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This is just a reminder to use both Search boxes on the site, the top left and Google search box on the right. Here's an example of the discrepancy between the two:

http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/search?q=Folktek
Now search for Folktek using the right.

For some reason searching on Folktek on the top left currently only brings up two results (three with this post). It seems hit and miss depending on the search term though.

SCI Prophet VS + Roland Juno-60 + TR-808

YouTube via retrosound72 — June 09, 2010 — "vintage synth demo by RetroSound

"'Sweeps'
(two of my absolute favorite synths together)

digital pads and analog string sounds: SCI Prophet VS Hybrid Synthesizer
sweep sounds: Roland Juno-60 Analog Synthesizer
drums: Roland TR-808
fx: a little bit delay (Lexicon MPX)"

Bass Station Overview

YouTube via vinyljunkie07 — June 09, 2010 — "Can you believe youtube cut the video short! What retards!"

Free Cwejman S1-MK2 Samples from Richard Devine and Josh Kay

via DEVSND | DEVINESOUND

"Two different sample packs made almost exclusively with the mighty Cwejman S1 synthesizer Kit one by Richard Devine, kit two by Josh Kay."

"A strange collection of percussion one-shots, hits, pulses, and other unclassifiable noises. Feed your drum machine weird things! Each sample pack contains 128 .WAV files and a Battery 3 kit (256 samples - 38 MB)."

DOWNLOAD HERE

Richard "Jeff Beck" Lainhart

YouTube via JCRUDESS — May 23, 2010 — "Richard plays a nice melody on Continuum over sone JR chords!"
You should recognize Richard Lainhart from the numerous posts here.

For those in Western Europe, Richard will be performing at the Avantgarde Festival running July 2-4:
".. not just music... our aim is to create a place… and an atmosphere where…like musicians who meet on stage to jam... well , other artists like… painters, poets, shortfilm-makers… visuals... find a space to "jam", to collaborate... on a screen , on a canvass…

… a retreat ... "chill area"... is very important ... intensive listening and viewing can be very exhausting....

…oh yes… last year we came across the element "Fire"… in a performance by Spanish and French artists ... this year we want to develop this idea a bit more… we have invited a french lady welder artist… "jam" with local craftsmen ? … "fireworks" ? not quite ... rather "works with fire " ...
and …well, the spoken word - the often forgotten spoken word ... a poet from Pakistan will be our guest this year and we hope that there will be an encounter of word artists... a sort of catalysation might happen ... or rather multiplication... yes, indeed… multiplication ..."

MorphWiz - Jordan Plays Somewhere Over the Rainbow

YouTube via JCRUDESS — June 08, 2010 — "Jordan plays 'Over The Rainbow' with MorphWiz, his soon-to-be-released iPad music app. This arrangement was inspired by the great Jeff Back and his version on his latest album 'Emotion and Commotion.' This app is the creation of Jordan Rudess and Kevin Chartier."

Jordan and Richards Rainbow ala MorphWiz


MorphWiz JR preview

"JCRUDESS — May 13, 2010 — An informal preview of MorphWiz. This original app is being created by the team of Jordan Rudess and Kevin Chartier. We are still intensely working away, but getting very close to being able to submit it to the Apple store."

Moog Takes Over the Mac Store

via @moogmusic

Moog Little Phatty and TouhOSC on iPad

demoin' out the new beast lynne - word up

YouTube via horchacha — June 08, 2010 — "lynne - named after darth vader's daughter

VCO
VCF
VCA
DECAY GENERATOR
WEIRD SOUND GENERATOR AS AN LFO
1WATT AMP
8 STEP SEQUENCER
TEMPO CLOCK
12V Power Supply
other things

can take external clock
or take the l out of clock and hit it

takes awhile to warm up
excess pilot lamps for benefit of BP

dave wright
www.notbreathing.com"

Noise Makers on addicted to noise

via addicted to noise, a new site on various noise makers (more below).

Pictured:
"Left-to-right, top-to-bottom:
Jomox M-Resonator, Electro-Harmonix Holy Grail, DOD FX32 Meat Box, Bleep Labs Nebulophone
Behringer Xenyx 802, 4MS Autonomous Bassline Generator, Ciat-Lonbarde Tetrazzi Organus

The signal path is:
Tetrazzi Organ (stereo) > M-Resonator (stereo) > channel on mixer
ABG / Nebulophone > channel on mixer
FX send on mixer: Holy Grail > Meat Box > channel on mixer
mixer > amplification+sound!"

via Josh of addicted to noise:
"I've started up a site that's dedicated to doing reviews, samples, holding discussions and soon to feature video reviews of music hardware for experimental artists. Will be covering a lot of different devices very soon--for now the only review I have finished is for the DOD FX32 Meat Box, but I have plans to cover some of the Andromeda Space Rockers kits, the Ciat-Lonbarde Tetrazzi Organus, Jomox M-Resonator, etc, all in a fashion that will favor people of an experimental nature. I feel like this is a presence that is lacking amongst all the guitar effects demos on YouTube and on other sites; not enough thinking that strays from the path."

Multivox MX-2000 Duo Vintage Synthesizer

via this auction

"The MX-2000 is a rare 2 oscillator synth with some very meaty, very analog sounding instrument patches. Perfect for making screaming DnB style bass lines.It would take an extremely talented effort with such as absynth to even come close to the actual analog sound of this synth. Arguably the best find of my life. A true analog enthusiasts dream. Made in Japan in the late 70's. Monophonic 3 octave Keyboard. The Keyboard has a small chip out of the low A key and over the years a silver toggle that controls solo or unison has broken off."