MATRIXSYNTH

General purpose Midi controllers

sizone has an excellent thread on alternate scaling MIDI controllers on the forum. The thread lists out a few current controllers that can be used for this purpose including the Jazzmutant Lemur, H-Pi Tonal Plexus, Buchla, and DIY devices. The thread includes some pros and cons along with investment costs in both currency, materials and time. Well worth a read. sizone is also looking for alternatives. If you have any suggestions feel free to chime in either in the comments here or the thread there.

yr3wk35 roland juno 6

yr3wk35 roland juno 6 from longcat on Vimeo.
via the forum
"i'm borrowing this beautiful Juno 6 from a friend for a time and this is the 1st of the improvisations with it... only one camera but i'm pleased with how it came out x"

Tiptop Audio Z3000 HSM Test

Tiptop Audio Z3000 HSM Test from Isotope Of Me on Vimeo.
video description:
"I recently purchased the Z3000 Smart VC-Oscillator from Tiptop Audio and have been intrigued with the HSM input, so I ran it through an audio analyzer to see how the waveforms differ between regular sync and the HSM as I swept the oscillator through it's full range.

One of the big differences is that HSM isn't just for pulse/square waves, as I show by using the sine output of my A-111 VCO and monitor the sine output of the Z3000.

One also gets unique and interesting results using both the sync and HSM inputs with different sync sources as is also shown toward the end of the video.

Mind you, this is a bit of a noisy one, not very musical but hopefully clarifies what this unusual and neat function that Tiptop Audio have included on the Z3000 can do."

Sine is fine!

Sine is fine! from Isotope Of Me on Vimeo.
"Here's a nice mellow modular patch using the combined sine waves from the A-110 and A-111 VCOs for the initial portion of the sound. A heavily and quickly phased pulse wave is slowly mixed in as the note sustains longer. First I walk you through the patch as I randomly (and rather mindlessly pick at the keys, then at the end of the video you can hear the sound sequenced into a mix."

Pin Patch Matrix

via this auction
auction details:
"The possibilities are endless with these patch matrices. They are much smaller versions of those found on the VCS 3, Synthi, and Vostok synthesizers. I haven't been able to locate the manufacturer's name on theses guys.

They would be great for circuit bending the smaller synths and toys
or maybe you could mount all four in a square, cover that with a "master" face panel, and spread out the pin nputs to create a Synthi sized matrix and give yourself more finger room.

I have four of these in perfect shape.

Each matrix ships with 10 gold-plated pins."

Looks like a Ghielmetti patch matrix.

Alessandro Cortini - Lecture at Concordia University

"Audio recording of Alessandro Cortini's lecture and demonstration of his Buchla 200e modular synthesizer."

via Daphne and Richard Lainhart.

Serge sputnik buried in sand

Serge sputnik buried in sand by b3nsf

"A desperate message from an archaic device trapped below the desert surface.... All Serge Modular Creature Quad Slope, delay, reverb and panning added.."

Theremin Cello

YouTube via sidecars. via kingfm@yahoo.com who is selling a theremin cello for $5200.
"By request, here I am playing Theremin Cello. I am not a cellist... nor a theremin cellist! Very much still learning this instrument. Check my other videos for some of the rest of my instrument collection. I have another video that has me playing theremin cello shortly after I got it. To learn more about the theremin cello google these keywords 'theremin cello pringle'."

Theremin's cello meditation

"Engels Theremin Cello recreation set to an Indian drone. I didnt practice.... I Just improvised along to the drone. Really just something so you can see and hear something about this instrument."

Tenori-on Sampling Experiment one

YouTube via sidecars
"My first experiment with sampling of vocoded sounds from Vsynth XT.

The Tenori-on can do more than dance or club music. Here why blood bleeds friends wound oh no stop."

via kingfm@yahoo.com who is selling the Tenori-On for $850 including shipping.