MATRIXSYNTH

"Analogue Heaven Midwest Get-together

April 12th, 2008

The TENTH annual Get-Together will be Saturday, April 10th at the PHHS Media Center. I'll have the doors open at 9:00am. All synthgeekgearheads are encouraged to join us and spend some time with awesome gear and great people.

Past gear includes:
All sorts of Modulars (MOTM, DotCom, Blacet, Metalbox, Wiard,Doepfer, Cynthia, Modcan, etc), Voyagers, PPG, SunSyn, Evolvers, Prophet T-8, ARP, XOX & DIY gear, and much more!"

WNAMM08:Novation's Nifty Nocturn Controller

Be sure to see the write-up on Sonic State.

Modsynth1/31/2008

flickr by sduck409 (click for more)

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Roland SH-101 Brochure.

flickr by Neil Vance

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Where are they now? IRCAM’s Buchla

Barry Threw dropped by this prior post on the IRCAM Buchla. He actually found it.

"Last week I was down in San Deigo working on some ongoing projects with Keith McMillen (of the BEAM Foundation) and Miller Puckette (of Max and pd fame), and ran into this gem, the Buchla 100 from Ircam, in a spare bedroom."

You can see and read more about it on his blog.

Udpate: see the comments of this post for more info as well. I removed the references to 100 from this post so there is no confusion.

Recording a song with only Mellotron sounds

YouTube via RothHandle. Parts 1 - 7
"A short series of films from my sessions recording music for a documentary on probably my favorite instrument, The Mellotron. The idea I had was to record music solely using the Mellotrons at the studio and the Rhythmate (more on that later). So far I have recorded two pieces and this is the third one.

My name is Mattias Olsson and I am a Swedish musician and producer. My studio is located in Stockholm, Sweden. I have collected weird and odd instruments for almost ten years now and the Mellotrons, Optigans and Pipeorgans have a tendency to show up on almost all of the albums I work with. It isn't a museum but an alive and creative workplace for bands and artists who want to record "real" sounds away from computers and digital synths.

I filmed it holding the camera with my left hand with my old sony digital camera and playing with me right hand. So if you find the camera technique annoying...blame me.

For more info on the studio and the music recorded there please visit...
www.roth-handle.nu
http://www.myspace.com/57224022"

Rearranging the Studio

via AlexP

Korg Kaossilator Right Out of the Box!

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here's a quick demo. I didn't read the instructions. Its a lot of fun. Even our snooty engineer friend likes it. bigcitymusic.com" BTW, these are currently available via Big City Music here on the bay along with other items.

Cwejman S1 MK2: DJ Puzzle Examines A Semi-Modular Monophonic

YouTube via DjPuzzle73
"DJ Puzzle, known to his parents as Jason Donnelly, starts this video off by pronouncing one of the most awkward looking brand names in synthesis before showing us how to make a sine wave bassline with the Cwejman S1 MK2.

I made a sine wave bassline in second grade art class out of glue, macaroni, and glitter, but if you prefer to make them with semi-modular, monophonic, analog synths, you should probably stop reading this and watch the video.

Seriously, you have no choice because this is the last sentence."