Light Vortex - Liquid Polyhedra - Edge of Incandescence EP

video upload by Light Vortex

From the Edge of Incandescence EP
Available 06/17/22
https://lightvortex.bandcamp.com

New release from supporting member, Light Vortex.

"This song features Roland MKS-50 & RS-202, plus Yamaha Reface DX and UVI Falcon for the wavetable

The 6-song Edge of Incandescence EP will be released on Bandcamp for its Juneteenth fundraiser this Friday, 6/17. Bandcamp will donate 100% of their share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, a racial justice organization with a long history of effectively enacting change through litigation, advocacy, and public education"

https://lightvortex.bandcamp.com

Korg Introduces the opsix "Altered FM" Synthesizer

Own FM with Korg’s opsix Altered FM Synthesizer

Update: Kraft Musik video added to the playlist below.

The KORG opsix is here. It appears KORG went with the smaller Wavestate-like body. You might remember the full size keyboard teasers from previous posts. That said, details:

"The legendary sound of FM synthesis had graced hundreds of albums, from its introduction in the 80’s to today. Korg’s opsix puts the power of expanded six-operator FM synthesis in your hands, with instant on-panel controls that help you create custom FM sounds with unparalleled ease.

'Altered FM' takes you light years beyond classic FM with 32 voices of polyphony, five modulation types, a user algorithm mode, multiple filter models 1 “logue”-style 16-step note and motion sequencing, effects for days, a 12-point modulation matrix, and much more."

User videos:

Use the player controls at the bottom left of the player once started to skip around. Some are long.
See the dealer links in the playlist below and the banners on the right for availability.

Playlist:
1. KORG opsix Altered FM Synthesizer - First Look! with Tom Butcher of Patchwerks Seattle - video by Matthew Piecora (aka EZBOT)
2. KORG OPSIX - All Playing, No Talking - Kraft Music
3. Korg opsix Sound Demo (no talking) - Bonedo Synthesizers
4. Korg OPSIX Review, tutorial and 10 patch tips // All 250 Presets played - loopop
5. Korg OPsix FM synthesizer // Hands-on Easy to Use FM Synth! - BoBeats
6. Korg Opsix Sound Design - Kinda Tutorial - True Cuckoo

"Rethink everything you know about FM synthesis.

The opsix represents a new and expansive reimagination of classic digital synthesis. Much like Korg did when bringing wave sequencing back in a more powerful, more musical, and more immediately accessible way with wavestate, so was the approach to FM sound generation of the opsix, resulting in another incredibly flexible and unique synth.

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Happy New Year From MATRIXSYNTH! - A Look Back at 2014

Happy New Year everyone!

I want to start by thanking everyone that comes to MATRIXSYNTH and helps make it what it is - the readers, the supporters, and of course all the sponsors on the right.

THANK YOU and have a GREAT 2015!!!

This site is a labor of love and a ton of work. This site is ultimately meant to be an testament to everything synth in the making. We have over nine years of daily synth history captured here, 119,983 published posts. I can't wait to see what the future brings us in 2015!

That said, here are a few interesting bits from 2014 in the longest post of the year. ;)

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Dark Circuits Festival June 14 - June 23 Brooklyn New York

via Emilio Vavarella on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge. Facebook event page here.

"From June 14 through 23, 2014, Hans Tammen’s DARK CIRCUITS FESTIVAL features performers who work in contemporary electronic music practices such as circuit bending, no-input mixers, laptops, turntablism, analogue circuitry, network sniffers, live coding and soldering, plus other instruments we may have never heard of yet. http://www.darkcircuitsfestival.com/

[Jun 14/15] Workshop: Pure DatrocessorduinoMOS at Harvestworks with Phillip Stearns

[Jun 16] Concert: Joker Nies & Miguel Frasconi’s Omnichord Madness at Harvestworks.

[Jun 17] Concert/Lecture/Screening: Michael Vorfeld’s Light Bulb Music at REVERSE

[Jun 18] Concert/Party: Dark Circuits Festival Party at Silent Barn, with Andrea Parkins, Phillip Stearns, Joker Nies, Dafna Naphtali, Jane Rigler, Maria Chavez, Philip White, RADIO WONDERLAND, Lars Graugaard

[Jun 19] Concert: Andrea Parkins / Matthew Ostrowski, Vortex, and the littleBits Quartet at Spectrum

[Jun 20] Concert: Die Schrauber, wPaul Geluso, Michael Vorfeld and Satoshi Takeishi at Outpost Artist Resources

[Jun 21] Workshop/Concert: MakeMusicNY and Dark Circuits Festival at The Firehouse, Shoko Nagai, Miguel Frasconi, Mario DeVega, Philip White.

[Jun 22] APHERESIS: littleBits Monster Synth & Third Eye Dark Circuits Orchestra at Eyebeam’s CT-SWaM

[Jun 23] Concert: Lars Graugaard, Jean-Michel Pilc, Philip White at Shapeshifter

[Jun 23] CT-SWaM at Eyebeam: The Last Picnic (Goodbye Chelsea)

All events are part of Dark Circuits Festival June 14 – 23 (http://www.darkcircuitsfestival.com/) organized by Hans Tammen, at venues such as Harvestworks, REVERSE, Silent Barn, Outpost Artists Resources, Spectrum, MakeMusicNY, The Firehouse, Eyebeam and Shapeshifter Lab. The festival culminates on June 22 in the performance of APHERESIS at Eyebeam, a large multi-movement piece by Hans Tammen for 14 laptop and electronics performers. APHERESIS was commissioned by Harvestworks with funds from The Multi-Arts Production Fund. The MAP Fund is a program of Creative Capital supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This work is made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature, and Wave Farm Fiscal Sponsorship. littleBits Electronics supports MakeMusicNY and the Dark Circuits Festival by providing their LittleBits x Korg Synth Kits. Eventide supports MakeMusicNY and the Dark Circuits Festival by providing their Eventide H9 Stompboxes.

Special thanks to Emilio Vavarella, Digital Media Strategist and Photographer: http://emiliovavarella.com/ - and to Wayne Ashley for his invaluable contributions to the concept: http://futureperfectproductions.org/"

“Tiny Pieces of You”

via alka:
"wanted to give you a heads up that Roger O'Donnell is giving away a free download off of his new release (that i also appear on) for xmas!

in his words:
sometimes the absurdities of the record industry amaze even me but it saddens me when musicians get sucked into the vortex in their search for fame and fortune. It never works, never ever but they still try...

So here's a free song that my label and I would like to give away for Christmas. We don't have to ask anyones permission to do this because we think alike and we just love music and we would rather people got to hear good music.

This song is very special to me, I wrote it during a very difficult and moving period in my life and it is dedicated to the love I have for one person and what she went through. She is a special shining light.....

http://worlds-fair.net/news/2008/12/18/roger-odonnell-releases-brand-new-track/"