MATRIXSYNTH: Sunday, June 10, 2007

Octave Cat demonstration 1

YouTube via OriginalJambo. You might remember OriginalJambo from these Polysix vids.

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.
Details:
"This is a custom model that was modified directly from the Moog factory...
First of all, it has a really nice custom paint job... baby blue with yellow trim and mod-style yellow arrow up the back. The ribbon controller has been replaced with a pitch/mod wheel. The wheel is not center-detented or spring loaded and at first I didn't like as much as the ribbon controller on the Micromoog I used to have, but after a few minutes of playing around with it, I changed my mind as it is very expressive and allows for very natural, smooth manual vibrato and the notch in the wheel fits right into the players thumb so it can be manipulated very quickly. There are some additional switches on the neck compared to the stock Liberations I've seen. There is one marked "Ext Trig on/off" which presumably allows you to turn off the CV/gate to an external synth (located on the rackmount interface) so that you can double your lead lines with an external synth, then switch it off when returning to rhythm or bass line (much like the feature included on the Polypedal with the Polymoog). There is an unmarked switch below it which changes between low and high note priority... this is very handy when using the monosynth (2 oscillators plus ring mod) along with the polyphonic (i.e. divide down oscillators) section, as the monosynth can be selected to play either the bass or lead part of a chord with the flip of a switch."

Roland SH-1000

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Updates on the OB-SX Post

If you haven't checked it out yet, check out the updates and comments to this OB-SX post. There are some interesting bits of info as to how Oberheim marketed the OB-X, OB-SX and OB-Xa as roughly the same synth. I disabled comments in this post to keep the comments on the previous post, so if you feel the need, comment there.

PS, you can find the full size version of this image here.

Le Moog

flickr by sim00n.

Note the waveforms.

Anyone know more about this place. It's tagged with Barcelona, Spain.

Machines make music.

flickr by auroranoise.

"My HazMaPo figure playing my Alesis Micron. You can see my Moog Source and the Lux Nigra sticker on my Alesis. =]"

Gnarls Barkley Crazy Theremin Jam

YouTube via ooo6.
"This video is an experiment to see how rapidly the theremin can be injected into the world's collective consciousness. It's amazing that not everyone knows what a theremin is. It was the first electronic musical instrument and it was invented in 1919. Are Cee-Lo and Danger Mouse from Gnarls Barkley really theremin players? There's only one way to find out!

some notes:
The main theremin was passed through iZotope Trash, an awesome software guitar effects plugin. The video was edited entirely in Adobe After Effects. The hand on the carpet was to simulate wind noise, definitely cause for confusion. This also means all the parts of the song were performed with hands only. CRAZY!

Randy - Moog Etherwave Pro Theremin, Moog Etherwave Theremin, Minimoog Voyager, carpet
KD - Akai MPC drum machine
OG - background vocals on keyboard
Elliot - bass and guitar

This video performance is dedicated to the pioneers, Leon Theremin and Bob Moog, who devoted their lives to music in the electronic medium. Without them the music world would not be what it is today.

If you enjoyed this, please subscribe! It can only get better from this point forward."

Title link takes you to more.

DSI Evolver Drumset

Evolver drums via Stefan Trippler. Title takes you to the downloads - both samples and the patches for your Evolver. Click on the images to get the patches when you get there. Here's an mp3 teaser of one set: link.

Oberheim OB-Mx

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Note the knobs are different.
Details:
Inside view(1 two voice card included)
Specifications:
Polyphony - 2 voice (expandable to 12)
Oscillators - 2 per voice; Triangle,
Sawtooth, Pulse Width waveforms
LFO - 3 LFOs (triangle, sawtooth, sample/hold)
Filter - 2 filters per voice; Resonant 12 dB/oct
Oberheim type filter with low, band,
hi pass and a 24 dB/oct Minimoog low-pass filter section
VCA - 4 multistage envelopes per voice
Keyboard - None
Memory - 256 patches, 256 performances
Control - MIDI (12 parts)
Date Produced - 1994

JUNO60

flickr by labworks.

Also see 1,2,3.

Terry Riley's ''In C"

"This was billed as the first performance of ''In C'' by an all-electronic ensemble, and it was exciting to see on the same platform such a diverse array of people and machines: Robert Moog and one of his classic synthesizers, Donald Buchla and an apparatus from which sounds were squeezed out by mallets, Zeena Perkins and a small electronic harp making decisive attacks, Pauline Oliveros on accordion, two members of the X-ecutioners niftily handling turntables, Greg Howard adding grungy harmonies on his Chapman stick, John Musto and George Steel often keeping the pulse steady and fast on a Yamaha Disklavier, and many more, on instruments both standard (electric guitar, ondes martenot, theremin) and irregular."

Title link takes you to the review. Unfortunately there aren't any images or clips. If anyone knows more about this event please feel free to comment. It must have been amazing just to see them all together on state.

Combination Threshold/Gate/Trigger/Sample/Hold Circuit

"The chaos generators being developed here are of the "flow" variety. This means that the outputs are continuosly varying voltages. It is important to be able to generalize these by deriving chaotic sequences of discrete voltages and chaotic sequences of timing signals. The circuit below was designed to do just that."

Title link takes you to more info.

Drum Machine Display

flickr by Benedict W.

Title link takes you to the image with mouse over descriptions. I'm guessing from the tags the shot was taken at DEMF, the Detroit Electronic Music Festival. The Roland TR-808 is labeled as Juan Atkins, father of Detroit Techno. The KORG SQD-1 Sequencer is labeled as Kevin Saunderson's, used to make "Big Fun." That would definitely be a little bit of history right there.

Update via Benedict W:
"Cheers man. The photo was taken in the exhibition room of Submerge records in Detroit. The equipment was all used by Detroit producers (and some of it still in use - see the 303 note)."