MATRIXSYNTH

Retro Sampler SK-1

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"got my music gear today, Clavia Nord 2X, Streetbox Drum machine and this cute psychotic sounding Casio SK-1 :D"

Serge Patch for r2m playtime 2

Here's an image of the Serge patch used in this post.

via vgermuse

Yet Another Assy Modular Patch

YouTube via dkimcg
"One of the first "drones" I've patched together that I liked enough to record and use my camera phone for your viewing pleasure. The drone is heavily influenced by the M38 Wavesplicer, and ring modulation. Randomness is the M24 controlling triggering and the length of the M10 notes. Longer notes drone, shorter ones don't. I also got a Doepfer VCADSR in there helping out in the drone. BTW, the M10 is using the inverted output (-, not +), and is being used more for timing than with a VCA. Envelopes are the ADSR and the Triple timer going through the CV Processor and mixed with the M10's inverted (to be positive) envelope, and the ADSR, and a new Doepfer LFO. More modulation sources, yay. I have a Cyclotron, a Dalek Modulator, and another Wavesplicer on the way too."

Roland SH 201 - On the run "feedback"!

YouTube via semdedo
"Improvisation based on the Pink Floyd's bridge song 'On the run' Made on the Roland SH 201 Synthesizer with feedback delay effect, causing that LOOP felling. Sounds like a Pink Floyd / Emerson, Lake and Palmer reunion heheheh"

Y!2PC 28 SX-150　sound demo

YouTube via yumyumentertainment
"YUM!YUM!PLANETCHANNEL 28
gakken analog synthesizer SX-150
It's my first pure analog synth.
SX-150
1 VCO(saw only)
LFO(triangle or square)
pitch envelope
cutoff
resonance
attack & decay
external source & output jack
simple synth. This video used SX-150 sound. "

diamond skeleton fx sub-octave synthesizer demo

YouTube via diamondskeletonfx
"http://www.diamondskeleton.com/ psychedelic hand made effects
the first half is with the filter on and im just kind of going a bit crazy and making noise and twisting knobs on the guitar (sorry it went for so long. i like making noise) and the second half is with the filter switch off with 1 octave down. the cameras memory filled up before i got to show much with 2 octaves down. at 2:20 im playing 2 notes at once with plain octave down setting to get that wobbly tremolo sound."

Atmel Project AVR Full Color Game Console (Only two chips used!)

YouTube via uze6666. Click on the AvrX label below for more. via ladyada's ranting where you'll find a pic and some more info. ladyada is the woman behind the x0xb0x.
"The Uzebox is a home made game console based on an Atmel AVR microcontroller. The design goal was to be simple to assemble for any hobbyist and great sound and graphics with absolute minimum hardware: an AtMega644 microcontroller, an AD725 RGB-to-NTSC converter...and a bunch of resistors!

You get 256 simultaneous colors, 240x224 (40x28 tiles) graphics, a 4 channels sound engine with MIDI driver, NES joysticks ports and a MIDI IN input to compose your own songs straight on the console. The kernel is fully interrupt driven to generates video sync, mix music, read joypads, etc. so games can be written in plain C, no insane cycle counting required :D !

Considering this a 8-bit general purpose microcontroller with only 4K of RAM and 64k of ROM (and no external RAM or frame buffer), it was quite a challenge to cram all that stuff in there. The site will soon have the schematic. All code will be open source and the hardware well...open hardware!

For now, I've completed a Tetris DS clone for the console.

Enjoy!

http://belogic.com/uzebox"

Elijah B Torn New Album Preview

Elijah B Torn New Album Preview from Elijah B Torn on Vimeo.
"Elijah B Torn introduces and demonstrates some of the bizarre techniques used to create his new album 'You are Lucky I am not a Vigilante'"

iDrum - Make Beats on your iPhone or iPod Touch!

YouTube via izotopeinc
"iDrum(R) is the addictive app that lets you create your own beats, even if you have no musical experience! Start with iDrum's selection of amazing kits and patterns, then customize them to make them your own. Build beats layer by layer by tapping the touch screen or create music with simple shapes and color combinations that let you visualize the rhythm.

When you've got the beat just the way you want it, you can export to iTunes to sync with your phone and use the beat as a ringtone!

There are two editions of iDrum for the iPhone/iPod touch now available on the App Store: iDrum Hip-Hop Edition and iDrum Club Edition. This video shows content from both Editions. Each Edition contains 20 unique kits with dozens of original sounds and patterns that you can use to build or customize beats!

http://www.izotope.com/idrumiphone"

You can get iDrum Hip Hop Edition here:

You can get iDrum Club Edition here:

BtBx Jam

YouTube via rconlives
"Just doing a live jam on BtBx for the iPhone and iPod Touch. This really shows off the two synthesizers and how well you can control them in realtime."

BtBx Demo