MATRIXSYNTH

Yamaha Portasound PSS-460 FM keyboard demo - "Night Vision"

Published on Nov 30, 2019 Alfonse

"Yamaha Portasound PSS-460 keyboard (1986)
All sounds you hear in the track were made using the PSS-460; some were run through delay pedals (the Vestax DDX vintage digital delay and the more recent Boss DD7). All parts were recorded to a DAW, where compression, EQ, and reverb were added as required. I also double-tracked the lead synth part (each part tuned fractionally differently) to give it a fatter sound. Individual drum hits were sampled from slowed-down rhythms and processed to allow fresh beats to be built, rather than using the rhythms found on the PSS-460 itself.

The aim of these videos is to see what you can create using sounds from ageing home keyboards together with current production tools. The 460 was one of a few of Yamaha's PSS range to use the same YM3812 sound-generating chip used in the Soundblaster soundcards of the late 80s/90s.

Synth settings are editable via the sliders on the top right of the control panel. If you have one of these keyboards and want to recreate the sounds, here are the parameters:

Bluesynth (edited): 2 5 1 1 3 3
Synth 1: 2 3 5 4 5 3
Vibes (edited): 5 5 5 5 3 3
Synth 2 (bell): 3 5 3 1 3 3

Music: "Night Vision" (C) Copyright 2019 Alfonse
Download here: https://alfonse.bandcamp.com/album/l

ALFONSE
Store: http://alfonse.bandcamp.com
Twitter: http://twitter.com/alfonsemusic
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/alfonsemusic
Soundcloud: http://www.soundcloud.com/alfonsemusic"

Korg DW 8000 Demo

Published on Nov 30, 2019 Synthdude

"Sounds and features of this classic Korg poly synth."

CRUMAR BIT99 | Analog Synthesizer 1985 | HD DEMO

Published on Nov 29, 2019 AnalogAudio1

"(c) 2019 by AnalogAudio1

Synthesizer demo of the analog synthesizer Crumar Bit99 from 1985.

For reverb effects, a Lexicon MPX 500 was used, along with a Korg SDD-3000 for delay effects. The sounds were programmed by me.

The Bit99 is a nice fully programmable polysynth with warm analog sounds made in Italy. It has been developed by Mario Maggi, the developer of the Elka Synthex! It has a velocity sensitive keyboard and MIDI. 2 DCOs, 2 LFOs, 24dB lowpass filters, 2 ADSR envelopes, noise, make many different sounds possible."

VOX OCTAVOICE ORCHESTRA

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
Published on Jan 10, 2012 Mrquaqua1

"This is a demonstration of the sounds that can be made through the use of the VOX Octavoice I. I believe it was made in 1968 and is very rare. For more info http://www.voxshowroom.com/us/amp/oct..."

Note this is the first one to be featured on MATRIXSYNTH. Hadn't seen one before now. Spotted it in the listing below and found the video above.

via this auction

"SUPER NEAT SMALL AND LIGHTWEIGHT OCTAVOICE ORCHESTRA INSTRUMENT SYNTHESIZER FOR PERCUSSION, REEDS, STRINGS OR EVEN VOICE IN EXCELLENT CONDITION, ADDS Synthesized voice that follows the music instrument that is miked to the input, HAS GUITAR PLUG OUTPUT. WHAT A SUPER STOCKING STUFFER GIFT FOR ANY MUSICIAN, ARTIST, PRODUCER!!!"

CLICK FOR MORE »

Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 w/ MIDI

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

CLICK FOR MORE »

Roland TR-09 Rhythm Composer SN Z4H9594 w/ Original Box

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

CLICK FOR MORE »

Soundtronics MFOS Soundlab MIDI Ultimate with Arturia Keystep in Wooden Case

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.
Published on Jul 6, 2019 Torsten Spiller

"A very first demonstration of the Soundtronics Midi Ultimate which is based on the MFOS Soundlab Ultimate. I made a special version of my DCASE that the Midi Ultimates fits in."

via this auction

"The MIDI Ultimate project is a fully-featured analogue synth with a performance comparable to many commercially available instruments. The MIDI Ultimate is an evolution of the musicfromouterspace.com (MFOS) Sound Lab Ultimate design by the late Ray Wilson who is credited for much of the design which has been reproduced with kind permission of Synthcube.com in the US.

Synth Features
Three Musically Accurate Voltage Controller Oscillators (VCOs) with sawtooth and variable width pulse wave forms, pulse width modulation, hard-sync, log CV inputs.
Voltage Controlled Low Pass Filter (VCF) 12db/Oct doubles as a sine wave oscillator
Voltage Controlled Amplifier (VCA)with log response
White Noise Generator
Active 8 Channel Mixer for all VCO waveforms, noise and external input
Two Attack, Decay, Sustain & Release Envelope Generators (ADSR)
Two Low Frequency Oscillators (LFO) with square, ramp, triangle and sawtooth waveforms
Repeat Gate Generator that can also double as another square wave LFO)
Sample & Hold (S&H) with variable sample rate and glide
Toggle Switch Patching with potentiometer mixing
Echo Effect Sound Processor
MIDI to CV Interface with 1-16 channel selector switch, responds to all 128 MIDI note keys
Headphones and Line output
Integral +/- 12Vdc Power supply Regulator (needs external 12Vac 500mA plug top adaptor)
DIY Construction with through hole components
Single board design with PCB mounted pots and switches eliminates panel wiring"

CLICK FOR MORE »