MMTA SYNTH PETTING ZOO Coming to the Decibel Festival Seattle SaturdaySept 27!

This year's MMTA PNW SYNTHFEST will be a "Synth Petting Zoo" held on Saturday September 27 from 1PM - 5PM at the EMP's Level 3 as part of the Decibel Festival in Seattle, Washington. Note the dB Festival itself runs September 24 - 28.  Be sure to see their site for a full list of performances, presentations and workshops.  This year's conference will include Madrona Labs, Livid Instruments, Roland and Ableton amongst others.

The "Synth Petting Zoo" will be a synth meet and greet, open to the public, and open to all ages. You do not have to bring gear to attend, but if you'd like to bring your gear and share what you have with others, please sign up at the MMTA forum here.  If you have trouble signing up feel free to email me at matrixsynth@gmail.com and I will make sure you are covered.  If you do sign up be sure to bring everything you might need including power supplies, cables, and speakers. We expect some noise!!!

If you are in the area on Saturday the 27th, be sure to drop by.  These events are not only a great way to check out gear that you might not normally have access to, but also a great place to meet and hang out with like-minded individuals.   For pics and videos from previous events see the MMTA channel here (scroll down to get to older posts).

Some of what you can expect to see this year: SYNTHWERKS, George Mattson (Mattson Mini Modular & Division 6), Lorne Hammond aka sealion, Larry Klinke aka Computer Controlled, Vsyevolod with 8 panels of Serge, Keith McMillen Instruments, Malekko Heavy Industry, Madrona Labs, The Harvestman, Lunchbox Audio, effegee with a TTSH (2600 clone) and modded YOCTO (808 clone), Bryan O with an Akai Rhythm Wolf, John Bowen Synth Design with the Solaris, Jeff with an OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) with TamTam SynthLab, Roland's new AIRA gear & more.

Decibel Festival 2014 Site Walk Through

Decibel Festival 2014 Site Walk Through from Decibel Festival on Vimeo.

Some pics of the EMP's Level 3 where the MMTA SYNTH PETTING ZOO will be held.

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Modular Wild Presents SOUNDS-Malekko Heavy Industry Richter Oscillator II Phase Modulated Synced FM

Published on Sep 8, 2014 Modular Wild

"Outtake from my Malekko Heavy Industry Richter Oscillator II series. A short look at a patch using Phase Modulated Synced FM with the Malekko Heavy Industry Richter Oscillator II. Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

::vtol:: live @ ypsilon, moscow 06.09.14

::vtol:: live @ ypsilon, moscow 06.09.14 from ::vtol:: on Vimeo.

Song Creation with the DSI Mono Evolver Keyboard + Moog Sub 37 Synth + Korg Wavedrum

Song Creation with the DSI Mono Evolver Keyboard + Moog Sub 37 Synth + Korg Wavedrum from Craig Anthony Perkins on Vimeo.

"A little performance music video I did the other night to show my song creation process... this is still a rough work-in-progress that I'll probably never finish, but still worth hearing all the way through if you can. Featuring the Dave Smith Instruments Mono Evolver Keyboard, the Moog Sub 37 Tribute Edition synth, and the Korg Wavedrum Global Edition. Recorded into Ableton Live 9 Suite with additional Piano track played using the Ableton Push controller.

Video shot with the Fujifilm X-E1 camera. Edited in Final Cut Pro X. Atomic blast footage is from a public domain film found at the Prelinger Archive.

Audio only version of this song can be found at - https://soundcloud.com/genshi/untitled-08242014"

Vermona and Solina Synthesizers

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Published on Aug 5, 2014 Chris Montanaro

"Vermona synthesizer = AMAZING."

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"Everything works great! A previous owner converted the 5 pin din headphone jack to another high out which could be easily reversed but the conventional 1/4" jacks are still stock giving you both high and low outputs. The keys, push-buttons, knobs and wheels work flawlessly and probably will for a long time since this was built using high quality components throughout. The original wooden side pieces had some holes drilled in them over the years so new solid poplar wood ends were installed replacing the veneered press-board originals. I'll also include the original wood sides for the winner to save or possibly restore sometime. I'll pack it extremely well and ship it for free. This is auction is for USA only.

Here is a video of this exact synthesizer playing a solo accompanied by the Solina. It was recorded with my phone but still sounds good enough to demonstrate what this really sounds like."

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Moog Prodigy 336A SN 2682

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Roland AIRA TR-8 Rhythm Performer

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MFB Kraftzwerg 3 OSC Analog Desktop Synth with extra Eurorack Plate

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"Also included is the Eurorack mounting plate should you wish to rackmount this in your setup. I had this mounted but I had to use thinner screws than the standard since the screw holes could do with drilling out slightly. I screwed it into a tiptop rack which has cheap replaceable thread rails. The plate also restricts the movement of CV/KBD when on so there is another hole that would benefit from being drilled out. So while it's fine the plate wasn't created perfect. I'm throwing it in as a freebie rather than ebaying it separately."

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Memory Moog Plus - Retrolinear.com

Published on Apr 1, 2014 RetrolinearAudio

Audio demo comes in at 2:35.

"Demo of a recently completed Memory Moog plus restoration. The instrument was sent into the shop D.O.A and required an extensive amount of work to restore it to an operational state!
Tell us what you think!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Retrolinear is your one stop shop for Vintage synth , Hammond Organ, Wurlitzer & Rhodes electric piano restoration. Visit www.retrolinear.com for more information!

opening song credit: AIR - Kelly watch the stars covered by the moog cookbook ;)"

Moog Modular Analog Synthesizer Teaser! Retrolinear.com

Published on Sep 8, 2014 RetrolinearAudio

"We've recently completed this Moog Modular System 55 restoration for the Peabody School of music @ Johns Hopkins university- Here is a sample of the unit working, we have additional footage coming soon!! Stay tuned!

Thanks!
Retrolinear.com"