MATRIXSYNTH: Monday, September 3, 2007

Synthesizer Meeting Kufstein 2007

Title link takes you to more pics of the event. Be sure to see the previous posts and of course sequencer.de who was at the event.

Bluesynths event 2007

Waldof Wave Pics

via swissdoc on the Waldorf forum:

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Terry Poison

Buzz on the Bell

Comme Ci Comme Ca

YouTubes via terrypoison. via ponyXpress. Previous post. KORG Poly-800 reverse keys.

Alice Cooper - clones

YouTube via ajps28. via Larry.
"Clones (we're all) Alice in paris 1982"
Anyone know what vocoder and synths were used?

YouTube via Moogulator of sequencer.de.
"Synthesizer Meeting in Kufstein (austria) by Theo Bloderer and his wonderful Bluesynths.com Site - this is my personal trip, later I talked to ppl. enjoy!" Looks like the Leopard Skin Minimmog made it. Be sure to catch the ending.

The Volt Per Octaves ~ Super Milk

YouTube via MusicalCafe. Sent my way via Carl. "Musical Cafe TV presents the Volt Per Octaves"
Mouse over the thumbnails at the end of the video for more. Previous post.
Update: I was trying to figure out what this reminded me of. "Red Light" by Siouxsie and the Banshees off of the album Kaleidoscope, mainly the drums and a little bit of the overall vibe.

Schrittmacher controls iDrum

YouTube via shagghie.
"A quick insight into using a hardware sequencer to run a plugin like iDrum, etc. I get a lot of questions on how I use the Schrittmacher, so thought I'd share this tid bit. I normally run DRM1mkII on S1, iDrum on S2, JazBase03 on S3, and leave S4 open to do sample triggering or basslines, etc."

Roland VP-330 Vocoder Synthesizer SN 062013

Click here for shots via this auction. via Rob.

"kenton midi kit installed in 2006. To date ive only seen a handful of other VP-330's with midi installed. Needless to say its very useful feature. The retrofit was installed by kenton electronics. Fantastic sounding instrument, rare too with less than 2000 units being made worldwide."

View these full size. Absolutely gorgeous synth.

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Ruin in the Office

Steampunk meets modular synth DIY.

Title link takes you to more shots sent my way via Philip Baljeu of ruinProjects, where you will find more under Projects.

Synthesizer Meeting in Kufstein 2007

Title link takes you to some images of the Bluesynths event in Kufstein, Austria. via sequencer.de

Anyone know more about this one?

Update via swissdoc in the comments:
"This is the EEF-Modular owned by Theo from Bluesynths. You have had it on you Blog allready: link

Theo said, it was built in the 80s in Belgium. More on Sequencer.de"

Beaver and Krause - Spaced - Original THX Theme

Another interesting tidbit from Analog Days. At the end of Beaver and Krause's track "Spaced," is the classic THX theme of rising notes. It was originally played on a MOOG in 1970 and was later copied by a famous Marin County film company. Guess the company and when it was copied. BTW if you have Napster, Rhapsody or any other subscription music service you can listen to the track. Just search for Beaver and Krause. It's on "In a Wild Sanctuary/Gardharva." The theme comes in at the very end.

Previous post. Update: Also check out THX on Music Thing, for the story behind the THX theme. Andy Moorer, the composer of the THX theme, makes no mention of Krause. Stuff like this always fascinates me. People do come up with the same ideas independently of each other, so who knows... It's fascinating either way - by chance or a copy without credit.

Yamaha AN200

posted by LD Thomson on Matrixsynth on Facebook.

AudioRealism ADM Released

Just a heads up that AudioRealism's ADM Drum machine previously posted here is now available. Title link takes you there.

via Larry.

Roland JX-3P

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Be sure to check out the full size shots. The contrast in these are great.

Keyboard - 61 keys
Polyphony - 6 voices
Oscillators - 2 DCO's per voice
Memory - 32 preset, 32 user
Filter - Resonant Low pass
Arpeg/Seq - Simple Sequencer
Effects - Chorus
Control - MIDI capable (Roland's first MIDI synthesizer).

BTW, be sure to check out Matrixsynth-b for more. I was just thinking about how dry the auction listing have been lately, and then this. I guess when it rains it pours.

Elka Rhapsody 610 String Synth

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

"It is "multi-phonic" as it uses a divide-down, electric organ type of architechture for its tone generation. There are two tones for each note so it's probably fair to say it's dual-oscillator, and it can create some really lush timbres. It's richer sounding than the ARP Solina String Synth (if you can believe that!).The four-octave keyboard is not velocity sensitive.
SUPER RARE! Vintage! 1974!! As used by Vangelis, Supertramp, Tangerine Dream, J. M. Jarre and more!

Very big, great sound!
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I wonder how these compare to the Elka Rhapsody 490.

Update via Micke in the comments:
"The Elka Rhapsody was Billy Currie's favorite stringer for many years. He used it quite prominently on U-vox's first three albums and also to some extent on 1980's "Vienna". John Foxx was also using it on his first couple of albums."

Roland RS-09

Title link takes you to shots pulled via this auction.

"ROLAND RS-09 RARE VERSION 1, LATE 70'S. MADE IN JAPAN. There are three versions of this unit. This oen [sic] is The older version 1. The differences are mainly cosmetic and in the control surface; the V.3 uses touch-switches, the V.1 uses rockers and tends to be more reliable due to that.

Yamaha CS15

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.

Oberheim OB-Xa Voice Boards

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Note the CEM 3320 VCFs in one of the shots.

Alesis Micron

Title link takes you to shots via this auction.
* Industry-leading ION analog-modeling sound engine in a compact package
* 8 voices, each with 3 oscillators, 2 multimode filters, 3 envelope generators, 2 LFOs, sample and hold, and tracking generator
* 4 multitimbral parts capability
* Programmable step sequencer and arpeggiator
* Programmable rhythm sequencer for drum kits
* Dynamic realtime phrase sequencer
* Stereo buss effects, including reverb and 40-band vocoder
* 1/4" balanced stereo analog outputs and inputs with 24-bit conversion
* 37-key, synth-action velocity sensitivity keyboard
* 3 continuously-rotational 12-bit parameter knobs
* 2 assignable modulation sliders
* Pitch wheel
* Expression and sustain pedal inputs
* Compatible with ION programs

MOOG Sonic 6

Title link takes you to shots via this auction. Not the best, but you don't see these too often.

"I didn't realize when I got it that most of the first video game sounds were made with this synth, but you can definitely tell after playing around with it for a while. The thing I like most about this synth is the fact that you don't have to have it plugged into an amp to hear it. It has 3 built in speakers that can even take the fat low unmistakable Moog sounds.

The Moog Sonic Six is a 2-VCO duophonic synthesizer with a built-in speaker and a 4-octave, 49-note (C-C) keyboard. Each VCO can output sawtooth, triangle, and rectangle (pulse/square) waveforms as well as 2 "waveform generators." A "quality" knob adjusts the width of the rectangular waveform. White or pink noise is also available. The Sonic Six can be set for 3 keyboard modes; high note priority, low note priority, or duophonic. The Sonic Six can also be set to an alternate tuning across the keyboard (different interval between octaves of the keyboard). Portamento rate is controlled by a knob. The envelope section features a basic envelope, with variable control for attack and decay and a switchable release (follows decay) and sustain. It had a single VCF, low-pass voltage controlled filter. Two multimode LFOs are available. Their speed is independently variable and can be controlled by the envelope."