MATRIXSYNTH: Tuesday, December 4, 2007


Tuesday, December 04, 2007

Nord Wave Songs via Novamusik

Click here for the tracks.

Next! Superbass 4.4 Demo (aka mam MB33 mkII)


YouTube via jkselsyn.

"A midi analog synthesizer performed with a step sequencer (off camera). "Next!" is a Stanton brand that produced a series of midi equipment for DJ use. This product is a re-branded MAM (Music-And-More) MB33 mkII made in Bavaria.

It tries to sound like a TB-303 but it falls short compared to the real thing. (It's still useable.) The first slow sequence has long notes playing the synth. What you hear is the longest possible note length the synth can produce."

SynthFesta2007 OSAKA in Japan #02

flickr by unyo303 (click for more)

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MOOG Modular clone
MOOG Polymoog
MOOG Minimoog
Sequential Circuits Prophet-5
Roland SH-101 Red
Oberheim Four Voice?
Ultimate Sound DS-1

VASTprogrammer


"VASTprogrammer (VP) is an exciting new program that allows you to interact with your Kurzweil VAST synth from your PC or Mac. It uses the Kurzweil control paradigm; but in a much more useful and expanded way than you have ever seen before. VP is a Java program developed by Michael Warpenburg that allows users to interactively develop Setups, Programs & other types of objects on Kurzweil VAST machines. Users interact with the machine(s) in real-time using VP, and as such can also use it as a general control user interface in a performance setting.

VASTprogrammer runs on both the PC and the Mac (in fact, any platform that supports Java).

VASTprogrammer is absolutely free."

link via sequencer.de

Alesis Micron FM Experimentation


YouTube via Gtechture.
"What you are hearing is Oscillator 1. The volume of OSC 2 and 3 are at 0%. They are being used to modulate the frequency of OSC 1. I have assigned "FM" Amount to knob x, "FM Type" to y and "Osc Sync" to z. I have only touched upon the FM capabilties of the micron. The end result of FM can be manipulated and is affected by an large quantity of parameters for each oscillator such as waveforms, waveshape, pitch."

minimoog demo 70's & 80's groove/breakdance basslines


YouTube via lewisjp8young.
"here's a basically played demo of some of my favourite basslines from my favourite 80's songs of all time. hope they bring back memories, and hope you can guess what songs they are. there is a little bit of improvisation going on."

Knob Tweakin'


YouTube via drjackohollious.
"A little ambient break and adding subtle fx with a kaoss pad and knob tweakin."

Blotouch

via Stefan on the Waldorf List.

How cool would that be. :)

Blofeld

Richard Lainhart - Tranzducer

Seth wrote in to let me know he made it to the Tranzducer show featuring Richard Lainhart. The following are his notes and a couple of shots of the show. Thanks Seth!

"Here's a couple of photos from the Richard Lainhart show at Tranzducer last Friday.

It was a really good show. Rui Pereria did an incredible piece with looping video and audio that was both intellectually and musically interesting. Short video loops with audio snippets that went with them, mutating and overlapping and constantly changing but at the same time all related somehow. Moldover did a genius piece combining recognizable song segments in Ableton Live, custom-made MIDI controllers and an fabulous sense of humor all mixed together to create a captivating and fun performance that was also quite powerful. I didn't know what he did before I saw the show, but if somebody told me "laptop performer" beforehand I would have been maybe mildly interested. However, after seeing his custom-modded Novation controller, his creativity and his energy, I can only say it was totally rock 'n' roll!

And then came Lainhart. I don't even know where to begin. He started slow and low with long slowly changing drones and they just built and built and built until the room was completely taken over by this enormous wall of sound that was moving and changing with sound and textures and rhythms all over the place. It was amazing.

It was also nothing like any of the other things I've seen him do either live with Jordan Rudess at Moogfest or on video. With Rudess he's providing textures, backgrounds, support, an anchor, and then there's Rudess doing his virtuoso thing. And YouTube videos just can't convey the power and intensity of what an actual live performance feels like.

Plus, at the end, Lainhart and Moldover did a totally improvised and unplanned piece together.
I honestly didn't think an Ableton rhythmic loop-meister and a Buchla sound sculptor would have very much in common to play together, but it was actually a perfect combination of rhythm and texture and it totally worked.

Anyway, about the photos, I really like the blue one as a photograph, but maybe the purple one is more representative of the show. I just thought I'd pass them on and put in my 2¢ on the show."

Klee Sequencer Circuit Theory of Operation

via Scott Stites on this electro-music.com thread.

"I thought it might be a good thing to begin compiling a circuit theory of operation here. When its complete, I'll compile it into a PDF. In the meantime, if you plan to read and study this, have a copy of your schematic handy. I'll start off with the Clock and Load functions, with Load being the first function described.
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Load Function

U5, CD4013, performs the load function by controlling whether the shift register ICs are in the parallel or serial mode. For 99.99% of the time, the shift registers are in the serial mode.

..." See the thread for more.

TechStuff Video on Robert Moog




via Synthtopia.

OB8 Free run


YouTube via OB8rushes.
"Basic ARP patch for the OB8, free running with a little mod on the decay of the amp and filter envelopes."

Casio DG-10 on RetroThing

One of my favorite blogs, Retro Thing, has a post up on the Casio DG-10 Synth Guitar.

"Like the multitude of keyboards before it, the Casio DG-10 is all plastic (strings included), has a rubber fretboard, multiple instrument sounds, and drum rhythms. The strings don't need tuning as the guitar works on an interesting principle. Pressing on the frets of the rubber keyboard is what selects the notes. Strumming controls the amplitude. It's actually a clever system as it side-steps the expensive and unreliable pitch-to-MIDI circuitry of the day, and it still lets you perform slides and taps just like on a real electric guitar." click here for the full article.

Oberheim Matrix-6R Manual

click here for a pdf of the Oberheim Matrix-6R Users Manual on www.synthesizer.at. Note that this one takes a bit to load, so don't click on it unless you really want it, and if you do, you might want to save it (right click save as). Marking this post with Matrix-6 as well for anyone looking for the manual.

tee betan-02EQ - Serge I/O

via Ross:

"a track using my Serge TKB and Livewire Dual Cyclotron as sequencer and 3 Serge Oscillators one Plan B Oscillator, Evil Twin etc"

click here for the track

ARP Avatar Modular Analog Synth Modified by CMS


images via this auction

"Here we have a very special item. It started life as an ARP Avatar guitar synthesizer, which basically took an ARP Odyssey and grafted on a very ineffective guitar interface. Well, that genius Phil Cirocco of CMS gutted the guitar interface portion and added CV/Gate inputs and patch points in and out of virtually every function of the machine. You can make great sounds with this unit alone (hear the mp3 demo I made of 100% sounds from the instrument on auction), or you can pair it with an ARP 2600 or other compatible modular for additional functions.

The filter is Mr. Cirocco's own exquisite Moog clone, I believe based on the design which ARP was almost sued over, and which they then substituted with an inferior design of their own which most of the Odysseys have. I had Phil do one for me and one for a friend, probably 10 years ago. He also added a "turbo" mode the the ADSR envelope generator. The lowest row of jacks along the bottom are multiples."

If you are considering this one, read the details in full at the auction as always.

Klee Jamming


YouTube via synthdood.
"This is a test of the Electro-Music Klee sequencer. What you hear are three Thomas Henry XR2206 VCO's one CEM3320 filter, two MOTM EG's, one Thomas Henry VCA, a Thomas Henry UD1 drum voice, and a Ken Stone Cynare(which you can barely hear)"

SynthFesta2007OSAKA in Japan #02


YouTube via unyo303. Follow up to this post.

Roland PG200

images via this auction

Minimax ASB


images via this auction

"I used this synthesizer to create music and sound effects for a Disney multi-media project featuring a mad scientist and his lab. That project has been completed for a while and I hung onto this synth just because it was a lot of fun; rich warm voices that astonishingly faithfully emulate the original Minimoog. Totally, it has around 16 hours or less of use on it, and comes with it's adaptor and a PDF manual on a CD ROM. Here's what Creamware has to say: The Minimoog was a classic for reasons beyond just its sound. Everything was perfectly laid out so you could start playing right away, without having to browse through phonebook-like manuals, and even every accident sounded expressive and inspired. Minimax ASB will give you the same sensation. Quite simply, if you loved the Minimoog, you'll love the ASB. The original made by Moog was the role model for all subsequent synthesizeresizers, so you can experience a part of history through the Minimax ASB. Minimax ASB provides various enhancements, which didn't exist the Minimoog's time: keystroke dynamics, effects, memory for storage, and much more."

Waldorf MicroQ

images via this auction

Product Description
The microQ's synthesis architecture and sound comes directly from the Waldorf Q Synthesizer and was packed into an nice 2 unit rack housing. Still the microQ is easy to program with its editing matrix (some users already may know a similar editing surface from the Waldorf Pulse Synthesizer). This allows you to edit nearly most of the sound engine parameters directly on the surface of this little beast without being in need of activating menus.

Not only the expensive sound of the Waldorf Q was implemented: also the powerful arpeggiator and the more than useful Drum Map can be found in the Waldorf microQ, too.

The Micro Q is not an analog synth, but it can emulate them very well. It is great for punchy analog bass, 303 lines, synth leads, trance pads, swirling effects, analog drums, percussion, beats, and lots more! It's worth a listen! Wonderful preset sounds, a challenge to program...bottom line is affordable, incredible sounds!

Features

* up to 25 voices, expandable up to 75 voices
* 16 part multi timbral
* 300 single programs
* 100 multi programs
* 20 drummaps
* 7 endless dials
* 16 buttons for editing
* 2 x 20 character display
* 6 analog outputs (3 stereo outs)
* 2 analog inputs (1 stereo in)
* MIDI In/Out/Thru
* color: classic blue

Per Voice:

* up to 5 Oscillators per voice
o Pulse with Pulse Width Modulation
o Sawtooth
o Triangle
o Sine
o 2 wavetables with 128 waves each and suboscillator per alt-wave
* Oscillator FM
* Noise generator
* Ring Modulator
* Mixer with Balance, each signal source (oscillator, noise, ringmod, external audio material) can be balanced individually between filter 1 and filter 2
* 2 Filters (serial and parallel routing switchable), different types, all including FM and distortion
o Low Pass (12dB/24dB)
o Band Pass (12dB/24dB)
o High Pass (12dB/24dB)
o Notch (12dB/24dB)
o Comb Filter (positive/negative feedback)
* Modulation Matrix with 16 slots, freely routable
* Pre-routed Modulation destinations, sources selectable
* modulation update frequency in audio range to allow the oscillators to be used as modulation sources
* 4 Modifiers
* Arpeggiator with user pattern, including accents, timing information, swing, glide, chords and more
* 3 LFOs up to audio range
* 4 envelopes, enhanced ADSR configuration with loop and one shot function, bipolar
* different trigger modes for each envelope, poly, mono, dual, unisono, manual trigger etc.
* 2 individual high-quality effects per single program, up to 5 effects in total in Multimode
* Effect Types:
o Reverb
o 2 x Surround Delay
o Chorus
o Flanger
o Phaser
o Distortion
o Delay
o 5 FX
o Vocoder with 25 bands
* and lots lots more...

Waldorf XTk

images via this auction

"The MicrowaveXTk is a keyboard version of the powerful MicrowaveXT. It's a great big orange polyphonic performance synthesizer with 49 full sized velocity sensitive keys. There are 44 rotaries of knob-laden heaven and lots of control. All of the knobs transmit MIDI information as well! It's perfect for performance and studio work.

The MicrowaveXT synthesizer engine is relatively the same as the Microwave 2 and Wave synths that came before it. Digital wavetable synthesis and FM synthesis in which waves are mixed and combined into new sounds. The MicroWaveXTk can easily emulate the sounds of the PPG wavetable synths as well as create squelchy acid-303 lines or boomy Moog bass.

Other great functions include a programmable arpeggiator, 4 integrated digital effects and stereo audio inputs. A sinus shaper 12dB low pass filter, a wave shaper 12dB low pass filter, sample & hold with a 12dB low pass filter, dual parallel filters with 12dB low pass and 12dB band pass, a 12dB low pass filter with filter FM (cutoff modulation through oscillator 2). Top that off with 8 part multitimbrality, 256 sounds and 128 multi-patches for one mega-powerful performance synthesizer perfect in any live or studio application where fat analog sounds are needed!"

Vintage Roland SH-2000

images via this auction

Cortez D-2 Pro-Rhythm Mini Synth

images via this auction

"Interesting little drum synthesizer. Apparently meant to mount on your percussion kit. It's activated by vibration; hit the thing it's attached to and it operates. More info on it here. Has controls for Rate, Mode, Sweep, Volume, Decay, VCO, Intensity (which might be sensitivity to vibration). Includes two footswitch jacks and an output jack. This is an excellent addition to an existing kit for crazy synth drum tones which are easily adjusted via the knobs, or as a "kit" for the intrepid analog hacker to play with. All analog!"
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