MATRIXSYNTH

x0xWASP 2 - Kompakt intro

YouTube via BIM0X. It pics up about a minute in.
"an intro made with the x0xWASP #2 :)
Bassdrum at the beginning is produced by the x0x
X0X+Korg EM1"

Gösta Berlings saga recording Mini Moog

YouTube via RothHandle
"For the first session of 2009 I was very lucky and happy to have swedish prog band Gösta Berlings saga come to the studio to do some overdubs for their second album which is due out in March. The band is a four piece.

During this first day of recording we did a lot of really fun classic prog stuff. Mellotron MK II Brass section, Male choirs and even a moog melody line for good measure. The Moog we used in this clip is the old Abba Mini Moog as used by Benny Andersson. That is why it is painted white. But we also recorded some pastoral Celeste stuff, pump organs as well electric guitar noise walls. Well if you are curious about this band please check out their myspace page. http://www.myspace.com/gostaberlingssaga They are a really solid good band and we had a lot of fun throughout the day.

These little snippets were recorded at the Roth Händle studios in Stockholm. This is where I spend my days recording and producing bands. The studio started 1998 in my apartment with a akai dps-12, an acoustic guitar, a Mellotron and some stomp boxes. Since then it has been steadily growing and the studio is now housing Orchestrons, Optigans, Pipe organs, modular synths, Stylophones et.c et.c The idea of sorts is to blend good songs with unusual sounds so both sound better. If you are curious about the studios or the recordings that are made there please stroll by www.roth-handle.nu or www.myspace.com/Molesome If you have any questions about the studio please dont hesitate to drop me a line.

Take care and have a wonderful 2009.

// Mattias"

Furmitt the Krog - Mister Right

YouTube via ionraygun

"Furmitt the Krog, a lovable green puppet made out of foam rubber and felt sings a song about all of the good girls and what they appear to be looking for in mister right... apparently it is not him.

Nice guys finish last.. but do Krogs even finish at all?

Shot on a Nikon D90 in my home studio with a backdrop of modular synthesizers and various toy keyboards and drum machines."

KORG DVP-1

via this auction

"This early-80's vocoder/harmonizer has a unique set of sounds and features. Most vocoders do only one thing, but the DVP works as a harmonizer, a pitch shifter, or a MIDI synth. The pitch shifter has a huge range and can be controlled by MIDI, so it works like an early pitch correcter. You can sequence the melody of your vocal tracks! The built-in programmable synth has a whole set of vocal and choral sounds that are useful for pads, leads, or weird bass lines with vocal qualities. The vocoder itself is unique because it is permanently chained to the internal synth, unlike other vocoders that allow a separate carrier input. This vocoder requires a MIDI signal to work. I used a keyboard MIDI controller, but the potential for controlling the vocoded signal with other MIDI devices is vast."

Some close-ups of the editable parameters:

KORG Radias

via this auction

Roland MKS-30 / PG-200 / M-64C

via this auction

"This is a link to the owners manual: http://www.synthdiy.com/files/2008/RolandMKS30-OwnersManual.pdf"

Korg M1

via this auction

"Apparently, the most popular synth ever (in terms of sales). Has been used on countless recordings, by basically anyone who played keyboards in the late 80's and early 90's. Essential in tejano, latin, and early house and techno music."

Anyone know if it was the most popular in terms or sales, or was it the Yamaha DX7, or other?

KORG VCF FK-1

via this auction

"Rare Filter from the 70's, Used in the MaxiKorg, MiniMorg 770 and the early MS Serie's. It has lowpass and highpass filtering and a footnctroller which works on some older Korg synthesizers to (PEDAL NOT INCLUDED)."

Casio CZ-101

via this auction

"They also had interchangeable cartridges which stored a variety of sounds, each of which could then be further modified and tweaked the the users liking. This auction includes one such cartridge. It is the "Mean Machine 2" cart and it has some pretty wicked sounds on it."

Note the connections are on the right side of the synth.