MATRIXSYNTH

Wednesday, May 12, 2010

via this auction

"This is the first synthesizer I [the seller, not me for those new to the site] ever purchased on September 5, 1985 from Rolls Music in Falls Church, VA. I'm the original owner and it's never been out of a smoke-free studio environment. I'm very particular about my equipment and it has been taken care of meticulously. Everyone that has seen this keyboard says it looks like it just came off the assembly line. It is in mint condition and sounds great. It has never had any work on it or had any problems. My understanding is that this is one of the last JP6's produced by Roland. This classic keyboard was only manufactured for 2 years from 1983 - 1985 and who knows how many are still around that are fully functional. The Shuttle Bag by Portamento pictured is also included with the keyboard and was made specifically to fit the Jupiter 6."

Roland Promars Compuphonic MRS-2

via this auction

"This is a monophonic version of the jupiter-4. This item is 100v 20W 50/60hz. you may need a power converter depending on your country."

Roland TR-606 + original case + MIDI/DIN sync

via this auction

"including a MIDI/DIN sync converter so you can sync the 606 to your MIDI setup, either as a master or slave."

Roland SH-101 with MIDI

via this auction

Roland TB-303 Documentary BASSLINE BASELINE by Nate Harrison

Roland TB-303 Documentary BASSLINE BASELINE by Nate Harrison from Jack Time on Vimeo.

"If you're interested in the early history of ROLAND, the Japanese manufacturer of electronic musical instruments and the TB-303 Bassline, you'll enjoy this 20-minute video. The TB-303 and its design are described in depth, and many examples of popular music made with the machine are presented.

Director: Nate Harrison
Producer: Nate Harrison
Production Company: Nate Harrison
Sponsor: Nate Harrison
Audio/Visual: sound, color
Contact Information: nate@nkhstudio.com, nkhstudio.com"

Note this was originally posted on July 23, 2005 here. I figured I'd put a new post for those that missed it and now that it is embeddable. If you like this documentary be sure to see The History of the Amen Break, also by Nate Harrison.

Update: be sure to see the comments in this post for more.

AMSTRAD CKX100 Wavetable/Glitch Synth

via this auction

video previously posted with more details.

Custom Black Tabletop MicroKORG

via this auction

Pepe - Cleaning a KORG Lambda (ES-50) Synthesizer

YouTube via wwwPepeMusicDE — May 12, 2010 — "A small documentation video of the cleaning procedure of my KORG Lambda (ES-50).

I kept it quite simple - just a few explanations and comments here and there, because I think that the pictures speak for themselves. I hope you have fun with it! :o)

The music in this video consists of pure and unaltered (apart from the reduced YouTube sound quality) Lambda sounds. Everything was played by hand and recorded in realtime. I used the Lambda's stereo output, went into my mixing concole and from there straight into the PC sound card. No multi-track recording here! The Lambda can produce this sound simultaneously!

Im planning to sell this synthesizer, because I own a KORG Trident that is more appealing to me. Anyone interested in buying the Lambda? Send me a mail! Just go to my website to find the mail address. (NOTE: the Lambda needs 230 V power!)

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Ein kleines Doku-Video von der Reinigung meines KORG Lambda (ES-50).

Ich habe es recht einfach belassen - nur hier und dort ein paar kleine Erläuterungen und Kommentare, da ich denke, dass die Bilder sehr für sich selbst sprechen. Ich hoffe, ihr habt euren Spaß damit! :o)

Die Musik in diesem Video besteht aus reinen, unverfälschten (abgesehen von der niedrigeren YouTube Klangqualität) Lambda Sounds. Alles wurde komplett per Hand und in Echtzeit eingespielt. Ich habe den Stereo-Ausgang des Lambda verwendet, ging damit in mein Mischpult und von dort aus direkt in die PC-Soundkarte. Keine Mehrspur-Aufnahmen in diesem Fall! Der Lambda ist in der Lage, diese Klänge simultan von sich zu geben!

Ich habe vor, diesen Synthesizer zu verkaufen, da ich einen KORG Trident besitze, der mir mehr gefällt. Ist jemand am Kauf des Lambda interessiert? Schickt mir eine Mail! Auf meiner Website findet ihr meine Mail-Adresse."

inside a KORG Lambda

Synthesizer Magazin #20

via sequencer.de

"Maschinen
Roland Gaia SH01 Synthesizer – der neue JP8000 oder?
Akai AX80 Analogsynthesizer
Eurorack Modularsysteme: SEM Filter Modul
FM Special (mit Yamaha DX1)
LFO Selbstbau

Menschen
Schneidersbüro
Synergy
DAF
De/Vision
London Elektricity – Drum and Bass Special
und andere"

Um Thingamagoop na Reco-Head

Um Thingamagoop na Reco-Head from arthur joly on Vimeo.

"Robozinho doido, sintetizador movido à luz !"

York Capacitor - Richard Devine

York Capacitor by RichardDevine
"Analogue, Modular, Harvestman, Wavetable Synthesis Tiptop Analogue Acousmatic

Recorded May 11, 2010 using only my Analogue Doepfer A-100 P9 case, with one pass. No post processing. Modules used, Tiptop Z-8000, Cwejman VM-1, Cwejman VCO-2RM, Harvestman Piston Honda,Harvestman Hertz Donut, Doepfer A-187 VCDSP. Doepfer A-145"
http://richard-devine.com/
http://devinesound.com/

Clay XTK

Claymation flickr set by joelbrave
(click for more)

via joel:

"Made this last night, for a claymation project i'm cooking up. It is about 3" long by 1 1/2 inches. The # of knobs from the display up to the right side of the instrument is accurate to the original, the left side I ran out of room. The little grey box is sort of an 8 step parody of the MAM SQ-16."

Waldorf XTK

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Keyfax Omnibus Edition

via this auction

"Keyfax Omnibus Edition by Julian Colbeck. An essential reference tool when buying a used synth or keyboard. Julian Colbeck has played just about every synth ever made and so is one of the top authorities on the subject."

Tons of vintage synths in this one.

DIY Drum Synths

in this electro-music.com thread

Lunetta Controlled Synth Jam 01( Part 1/2 )

YouTube via drOffset — April 23, 2010 —

"Playing around with some toys I made. SN-Voice 3x Doron DS8 clones Lunetta CMOS Synth"

Lunetta Controlled Synth Jam 01( Part 2/2 )

"drOffset — April 24, 2010 —

"Playing around with some toys I made. SN-Voice 3x Doron DS8 clones Lunetta CMOS Synth"

Yonac Software Minisynth Pro Synth Cake

via Yonac Software

"Check out what our good friend Julie made for us... miniSynth PRO cake!!! I know there has been synth cake, but is this the first iPad synth cake???"

See the synth cake label below for more.

Memory Rhythm Machine VINTAGE DRM1 KAY Drum

via this auction
"DRM-1 Memory Rhythm Machine DRUM MACHINE by KAY (Made In Japan)

Your chance to get your hands on this much sort after vintage programmable drum machine - it is very unlikely you or I will ever see another one in this condition again as it is in "as new" condition, no dents, scratches, battery leaks, and no missing parts.

FANTASTIC VINTAGE / RETRO / ANALOGUE SOUNDS
Model Number: DRM-1
Serial Number: 03175
AC Adaptor DC 6V 150mA
Battery 4PCs HP7(UM-3)
MADE IN JAPAN (early 1980's)
The DRM-1 has a VOLUME control (that also is an ON/OFF switch), TONE control, TEMPO control (with LED).
RHYTHM SELECT 6 x 16 step variations, 2 x 12 step variations.
FOOT SWITCH input, AUDIO output, SQ (sequencer) connection, CLOCK output.
6 Volt mains adapter or 4 x AA batteries."

5 things I like about Vermona Perfourmer

5 things I like about Vermona Perfourmer from Calvin Cardioid on Vimeo.

From CL516.BLOGSPOT.COM

Sequential Circuits Pro-One "Hard-Sync"

YouTube via retrosound72 — May 12, 2010 —

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

The sync-sounds of the SCI Pro-One Analog Synthesizer.
(the demo video shows the different settings and modulation routings)

drums: Roland TR-808
fx: EHX Memory Man Deluxe Analog Delay"

Korg VC 10,Roland CR 78 Roland,Roland System 100m,Roland MC 202,Roland SH 101,Roland System 100,Roland RE 201,Korg SE 300,ect

YouTube via djessay101 — May 12, 2010 —

Squidfanny - Circuit Bent AMSTRAD CKX100 (may 2010)

YouTube via squidfanny — May 12, 2010 — "Lush sounding Wavetable/Glitch synth from the 1980's. Now modified well beyond it's factory specifications.............
I love this machine, but there's a whole pile of them in my workshop patiently awaiting some tender 'bending, so this one's going up for sale on ebay in a day or two.....

+36 Glitch mods (with instant reset button) housed on rotary switches, toggles and push buttons to make to best use of the limited space.
+Precision oscillator with 2 x LFO's, Sweep knob, Fine tune knob and Photo-cell.
+An array of flashing LED lights, and LED's next to each switch so that you can see what you're doing in the dark.

The Amstrad CKX100 is a great vintage machine with loads of character and a unique sound. It has chord managment features like an Omnichord, Grainy digital drums, simple sequencer and loads of rhythms, accompanyment, auto harmony, Strange midi output, tape save and 10 electronic instruments which obviously sound nothing like their acoustic counterparts."

Update: via this auction.: "First part of demo is Glitched Drums with a little bit of instrument.
3:54 Shows Pitch Modulation, LFO's and Light Sensor played with the GLITCHED Chord.
5:14 is a quick run through of some of the GLITCH arpeggios and other strange effects played with Chord and Instruments.
6:57 Shows the Auto Accompanyment being GLITCHED/Downgraded to bare digital Noise.
8:03 Shows how to completely destroy an Abba song.......
(It's possible to record your own sequence into the CKX100 and destroy it in a similar manner)"

"AMSTRAD CKX100 is a sweet sounding digital machine with a warm and pleasing LO-FI sound.
10 electronic instruments with Vibrato and Sustain, Grainy and Rough digital Drums, Lush Chord with OMNICHORD style features, Rhythms with Accompanyment, Auto Harmony, Single Finger Chord, 8 high quality corruptable demo's and a simple 'Play and Record' Sequencer with Tape Save facility and a strange MIDI OUT.

36 Glitch modifications and a bunch of new circuitry expand this classic wavetable synth into a Bitchin', Pitchin', Glitching Digital Mega-Beast.

A total of 53 Modifications (yes I did say 53!) have been made to the original machine, including a new Precision oscillator circuit for ultra-stable pitch modulation. New Punk LFO circuit, Light Sensor (Opitcal Theramin) and 11 Flashing LED Lights.

Internal Speakers have been removed and replaced with 16 new Knobs, Toggles and Rotary Switches to access the full array of brand new weird and wonderful sounds...
New controls are mounted on nice shiney green PCB (Circuit Board), and gleefully adorned with rusty metal, round washers and shiney pieces of engineered steel for cool Industrial Glitch/Manga look......

* 4 GLITCH Buttons and a toggle switch drive Granular Drum synthesis (similar to those Aphex Twin sounds heard in modern electronic music)on the drums and all kinds of mangling and destruction when used on the chord or instruments. Use the toggle switch to LOCK the Granular effect in place leaving hands free.

* 2 x 6 way Rotary Switches contain 12 Increasingly dramatic GLITCHES which allow a Range of complex Glitch Arpeggios, Textures, distortion, Flanging, Echos, Noise and Extra Oscillation. Each Rotary Switch has a Toggle next to it to allow the Glitch to be turned instantly ON or OFF. The Glitches can be combined for increasingly complex sounds.

* Another Silver Rotary Switch and a 2 way toggle switch contain 18 Ring Mod Glitches which provide tonal filtering when used with the instruments and Ring Mod effects when used with the drums.

* Instant Reset Button allows the user to completely Glitch & destroy the sound and then instantly return it to it's normal Non-Glitched state by pressing the button. This can be done LIVE as it doesn't Crash the machine or Stop the music (mutes the sound only for the duration of the button press).

* Punk LFO's are selected using a 2 way toggle switch and modulated using the soft touch knob next to it. The Toggle switch has 2 Flashing LED lights below it to indicate which LFO destination is active.

* Fine tune knob

* Big Pitch sweep Knob, which is also used to set the low pitch for the light sensor.

* Light Sensor (Photo Theramin) is used to modulate the pitch of the machine with light and shadow. It also modulates the machine's Tempo, which is handy for DJ effects.

* Light sensor Switch, used to activate the Photo theramin, and has an Orange LED light to indicate ON or OFF position.

* An array of very nice WHITE and BLUE Flashing LED lights which dance along with the sound.

* Most of the switches have LED lights next to them.

This AMSTRAD CKX100 is Very Reliable and totaly stable. It doesn't ever crash or Lock up and the addition of an Instant Reset Button means that the machine never needs to be re-booted or powered off.
Although some of the machine's Glitching is chaotic, it is also very predictable, and as such is easy to work with making this machine a powerful live performace instrument."

Session 7: Emilie's Bedford Avenue Sessions

YouTube via EmilieSimonMusic — May 12, 2010 — "Experimental Homemade Shows created in Emilie's apartment in Brooklyn, NY. Filming/Editing: Jamie Weddle"

The Eigenharp Range

YouTube via eigenlabs — May 12, 2010 — no description available

RF checks out GrainCube

YouTube via resonantfilterblog — May 12, 2010 — "Resonant Filter Blog checks out GrainCube, a Reaktor ensemble, for the first time. GrainCube is by Richard Devine & Josh Kay of DevineSound with the help of Rachmiel and Igor of Twisted Tools. The Ensemble is available for FREE thru Jazz Mutant. There's also a version for the Jazz Mutant Lemur controller."

GrainCube, Lemur-controlled grain instrument

YouTube via cdmblogs — May 12, 2010 — "GrainCube - Electroacoustic Reaktor Collaboration

Exclusive demo video for createdigitalmusic.com.

GrainCube is a free four part granular processing instrument with numerous randomizing functions and modulation capabilities. GrainCube is a collaboration between DevineSound & Rick Scott (Rachmiel), with additional programming and GUI tweaks by Igor Shilov of Twisted Tools. An additional version is also available for the Jazzmutant Lemur, re-imagined by Antonio Blanca."

See this post for more info on GrainCube.

The Blooo - Free VST synthesizer - vstplanet.com

YouTube via vstplanet — May 12, 2010 — "The Blooo- Free VST synthesizer - http://www.vstplanet.com/Instruments/... Free VST instruments and effects, Developer: http://www.fullbucket.de/music/index....
Completely done with the blooo plus a few effects."

SunVox: 2010.03.17 (demo track)

YouTube via NightRadio2007 — May 12, 2010 —

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Yamaha DX7 Synth ExtraS

via this auction

"YAMAHA DX7 SYNTH EXTRAS. Original list price $2195 EXTRAS(see pics)3 CARTRIDGES, PADDED "PROTECT" CASE, YAMAHA VOLUME/MODULATOR/SUSTAIN 3 PEDALS, MIDI CORD."