NAMM 2013: Tomio NAMM Jamm 2013

Published on Jan 30, 2013 Muff Wiggler·3 videos

"Slightly longer clip of Tomio jamming on our TipTop Audio rigs at the NAMM show"

Quick NAMM Jam

Tiptop Audio Booth at Dancefair

A couple of pics of the Tiptop Audio booth at the Dancefair.  The master Tomio pictured below.  Click here and scroll from some great performances by Tomio on the Tiptop Audio system.

Robotspeak Synth Meet Set for October 26 in San Francisco

Between this, the TRASH_AUDIO event in Asheville, and the MMTA SYNTHFEST in Seattle, it's going to be one festive weekend.  A Bermuda Triangle of synth fests!   If you are attending any of the weekend events, share your pics and video here or on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge!

Details via Robotspeak (in via Dmitri Sfc on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge):

"Join us on Saturday October 26th from 2 till 6pm for the first annual ROBOTSPEAk Modular Synth Meet! We have invited vendors to show their Modular synthesizers and answer any questions you may have.

Modular Synthesizer performances will be held all day and into the night by our co sponsor and next door neighbor, Vinyl Dreams. Be sure to Step down into ROBOTSPEAk and check out the latest from METASONIX, TIPTOP AUDIO, PITTSBURGH MODULAR, TOPPOBRILLO, COA-MODULAR, MAKE NOISE and more TBA.

Stop by Vinyl Dreams (next door to RS) to see performances on Serge (both vintage and custom) and Eurorack Modulars. Performers and times below more TBA.

METASONIX

Eric Barbour of METASONIX will be demonstrating two new Eurorack modules which have not been announced or demonstrated to the public yet. This is your first chance to see this continuation of the Metasonix vacuum-tube synthesizer revolution.

COA-MODULAR

Dmitri & Elise will demo a COA built Serge Modular Music System with a performance at Vinyl Dreams. A recently acquired 1978 built paperfaced system will be at ROBOTSPEAk for the day.

PITTSBURGH MODULAR

Richard from Pittsburgh Modular will be on hand to showcase the complete line of Cell Desktop Modular Systems along with a few new surprises.

TOPPOBRILLO

Josh Thomas will show off the latest Modules from Toppobrillo and answer your questions.

MAKE NOISE

James Cigler on hand wit ha Make Noise rig and field any questions you may have. So Stop by and check out the latest from Make Noise!

TIPTOP AUDIO

Tomio Ueda shows off Tiptops Eurorack Modules-including their latest Module the TOMS909.

PERFORMANCES (Next door at Vinyl Dreams)

COA-MODULARS Custom and vintage serge modulars with Dimitri and Elise performing as Slope 114

LX RUDIS Performing on his Serge

TOMIO UEDA Modular Synthesizers and Turntables

Please RSVP info@robotspeak.com

We hope to see you there !!!

ROBOTSPEAk
589 & 1/2 haight St @ Steiner
San Francisco CA 94117
415-554-1977

VINYL DREAMS
593 Haight St @ Steiner
San Francisco CA 94117"

Tiptop Audio booth at Namm 2015

Published on Jan 24, 2015 Tiptop .Audio

"Some great drums from the Circadian Rhythms and a nice melody from the WAD."

And two pics with Tomio sporting a MATRIXSYNTH T-Shirt. Thank you Tomio & Tiptop Audio!!!

Left via @tiptopaudio:

"Great techno today with @KiNK303"

Below via @tomioueda:

"Marcella Araica @IncredibleLAGO checkin' out the 808/909 setup @tiptopaudio"

MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Tiptop Audio Booth - Tomio Direct Audio Video

Uploaded on Jan 30, 2014 matrixsynth·303 videos

http://tiptopaudio.com

Tomio rocking the Tiptop Audio eurorack system. Unfortunately the audio jack I plugged into was a bit low and noisy so you'll have turn it all the way up. Just remember to turn it back down afterwords, especial before watching The Schmidt video below. This system sounded absolutely insane live. The new Valhalla Reverb was in the Z-DSP in the right system. New Circadian Rhythm on the left driving things.

Tiptop Audio Modular Synthesizer Jam 4

Published on Feb 3, 2014 Tomio Ueda·10 videos

"did a pleasant melodic jam on Tiptop Audio's Station 252 + upcoming Quantizer + Circadian Rhythm

a loose wire cut off the audio a tad -- a negligible circumstance given the awesome patch ;)

Cheers!"

Audio drops on the right just after :11 at comes back in at 1:10. It's worth watching through.

Koma Elektronik Hard Hats at NAMM

Gur (top pic) & Tomio (bottom) of Tiptop Audio sporting Koma Elektronik Hard Hats at NAMM 2015.

Tomio .U jamming on the Tiptop system at Namm

Published on Jan 24, 2014 Tiptop .Audio·51 videos

"day two, namm 2014"

Halls Of Valhalla and the Tiptop Audio system

0.32: VC-MIX on the Z-DSP
3.00: RS/CL808

"Tomio and I had the pleasure of trying the Halls of Valhalla for the first time last night in the system we are bringing to Namm. Here is a fast recording of the patch.

Using HATS909, HATS808, SD808, RS/CL808 and BD909 for drums, two lead sounds made from Z3000/Z2040/Z4000 sequence by the Z8000, all mixed in the MIXZ and sent to the Z-DSP patched out stereo. The effect use is Cathedral with Decay at about 85%, Tone at 70% and Chorus at 70%. The Z4000 out control the the Z2040 frequency sweeps but also get stacked to the VC-MIX on the Z-DSP, this does the gated reverb tail effect on the beat, this ahhh ahhh ahhh sound. Everything is sequenced by a new sequencer that will be showing at Namm."

Tiptop Audio will be at the Big City Music booth 6735 in Hall A this year. See the NAMM Booth list for more.

See the Valhalla channel directly below for more.

Final Fantasy 7 Prelude on a Modular Synthesizer

Published on Oct 12, 2013 Tomio Ueda·9 videos

"had to do it"

PEOPLE are PEOPLE: Moon Modular @NAMM 2015

Published on Jan 26, 2015 moonmodular

"Thanks to JLR for his support. To get info´s about the new M511 D visit our website. http://www.moonmodular.com"

You'll spot some familiar faces in this one.

Lorne Hammond with MATRIXSYNTH T-Shirt at :23. That would be the third MATRIXSYNTH T sighting at NAMM followed by Todd Barton at the Buchla booth & Tomio at the Tiptop Audio booth. I'm not worthy.

Thank you Lorne!

Tiptop Audio Trigger Riot Jam 3

Published on May 10, 2013 Tomio Ueda·19 videos

"a different kind of beat and a small clip of a longer jam session"

Tiptop Tomio WTF patch

Published on Jan 31, 2014 Tiptop .Audio·52 videos

NAMM: Tom Oberheim Checks out the Tiptop PVCO

This one in via Tomio

"Gur of Tiptop Audio showing Tom Oberheim Tiptop's new Polyphonic VCO (PVCO)"

That module was hands down one of the highlights of the show. According to Gur, it's the equivalent of eight Z3000 VCOs in a single module. It sounds amazing.

MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014 Pics

Mouse over the image above for the slideshow controls.

Update: added a few notes below.  I hate picking highlights because I honestly do love it all.  That and I don't like missing anyone or anything.  The focus is on what's new.  More will come with the videos.

This is the full set of 282 NAMM pics including the following sub-sets just posted:
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: WMD et al. Modular Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Moon Modular Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Miselu, Quicco Sound & Audiobus Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Studio Electronics & Pittsburgh Modular Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Schmidt Analog Synthesizer Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Radikal Technologies Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Big City Music Booth & Aerosmith Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Buchla Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Elektron Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Dave Smith Instruments Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Monome ALEPH Looper Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Moog Music Booth Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Dubreq Stylophone Pics
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2014: Bob Moog Foundation Booth Pics

And that's it for my NAMM pics. Videos will follow over the coming days. As you can see I missed a few of the major synth booths including Clavia/Nord Keyboards, Waldorf, Access, Teenage Engineering, Korg, Roland, Novation, Studiologic and Yamaha. This is no slight to them. I would have loved to check them out, specifically the new A1 from Clavia and the new Waldorf 2-Pole filter.  I did see the new full size KORG MS20 kit but the booth was packed and I didn't get any pics. I knew anything AIRA was not going to be shown so I skipped Roland. I typically go to NAMM on Saturday as I'm literally glued to the site posting away all the NAMM news along with everything else that comes in up to then. By Saturday I have a pretty good idea of what has and hasn't gotten plenty of coverage on the site.  Based on that, new product announcements, and prior commitments with those that reached out to me, I go through my list of booths in order.

As for standouts, although I didn't get to try the new A1 from Clavia, I was impressed by the new oscillator and effects section in the demos to date. I like what I hear. I do think they made a mistake with the messaging on it being an entry level synth. Not sure why they chose to go that route as it degrades the synth's capabilities in my opinion and the price does not reflect an entry level synth.

The new Elektron Rytm sounded fantastic. I should have a video of Highsage jamming on it coming up. Hopefully the audio is good.

The Sub 37 is a thing of beauty.

I'm a fan of the Prophet 12 and the new Prophet 12 module. I'm a fan of mixing digital with analog and I think it is capable of timbres you simply can't get out of pure analog.

The Tiptop Audio system at the Big City Music Booth was absolutely insane! Tomio is a Jedi master on that thing. I should have video of it coming up.

The new Make Noise modules were a mind trip. Video coming.

Noise Engineering is new to the scene and their modules sound fantastic. I particularly like the drum module. They also have a vocal formant module. I mentioned the Yamaha FS1R's formant synthesis and they said it was actually based on it to an extent. Video coming.

The STG EMS Oscillator sounded insane. Video coming.

The new Studio Electronics Boomstars sounded pretty incredible. Video coming.

It takes quite a bit to surprise me.  Two things did.  Full on patch memory on a modular synth with the Buchla Music Easel and what's coming for Audiobus. The Miselu iPad keyboard and Quicco Sound controller were pretty cool devices as well. The Future Retro Triadex Muse based sequencer caught my interest. I didn't show it, but it definitely was a geek out moment for me and caught me by surprise. Who would have thought technology based on the obscure Muse would re-appear today.

That's it for now. The videos and pics should speak for themselves. I love it all.

Tomio Ueda Live with Tiptop Audio Drum Modules & More

Live Modular Set at Fully Patched [Kava Lounge, San Diego]


"Tiptop Audio drum modules, Z3000 mk2's, z2040's, and z4000 EG's...all in one Station 252 case."

http://tiptopaudio.com

Update: pic of the live setup below. The set also features a new TOMS909 drum module from Tiptop.

Modular Synthesizer Jam 6 (ft. Gur of Tiptop Audio)

Published on Mar 9, 2015 Tomio Ueda

"a demo of the new Circadian Rhythms module in linked mode for dueling percussive elements!"

MATRIXSYNTH Swag & Hall of Fame!!!

MATRISYNTH Ts are $20 in the US and $25 outside the US. This includes the shipping cost, three MATRIXSYNTH cards and one magnet.  A set of three cards and one magnet, minus the T, is $5.

The T-Shirts are from Gorilla Screen Printing - highly recommended. If you get Ts done by them, let them know you found out about them here.

Paypal any amount to matrixsynth *at* gmail.com. Be sure to include the shipping address, size and whether you'd like long or short sleeves.

Below are some MATRIXSYNTH Ts and cards spotted in the wild. If you have them, send them in!

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Trigger Riot and the Z-DSP

Published on Jul 23, 2013 GM1ify·34 videos

"Tomio's sunday night patch"

http://www.tiptopaudio.com/

Artists of Tokyo Festival of Modular 2014

"featuring artists of Tokyo Festival of Modular 2014 . https://twitter.com/TFOM2014 *not every artists on this list."

Playlist:
TOKYO FESTIVAL OF MODULAR 2014 @ Super deluxe , 六本木
MATRIXSYNTH NAMM 2013: Richard Devine on Make Noise Modular at the Analogue Haven Booth
Studio Tour with Richard Devine
Keith Fullerton Whitman - PAN ACT Festival - Goethe Institut - Boston, MA - June 20th 2013
Black Zenith - Live at the Substation
DENSHIKAIMEN_v3_電子海面v3@KIWA_20110709
OMEI "Unyielding Reason" Live at La Sala (@ Cantina Royal) 9.29.12
HATAKEN live @ OZORA festival 2013
Hataken Solo @ Tokyo Festival of Modula 2013

Don't miss my early interview with Hataken posted here on MATRIXSYNTH back in 2007.

See the Tokyo Festival of Modular channel below for more.

Update: Tomio will be there with Tiptop Audio as well.  You can catch many of his videos posted here on MATRIXSYNTH.