MATRIXSYNTH

Custom MOOG Minimoog and Oberheim SEM

This one via michael:

"i just picked up an awesome rig and figured i'd share it with my fav synth blog.

the rig consists of a minimoog (#6536) (i'm thinking it is the discrete VCO board but I don't know a lot about mini's maybe you or your readers would know more) and an Oberheim SEM. It also came with a moogerfooger ring modulator which I haven't used yet. The mini has been modified, so the Loudness Control Input is now a CV out, and the S-trig input is no an S-trig output, both used for controlling the SEM. Also, the external input of the mini has been routed to automatically mix with VCO-2. there is no level control for the external signal input anymore, but the on-off switch for VCO2 controls both VCO2 and the external input. the external input section on the front panel has been converted to a sync section to sync VCO2 to VCO1. the external input mixer switch turns sync on and off, and the external input volume knob controls the amount of VCO-mod from the filter envelope (when sync is on) This mod rules, and this system is a 5 discrete beast that sounds amazing, no sound samples yet (i have no means to here at home) but i've posted a few hi-res pics i just took. the only problems with the rig is that the mini's keyboard could use a new set of bushings. i'll probably buy a set, i think this rig deserves it! the mods were supposedly done by kurt's amps and keys more than 15 years ago (but not 100% sure of the date of the mods)

dig the red paint job!"

Very nice. Click here for a couple more images. Thanks michael!

Audio Damage Fluid

The official page is up with demos and more info.

YMO's BTM w/ Prophet '08

"My band did a cover of YMO's Behind The Mask and I used a Prophet-5 and Multitrak on the recording. This evening I replaced the six Prophet-5 tracks entirely with the Prophet-08. The only remaining synth track that is not a Prophet'08 is the background arpeggiated sequence.

http://redmartian.com/BTM-Prophet08.mp3

And if you're curious, here is the version with the Prophet-5 which was actually mixed by Tom Ellard:

http://redmartian.com/btm.m4a

I think the P'08 does a pretty good job. What I'm doing now, and for the next 2 weeks, is only play it. Then I'll turn on a Prophet-5 and see how I react. :)"

You can see YMO's version here.