MATRIXSYNTH: Friday, December 1, 2006


Friday, December 01, 2006

Roland CMU-800R

Remember this Roland CMU-800R? Looks like inteliko picked it up and could use some help hooking up with an Apple II. Via the comments of this post:

"Speaking of old gear for old computers, I won the CMU-800R on Ebay that was posted here a few weeks back. I'm craving to get a listen and some tweakage on it but I need a working Apple II which isnt in my budget, the purchase tapped me out cashwise along with gifts for my 1 yr old and wife. Anyone with connections to an Apple II who is in or near the FL treasure coast area(Port St Lucie to be exact)can meet up with me for some tweakage on the CMU-800r, Beer and Barbecue on me!!"

You can find inteliko's email address in the comments of this post. Title link takes you to more shots.

Moog Drum

Title link takes you to shots of the top, bottom and side pulled from this auction.

Moog Polymoog

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Some details from the auction:
"Highly popular when it came out, the Polymoog is a preset, polyphonic synthesizer with a 71-note (E-D), touch-sensitive keyboard that is splittable three ways. It features divide-down oscillator circuitry. The presets are strings, piano, organ, harpsichord, funk, clav, vibes, and brass. The Polypedal board allows you to switch between single and multiple triggering, as well as control the pitch, filter, sustain, and external sync. In addition to a main volume slider, the Polymoog has volume sliders for each of the 3 keyboard sections. It also features a 3-band graphic EQ section, and an extensive filter modulation section, allowing it to be modulated by its own LFO, sample-and-hold, and envelope sliders, with variable keyboard tracking. The Polymoog and Polypedal also interface with the Minimoog and Micromoog synthesizers for exciting layering effects. The top of the instrument is actually shaped to accomodate the smaller synths on top. The 1979 price for a new Polymoog synthesizer was $5,295.00 with an additional $375.00 for the Polypedals."

"The sounds you can make on this Polymoog synth are amazing and are unlike those of any other synth. First, understand that this is not a Minimoog. It doesn't want to be. Moog actually produced the Polymoog to interface with the Minimoog so their sounds complement each other. You could trigger the Mini via the Polypedal for scorching leads or to add an extra bass sound in the bottom tier of the Polymoog keyboard. In some ways, you can think of the Polymoog as Moog's pre-midi midi controller, using its 71 touch sensitive keys to trigger the Minimoog and Micromoog as well as playing onboard sounds. The Polymoog itself is well-suited for rich strings and resonant pads, cool vibes, and thick soundscapes. It's not about "phat" monophonic bass lines, although it is perfectly capable of earth-shaking bass. If that's all you want, save up for a Mini.

The Polymoog is fully polyphonic, with a different sound generator card for each of the 71 keys. That's right, you can play all 71 keys at once! Don't know why you'd want to, though. And because there's a different card for each key and the circuitry is all analog, each key has its own special character--resulting in a complex sound that cannot be sampled or modeled by any contemporary machine. And it's touch sensitive, too. The filter section and resonators are tons of fun and can actually process external sources. That's right, you can run your guitar or bass through this Moog filter. Who needs a Moogerfooger when you've got a Polymoog? And since you can control the filter with the expression pedal, just think of the fun you'll have. True analog synthesizer pleasure."

Korg M500 Micro Preset

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Podcast: Sonic State Talk - 024

This one features a few goodies including Gmedia, the Korg MS Series. Title link takes you there.

CZ fun oh fun

Title link takes you to the latest addition to GooGooFish, a page dedicated to the Casio CZ-101 where you'll find a number of tracks featuring nothing but the CZ-101.

Ensoniq Fizmo

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction. BTW, before you even consider bidding on it, read this.

Octave CAT

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

MEK by Awakened_Yeti

Title link takes you to an all MEK track by Awakened_Yeti. Enjoy.

"Here is a song i made using only the mono evolver keyboard. No other sound sources were used, and no effects, EQ, or dynamics processing was used (except for a bit of compression on the final mix for mastering purposes). Everything is raw evolver sounds, and no presets were used. For the drums, i made one shot samples, and loaded them into NI Battery as a kit to be triggered by MIDI - but no changes were made to the sounds themselves."

Plexus Studio

Remember this PAiA modular? Well here it is in the context of the studio. Gorgeous. Title link takes you to the full shot.

More via Music of Plexus.

The ASM-1 homepage

Remember this post on the ASM-2? Title link takes you to the ASM-1 homepage on Magnus with tons of info and samples.

Electro Harmonix Sequencer

Update: Be sure to check out gavin's Fancy & Spook.

gavin posted a few items on AH for sale. One of them was the Electro Harmonix Sequencer Drum which I had not seen before. He posted some details on the unit for sale (below). I asked him if I could post the image and details and not only did he give me the all clear, he sent me an image of his later model Sequencer for comparison and an mp3. Title link takes you to the mp3. Thanks gavin!

Top image: "electro harmonix sequencer drum - early model (without cv out/clk in/reset in - an easy mod?) - 8 step sequencer with built-in tone generator(clean square wave) - controls for pitch, rate, & decay. sequence triggered by pad at front or from trigger in, repeat or single mode, gated by pad/trigger or clock pulse. lots of blippy fun - only selling it as got 2! us voltage model."
This bottom image is the later model.

Utica 292

flickr by Knuckledragger

Title link takes you to more.

The Best Free Softsynths on CDM

Title link takes you to an excellent article on CDM on free plug-ins including the following categories: Virtual Analog (VA), Granular, Sampler, Beatslicer, Drum Sampler, Drum Synth, FM Synth, Hybrid/Modular, and Others.

Ohm Force Tutorials

Ohm Force Tutorial #1 : OhmBoyz


Ohm Force Tutorial #2 : Predatohm


Title link takes you to the Ohm Force site. Ohm force are the developers behind GMedia's excellent softsynths like the Minimonsta and Oddity. via CDM.

Pics...

Title link takes you to a couple more uploaded on sequencer.de.

Oberheim Four Voice


flickr by Heath Finnie.

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