MATRIXSYNTH

at 1/14/2008 05:21:00 PM

This one via Jeff and Mark Pulver on AH. The direct link to the recording is here, courtesy of Jeff and posted on the MIDIWall gear page by Mark Pulver. Be sure to check out the MIDIWall gear page for more synth goodness. You might recognize the name Synthesizer Von Gestern from these prior posts.

Update via peterwendt in the comments:
"Great. I have the vol. 1 and vol. 2 CDs that include this track. I love listening to them and I think they give a good account of the characters of the instruments that I know. Vol. 2 includes the System 700 and a wonderful performance by Oskar Sala on his Mixtur-Trautonium.

There is a vol. 3 disc that I really want (Buchla, Prophet VS, ...).

The German CD label has interesting pages on the CDs and the project here:
http://www.originaltonwest.de/vintage%20synths%20vol.1.html
http://www.originaltonwest.de/vintage%20synths%20vol.2.html
http://www.originaltonwest.de/vintage%20synths%20vol.3.html

Dang. If only I had bought that System 700 cheap in Japan."

links also via Jeff on AH.

at 1/14/2008 12:34:00 PM

Be sure to check out the write-up on Sonic State.

at 1/14/2008 12:29:00 PM

click here for more images via Heath Finnie on VSE.

Note the "Xpander and Matrix Pot Board." images mirrored here.

at 1/14/2008 12:23:00 PM

flickr by gargar1974

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Yamaha CS30

at 1/14/2008 12:19:00 PM

flickr by gilesthompson
(click for more)

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dinosaur
walrus
mantis
power ranger
Casio CZ-5000

at 1/14/2008 12:13:00 PM

via ESI. Click the image for a supersized shot.

"K.ON is our new expandable USB controller keyboard with 88 hammer action keys.
Equipped with a stable aluminium cabinet, K.ON is not only stylish, but perfectly optimized for professional usage live on stage or in any studio environment. Various faders and dials as controllers are provided, allowing remote control of software and hardware synthesizers. K.ON has a total of 4 expansion slots, compatible with existing synth modules from other vendors.
Features

* 3 digit LED display
* 9 endles dials
* 9 faders
* modulation wheel / pitch bend
* numeric keypad
* transport control buttons
* varios editing functions for programming
* power supplied via USB or optional external power supply
* expandable via 4 expansion slots on backside
* Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2003, Mac OS X 10.3 (and higher) compatible
* bundled with Steinberg Cubase LE 4.0 for PC and Mac"

at 1/14/2008 12:09:00 PM

Issue 6 of Synthesizer Magazin features the following:

" * Analoge Polyphone Synthesizer von heute
* Yamaha Tenori-On - Geheimwaffe oder Spielzeug?
* NI Kontakt 3 - Sampling 3.0?
* Roland SH201 - Kann der was?
* Bob Moog Foundation und Hintergründe
* Goldfrapp
* Alec Empire
* Karlheinz Stockhausen
* Ringmodulator in Theorie
* Bending Korg DDD1/5
* Elektronische Musik im Film Serie"

Synthesizer-Magazin via sequencer.de.

at 1/14/2008 11:38:00 AM

Another one via Tara Busch of AnalogSuicide. I actually missed this in the last post, so here it is.

Sparky's Magic Piano is a surreal trip back in time. It was "Written and produced by Alan Livingston With Henry Blair, narrated by Verne Smith Music by Billy May." Most importantly it features the Sonovox.

It's such an odd bit of synth vocoder history I thought I should put up a new post vs. just updating the last (so you do not miss it). Comments disabled to keep them all on the previous post.

Do be sure to check out AnalogSuicide for more info on the Solovox including some links to other sites, and be sure to check out Sparky. Creepy stuff. :)

at 1/14/2008 11:24:00 AM

video upload by vlad1gavrilchik

"The keyboard of my YS-100 is now of little help because of it's age and bad state. So I used my Korg SP-200 digital piano as a controller here to show some sounds. The Yamaha YS-100 is 4-op 8 voice polyphonic FM synth with some extra source waveforms and a simple effect processor."