MATRIXSYNTH: Sunday, March 4, 2007


Sunday, March 04, 2007

syntezatory.prv.pl - yamaha cs-20m


YouTube via Jexus.

DJD

Guess the synths.

BTW, in case you missed the updates to the previous posts on Don Juan Dracula (1, 2), shoot me an email at matrixsynth [at] hotmail.com if you'd like a free download of their album.

Matrixsynth on CDM

What the... Yep, you heard it right. The plan will be to put up a weekly post on Create Digital Music featuring some of the highlights for the week. Title link takes you to the first post.

JoMoX M-Resonator on SIGHUP

Title link takes you to thoughts and samples on SIGHUP.

4ms Pedals

Triwave Picogenerator pictured

Triwave controls:

* Two tone generators (VCO's), each with:
o Pitch: center frequency from rumbling low to hissing high
o Tone: select harsh square-wave or smooth triangle-wave
* Three LFO's (low frequency oscillators), each with:
o Speed: rate of change of each pitch channel
o Depths (2 knobs per LFO): Amount of pitch modulation on each VCO
* Mix: blend between tone channels
* Volume: output level


"The Essential" Triwave:
* All of the above, plus...
* Waveshaper: (3 knobs) blend each LFO from square to triangle
* Ring mod: adds an input jack and sensitivity control for ring modulation effect
* Dual cross modulation: (2 knobs) frequency modulate each channel with the other

"The Works" Triwave:
* All of the above, plus...
* Waveshaper: blend each LFO from square to triangle, a knob per LFO
* Symmetry: blend each LFO from sawtooth ramp-up to triangle to sawtooth ramp-down, or variable duty-cycle rectangle wave, a knob per LFO
* Ring mod: adds an input jack and sensitivity control for ring modulation effect
* Aux volume: uses ring mod input jack for blending clean signal over the triwave
* Dual cross modulation: frequency modulate each channel with the other, a switch per VCO
* Range switches: select full pitch range or high range only, a switch per VCO
* Drum triggers: adds a trigger input jack and sensitivity knob per VCO, for triggering each channel with an external source
* Expression pedal jacks (pitch): control pitch of each channel with an expression pedal

Title link takes you to more pedals, samples and info. Via sendling.

Tapewarm

Another great shot from Tapewarm Studio.

You can find music by Tapwarm including some for sale at the following links:

muzikfrommarz
bellywood
frippercino

Scroll to the second player when you get there for the tracks for sale.

Doepfer Modular
Oberheim Matrix-12

ARP Axxe

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

ARP Little Brother

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

MOOG Source

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Key for Roland Jupiter-8 6 Juno-6 60 106 SH-101 Synth

No title link. Just the shot via this auction.

Details:
"Original replacement key for Roland Jupiter-6/8, Juno-6/60/106, SH-101, JX-3P, Alpha-Juno-1, HS-10, HS-60, and other vintage Roland synths."

Casio EG-5

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this Craiglist posting.

"This is a Casio EG5. Made in Japan in the early eighties.

Perfect for a one man band. You can pre-record your show on cassette and then pop it in the guitar and go to work. Plug it into your PA system, or your amp.

This is also the best practice tool ever made. You can use it for jamming by yourself, to whatever cassette you put in. The cassette speed is adjustable for matching pitch. or slow it down to learn a favorite guitar run. Onboard speaker, if no amp or PA is available. Nothing can stop your show.

It can blend between the tape and guitar, to get just the right volume match. It has great clean tone, or hit the button for distortion. The onboard distortion is killer sounding !! You can adjust the level of distortion needed."

via Robert

Jupiter 100% - Online Compilation on Jupiter.org

The comp rules are simple:

1. 2 minutes or less
2. No sampling - MIDI/CV sequencing or multi-tracked overdubs OK
3. No other instruments - Just the Jupiter 4, 6, 8 and MKS-80

Here is Stephen Jones' entry: under-orbit.mp3

Title link takes you there.

Juno 6 Mirror

flickr by frigante.

100&100 #04

flickr by unyo303. Doepfer and Roland. Title link takes you to more.

Custom 6 VCO modular

flickr by JohnnyBusca.

Custom 6 VCO modular.
6 VCOs
2 VCFs with dedicated ADSR
3 VCAs with dedicated ADSR
1 Mixer with reverb.
Everything is routed internally but everything can be overplugged.

via Dennis.

noiseprofessor's Juno-106 Demo


download here
"Roland Juno-106: Example for a sound with longest possible attack-time on the envelopes"

One more via noiseprofessor. Beautiful Roland Juno-106 pad.

noiseprofessor's Oberheim Xpander Demo



"Moody demosong made with an Oberheim Xpander only. Recorded with multitracker to show off the possibilities for doing percussive sounds, which is often said that the Xpander can`t do this. Sure used some Delay in mixing process. Note: Even the drums & percussions are made with this synth."

Title link takes you to noiseprofessor's Twango page with more synth samples.

Don Juan Dracula - Run Away With You

And one more via DJD. Title link takes you to the video for Run Away With You. This one is more synth heavy. I was going to hold off on posting this until I found out what synths were used, but I figured I'd just put it up. Anyone know what that keytar is?

Update: Shane is offering a free copy of the album for download to the first 20 people that want it. If you want it, shoot me an email: matrixsynth[at]hotmail.com.


Update via Henning, the keyboard player of DJD, regading the keytar in the video:
"-it's actually a danish kids toy keyboard called "elektronisk keyboard 11 -100" gaffa-taped onto a kids guitar!
-The kid in the video made it himself actually before the videoshoot after he had seen pictures of me with my keytar. So we had to let him use it..."

Don Juan Dracula - Live Roserock 2005


YouTube via donjuandracula (click for more videos).

Featuring a Korg MicroKorg and a little red keytar. Anyone know what the keytar is? The audio quality isn't the best but you should get an idea of song. BTW, there is another reason why I am posting this. The band's manager, Shane Chisholm, contacted me about doing an interview with the band. As this site is about synths, I'm keeping the questions focused on synths. I also asked him about opening up the questions to all of you, the readers of Matrixsynth, and he said go for it. So.. If you have any questions, feel free to post them in the comments. Why do I have a funny feeling about this... You can find more info on Don Juan Dracula (more shots and better audio) on their official website and their myspace page.

Update: Some of their influences: "These band we really love and come to mind right now:
omd, pet shop boys, depeche mode, devo, duran duran, a-ha, soft cell, erasure, the cure, human league, the faint, vhs or beta, visage, ultravox, freezepop, every moves a picture, peaches, fischerspooner, ladytron, gary numan, miss kittin, stereo total, chicks on speed, jeans team, and so on...."

Update: Shane is offering a free copy of the album for download to the first 20 people that want it. If you want it, shoot me an email: matrixsynth[at]hotmail.com.

Rhodes Chroma Halloween

Via Chris Ryan on the Rhodes Chroma list (with permission):

"Greg Hutchings of Hutchings Keyboards in Australia (who seems to have sold most, if not all, of the Australian model 2104 Chromas) e-mailed me some pictures of replacement membrane panels he recently came across [1]. This is one of a small number of obscure "Red" or "Halloween" themed instruments or parts; see also [2, 3]."

Roland System 100

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Some details:
"Aside from the System 100's fat, warm analog tone (its greatest strength), its most powerful feature is its ability to insert external sounds or control voltages into its signal path at various patch points. You can patch it back to itself to create new sounds as well. One of my favorite tricks is to patch the post-filter checkpoint output back to the filter cutoff input at about 50%--it gives a great overdriven filter-type effect that modulates based on your filter cutoff position. There are many other possibilities, especially if you combine the System 100 with another modular synth. Also, the envelopes and VCA response are very fast and make for great analogue percussion sounds...including a very fat kickdrum!"

Novation BassStation Keytar

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

Details:
"What it does is that the pitch bend ribbon which let's you do hammer-ons, but it won't actually bend the notes more than a 3rd! a button will open and close the filter (a wah wah kind of effect) Strap buttons lets you use a guitar strap and sling it across your shoulder."

Note it's from Siel.

MOOG Taurus 1

No title link, just three shots pulled via this auction.

ARP Odyssey

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.
PREVIOUS PAGE NEXT PAGE HOME


Patch n Tweak
Switched On Make Synthesizer Evolution Vintage Synthesizers Creating Sound Fundlementals of Synthesizer Programming Kraftwerk

© Matrixsynth - All posts are presented here for informative, historical and educative purposes as applicable within fair use.
MATRIXSYNTH is supported by affiliate links that use cookies to track clickthroughs and sales. See the privacy policy for details.
MATRIXSYNTH - EVERYTHING SYNTH