MATRIXSYNTH: Tuesday, July 8, 2008

flight of harmony July newsletter

"Now that the madness of developing the Parasite is over, we can tell you about some new developments and upcoming offerings.

· Some of our behind-the-scenes business deals were finalized yesterday, enabling us to receive much better volume pricing on many components and services. Now we get to pass the savings on to you as well! For starters, the price of the Parasite is now just $185.00.

· A stash of the enclosures used to build both the Parasite and the Plague Bearer has been discovered! We are happy to announce a run of twenty v1.1 Plague Bearers, at $240 each. Version 1.1 has a few changes, mostly internal – PCB layout tweaks and Power Supply changes. The patch panel will be all 3.5mm jacks as well. The Parasite v1.0 run has been extended to 50.

Upcoming:
· Modular versions of the Plague Bearer, Parasite, and the Infernal Noise Machine are in development.

· The standalone version of the I.N.M and the Imp should be available soon, with custom wood enclosures, which leads us to:

· We have expanded our crony resource list to include a custom cabinetry manufacturer, and will be offering custom wood enclosures soon.

· And a few more things to be revealed in the future…

~flight
http://www.flightofharmony.com"

Oberheim Matrix-6

Thought this was an interesting shot via trash_audio's latest workspace post on "On Holiday."

"What are your current favorite pieces of hardware? ...I used to love my Oberheim Matrix 6 because it transports you to a magical place of cheesy 80s horror films, but Qrixs broke a bunch of the keys and it's been dropped a lot, so now it's starting to program its own not-good sounds. I'm pretty sure none of that is actually 'hardware,' but ah, well."

Profile: Adrian Utley Portishead PT2

See the write-up on Sonic State. Part 1 posted here.

Maf Lewis Films: Thighpaulsandra's Aeriel Studios Pt.5 !

Tara Busch

See AnalogSuicide for the write-up and links to prior vids.

x0xi0 x0xb0x mod kit - Update

Remember this majorly modded x0xbox? Brian wrote in to let me know the Rear panel mod is now available. Details from Brian:

Inputs & Outputs:
Gate In
CV In
Accent In
Slide In
Accent Out
Filter CV In
Accent Sweep Out
VCO Out
VCF In
VCF Out
VCA In
VCO FM In

Overdrive:
On/Off
Type (overdrive or distortion)
Amount
Tone
Low Freq

Other Features:
Power Switch
Extended Bass response
Extended VCF Range
Extended Env Mod Range

x0xi0 I/O & Overdrive Users Manual
x0xi0 I/O & Overdrive Install Manual

Download the manuals for all the details.

Click here to go to the x0xb0xmod myspace page for blog & more details.

The price is $130 + postage.

Contact Brian @ bcastro[at]harman.com to purchase.

The full x0xi0 kit including the Top panel mods is still being completed. The x0xi0 I/O & Overdrive kit is simply the name for what is essentially the Rear panel mods. The kit has been designed so you can easily upgrade to the full kit when it is available."
Be sure to check out the prior post for a video.

Android Pterodactyls...

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Moog Moogerfooger MF-107 FreqBox, MF-104z Analog Delay, Pigtronix AttackSustain, Kenton Pro 2000 MIDI to CV
Connections:
MF-107 oscillator out to Pigtronix audio in
Pigtronix audio out to MF-104z audio in
MF-104z delay out (wet only) to MF-107 audio in
MF-107 audio out to Pigtronix trigger input
Kenton Pro2000 CV out to MF-107 frequency in Gross."

Oberheim OB-1

images via this auction

via brian c who has the following to say: "do you know the difference between the grey top and black top knobs?

the grey knobs are available to tweek from inside one of the eight stored patches. the black ones only work in 'manual mode,' when you save a patch their settings are stored with the patch, when you call a patch they are disabled , kinda wierd but that's how it works"