MATRIXSYNTH: Saturday, November 10, 2007


Saturday, November 10, 2007

Equinoxe 8 Jean Michel Jarre cover


YouTube via fischek.
"Equinoxe 8 by Jean Michel Jarre played by me (Nord Lead 2X) and my wife (on Korg TR right next to me and barely visible)."

On The Run - making of dark side of the moon


YouTube via sa1ntseiya. via theglyph on the Matrixsynth Forum.

Update via Xavier in the comments:

Time - The making of dark side of the moon


BTW, this is all from the DVD The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon. Highly, highly recommended.

Set The Wayback Machine To 1979

"I was going through some old cassettes when I ran across this: it's a demo I made while I was working at Guitar Center in LA in 1979. My co-worker Jackson Howe and I hooked together every piece of gear we had in stock that could be interfaced. Mind you, this was way before MIDI, we're talking control voltage and gates, all analog.

We hooked together four Arp sequencers to drive approximately 14 or 15 synths."

click here for the rest of the story and the audio. Definitely check this one out. :)

DX7 showdown


YouTube via lesingemonotone.

playing the Polysix


YouTube via lesingemonotone (click for more). via Nusonica.
"Playing the 32 sounds I programmed on my newly restored Korg Polysix."

and..

Korg Polysix tweaking (previously posted)

Casio VL-80 Vintage Calculator Synth W/ Vibrato VL-1 VL Tone


YouTube via electricinsect1. via Nusonica.

"After the Casio VL-1, this is by far the best Keyboard/Calculator, hands down. Such a unique little creature. It actually has a real time sequencer for recording and playback. A built in vibrato and 2 full octaves. Fairly loud for its size. Just like any VL, it also has built in melodies, tempo up / down and one key / auto play functions. Very impresive and very rare. A must have for any Calculator or Casio collector. Or if your like me and have a sicknes for unique vintage gear, toys, or what my parents always called......CRAP!"

Also:

CASIO MT-400v & GE TOTE A TUNE Analog Synthesizer - Orgatron


"The TOTE A TUNE is a real unique and warm sounding toy. I recommend this to anyone who likes that FARFISA / VOX / ACETONE sound. Of course, Its a joke to really compare these to compact organs. But made in 1971, I dont think you will be dissapointed with its tone. Also, the CASIO or CASIOTONE MT-400v filter is no way comparable to MOOG, ARP, KORG, ROLAND, ect. but it is nice to have around as a something different. The filter and white noise will please you if you keep this in mind. Was also realesed as the GTR Orgatron. Same thing, Different color."

Welson Syntex, che suono!!!


YouTube via celestinocamicia. via Nusonica.

"Here is a demo (and a long one too) of a Welson Syntex (not to be confused with the Elka Synthex), Italian-made analog monosynth from 1977 that I bought yesterday in a junk shop in Viterbo, Italy, for 25 euros. What a sound! It can deliver some squelchy basses that give 303's a run for their money...and not only that! But, being it my first "real" (not VST-emulated :-)) analog synth, there's still a lot more things to discover. Enjoy!"

JUNO 60 + SH 101 + TR 606 + JSQ 60


YouTube via magevers.
"JUNO 60 arpeggio solo triggerd with the JSQ 60 and the TR 606. The JSQ 60 sequencer triggerd the juno and the TR 606, and the TR 606 triggerd the sequencer of the SH 101 and also the arpeggio clock of the juno"

Profondo rosso (Goblin)


YouTube via aemmezero. Ensoniq ESQ1 and Roland TR-505. What's going on with the ESQ1 display about 4:45 into it? Check out the S900 Steelphone in the background and do not miss these videos.

Pixilang - pixel oriented programming language


"Pixilang is a simple programming language for small graphics/sound applications. Created by Alex Zolotov (NightRadio) and Mik Razuvaev (Goglus) for non-programmers, demosceners and designers. Pixilang programs keeps in a TXT-files, so you can edit it in any text-editor. Pixilang interpreter works on different operation systems (Windows, Linux, PalmOS) and distibuting under GNU GPL license."


Main features:
* easy syntax and small amount of commands;
* universal containers (pixi) using for text/gfx storage;
* pixel graphics describing in a source TXT-files directly (using ASCII symbols);
* transparency (simple and with alpha-channel);
* simple commands for rotation and resize;
* no floating point math operations - only 32bit integers are using;
* playing music in MOD and XM formats (using PsyTexx engine);
* functions for sound synthesis;
* loading GIF (animated) and JPG file formats;
* realtime export to GIF;

via Alex:
"I'm author of the Pixilang - simple pixel-oriented programming language for graphics and sound applications. In the new release 1.2 i implemented new features for sound synthesis. It's simple, but good for some sound-experiments or lo-fi things."

click here for more info.

F_AM03 - Attenuverting Mixer

flickr by fonik2000 (click for more)

full size 1
full size 2

www.modular.fonik.de

Modualr Synth DIY matthias[fonik]herrmann

KORG MS20

images via this auction, via bryan.

Zyklus Mps MIDI Performance System (Sequencer) Manual


This is a follow up to this post where you can watch a video of the Zyklus MIDI Performance System.

dlmorley posted a link to a pdf of the manual on the Matrixsynth Forum. Click here to download it.

Yamaha AN200 Manual

via this auction

click the image for the full size shot

Korg Kaossilator

via this auction

Shot with the box for the box fetish.

The Juno-106 Connection

Click here for The Juno-106 Connection, a website dedicated to the Roland Juno-106. You will find factory patches, the user manual, MIDI details and more. I found this in the comments of this auction I put up on MATRIXSYNTH-B.

Crumar Trilogy

via this auction

"Crumar designed this to look like the Oberheim OB-X. It has two DCO oscilators and 7 assignable presets and one base preset which can't be changed internally. There are three base sound types which are tweakable: Organ, Synth and Strings. Each of these have an individual output, or you can plug into the center and get both. This lets you do some neat stereo effects.

This analog synth can acheive some really fat sounds, and can be tweaked by opening up the top panel to access recessed pots in the circuit board."

Electrocomp EML 400/401


images via this auction

"This is a very rare vintage synth/sequencer from the early 1970's. It is configured in a double cabinet; one side is an EML 400 Synthesizer, and the other side is an EML 401 Sequencer."
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