What comes after | IDM demo with Roland D-50, SH-101, Yamaha RS7000, Toraiz Squid

video by MIDERA

"Upon writing my recent review of the Roland D-50 (here: https://www.midera-artist.com/roland-...), I decided to reach out to a friend who had bought mine, and I bought it back from him, mostly to see - does the UI really suck as bad as I thought it did?

The first thing to note - it didn't take long for this song to irritate me, so, perhaps this isn't the best track to start off with on the D-50, but as I state in my review, the sound of the D-50 is really pleasing.

So - for some reason, the D-50's interface wasn't quite as bad as I thought. For one reason or another, my brain seems better equipped to handle it. Why is that? I haven't exactly been using it for over 2 years. I think part of it is, two years of exploring other synthesizers, a pandemic, a job change, other things - I think we're just more complicated than 'sit down with X for Y hours and you'll get better.' Like, it took my daughter sitting on a bike 3 times, unmoving, to suddenly... just be biking. So much goes on behind the scenes that contribute to our abilities and knowledge.

Anyway, as I recall - The D-50 is a keeper."

Synthesizer Music Instrumental "Genesis" By Joseph Angeliss. 1994

video by Angeliss The Synth Man

Anyone that's owned a KORG Prophecy should immediately recognize the start of this one. It's the "Prophetic Steps" preset. Not sure what follows but considering it's from 1994 and you don't often hear that classic preset in synthesizer music, I thought it worth a post. Little bits of classic synth goodness here and there. It's crazy to think of the KORG Prophecy as a classic synth. I remember when it first came out in 1995 and reading about it in Keyboard Magazine, an issue I still have. It was the birth of physical modelling along with the Yamaha VL7. Clavia's Nord Lead was the first virtual analog synth to be released in 1994.

YAMAHA DX7 & DX7II ULTRA DEEP PAD

video by synths colors

Moog Polymoog Brochure Catalog

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"Original and vintage 1976 Moog Polymoog Synthesizer Catalog. 14 pages cover to cover. Big fold out pic of the Polymoog Synthesizer. This is the polymoog synthesizer catalog with the full set of controls. No punch holes, no missing pages, intact, no writing, no highlights, no stains, no stamp. Overall very clean for 45 years old. Synthesizer history from the golden age of analog synthesis. Even better if you own the actual synthesizer."

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Kawai K5000s SN 696164

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Korg Trident w/ MIDI & Case

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Synth Shorts : A Korg Volca field jam

video by Fortress of Sound

"I ride my bike to random locations and play my Volcas sometimes. This was one of those times. Korg Volca Keys, and Korg Volca Beats, and some Telecaster added later in my studio. Just a quick little sketch for spring. Cheers!"

Moog Grandmother Dark Witching Hour Analog Synthesizer Rik Marston

video by Rik Marston Official

"The Moog Grandmother DARK edition is FANTASTIC! I love it! I have already had a Moog Grandmother NEON so look for those demos here on my channel, they are incredible examples of the Moog Grandmother action! The Moog Grandmother is seriously my favorite Moog synthesizer EVER. NEON or DARK, it ROCKS! This is a request from my friend on INSTAGRAM darkshines_777. Aggressive sounds: Bass, Leads, Drones & FX! Epic synthesizer! If you have not done so already, follow me on INSTAGRAM! (rikmarston) There I share a TON more stuff than on FB or YT. See the synths arrive FIRST! Find out more about me and my universe! And it's a great way to connect with me, too! :)"

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Electronica EM-25 & Quintet Soviet USSR Analog Synthesizer, Strings-machines

video by Сема Апрелевка

"Электроника ЭМ-25 советский аналоговый синтезатор."

Quintet Soviet USSR Analog Synthesizer, Piano-Strings.
video by Сема Апрелевка

"Квинтет советский СССР аналоговый синтезатор Стрингс-Пиано."

MATRIXSYNTH Should be 100% Back Online

Update: maybe not 100% after all. It looks like https is not working yet.

Update2: https is back. All should be good now.

In case you were wondering what happened to the site, the ISP that hosts the matrixsynth.com domain name suffered a DDoS attack.

When I noticed the site was down, I reset Blogger to host the site back on matrixsynth.blogspot.com and sent a notificantion out on Twitter and Facebook (and The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge).

Key takeaway as a reader of the site: bookmark https://matrixsynth.blogspot.com, and check-in on Twitter and/or Facebook for updates.

It's worth noting site outages have been few and far between.

After this outage though, I am considering going back to the https://matrixsynth.blogspot.com domain. I can just set matrixsynth.com to redirect to it and when I'm long gone, the site will remain available. One of the reasons I chose Blogger as a platform is because it should live on long after I'm gone, ensuring the site and all the captured history lives on.

Update3: One thing to consider: if the matrixsynth.com domain were to ever expire, links using it within posts would need to be swapped with matrixsynth.blogspot.com in order to work. I wish there was a way to purchase domain names permanently...