most of the new crop of modules with significant consultation from Geoff Schecht and feedback from the rest of us. When David Arms joined Chuck McLeavy's production team in 2009, these modules began to make the final huge leap from prototype to production.

Benefits from employing this new method of kit design have surpassed our expectations. The new crop of 9700 modules is utterly true to the original design goal: basic modules at an extremely affordable price that are, by far, the easiest-to-build kits we have ever produced. Even sweeter is that their performance rivals modules available from any manufacturer at any price."

AngryOctopus Retro6 Online

You can find the link here.

BTW, I created an Online label for soft synths that are hosted in the cloud like this and Hobnox's AudioTools. I know there are more I posted, but can't seem to find them. Apologies to the makers. If you know or make an online synth, let me know and I will add the label.

This had me thinking about cloud based computing and it's potential impact on our world. We are a ways off, but one day it would be nice to be able to access your synths anywhere, anytime. Think of a mini portable keyboard with a tilted multi-touch screen. All your synths available anytime, any place, and completely customizable.

Note the "link to this patch" in AngryOctopus' online synths. It's an easy way to share and save your patches.

BLUE ABYSS Up for Auction

via this auction

Video and details preserved here.

Simmons SDS9 electroinc drum synthesizer

via this auction

Ohm64 and Ableton Live

Ohm64 and Ableton Live from Livid Instruments on Vimeo.

"This video shows a preview of using the Ohm64 with Ableton Live."

Synth JAM

YouTube via angelometz
"Just noodling around.
Minimoog model D, ARP Odyssey, ARP Axxe, Jupiter 8, Pearl drx-1, roland tr606, synthesizers.com."

demonstration of new paia 9751 noise source www.paia.com

YouTube via horchacha
"demonstrating the paia 9751 noise source
white/pink/blue noise

modulates a paia 9720 series VCO

www.paia.com

dave wright
www.notbreathing.com"

Folktek Harmonic Field ver. 2 part 3.avi

Final part added to this post.

Demo Red x0xb0x to sell ! Enjoy that acid scream :-) So close to the original Roland TB 303.

YouTube via TheAnalogLover. x0xb0x's on Ebay
"X0xb0x with bass boost and higher resonnance !
x0xb0x with Sokkos 1.9, MachineDrum for beats !"

1970s Moog Satellite Reference Sheet

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the spec sheet and write-up.

Auduino: DIY Arduino Synthesizer

YouTube via kizel4
"The Auduino, a DIY synthesizer, originally developed by the tinker.it team.

I decided to make a few modifications to the original. I added a switch that enables a light dependent resistor (LDR) to control the rate of the noise, which essentially means the more light that hits the resistor, the faster the tempo.

I also did not want to commit to one mapping of the Auduino -- I liked both the the smooth frequency and the stepped pentatonic mapping, so I added a switch to move between the two synthesiser parameters.

My documentation:
turtlethink.com

The original project:
code.google.com/p/tinkerit/wiki/Auduino

If you have any questions, feel free to ask, and I will do my best to answer."

Long Way Down

video upload by dickeyboyz

"Michael Penn plays live"

via Brian Kehew:

"Patrick Warren playing Chamberlin M1, live with Michael Penn on the tonight show. Incredible work; he uses cellos and strings, marimbas, and the electric guitar patch for the solo at 2:20. I really think Patrick is the best player of tape-replay keyboards, very tasteful and beautiful and he created a unique style pitch-bending by slowing down the motor."

Analog Impressions #031

YouTube via Dovinia
"Roland Juno-6 triggered by a Univox SR-95 (Korg Minipops 7). But that's impossible, right ?! The Minipops doesn't have trigger out or any other connectors apart from line out. So how can this work ? Well the secret is signal splitting and heavy amplification on the one side of the split that runs into the Juno. You also need to try to isolate the treble a bit. This kind of trigger is very unstable, and the arpeggio on the Juno tends to jump all over the place. But that's the charm of a pure analog signal path."

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz demo video

YouTube via ffoitl
on iTunes here:

"http://joerg.piringer.net/abcdefg

Create and control tiny sound-creatures in the shape of letters that react to gravity or each other and generate rhythms and soundscapes. abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz blends biology, physics, chemistry and art to create a unique and dynamic sound ecology.

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz is a sound toy, a performance tool and an art work in its own right. You can play with the letter-creatures and watch and listen how they interact with each other or use them to produce soundscapes like you would with an electronic musical instrument.

This app is the result of jörg piringer's ongoing research of vocal sounds and their relation to dynamic typography in the form of performance, video and software art."

AngryOctopus Online Web Synths

via AngryOctopus

"If you have a midi keyboard plugged in they will respond to note data (velocity sensitive) on Linux and Windows."

You can also use the QWERTY keys on your computer.

Some pics from the creator:
synth2
webguitar
Retro6

Note the "Link to this patch" in the synths. Neat way of saving and sharing your patches.

RARE RETRO CASIO CT810

via this auction

"RARE CASIO RETRO CT810 SYNTH/KEYBOARD/DRUM MACHINE MUSICAL INSTRUMENT! LOOK AT THOSE BIG HONKIN' DIALS, KIDDIES - THIS MACHINE LOOKS VERY SIMILAR, TO THE NEW SYNTHESIZERS, UNVEILED AT THE WINTER NAMM SHOW IN ANAHEIM, CA. IS THE FUTURE PAST? THIS IS AN AHEAD-OF-ITS TIME AESTHETIC DESIGN! SYNTH HAS A "ROM" CARTRIDGE, (RO-551 WORLD SONGS). THERE IS A MIC INPUT! SEPARATE VOLUME CONTROLS FOR MIC AND MAIN. STEREO SPEAKERS, STEREO OUTS, STEREO CHORUS SPEED CONTROLS, COOL MONO SYNTH SOUNDS, AND MUCH, MUCH MORE! UNIT IS TECH CERTIFIED. INCLUDES POWER SUPPLY, ALSO, RUNS ON BATTERIES. DEFINITELY A COOL, COOL FIND!"

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BLUE ABYSS

YouTube via djwidow420

via this auction

"THIS IS A VERY UNIQUE ONE-OFF SYNTHESISER BY RESONANCE CIRCUITS BASED AROUND MULTIPLE IMPORTED RUSSIAN 12-BIT AUDIO OSCILLATORS, A UNIQUE LOW FREQUENCY OSCILLATOR AND A BINARY COUNTER, THE RESULT IS A ENDLESS AMOUNT OF POSSIBILITIES AND SOUND CREATIONS 'ABYSS' -

A BOTTOMLESS PIT THIS UNIT CAN PRODUCE A VAST RANGE OF SOUNDS WITH MULTIPLE MODULATION POSSIBILITIES AND ENDLESS MANIPULATION TYPE OF SOUNDS PRODUCABLE: ATMOSPHERIC LANDSCAPES WARPING BASS RHYTHMIC FREQUNECY MODULATION SCI-FI NOISE SIREN FX STRANGE BLIPS, BLEEPS, DRONES AND TELEPHONE TONES RETRO ARCADE LO-FI SOUNDS CHIPTUNE NOISE MANY OF THE SOUNDS SIMPLY CANNOT BE DESCIRIBED CONTROLS POWER ON/OFF KEY START SUPPLIED WITH 2 KEYS NEON BLUE LED TUBE RATE CONTROL MASTER FREQUECNY CONTROL WITH A WIDE RANGE FROM WARPING BASSLINES TO EAR SPITTLING HIGH TONES 4 POSTITION JOYSTICK THIS 4 POSTITION JOYSTICK PROVIDES A DIFFERENT MEANS OF MANIPULATING THE RATE OF THE OSCILLATORS LFO CONTROL A SQUAREWAVE LOW FREQUECNY OSCILLATOR CAPABLE OF EXTREMELY MANIPULATING THE RHYTHMIC SOUNDSCAPE OF THE SYNTHESISER FOR MORE DRAMATIC RESULTS LFO INDICATOR AN ULTRA BRIGHT BLUE LED, PROVIDING A VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF THE LFO RATE 2 LFO MODULAR PATCH TERMINALS ALLOWS DIRECT CONNECTION TO MODULATE OTHER PARTS OF THE SYNTHESISER 6 MODULAR PATCH TERMINAL SOCKETS EACH OF THE SIX MODULAR PATCH SOCKETS HAVE BEEN CAREFULLY CHOSEN TO PROVIDE MAXIMUM FLEXIBILITY AND AUDIO MANIPULATION (SUPPLIED WITH 3 PATCH CABLES,THESE CABLES ARE STACKABLE) 8 AUDIO MODULATOR CONTROLS THE 8 CONTROLS PROVIDE VARIED MANIPULATION RESULTS OVER THE OSCILLATORS BASIC FRAMES AND MANIPULATE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EACH OF THEM AND THE BINARY COUNTER, USED IN COMBINATION YOU CAN PRODUCE DEMONIC DRONES, RIPPLING SCI-FI NOISE, SWEEPING FREQUENCY MODULATION AND SOME AWESOME ARPEGGIOS 1/4" JACK OUTPUT POWERED BY 1 X 9V (PP3) BATTERY OR 9V DC INPUT CONSTRUCTION AN EXTREMELY HIGH QUALITY GREY ABS DESKTOP STYLE CASE, MEASURING 85MM (H) X 393MM (W) X 230MM (D), WITH A 2mm ANODIZED ALUMINIUM CONTROL PANEL, BRUSHED STEEL HANDLES, INDUSTRIAL JOYSTICK CONTROL AND PROFESSIONAL 4MM MODULAR PATCH SOCKETS. 4 NON SLIP RUBBER FEET PLEASE NOTE: THIS IS AN EXTREMELY UNIQUE ONE-OFF CREATION, NO OTHERS CAN BE PRODUCED (NO OTHER OSCILLATORS CAN BE FOUND AND IMPORTED FROM RUSSIA), THEREFORE BID TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT."

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Mini Moog Modular 1P

Smaller than my Mattson Mini Modular.

via Microscopics:

"It's a Moog Modular 1P synthesizer from 1969, and the card model is actually a compliment slip, so it comes free with all t-shirts from our site. All Gas 0095 CDs and Flac come with the Minimoog Model [posted here] and Moog Modular 1P model. Printed at 600dpi on 350gsm card, matt laminated, die cut, and hand scored.

This month is the 15th anniversary of the Gas 0095 album and we have the Gas 0095 Collection to give away. The Collection = Gas 0095 CD + t-shirt + MP3 + Flac24 + Minimoog, Modular and mini CD models." Note the drawing is this coming Monday, see this Microscopics post for details.

Elektron Machine - User Compilation

Full details on Elektron here.

"All work must be submitted no later than the 1st of April. There will be no extensions to this date under any circumstances. Following submission we are working on a tight timescale for selection, mastering and subsequently release."

Keith McMillen Soft Step

"The Last Footswitch You'll Ever Need SoftStep [video on site] is a leap forward in the portability and functionality of footpedal controllers. Weighing in at just over a pound and fitting into many laptop cases, SoftStep has limitless flexibility compared to standard footswitches. Ten square sensor keys go beyond the simple on and off commands by supporting multiple transducers per key, providing five degrees of control freedom. Now each key can be used to manipulate effects, computer programs, and multimedia. SoftStep also has a four-direction navigation pedal, an alphanumeric LED display, and backlit keys. SoftStep connects to your computer through USB and contains Expansion and Expression ports. With the MIDI expansion module, SoftStep can be used without a computer. Whether used with an effects rack or popular software programs, this innovative device frees musicians from heavy footswitch pedals while expanding their control."