MMM Accomplished

George Mattson wrote in to let me know that today marks the day the Mattson Mini Modular "Phoenix Series" is complete. The final filter and updated noise source have been completed and installed on the first run of production units. They are currently running on a four day burn in where they will be left on and inspected prior to shipping. If you ordered one, the wait is over.

April 1, 2007 to December 9, 2008. A year and a half for a full system from concept to completion. Not bad for one dude on a tight budget. Note the first post went up on September 15 2007.

Creamware ASP Pro 12 with Keys

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more images and info on Pro 12

Moog Etherwave Pro

images at this auction

serial# 272.

World's 1st music video shot on an iPhone -- Newteknowledge by GOSHone

YouTube via goshone. via Scott and on the front page of Digg - Digg it!
If this indeed is the first video to go down in history made with the iPhone, it's cool to see the Moog Little Phatty and Akai MPC2000 in it.
"Shot entirely on a jailbroken iPhone 3G using Cycorder. Edited using After Effects, since Final Cut didn't like the resolution from Cycorder. This is a song off the debut album by GOSHone, "ctrl_alt_ego". Visit my site for more info.
goshone.com"

VICMOD Ensemble live @ Make it Up Club

VICMOD Ensemble live @ Make it Up Club from abre ojos on Vimeo.

"VICMOD is a Melbourne based group that meet up once a month to build and discuss modular synths and occasionally we jam. This is five of the members performing at Make It Up Club a live improv night at Bar Open in Melbourne Australia.

Shot with a HV20 on a stationary tripod. Sound recorded straight off the mixer by Stephen Richards via an Indigo card & Powerbook in Ableton Live."

via Ross:
"Via VICMOD BLOG

VICMOD LIVE ALL MODULAR NIGHT
Taken from the Modular Synth night, Make It Up Club 25 Nov 2008, Melbourne, Australia.

Here is the complete show all 29 mins in either Vimeo or mp3.
This time you will see the modular synths in action, not just a crowd shot POV.
You will see Buchla 200e, Euro Modular synths (ElbyDesign/Ken Stone, Livewire, The Harvestman, Doepfer,Plan B etc) Dot Com modulars, fx etc.
Most members are playing modules they built themselves!

access downloads via Abre Ojos VIMEO <http://www.vimeo.com/2470886>
Mp3 to follow
Many thanks to Scott for all the amazing work :-)"

The JH-5

http://www.jhaible.de/jh5/jh5.html

"MOTM-compatible, "Moog-Style" Modular Synthesizer

I never thought I would build another monophonic modular synthesizer after the JH-3. But then I started a panel of MOTM modules, mostly for post-processing the signals from other synthesizers, and of course I could never stop to experiment with electronic music circuits, both reverse-engineering the "classics" and trying ideas of my own. After a period of building "Moog Style" circuits (mainly VCAs and VCFs) and experiments with various VCO ideas, it was time to put all these veroboard circuits into some enclosure."

Buchla 292c Low Pass Gate clone

flickr by sduck409
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"This is my version of the Buchlas 292c Low Pass Gate clone, based on a pcb supplied by Thomas White and the Electro-music.com forums. The schematic is based on the design by Don Buchla, who gave his permission for this design."

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Waldorf RackAttack

just a nice shot of the Waldorf Rack Attack via bleepology who has it listed for sale.

More shots at this flickr set by bdu.

Native Instruments Spark plus Blackbox

Native Instruments Spark plus Blackbox from Create Digital Media on Vimeo.
"his is a mini screencast demonstrating the Native Instruments Spark synthesizer in Kore, with its parameters being modulated by the Blackbox recorder.

Downloadable ensemble, Kore performance and instructions are here: kore.noisepages.com/2008/12/09/blackbox-recorder-free-reaktor-tool-to-enhance-spark-and-kore/"

Monomachine FM Jam

YouTube via bigcitymusic
Here's a little ditty using the Elektron MonoMachine as a polyphonic MIDI module. We've made a basic patch with one of the FM machines and set the MonoMachine to poly mode. The Dave Smith MoPho is playing our bass line and the MachineDrum (also by Elektron) is providing the drum sounds. You can achieve interesting and bigger kick sounds (or any sound!) by layering.

Essentially you can program one pattern sequence, let's say kick 1, and have it trigger another, kick 2, at the same time. Maybe you like one kick drum sound for it's attack and another for it's low end. With this trigger function you can try out different combinations without having to reprogram the rhythm line over and over.

The MachineDrum is controlling the Mopho and the SFX-60 via MIDI."