MATRIXSYNTH

at 10/27/2008 10:22:00 AM

video upload by daito

sent my way via HarriL.

"Daito Manabe:Direction,programming and compose
supported by
Masaki Teruoka and Katsuhiko Harada: device
Taeji Sawai: sound design"

Update via benny in the comments:
"this guy has a ton of awesome videos!!!

mainly this one:
Command line wave ver 2.(Daito Manabe + Motoi Ishibashi)

video upload by daito

"Lighting pattern is controlled by audio signal from speakers. Not only react sounds but change how to light."

at 10/20/2008 09:32:00 AM

video upload by HarriL

"MP3 Version: http://www.mikseri.net/music/play.php...

Hey, I've got the EMX, ESX, 309 and the Revolution running here. Trying to keep it simple this time."

at 8/22/2008 08:15:00 PM

video upload by HarriL

"This is most likely the fastest tracks I've made for a video. The time it took to make this was about an hour. Evolver sequenced from the EMX, Revolution through ESX's effects.

Nothing much to say, it's a chill track made just because I've had such a long pause in uploading anything new. I'm still making new stuff, but never really got around recording them into a full track.

I just might do a video of a selection of unfinished patterns that I have made during the years."

at 5/18/2008 04:45:00 PM

video upload by HarriL

"MP3 Here: http://www.mikseri.net/music/play.php...

Hello, I'm back once again with a (tech?)house track, featuring; EMX, ESX, 309, Evolver and the Revolution! Everything is live as usual."

at 4/01/2008 10:53:00 AM

video upload by HarriL

mp3 here.

"Hey, nothing much to say about this. It's something electronic. :) Im' ok with the end result, although it's not quite what I was hoping for. The other camera had kind of corrupted the video data, so you see interesting hand movements when the second camera is used.

Gear used:
Korg EMX & ESX
Novation K-station
FutureRetro Revolution
Emu Xboard -> DSI Evolver -> Behringer Virtualizer Pro
Quasimidi 309"

Thanks, HarriL!"

at 12/19/2007 12:10:00 AM

video upload by HarriL

"MP3 Here: http://www.mikseri.net/music/play.php...

Hello! No electro this time, but a mix of (goa-ish?)trance, acid and house. Go figure.
I'm also testing the new pedal I got for the revolution - The Digitech Grunge. That's actually what this video was originally supposed to be, but everything just kind of got out of control (it was REVOs REMIX-buttons' fault).

Anyway, the gear used:
Electibe MX - Synths & drums
Revolution - ACID.
DSI Evolver - Blips and blops.
Quasimidi 309 - 909 kick.

Oh yeah, merry christmas and a GEARful new year!"

at 12/07/2007 12:12:00 AM

video upload by HarriL

"MP3 Here: http://www.mikseri.net/music/play.php...
A chill track with some DSI Evolver testing (desktop version) and guitar playing.
Korg EMX - drums & synths
ESX - samples
Quasimidi 309 - 808-kick."

at 11/16/2007 09:33:00 AM

"The new R2 unit, designated by the gun metal grey chassis, has an updated PC board design using a new RAM chip which extends the internal back up battery life from approximately 1.5 years on previous white faced units to now more than 10 years life span. In addition the R2 units include OS version 2.0 making it more compatible for use with our XS semi-modular synthesizer."

click here for more info.
via HarriL.

at 10/14/2007 12:12:00 AM

video upload by HarriL

"MP3. So, another one of these midnight tunes. Gear used: 309, ESX, EMX, K-station and the lovely Revolution on acid. Genre is house-ish. Enjoy and please do leave a comment :)"

at 9/21/2007 12:08:00 AM

video upload by HarriL

NOTE: The above is a 10 minute version of the following:

"Hey again!
No testing this time! Here's a (rather long - 14minutes!) electro-house jam/song mixed with live guitar and harmonica sounds.

Gear used:
Video here (in stereo)
Mp3 here

Gear used:
Quasimidi Rave-o-lution 309, FutureRetro Revolution fed through EMX for effects. ESX for some samples. K-station as an effects unit for the harmonica and the guitar. I had a sequence planned for KS, but actually forgot to play it."

at 9/20/2007 12:09:00 AM

video upload by HarriL

Hey, I got the Future Retro Revolution today. Revolution is synced to-and fed through EMXs' effects. The overdrive is from the revolution."

at 9/12/2007 08:04:00 PM

video upload by 123synthland

Sent my way via HarriL.

"We deal in vintage synths, so we get to play a ...
We deal in vintage synths, so we get to play a lot of fun toys. One of our favorites is the ARP 2600. We've sold many of them over the years, and each one sounds different. This is a video of 1 of a couple short "jam sessions" I had with the next 2600 we plan on putting up for sale. It's knobs are off as we were wrapping up cleaning and servicing this unit. We've got a keyboard for it but it wasn't used for this noisemaking session. ARP 2600s are well known for their filter instability. This one in particular is quite unstable - the filter clips really easily when the resonance is low, to the point where the sound can sometimes disappear, so it's great for distorted noises. Simply altering the volumes of the signals going into the filter and VCA can cause some very interesting rhythmic effects. Because of its unique sound, we decided to leave the filter the way it is rather than tweak it or replace it with a "better behaved" one. This video is a departure from my normal 10 second clips, so hopefully this won't bore you guys to death. :) Enjoy. Email us anytime at minime123@onebox.com"

at 9/06/2007 12:04:00 AM

Looks like Sonic State has a new Top X coming. This time samplers. BTW, what happened to the Top 20 Weirdest Instruments? Hmm... Maybe they're saving that one for Halloween.

Click here for the trailer for the Top 5 Samplers. Feel free to share your top 5 in the comments. It'll be interesting to see how this one turns out.

via HarriL

A little poll for fun, and no I don't know the answer for this one.

More info on the Amen Break

at 8/31/2007 02:46:00 PM

A couple of studio shots sent my way via HarriL.

Spot the gear, 3D glasses and "ACID" smiley ball.

at 8/15/2007 09:41:00 AM

Title link takes you there. Via HarriL

Funny side note. I wonder if it will be the Prophet '08, Prophet 08, or Prophet 8 in the end. And... with or without a dash? It's interesting to me in that how will people search for it?

Update: Looks like the link is currently down. Some more info [below] though.
Update: try this link. Not sure if it takes you to the same samples, but there you go. Thanks goes to Steven in the comments.
"The P8 has some other new features, too, such as a nice arpeggiator (with latch), a loopable third envelope (try modulating envelope stages while it's looping!), much easier modulation of oscillator mix (you can set up a four way analog vector using the wheels!), and the whole "two Programs in one"
thing, where each Program is really two Programs, and where the "Part B" can be stacked/layered, or split with Part A, or just used as an "alternate take" if you will (similar to the EX5 "Scenes", except Part B is a completely different Program). Hey, when stacked/layered, you have 4 analog osc, 2 filters, 2 amps, 6 env, 8 LFOs, 8 assignable mod source/destinations,
8 seq tracks, and 2 arps at your disposal! Analog bliss."

at 8/15/2007 12:03:00 AM

via JZ.

Click on the DSI link right below. Note this is different than the other shots of the Prophet 8.

Update: And this one was photoshopped folks. I didn't think it could be real considering how the others looked. Seemed a bit too far from it. The original image below via: link. Via HarriL in the comments.

at 8/14/2007 05:58:00 PM

via the VSE thread, via via HarriL.

Comment on this post.

at 8/13/2007 05:01:00 PM

Via David Bryce on this VSE thread. Sent my way via HarriL. And, no this is not the Boomchick developed with Roger Linn:

"This has been developed in almost complete secrecy. Only a few people know about it. This is the first time it's been mentioned publicly.

As I mentioned earlier- it ain't gonna be secret for much longer. The first run is being built right now, and will be ready for shipping next week.

dB
DSI"

The only hint as of this post is black with wood ends.

Updates in the thread (thx goes to ben of mus-ok for the tip):
"sizzlemeister wrote:
It's got to be a 5 or more voice simple Rev 4.0-like Prophet.

Basically correct.

Quote:
It'll be like a PEK using the CEMs DSI uses in the Evolver, but minus EVERYTHING digital excepting patch-storage and MIDI.

Again, basically correct.

Quote:
This to address the market demand for a modern, affordable analog polysynth from DSI that has 5 or more voices. So, keeping the voice architecture "simple" like a P5 with no bells and whistles allows to maintain a "lower" price-point.

Yes...but it does have some bells and whistles. We kept the sequencer, added the arpeggiator, and tacked on one or two more fun little functions.

Prophet '08. Eight voices, all analog. Shipping next week.

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DSI"

"It does use the same CEM chips as the Evo stuff, but they sound different because Dave tweaked them differently, and the system isn't the same without the digital stuff in the signal path.

I think you'll be surprised. I sure was...

dB
DSI"

regarding pics:
"
I don't have any good ones, and I believe we're waiting on the production models to take a formal one. We've all been working on hand built prototypes. I think I'm the only one who has one that has the knobs with the silver caps.... Very Happy

As far as the price point goes..$2199 MSRP, $1999 MAP.

dB
DSI"

Update (thx to Xavier for the tip in the comments):
And we have a teaser video from non other than Stefan Trippler.

And some samples:
"http://www.trippler.net/files/p8/p8k.mp3

Drums from Spectrasonics Stylus.

And one more old Style tune, all synth sounds:

http://www.trippler.net/files/p8/p8i.mp3"

Update via Mr. Array: More samples:
"Copy the following link and paste it into your address bar:

http://www.trippler.net/files/p8/p8a.mp3

Then change the p8a.mp3 to p8b.mp3, then p8c.mp3 and so on.

Thanks to Mr. Array for the tip."

Update: There have been quite a few more posts since this one. If you are just seeing this, click on the DSI tag below for the rest. Be sure to scroll as it will bring up all posts tagged with DSI.

at 8/07/2007 11:58:00 AM

video upload by tejeez

"a demo using an oscilloscope to display something. It was third in assembly 2007 shortfilm compo, and won altparty's most original demo prize. The oscilloscope is connected to PC soundcard and is in X/Y-mode, with right channel connected to X and left to Y input."
Title link takes you to more info. Via HarriL "There's a link to a youtube video in that page.
The video was made by a 16-year Finnish boy (tejeez), for a demoparty called 'Assembly' (www.assembly.org). It's basically an audiofile(available for download from the koodaa.mine.nu-page) being played from the computer into the oscilloscope. the soundtrack was obviously added later."