MATRIXSYNTH

【DEMO】KORG OASYS #1

YouTube via musictrackjp.

[Note this not a NAMM post. I'm just keeping up so I'm not overwhelmed after NAMM. BTW, yesterday I think I broke a record for number of posts: 70. I actually did 7 after midnight, so I put up a total of 77 posts in one day. Remember you can click on any NAMM label or the NAMM link on top right for NAMM only posts. People ask me why I don't go to NAMM. I wouldn't be able to keep up if I did. :) One day I will go...]

【DEMO】KORG OASYS #2

【DEMO】TENORI-ON And VirusTI Snow

YouTube via musictrackjp

NAMM: virus ti os3 - distortion experiments1

YouTube via dvdlernkurs
"some experiments with the new distortion and ringmodulator fx of virus ti os 3.0."

NAMM: V-Synth GT Version 2.0 Quick preview

YouTube via RolandChannel
"http://www.V-Synth.com
Roland V-Synth GT, the world's most expressive synthesizer evolves with a Version 2.0 software update. Features include a recharged cutting-edge sound set, dozens of newly enhanced effects, an Import Files feature, an enhanced user interface, and more. These new features strongly support sound design and live performance."

NAMM: Akai Professional at WINTER NAMM 2009

YouTube via AkaiProVideo
"Winter NAMM 2009 is the place to be for the latest news and about what Akai Professional's development team has been cooking up. http://www.akaipro.com/contentmgr/sho..."

NAMM: Show Coverage on The audioMIDI.com Blog

http://www.audiomidiblog.com/

Pictured:
John Bowen Synth Design Solaris
"Here we have the John Bowen Synth Design Solaris. Lovely beast, isn’t it? Mr. Bowen is one of the original masterminds of the classic Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, amongst other things, and he’s been hard at work with this virtual analog monster for some time. Four oscillators, crazy modulation… trust me, this one SERIOUS polysynth. It’s almost ready to go too… John says it’ll ship in a couple months at around $4000."

NAMM: Korg at 2009 NAMM Show

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Yellow KORG M50

MOTU Volta Done with Max/MSP

via wetterberg on Muff's Modules and More (Muff Wiggler)

"Alright, so this has been the holy grail for me in terms of modular synth+computer integration, and I had all but given up:

my fa-101 has DC blocking capacitors (and I'm not overly keen on hacking it wink ) and my 828mk1 had been bricked by horrible drivers...

I had even started looking into weird OSC->CV solutions, and had cash in hand, ready to buy the Kenton Pro 2000, which is expensive, and still only runs at midi resolution.

Well, now things have changed! I magically got the 828mk1 to WORK and I speedily set up a test rig to see what I could get out of the unit.

IT WORKS! Oh my GAWD this is so cool! I have a 4-way step sequencer, a fully synced ADSR and an LFO modulating an LFO, coming out of 5 different outputs, and as far as I can tell the voltage is REALLY high - good enough to do proper pitch scaling and so on - this RULES! It also happily generates trigger outputs, although I am going to build a trigger interface instead.

So - what does it sound like?
http://wetterberg.dk/uploads/828_modulator.mp3
(sorry for the crummy recording, weird interference on my recorder... wasn't there when monitoring directly, grumble)

What's going on?
the patch is 110 VCO->116 waveform processor->106-1 Xtreme filter

Computer is step sequencing PWM, clipping and symmetry CV and filter cutoff. Not too fancy, just enough for me to play around. Manually adjusting resonance and levels. adsr is going to the filter (yes, that's right, I'm not using an adsr in my modular!) and the lfo-modulated-lfo is controlling the filter as well. both lfos are sinewaves, and going into audio range is so damned easy.

The sequencer patch was just thrown together quickly - every 8 bars all 4 8-step sequencers are randomly set. But the results are surprisingly funky, if you ask me. I'm looking forward to attempting something sequenced on my Lemur! eek!
What does it look like?"

Synton Syntovox 221

via this auction, via the comments of this post

"incredibly rare Dutch-made vocoder. One of only roughly 20 originally produced, this vocoder originally sold for the equivalent of 6000 Euros and is quite possibly the finest vocoder available to man. Aimed firmly at serious electronic musicians and studios, users include Wendy Carlos and Bruno Spoerri.

This unit was supplied to us without power supply. We had our engineer custom build a suitable unit for 240V operation. This is included in the auction and the vocoder is now up and running, fully working and ready to be put to use producing some amazing sounds.

This item is generally in good condition as the photos illustrate. Unfortunately some of the control knobs are missing their end caps, and there are minor marks and scratches on the unit. One of the pins on the matrix is broken but still usable (just shorter than the others) and the pot for the second filter band has a damaged stop meaning that it can be turned through 360 degrees. Despite these minor issues the unit is fully functional and sounds incredible.
More info on the unit is available at the following websites:

http://www.dutchsynth.nl/Syntovox221.html

http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/davies/vocbasy2.htm

http://www.manhattansoundlab.com/spacelab/vocoders/synton/221.spec.html"