MATRIXSYNTH

Scritti Politti (Moog Bass Along)

YouTube via Geeljasjes | February 15, 2011 |
See third paragraph below for other synths used.
"Finally I got myself to do a bass along video to the best Funk/Pop album from the 80's. I found it very difficult to do this one, as the arrangements and sounds are impossible to replicate. I also couldn't make up my mind which track to pick, so I did them all (well most of 'm)

If I were to be marooned on a deserted island and I was allowed to only bring one CD with me, Cupid & Psyche 85 would be the one. This album is unparalleled. The whole production is just incredible and every single track is brilliantly put together.
I don't know what these guys were thinking at the time, but I still have no clue how they got it to sound this tight, fat and dynamic. That combined with amazing songs and lyrics, this album will never bore.

I used Logic to construct the whole backing track, using vocal samples from re-mixes and Fairlight CMI samples from JJ Jeczalik's Art Of Sampling CD. Drums are Addictive Drums, both acoustic drums and Reel Machines. The Miles Davis trumpet comes from the Korg TR-Rack. Guitar sounds are all Logic. All the analog synth sounds are Prophet-5 and Jupiter-8.

Songs included in the Medley are:
The Word Girl
Small Talk
Absolute
Perfect Way
Wood Beez
Hypnotize
Perfect Way (reprise piano solo)
Love Of A Lifetime (Chakakhan)"

HDBuchlaADN

HDBuchlaADN from deb76 on Vimeo.

"Deux découvertes avec cette vidéo : l'utilisation nouvelle d'Adobe Première Elements et les outils proposés par la carte son Motu 828 mk3 pour visualiser les formes d'ondes (oscilloscope) d'une séquence réalisée avec le Buchla 200e avec le Frequency Shifter (285e), ses hauteurs affichée avec le tuner en notation américaine, leur ajustement en cents et leur affichage en hertz, ainsi que l'analyse du spectre.

Two discoveries with this video: Use new Adobe Premiere Elements and tools proposed by the sound card Motu 828 mk3 to view waveforms (oscilloscope) a sequence made with the 200th Buchla with Frequency Shifter (285), their heights displayed with the tuner in American notation, their adjustment in cents and displayed in hertz, and the analysis of the spectrum."

O-Generator App - Acoustic Songs

YouTube via ogenerator | February 02, 2011 |

"O-Generator Music Maker is an App that can be used as a musical sketchpad to compose, learn, create and develop ideas in different styles whatever your musical level.

O-Generator's simple interface achieves sophisticated results. You can create and combine chords, choose individual notes and develop unique rhythmic patterns for your music compositions using an array of real instruments from drumkits to guitars. The beauty about O-Generator is that YOU compose the music.

http://www.o-generator.com"

Tutorials: http://www.youtube.com/user/ogenerator

O-Generator Acoustic Music Maker - O-Music Ltd
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Buchla speaks

Buchla speaks from Giorgio Sancristoforo on Vimeo.

"A boring (short), but educative video about formant filtering with the 291e Buchla Triple Morphing Filter.

Thanks to the internal stage sequencer it is possible to program the 3 bandpass filter for simple vocal formants sequences.

oversimple work, just tweaked the freqs... I could do better with bandwidth and amplitude tweaks... but whatever... it sounds fun :)

these are correct in italian.. I suppose that vowels in english have different formants...

tenor "a"
freq (Hz)
650
1080
2650

tenor "e"
freq (Hz)
400
1700
2600

tenor "i"
freq (Hz)
290
1870
2800

tenor "o"
freq (Hz)
400
800
2600

tenor "u"
freq (Hz)
350
600
2700"

46 Quantizer Abuse

YouTube via 7thDanSound | February 15, 2011 |

"A quantizer has other uses than just locking voltages to note intervals. I thought I'd try how well the synthesizers.com Q172 does at some of these uses. Or abuses :) I do pulse bursts, arpeggios, bit crushing and octave doubling." Dual FSR & Elektron Machinedrum as well.

Cool T.

It was a bassline valentine. [Custom Keytar TB-303]

YouTube via MrAcidMachine | February 15, 2011 | via this auction
MrAcidMachine on eBay
"A new Roland TB-303 Bassline Clone in Keyboard form, complete with carry bag, guitar strap, and batteries. She was my acid techno love for Valentine's day, but now I must let her go. Fully analog ciruitry. Jacks for CV IN, GATE IN, SLIDE IN, ACCENT IN, AUDIO IN(TO THE FILTER) AND AUDIO OUT. Plus there is a built-in speaker."

Update:

acidkeyzpreview2

MrAcidMachine | February 15, 2011 |

"Keyboard version of a Roland TB-303 Bassline Analog Synth.
DIY Clone of analog circuitry, plus an LFO for modulating the filter and triggering the gate. Too much fun to play!"

accent and slide

MrAcidMachine | February 16, 2011 |

"Just testing various combinations of the accent and slide switches on the ACID BASSLINE KEYTAR!! ON EBAY NOW! WOW! HOW NOW BROWN COW!"

Update:
Details and pics:
"This is a one-of-a-kind custom analog synth. It is a clone of the Roland TB-303 Bassline sound generating circuits plus a keyboard for playing enjoyment and a "TEMPO" LFO for triggering the gate and modulating the filter. Buttons and switches for turning on/off the accent and slide. Switches for Gate-On, TEMPO to Gate, SPEAKER ON/OFF, POWER ON/OFF and WAVEFORM SAW/SQUARE. Knobs for TEMPO, TUNING, CUT OFF FREQ, RESONANCE, ENV MOD, DECAY, ACCENT, TEMPO MOD, and VOLUME. 1/4 inch jacks for AUDIO IN (to filter), CV IN, GATE IN, ACCENT IN, SLIDE IN, and AUDIO OUTPUT. It takes a 9V DC adapter or 6 AA batteries. It has a built-in speaker. Sounds great plugged into an amplifier! Excellent through distortion pedals too! Comes with handmade carry bag and a guitar strap. batteries included."

Update: some more info: "The case was a Casio SA-20 keyboard I found at Goodwill. I modified the headphone/speaker circuit board to be louder/better sounding. Then I hand-soldered prototype boards to create the audio generating circuits of the TB-303. I used some different parts than the original, increased the resonance so it can self-oscillate, added an LFO to trigger the Gate and modulate the filter, and added a circuit to make the keyboard work."

serge sequence switches.mov

YouTube via zackdagoba | February 15, 2011 |

"messing about on the serge modular. see http://myblogitsfullofstars.blogspot.... for more"

Sounds of the Quadra release V2

YouTube via SPFXsynthesisers | February 15, 2011 |

"Update to Sounds of the quadra,now with better interface,sequencer updates, resonance in poly synth now better and lots of other great features."

Update:

Quadra MULTI Demo

SPFXsynthesisers | February 15, 2011