KeyKit aka Keynote - Vintage Graphical User Interface for MIDI From AT&T

Here's an interesting bit from the past. I believe this is the first time this software has been featured here on MATRIXSYNTH. This one is in via Joel Braverman who has actually worked with it: "here is something I think is worth linking to - took me quite a while to find it because I forgot the name, its been more than a few years since I last experimented with it probably in the late 1990s or early 2000s - this a MIDI programming system **created by AT&T**, perhaps in the vein of Max MSP/ PureData/ OpenSoundWorld toolkits."

If you are familiar with this software, please leave a comment.

via http://nosuch.com/keykit/:

"KeyKit used to be called Keynote. It is a programming language and graphical user interface for MIDI, useful for both algorithmic and realtime musical experimentation. A screenshot showing a collection of its graphical tools is shown here. Here is more information about the features of KeyKit, and here is a FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions. For examples of music created with KeyKit, visit the home page of Tim Thompson, or Stephane Rollandin's GeoMaestro. KeyKit is being made freely available by AT&T for non-commercial use."

Update via Tim in the comments: "KeyKit has been recently ported to 64-bit as well as to the Raspberry Pi. You can find the latest source code and some binaries here: https://github.com/nosuchtim/keykit"

A few bits of NAMM 2018

Published on Feb 4, 2018 Joel Braverman

"Some vids and photos from my visit to NAMM 2018"

Volcatron Reggae

Published on Dec 27, 2019 Joel Braverman

"I get down with my volcatron - a rack of Volca synths and supporting hardware I built for performance."

Fun with New Volcas, Tangible Waves

Published on Apr 27, 2019 Joel Braverman

"Volca Modular Volca Drum, Tangible Waves Modular, lfo from Tangible Waves modulating Fold on Volca Modular, sync from Volca Drum output to Tangible, Volca Modular is master clock"

Dream Sequence

via @joelbrave

Instruments used:
@moogmusicinc DFAM
@KorgUSA Volca Kick
@WeAreNovation Monostation
@ArturiaOfficial Drumbrute & Minibrute 2s

Recorded live into @harmonicdog Multitrack

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New track from supporting MATRIXSYNTH member, Joel Braverman.

TT-78 vs CR-78

Published on Jan 1, 2017 Joel Braverman

"Cyclone-Analogic TT-78 vs Roland CR-78"

1st Shot of the MATRIXSYNTH Baseball Cap In the Wild

You might remember the pic of the MATRIXSYNTH trucker hat. Here's the first of the MATRIXSYNTH baseball cap donned by MATRIXSYNTH Member, Joel Braverman (SoundCloud, YouTube, Twitter), along with a MATRIXSYNTH T-Shirt of course.

via Joel:

"Red vs Blue guitar-synths & MatrixSynth swag (pic), Casio MG-510, Roland G-300 & gr-505, also in pic because I'm running out of room for it all, k5000s and Mininova.

Nothing recorded yet with these two wonderful instruments though, soon.

And of course, thanks for the awesome hat!"

Huge THANK YOU to Joel, and all MATRIXSYNTH Members, for supporting the site! It helps in more ways than you know!

Update: second pic added with the blue Roland G-505 guitar synth controller.

Vintage Riddim

"Fun Electro Stomp featuring two Seiko DS-250 'The poor man's synclavier' synths, Kawai K3 (bass) and Kawai XD5 (drums). Sequenced live with Numerology, rewired into Logic..."

via Joel Braverman on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge