MATRIXSYNTH

CatSynth TV Episode 99

Published on Dec 25, 2018 CatSynth TV

"A special video for our 99th Episode!

Video shot along Highway 99 in California from Manteca through Stockton and heading towards Sacramento. Additional video and photography at CatSynth HQ in San Francisco.

Guest appearances by Sam Sam and Big Merp.

Original music by Amanda Chaudhary, based on melodies from "99 is not 100" by Moe! Staiano.

Synthesizers used:
Minimoog
Arturia MiniBrute 2S
Big Fish Audio John Cage Prepared Piano Sample Library (Kontakt)
Nord Stage EX
Mutable Instruments Plaits
Metasonix R-54 and R-53
2hp Cat module
4ms Spectral Multiband Resonator
Make Noise Echophon"

A SynthMania Moog Christmas - an awesome gift from his family

Published on Dec 25, 2018 SynthMania

"My family really surprised me this year, with an unexpected gift."

That works. :)

Updates:

Merry Synthmas 2018

Published on Dec 25, 2018 SynthMania

"Merry Synthmas 2018
(with Moog Sonic Six)"

Moog Sonic Six - first look

Published on Dec 27, 2018 SynthMania

"A great vintage early 1970s machine - the Moog Sonic Six synthesizer
00:00 Introduction
00:29 The original owner from 1971
01:57 Front panel and controls description
04:36 Trumpet / brass sounds
06:06 Flute / whistle sounds
07:12 Clarinet / oboe sounds
08:05 Classic Moog lead sound
10:02 Classic Moog bass sound
12:34 Sound effects: wah-wah
13:41 Sound effects: siren
14:36 Sound effects: wind, surf fx
15:37 Sound effects: ring modulator
18:08 Conclusion"

Little drummer skulpt

Published on Dec 25, 2018 Synth4you

Live Soundscape on the Buchla Music Easel and Boss RV500

Published on Dec 25, 2018 Peter Maas

"This video is about My Movie 2"

Dennis Verschoor WRC_WORM

Dennis Verschoor WRC_WORM from hellviss on Vimeo.

"I first met Dennis whilst I was in the WORM studio on an artist residency in 2017. The WORM studio is like a geological trip through electronic music's history but I was about to travel even further back. Strange ghostly tones emanated from the old vocal booth next door, it was this space that Dennis had filled with mid 20th century audio test equipment, going back to the roots of audio electronic experiments before commercially available instruments from Moog or Roland, before keyboards, back to Stockhausen, Else Marie Pade, Daphne Oram, Raymond Scott and the like. Why now? is this the logical conclusion of Mark Fisher's cultural hauntology? do we end up back at the source? the sound of past futures? For Dennis it seemed more a way to dodge the hipsters, and invite collaboration.

Dennis and I had a friend in common Steve Grimley-Taylor, a lover of all things electronic and sound related (founder of Thonk.co.uk). When I expressed the idea of making a film about Dennis, Richard Foster from WORM kindly agreed to let us. This is a short film about Dennis, his journey and his installation.

Steve Guy Hellier 2018"

Vintage oscillators, filters, and other lab equipment. Some classic synths come in after the six minute mark.

LM-2 Replacement Parts - LinnDrum PCB's & Assemblies From Abstrakt Instruments

Some initial details via the Abstrakt Instruments Kickstarter:

"This is your chance to help fund and procure parts for the iconic LinnDrum (LM-2) Drum Machine. This is the second in our series of meticulously designed replacement parts projects for vintage synths & drum machines. This project follows up the completion of the Oberheim OB-X Parts Project [posted here]. We've established a low funding goal of $4k to cover the cost of the custom parts to get the project off the ground.

Before getting into the details of the actual parts we'll clearly state what is being offered. We are offering bare PCB's and PCB Assemblies for the LinnDrum (LM-2) Drum Machine:

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VCV Rack & Midilar - Solitary

Published on Dec 25, 2018 Omri Cohen

"In this patch, I've used a couple of VST Instruments, utilizing the new VCV module Host. I've used Una Corda together with Marbles for creating some random Piano notes, I've used a string library with the sustain pedal on for adding a low chord, which also goes through Clouds (of course), and I've also used a drum library together with the Turing Machine for some repetitive patterns. I've also added to this mix the nightmare synthesizer, Incubus from Vult, which is controlled by Stages, and the XFX Wave oscillator from Blamsoft, for a nice moving lead voice. I control the level of the different voices with my MIDI keyboard, and some parameters like crush amount and filter cutoff with the Midilar controller."

Ableton Live 10 Wavetable Synth jam

Published on Dec 25, 2018 Synth & Sundry

"Merry Christmas! I'm trying out the Wavetable synth that is built into Ableton Live 10, playing on an old Technics PX336 digital piano which is connected to my laptop via a Roland um-one mk2 usb midi cable."

Mellow Apple Pencil 2 Speedpainting iOS Synth Music Jam (in HDR on supported devices) #TTNM

Published on Dec 25, 2018 The Tuesday Night Machines

"What a title?! Yeah, okay ... so I drew something on the iPad in the Procreate App with that new Apple Pencil 2. I exported the drawing as a time-lapse speedpaint video and jammed to it with a bunch of iOS Synth and FX Apps. MORE INFO BELOW :)

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Audio gear used:
- iPad Pro with AUM, Oval Synth, DM1 Drum Machine, Volt Synth, iFretless Bass, Audio Damage Axon 2, Samplr, AudioShare, etc.

Also, my Apple Pencil 2 almost “died” after leaving it unattached to the iPad Pro 11” 2018 for two days, after which it wouldn’t reconnect anymore. Looks like the pencil’s battery can drain pretty fast when not using it and when it’s at 0% it took eight hours attached to the iPad’s magnetic edge and several reconnection tries to get it recognized by the iPad again. It then started charging quite quickly from 0% again, so I don’t know if those eight hours prior actually did anything. Apple is not what it used to be anymore, damnit."