MATRIXSYNTH

Tuesday, June 02, 2009

Dave Smith Instruments Prophet 08 Analog Synthesizer

via this auction

Akai APC40 - Opening the box

Akai APC40 - Opening the box from Tom Cosm on Vimeo.

"Thanks to Akai and StoreDJ, I've managed to get my grubby little hands on an APC40 before the official release date. I strolled down and collected it yesterday, and went straight home, set the camera rolling and filmed my first experience with the unit.

Watch the video as I plug it in and get straight into it!

I am spending lots of time with it over the next few days, and I will show it off at the official Ableton Live 8 launch in Melbourne on Thursday night ( cosm.co.nz/launch ) ... so if you are in VIC, head on down.

Visit TomCosm.com for many more videos, tutorials and free Ableton live packs."

Reactable live in Oslo

YouTube via marcosalonso
"Reactable performance by Carles López and Marcos Alonso at the Gulltaggen event.
Oslo, April 24, 2008.

http://www.reactable.com"

100% Korg Ds-10 - Parallax by ChrisLody

YouTube via ChrisLody
"This track was written entirely on Korg Ds-10 by using a few techniques I have found. It uses the 4 note chord trick from my first video, I knicked one of the drum tracks for the bass, plus I'm running the sequencer at half speed with double triggered drum sounds, which is something I plan to do a how-to on later.

My wife came up with the idea for the video which is a stretch of road between Boston and Wrangle in Lincolnshire which is famously very flat as you can see. It reminded me of many early nineties video games, so I finished off the track on my Ds-10 as they seem to go together nicely. The first attempt at the video was a bit shakey so the second time we duck taped a Fuji Z20fd to the inside of our car for a more steady shot. I think it worked well.

There is a special prize for anyone who can count all the crops in the fields!"

serge TKB modular acid

YouTube via b3nsf
"Just got my TKB yesterday and I'm completely loving it! here's some very simple modular acid style jamming... enjoy!!"

The Ray Wilson WSG with Voltage Control

YouTube via dolphinicus
"This is a test of adding Voltage Control to 1 of the 6 oscillators in Ray Wilson's Weird Sound Generator. An R-2R DAC in my Deathlehem Machine is controlling the pitch of 1 of the 6 oscillators in the WSG, whilst the WSG plays an alternating note sequence behind it."

Noto (Carsten Nicolai) Interview (from Salon Magazine)

YouTube via likeafatrat
"Noto (Carsten Nicolai)
play at his studio
place: berlin/Germany"

Sound Lab ULTIMATE

YouTube via theraywilsonshow
"This video describes the Sound Lab ULTIMATE. The latest project from Music From Outer Space. This is the largest most feature-rich single board analog synthesizer offered by MFOS. It is a challenging but very rewarding project. I offer an excellent quality PCB and professionally machined and silk-screened front and auxilliary panels for this project but as always you can make your own if you like. The synth's front panel is explored and several sample sounds are provided to show off some of the ULTIMATE's capabilities."

MFOS Voltage Quantizer Oscilloscope Demo

YouTube via theraywilsonshow
"The output of the Music From Outer Space voltage Quantizer is shown on an oscilloscope with some explanation of the various modes."

mini synth noise box

YouTube via noizetoyze
"mini modular using 4093 and 4077 chips...sorry about the volume drop out in the middle !!"

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More Bug Bass

YouTube via wonkythomas

"After another 10+hour day at work... This is the same basic patch as the previous vid. Except now the CMOS modules are being tormented by the Serge VCS!

Bit more light than usual as well...heh!"

Doepfer A-100 Experiments, Flame Clockwork

YouTube via READYdot
"Once again something really simple. The Clockwork triggers the ADs of the A-143-1 that trigger three VCAs. Sound's coming from A-118 through three seperate filters, hence different sounds. All that goes through the BBD A-188-1. All is synched by the EMX. Enjoy!"

Bob Moog Foundation on Twitter

http://twitter.com/MoogFoundation

Monday, June 01, 2009

ARP 2500 Modular Synthesizer

via this auction
"Matrix working and sliders are moving smooth, just like you would expect. All modules have their Matrix slidercaps, only the blank panels don't. This system requires 110V... This system has serial#75-023. So this one was built in the year 1972. The modules in this system are: Dual VCO 1023, Osc 1004-T, Dual Noise/Random Voltage Generator 1016, Dual Envelope 1033, Multimode Filter 1047, Dual Envelope 1033, FiltAmp1006,Dual Envelope 1003a, ModAmp 1005, Multimode Filter 1047, Power Control 1002."

Roland SH-101 Red

via this auction

Green M3X?

flickr by kidtesla

via the MATRIXSYNTH flickr pool

full size

Is it really green or just a trick of the light?

Waldorf Microwave XTK 30 Voice Wavetable Synth

via this auction

Note the newer Waldorf Q style knobs.

GetLoFi DingJo Demo with LoFi Amp and Pelzwik Contact Microphone

YouTube via circuitmaster
"Dingjo is a single string fretless guitar like instrument. Can be tuned to various open notes and played like a guitar.

The vibrations are picked up by a contact microphone attached to a magnet at the bottom of the Dingjo. Then the sounds are amplified and distorted via the LoFi Amp Kit.

More info at GetLoFi.com/Dingjo"

Dual TZFM VCO - 4U banana

flickr by parasitk

"With 10 turn counting dials, fancy pants Davies knobs, etc."

185 MKII Roland 100m analogue sequencer test 2

YouTube via carbontony. follow-up to these posts
"Testing three M185 MKII analogue sequencers by RYK
http://www.flickr.com/photo...
Synced to a Boss Dr 110."

Drone Commander

YouTube via EA78751
"Enjoying a chance to play four identical synths side-by-side!

Drone Commander...
two manual oscs (tri / sqr) with x-fade mixer
two LFOs: variable shape / phase locked loop
self-oscillating bridged-T filter w/ CV input
clock out
patching via six push-pull switching potentiometers
9V batt / global AC adapter
housed in a steel ammo can w/ removable lid
not certified by the FDA for the treatment of cancer, AIDS, or liver parasites.

For boys and girls ages 10+
Available thru ericarcher.net"

Demo Resonant LoPass Gate

YouTube via attorks
"This is a short demo of the Resonant LoPass Gate which is a clone of the famous Buchla 292c LoPass Gate. Thomas White is the one who made this possible by producing the schematics and the PCB. The PCB with components already on it I got 2nd hand from someone in Belgium. The two Vactrols on it are VTL5C6, which are the fast type. I added the components for the mixer section and got the panel, pots and knobs from The BrideChamber.
In this demo the patching is as follows:
On the LPG audio input 1 is a DotCom VCO with a triangle wave.
On the LPG audio input 2 is another DotCom VCO with a triangle wave.
On the LPG Control input is the Gate of the Doepfer MAQ16/3 sequencer. You can see me adjusting the length of the gate with the knobs on the MAQ16/3. The CV of the MAQ16/3 is going to the VCO's.
On the LPG CV 1 input is the output of a DotCom Envelope Generator (settings A-0, D-4.5, S-0, R-2). So when turning the CV 1 knob up, the output of the EG is mixed with the Gate signal. Initially the CV 1 knob is down.
The LPG's output goes to the AKAI Head Rush E2 which is switched on after a while during the music bit.
I couldn't help to put a little music in the middle of this video, hope you don't mind.
The resonance in the Frequency mode is quiet strong but I wanted to show the full turn; perhaps you will hear some clipping."

Teisco 60F Vintage early 80s Analogue Synth

via this auction

You can find some videos of the Teisco 60F here.

Listening to Electric Fish

"At your local tropical fish store, you can find a particularly wonderful creature called an Elephant Nose fish, or more properly, Gnathonemus petersii, a member of the Mormyrid family.

Besides the obvious visual interest of the animal, there is another fascinating aspect to it -- it emits pulses of electricity into the water, with which it locates food, other fish, and potential mates.

It is easy to listen in on these electrical signals with simple inexpensive equipment, such as a piezoelectric earphone, or a small amplifier." You can find more info and samples at scitoys.com

Deopfer Ribbon Controller Work Around

see the update to this post.

Rheem Kee Bass Electronic Synthesizer Keyboard Devo

via this auction

Moog Taurus 1 + Roland VP-330 + TR-808

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

deep bass: Moog Taurus 1 bass pedal
analog strings and human voice sounds: Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus Mk1
drums: Roland TR-808
effects: a little bit reverb"

Random Chimes of the Continent

YouTube via JeffreyPlaide
"This musical composition uses arpeggiated sequences from the Korg R3 synthesizer combined to produce a rhythmic, yet ambient experimentation. Arpeggiated sequences were cascaded with surreal synthesizer analogue pads creating sonic textures that form a tonal backdrop to carry away the listener to another time and space. High resonating filter frequencies combine with the bass tones for a very full stereo effect richly endowed with reverb. The visuals for the music are pure video synthesis, using electronically-generated shapes and modulations built up layer upon layer forming modulating optical rhythms. It is the closest one can come to analogue video synthesis using the resources of vision mixing and linear modulation techniques. The work exists as an audiovisual experience, with the music and images forming a pulsating, unifying composite. Both hypnotic and meditative, several aural and visual combinations are used to bring about an interesting immersive experience."

Poly-Moog (not really...)

YouTube via BernadetteBruch
"a little demonstration of the little phattys external-in. i took a raw squarewave of the roland jx8p.
the chords are triggered by single keys played on the masterkeyboard using the chord and scale midi-effects from ableton live.
some reverb added."

Yamaha SK-20 Is The Poly-Synth Of Choice For The Poly-Instrumentalist Willis P. Jenkins

YouTube via gearwire

"Pulling another vintage trick out of his spacious trick-bag, one-man band Willis P. Jenkins walks us through the Yamaha SK-20 Poly-Synth. Now it's a bass! Now it's an organ! Now it's something for Jenkins to do with his left hand so he doesn't get bored! Remember, you saw it here first!"

OXYGENE 4 (EXTENDED VERSION) cover played on vintage synthesizers (new mix)

YouTube via AnalogAudio1

"I recorded this cover of OXYGENE IV - music by Jean-Michel Jarre.

NO SAMPLES were used - just the real thing (vintage electronic instruments). Every sound was played by hand and recorded onto multitrack without MIDI - like Jarre did in 1976. It was hard work - it required good timing - but I enjoyed the recording process very much! At the first picture in the video you can see a part of my studio. I used only the following vintage analog synthesizers / instruments:

EMINENT 310 U (for the strings and pads with Small Stone)
KORG MINIPOPS 7 DRUMBOX
ARP ODYSSEY (brass-like lead sound)
KORG MS-20 (bass)
MOOG MICROMOOG for the sequencer sound, white noise FX and the lead sound with ELECTRIC MISTRESS flanger.

I uploaded this cover track already two months ago on YouTube, but I was not 100% satisfied, so I remixed it again - this version sounds far better and it's also longer.

It took three days to record and mix this track. Recording and mixing was doing digitally with LOGIC - I also used the reverb and delay plugins - as well as some equalizer plugs.

Sure, JMJ used not exactly the same instruments - (I don't have a RMI or an ARP 2600). However, the ARP Odyssey that I used is the small brother of the 2600 and its basic sound is similar). For the RMI sounds I used the Micromoog, which has very fast envelopes.

Music reproduced by kind permission of Jean Michel Jarre, see

http://www.youtube.com/watch?gl=PL&am... - thank you Jean-Michel!

As a big JMJ fan I always wanted to make a very good OXYGENE 4 cover - as a maxi-single version, that never existed. For all JMJ fans (including me), here it is...

There are many Oxygene 4 covers on YouTube... but to come as close to the original as this, you need analog equipment - you will not get such a sound from digital stuff, vst plugins...

It is recorded in stereo, enjoy it... "

Aegis Sonix: An Early Software Synth With Patrick McCarthy Roth Mobot

YouTube via gearwire
"Aegis Sonix was cutting edge back in 1984, and it's even kind of neat now. But does it have Reversi?"

Dave Smith Instruments Mopho Sound Editor LE: Editing Patches Over MIDI

YouTube via gearwire
"Normal-named dudes Dave and Bill combine forces to make abnormal-sounding synth madness in this video on the Dave Smith Mopho and its included MIDI patch editor."

Happy Knobbing 2009 by nanotone

flickr set by nanotone
(click for more)

tabuleiro musical

YouTube via etonepan

BeatMachine - Amateur - Bottle Cap Sequencer

YouTube via marcinwalesa
"Więcej informacji:
http://mw.boo.pl/beatmachine/

Made by
Marcin Wałęsa and Krzysztof Wojtas

Filmed by
Jan Mazurczak

High Quality (112.3 MB, AVI)
http://www.sendspace.pl/file/HOtI525U/

Inspired by
Bubblegum Sequencer"

from arduino import keyboard

flickr by Neil

full size

"Python Cookbook modded to contain synthesizer. At (where else) Maker Faire."

Roland SH-101

via this auction

"SH 101 Specs: 32 Key monophonic analog synthesizer. Built-in sequencer (100 steps), arpeggiator with auto function, 1 oscillator with two waveforms, an 'octave-divided' sub-oscillator, and a low-pass filter/VCF capable of self oscillation... Input/output jacks for CV/Gate and external clock input."