MATRIXSYNTH

ARP ODYSSEY "Machine"

"(c) vintage synthesizer demo track by RetroSound
all sounds: ARP ODYSSEY Analog Synthesizer (1978)
drums: LinnDrum (1982)
recording: multi-track without MIDI
sequencing: Doepfer Dark Time"

Published on Nov 16, 2015 organfairy

"Some years ago I made this polyphonic one octave instrument. However, it annoyed me slightly that it was a sort of stand-alone unit instead of being a system.

But last summer I found some plastic cases the same size and design as the polyphonic instrument. So now I will make a system centered around the existing instrument.

First I will build a dedicated power supply and amplifier. I will also have to make a little change to the instrument itself in order to have it controlling the EG and VCF that I will build later - actually I have build it, I just need to put the video together.

The music is something I made on the Technics SX-C600 organ."

TOCABASSKARP

Published on Nov 16, 2015 Peter B

Audio starts on left channel only. Peter B is the man behind ciat-lonbarde. I created a new Tocante channel for these. Click through for previous posts.

"Demonstrating three new Tocante instruments: Bass Thyris, Bass Bistab, and Karper, which is parallel microchips doing string synthesis in the Tocante scale."

Some additional info via Tocante:

"Zenert is a simple name, deriving from the source of its noise, a zener diode, and the spectral flavoring applied by a simple resonant circuit, the twin-t. Its operation diverges from the previous Tocante pieces, where finger-touch simply connected oscillator outputs to an amplifier. In Zenert, finger-touch injects the zener noise into the inputs of the flavoring circuits. So instead of a number of discrete symbols at its rim, Zenert has a band of copper tracing, scripted to mimic the waveform of noise. The inner nodes, for circuit bending on Thyris, Bistab and Phashi, are now the injection points for each resonance. The resonators on Zenert share the same tuning-by-capacitor scheme, establishing continuity with the previous ones. Thus Tocante shares a two-faced nature with its nemesis, Ieaskul F. Mobenthey; looking backward to previous designs for the general framework and manifesto, but looking forward to new ways to break out of the mold.

The Tocante line of musical instruments is "about" and "touching" the materials of electronics. Each touchpad represents a pitch according to industry "preferred numbers," chosen by old wartime engineers for non-musical purposes. Here they form a unique and haunting musical scale, not unlike that of a gamelan or the neutral intervals of Persian music. Beyond these base pitches, three golden sandrodes flank each touchpad; touching these androgynous nodes yields intermodulation, pitch and timbral shifts, and emergent chaotic masses. The instruments come in three flavors: thyris the triangle, bistab the square, and phashi the circle. The oscillators sound like a bowed string, a most powerful clarinet, and a howling serene whistle, respectively. Each responds to touch differently. Solar panels charge the onboard batteries, that power the oscillators and a speaker. They are the perfect self-contained instrument for nightly music at the campground."

Mutable Instruments Warps, cryptic unboxing, random demo & rabbit fun

Published on Nov 16, 2015 DavidH

Audio demo comes in at 1:51.

"Just a quick stupid demo to reveal the potential.
What a module ! The big knob just fades between various cross modes of two signals, this could be a game changer, just because of that !
Will probably make an experienced demo later :)
get the noise @ 01:50 thanks
Not sure if Rosie was not a little bit overloaded, sorry."

music easel - transformer - strymon

Published on Nov 16, 2015 peff .com

"just a test. planning to mod the easel case with an internal DI transformer."

Sputnik Modular Dual Oscillator Review

Published on Nov 16, 2015 sonicstate

"The Sputnik Dual Oscillator is their take on a classic complex oscillator design pioneered by Don Buchla. It is best to think of a dual oscillator as one part modulator and one part carrier."

Modular Synth - And Float Downstream...

Published on Nov 16, 2015 isvisible / isinvisible

"Working on a new track.
Just got myself an Akemie's Castle from ALM Busy Circuits, and after the customary throw everything at it and get mad noises from it phase, I thought I'd just try out a simple patch in Chord mode with no modulation whatsoever and feed two cv sources from the Turing Machine to the v/oct inputs.
The result... lovely textures and tones.

www.isvisible.co.uk - melodic
www.isinvisible.co.uk - less melodic"

#gearporn in studio ZWEI / @lsb_TV - liquid sky berlin w/ bastl instruments & error instruments

Published on Nov 16, 2015 lsb_TV

"just some gear from bastl instruments & error instruments & roland aira....
in studio ZWEI @ liquid sk berlin
music: dr walker"

See the bastl instruments & error instruments channels below for more.

Akai MPC 500, DSI Mopho keyboard, Moog Slim Phatty & Korg Electribe 2

Published on Nov 16, 2015 Marcus Padrini

"Using the MPC 500 as a MIDI sequencer for my synths. It works really nice!

Mopho Keyboard: lead (with Zoom MS70 CDR for delay, chorus and reverb)
Moog Slim Phatty: bass
Roland Gaia: synth pad
Korg Electribe 2: Drums

Usando o MPC 500 como sequenciador MIDI para os meus sintetizadores. Funciona muito bem!

Mopho Keyboard: lead (com o Zoom MS70 CDR para delay, chorus e reverb)
Moog Slim Phatty: baixo
Roland Gaia: synth pad
Korg Electribe 2: bateria"