MATRIXSYNTH

Picking up a Moog Voyager from the Factory with Bob Moog & Mike Adams

Published on Feb 23, 2014 Ken Soper·19 videos

"10/14/02 Road trip to Asheville, NC to pick up my Voyager Signature Model #131 right from the source. Mike Adams, president of Moog, stopped the assembly line to let the builders hear the instrument. Many of them had never heard it played. Bob Moog makes a cameo."

via Synthtopia

Hardcore Will Never Die

"All sounds made with the Roland JX3P analog synthesizer."

via Shawn Shirey on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Conundrum Patch, With Timelord

Published on Feb 28, 2014 jdanielcramer·9 videos

"Demonstration of a complex Eurorack modular synth patch in which the Dual Cyclotron uses the Plog to create musically shifting rhythmic patterns in a self generating patch."

Gotharman CS Filter Demo

Published on Feb 28, 2014 perfectcircuitaudio·55 videos

Roland RS505 Paraphonic String Synthesizer

Published on Feb 28, 2014 SynthDan1·14 videos

"A little improv on the 1978 Roland RS-505. It's a paraphonic string synthesizer, with a synth section (with resonant filter) and a bass section to boot. This video is a blend of the synth & strings, which creates a lush and almost haunting sound.

What's a paraphonic synthesizer? It's a keyboard that allows you to play many notes (because it's essentially a divide-down organ), but all the sounds run through a single filter and envelope. This is of course less powerful than a conventional polyphonic synthesizer, but they allowed for unlimited polyphony and some interesting sounds and effects. There were tons of string synthesizers made in the 1970s, all based on the paraphonic concept, and they were used in tons of famous songs (think of the beginning of "Dream Weaver" while listening to my demo).

P.S. Sorry about the weird audio glitch at the very first note, I guess my phone glitched."