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Monday, May 18, 2015

The Twilight Sad - I Could Give You All That You Don't Want


Published on Feb 12, 2015 thetwilightsadofficial

http://thetwilightsad.com

Quick disclaimer: I recently discovered this band and absolutely love them. That said, I didn't think I would be posting them here anytime soon as this site is strictly about specific synth demos and heavy synth spotting only, with few exceptions. Well... a funny thing happened. I finally got around to watching this video in full and I noticed something odd midway through that would definitely warrant a post here on MATRIXSYNTH. You will notice the only synth featured in the video is a Roland Juno-60, but that in and of itself really isn't enough to warrant a post. There has to be something more. So why the post? Watch the video and see if you can guess, then come back to this...  Done watching?  So what was the guitar playing vs. the Juno-60?  While watching the video I realized that what I thought I was hearing was the guitar towards the end, was likely the Juno-60. If you didn't catch it, watch the video again, listen, and try see what each instrument is playing. If I'm right, it's a fascinating transition and conceptual blend of the two instruments. The transition happens at 2:08 with the first reveal at 2:14 and 2:20 (guitar) followed by 2:34 and 3:08 (Juno-60).  I could be wrong, and it could be they chose to show the guitar playing rhythm vs lead at those points, but I do know the Roland Juno-60 and most synths in general are capable of making that sound. I thought this was a good example of how a synth can add substantially to a track without having to stand out specifically as a synth, and that gets the post.   To expand on this, what originally drew me into synths wasn't the "synthy" timbres we've come to traditionally associate with synths nor the attempt to mimic real world instruments, but rather the exploration of sound with instruments not possible before. With a synth you get to create your own instrument, and it doesn't have to sound like a synthesizer. One of my favorite synthesists is Richard Barbieri of the band Japan because he did things with the Prophet-5 that sounded more organic than synthetic. He used the Prophet-5 as an instrument rather than as a synth if that makes sense. Sometimes, like in this track, you don't even realize what you were hearing came from a synth and that is a good thing. The title of this track is somewhat fitting in that context as well. Sometimes a synth (and I'm guessing this site for that matter) will give you all that you don't want. There is so much more to synths. It's all good.

Video description:

"Directed By Nicola Collins

Taken from 'Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave', out now on FatCat Records

The Twilight Sad tour North America Feb/March 2015. Tickets at http://thetwilightsad.com/tourdates

Feb 23 Boston, MA - Great Scott+
Feb 24 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right+
Feb 25 Philadelphia, PA - The Boot & Saddle+
Feb 26 Washington, DC - Rock & Roll Hotel+
Feb 27 Pittsburgh, PA - Brillobox+
Feb 28 Chicago IL - Beat Kitchen+
Mar 02 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry+
Mar 03 Fargo, ND - The Aquarium (Upstairs) +
Mar 05 Missoula, MT - Stage 112+
Mar 06 Seattle, WA - Tractor Tavern+
Mar 07 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge+
Mar 08 Vancouver, BC - Biltmore Cabaret+
Mar 10 Sacramento, CA - Blue Lamp+
Mar 11 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill+
Mar 12 Costa Mesa, CA - The Wayfarer+
Mar 13 San Diego, CA - The Merrow+
Mar 14 Phoenix, AZ - VivaPHX
Mar 17 - Mar 20 Austin, TX - SXSW
+ - w/ Port St. Willow

Buy Amazon - http://smarturl.it/nobodywantstobehere
Buy iTunes - http://smarturl.it/nobodywantstobehere

http://www.thetwilightsad.com // http://twitter.com/thetwilightsad // https://www.facebook.com/thetwilightsad"

Seven Step


Published on May 18, 2015 MrSharps02

"short experiment while i wait for a midi hub to show up. odd time signature, odd timbres."

Phantom City : KORG DSN-12


Published on May 18, 2015 karenevil

"Experimental movie and soundtrack.
Video was edited with Kdenlive on Debian jessie GNU/Linux.
Soundtrack was programmed with KORG DSN-12 on Nintendo 3DSLL and recorded with ZOOM Q4."

Modular Wild presents Fonitronik MH11 ADC Pattern Sequencer-Basic Sequencing


Published on May 18, 2015 Modular Wild

"A short demonstration of some of the basic sequencing features of the Fonitronik MH11 ADC Pattern Sequencer. Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

All parts:

Minitaur Monotony (with a Minifooger delay and no reverb)


Published on May 18, 2015 DreamsOfWires

"Just messing about, but I wanted to sweep through some of the sounds I like best from the Minitaur, and see how well it pairs up with the Minifooger analog delay, without any reverb.

No additional effects were used, and it was recorded into an Olympus portable audio recorder. Genome (sequencer) on the iPad is supplying the pattern to the Minitaur."

"Brooklyn Hay Again" on the dsi TEMPEST


Published on May 18, 2015 Ritchie DeCarlo

"Exploring on my Tempest with some new sounds"

Waiting Room Toys


Published on May 18, 2015 Overlord

All Serge compositions.

Roland MKS-50 Analog Synthesizer SN 796886

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Roland alpha Juno in a 1U rack. This one has a new battery.

TTSH Two Thousand Six Hundred Mini Meanie Arp 2600 Clone

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Sequential SCI Pro One SN 1355

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"Sequential circuits
SCI Pro One 1 Analogue Synth

All working.
Recently serviced by James Walker.
Condition. Top is pretty good but check photos carefully.
Print is partially rubbed off the two silver placard."

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