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THOR!!! & BONSAI BEAT!!

Published on Jul 16, 2015 SugoiGaijin

iTunes: Thor Polysonic Synthesizer - Propellerhead Software AB

www.juanortizmusic.com

via discchord

BONSAI BEAT!!

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Side note, not to detract from the videos: THOR!!! reminded me of how much I'm hoping Apple comes out with a larger iPad Pro this year. I have an original iPad that I use mainly with to edit some of my hardware synths that lack a decent interface, and for light sequencing. I have a Mini Retina for email when away from the laptop and for synths apps. It's nice and gets the job done, but I find I'm missing the larger interface when it comes to editing. I considered an iPad Air, but decided to hold off to see if I prefer the rumored larger "Pro" model.

Roland JD-XA hands-on

Published on Jul 1, 2015 MusicRadar

"Hands-on: Roland JD-XA hybrid synthesizer. Our first impressions of Roland’s new flagship analogue/digital crossover machine"

MusicRadar Exclusive hands-on: Roland System-1m Plug-Out Synthesizer

Published on Jul 16, 2015 MusicRadar

Korg Electribe Sampler hands-on

Published on Jul 9, 2015 MusicRadar

Kilpatrick Audio PHENOL-Glassy.

Published on Jul 16, 2015 opsysbug

"New PHENOL Synthesizer. A glassy sound"

Sugar Bytes Cyclop: Synthesis and Effects Madness meets Multitouch

Published on Jul 16, 2015 Synth Anatomy

"This is quick sound overview of Sugar Bytes Cyclop synthesizer for iPad. The Synthesizer comes with 6 different synthesis engines: Saw Regiment, Analog Sync, FM, Transformer, Spectromat and Phase Stressor. The Synthesizer comes with 10 different Filter types plus vowel mode.

Synth Anatomy's Impressions:
- Monstrous Synthesizer for iPad
- Open for all kind of crazy sounds
- No normal Synthesizer

Equipment used:
- Ipad Air 2
- CME Xkey 25 Keys"

Scarlet Architect Mini Euro Tour Indiegogo Campaign

Published on Jul 13, 2015 refuge6

You can find their Indiegogo campaign here. Synth spotting, and some specific gear talk from member Ron Ruthersford further below.

Video description: "2015 has been a year of miracles for Scarlet Architect. The long awaited release of their LP, Eternal Return, the bands first release in over 33 years, has been announced by Genetic Music: September 25th, 2015 is the big day!

Now the band has been invited by Zurich's BalconyTV to appear on the program as well as perform in another Zurich venue and several additional opportunities in a number of European cities have been made available to the band as well.

The band needs financial assistance to make the trip.Please help S.A. realize this career long dream by making a contribution to their Indiegogo Campaign."

The following is some additional info via Scarlet Architect's Ron Ruthersford, who has been known to visit MATRIXSYNTH. His Roland TR-808 was listed here. Some of you might remember Ron from previous PNW synth meets.

"In 1982, Scarlet Architect produced a 4-song EP and pressed 1000 copies of it. That EP garnered some recognition in synth pop circles, particularly in Europe, most notably for the songs 'Rose Grey' and 'Falls Away.' 'Rose Grey' was on the dance club charts in 1982 for ten consecutive weeks. For my fellow gearheads, my two bandmates and I recorded the entire EP in one session in a 24-track studio outside of Chicago using only my trusty TR-808, a Casio MT-30, a Casio VL-Tone (through an MXR flanger), and an SCI Pro-One (and of course our voices). It was great fun and a very fond memory.

We are re-releasing the four songs from that EP and seven additional songs from that period that were also professionally recorded but were never before released. The re-release, called Eternal Return, is coming out in September via Genetic Music (www.geneticmusic.de) and will be available on vinyl and CD and as downloads. The vinyl edition will only contain nine songs, while the CD will contain all eleven songs. All songs will also be available from the usual download sources.

Additionally, we have been contacted to play on Balcony TV in Zurich, Switzerland, and have also now been contacted by a few other places/people in Europe to potentially play a few more gigs if we can make it over there. In an attempt to do this, my bandmate has put together an Indiegogo campaign to try to raise funds for our 'mini tour.' The Indiegogo campaign can be found here. A great deal more information can be obtained from the video on the Indiegogo site. If we can achieve our funding goal, we might also be doing gigs in Germany and the UK.

For additional info about the band, we can be found at www.scarletarchitect.net and on Facebook. There are also several songs available for perusal on YouTube."

A few are embedded below.

Scarlet Architect's "Falls Away" & "Rose Grey" followed by some vintage Moog & Yamaha CS synth spotting in 1983:

Scarlet Architect - Falls Away

Uploaded on Jan 18, 2012 empty

"Awesome Minimal Synth from the US ... can't believe no one posted it yet. The best track on this nice EP."

Scarlet Architect - Rose Grey

Uploaded on May 5, 2011 mistressnazgaroth

Scarlet Architect Live 7 11 1983

Published on Jul 6, 2015 refuge6

"An outtake/preview from a recently discovered VHS tape of Scarlet Architect live. Here is a portion of what was to be their second release, the single 'Say You're Not Pretending'.
Original tape compliments of Suzanne Shelton."

WMD/SSF Monolith Videos by kuxaan sum

Published on Jul 15, 2015 kuxaan sum

"WMD/SSF Monolith in a Big Sky"

Watch your volume levels on some of these, especially if you are on headphones.

Playlist:
Sinking Dreams
Lustmordical Memorandum
Piercing the reflective mirror
Mountain Pathway
Straightening of the dirty string
Uneasy Echoes

DPO 4 Pluto

Published on Jul 15, 2015 SunFallsMusic

"1st encounter & session with the MakeNoise DPO (dual prismatic oscillator) installed. Just went with what started happening. This is my favourite excerpt from todays session, after being away from the studio for a week. Enjoy the lil jam :)

Patch notes would be difficult. As i was just grabbing and patching away. the modulation is deep. But the basics:
DPO main voice, Benjolin background noise (both being pitch sequenced differently)
Asteroid BDv4 kick, Jupiter Storm snare.
All being subtley process by Clouds, Echophon, Erbe-Verb.
With Circadian Rhythm driving and being driven by PM Bender, and the Ultra Random Analog playing lots of roles."