MATRIXSYNTH: Thursday, November 24, 2005

Happy Thanksgiving! & Scott Stites Synth DIY Site

Huh? Well... First off, Happy Thanksgiving to those here in the US! So... For the heck of it, I ran an image search on "Thanksgiving Synth" on Google just to see what the heck would come up. Well.... Only one shot came up, pictured below. I wondered what the heck it was so obviously I clicked on the link. I ened up on Scott Stite's Synth DIY page. Remember Scott Stites? He's the one that supposedly did this Buchla 200e demo I posted on earlier. The demo actually turned out to be a Buchla clone he did.

Title link takes you his website, with more info on his Buchla adaptation and much, much more. Definitely check it out. Happy Turkey Day everone! Hope you are not as bloated as I am. Man, I am stuffed... ; )

"Thanksgiving Synth"

Wavemakers

Title link takes you to John Loffink's Wavemakers website, home to an obscure and fascinating line of modular synths during the 70s and early 80s. The site covers the history of Wavemakers, photos, music, catalog, documents and links. Make sure to check out the history for a fascinating and unfortunately sad story behind Wavemakers. Also make sure to check out John's Microtonal web site.

"Wavemakers was a mobile operation, beginning in Ann Arbor, Michigan, later moving to Edmonds, Washington. The company began in 1970 around the University of Michigan, creating custom modules for the university and area musicians. These were large format modulars with varied size control knobs and 1/4 inch jacks. "

"Wavemakers was the brand of synthesizers and electronic music equipment created by "kb electronic music instrumentation," initially a collaborative effort between Terry Kincaid and David Bates. Their company officially started in 1970 and continued until the early 1980s."

"Terry died unexpectedly of pneumonia in February 1995. Hard working to a fault, he was on the phone that very day helping customers of the software company that he worked for, and tragically considered himself too busy to go to the hospital for medical help.

Barton McLean recalls an anecdote about Rick Petersen's "Natural Causes," a piece of music accomplished on the Wavemaker 4. Barton sent it to Terry Kincaid, who was deeply moved. Terry sent a letter back saying that after hearing Rick's piece he realized why he worked so hard at developing new instruments. David S. Bates passed away in 1974 and Terry Kincaid passed away in 1995, but their Wavemakers instruments leave a legacy that is just now being rediscovered."

Trent Reznor Waldorf Microwave and Programmer

Some great shots of various gear via RaZoR on AH including this Waldorf Microwave with Access Programmer, both previously owned by Trent Reznor and donning his sig. Nice. See below for links to some other gear shots. As usual I saved these offline so if they disappear post a comment and I'll redirect the links. Thanks RaZoR!

And yes, these are all for sale. Email razor [@] sbcglobal.net if interested.

Waldorf XT Pics ($675): http://improperchannels.com/XT/

Roland 8080 Pics ($600): http://improperchannels.com/8080/

Novation Supernova II R Pro Pics ($750): http://improperchannels.com/SN2/

Waldorf Microwave and Access Programmer Pics (same as title link - $1100): http://improperchannels.com/AW/

Heath Gear Page

Heath is in the process of updating his site. He's put up a nice gear page that will be updated over time. It's looking good already with some fantastic synth p*rn. He might be putting up songs and samples over time as well. Title link takes you there. Enjoy. I am. : )

The Mighty Prophet 10

Andromeda A6 Tracks

Two more Andromeda A6 tracks via the A6 list.

The first track is by Chad Gould. It's a really nice, 80s style, exclusive A6 track. It's an amazing pad-fest in a really good way. Title link also goes to this track.
http://www.kcgould.net/music/mp3/Forbidden%20Star%20-%20NPN.mp3

The second track is from Colin Chung. It's an A6 sequence with Juno 106 on top. Really nice mix of the two synths.
http://www.members.optushome.com.au/blitzforce/Temp/A6/CCJ_A6Arp_106Jam_L.mp3

Enjoy.

MOTM Frame - New Flickr Shot

Now that's a cool frame.

The Music Thing Mini Synth Fest

Looks like the first round is over. I just sent this to AH and figured, hello, why not put it up as a post here. Yes I frantically tried to keep up as Tom was spewing these out, but... It would be cool to have one post with links to all of his doll synth p*rn, kind of like what he did with A weekend's worth of videos of synths post. Well, I'm not as polished as Music Thing so here's my rendition. Enjoy. : ) If I missed any, let me know. Barbie get's the title link.

Go Wakeman, go!