MATRIXSYNTH

Acidlab Miami

via MaD

"picture of an Acidlab Miami mainboard, ready build up to test the sequencer software."

http://acidlab.de/

PNW Synth Meeting via Computer Controlled

flick set via Computer Controlled

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via the AudioCubes blog:
"We’re working on a software development kit to communicate with AudioCubes from within your own software, without necessarily using Max/MSP. The SDK will be available as a static library + header file, written in the C programming language, and would come with an example for the very nice JUCE audio application framework (written in C++) from Raw Material Software. If you’d like to be involved as a developer with testing the library/examples once it’s available, please send an email message to jobs (at) percussa (dot) com. If you’d like to post some ideas of how you think the library should work or if you have questions, join us in the forum at http://forum.percussa.com/"

Analogue Crazy's 'Compuphonic' workplace

via this VSE thread where you'll find more shots of work spaces including this one. You can thank Balastron for this one. As always, click the image for the full size shot.

Roland Jupiter-4

PCM Card Workshop for the KORG Wavestation and O1W

PCM Card Workshop for WAVESTATION SR and 01W Series

"PCM Card Workshop is a Windows program that allows the user to make their own PCM sound cards for synthesizers that are compatible with the Korg 01W PCM format. Since Korg has stopped making PCM cards for their older synthesizers, many people expressed a need for the ability to make their own. This program allows you to add aproximately 33 seconds of new sample data to your synth.

While making individual sounds to be played on a synthesizer is trivial, the ability to actually get them in a format that your synthesizer can understand is not. This program allows the user to create a file that can be put on a SRAM card so that new sounds can be used in the synth. The program must be used in combination with other products and is not a stand alone solution."

via adrien

Update via paul8181 in the comments: "For all that are interested, you can download PCM Card Workshop via the internet archive at: http://web.archive.org/web/20030501131910/members.aol.com/wrkshppcm/

Also, to program the card, you will need a laptop running Windows98 (preferably SE - 2nd edition). Instructions can be found here on how to get Win98 working with SRAM cards - see the section titled "PCMCIA SRAM PC Card with Windows 98": http://www.synchrotech.com/support/faq-sram-pcmcia-pc_cards.html

Finally, to write the raw binary data to the card, you can download a program that will allow you a 15-day free trial (after which you have to purchase the program for a fairly reasonable price): http://www.tssc.de/products/cardware

Happy PCM-ing!"

Update via Neil Hetrick in the comments:

See this post for additional information on using PCM Card Workshop and PCMCIA cards with the Korg Wavestation SR: https://www.matrixsynth.com/2024/01/priming-pcmcia-sram-cards-for-korg.html

From my experience, the PCM Card Workshop software runs just fine on Windows XP. It's a great resource, so belated thanks to Mike Werning for creating it!

Cheers,
-Neil Hetrick

Waldflöte MIDI-enabled pipe organ

YouTube via DorkbotAlba. Sent my way via David.
"The Waldflöte project is a MIDI retrofit to a 1890s Gray and Davison pipe organ located in the Forest Cafe in Edinburgh. It converts MIDI input into solenoid drive to directly press the keys on one of the manuals - there is no permanent modification to the organ.

Members of Dorkbot Edinburgh have spent the last 7 months or so working on this and we're pretty pleased with it. It was publicly announced at the Electron Club Open Day on 18th October 2008 in Glasgow.

Find out more at http://dorkbot.noodlefactory.co.uk/wi..."

Lonely Little Electron

YouTube via blackmuzzle
"Ever wonder what happens if you leave your synthesizers plugged in during the night? When nobody is looking, they are doing... this...

Music (c) myself, gear used is.. um.. kinda visible in the video, but just in case:
Access Virus TI
Elektron Monomachine
Elektron Machinedrum
Elektron TM-1 Turbo Midi
Korg KP3

Sequencer: Renoise Tracker(www.renoise.com)
Camera used: Canon HF100
More free synthesizer music is available at: http://www.playspoon.com"

modified MC-202

YouTube via lesingemonotone
"Showing off a new mod I installed today on a friends 202. The switches chooses which CV and Gate channels to use on the fly. The left one is for switching between CV channel 1 and CV channel 2. The right one is for switching between gate channel 1 and gate channel 2.
In addition to this mod, this unit also features direct CV/gate in and VCF CVin (look at my other video)."