MATRIXSYNTH

BT's Custom Kiwi 106 & Kiwi-3P

BT's Kiwi 106: Completed!

Published on Jan 19, 2016 Syntegrator

"The long awaited completion of the BT's Juno-106 Saga. She's finally ready to go home with her new little sister, the Titanium class Kiwi-3P."

BT's Kiwi-3P: Completed!

Published on Jan 19, 2016

"Shortly after BT sent me his prized Juno-106 for rebuilding and Kiwi upgrading, he sent me a fairly beat up JX-3P that he'd bought online from a seller in Japan. "Can you do something with this, man?" was the question... Now witness the results, after many months of bespoke engineering... ;-)"

Both absolutely gorgeous!

If: music for piano, cello and a Moog

Published on Jan 17, 2016 Miguel d'Oliveira

"New track for a project made with: a piano, a cello, noises (for percussion) and a Moog.
Reverb from a Strymon Blue Sky
recorded and produced in Ableton Live

videos filmed with a iphone on the Docklands Light Railway"

UVI PX Apollo - New Soft Synth Based on the Prototype Polymoog

Published on Jan 19, 2016 UVI

"PX Apollo is based on a rare synthesizer prototype from the early ‘70s of which only 2 are known to exist. [you'll find one here, here, and video here] Part of a larger project that was eventually abandoned, this instrument was the precursor to one of the world’s first and most prolific polyphonic analog synthesizers. With a sound that can be described as rich, warm and surreal, this instrument was extraordinarily playable for the time, sporting velocity sensitivity and a performance interface, while its polyphonic 71-voice architecture signaled the coming paradigm shift in synthesizer design that would soar during the following decade.

The PX Apollo project represents an enormous effort and commitment to quality on many levels. Due to the components available at the time of their design, early polyphonic synthesizers were and remain particularly susceptible to failure and require continued maintenance. The unit used for PX Apollo was no exception, initially inoperable it required a tremendous restoration effort and no expense was spared to ensure complete authenticity and original functionality.

With the restoration complete we set about to document this historic instrument as accurately as possible. We created a huge master sample catalogue with the best hardware available. Each key was sampled in a multitude of configurations and for each 4 round-robins were created per note. The resulting PX Apollo sound bank consists of over 4,000 samples. From this library over 150 patches were made by our sound design team, delivering a fantastic collection of ready-to-play patches.

The UI for PX Apollo was inspired by the aesthetics of the original hardware, while the layout and control schema were designed to provide intuitive and efficient use while maximizing flexibility, allowing for both quick edits to preset sounds and deep customization by way of a full compliment of synthesis tools and effects including 3 oscillators, envelope generators, high-quality filters, pitch and stereo controls and per-oscillator modulation and arpeggiation.

PX Apollo provides a glimpse into a key moment of synthesizer history at one of the industries most important turning points, delivering a rich and detailed sound with a warm and pronounced character."

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AKAI AX60 - Beautiful Ambient Space Music 【SYNTH DEMO】

Published on Jan 19, 2016 synth4ever

"AKAI AX60 analog synth demo. Playing relaxing ambient space music on AKAI AX60 analog synthesizer. Reverb effects from Strymon Big Sky, delay effects from Eventide Timefactor pedals."

Cool New York School of Synthesis T-Shirt!