MATRIXSYNTH

Audio Damage Ricochet Update

"I have to say, on a personal note, this plug has taken a bit (okay, a lot) longer to make than most of our other offerings, but it is well worth it. While it seems rather simple on the face of things (and wasn't that the point?) there is a lot going on under the hood of this one. Unlike the everything-and-the-sink approach of something like Delay Designer or PSP 608, we narrowed the focus down to the most usable feature set. As such, I'll be the first to admit that Ricochet has a definite sound to it, unlike those two effects, which only have "vibe" if you program it in to them. This is the result of not having controls for every possible parameter, but rather making conscious design decisions, and only baring the controls that you literally can't live without." Click here for more. I actually got an early copy and it is definitely going to be a fun one.

"This is a synthesis based live improvisation I've done at home. This 16+ minute set features the Doepfer A100 Modular System; Sherman Filterbank 2; and MOOG Little Phatty. All synthesis were created and done on the spot except for the LP which I've just used a preset to start with and did modulations and filtering along the way. Recorded on the KORG MR1000 and delay was applied post. It's a noise and synthesis based improvisation so it's not the usual music you'll hear on my myspace. Session was recorded with KORG MR1000."
You can find the mp3 here.

Prophet-600 Tracks by Sorcerio

mp3s here

via Sorcerio (UBF on MySpace)

The Threeler and Filter Foundry

via Scott Stites:
"Here's something that doesn't come along every day. A few years back, I built a dual version of PCB pattern for René Schmitz's "late" MS20 VCF, which René had designed using CA3080s and green LED's for the resonance limiter. This particular rendition of the circuit has the marvelous capacity of creating strong harmonics above and below the fundamental while feeding it a sawtooth into it while in HP mode, which creates a sound not unlike two or more oscillators operating simultaneousy (the effect is not the same a simple sub-oscillator). I'd posted some samples that happened to include the filter, and the sound of the thing caught Ian Fritz's ear. The chaotic non-linearity of the the filter, and the resulting timbres interested him. To make a long story short, he came up with a filter based on the concept that does some amazing things, which he calls the "Threeler". It actually contains three six dB blocks in cascade, each of which can be configured either in HP or LP mode. He includes a version of the resonance limiter, which helps to impart the nonlinear response, to which the timbre of the the output owes much.

There's a thread at electro-music about it here.

The threeler operates in four modes. Here the links to a couple of samples:

Mode 1

Mode 2 (I especially like this one!)

If anyone is unfamiliar with Ian Fritz and his work, he's a well-seasoned author in the Electronotes series, and has a site here.

Cheerio,
Scott"