MATRIXSYNTH

at 9/12/2006 07:45:00 PM

Via ross healy, aka cray5656:

"Hi Matrix
Ross here in AUstralia
Just thought you may like to know that Analog Haven will be selling
Blacet modules as of Wednesday."

Title link takes you to the Blacet page on Analogue Heaven.

Update: If you click on the link for Ross Healy above, you will notice it takes you to a wikipedia article with the following:

"This Digital Ocean is an electronic and industrial band.

Originally formed in the early 90's Ross Healy, Simon Bowley and Tristan Upton were all friends of electronic music. TDO released 2 albums with German "Machinery Records".

Ross went on to record under alias Amnesia for SOUR UK Drum N Bass label and as Cray for French label Bip Hop records.

Ross also teamed up with Simon Bowley to release an album for Australian Creative Records as 56k.

Ross died on his birthday in 2005."

I just wanted to personally thank Ross for coming back from the dead for this post.

at 9/12/2006 02:41:00 PM

Remember this post on Yamaha Electone "Synths?" The following just in via Ivan on AH:

"I had just been doing some research on the Yamaha SY-1 which I rememberd playing as a kid. Seems it was built into an organ called the CYS-1 (and later there was a CYS-2 with a built-in Yamaha SY-2). The same day I see the standard "Yamaha organ for sale" ad on the local Craigslist but the picture looked a bit different for a Yamaha organ. I always look at the organ ads and then asked questions. Sure enough this was a CYS-1. So today I paid a $100 for it and the guy delivered it for another $20. Here it is in my home (still have to find a place for it): link. Bad photo, but basically the entire top section is the SY-1. The synthesizer can be played separately or as a monophonic voice on top of the upper manual voices. And the SY-1 can be played with the bass pedals too! Lots of fun; now I'm in the mood for lounge music."

Fascinating. One more thing to look out for in those Estate sales. : ) You can find more on the SY-1 and SY-2 on VSE. No title link.

at 9/12/2006 12:56:00 PM

You are looking at the VoiceSync BowlXplorer. A Bowl emulator.

"Bowls are simple but yet extraordinary instruments, they are widely used for playing sacred music in several cultures as Tibetan (metal bowls), recent technologies enabled building pure quartz bowl rich in harmonic sounds. Bowl sound relaxes and raises concentration.
BowlXplorer is a bowl simulator, main sound parameters can be changed performing different sound effects."

Yep, a virtual bowl just for you. Title link takes you to more on VoiceSync. You can thank Tom of Music Thing for this one. BTW, Tom has joined The Times Online. You can read about it here. Very cool.
Congrats Tom! : )

at 9/12/2006 11:46:00 AM

Title link takes you to a new French Blog by Cyril called Making Sound. You will find posts including:

"some pictures of the inside of an Evolver here, how to update the chip, and some pictures of a padKontrol here.

Don't know if you read French but i have also done an interview with the game creator and musician Eric Chahi & Jean François Freitas who made the game "Another World" (i think the title was "Out of this world" in US): link. They talk about how they made music and sound FX for this game."

Very cool. I'm subbed. Thanks Cyril!

at 9/12/2006 11:32:00 AM

For those of you in the Seattle area, the Pacific Northwest Synth Meeting is on! I'm looking forward to this years get together as I wasn't able to attend the full event last year. The shot to the left is from last year's event. You can see more shots in Toby Paddock's Flickr Set. BTW, you might recognize Toby from this post.

Via John Marshall:
"PNW Synth meeting is:
October 21, 2006, 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Renton Technical College, Room C-110
I hope to see you there for some Sergery."

Here are some posts from last year's Pacific Northwest Synth Meeting: 1, 2, 3.

at 9/12/2006 12:29:00 AM

This one via daddio of tapewarm.

"Henry brought over his Yamaha CS2X . We made bootiful musics together. See for yerself: link.

also in the mix are a Nord Rack 2, Electribe ESX, Kaoss Pad 2, and Doepfer Modular. These are impromptu live recordings - no mixing/mastering/turd polishing - yet. Except 3n4 which is a simply a pairing of , well, jam 3 & 4."

That'd be bootiful allright. : ) Nice Shots. That Doepfer is on fire!

at 9/12/2006 12:28:00 AM

"This distinctive analog modular synthesizer has been called The Beast, The Trilobite, The Nautilus, or The Jetson's Telephone Patching System."

I think I'll just call it, "Dayamn" or "Big Mamma Jamma." Check out the lamps. I think they are really there for pull-ups. Dayamn.

Click here for more info. Click the image for a slightly bigger shot.

at 9/12/2006 12:15:00 AM

Frederic sent me this shot of some synth related concert tickets he's been to. Pretty cool.

I've had a few people ask me more about myself. I think it takes a lifetime to really get to know someone, and even then you might not really know. We are pretty complex with a myriad of things that make up who we are and we change over time. Hmm... Kind of like a synth when you think about it. What patch are you today? : )

The music one listened to can be an intersting insight to some of what has influenced you over the years - just some of the oscillators, envelopes, filters, etc in our lives.

That said, click here to see every concert ticket stub I saved over the years. Unfortunately the shows frederic was able to attend were just a bit before my time.

Hopefully I won't lose any readers after this one. My girlfriend at the time made me go to Erasure. It was actually pretty cool, like a Vegas burlesque show on acid and tons of pastels. Unfortunately some of the better shows I went to, like Wire and early, early NIN were at clubs, so I don't have stubs for these.

at 9/12/2006 12:10:00 AM

September 14-17 in Seattle. Title link takes you there.

Decibel Festival 2006 is THIS week - Sept 14-17

http://decibelfestival.com/2006/

For those in WA state or close enough to make the drive, this is a prime
opportunity to see some _incredible_ electronica.

Come on out folks!

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International Festival of Electronic Music Performance, Arts and New Media

The third annual Decibel Festival promises to be the biggest edition yet,
reflecting the burgeoning audience and growing interest in this adventurous
multimedia event. Decibel Festival 2006 features over 80 electronic music
artists from around the world, presented in 17 individual performance
showcases spread out over four days.

As part of a new visual arts focus, Decibel will host talented visual
artists throughout the weekend, culminating in DB-Optical, a multimedia
fusion of installations and live art. Decibel 2006 will also host
DB-Conference, a series of audio and visual technology workshops, product
demonstrations, clinics and panel discussions held by leading industry
professionals and educators.

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via Mark Pulver via AH.

at 9/12/2006 12:07:00 AM

Title link takes you to a couple more shots by CloseToTheEdge on VSE. I also saved them off here for when the thread eventually makes its way to limbo.