MATRIXSYNTH: Saturday, March 1, 2008


Saturday, March 01, 2008

Keytars! On KAADA WRONGROOM

click here for more images on KAADA WRONGROOM.

Top down (fill in the gaps):
Weltmeister Basset
?
MOOG Liberation
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Yamaha KX5

I've seen the two I can't ID before, but I forget...

Richard Lainhart Releases A New Album on Ex Ovo

February 26, 2008 — Richard Lainhart, award-winning composer, performer, and filmmaker, is pleased to announce that Ex Ovo, founded in January 2006 for the love of dulcet drone music, has issued a release of his CD White Night. The disc is also available in the States from CDeMUSIC .

An excerpt from White Night can be found at www.aalfang.de.

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Ex Ovo writes: Back in 1974, one year before Brian Eno's first landmark in ambient music, a young musician from New York wrote down a fragment of beauty's hidden story with the minimal vocabulary of sine waves on the young black skin of a Moog synthesizer. The first release on CD features Richard Lainhart's masterpiece in its original 29-minutes-version. There's no single second to add, after this time everything is told though nothing has been said.


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Richard talks about the work's origin:
" "White Night" was composed and recorded in the late fall of 1974 at the State University of New York at Albany in the Coordinated Electronic Music Studio (CEMS). CEMS was created by my composition teacher Joel Chadabe with design and custom fabrication by Robert Moog and was, at the time, the largest integrated Moog modular synthesizer studio in the world.

"The piece consists of a dense, continuous four-note chord, each note in the chord recorded in a separate pass to one track on a Scully 4-track studio recorder. Each track consists of a single sine wave oscillator which is frequency modulated by a group of eight additional sine wave oscillators. Those oscillators are all tuned to different tones, each harmonically related to the fundamental chord tone. The amplitude of each harmonic oscillator is continuously varied under the control of an individual sequencer, and each sequencer is free-running - that is, the sequencers are not synchronized to each other, but rather running in their own independent timebases.The result is a continuously-changing complex harmonic waveform which modulates the frequency of the chord tone oscillator, generating a continuously-changing complex timbre based on the fundamental pitch of the note.

"The center tone of "White Night" is 212 Hz, slightly higher than the G below Middle C. The other notes create a chord consisting of a perfect fifth below the center tone, a major seventh just below the center tone, and a major second above the center tone. "White Night" was composed without reference to the standard A-440 tuning system, as we had no such pitch reference in the studio; I just picked a center tone that felt right, and went from there. As such, "White Night" lives in its own pitch world.

"The title "White Night" came about so: it was late December in upstate New York when I was finishing the piece, and a blizzard passed through town the night of the final mix. As I sat in the glow of the sequencers and tape decks in the University studio listening to the final version, I looked out the window and saw a security light on a building opposite the studio illuminating the blowing snow as it drifted off the roof. All I could see was the snow swirling in the light against the blackness; a moving painting continually drawn, erased, and redrawn, always changing, but always the same. It may sound bleak, but it wasn't - it was beautiful. It seemed to me that the image of the dancing whiteness perfectly matched the sound of the piece, and so I called it "White Night" to commemorate that evening of wind and snow."
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Ex Ovo shows that ambient music is alive and well. I applaud their good work spreading the word -- and the music -- worldwide. — Richard

'2008 marks my 40th year as a musician.'"

Korg KAOSSILATOR Imrpov # 2 Mike the Teacher


YouTube via MikeTheTeacher

[Demo]MS2000,MS404,MB33,SYNTHLITE2,KAOSSPAD[Techno]


YouTube via cosmoworks

Vintage Roland Xperience


YouTube via eljuanlux. Audio starts at about 1:17 and picks up.
"This track has been made with the following Gears and devices:
- TR 909
- TR 808
- TR 707
- TB 303
- Mixer Mackie Onyx 1640 Firewire
- Alesis Multieffects 16 bit digital signal processor
I hope u enjoy with this acid track.
The Bassliner"

Crumar Multiman demonstration


YouTube via sounddoctorin.

Follow-up to these posts.

"Bob Weigel demonstrates the Crumar Multiman and discusses some technical aspects that might give people a better feel for what this machine is capable of. http://sounddoctorin.com . Visit the site for a virtual studio tour with sound clips from many of the synths there including Akai AX80, AX60, AX73, ARP Pro-Soloist, Axxe, Omni, Alesis D4, DM5, Crumar DS1, Multiman, Performer, Trilogy, Composer, Bit One, Casio CZ-1, SK-1, HT-700, Farfisa VIP345, Fender Chroma Polaris, Kawai SX-210, K1m, K5m, XD-5, K5000R, Korg Sigma, Delta, Lambda, LP10, Mono/Poly, Polysix, Poly61, Poly800, DW8000, DSS-1, DSM-1, Wavestation EX, Karma, Kurzweil K1200pro, Moog Polymoog, Opus 3, Memorymoog, Oberheim OB-8, Octave Cat, Peavey DPM SI, Roland SH2000, SH3a, Jupiter 4, Juno 6, Juno 106, MKS30, MKS10, MKS7, MKS-70 w/PG-800, JV-1080 w/ kb's of 60/70 exp, Sequential circuits Prophet 600, Prophet T8, six-trak, multi-trak, Siel OR400, DK600, Expander, DK70 keytar, DK80, Yamaha CS60, CS15D, CS20M, PC1000, DX7, DX21, CS2x, S03, and the mighty Conn Electric band! :-)"

EMS sequencer


YouTube via emssynthi100
"256 universal seq +minimoog+TR808 just testing the ems seq i bought. trigger and clock work fine."

Jomox Resonator Neuronium with Mike Part I


YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here a are some tasty little nuggets of neural network goodness from our friend Mike. This is the Resonator Neuronium from Jomox / Jayemsonic. The six resonant "neurons" bounce off one another and the control knobs are touch sensitive too. More ResNeur videos on the way! bigcitymusic.com"

Max on the Moog

flickr by corkyburger

full size

My Babies

flickr by pierlooqup

full size

KORG KAOSS Pad
KORG Kaossillator

Pamela Kurstin on TED



Pamelia Kurstin: Theremin, the untouchable music
"Virtuoso Pamelia Kurstin plays and discusses her theremin, the not-just-for-sci-fi electronic instrument that is played without being touched. Songs include the classic "Autumn Leaves," Billy Strayhorn's "Lush Life" and a composition by David Mash, "Listen: the Words Are Gone." Piano: Makoto Ozone."
via TED where you can find Pamela's full bio. via vgermuse.

Synthasonic Eight Stage Phaser Now Shipping

"The Synthasonic Eight Stage Phaser is a liquid sounding phaser that will definitely "stun" you! Check out the audio demos below and hear the sound of our amazing eight stage phaser for yourself!"

click here for more info including samples. There's a good video on installing frac rack modules there as well.

VANGELIS "Chung Kuo" Cover


YouTube via gattobus
"This is one of my favorites Vangelis themes.
So simple, yet so intense...
Enjoy!

Just a note: I used the Nord Modular G2 modules to build a virtual CS80, with the same structure and signal path (It took me about two weeks to build and refine it...)"

Speak and Spell Sell-Off

click here for the auctions.

Pictured: a Circuit Bent Talking Teacher!

Kinda looks like a mini Haken Continuum.

Description:
"Up for auction is a circuit bent Coleco Talking teacher. His name is FREAKENTEACH. This unit is similar to the circuit bent (FREAKENSPEAK) Texas Instruments speak and spell/math/read. It can make amazing loops and bent sounds and random words. The unit will still function as a normal Talking Teacher unit when all the bend switches are in the "off" position.

I have been making strange electronic instruments and circuit bent creations for over 24 years. I have been selling on Ebay for 7 years. I only use high quality new switches,wire and other electronic components in my circuit bent units. So if you are looking for a quality circuit bent instrument, look no further, you have found it.

Here is a list of circuit bent controls:

1 loop switch that will "catch" a sound and repeat it. Endless loops to be discovered!!

1 loop advance pushbutton, push to advance to the next loop.

2 bend/glitch switches that bend the sounds and makes the unit spit out random words.

1 photo sensor with on/off switch, to vary the pitch when you move your hand over the sensor. It is similar to playing a theremin because you don't have to touch the sensor to change the pitch of the sound.

1 reset pushbutton to reset unit if it crashes.

1 volume pot to turn down the volume of the internal speaker.

1 pitch change pot to vary the pitch of the sound from high to low. The pitch of this unit goes way further down than any of the speak and spell/read/math units. Amazing low drones!

1 1/4" audio output to send the signal to FX or an amp. The internal speaker is switched off when the audio jack is plugged in.

1 brass knob for body contact. You can control the pitch of the sound by touching the pitch knob! Touch the holographic foil label with your other hand to drop the pitch even more.

1 pitch change holographic foil front label. One of the coolest features is the added pitch control that touching the holographic front label gives, you won't find this feature on any other bent unit, or as many ways to control the pitch.

This unit will work as normal with all bend switches off . It will work with 4 "C" batteries or with a 6 volt power adaptor.(not included) This unit is designed for live performance, but it also works great for recording sounds in the studio. It can make some amazing sounds and loops! It makes sounds that you can't get from any other instrument! It can sound like a theremin or a spaceman on speed! Great for techno, electronic music,sound FX."

UP Ultimate Percussion Super-Analogue Drum Synthesizer

via this auction

"very-rare ONE-UP "Natural Response Super-Analogue Synthesizer System" made by Ultimate Percussion (UP). . , with the following controls (all knobs): Decay, VCO (sweep & pitch), Balane (VCO to Noise), Noise Filter, Bite, and Output Level. It is fully functional and works perfect! sounds amazing! It takes a 9-volt battery and an XLR cable."

What I don't understand about this auction is that it includes the video below which looks like an Alesis SR-16 repackaged. I watched it and don't understand the connection. If you do, feel free to comment. In regards to the repackaged Alesis SR16, what's up with that? I remember the ZOOM drum machine being repackaged here? What the hell is that? Hows does that work? I'd never expect to see the Andromeda repackaged. If anyone knows how that works, feel free to comment.


YouTube via ionAudio
"Ever wish you could play drums without the whole neighborhood hearing you? ION delivers with the Electronic Drum Kit. Simply plug your headphones into the state-of-the-art sound module and pound away on the ultra sturdy drum pads. The sound quality is pristine and allows you to perfect your chops in privacy. The output of the sound module can be directed into any auxiliary stereo port or PA system when it's time to get loud! "

Roland JX-8P Power Supply Schematics

via link via Gil on AH.

Thomas Dolby's TED Rig

via Thomas Dolby's blog.

You can find Thomas Dolby on TED here.

BTW, if you are not familiar with TED, do check TED out here.

Surachai - Form Twenty-Five


YouTube via thedeepelement
"after receiving a couple of harvestman modules today and a cd ready for my european tour, i decided to incorporate the two. video of me assembling the modular for my live setup and a track from the cd. artwork credit goes to byonic."

iPhone ad - iBand plays on Drummer


YouTube via HirnW
"iPhone commercial remake. iBand uses MooCowMusic Drummer.
www.moocowmusic.com
www.iband.at"

Weird Sound Generator


YouTube via IINewIIVirusII
"Can be purchased at www.circuit-benders.com. Please visit the designers site at www.musicfromouterspace.com"

magnetic fields part 2 solo (nord wave)


YouTube via graal7
"the solo to the magnetic fields part 2. vibrato with aftertouch on nord wave"

Voice of Saturn (Sound Generator Kit)


YouTube via CuriousInventor. via this auction
http://www.curiousinventor.com/kits/voice_of_saturn
"Loosely based on the Atari Punk Console with some custom tweaks and an LFO front end, this box makes a ridiculous amount of different sounds (mp3 coming soon), all from three 555s. Watch the video or download the mp3 for some samples. Comes as a bare-bones kit, an everything-kit with knobs and case, and a fully-assembled and tested version. It's open source and has small area on the pcb for easy circuit bending. Skill level: Beginner / Intermediate"

CRUMAR ROADRUNNER 2

images via this auction

Roland SH-1000

images via this auction

ARP AXXE 2313

images via this auction
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