MATRIXSYNTH

Sunday, October 16, 2005

I love it when Retro Thing puts up retro synth content. Title link takes you to a new post on the Commodore 64 Sid Chip which includes a shot of the Sidstation and a link to a C64 blog I haven't seen before. Check out the following shot of a C64 and SCI six-trak and drumtraks.

Click here for the source and a much bigger shot.

Speaking of retro synths. I've been meaning to put up my favorite retro synth for some time. Coming up... : )

The Crystal Method - New Flickr Shots

Jackpot. Title link takes you to a ton of shots. Looks like they are using an Andromeda A6.

Fairlight Voicetracker

I just saw a post on electro-musci.com for a Fairlight Voicetracker for sale. I never heard of one before, so I decided to look it up. Apparently it's a device that converts voice input to midi output.

From the site:

"In 1985, Fairlight Instruments introduced the Voicetracker VT-5, a device that allows you to operate MIDI and control voltage synthesizers with your voice or any monophonic instrument, rather than with a MIDI keyboard. It was priced at US$2495 when it first came out.

The Voicetracker's 8MHz 68008 CPU analyzes an input signal to determine the pitch and harmonic content of the sound (such as dynamics and breathiness). It takes about 1ms plus several cycles of the incoming sound to determine the pitch. As you might guess, the pitch information is output as MIDI note values and analog control voltages, while the harmonic content analysis can be used to control a synthesizer's filters (among other things)."

Title link takes you to more.

Solvent City - Analog Goodness

Via Jason Amm of Solvent City on AH. I decided to check out his site for more and was glad I did. His music is simple, magical and beautiful. A wonderful treat to my ears. Title link takes you to his site. Make sure to check out the studio link for some great synth shots.

Roland System 100, models 101/102 (w/Midi)

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SOLVENT European tour 2005
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Thursday October 20: BERLIN, Germany

Thursday October 27: AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands

Friday October 28: UTRECHT, The Netherlands

Saturday October 29: GENOA, Italy

Monday October 31: ROME, Italy

Wednesday November 2: BOLOGNA, Italy

Thursday November 3: VICENZA, Italy

Friday, November 4: PARIS, France

Saturday November 5: LIEGE, Belgium

Sunday November 6: HAMBURG, Germany

Radikal Technologies Spectralis Shot

Just a shot of a Radikal Technologies Spectralis on the *bay. It went for $1575. Not bad considering they go for $2500.

Andromeda A6 Hard Acid Track

F.A.S. Truhan III posted this on on AH. Alesis Andromeda A6 and Korg ER-1 and some Roland R-8mkII. It'll give you a taste of the A6 for acid. Enjoy.

Quick note on SYNTHWIRE

Stuff is starting to come in, so make sure to check it out if you haven't already. Also, feel free to sign up to start posting your own stuff as well.

Saturday, October 15, 2005

Sealed's SY85 Page Update

Via Sealed's Deep Synthesis Journal.

"I added new sound examples of YAMAHA SY85 .

Also MIDI SysEx information added. It seems that there are different versions of SY85 OS. If you know anything about SY85's SysEx, please let me know."

x0xb0x

303 DIY clone. Via CoolColJ's the gas station thread started way back on May 28. I swear his threads always seem to last forever. I think his Andromeda A6 thread was the longest running except for maybe the Olde Oberheim Abbey thread. Those were good times, btw. I still wonder what ever happened to Seldom Seen Slim. : )

Title link takes you to the main x0x0b0x site with more pictures and samples. Check out this little diddy.

"The x0xb0x is not just another MIDI-controlled TB-303 clone. x0xb0x is a full reproduction of the original Roland synthesizer, with fully functional sequencer. The sequencer can be programmed just like the original 303 (ok its actually a little easier, we think) and can be used to control other synthesizers via any of its various output formats. 128 banks of track memory and 64 banks of pattern memory are stored in onboard EEPROM, no battery-backup is needed!"