MATRIXSYNTH: Thursday, December 20, 2007


Thursday, December 20, 2007

Nora: The Sequel - Better than the original!


Remember Nora? YouTube via burnellyow. via swisstony.
"Features all-new footage and more duets. Better than the original! This is not a trick taught to Nora. She began sitting at the piano at about one-year-old. She's three now. She plays only when the mood strikes her, which is usually several time a times a day for short periods.

© 2007 Yow!/Alexander

CD Now Available! The Laurel Canyon Animal Company just released a CD called "Cat On The Keys," and the featured track is called "Nora's Song." It uses Nora's piano playing from her two videos and puts it together with a jazz band. The song is super cool! Check it out at http://nora.petcds.com

$2 from the sale of each CD is being donated in Nora's name to Best Friends Animal Society http://bestfriends.org"

Update Response via Jared:
YouTube #3: Chris, The Piano Playing Human

RA MOOG Minimoog

images via this auction

From the first round of minis with the clear mod and pitch wheel. This is from when Bob Moog still owned the company. You can find some basic history on Moog Music on Wikipedia and of course the Analog Days book in the Synth Books section on the right of this site. I'm actually surprised there isn't more on Wikipedia.

The BIN? 5.450,00 Euro or... $7,812.33 USD.

Yamaha CS70M


YouTube via meastempo
"Some Vangelis sounds from the CS70M, lots of people complain about this synth, that it not sounds like the big brother CS80, i think it does a little.."

Yamaha CS70M part2

"More Vangelis (Blade Runner Blues)"

Casio SK-1


YouTube via easyflow
"Casio SK-1 recorded and arranged with Acid 4.0. No additional sounds were used, just the build in effects of Acid and multi track recording."

Update: "This track is also available in stereo..."

EVI Serge by vgermuse Part 2


YouTube via matrixsynth. Sent my way via Todd Barton, aka vgermuse.
Part2: 2:15 demo. Follow-up to Part 1 here.
"This time instead of a single patch on the EWV2000 I am scrolling through a handful of original sounds along with the Serge. Enjoy and Thanks!"

"The EVI 2000 analog synth module of the EVI 1000 is producing long sustained sine tones which are now and then sent through a Moogerfooger Ring Modulator. The EVI is triggering a patch in the Serge that is creating random pitches and drastic timbral shifts. Hope you enjoy."

Steve Jansen Slope


I thought this was interesting. Stretta commented in this post that Steve Jansen's newest album uses artwork from danmcp. Pretty cool.

Update: I just noticed that if you refresh Steve Janen's website it will rotate through different images and style. Below are two others that came up for reference. There are more. Way to boost traffic. ;)

Casio Vl-1 and pedals


YouTube via RothHandle. Via Grondo2001 in the comments: "this is actually the Casio VL5..."
"Yesterday I was working on a track for polish artist Krysztof Antkowiak and wanted a sort of fill sound for the chorus..

This is the Casio Vl-1 going through a Moogerfooger Lowpass filter, then into a Mid-fi electrronics Pitch pirate and then into a Boss PS-2 and then into a Frostwave sonic Alienator.

This film was recorded ona old digital camera it is therefor dark and short. It was filmed at Roth Händle studio in Stockholm. For more infor on the studio please visit www.roth-handle.nu"

Plan B returns in '08!

Via Peter Grenader of Plan B:

"We'll be showing a few new things, not as many as in previous years, but the line is more mature now and that's to be expected. We're hoping to have the new case, and two modules which I haven't decided to take them into production as of yet. It depends on the feedback received at the show:

The first is a super-quiet headphone pre which uses the infamous 5532 Opamp.

The other is this device called a Wave Splicer which lets you merge waveshapes together. It senses the zero-crossing of input A and let's you dial when the transition to the second input occurs, but always returns to the first input at the beginning of each wave cycle. You could have a saw going in one and a square from the same VCO in the other,and the splice setting would determine when in the single cycle it would switch between the two. This combo would allow for a saw you could PWM. Infinite combinations would make for some interesting timbres.

Two VCOs at different pitches is another that sounds great, especially sub-octs or two completely different squares as you can PWM the + and - sub-cycle independently of a single waveform. Again - once a wave begins, it will switch to a second input and then back to the first before the next cycle starts again. It will give the four output M15 six completely unique waveform combinations: sine/tri, sine/saw, sine/square, tri/saw, tri/square and saw/square.

The upside of doing it as a module as opposed to just adding that functionality into the VCO to begin with is some of these sound more interesting than others and as an outboard it gives you the potential to morph from other sources, not just the parent VCO.

Both the Headphone Pre and the Wave Splicer are 4HP.

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have a Happy Happy, Merry New New!"

SynthLab for the XO - One Laptop Per Child Project

Remember TamTam? (click to check out the video) TamTam is a music suite similar to GarageBand for the OLPC XO. OLPC or One Laptop Per Child is a nonprofit organization that is trying to get laptops in the hands of children across the world, who could not afford one otherwise. You can read more about the program on the OLPC website. They are currently offering a buy one get one free up until Dec 31st, so if you are curious you can buy one for yourself and one will be sent out to a child.

What's interesting to synthheads is it will also feature a modular synth program called SynthLab. Think Native Instruments Reactor, the original Seer Systems Reality and other module based software synthesizers where you connect various components to create sound. SynthLab is "designed for older children who are ready to venture into more sophisticated sound design, SynthLab is a mini-lab for acoustic- and electronic-circuit construction." Pretty cool.

via John.

PPG Waveterm - Mandozzis album 'Bach-Handel 300'

via Andre
"a scan from the original booklet of Mandozzis album 'Bach-Handel 300'. Do you know this record? Unfortunately it's not available at the moment. I bought it back in 1985 when it came out."

If anyone knows more, feel free to comment.

iPhone Synth


YouTube via scribemedia.
"It's very much like Propellerhead's ReBirth (remember that one?) and other step-sequencers. I tried to demonstrate how some of it works but my big sausage fingers +plus+ trying to face my MacBook's cam just proved more challenging than I thought.

What's cool about it is that not only can you set each note in each step of the sequence, but the type of oscillator per note (ie square, sine or white noise for snares/claps), the volume of each step, and you've got 3 octaves to choose from.

But that's not the best part - as shown in the video, it's using the iPhone's accelerometer to mess with the filters - the cutoff and resonance.

Application created by http://roventskij.net/index.php?page=3"

BugBrand PostcardWeevil08


YouTube via BugBrand.
Here's the new PostcardWeevil!
Three lofi oscillators ring-modulated together with power starvation, body contacts, line-out and MiniAmp for a hyper-portable sonic world measuring just 7 x 8cm!
Check www.bugbrand.co.uk for more details."

SCI Pro-One + Minimoog + Roland JD-800 + TR-707 *RetroSound*


YouTube via retrosound72

"synth demo track by RetroSound

bass: SCI Pro-One
sequenced sound: Minimoog
pads: Roland JD-800
drums: Roland TR-707

live played, no sequencer software used"

EMS KS

Two images via panorama on the Matrixsynth Forum. Note this is for sale. You can get more info on the forum.

iPhone 808

flickr by Dreamtargets

"Apple iPhone/Roland TR808 Rhythm Composer combination. Possibly the world's coolest drum machine."

Anyone know more about this? Just an image or any functionality?

via Synthtopia who are wondering as well.

kokiriko bushi


YouTube via fareastrecording. I saw this one posted on The Stretta Procedure (check out some of the other vids there as well). Not sure what is actually used in this one but it is definitely chip music - C64, Nintendo, etc.
"kokiriko bushi / omodaka (far east recording)
downloadable in iTunes Store searching with
"omodaka" as the artist's name
animation dir.:teppei maki"

machinedrum big steppin'

flickr by actuel (click for more)

full size

Split Enz - I Got You


YouTube via joehop52. Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, Octave CAT, Roland RE-210 Space Echo, and Yamaha CS80 and CP-70. "New Zealand band Split Enz on ABC Comedy/Music show "Fridays" performing 'I Got You'"

And the original video:


And... my favorite Split Enz track:
Split Enz - Six Months In A Leaky Boat

EVI Serge by vgermuse


YouTube via matrixsynth. Sent my way via Todd Barton, aka vgermuse.
"The EVI 2000 analog synth module of the EVI 1000 is producing long sustained sine tones which are now and then sent through a Moogerfooger Ring Modulator. The EVI is triggering a patch in the Serge that is creating random pitches and drastic timbral shifts. Hope you enjoy."

Update: New video is up here.

Battling Seizure Robots via Richard Lainhart

"Friends: just in time for the holidays, here's a new live performance video for your viewing pleasure. This time, I'm jamming with Moldover at Tranzducer .011 on November 30 (2007). I play my Buchla 200e/Haken Continuum system, while Moldover works out on his controllerism rig. This is a completely spontaneous, unrehearsed, undiscussed improvisation, and the first time we've ever played together; while it's camera-audio only and so not the best quality, I think it's worth checking out. The complementary video improvisation was provided by Bert Baldwin.

("Battling Seizure Robots" is the name of one of the video animations I created for this performance, which, perhaps fortunately, you don't see in this clip.)

To see the clip, go to http://www.otownmedia.com and click on the link at the top of the page to go to the Performance page, then click on the Battling Seizure Robots link under Tranzducer .011.

Happy Holidays!"

Richard Devine: Analog Live! Follow Up

click here for the full post on trash_audio

"I was asked to participate in the show about a year ago. I have been long time friends with Peter Grenader from Plan B modular (Ear Acoustic). He had been playing around with the idea of doing a show with artists and friends he admired. I have always loved Peter's work. His music and the piece "The Secret Life of Semiconductors" he played is one of my favorite analogue pieces to date. I was very excited at working with Peter and doing a show with him. It turned out to be a complete success and I was extremely happy to meet the other artists like Alessandro Cortini, and Chas Smith who I have been a long time fan for many years. It was a very interesting to see how everyone approached using these new and old machines to make compositional works. I unfortunately couldn't bring out my modular stuff, as I have strict weight lifting restrictions from only having my surgery months ago. So I had to play on my computers which I know many people might have frowned on me for, but it was the only way I could participate in the show. I was just happy to be there and experience the show."

Previous posts on Analog Live!

cardboard synth 1


flickr by jennifer.geometry (click for more)

Not sure what the affiliation if any is with danmcp. If you know feel free to comment.

Ampworks Bass

flickr by Bahistagitarista (click for more images)

full size

Anyone know more about this one?

Kawai SX-210


YouTube via mcvadsr.

MiK's Breadboard - Reading MCS-48 MCUs


YouTube via MusicMiK.

"Today i try to read out the ROM images of the D8049C microcontrollers of several Korg Poly-61, as one of the 3 machines i have here has a broken UI controller. For now, i successfully read out a keyboard scanner, having some trouble with the other MCUs.
The basics you need to know on how to read out the ROM image on MCS-48 CPUs comes from here."

Moog Sonic Six Vintage Synthesizer 123synthland Demo


YouTube via 123synthland.
"We just put this 1 up for sale along with a ton of other similar items. This patch was set up very quickly, with minimal effort. It should however give you a decent idea of SOME of the types of sounds this synth can make. This particular Sonic 6 is being offered with a CV and gate input adapter. In this series of videos some of the sounds are self-playing using only the Sonic Six either in VCA bypass mode or with the LFOs triggering the envelopes but a couple are being controlled via sequences quickly entered into the Roland MC-202 microcomposer. Enjoy, and email us anytime at minime123@onebox.com"

Voltage, o trailer


YouTube via uilames. This is like Cloverfield for synth nuts. Anyone know more about this one?
"Trailer do mais novo filme de animação do estúdio Barros Melo, que estréia em fevereiro de 2008."
Googlish from Portuguese:
"Trailer's newest animated film from the studio Barros Melo, which debut in February 2008."

Update via William in the comments:
"Hi

I'm Uilames. By the way, my real name is William and Uilames is just the way my name sounds in Brazil. Me and my friend Filippe Lyra have created and directed this film. Its name is Voltage, and it's a short 2D animation about creatures that are half human, half modular synths. Each one of them is a module and they connect do each other in order to make music. It will be released in a couple of months and I will post the full-length version as soon as I can. Thank you for posting the trailer at Matrixsynth."

Update: full film here.

SCI Prophet VS + SCI Pro-One + Moog Minimoog + Roland TR-707


YouTube via retrosound72.
"synth demo by RetroSound

reso bass: Minimoog
percussive random sound: SCI Pro-One
pads, fx-sounds and voices: SCI Prophet VS
drums: Roland TR-707

hand-played

more info: www.retrosound.de"

Rougemusic please help with my sp 1200


YouTube via musotalk. Two big players in the synth community.
Rogue Music in New York and Musotalk in Germany.

Doepfer Modular

images via this auction. There's a video linked in the auction while it's up.

G6 Case + PSU2
A-190 Midi-CV/Sync interface
A-111 (x2) High End Oscillator
A-118 Noise / Random Voltage
A-138a CV Mixer
A-138b Audio Mixer
A-121 Multimode filter
A-131 Audio VCA
A-117 Digital Noise / Clock source
A-114 RingMod
A-180 Multiple
A-170 Dual Slew Limiter
A-140 (x2) Envelope Generators
A-148 Dual Sample & Hold
A-149-1 Quantized / Stored Random Voltages
A-149-2 Digital Random Voltage
A-156 Dual Quantizer
A-146 Variable Waveform LFO
A-147 Voltage Controlled LFO
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