MATRIXSYNTH

via clusterchod on this VSE thread.

"few days ago, i did an improv/tweaking session on my rev2. decided to cut out a few clips demoing general character of this ssm machine. only processing is TC4000, running DVR-2 plate:

http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_SawLead.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_PolyModPad.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_PolyMod-FilterFM.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_Sync1.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_ommadawn_pad.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_strings_n_sweeps.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_liquid_selfoscilation.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_1974.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_1974B.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_TrianglePad.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev2_classicpad.mp3

Synth still needs slight calibration after a bumpy plane ride, esp filter decays, and octave tuning aint exact 100% either."

Udpate: some samples of the Rev 3 and notes added by clusterchord on the VSE thread. Apologies for grabbing this, but the one thing unfortunate about VSE and many forums is that the threads expire in time to conserve disk space. I don't want this getting lost. This is actually the reason I switched from hosting MATRIXSYNTH on my own servers to Blogger. But do check out the VSE thread for the rest of it as well as the comments in this post below.

http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev3-KillerBass.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev3-VariousSounds.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev3-Bass-FreqMod.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev3-ClickChords.mp3
http://www.babic.com/SYN/P5/P5Rev3-SyncLead_UNISON.mp3

"as on rev2 examples, only processing is slight plate reverb from TC4000. there are no effects per se, like delay or chorus that could make the synth sound bigger or more animated. tho rev3 mp3s are limited a bit, so louder.

even tho Rev2 at times sounds almost as if it was going thru a space echo (w tweaked delay time), im just continuously playin its lfo and osc b frequency .. pitch bend etc.. but definetely most organic poly ive played so far - controls react in such a musical way, as if the board has a life of its own. its somewhat indirect and ambiental character is inherent. rev3 is IME slightly "drier" and more focused. whether this is subtle or not, depends mostly on application.

ive spent substantial time with both machines. and in my mind/ear there is not doubt about difference in character of filters, and how resonance and self oscillation sounds/behaves. further, as filter opens more smoothness of ssm vco is apparent vs. trademark ripping/in-your-face sound of curtis 3340. one example: i feel i couldn't do exactly as good warm pads n silk strings with rev3, same way i cant get rev2 to do sparkley sizzley curtis brass, agressive punchy bass, 80s synth pop comping sounds, things like that.. u can get them to sound very similar on some sounds, esp when lot of modulation is "playing" the ear, masking the nature of vco n vcf.. to some, differences may not be important. to me, they are. if i had unlimited funds id get a Rev3, and a P08 too. Smile

i asked my friend if he could bring over his Rev3.3 (one i'm playin in above examples) so we could do a direct side by side. but dont know when this will take place. and both need slight calibration. "