MATRIXSYNTH

42 Dual MiniMoogs or The Meaning of Life

YouTube via 7thDanSound | January 27, 2011 |

"I just had to find out what dual stacked MiniMoogs sound like now that I happen to own two at the same time. Well now I know and so can you by watching this video! Let me just say it's close to obese. Forget computer and laptop speakers, put this on you real stereo system and play it loud!"

Gestures Gear VBlog: Introducing the Yamaha WX7...

YouTube via AccumulatedGestures | January 26, 2011 |

"... to Accumulated Gestures' saxophonist Sean Patrick Little, here playing the instrument for the very first time.

The WX7 is a vintage wind controller made by Yamaha in the late 1980s that is long since out of production. Not having its own built in sound module, the WX7 is here setup to control a Dave Smith Instruments Desktop Evolver via MIDI.

About us:
The Accumulated Gestures are an 8-piece neo-soul/funk band from Perth, Western Australia. With lead vocalist/producer Donovan de Souza being an avid collector of synthesizers and vintage keyboards as well as a current move towards incorporating more synthesizers in our band sound, our Gear VBlog aims to show the strengths and limitations of synth interfaces, synthesizers and other musical gear. The kind of videos Donovan would have liked to see when he was buying electronic gear in the first place.

Find us at: http://www.myspace.com/accumulatedges... or add us on our more frequently updated page on Facebook."

via Obscotch-
Note the Miles Davis poster in the background.

The Synthesizers(dot)Com Oscillator (high quality)

YouTube via AutomaticGainsay | January 27, 2011 |

"Here is a higher-quality version of the Synthesizers(dot)com oscillator module video."

eChucK Standards Document - New Format Hardware Synths

"There’s a new type of music synthesizer on the horizon. It’s simple, elegant, inexpensive, and can take many physical forms. Born out of a desire to make electronic models of software music programs, the e in eChucK is for electronic. The ChucK part refers to my particular favorite music programming language, but that is not important here. What is important is the standard, linked below... [here]

OK, OK, what IS it then? Well, imagine a modular synthesizer with the case and front panels removed. You’ve got a bunch of circuit boards with wires hanging off of them scattered about on a desktop. Now make each board small and simple by reducing it’s design to minimal form. Now the circuit boards are really small and the wires just changed into 22 ga. solid hookup wire. You rearrange the boards onto a panel or in free space, supporting their light weight with the stiff wire, and make your own free-form synth sculpture. Rewire to your heart’s content to make the music that you want. That’s the idea behind eChucK.

To summarize, eChucK is a standard of tiny simplified synth boards wired freely with various miniaturization tricks like thumbwheel pots and micro switches, mini screw terminals for pcb i/o, and plain old wire for hookup."

Full details here: https://reinventor.wordpress.com/2011/01/28/echuck-standards-document/

via Les aka Inventor

See the EChuck label below for some previous posts.

Original EMS AKS SYNTHI for Auction

via this auction
"100% operational EMS Synthi AKS synthesizer, a true vintage original from the early 1970s. It was bought about 5 years ago from a couple who had stored it in a closet for around 30 years. Literally like finding a low-mileage T-Bird in a little old lady from Pasadena's garage! Everything works: no scratchy pots (except for a slightly scratchy reverb level knob) and no iffy sequencer problems. Just plug it in, make a patch and you're ready to travel the spaceways. Comes with an instruction book, all the original patch pins, connector cable for the keyboard, and of course the power cord. This synthesizer has so much history, I almost feel foolish trying to explain it. Created in England by Peter Zinovieff, Tristram Cary and David Cockrell, this unit (of which only about 750 were ever made), or its counter top brother, the VCS3, has been featured on albums by Pink Floyd, Hawkwind, Brian Eno, Alvin Curran, Thomas Lehn, White Noise, Tim Blake, King Crimson, and Jean Michel Jarre. The list goes on and on. This has been described by many as being LSD in a box. It's really all that and more. As mentioned, I have had zero issues with it in the entire time I've owned it, but because of its age I'm selling it as is. The photos don't do it justice, it's a beautiful machine that I think you'll be proud to own as I have for these past 5 years."

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Synthrotek.com 8 Step Analog Sequencer w/ 2 Atari Punk Consoles

YouTube via synthrotek | January 27, 2011 |

"Two Synthrotek.com APC's that allow CV input are connected to one 8 step sequencer (kits for both of these devices are available on our site) via a splitter cable out of the CV. Very cool sounds, can get some 5ths sounds etc if tuned right. Great combo"