MATRIXSYNTH

Synthetic Minister

flickr by ZigZagLand

2010

"The keyboard is loosely based on my Juno 106."

YouTube via TheSynthFreq — May 24, 2010 — "HI! :)
This is new composition that is a kind of "tribute" to 80s movies and their cheesy soundtracks that all of us 80s freaks enjoy. I wrote this song on the Motif 6 synthesizer and am playing the lead on the CZ-5000 and Alpha Juno-1. My D-50 has a synth string patch that is added here and there in the song. MsMotif6 is playing the string track.
Please enjoy the 80s corniness of this track. lol :)

:) TSF"

"New beginning" duet.

"TheSynthFreq — May 24, 2010 — Hi. This song was written by Crystal (MsMotif6) and I am playing harmony to the lead track that she wrote. This is a fun group song that is lighthearted and about new beginnings in life. Especially after unhappy times, it is time to start enjoying more and just be happy on this journey of life. :)
Please enjoy!
:) TSF & MsMotif6"

Electronic Didgeridoo + Video Transmission

YouTube via yakthekyle — May 24, 2010 — "Electronic Didgeridoo + Video Transmission http://yaktronix.com/"

Video Transmission Experiment + Didge Drone

'yakthekyle — May 24, 2010 — Video Transmission Experiment + Didge Drone http://yaktronix.com/"
"Tags: electronically modified didgeridoo video transmission max/msp television didge drone"

Yamaha TG300 quick & easy sound layering

YouTube via hornetlord — May 24, 2010 — "Playing TG300 programs via MIDI (multi mode) and using the UF5 as a mixer basically."

Sylvia's Super-Awesome Maker Show: Episode 01, Drawdio

YouTube via SuperAwesomeSylvia — May 21, 2010 — "Super Awesome Sylvia builds the Drawdio by Jay Silver from the kit by Adafruit! This doesn't include a complete tutorial on bulding the kit, as Ladyada has done such a good tutorial @ http://sn.im/drawdio_build"
via Pea Hicks

How To Destroy Angels on Wired

Studio shot via Wired who has an article on How To Destroy Angels' song construction.
"Reznor used his roomful of instruments—a vacuum-tube-powered drum machine [], a Casio SK-1 keyboard with a bent circuit board, and so on—to put together a library of analog and electronic beats... Building on top of this substructure, Reznor and Ross spent two days recording ancillary melodies on a Moog Minimoog Voyager [], an out-of-tune African marimba, a ukulele [], and other instruments." via Antony.

Update: I contacted Eric Barbour of Metasonix on tube based drum machine. I was curious if it was the D-1000 pictured, as I didn't see the signature yellow - it's marked in the image with the red dot. Turns out it's a prototype of the D-1000.

Syzygryd Kickstarter video - DIY Flame Vortex Instrument

YouTube via interpretivearson — May 07, 2010 — "Help us fund the fire for Syzygyrd! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/f...

Syzygryd is a soaring metal sculpture measuring 60 ft in diameter and 13 feet high, spiraling out to three touchscreen-operated controllers that anyone can use to dynamically compose music. The interface is intuitive and visual, allowing anyone from a 5 year old to a 105 year old to become a musician. The sculpture itself consists of three curving metal arms which spiral towards the center of the space into a tornado of increasingly larger and larger aluminum cubes. The cubes are lit from within by 1.5 kilowatts of LEDs, and the lights are sequenced to the music as it is created. The entire sculpture responds to how you play it!"

Nicole demos an early version of Syzygryd interface on touchscreen

Dance Dance Immolation - Burning Man 2007

FL Studio Guru - Sampling VST Plugins With DirectWave

YouTube via imageline — May 24, 2010 — "To download the sampled patch and project used in this video go to this thread in Looptalk - http://forum.image-line.com/viewtopic..."

Commodore 64 Mod Circuit Bent

YouTube via kenzie2029 — May 24, 2010 — "C64 mod that I've been working on for the last few months. Built this machine to run 8bit adventures MSSIAH. I installed a sid2sid board with 2 new old stock sid 6581 chips.

I repainted it black with the key bed white. I added the 4 pot mod as well as switches to deactivate them making ports 1 and 2 still usable for game pads. I also added indicator lights to the switches. Also did the feedback distortion loop mod with switches and indicator lights as well.
Added 1/4 inch outputs and inputs, both with volume control. Added custom 3.5 inch lcd screen with second input available via rca on the back.

Also added a dimmer switch to the leds.

painted, 4 pot mod, feedback loop distortion, sid2sid, and custom screen, running 8bit adventures mssiah."