Patchin a Plumbutter groove

Published on Aug 25, 2013 kozepz·16 videos

"Patchin a groove from scratch and see what happens.
Starts with creating a bass drum, snare, hihat.

The antenna represent different parts in the video.
After the thick part in the antenna there are some nice grooves going on together with the deer horn."

Nils real time chopping filter

Published on Aug 25, 2013 humbletune·51 videos

"I have been really excited about this filter today. Playing with the algorithm and singing all day, so this test sample has some vocals on it. Oho. :) I know it is rare, I am a bit shy.

Anyway I am not sure what to call the filter. It is a tempo controlled non linear delay I guess, producing some, I think nice sounds.

Oh, and if you are wondering what the graphics are, it is a dimetrodon. I thought it was fitting, no not really but I really wanted to draw one.

Also, off coarse no effects are added afterwards, all in one take. Not that my poor skills should fool anyone but... I am not sure when I will submit. Need to digest this and find some more bugs probably."

New DIY Synthesizer Documentary in The Works

via Dmitri Sfc on The Muff Wigglers Facebook:

"Just got the OK from Ray Wilson for an interview as well., Traveling to Australia to interview Ken Stone !... Can't travel everywhere so this is a call to please send video of your self & your DIY rig. Send me a PM here on FB to start the convo. Film ETA is late 2014."

This was the first time I heard of the upcoming film so I followed up with Dmitri Sfc.  It turns out it will be a documentary focused on the makers of Synth DIY.  He is looking for video entries per above as he will likely not be able to travel everywhere.  If you have something to share, reach out to him on Facebook via the link above. Per Dmitri: "SDIYers are encouraged to send me video to be included in the film. the doc will go to Sundance , will be feature length, With a sound track release."

A little bit of trivia, Dmitri was in the 2000 documentary "Groove" (IMDB | Wikipedia) which focused on the San Francisco underground rave scene. That's him on the cover.  His music was also featured in BEND: A Circuit Bending Documentary.

And of course he knows Synth DIY. His work with COA-Modular and Serge designs have been featured here on MATRIXSYNTH numerous times.

COA Panel #2

Published on Aug 25, 2013 Dmitri SFC·102 videos

"Talking Panel patch for COA Panel #2, A.K.A. 'Mr. Back up singer'."

Sorrell Hays, Doris Hays & Delia Derbyshire

Update3 8/27/13: We have confirmation from Sorrell Hays herself.  It indeed was her that composed Doris Hays - Scared Trip [1971] in the video below and not Delia Derbyshire.  It was composed using the Buchla 101 keyboard pictured below. I'll see if I can get the WikiDelia article mentioning Delia updated. As a side note, for those on Facebook there's some conversation going on regarding this post here. Laurie Spiegel chimed in as well.

Start of original post before we had confirmation from Sorrell Hays:

This post can be a little confusing, so I thought I'd try and clear it up front.  I spotted this post on It's Full of Stars on Sorell Hays, an electronic artist that used a Buchla keyboard.  I clicked through the link in the post and found that the video directly below wasn't actually by Sorrell Hays, but by Delia Derbyshire.  Apparently Delia produced the tracks under the pseudonym Doris Hays.  The real Doris Hays went by Sorrell Hays and is pictured further below.  I have no idea if there was a connection between the two or if it was all just coincidence, but there you have it.

Update1 via eben in the comments: "hi Matrix thanks for reposting. it is quite a confusing situation! did you see the original post over on toys&techniques from a while back? it seems to suggest that the tracks on the Southern LP 'electronic music' might actually be sorrel and NOT delia - see also the comments to the post:

http://toysandtechniques.blogspot.co.uk/2010/06/sorrel-hays.html

to me it sounds more buchla than ems!

its all very intriguing..."

Doris Hays - Scared Trip [1971]

Uploaded on May 21, 2011 TheCoffeeShopShop·2,525 videos
Re-Published on Nov 21, 2014 Doris Hays - Topic

I'm guessing this is a mix of tape and EMS based on the year.  Click here for more posts featuring Delia and EMS at the time.

via WikiDelia: "It is claimed that in 1971 Delia produced 14 tracks of electronic music for the British record label Southern Library of Recorded Music, published as Electronic Music with catalogue number MQ/LP 38[1] under the pseudonym Doris Hays.[2] The other four track on the album are credited to John Matthews, claimed to be John Baker[1] and included on the album 'The John Baker Tapes'."

There is a real Doris Hays who is also a electronic and musique concrète composer, also active in 1971, born in Memphis, Tennessee in 1941.[3]"

Pictured here is Doris Hays [not Delia] who went by Sorrel Hays.  Via her last.fm site: "Sorrel Hays was born Doris Hays in Memphis, Tennessee, but being a “sound” person she decided that “Sorrel” sings (her maternal grandmother’s family name was Sorrels) so in 1985 she adopted the name Sorrel.

In 1971 Hays won first prize at the Gaudeamus Competition for Interpreters of New Music in Rotterdam, and began her international career as a performer of contemporary music. She performed concerts at broadcasting stations in Germany, Holland, Italy and Yugoslavia, appeared at the Como Festival and Pro Musica Nova Bremen, and was invited to celebrate John Cage’s 60th birthday by performing his Concerto for Prepared Piano and Orchestra with the Orchestra at the Hague. She gave the first performance in Europe of her own music at the Gaudeamus Composers Week in Holland in 1972, a composition called Hands and Lights for piano strings with photocell activated switches and flashlights beamed across the interior of a grand piano, a composition which she later performed for the Chattanooga Debutante Cotton Ball.

During 1989-1990 Sorrel Hays was a resident artist at the Yamaha Communications and Research Center in New York City, commissioned to create music for the Yamaha MIDI Grand Piano. These pieces, 90’s, A Calendar Bracelet , for MIDI Grand and tone generator, are recorded by Loretta Goldberg on the CD “Soundbridge” from Opus One."

Buchla at 1:13: Update2: the Buchla is the 200 101 keyboard as seen in this video.

Southern Voices: A Composer's Exploration - PREVIEW

Uploaded on Jun 4, 2009 docued·648 videos

"Purchase: http://www.der.org/films/southern-voi... and on Amazon.

This documentary traces the development and premiere performance of an avant-garde symphonic work by Southern composer Sorrel Doris Hays. Commissioned by the Chattanooga Symphony Orchestra, Hays' piece is based on the sounds and rhythms of Southern speech and musical traditions. It is a journey into childhood memories via the melodies and rhythms of Southern dialect. Stoney combines analysis of her work with interviews in which Hays discusses her struggle with racism and paternalism of Southern culture.

a film by George Stoney with Sorrel Doris Hays
distributed by Documentary Educational Resources"

I did a quick search on YouTube to see if I could find anything else and found the following:

Invasion of the Love Drones (1977)

Uploaded on Sep 19, 2009
Invasion of the Love Drones, 1977 sci-fi movie from Jerome Hamlin. Soundtrack by Sorrel Hays, Mike Michaels, Richard Lavsky's Music House and Barry Forgie (uncredited). Additional dialogue by Charles Flowers (uncredited).

Review & more information:
http://atagong.com/archives/2009/09/e..."

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TR-0815 TR-808 Clone - Making Of & Audio Demo Videos

Don't miss the new videos just added to this post.

Modded Roland TR-606 in TR-808 Disguise

via Savage Electronics on Facebook - "808 sticker test..."

Bottom also via Savage Electronics: "test of silver decal"

These in via Steven Stexi VdBrande on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

SSF Propagate Videos by VoltageCtrlR

SSF Propagate 1st Patch from VoltageCtrlR on Vimeo.

"This is the first patch I made while experimenting with the SSF Propagate, a quad gate/trigger delay with cascaded/normaled stages and summed output.

This is the results of my first 10 minutes with the module.
The patch is driven by the Random Looping Sequencer and Pulses expansion module.
Pulses out 3 is going into Propagate gate/trigger input. Propagate pulse output 1 and 2 are going to Maths trig In 1 and 4. Propagate pulse output 3 and 4 are going into the gate in of 2 Envelators.

Maths ch.1 out to Anti OSC's wave env, Maths ch.3 out to Anti OSC's exp in. Oscillator sine out to Anti OSC's lin in.
Anti OSC's tri out to Triple Wave Folder in, Triple Wave Folder out 1 to Moddemix (VCA) sig in, Moddemix sum out to main mixer output. Anti OSC square out to Modemix sig in bottom.
Envelator 1 out to PTG in a, Envelator 2 out to PTG in b, PTG a + out to Moddemix top cv in, PTG b+ out to Moddemix cv in bottom.

Triple Wave Folder 2 out to EMS Synthi Filter in PTG out b- to EMS Filter cv in 2. EMS Filter sig out to main mix."

via Shiro Fujioka on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Update: an image of the patch in via Shiro & second video below:

SSF Propagate 2 from VoltageCtrlR on Vimeo.

"This is the same patch from my first Steady State Fate Propagate video with the addition of some rhythmic noise from the SSF Quantum Rainbow and a *)* kick from the Tip Top Audio BD808 module."