MATRIXSYNTH

Sunday, March 07, 2010

ROLAND MD-8 DCB TO MIDI

via this auction

"With the MD-8 you have the ability to convert the Juno/Jupiter’s DCB signal to a 16 channel selectable signal with a midi in, out, and thru jack."

via this auction
"Roland JSQ-60 sequencer for the Juno 60 or Jupiter 8 synthesizers. The JSQ-60 is an amazing sequencer with the ability to store up to a 2,000 note sequence, including patch changes. It even allows for either real-time or step wise recording. It also lets you overdub sequences to layer up full compositions. It has a built in metronome and even a midi/din interface that can sync up to Roland drum machines! With this sequencer, writing songs becomes a simple task as you can record sequences in seconds and then loop them and jam over them or tone tweak to find the perfect sound. The best thing to do is to record a cool sequence and use the Juno-60’s key transpose ability to change the key of the sequence in real time."

ROLAND JUNO-60 DEMO high quality sound ! Vintage analog synthesizer 1982

YouTube via AnalogAudio1
"The Roland Juno-60 is a classic six voice polyphonic analog synthesizer with RAM memories for 56 sounds. The sound architecture is rather basic, but it has an excellent sound and was used by many professionals like Eurythmics, Howard Jones, the Madonna producers, Paul Van Dyk and many more... it has the DCB interface - the predecessor of MIDI. With a DCB to MIDI interface it is very easy to integrate the instrument in a midi setup.

To my ears the JUNO-60 sounds far better than the very similar JUNO-106 (I had both). It has snappier envelopes and a fater chorus. However, sound is a matter of taste..."

ROLAND JUNO-60

via this auction

27 Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator - Live AV Test Run

27 Dimensional Harmonic Oscillator - Live AV Test Run from Alex Brandmeyer on Vimeo.

"First test of my live AV setup in Ableton for performances... live mix of 27 dimensional harmonic oscillator."

pwm

pwm from Ari Russo on Vimeo.

saturday morning arpeggiation

Softwire Wipperwill Sequencer Test

Softwire Wipperwill Sequencer Test from lance iden on Vimeo.

"First 10 minutes with the sequencer. more to follow."

Andy Wig - EML ElectroComp Revealed #1

YouTube via arthurpainter

"Another new moniker (they come and go). Here we have my vintage EML ElectroComp 101 performing a few unruly feats helped along by yours truly. Many thanks to Mini at Tone Tweakers for providing me with a 101 of exquisite beauty and functionality"

Andy Wig - EML ElectroComp 101 Revealed #2

"Another stab at a beautiful noise using only my EML 101, with a tiny bit of delay added. Enjoy."

Andy Wig - EML ElectroComp 101 Revealed #3

"The last of this series of improvs employing my EML 101 with varying degrees of success, here again twiddling knobs and wiggling noise out of the ether of electricity. Fun."

Kaossilator Pro Preview

YouTube via Denkitribe. "Demonstrated by Tadahiko Sakamaki (KORG)"

Cwejman SK1 MKII in White

via the Elektron Users forum.

via Mr. Array

Goldbaby The FATJUNO-6 and Fat H3500 Sample Sets

via Goldbaby
"The Juno-6 was the first in the Juno series of Synthesizers. Released in 1982 it has become a legend for its warm, full sound and lush analog chorus. Intially this synth was going to be part of Fatso Synths Vol 2. However it became obvious early on that this synth, through the UBK Fatso, deserved its own product... I'm proud to present The FatJuno-6!"
Regarding the H3500:
"I have sampled two patches from the H3500 through the UBK Fatso. It was necessary to do 4 round robin layers for each note sampled as the sound changes each time you hit a note. So the result is kind of organic, albeit in a electronic way..."

You can find both sets at the Goldbaby blog here.

PPG 38 Synth Cake

via Kenneth of thePPGs.com
(click for more)

"As today was my Birthday my wife decided to make me a cake. Man .. I got my first Synth Cake today :-)"

Happy Birthday Kenneth!

Lucky man. :)

Musikmesse: New Waldorf Blofeld Soundset by Rob Lee

Rob Lee of Bassline Records brought us the Waldorf Largo TechnoTrance Soundset posted here. He wrote in to let me know a new soundset for the Blofeld is on its way and should be available soon after the Frankfurt Musikmesse.

"Here's a few examples of just a few of the included presets.. No external FX only Blofeld:

Short Jam
Preset Demo A
Preset Demo B"

Quantum waves (Gephex + Plogue Bidule)

YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan
"Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie and this music. The music has been made entirely with Plogue Bidule and has been edited with Audacity. The virtual images have been created with Gephex. Enjoy !"

I asked Frederic what role Audacity played. He replied:
"Better stereo spacialization, add of a slight stereo phasing and reinforcement of the low-end of the spectra."

Mystery - Laundromat Music

YouTube via mysteritmo
"A little piece of electronic music made with the Roland TR-606, Toontrack EZ drummer and Arturia MinimoogV and Arp2600V - just to try out the soft synths. The video was filmed with a Nokia 6700 mobile phone and edited in Windows Movie Maker. Music written and performed by Mystery, 2010."

Beta Killer.mov

YouTube via davidryle
"Jammin in 63.833cET.
Using a synthesizers.com Q960 and Q962 module for sequencing into the Q172 quantizer aid. Using Li'l Miss Scale Oven (LMSO) to load in the notes into the programmable quantizer and sending note to the Virus TI while playing the Novation ReMOTE 37SL. Recorded in Cubase 4.
Three programmable scales which were portions of the carlos beta 63.833cET tuning set are sending control voltages to the oscillators for pitch data and the selection of voltage is made from the Q960 sequential controller. This is run at a high rate with three echo devices to merge the sequences into a background river of arpeggiated chords. Three rows of sequences (8 steps) each are tapped into with the Q962 sequential switch. The switch is controlled by a pulse out from step 1 of the sequencer into a sample & hold/noise source which delivers a random voltage out to an instrument interface. This interface threshold is set high to only shift the sequential switch every so often randomly. It even caused the sequential switch to step backwards from time to time. First time I've ever seen that.
Li'l Miss Scale Oven can be purchased from X.J.Scott's website at http://www.nonoctave.com
Arrick modular synthesizer systems are available through http://www.synthesizers.com"

secrets vid1

YouTube via zackdagoba. The video features the following in order: Roland Juno-106 and JX-3P, Sequential Circuits Six-Trak and Prophet T8, Oberheim OB-8, Moog Memorymoog, Fender Chroma Polaris, Oberheim Xpander, KORG EX-800, Casio CZ-101, and Yamaha DX7 as the midi controller starting with the Xpander.

ARD - Alien Robot Dance

"I've released an album: Little things... it contains of 12 songs. It's available as a free download on last.fm [link] and as a hard copy for €5 .

I've made some new tracks too, everything is 100% 80's hardware, mixed down in Ableton Live.

http://soundcloud.com/alienrobotdance/aenemon-original-mix
http://soundcloud.com/alienrobotdance/pindroid-original-mix
http://soundcloud.com/alienrobotdance/burn-original-mix
http://soundcloud.com/alienrobotdance/day-by-day-forever
http://soundcloud.com/alienrobotdance/thiboid-original-mix
____________________-_-

ALIEN ROBOT DANCE
http://alienrobotdance.wordpress.com
http://soundcloud.com/alienrobotdance
www.myspace.com/alienrobotdance"

miniature clay synth. :)

Everyday Looper - iPhone - Acoustic Guitar Live Multitrack Looping

YouTube via MancingDolecules. Demo with guitar but I'm sure you know how it applies to synths.
"Quick construction of a multi-track guitar loop.

Everyday Looper is available on the App Store here :

Setup :
- iPhone Edge
- Philips SHH1610 iPhone mic
- No Name Nylon Acoustic Guitar

Support forum : http://www.mancingdolecules.com/forum..."

sunday brunch

YouTube via DrOctave1
"a little goofing off on sunday after some eggs"

Morphing Terrarium Videos - Parts 2 and 3

Parts 2 and 3 added to this post. Don't miss them.

JHS Pro Rhythm Analogue Drum Synth

YouTube via virtuaswindon.

via this auction

"JHS Pro Rhythm Drum Synth Analogue Drum Pad, as used on countless 1970s disco tracks, DUB reggae beats etc. Now on Ebay!"

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Vanderson Plays Some Tangerine Dream Sequences on the MC-909

YouTube via grooveproject
"This video shows two patterns like Tangerine Dream style, plays on the Roland MC-909 groovebox.
All sounds coming from MC-909 (except An1x solo lead)"

Casper Electronics Custom VL-Tone and Schematics

via Casper Electronics where you'll find more details and schematics for the Casio VL-Tone.

"In the picture above you can see my custom faceplate. I etched the design in copper clad board (PCB material) and then dipped the etched plate in a nasty chemical called Liquid Tin that tins the copper and keeps it from tarnishing."

Analogue Solutions Telemark Review and Samples

"The Telemark is meant to be a patchable clone of the Oberheim SEM... Here is a little demo showing the different waveforms, filter modes and some modulation. "

Telemark Test by isotopeofme

You can find the full review with more pics and samples on isotopics.

Analogue Solutions

KORG MicroKORG

flckr by msanches

Eric Archer Interview on GetLoFi

You can find the full interview on GetLoFi here.

"EA: I’m not formally trained in electronics; I studied organic chemistry in college. But I was interested in music and electricity before that. As a kid, my folks encouraged me to tinker with electronics. My mom took me to thrift stores and we’d pick out old radios and gizmos for me to take apart. One of my first memories is my mom giving me a clock and a screwdriver when I was four years old. Later on, friends of the family began donating all kinds of old broken stuff for me to mess around with – photocopiers, teletypes, a 1970’s minicomputer…"

http://ericarcher.net/

Electro Harmonix Round Up

You can find reviews and samples of the following pedals on Khoral's Cafe 80:

Small Clone (analog chorus)
Memory Boy (analog delay)
Big Muff (fuzz)
Small Stone (analog phaser)
Stereo Pulsar (stereo tremolo)
Electric Mistress (stereo flanger and chorus)

KORG PolySix Keyboard Repair

via Russ
"Yesterday, I finally got around to repairing the keyboard on a friend's PolySix. It had 3 completely dead keys, and a half dozen other keys that had to be pressed pretty hard to get to register.

Via the miracle of Caig CaiKote (no, I'm not affiliated in any way; I've just used it several times and it works well), the keyboard is 100% functional again.

Step 1: Remove keyboard from PolySix:

Step 2: Remove PCB from keyboard:

Step 3: Remove conductive rubber switches from PCB by carefully poking the rubber barbs back thru the PCB:

Step 4: Clean the rubber contacts with alcohol, then apply CaiKote to the black conductive rubber:

Finally, wait a couple hours for the CaiKote to dry, then reassemble.

Step 6: Jam out!"

inside a KORG Polysix