MATRIXSYNTH

Modular Percussion on the Moog Voyager XL

YouTube Uploaded by MoogMusicInc on Mar 14, 2011

"Analog noise + Snappy analog envelopes = Tight percussive synthesis

To achieve this sound:
-Noise as sound source
-Filter resonance high
-Filter cut off low
-Modulate filter cut off with ribbon controller
-Volume envelope: -Attack short -Decay medium to short -Sustain = 0
-Filter envelope: -Attack short -Decay short -Sustain = 0
-Amt = ~2.5
-Trigger mode = multitrigger"

More Details on Why Apple Rejected SoundPrism with CoreMIDI Support

See the update in this post.

The Roland Rap from 1984

"With no mention of the performer the single only has the track’s title “The Roland Rap” with writer credits on it’s label and the texts “All instruments by Roland & Musiikki Fazer 1984'"

Be sure to listen through to the lyrics.

via Turku Synth Club (Finland) where you'll find additional details.

Roland Rap 256Kbps by Wolf-Rami

Marsynth e-newsletter 2011-03-13

"Greetings all, and welcome to another installment of the Marsynth e-newsletter. I have been keeping busy the past few weeks with several things, so I thought it was about time to provide a little update.

A majority of the things I will present here have already been posted on the website: www.marsynth.com so I will keep things short here, and leave you to check out the site for more info.

First and foremost, I've announced the newest Marsynth device, the Nomad (note there is a demo video on the site now for one of the beta units). This was designed with the guitarist in mind, and it can really take the guitar to new, unexplored territories. Lots of distortion, lots of self-oscillation, and lots of fun! As I mention on the site, beta units are testing now, and I plan on having production units ready in a few months. I will be providing updates on availability once I start getting close to having the first production batch done.

In other product development news, I updated the Candela design to accept external inputs (thanks to the suggestions from the local shop here!). I plan on having a demo video up soon so everyone can finally hear what the Candela is like; its quite a ride!

I've updated the format of the info sheets that I include with all units to a nicer looking and more descriptive layout. They are now available as downloadable pdf's on the individual product pages on the site.

Finally, I've created a Marsynth soundcloud page to start putting up audio demos of all current products: www.soundcloud.com/marsynth So far there are three tracks for the Heart Breaker, and one track I did with two Nomad prototypes chained together (really fun!).

Again, thanks for all the support, and stay tuned as there will be more updates to come soon!

Thanks,

Damon Mar
www.marsynth.com"

Vox Jennings Univox

via hispasonic, via elgauchoandres
Googlish description:
"Probably one of the first monophonic synth history.
Built by Jennings, who founded the company after Vox in England.
It's 1956!
As you can see is a box lined with leather Crocodile Tolex.
The keyboard is the preamp tubes and the box is the stage and an 8-inch speaker. Has an output of 6 watts.
Is connected to the amplifier box.
With the lever control the volume.
It works great unless the vibrato effect.

It has several switches for varied sounds super interesting.
Three octaves of Fa Fa, with small wooden keys.
The Univox became very popular in 1962 when Joe Meek used it for his hit Telstar Tornados.
A museum piece and playing in the p. mother!
Change it for some interesting instrument, or study material.
It also offers reasonable economic accepted."

Another recently came up for auction here.

DinSync.info OSC303 thru Q107 (w/ Acidlab Miami)

YouTube Uploaded by scienceclubmusic on Mar 14, 2011

"HYPER INTERLACED for her pleasure
Testing out the OSC303 from dinsync.info with the TipTop Audio Happy Ending kit. CV and Gate are coming from MC-202. Oscillator is going through the synthesizers.com Q107 filter, which is pretty good IMO. Using dotcom envelope and amp modules, and Ibanez TS-808 as well.
Miami is clean."

Synthesis Technology MOTM E340 Cloudgenerator

via this auction

"The Synthesis Technology E340 contains 8 oscillators with both Sine and Saw waveforms. A front panel switch selects 2, 4 or 8 oscillators active at once. There are 3 unique modulation controls/control voltage inputs:
SPREAD - the active VCOs move apart in frequency, some go lower and others go higher. One VCO stays 'on pitch'.
CHAOS - as this is increased, the individual VCOs receive band-pass filtered white noise components. This will cause each VCO to "wobble" in frequency. There are 8 independent filters, so each VCO will not match the others. When Chaos is at maximum, the VCO's output is nearly white noise.
CHAOS BW (Bandwidth) - this adjusts the 'Q' of the bandpass filters from narrow (minimum) to very wide (maximum). The wider the Chaos BW, the faster the individual frequency modulations of each VCO occur.

Technical details
The E340 also has traditional VCO controls:
COARSE/FINE: initial VCO pitch FM: exponential frequency modulation SYNC: hard synch for all 8 VCOs.
The tonal output of the E340 can vary over a wide range: from massive 8-oscillator bass lines to a "swarm of bees" effect.

Measures and weight
3U Eurorack module
module width 14HP
module depth ca. 4,5cm"

Sadness - Buchla Tribute to Japan

YouTube Uploaded by dkimcg on Mar 14, 2011

"The news from Japan is so sad these days. I wish everyone there the best."

SAM Synthesizer introduction to world.

YouTube Uploaded by neilatribe1 on Mar 13, 2011
via these auctions
"here is the launch of my new invention. I have made now a few of the synths and have been testing them out. so far so good. will be selling them from my site http://samsynth.tripod.com and will sell some via Ebay. hope you enjoy it and may the synth be with you.
joseph"

SAM Synthesizer demo

Uploaded by neilatribe1 on Dec 22, 2010

"New synthesizer that plays using your bodies reactance to create a pitched tune. and with a contact strip that depending on where you touch it it plays a note. adding vibrato is as easy as just wiggling your finger. A cross of a theremin and a pitch ribbon the SAM (Synthsised Analog Magnetictape) can be used to play any song with a little practice. I am making only a few and will be putting up a site to be able to order one. http://samsynth.tripod.com"