MATRIXSYNTH

Lorne at the PNW Synth Gathering 2010

YouTube via matrixsynth | July 28, 2010

"Lorne (http://www.youtube.com/kidtronic) goes over his various noisemakers including a modified Roland Compuphonic Jupiter-4 at the Pacific Northwest Synth Gathering.

via Lorne: "The Compuphonic Jupiter 4 is custom modified with four banks of eight user memories. On top are space rockets gristleisms, fm3s, original buddha boxes, a postcard weevil and the jackson pollock-ish item is a Dearraindrop videoscope [video below] by critter & guitari for audio to video synthesis."

Other noisemakers include the Shruti-1, Casper Electronics Drone Lab, Eric Archer, 4ms, and Where's the Party At 8-bit sampler. Click here for all PNW 2010 posts. Another MATRIXSYNTH T :) I added this and John's video to the MATRIXSYNTH Ts post.

The OLPC at the PNW Synth Gathering 2010

Jeff Sandys brought the OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) laptop this year. I recording his presentation but the audio did not come through. I recorded the presentation on my iPhone and I'm guessing I somehow covered the mike. :( Apologies to Jeff for this. You can see his presentation last year here. See the following link for more info on the OLPC. He did mention a link to where you can download the synth software on a USB. If anyone knows the link, let me know and I will update the post.

http://laptop.org/en/

Computer Controlled aka Acid Hazard at the PNW Synth Gathering 2010

YouTube via matrixsynth | July 28, 2010

http://www.reverbnation.com/computerc...
http://flightofharmony.com/

Computer Controlled goes over his eurorack modular and the Bitchin' Sync. Apologies for the shaky hand syndrome. Filmed this one with the iPhone 4 and didn't have anything to rest my arms on. Part 1 is an overview. Synth audio starts in Part 2. Don't miss Part 3 for the flight of harmony Sound of Shadows making some crazy cicada sounds.

James Husted of Synthwerks at the PNW Synth Gathering 2010

YouTube via matrixsynth | July 28, 2010

http://synthwerks.com/

James gives an overview of SYNTHWEKRS modules followed by the Yamaha Tenori-On in part two.

push.pull nestles in...

via www.coloringpad.blogspot.com
"on my website are some photos of my many attempts at constructing boxes to transport and configure my gear over the years. why show them? seems a bit, well... showy. a few reasons:

1. they make me laugh, they make me sigh, they make me cringe. they all had some fatal design flaw: too heavy. too big for the car. too many wires to hook up before a set. new gear doesn't fit. old gear doesn't work. ridiculous. insane.

2. they are my only document to the evolution of the process with these pieces of gear and how i configured them. also i can't describe them in words.

3. inventors have failures, and glimmers of success in many of those failures. they also just have failures. embarrassing, public failures.

4. building a new one, fueled by inspiration, frustration, and (usually) new musical discoveries, is one of my favorite things to do.

5. some of them were really outrageous. i mean, come on: plexiglass sun lit up with lights? the super three shelf monster? the modular sun that didn't fit in the car? dude.dude. no one does a da boxes lika i a do!

6. i am driven by the following criteria for making a new one:
a. weight when transporting ( just one gig up three flights has inspired a couple of these incarnations!)
b. time to set up for live gig/rehearsal (the dream? left, right, power, on, go!)
c. i draw schematics in my dreams
d. new sound combinations mean some gear has to be next to one another (like sl20 > [left out] > wmd geiger > devi ever mangler > ring thing > microsynth > mixer [right out] push.pull > mixer , then options to four effects routing paths, from my newest configuration) sound confusing? well, imagine having to hook all that up in fifteen minutes before you go on stage, and remember what goes into where for who and why and is this left the other left and don't forget the midi in the spaghetti and is their enough outlets?! simplify, you say? where's the fun in that? toys toys toys!
e. at last, that last box is dead. it was such a bad idea.this new box will be much better. it will solve all my problems. i will be happier. this new box is fantastic. absolutely perfect... well, except for... rinse, repeat.
f-z. i do not have a roadie.

and until i do have a roadie, a & b will always be a factor. not that i ever get both! usually b (wiring) over a (weight). a is my nemesis. curses, you foul heavy thing!

...but just you watch out! for if i ever get a roadie, the box i make then will be one for the electronic gods: nonesuch as ever beheld! lo! the box! it burns mine eyes with perfection!

by the way, just finished my new one.