MATRIXSYNTH

Should I ban Anonymous Comments

It's that time again....

NOTE: If you do not have an account on blogger/gmail, this means you will need to sign up for one to comment. I'm curious how people feel after the slew of comments over the last week.

The MMM Mattson Mini Modular DEMO

YouTube via redmartian. Volume is a bit low on this, so turn it up, and don't forget to turn it down.
"Mattson Mini Modular Portable Modular Analogue Synthesizer demo"

The MMM Mattson Mini Modular TAKE 2!

YouTube via redmartian.
"Mattson Mini Modular Portable Modular Analogue Synthesizer." Follow up to this post.

Mystery Keyboard

via this listing.

"ORGUE DE QUALITÉ SUPÉRIEURE (( impeccable ))"

Anyone know specifically what this is?

via JB.

An Interview with Peter Grenader

"There are three Peter Grenaders. The first one is a renowned composer, whose works have secured wins at several festivals all over the world and whose artistic friends include some of the greatest names from the field of electronic music: Morton Subotnick, Steve Roach, Barry Schrader and many others. The second one is an instrument designer and Head of Plan B, a company producing modular analogue synthesizers. This Peter Grenader enjoys the immediate interaction between these machines and the performing musician, the way in which they allow a composer to have his instruments really do what he wants them to. Customers of his have included Nine Inch Nails and the Red Hot Chilli Peppers - again among many others. The third and final Peter Grenader is a former student at CalArts, now, retrospectively, probably considered the most important faculty of experimental media in the USA at the time. With stars like Harold Budd and John Cage working closely together with students, this was an exciting era of departure, of fresh beginnings and of discovering new technologies, timbres and tools. As a CD project and a string of new Plan B products are approaching, the first and second Peter Grenader are sure to make headlines soon. But until then, we're sitting down for a chat with the last one, talking about the "good old times" and life as a student at CalArts in the 70s."

click here for the full interview on Tokafu.

Elektrolysis Assemblage

click here for a track featuring the Elektron Machinedrum by Mr. Array.

Commodore 64 with Prophet 64 cartrige and SID2SID

images via this auction.

"Commodore 64 synthesizer
Very early model of the C64. Ideal for someone who is starting out modding and soldering. Most of the work has been done for you. It comes with the following

A PSU, A cable for connecting the commodore via RF, Prophet 64 cartridge, Keyboard Cover, SID2SID adaptor (second SID is needed)

the following mods have been done

fitted SID2SID hole cut out of metal box, metal box re-applied and fresh heatsink compound applied
4 x Analogue pots added for direct control of the Prophet 64's software parameters
jack added ( has not been soldered in, this is used for the second SID or it could be soldered to the first for direct sound from the first)"

YouTube via clackbeetle.

MMM Phoenix Series Samples

click here for some samples and templates. You will need to download Serif DrawPlus to view the templates.
Update: Looks like the links changed: samples, templates

Wacky Wonky

via Dennis, aka mono-poly.

"Fridaynight i did this noodle witch is completely generating it's own melody and variation. Sorry for the boring beat but it's just a little idea with this noodle.

Drums DR55 trough an EMT 266 limiter
Noisering used for the melody generation
Clockdividers for dividing clock signals.
Logic module to merge the clock from my dyn sinc with the noise ring clock.
Slope generator for envelope firing to the noisering inputs.
Wiard vco to modulate the Cyndustries Zero oscilator."