MATRIXSYNTH: Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Tapewarm Modular

via daddio of Tapewarm.

A few more images:
close up
0 rear 1
0 rear 2

And a noodle:

"first thirty seconds, exp. fm input at about ~8:00
second thirty seconds, exp. fm input increased gradually to full
last thirty seconds, back to ~8:00
patch:
SoC (top row) modules triggered by lfo (second row)
0 triggered by SoC, fm input from an LFO
4 outputs of 0 (colored cables, sine triangle and two ramps) sent to VC mixer (bottom) controlled by Morph controller (bottom) so each waveform alternately takes prominence over time in the mix."

KBH & Monome & iPod Touch - akaRemote demo

YouTube via djcylob. via Wiingo Shackleford in the comments of the previous post.
"This video shows my DJ application, Kombine BeatHarvester, being controlled by a Monome 128 and an iPod Touch running akaRemote. These devices send Open Sound Control messages back to KBH (which has been made in SuperCollider). The following features are demonstrated: track browsing and selection, deck loading, random access, reverse, looping, skipping, granular fx, frequency shifting, filter, stuttering, repeating, delay, comb delay. The crossfader and mixing of tracks is not shown here, maybe another time!"
Update: If you are in London this Saturday, March 1st, you can catch this live at:
SuPlex at the Korsan Bar, 161-165 Kingsland Road, London, E2 8AL.
more info at: http://www.plexlondon.net/

iBand

YouTube via HirnW

Sent my way via brian c. You can see a write up on Wired here.

"The first iPhone band. More songs to come. www.iband.at"
That would be Electroplankton on the Nintendo DS.

Doepfer A-105 SSM filter Kick Drum

VAC has a mini review up on the Doepfer A-105 with a sample. You can find it here.

Studio Shot

This one via Mike

Spot the synths

Roland Juno-106 synth - unison mode

YouTube via hamsterdunce aka dave of http://umop.com/ (The Packrat, RTB and Parallax). He also did the graphics for a number of Metasonix products including their new amp. :)
"This synth dates all the way back to 1984, as does my inner adolescent as I attempt to explain the very first trick I ever learned on a synthesizer: How to enter unison, or monophonic (solo) mode. My synth sounds like crap in this mode. Maybe yours sounds better? Watch and pretend that learning is fun!"

Update via Tratt in the comments: "I recently had some time to fiddle around and have compiled a proof-of-concept firmware with unison detune spread, see http://nydell.se/projects/j106 for more info. Give it a couple of months and I'll hopefully have a more complete J106 update."

Ableton Operator Tutorial

YouTube via mechanicalchris3
"A simply yet clear tutorial on some practical applications for a seemingly remedial instrument."

Waldorf Q synthesizer sound demo

YouTube via kay396ss
"Waldorf Q factory sound patches demo. Triggered by Logic 7, with t.c.electronic M-ONE XL reverb."

Tr-606 and DSI evolver FXmangling

YouTube via enapa1apa
"Tr606 processed by evolver, quite beutiful sometimes, and raw and untamed sometimes... "

and:

Tr-606 through Sidstation filter

Moog Prodigy Analog Synthesizer by RetroSound

YouTube via retrosound72

Re-Uploaded on Aug 18, 2008

"old school Moog Prodigy demo by RetroSound

all sounds: Moog Prodigy
drums: Roland TR-606"

tyme sefari

flickr by nakedintruder
(click for more)

full size

SEQU Sequencer

via zthee on this electro-music.com thread where you can find more.

"It's a sequencer based on the Seku by Mauno Tuominen (link).

The whole thing started of as an idea to build a simple gate sequencer using only CMOS. I thought that by using just 2 4017 and some logic I could get it all to work. But after some trial and error - that just resulted in failure. I gave it up.. (The basic problem was that I never got it to reset at the right step. It was either to early or to late..) ..and decided to build the Seku instead.

I'm not sure I'm gonna get it all to work. But the LEDs light up fine (except for LED 6 and 16 which I have the wrong way around..). I'm gonna try the CV portion out tomorrow, and I hope I'm able to finish the gates aswell."

Roland System 100m Synth Pron

click here for more shots on sys100m.org.

via perterwendt

New Blofeld Firmware v1.02 and Soundset

via Wolfram Franke on the Waldorf list:

"we just released V1.02 of the Blofeld Firmware. It addresses the bugs you've reported. Here's the excerpt from the changelog:

V1.02 Hotfix 080225
-----------------------
This version is a hotfix addressing bugs reported by our users.

Improvements:
* Increased Output Volume by 12dB.
* Fixed spurious problems with Sound selection when Category Filters
are used.
* Fixed storage problems of received sound dumps which showed "Init"
or "Init!" sounds.
* Fixed further spurious occurences of "Init" or "Init!" sounds.
* Improved voice allocation with Unisono sounds.

Known issues:
* Changing sound volumes during playback over MIDI might result in
loud sounds for held notes. New notes are played with the correct
volume. This happens with sounds that use additional volume modulation
i.e. by Velocity.
* Booting the Blofeld might result in a freeze when USB is connected and a
sequencer application (i.e. Logic 7 or 8) is open. Logic, for example,
sends certain MIDI messages to a new MIDI Port as soon as it appears.

You can find the Firmware Update through our News pages:
English:
http://waldorfmusic.de/en/news
German:
http://waldorfmusic.de/de/news
or here:
http://waldorfmusic.de/de/archiv?relPath=/blofeld/system
Soundset:
http://waldorfmusic.de/en/archive?relPath=/blofeld/sounds

Tangerine Dream 1977 tour programme (Stratosfear)

via Brian Kehew of The MOOG Cookbook.

click the image for a larger shot.

Update via Qwave in the comments: "notice the wrong spelling of PPG as "PBG"."

Update: see the comments for more discussion including questions on when this image was actually from.

Studio Shot

This one in via theglyph.

What is wrong with this photo?

polar 60 mashines maschinen

YouTube via horstneudorf

I normally don't put up posts on videos that disable embedding, but I'm curious if anyone out there knows what this one is. You can find the video here. I'm giving this one a DIY label for now. There's also an iPod sitting on the keyboard controller. If anyone knows more about this one, feel free to comment or shoot me an email.

Update: one more embeddable video via HorstNeudorf in the comments:

polar 60 schmidtbauer nowakowski
YouTube via horstneudorf

moog bode + ribbon controler (theremin effect)

YouTube via polyvoks
"how to emulate a theremin with a moog modular using a ribbon controler"

synth fingers

flickr by alex hornsby

ASM-1

Tom sent a link to some shots of his ASM-1 to the SDIY list. It's actually up for sale.

I asked him if I could back up the shots as you don't see much info on the ASM-1. He was kind enough to oblige and sent me another shot of the complete wiring and power supply. You can find the images here.
This ASM-1 includes stackable banana cables which allow you to patch multiple cables.

You can find the ASM-1 homepage here, but be sure to check out the label below for more as well.

FM Review of Waldorf Blofeld

via peterwendt:

"The UK magazine FutureMusic has a review and audio demos of the Waldorf Blofeld in the February issue. Here's the cover [click for a larger image]. There is a shorter version of the print review online at musicradar.com but the print version is a lot better."

Update via Qwave in the comments:
"Some strange thing happened to the Blofeld picture on the front page:
How to lid 4 LEDs like this?
It is not a normal mode. And not a hidden function.
So it is a little bit photoshopped ?"

Studio Synth Spotting

Studio shot from an anonymous reader. Spot the synths. I put a few labels up on the obvious.

Chamberlin Rhythmate Tape Loop Drum Machine

YouTube via peahix
"This is a quick demo of my Chamberlin Rhythmate. This was an early drum machine which played back tape loops. It's a predecessor of the Mellotron. A lever moves the tape head across 14 different tape loops, each of which has 3 tracks on it, for a total of 42 different drum loops. A sub-lever shifts the head across the tape to align it with one of the 3 loops. Sometimes it's hard to avoid crosstalk.

Samples of all the loops from this Rhythmate are available as bonus material on my Optigan/Orchestron/Talentmaker sample CD-Rom, which can be ordered here:

http://www.optigan.com/shoptigan.html

Here's a little infomercial i put together for the cd-rom:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeUeME..." (previously posted here).

Bye Bye Synth Babes, Hello Synthettes

Just a heads up, I've removed the Synth Babes label and changed it to Synthettes.
Sorry guys, no label for you!

All Sound Sample of YAMAHA SY35 for me 1

All Sound Sample of YAMAHA SY35 for me 2

YouTube via imo0129

"I obtained SY-35 in net auction the other day. This article was only 40 dollars. Movie cam sometimes picks up a noise. I'm sorry. The condition of the synthesizer is the best, but my physical condition is the worst.
先日4500円で落札したシンセです。こちらの映像は内蔵メモリの「シンセ系の音」です。６４色の音色を確かめました。これらは自由に改造できます。 "

MOOG PRODIGY

images via this auction

"This is the extremely rare model with the CV GATES for midi hook up. Moog made very few of the CV Gate models and most Prodigy owners end up spending a lot of money to modify their Prodigy in order to get the CV gates. You won't have to with this baby, it's all done for you straight from the factory so there is no need to worry about some hack job being done on your vintage synth. And it also comes with the ORIGINAL manual which is also very rare in addition to a copy of it in a three ring binder for easier use and so you can put your original manual away so it doesn't get lost or damaged. It also comes with a custom flight case made specifically for the Moog Prodigy, not some weird fitting generic case. This case fits the Moog perfectly."

This reminds me of this post on Howard Jones' custom Prodigy with extra jacks.