MATRIXSYNTH: Sunday, October 30, 2005


Sunday, October 30, 2005

ISP Problems Again

So, my ISP, ACE-HOST.NET aka ACENET INC claims to be "Hacker Safe" and guarantees 99.99% uptime. Well, my site has gone down three times. My blog was suspended with no support other than I was eating up CPU time on the shared server it was on. I ended up moving my blog over here, to blogspot.com which has given me 100% uptime. Go Blogger!

I left all my old shots on my old blog to save space and because it would be really painful to move them over. Well, I ftp into my ISP and my freaking blog directory is EMPTY. All my old shots are gone! My old posts have red x's now instead of pictures. I contact support and they say my blog looks fine. My guess is they're looking here. I hope they see this. They also say I should keep my software up to date because of malicious scripts. Umm... I thought they were hacker safe.

So... If you see red x's on any old posts. My apologies. I'm off to upload my backup. These guys absolutely suck. Let's see what happens next. Every time they mess up one of my sites, I will be sure let you know.

JH Synth Site

I recently posted about the JH Synthi clone and the Matrix FX by JH. Well, I recently discovered his main synth site. I had no idea these two items were just the tip of his iceberg. Wow! Title link takes you to his site with a ton of other work he has done. Absolutely incredible. If I put up a post for each of his accomplishments, I'd probably have enough content for a month.

The JH-720

Korg X3 - New Flickr Shot

Deep Synthesis Updates

Following updates to Selead's excellent synth site:

Roland MT-32 - new samples, and comparison to the Roland TR-626
Sony DPS-V55 - new page, samples of the Sony Multi-FX unit
Roland TR-626 - new page with samples
Akai SG01k - new page with samples, layering, and an Emagic SoundDiver editor
Korg DW-8000 - new page with samples with modulations, sequences, etc.

Sealed's synth site is quickly moving up my list. With the excellent sound samples and broad content it's becoming more and mroe valuable each day.

Buchla 200e Analog vs. Digital

Update. Some notes worth posting via the comments:

Rick: "correction the new 261e Osc uses digital sine generation with pure analogue waveshaping.. where as the 259e uses digital generation and waveshaping in the form of "non-linear digital waveshaping"... read about this process..no other manufacturer offers this. FYI the Buchla 500, 300, 400 and 700 all used digital Oscillators with analogue output stages as is done in the 200e.. this is nothing new for Don.. it dates back to the early 70's instruments. in most cases the ear cant precieve the difference between an analogue or digitally generated sine tone...mine can't anyway."

Orth: "Well, after reading the FAQ, maybe we should just say that the Buchla is beyond traditional definitions of analog v digital. I mean jeez, that monster is something else at that point. a/d/a/d/a/d/a/d/a/d/a "

There's been some interesting discussion on the Buchla 200e on AH, including it's high price tag. You can pick and chose modules, but the listed systems start at $9300 and go on up to $27,400. See for yourself. What I actually found most interesting is that the system is a digital and anlog hybrid with fully digital oscillators. Buchlas are considered to be the holy grail in the synthesizer world along with just a few select others. Their sound and flexibility are considered to be worth it's high price. What's interesting to me is that one of the most common arguments you hear in the analog vs. digital debate is how analog sounds warmer and somehow better than digital. Some even argue that DCOs, digitally controlled oscillators, aren't truly analog and do not sound as good as their counterpart VCOs, voltage controlled oscillators. Yet Buchla went with digital. It's interesting when you consider the quality and pricetag of a Buchla. The title link takes you to the 200e faq which explains why.

JH Synthi Clone

JH of oldcrowes.net built himself an EMS Synthi Clone. Title link takes you to his page on it with more info.

Also make sure to check out this sample. Beautiful design and brilliant sound.

Airport 71 - The Buddy System

Via moogplayer on VSE. Great song showcasing the Roland VP-330 and Monomachine. Reminds me of an band I used to go see called The Dismemberment Plan. Great stuff.

"Song breakdown:

starts with VP330 human voice sounds + Monomachine

part2 gets into really lush strings + Monomachine bass line

part3 has vocoder all over it + Monomachine lead

all this with bass and real drums

and hey it was recorded in our garage!!!"
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