John Mayer uses his MPC to block the paparazzi

YouTube via AkaiProVideo — April 26, 2010 — "We've seen all kinds of uses for the MPC from people like DiViNCi playing three at a time, and Lady Gaga triggering samples in epic fashion on her MPC1000 to Busta Rhymes on the cover of Remix magazine. Here's a new one: John Mayer shields himself from the cameras with his MPC.

http://www.akaipro.com/mpc5000"

Admin: New Exclusives Section

Under the MORE STUFF section on the right you will see a new section titled EXCLUSIVES. It will contain the five most recent exclusives here on MATRIXSYNTH. Trevor Pinch's DIY Modular post is the first to receive the label. Note, Ichabod is there as well as I decided to move it into this section. I opted to go with the Ichabod label as the link rather than this first post, so you don't miss anything. Finally, don't forget the Featured label in the header above. You should check that at least once a day to make sure you don't miss a thing.

TOM-1501 RARE SOVIET USSR VINTAGE ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

via this auction
"Tom-1501- 61-note (F-F) string / brass / piano multi-keyboard. This one reminds Crumar multi-keyboards. Nearly all controls on sliders on sloping back panel. Splittable. Vibrato depth, speed. Brass filter AR, resonance and cutoff. Preset sounds, mixable, include piano, clavinet, orchestra (violin, alto, contrabass), brass. Chorus. Piano has separate out. Made at the Tula factory. Size: 920 x 360 x 195 mm. Weight: 13 kg

PANEL PARAMETERS:

- VOLUME: phones level, 5-din out
- VIBRATO (LFO): depth, rate, tuning
- VOLUME GLOBAL: strings, bass (+on/off), piano
- BRASS-FILTER: attack, decay, resonance, cutoff
- LEFT MANUAL: piano, clavichord, alto, viola, brass (+on/off)
- STRING ENSEMBLE: timbre level, orchestra (chorus) on/off
- RIGHT MANUAL: piano, clavichord, alto, viola, brass (+on/off)
- SUSTAIN: level ; POWER on/off
- CONNECTIONS (5-din): pedal in, mono out, stereo out (brass left, pno-strings right), piano out; 220V power socket, fuse, ground.

Tom-1501 provides very impressive analog sound, it is convenient for modeling of really fat strings and warm pads, classic brasses and horns, old space leads, vintage piano sounds, layered combinations etc..

Some examples of how it really sounds:
http://ruskeys.net/eng/base/1501tom.php#sn"

video below







YouTube via XElectric — November 02, 2007 — "Short audio demo...

1) harpsichord
2) harpsichord + piano
3) harpsichord + piano + bass...

String instruments section:

4) alto + bass
5) alto + bass + violin
6) alto + bass + violin + chorus unit"

patch exploring

YouTube via DrOctave1 — April 26, 2010 — "a patch i was involved with that was complex and evolves with minor help. getting to know this oberkorn sequencer i recently got"
Tags: bubblesound make noise doepfer plan b

5 years genoQs Machines - Octopus DIVA

via genoQs

"It has been five short years since the launch of the magnificent Octopus and the start of genoQs Machines. What a story - and what better time to set another mark in the ground with an extraordinary machine: Octopus "Diva" -> PB_Octopus_Diva.pdf [mirror]

Limited to only five machines to be built, Diva features a massive slate frame, gold plated button groups,
and a brushed aluminum front panel. Diva represents a true monument of hardware sequencing and is probably the only electronic instrument built with stone and gold!

Furthermore, in celebration of our story of the five past years, and for a very limited period of time, we will grant a discount of 500EUR on orders of Nemo or Octopus (not applicable to Diva) received on 5.05.2010 and for the five weeks to follow.

Happy sequencing!"

AHNE 2010: Analog Heaven Northeast - event room flyby!

YouTube via hamsterdunce — April 26, 2010 — "More music on umop.com/parallax.htm. Here's the 2010 gathering of Northeastern synth nerds! Incredible modulars & vintage analog synthesizers of all shapes, sizes, and tones."

ANTI_BOTO

ANTI_BOTO from NOhista on Vimeo.

"Anti_boto is taken from the Anti DVD release by V-Atak

v-atak.com/shop/anti-dvd-v-atak04-15e-edvd-5e

all music and visuals made by my roboto
(an awesome Thingamagoop), ds glitch and my hands.

Its like robot-hiphop with a mechanical groove."

New Set.mov

YouTube via keithandjude — April 25, 2010 — "A wee noodle with 'The Beast' XOXBOX, Elektron machinedrum & monomachine"

The Beast xoxbox

"keithandjude — April 22, 2010 — New 'The Beast' XOXbox test with my Acidlab Bassline 2 & Elektron Machinedrum "

RJD2 Live At Moog

YouTube via MoogMusicInc — April 26, 2010 — "RJD2 brought his electrical connections to the Moog Sound Studio in Asheville, NC & blew up the analog circuitry with his live band and MPC. Check the entire live session of RJD2 playing cuts off his newest album "Colossus" exclusively at www.liveatmoog.com debuting April 28, 2010."

VERMONA DRM RARE VINTAGE ANALOG DDR DRUM MACHINE

via this auction

"Vintage Analog drum machine with TR style sequencer, made in Germany in 1987. There's not too much information available on the VERMONA DRM on the internet, so I will provide some of my own background knowledge. It was released in 1987 by a German synthesizer company named Vermona. These days they are best known for their
analog drum module the Vermona DRM-1 MK3.

It is the European answer to ROLAND's TR-X0X and CR-XXXX drum machines. Manual is here.

SEQUENCER:
First of all it offers a 32 step TR style sequencer. It is as simple to use as the roland machines.
It has 16 preset patterns and allows you to store 10 of your own. There is even support to chain patterns together, change pattern length, change time signature between 4/4 and 3/4. The unit is MIDI syncable, it will respond to midi clock, start and stop messages. It will also respond to MIDI note data allowing you to sequence the analog voices from any external piece of midi gear. It also transmits midi data as well allowing you to use it as your master clock source.

Alongside your preset and standard patterns you have fill mode, where the drum machine will play a drum fill. The ability to have just the bass drum playing. Flam is also available for the Toms. In addition to the analog voice control their is a separate sequence for a trigger out, and 2 bizarre time signature sequences which can also be used as trigger outs...

There are 11 completely analog voices on this machine. The timbre of each voice cannot be modified.

Bass Drum - Nothing like an 808 or 909. Very simple oscillator design with transient click. But great for electro/minimal pulsing bass drum.
Low Tom - The toms are all pitch varients of each other, with separate circuits. They sound nothing like real toms, something like a 606 tom.
Mid Tom - Great for melodic rhythmic patterns.
Claves - Sounds exactly like an 808 clave to me.
Cowbell - AWESOME sounding FM synthesis based cowbell. Uses 4 oscillators to create a very convincing tone.
Snare 1 - Filtered noise ciruit snare. Sounds great.
Snare 2 - Similar to snare 1 with less punch.
Clap - Incredibly modern sounding hand clap. Short, no reverb. Nothing like a TR clap.
Closed High Hat - The high hats sound very similar to the VERMONA DRM MK3 high hats. Probably based on the same noise circuit.
Open High Hat - Similar to a cr-8000 but very metallic sounding

MORE FEATURES:
There are 10 volume sliders to control each grouping of sounds. A master slider for volume. A slider of accent.

The back of the unit features LEFT and RIGHT audio outputs, whereby each instrument is panned by a preset amount. Also features a Headphone out. A dedicated Trigger out and 4 foot pedal inputs to control program change, start/stop, fill and bassdrum removal.

There is an odd european style input port on the back which gives you access to each AUDIO OUT of each instrument. Also each TRIGGER out of each instrument. A dedicated TRIGGER out. And 2 addition rhythm Triggers.

This machine has everything..."

You can find videos of the DRM in this post.

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