MATRIXSYNTH

"Carol Brown" (Choir of Ex Girlfriends) - Flight of the Conchords

YouTube Uploaded by McTezTube on Feb 15, 2009

According to the auction below: "If you listen carefully you'll hear that the song is played on an OMNICHORD OM-27 (Same model as the one you're bidding on)."

"#24 triple j Hottest 100 2009!
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From Episode 5, Season 2

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via this auction
Video at the auction and posted here.

"Stunning Electronic musical Instrument, beautifully Modified in all the right places by Dave Squidfanny.....

The OMNICHORD is a unique Analog (Analogue) Synthesizer originally built in 1981 by Suzuki. It's part Electronic Touch Harp, Part Chord Organ and Part Analog Drum Machine with Rhythms with Accompaniment and a built in speaker. It's been used by David Bowie, Jarvis Cocker (from Pulp) and Flight of the Conchords.

This is the original Gold & Brown Omnichord, looks very Classy.

There is nothing quite like a psychedelic Omnichord.

Needless to say, this very special machine has had some stunning modifications and is now capable of producing a whole range of other-worldly sounds previously un-imagined by the original engineers......

Each Section of this Omnichord synthesizer has been modified in the form of Upgrades, Expanded Features, New Sounds, Additional Modulation and Expressive Control.

This includes Metal Touch points, New Knobs, New Switches (including Rotary Knobs) & Beautiful Flashing LED lights......

LED Lights are moused in Chrome Bezels and modern LED's are used in Warm White, Yellow, Amber & Red, to suite the Brown and Gold case of the Omnichord.
The LED brighness has been set to comfortable levels.

The Various new modifications and features are breifly described below
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METAL TOUCH POINTS -
An array of Shiny Metal touch points allow a whole new way of playing the Omnichord.
Use fingers to connect the points on the Right of the machine with any of the points on the left of the machine for bleepy Squarewave tones, Bass tones and Chord Tones.

The top Row of 12 Points will change according to which Chord is being played, and will always stay in tune with the chord, in a similar way to the harp. The Bottom Row of 4 Metal Points are Bass tones, and will modulate when using the Omnichord in Accompaniment mode.

7 Points on the right will connect the tones through various parts of the Omnichord's analog circuitry, and produce different effects, ranging from straight amplification, crunchy Distortion and Ring Modulated & Filtered synth tones.

3 x Touch Points on the right of the the machine can be used to trigger the Omnichord's analog drums with fingers, and also make screechy analog oscillation noise from the 'Hats' circuitry.

To the right of the Harp plate are an additional pair of Touch points which can be used to modulate the Omnichord's pitch. These provide really expressive control and can be used for similar results to a whammy bar on a guitar and will produce Hendrix-esque mind-bending.....

Metal Touch Points are firmly Bolted to the case & Securely Glued with no chance of them ever coming loose.

ANALOG DRUMS -
The Omnichord has a built in Analog Drum machine, and provides warm punchy Rhythms with Chord / Bass Accompaniment. There are 6 preset patterns (Rock, Latin, Swing, Etc.). These patterns cannot be edited, however I have installed 6 x Metal Switches above the rhythm buttons which allow these preset patterns to be combined & Locked with each other. This allows a whole range of unique & complex Rhythmical Structures to be created......
4 New Soft-Touch Knobs Allow the Analog Drum sounds to be tweeked. Controls affect Decay and Resonance for the Bass, Snare, Claves and Hats.
A cool feature with this Omnichord is that the Analog Drums can also be played with your fingers by using the Metal touch points on the right of the machine (see start of video).

An additional Switch has been added to this machine, just above the Chord Volume Knob, which will mute / Un-Mute the bass line.

LFO Modulator -
Additional LFO circuit has been installed in this machine to allow very impressive modulation capabilities..... The Large Knob is used to alter the LFO RATE, the signal can then be used to drive the Omnichord's Pitch, which will affect the Chord, Bass, Harp and Touch Points. It will not affect the tempo or the rhythms, which makes it a very useful feature for performance. A custom Gold Knob Changes the LFO Rate & Black & Grey soft-touch knob controls the LFO Pitch depth. When turned fully anti-clockwise the LFO Effect will be turned completely Off.

The LFO also has a small flashing bi-colour Green & Red LED Light which indicates the Rate.

SONIC GLITCH -
This is a very special feature for this Omnichord, which produces a psychedelic array of unique techo-esque sounds from the Omnichord's preset Harp / Chord & Bass.
Sounds range from Bubbly Echos, Sweet Arpeggios & Syncopated Modulation to De-tuned Notes, Dark Ring Mods & Watery Dis-chord.
Many of the Glitches create subtle effects and cross-modulation, some create dramatic wierdness and analog effects.

Use the pair of Silver Rotary Knobs on the right of the machine to select the required 'Glitch', and the metal toggle Switch to active the effect. Each Rotary knob can be used individually or both Knobs can be used at once for increasingly dramatic results....
Once the required effect is selected, the switches can be used as part of a live performance.
There are a total of 20 Sonic Glitches which are spread over both Rotary Switches.
A bi-colour LED will light up Green / Red to indicate that the glitches are active."

via this auction

via the listing: "The Moog vocoder is based on the Bode 16 channel vocoder design. Some say the Moog sounds better, some say the Bode sounds better. I have used both and they both sound awesome with the right analog synthesizer carrier. Process analog synths through it, or drums, voices, guitars, anything with a line level. Endless applications especially with the patch bay. The characteristic sound of the Moog vocoder is one of the most impressive among all vocoders. With a Oberheim 2 voice as a carrier, it can produce one of the most harmonically rich, high voltage sounds with an electric punch that other vocoders just don't have. Also not many of these were made and even fewer in this condition."