MATRIXSYNTH

mini studio

flickr by tacoekkel

"iPad running TouchOSC and a Korg Microkontrol - pretty much everything I need, on a relatively tiny surface. Since TouchOSC on the iPad uses networked UDP that has a potential for lag, the OSC layout I've made focuses on non-microsecond controls (mostly mix and transport control). For recording drums and keys, the kontrol reigns supreme."

Red & Blue. & Heavy.

flickr by betteroffted
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Alesis Ion
Yamaha AN1x
Ensoniq Fizmo

Analog Drums - Dave Smith Evolver MEK and 309 Jam

YouTube via statikfire — May 02, 2010 — "Simple kick and hat from a 309, the rest is all Dave Smith Evolver MEK doing an analog drum sequence plus tweak. Recorded May 2010. You can't hear it too well here, but my speakers had a nice low freq thump, this was an absolute joy to record. MP3 avail upon request. Hell, I'll give you the Ableton file if you want. Hope you enjoy. Chicago Industrial. Oh, and the plane thing... yeah, I didn't sync the video and had to put something in there, so why not a night time landing sequence? Anaheim to Chicago in February. That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. What I though I would do is.... Nevermind."

Abnormal songery (Behringer BSY600 + 2 Doepfer Dark Energy + Audacity)

YouTube via GruithuisenCityMan — May 01, 2010 —

"Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie and this music. The music has been made with Plogue Bidule sequencing a Doepfer Dark Energy and Behringer Bass Synthesizer BSY600. Another Doepfer Dark Energy is played by hand. The sounds of these 2 Doepfer Dark Energy and Behringer Bass Synthesizer BSY600 has been reintroducted into Plogue Bidule in order to permit to a long delay to be added. The all thing has been made in one take and has been a bit edited with Audacity and a Behringer Multi-FX FX600 effect pedal (compression, short stereo delay and pitch downshifting added). Enjoy !"

ELEKTRON TM-1 TURBOMIDI USB

via this auction

"The TM-1 is the first MIDI interface making use of the new Elektron Turbocharged standard. Use it with compatible gear to make slow MIDI transfers a thing of the past.

The TM-1 is the first MIDI interface making use of the new Elektron Turbocharged standard. It is a 1 in/1 out USB MIDI interface capable of increasing the MIDI bandwidth up to 10 times. It is designed with the Machinedrum and the Monomachine in mind, but it will work perfectly with any MIDI equipped gear.

Operation is driverless. Just plug the TM-1 into any USB port of your Mac or PC computer and you're ready to go."

New version of EMXP with RS422 support

via Brandt:

"this is a pretty big deal for Emulator II/Emax/Emax II owners and might be of interest to your other readers. In short, you can now transfer samples to and from these old samplers using a modern PC, as opposed to a vintage Mac. The software, drivers, schematics, etc. are all free."

"From: "esynthesist"
Date: May 1, 2010 12:47:54 PM EDT
To: emulatorII-list yahoogroups.com
Subject: [emulatorII-list] New version of EMXP with RS422 support
Reply-To: emulatorII-list yahoogroups.com

The RS422 support has been released in the newest version of EMXP today.
You can download this version (for free of course) on http://www.emxp.net

As announced a while ago, this version allows serial communication between EMXP on Windows XP (or higher) and the Emax-I or Emulator II.
Sound banks can now be uploaded and downloaded without having to use a vintage Mac computer anymore...

...you will need a custom built USB-RS422 adapter though :)
Details how to build this adapter yourself can be found on http://www.emxp.net also. The thing is called EMUCOMBOX - OK, I admit this name is the result of a weak moment of low creativity.

Anyway, I'd like to give credits to and thank MrJulian (fellow member on the Yahoo Emax Group) a lot for making this possible by sending me a jumpstart prototype last year. A new world went open for Emu Emax/EII fans.

Note: in the future a smaller and easier-to-build version of the adapter may be released, based on another microprocessor board.
The current one is working fine, but be aware that some of the soldering will be quite tricky !

Have fun

///E-Synthesist"