Sonic TALK 575 - A Load Of Clap

Published on May 2, 2019 sonicstate

00:05:20 Moog Matriarch
00:16:50 Super Smash Button
00:25:15 iZotope RX7 Competition
00:28:00 Soma Laboratory Pular 23 Drum machine
00:38:00 Softube Parallels
00:39:15 Yamaha CS80 remake?
00:51:20 GForce Mtron Pro v 3
00:56:20 CL4P Hand clap synth and claps in general

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I enjoyed the CS80 talk in this one with the "CS80 Twins". What makes the CS80, CS60, and CS50 is the interface. Those pivot sliders... I do think Yamaha could slim it down though. Have the exact same front panel interface and keyboard in size but in a slimmer case. In lieu of the the manual preset panel have digital preset and sequencer/arp section.

EMEAPP SONIC TEST DRIVE: Moog Sonic V with Roland RE-201 Space Echo

Published on Apr 16, 2019 EMEAPP

"SONIC TEST DRIVE: Moog Sonic V with Roland RE-201 Space Echo from your good friends at the Electronic Music Education and Preservation Project."

AE#80 Moog Sonic Six Synthesizer Repair And Checkout, Part 2

Published on Mar 9, 2019 Artifact Electronics

"In this second part we button up the machine and test some of its functions."

SN 1797. According to them the original Moog Sonic Six's below SN 1300 or so had ARP diode filters as they weren't designed by Moog. When Moog took over they switched it to the classic Moog ladder filter. via Wikipedia: "The Sonic Six is the result of Bill Waytena, then the owner of synthesizer manufacturer Musonics, acquiring R.A. Moog Inc. Interested in the marketing opportunity afforded by the Moog name, Waytena acquired R.A. Moog Inc., moved the company to Buffalo, New York, and renamed it Moog/Musonics (which eventually was shortened to simply Moog Music). It was under this new brand that a new version of the Musonics Sonic V was released as the Moog Music Sonic Six.[2]"

Artifact Electronics Moog Sonic Six Synthesizer Repair

MOOG vintage analog Sonic Six 6 demonstration

Published on Jan 8, 2019 OFR

"Since I enjoyed doing the older Sonic V so much, I decided to do something on the later brother, the Sonic 6. I plugged it into a mixer for better quality than the little onboard speaker. I think these are very underrated and highly capable of making wild sounds; MUCH more like a modular Moog than anything sold as a small commercial synth."

Corsynth C110 2044 VCF

This one in via Soviet Space Child.

"The C110 2044 VCF is a four pole low pass filter based in the classic filter SSM2044. This filter chip is responsible for the sound of some well known polysynths from the 80s like the Korg Mono / Poly , Korg Polysix , Korg Trident, PPG Wave 2.2 and 2.3 ,EMU Emulator I, Kawai K3, Sx-240 , Siel Opera 6 ….

The C110 is designed using the new reissued SSI2144 IC. It is an updated version of the original SSM2044 with lower noise, better control feedthrough but preserving all the sonic characteristics of the original design.

Like many filters the SSM2044 suffer from gain loss when the resonance is increased , the C110 includes an especially designed circuit co correct that. This circuit can be activated or deactivated on the front panel allowing the user to select between the traditional response and the gain compensated response.

The C110 has temperature compensated voltage control and it will oscillate at high resonances. It can be used as an oscillator over 3-4 octaves.

The C110 main characteristics are :

Four pole response ( 24db/octave )
Gain compensation circuit
Three modulation inputs one with an attenuverter
Voltage controlled resonance
Temperature compensated
One audio input
The FM2 input has a 0,66 V/Octave response expanding the modulation range to 7,5 octaves using the typical 5V envelope.

The C110 2044 VCF is built using high quality electronic components, Switchcraft jacks, Cosmo knobs (the same used by Moog Modular) , anodized aluminum front panel…."

The Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s Variations V

Variations V (1966) - Merce Cunningham Dance Company Published on Oct 14, 2013

"Merce Cunningham
1966, 49:05, b&w, sound

First composed and performed in 1965, 'Variations V' is a true testament to 1960's experiments with "intermedia"—a coexistence and cutting across of artistic genres that profoundly informed Cunningham's choreographic practice. Video is materially integrated into the performance, with projections by Stan VanDerBeek and overlaid TV distortions by Nam June Paik enveloping the dancers. Twelve sound-sensitive electronic poles dot the stage; sound is triggered by the dancers' movements and then altered or delayed by the musicians. 'Variations V' predates Cunningham's 'video-dances,' demonstrating a different moment in his relation to the technology.

MUSICIANS John Cage 'Variations V'
DANCERS Merce Cunningham, Carolyn Brown, Barbara Lloyd, Sandra Neels, Albert Reid, Peter Saul, Gus Solomons Jr.

© 2013 Merce Cunningham Trust. All rights reserved."

via @moogmusicinc

"On this date in 1965: Bob Moog collaborated with John Cage, Nam June Paik, and others on The Merce Cunningham Dance Company’s visual, sonic, and kinetic happening Variations V."

AJH Sonic XV filter drone (analog Eurorack modular)

Published on Mar 27, 2018 DreamsOfWires

"AJH Synth Sonic XV analogue filter for Eurorack modular. A simple drone using one AJH Transistor Core VCO (triangle out) as sound source, and another to provide audio-rate modulation of the filter cutoff frequency. An additional slow LFO was used to modulate the input waveshaper (a feature that makes this filter particularly unique). The input level, cutoff, and cutoff modulation level are being adjusted manually. A very simple patch, plus a bit of Audio Damage EOS reverb.
The Sonic XV filter is based on that contained in the Musonics Sonic V synthesizer from the early 1970's, which was the predecessor to the Moog Sonic Six.
My music is available here: https://tomorrowthecure.bandcamp.com/"

IK Multimedia's Syntronik for iPad Released

iTunes: Syntronik - IK Multimedia

"Play the vibe. Hear the magic. Syntronik is IK’s cutting-edge synthesizer that features the sound of the most iconic machines to ever grace the planet.

Syntronik comprises 17 powerful virtual synths recreating the legendary sonic signature of 38 of the most sought-after classic analog synthesizers and string machines ever created, recognizable by their elegantly designed, easy-to-navigate interfaces.

Thanks to IK’s exclusive DRIFT™ technology, which emulates the way real analog circuits behave over time, the astounding circuit-modeled filters and the multi-sampled oscillators, Syntronik is the most authentic sounding analog virtual synthesizer to date and is the one-stop solution for musicians, discerning producers and synth aficionados demanding utmost sound quality and extreme playability both live and in the studio.

Our team of developers and sound designers worked relentlessly to capture each machine’s “DNA” for the most realistic and flexible instruments possible that maintain the real character of the originals while extending their creative potential even further.

Syntronik offers Multis with 4 parts. Each part has its own synth, dynamic arpeggiator and a dedicated 5-slot effect section for unprecedented sound design flexibility, allowing for highly sophisticated sonic palettes.

The instruments available in Syntronik cover an incredibly wide range of sounds, triggering inspiration right from the start with 1200 instrument presets, easily accessible with a smart browser, 200 multis*, 129 arpeggios and much more.

Features:

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Syntronik™ - the legendary synth powerhouse for Mac/PC is now shipping

Announced back in May, Syntronik™ is now available.

The official press release follows:

"Syntronik™ - the legendary synth powerhouse for Mac/PC is now shipping

Cutting-edge virtual instrument delivers iconic synthesizers and string machines with unique synthesis engine and stunning sound quality, available as a collection or separate instruments

July 20, 2017 - IK Multimedia is proud to announce that Syntronik™, the legendary synth powerhouse for Mac® and PC, is now shipping worldwide.

Syntronik offers the definitive and best-sounding collection of vintage synthesizers in a virtual instrument to date. It provides unsurpassed quality and flexibility thanks to an entirely new combination of the most advanced sampling techniques with a unique hybrid sample and modeling synthesis engine, a large assortment of high-quality modeled effects and innovative instrument features.

Syntronik - a dream collection of synths
Syntronik includes a collection of 17 amazing instruments with over 2,000 soundscovering a wide selection from 38 of the most iconic to ultra-rare vintage synthesizers of all time:

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MOOG MuSonics Sonic V 1972 vintage synthesizer demo

Published on May 26, 2017 OFR

"It took me some time to appreciate how amazing this synth really was. I had a Sonic Six for a long time, which has the same basic circuitry, but I never quite got it sounding as good. The only demos I could find show very basic and minimal synth sounds.

However, the Sonic V has amazing routing options, making it more like a modular system than almost anything around that time. With only 2 oscillators and a non-Moog filter, it certainly does not sound like the Minimoog. Yet it does SO much more, that I prefer the Sonic V now. It has so much range and possibility. You can leave it running on endless self-generating soundscapes..."

Moog Sonic Six

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via this auction

"This keyboard is in good working order. It will need a minor restore to get it sounding great.

The Sonic Six is an interesting, although obscure synthesizer from the Moog history books. Its predecessor, the Sonic V, was designed by an ex-Moog employee for the muSonics brand. When muSonics eventually bought out R.A. Moog, forming Moog muSonics, the Sonic V’s basic design was moved into a portable brief-case style synthesizer, and with only a few tweaks, the Sonic Six was born."

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MOOG MUSONICS SONIC V

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via this auction

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Moog Musonics Sonic V

This one in via Soviet Space Child spotted on Switched On.

Note the panel graphic coloring is different compared to others.

"This Sonic V is fully functional and in decent condition, with a few scratches, and a couple missing slider, switch, and knob caps. The Sonic V was never put into full production; as such, it is designed internally like a prototype with some limits to it's integrity, and is available for Local Pickup only.

The Sonic V is a rare predecessor model to the Sonic Six, designed during Musonics' ownership of Moog. In regards to the synth architecture, the Sonic V remains very similar to the Sonic VI, but has a diode filter rather than the Moog ladder filter. It has two audio VCOs with a 3 octave range, selectable waveforms, and manual pulse width contrl over the Square wave. The LFO is really made up of 2 LFOs mixed together with selectable waveforms and individual rate control for each, as well as a Master rate control for both, crossfading mixer, and a unique Transient feature for each that has a ramp down effect on the rate. The modulation section can also be used to trigger the Envelope. Other features include Ring Modulation, White Noise source, AD & ADS envelope generator, and built in speaker. The Sonic V is a very unique design from Moog's history and really excels at effect sounds."

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Drone - Moog "The Source" and Buchla Music Easel

Published on May 25, 2016 100 Things I Do

"The start of a new track i'm working on. The drone starts with the Moog source, the Aurturia Mini-V provides an occasional pulse. The Buchla joins around 52 seconds in. The sonic interplay in the mix between the Moog and the Buchla is quite hypnotic. Best played on headphones or loudspeakers."

Moog Sonic V synthesizer vintage leaflet from 1972

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via this auction

"Up for sale is a (1) vintage Moog Sonic V synthesizer leaflet from March 1972 with information about it. The leaflet, 1 page in English, is in used condition (see photo's)."

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Original Sonic Six Owners Manual & Sonic V & VI Technical Service Manual

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Owner's manual via this auction

"This is an original spiral bound owners manual (not a copy) published by Moog Music when they were in Williamsville, NY. It was written by Tom Rhea, PhD. In good condition (for its age) with no written notes on the 70 pages contained. A great compliment to you Sonic Six owners who want the original manual and not a copy."

Service manual with schematics via this auction.

"Moog Sonic V and VI Service Manual in good condition. This is an original manual (not a copy) for those that insist on having the real deal, especially if you own one! This edition was published in 1978. All 29 pages intact and clean with no written notes."

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Arturia Introduces V Collection Classics

Published on Apr 1, 2015 Arturia Web

"Arturia launches legendary soft synth classics collection to lead into musical temptation

GRENOBLE, FRANCE: following in the footsteps of its super-successful V Collection 4 premium software collection, launched to critical acclaim late last year, music software and hardware developer and manufacturer Arturia is proud to announce availability of V Collection Classics — conveniently rounding up five of its most sought-after Analog Classics soft synth emulations of five legendary analogue synthesizers from five legendary brands into a musically tempting, competitively-priced package — as of April 2...

ARP, Moog, Oberheim, Roland, and Sequential Circuits... classic analogue synthesizer-manufacturing names all. And all of those classic companies — past and present — have produced at least one legendary instrument that truly impacted the music industry throughout the Seventies and into the Eighties and beyond. Indeed, the sought-after sounds of these instruments still resonate today. Think ARP 2600 (1970-81), MinimoogTM (1970-81), Synthesizer Expander Module® (1974-79), Jupiter-8 (1981-84), and Prophet-5 (1978-82). And Arturia has played a not inconsiderable part in bringing these still- sought-after sounds into today’s computer-centric recording and performance workflow thanks to TAE® (True Analog Emulation), an advanced proprietary technology allowing accurate modelling of analogue circuitry behaviour on personal computers. Conveniently, all five of Arturia’s award-winning Analog Classics soft synth emulations of those analogue classics are available to musically tempt as a must-have, competitively-priced package... please welcome, V Collection Classics! Come join us, then, as we make the musical introductions...

Arturia’s ARP 2600 V is a truly versatile sound creation tool with a massive musical bite; indeed, its raw and dirty character is perfectly suited to creating massive drum ’n’ bass stabs to growlin’, funky bass lines and spaced-out drones, with much in-between. From the starship funk lead lines of the Seventies to the gangsta whine of mid-Nineties hip-hop, the ever- present MinimoogTM has been making its phat presence felt for four-plus decades; Arturia’s award-winning Mini V even offers polyphony and additional modulation options, effectively turning it into an authentic-sounding Memorymoog emulation... well, sort of. Oberheim’s Synthesizer Expander Module® (SEM) started life as an add-on synthesizer module for fattening up Minimoogs before becoming a sought-after sound in its own right, with up to eight embedded in Oberheim’s groundbreaking Seventies-vintage polysynths; still sought-after today for its stunning-sounding multimode filter, Arturia offers all this and more in its outstanding Oberheim SEM V emulation. The runaway success of Roland’s then-flagship Jupiter-8 programmable analogue polysynth took the synth world by storm upon its 1981 release, boosting its already superlative sonic capabilities by adding an arpeggiator that helped make many mega hit singles shine forth musically — think Duran Duran (‘Save A Prayer’) and Howard Jones (‘New Song’); similarly, Arturia’s Jupiter-8 V is a real musical workhorse, capable of creating a very versatile range of sounds — stretching from fat to ‘crystalline’ — while going above and beyond the capabilities of the original instrument, thanks to its additional modulation possibilities and inbuilt effects. Last but not least, the Prophet-5 is truly a legend in its own lifetime as the world’s first fully-programmable polyphonic synthesizer; again, Arturia’s Prophet V faithfully brings back to life those historic and superlative sounds, together with those of the 1986-vintage, California-created classic Prophet VS Digital Vector Synthesizer, Sequential’s first digital design (and, alas, the final synth, sadly, from the iconic innovative instrument manufacturer). Must we say more?

Maybe just one more thing, then: thanks to V Collection Classics"

New Synth Gear and Makers in January 2015

After this year's massive New Years post, I thought it might be interesting to see how many new makers and new gear announcements we received in a single month.

This may or may not become a monthly theme on the site depending on interest.  If you think it's worth while, leave a comment.

At a high level we had 12 new makers, one new old maker previously never featured on the site, and a whopping 193 new synth related products. Check out the module list below.  The list is a combination of what was either announced or released this month.

The list in order of appearance:

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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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Rare Vintage Synth Scans via Brian Kehew

Brian Kehew gave a presentation on his vintage synthesizer brochures at Knobcon this year. He sent in a few select scans to share with readers of MATRIXSYNTH. Enjoy! Be sure to see the channel labels at the bottom of the post for any you are not familiar with. Three of these warranted separate posts that just went up. You'll find links to them below. These are an amazing bit of synth history, many of which have never been shared online before. HUGE THANK YOU to Brian Kehew for sharing these with us!

The scans pictured in order:

Moog Sonic V Synthesizer "Makes Waves"

ARP Synthesizers

ARP Modular Synthesizer Lab

EML

EMS SYNTHI FLI (always thought of it as the Hi-Fli but the had only has FLI)

Performer by Ionic

Variophone

Sequential Circuits Model 600 Sequencer (see this post for a write-up)

Digelius Electronics Finland DEMI (see this post for a write-up)

DMX-101 Computer Sound Processor for a whopping $35,300 at the time. (see this post for a write-up)

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