MATRIXSYNTH

Rhythm Machines 2: The 1980s Drum Computers

This one is in via the comments of this post on the unreleased Anvil drum synthesizer. According to the comments, "The story of the Anvil Percussion Synth is in RHYTHM MACHINES 2: The 1980s Drum Computers - By Alex Graham. It's available on Amazon (the book, not the Anvil)." [on Amazon here]

According to the description on Amazon: "The 1980s saw the emergence of the Synthesizer, the promo video, and the programmable Drum Machine in the music industry. Rhythm Machines 2 - The 1980s Drum Computers - features over 100 programmable drum machines from the decade, instruments that are heard on countless records from the era and are still used in the present day. The all-colour book has the Classic 1980s drum machines from the likes of the USA (E-mu, Linn, Oberheim, MXR, Sequential Circuits), the Japanese industry (Korg, Roland, Sound Master and Yamaha), as well as the more obscure drum machine models made from all over the world."

drum 1

mms

"pulled my moms powershot out of the drawer, taped it to a pole and threw this box under the hot lights. XOR percussion circuit as a gift for a friend, nothing fancy:

2 pairs of schmitt triggers oscillators each into their own 4070 XOR gate, output of those into a third gate. Simple line level decay vca ala Elliot Williams hackaday series. Second buffered output straight outta the 3rd xor gate before the vca, hot and loud for something close to modular level? The oscillators at highest frequency setting "die out" and effectively fall out of the mix. 9v battery. Moisturized my hands right after recording."

Songs that Changed Music: New Order - Blue Monday

Produce Like A Pro

Some interesting synth bits in this one including the Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Oberheim DMX, some DIY, and lets just say, "experimental sample sessions" with the E-Mu Emulator. Hope this doesn't ruin New Order for anyone...

SHOCKWAVE | Final DX7 Tutorial! | madFame

madFame

TIME JUMP
0:00 Intro
2:13 Tutorial Begins

"This is the final episode in the series, thank you all for your viewership and support! My SysEx files are available on Patreon until January 30th, 2021– get in quick!

https://www.patreon.com/madfame

Some of the music used in my videos is available on the Magic & Steel bandcamp page: https://magicandsteel.bandcamp.com

Thanks for watching!"

madFame DX7 posts

Big Button trigger sequencer MIDI upgrade

Extralife

"Get the firmware and schematics here: https://github.com/matthewcieplak/hex...

I modified the Look Mum No Computer big button sequencer that I built to sport MIDI input and thru, as well as a new "shift" button that adds some new sequencing features to the front panel, like mute, solo, bank/all and roll. Now I can use it as a MIDI-to-gate converter or program sequences on top of any existing rhythm.

It's a somewhat complex but not super hard mod that just requires a small daughterboard to isolate the midi input signal with a 6N138 optoisolator and support circuitry. The inside is a mess of wires but it's great to be able to sync it up with my other gear."

See the extralife label below for more.

Happy New Year from Sequential

via Sequential on Twitter

"From all of us here at Sequential — best wishes for a very joyous and musical New Year!"

https://www.sequential.com

Patchwerks Patch Prompt Cards

Patchwerks Seattle

"Every day, Patchwerks sends out packages and orders filled with unlimited possibilities. Packages with the potential to teach, to inspire, to fulfill, to put you on stage or online, to get recognized -- or to just simply enjoy!

Through all these packages, we at Patchwerks get to see the depth and range of talent our customers possess on a daily basis and the wild and unusual spaces our gear can reach! So we thought, "Why keep all this awesomeness to ourselves? It’s time to share this talent with the world!" That’s where #mypatchwerks comes in.

How does it work?

From time to time, we create magical Patch Prompt cards which can mysteriously appear in your order! Patch Prompts are a little nugget of visual inspiration. Vague and mysterious in nature, these prompts are meant to be interpreted however you feel in the moment! Think Rorschach (or “ink blot”) tests.

With your new gear purchase (and whatever else you feel called to use!) refer to the visual Patch Prompt as inspiration, or a starting point, for your musical creation. Record this exercise and post to Instragram or Twitter using the hashtag #mypatchwerks to be a part of the global Patchwerks community!

Post your patches and tag #mypatchwerks to get connected with the global Patchwerks community!

https://patchwerks.com/ Video by: Matthew and Rae."

Folk Music For A New Year

nbor

"A simple tune for the new year. I recently got the model:samples and needed to add some synths to the krautrock beat."

Modal Argon8 - sound demo by Jexus / WC Olo Garb

Jexus / WC Olo Garb [synth demos]

"To get all my Argon8 sounds (180 original sounds + variations = 200 in total), please transfer € 26 (Euro) to this paypal address: [wcologarb at tlen.pl] writing "argon8 sounds" in the title. I will send the sounds to your email provided in paypal.

Apart from the video demo, here's an additional mp3 demo of some more (traditional / basic / musical) of my sounds: http://syntezatory.net.pl/jexus_argon..."