MATRIXSYNTH

Friday, October 06, 2006

Oakley Sound Systems: Example Modifications

Title link takes you to a list of mods on the Oakley site including the Roland SH-5, SH-101, EH Smallstone, SCI Prophet 5, Moog Rogue, Moog Minimoog, Roland TB-303, and Roland Jupiter-6 with sound samples for some.

"The SH-5 shown below was suffering from a damaged keyboard mechanism and several other faults. The customer wanted it seriously modded. The keyboard section was removed and a banana plug patch panel put in its place. A new circuit board was designed and fitted to allow for various CV and audio signals to enter and leave the SH-5. The low pass filter was modified to a Moog style ladder for a more weighty sound."

Circuit Bent Roland TR-626

Title link takes you to shots pulled from this auction.

Details:
"This Roland TR626 is a samples drum computer, with individual outputs and great sounds. Good for making r&b, house, techno and many other styles... But the greatest thing about it is the bends... They turn this machine into a living noise, scream, distortion, flanging, synth tones, kit changes, etc etc etc... Thoses changes in sounds, are made by a patchbox, that is connected to the TR626 by a 25 pin cable. Connecting the plugs ramdomly will surprise you (if you are into noise music).

Included in this package is the folowing;

- Roland TR626 Rythm Computer
- Roland TR626 User manual (in english only) ORIGINAL
- Bend Patchbox (modular style with plugs for banana Jacks)
- Power supply (not original but compatible with other gear)
- DB25 Parallel Cable (for connecting TR to PatchBox)
- 6 PatchCables Stackable"

via GetLoFi.

Roger Joseph Manning Jr and his synths

Title link takes you to the post on Synthwire. If you like synths, don't miss this one. : )

Roland PG-200 guts.

flickr by polaranta.

Title link takes you to one more shot.

Thursday, October 05, 2006

Rogue Moog + Ring Mod + MuRF

The Setup:

The Output:

YouTube via azotus. Sent my way via frederic. Title link takes you to more by azotus.

Anonymous Studio Pic

No title link. Just a nice studio shot sent my way.

"Here's a pic from a client of mine. I serviced his Micro and Mini moogs. The Mini has a Midi converter in it too."

Creamware Klangboxes Ready to Launch

Remember the Klangbox?
The following in via Creamware News:

"Flight control to Klangbox group: ground clearance granted. Over."

Yamaha CS5 Through CS10 Sample

Via Chris Strellis:
"I connected the CS-10 Gate and CV out to the CS-5 and routed the CS-5 audio out into the external audio in of the CS-10 and played them together. Now you have an extra oscillator and filter and EG and LFO etc. You've now pretty much made a CS-15 and a bit (CS-17.5?). The CS-5 has sample and hold on an LFO which the CS-10 doesn't. Also having two independent bandpass filters in series you can get you synth to talk a bit! Here's an mp3 demo of the units in action: link (5 mins 55 secs 5.94Mbytes). I added echo and reverb and compression to the sound file" Thanks Chris! BTW, do check out strellis.com for more of Chris' work.

ARP VCF Clone by Wasbut

There's been some discussion on cloning ARP modules on AH. Seems the majority of what's currently out there are DIY projects. There's a big interest in having the major manufactures produce modules. Note this is regarding individual modules rather than an all in one systems like MacBeth Studio Systems M5.

Title link takes you to Wasbut's ARP VCF clone with samples on Yusynth. You will also find other clones including EMS, Moog, and Steiner, along with other interesting modules.