MATRIXSYNTH

GLASYS - Falling (Live in Studio)

Published on Jan 28, 2016 GLASYS

"Here's a live in studio performance of a new song called 'Falling'. A fully produced version of the song will appear on my debut E.P which I plan on releasing later this year. Let me know what you think!

Gear used: Nord Stage 2 EX, Therevox ET-4, Boomstar 4075, Social Entropy Engine and Nord Drum 2. All sounds played in realtime except for drums which are triggered from the Engine sequencer."

Firechild - Ace Of Hz ( Ladytron Cover )

Published on Jan 29, 2016 MrFirechild

"A Firechild cover of the excellent song Ace Of Hz from 2011 by the british band Ladytron. On this track Firechild is using many of his vintage synthesizers including Memorymoog, Minimoog, OB-Xa , Monopoly and more. Performed and produced by www.firechild.se"

Endangered Audio Research AD4096 + Funkbox TR-808 Drum Machine

Published on Jan 29, 2016 Bimini Road

Follow-up to Endangered Audio Research AD4096 + Funk Box TR77 Drum Machine

"This is a demo of the now legendary, long-out-of-circulation Endangered Audio Research AD4096 Analog Delay, with the Funk Box TR-808 running through it. Very few videos show what the AD4096's Infinity Mode is useful for, which is crazy to me, because I feel like that's the best, most unique part of this pedal. Infinity Mode can be tuned to creep on the edge of self-oscillation in a really organic way. New signal pushes old signal out - and in that way it's almost like a looper, or even a tape bleed emulator.

Although a guitar pedal, mixing artists contact us all the time to tell us how they use the AD4096 on drum busses - especially for dub music! I think the AD4096 is killer on drums. You can get a really loose spring-reverb-like tone from short delays.

The Momentary Expand switch shorts the Depth pot and sends it into self-oscillation - the faster the clock speed (the Time knob turned to the right - "backwards" of how most pedals work), the faster it will run wildly into speaker-blasting range. However, with Infinity Mode engaged, you don't get the ever-louder-and-louder signal - it's "limited" because the new incoming signal pushes out the old. Also, if the Depth is turned all the way down, it becomes a momentary off switch.

The Delay line is a more traditional dark, fat analog delay sound, whereas the Echo line has a elevated, rarefied glittery tone. It's almost like an LPF and an HPF line. It also arrives just barely later than the Delay line. It overdrives beautifully, and thanks to its FET transistors, it has an almost tube-like breakup. The combination of these characteristics, along with the totally unique Infinity Mode, makes this the most tonally flexible and musically useful analog delay pedal ever made.

We get almost daily emails about these pedals at Endangered Audio Research. This unit is going to be donated to Oberlin College's TIMARA program when I'm done making demo videos for it, so don't bother trying to buy it from me. We are going to add more delay time with an aftermarket mod that will be available to the public, but first, I'm making a bunch of videos with different sound sources to show what the original sounds like.

EAR is also making a new, updated version of this later this year with expanded functionality, but gotta love the original unit - named one of the best 30 guitar effects in the world by Premier Guitar Magazine.

I don't deal in unprocessed, "clean" demos, because I don't believe it shows you more about the effect you're using. Nothing exists in a vacuum, especially music.

Signal Chain:
iPad - AD4096 - Universal Audio Apollo 8 Duo - Neve 1073 Unison Preamp - Studer A800 - Ampex ATR-102 - A.O.M. Invisible Limiter

http://www.biminiroadelectronics.com/...
http://www.endangeredaudioresearch.com
http://www.timara.oberlin.edu/

Contact me at mark@endangeredaudioresearch.com to reserve a new version of the AD4096, or to inquire about the aftermarket added delay time modification.

Here's a link to Funk Box - a total must-have iOS drum machine. It's a fully featured drum machine with a bunch of different sounds from all sorts of classic analog and digital drum machines. It's only $5, and you are fooling yourself if you think the "real thing" sounds better.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/funkb..."

Audulus 2 Minute Tip - 14: How to Use the Spline Node

Published on Jan 29, 2016 Bimini Road

Get Audulus for: iOS | Mac | Windows/Linux

"This is a simple demonstration of the basic functions of the Spline node. One of my favorite things to do with a Spline is to take its output, multiply it a little, and then run that output into a Quantizer module and then into a synthesizer (thanks user JDRaoul for coming up with this technique). It allows for quick, on-the-fly melody generation that really natural.

Double click to add or delete points on the spline.

Why is it called a spline? This is why: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spline_...

The 2 Minute Tip series breaks apart topics on Audulus into bite-sized chunks. I don't talk during the tutorials (though there are a few notes that pop up), and this is so that international viewers who don't understand English well don't feel left out. Familiarize yourself with the node menu and my navigation won't be so mystifying. In the future, we'll develop a finger press indicator so you can see where I'm tapping.

http://www.audulus.com
http://forum.audulus.com
http://www.biminiroadelectronics.com/...
https://soundcloud.com/biminiroadmusi..."

All parts here.

ALM Announces Limited Edition Haswells Taiko

ALM013 'Haswell's Taiko' Teaser from ALM on Vimeo.

"'HASWELL’S TAIKO’ is a special edition Eurorack drum synthesiser module limited to just 100 individually numbered units.

A collaboration between synth maker ALM/Busycircuits and artist Russell Haswell, 'HASWELL's TAIKO' is a re-imagining of ALM’s popular 'DINKYS TAIKO' drum module with both a harsher darker look and sound. Expanding the existing features, this limited edition contains an alternatewavetable sound bank of 30 unique and unusual waveforms hand-drawn by Russell Haswell specifically for this module. The waveforms range from broken classics to the unorthodox and nasty reflecting Russell’s unique sound.

Demo video shows a one take session from Russell using a single Haswell's Taiko with no external processing.

Additional voltage control modulation from a random source. "

via ALM/Busy Circuits:

"‘HASWELL’S TAIKO’ is a special edition Eurorack drum synthesiser module limited to just 100 individually numbered units.

A collaboration between ALM/Busy Circuits and artist Russell Haswell. ‘HASWELL’S TAIKO’ is a re-imagining of ALM’s popular ‘Dinky’s Taiko’ drum module with both a harsher darker look and sound. Expanding the existing features, this limited edition contains an alternate wavetable sound bank of 30 unique and unusual waveforms hand-drawn by Russell Haswell specifically for this module. The waveforms range from broken classics to the unorthodox and nasty reflecting Russell’s unique sound.

The drum voice consists of 3 parts; a digital noise source with controllable frequency and release time, a wavetable oscillator with start and end frequency settings together with a variable rate (and release time, and finally a mix and tone control for the audio output. All settings, bar the tone control, are both direct and voltage controllable.

The drum voice includes a trigger input as well as accent and choke trigger inputs to add further expressive and rhythmic control.

Features

Custom ‘inverted’ matt black panel & knobs with white graphics.
Alternate wavetable sound bank with 30 unique hand drawn waveforms.
Wide varied 12 Bit digital drum sound source through fully analog EQ.
Extremely wide pallet of sounds with lots of modulation possibilities.
Digital noise generator combined with variable wavetable oscillator through an EQ and mix output.
Trigger, accent and choke trigger inputs.
Reverse polarity protection.
Skiff friendly.
Designed and Made in the UK."

Kyteman - Root Canal Therapy

Kyteman - Root Canal Therapy from Kytopia on Vimeo.

"This video is a one-take performance, music is performed live without edits or external sequencers other than what's in the rack."

Cinematic Diva - Sounds from the Updated "Art Of Sound" Soundset

Published on Jan 29, 2016 SoundsDivine111

"All sounds are from the updated version of the 'Art Of Sound' soundset for U-He's Diva synthesizer."

Cinematic Diva Part 2

Published on Jan 29, 2016

"Preview of the presets from the updated version of the 'Art Of Sound' soundset for U-He's Diva synthesizer."

The Three Colors of the Roland SH-101 T-Shirt

via this auction

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Anyware Tinysizer Analog Modular Synthesizer w Extras SN 24

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via this auction

"This is my Anyware Tinysizer analog modular synthesizer.
Not too many of these around.
Comes with stand, power supply, patch wires, and an LED lamp (to see the tiny writing!)

The Tinysizer is like having a full wall of modular synthesis in a footprint about the size of a laptop! (10" x 13")

What would this cost to do with Eurorack (with case)?
2 - voltage controlled oscillator VCO - Oberheim SEM style
1 - control voltage CV - waveformprocessor - waveshaper
11 - patchble auxiliary in & outputs, bi - directional
1 - control voltage CV - source
1 - DSP effect, reverb & delay
3 - low frequency oscillator LFO
4 - CV, 6 X gate, Midi interface
2 - mixer & inverter & overload - distortion
3 - multiples
1 - white noise & pink noise
1 - ring modulator
1 - sample & hold s+h
3 - suboscillator
4 - voltage controlled amplifier VCA linear
1 - voltage controlled filter, state variable VCF - Oberheim SEM style
1 - envelope follower & audio gate & microphone preamp
2 - ADSR envelope generator

other info:
- 350 patch sockets
- MIDI
- mic preamp, audio gate, new and modular FX
- special power management improves the sound and dynamics of filters and oscillators
- compatible with all 1 volt / oct., 5 volt gate synthesizers and modular systems"

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