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ARP 2600 Semi-Modular Analog Synth w/3604P

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Sébastien Léger - Untitled

Published on Jun 23, 2017 Sebastien Leger

"Live take of this track, actually working on a studio version for this one !

No computer has been used for this piece of music, stricly using only Eurorack modules (excepted the mixer from Allen & Heath)"

Yamaha CS60 - #2

Published on Jun 23, 2017 noddyspuncture

Part 1+ here.

From Russia With Love of Quantization

Published on Jun 23, 2017 Dudadius

"Intellijel Metropolis spits out the sequence.

Modcan Triple Osc plays primary line.

Intellijel uScale sends A and B outputs of the same line to Cwejman VCO-2RM.

Planar is shifting the B output.

All three voices go through a Macbeth Backend Filter.

Same sequence goes to a Synthesis Technology E102 Quad Temporal Shifter, running at a slower rate.

That output goes to a E350 Morphing Terrarium and E440 VCF, playing the sub bass.

Circadian Rhythms plays a Audio Damage Madhatter/Cwejman CTG-VC (with the release modulated by RG-6)

And also plays an ALM Dinky’s Taiko.

A little Modcan Dual Delay and Makenoise Erbeverb. Some more modulation from XAOC Batumi and Maths"

Analog Percussion with the Lifeforms Double Helix Oscillator by Pittsburgh Modular

Published on Jun 23, 2017 Pittsburgh Modular Synthesizers

"Today we patch up some percussion with the Double Helix Oscillator"

DreamsOfWires - Korg Arp Odyssey & AJH Mini Mod

Published on Jun 23, 2017 DreamsOfWires

"A re-recording of a something I uploaded a year ago, which I originally recorded using only the Arturia iSem app ([posted here]). I've wanted to do an analogue version of it for a long time, but I had to make some compromises; the iSem version was using up to 5 polyphonic voices
(10 VCO's), whereas this version uses just 2 duophonic/paraphonic voices (5 VCO's).
The sequencer used was Genome on the iPad into an Expert Sleepers FH-1 (for the Mini Mod part). Both synths recorded simultaneously into AUM, with reverb and delay from AUFX Space and Dub. Interface was an iConnectAUDIO4+, cans were Beyer DT100's, cameras were a Lumix GX7 and an iPhone SE.
It's probably a tad boring to watch as there's no extra video footage/film this time - my PC is over a decade old and couldn't even preview what I'd done so far, so I had to render it as-is. Once I win the lottery I'll upgrade it."

Control Turns Five!

Congrats to Control in New York! They turned five yesterday. They have also been a continuous banner sponsor of MATRIXSYNTH since August of 2014. Thank you for the support!

via @ctl_mod

"Yesterday Control turned Five! Thanks to all of you for the support over the years! Use Code: FifthSymphony for 10% off all weekend."

http://ctrl-mod.com/

Novation // Patch Building Tutorials

Published on Jun 23, 2017 NovationTV

Playlist:
Novation // Patch Building - Blade Runner
Novation // Peak Tutorials - Boards of Canada
Patch Building - Jean Michel Jarre
Patch Building - Depeche Mode

Novation // Peak Overview & Usage Tutorials

Published on Jun 23, 2017 NovationTV

Novation // Peak Tutorials - Overview
Novation // Peak Tutorials - Mod Matrix
Novation // Peak Tutorials - Connection
Novation // Peak Tutorials - Reaktor
Novation // Peak Tutorials - Ableton

The The Future (?) of the Access Virus

synthmorph has a speculative post up on the future of the Access Virus here. What makes this one interesting is it goes into the reliance of ever obsolete DSP chips. It also lists out the chips used for each Virus. I never managed to pick up a Virus, because every time I was about to be ready a new model would come out. I wanted to pick up one Virus that covered all previous Viruses, which still leads me to the question if the latest can cover the character of previous incarnations. If anyone has an opinion, feel free to leave a comment.

"First we should talk a bit about the special computing chip, the heart of every Virus synthesizer, a certain version of the Motorola 56k DSP (digital signal processors). The origin of the DSP 56000 series came from Motorola's requests to the U.S. Music Industries as to which DSP architecture features they would need to produce synthesizers and other keyboards. This happened in the mid 1980s when the Japanese music industry introduced digital keyboards using ASICs (Application Specific Intergrated ICs), and started dominating this field previously exclusive to US manufacturers. Yamaha, Korg, Roland and others started to outdate Moog, ARP, Oberheim and Sequential Circuits. The result of this request was the birth of the first Motorola 56000 digital signal processor (DSP) generation in 1986. These 56k chips were used widespread also in the audio industry since the mid 90s, not just in hardware synthesizers and effect processors, but appeared as an auxiliary digital signal processor for audio functions in some high-end multimedia computers, like the NeXT, the Atari Falcon or the Silicon Graphics Indigo workstations...

As you certainly know, Virus is a digital synthesizer, with a 56k DSP running software code to generate and modify all aspects of the sounds, these are the exact models:
1997 Virus A - 1 x Motorola DSP 56303
1999 Virus B - 1 x Motorola DSP 56311
2002 Virus C - 1 x Freescale DSP 56362
2005 Virus TI - 2 x Freescale DSP 56367 - 2x150 MHz
2009 Virus TI2 - 2 x Freescale DSP 56321 - 2x275 MHz."