MATRIXSYNTH: Saturday, August 23, 2008

PEARL DRUM-X ANALOG DRUM SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

"PEARL DRUM-X analog programmable electronic drum synth module internal memory contains 8 kits each 5 pads=total 40sounds! made in Japan 1980's.

PEARL DRUM-X is early programmable analog electronic drums module in 80's internal memory contains 8 kits each 5 pads=total 40sounds! each kit has SNARE, BASS, TOM1, TOM2, TOM3 parameter has PITCH,BEND,OSC/NOISE,OVERTONE,ATTACK,FILTER,DECAY,LEVEL IN&OUT is 5 pad trigger in,5 separate out and mix out,stereo line in,kit select in, ext trigger in this one has no MIDI(it came from before MIDI era), so you need drum pad with trigger or drum machine that has trigger out(TR-606,TR-808 etc..)

DRUM-X has many tweakable parameters so it's very easy to create various unique sounds DRUM-X's sound character is very fat & warm analog synth sound! sound character is totally different from SIMMONS's sound(I feel more soft character) I specially recommend it's noisy dark tone character"

Univox MiniKorg K2 700s

images via this auction

Tube Theremin -- www.electricwestern.com

YouTube via sheepslinky
"All tube theremin. Playing an improvisation. www.electricwestern.com"

Phantastron Under Test

YouTube via sheepslinky. Audio comes in around :26.
"The phantastron is an Electric Western instrument available as a kit or complete instrument. It is all vacuum tube, and inspired by electronic music and cybernetic computer designs of the 1930s-1960s. www.electricwestern.com"

Arduino Noise Maker

Arduino Noise Maker from James Taylor on Vimeo.
"First running complete circuit - similar to that of Little - scale on Blog Spot. This is actually the second version because we had massive problems sourcing the components needed, and we tried using a second Arduino board to clone the missing chips.

In this one however, the main noise is being outputted to the Breadboard via 6 lines into a 6 bit R2R DAC.

The schmitt triggers are mounted on a nuelectronics arduino board, which controls the vibrato and the wave selector units. The two extra pots on the breadboard are the pitch and speed selection pots.

Stay tuned for more - next version promises to have some midi integration!

Info:
* R2R info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resistor_Ladder
* Original Design: little-scale.blogspot.com/2008/01/arduino-noise-maker-info.html"

speakingObject

YouTube via ffoitl. via Music Thing.
"during my 11 days at STEIM i did a working prototype of the second incarnation of the "speakingObject" (no better title still). it's basically a vocal synthesizer controlled by two buttons and a three axis accelerometer. it works without a computer. the two wires are just power and sound out. the finished object will work on batteries and include an amp plus speaker so there will be no wires at all.

links:
http://joerg.piringer.net
http://www.steim.nl"

Funky March

YouTube via nelsonext. Gotta mix it up now and then... Yamaha EX5/EX7
"This is Easy Listening Music. Composed by SHIN(nelsonext). Imagene　diving into the dark sky."

ECE4893A: Electronics for Music Synthesis, Spring 2008 Projects

"Billy Kihei showing off his diode-ladder filter

The two Sallen-Key projects (by Thomas and Fojas) allow relatively conservative amounts of feedback. This could be relaxed to allow higher Q values by putting some sort of clipping in the feedback loop, as is done in the various variants of the Korg MS-20 filter. (Without such clipping, the filter goes insane with high amounts of feedback.)"

You can find more here.

cassiel's Gearhead Space

I was talking to drew of drewtoothpaste (see some of his synth videos previously posted here) about MIDI boxes with preferably two MIDI inputs that allowed you to input MIDI Clock and note ON/OFF, that could then output a MIDI or CV stream of arpeggiated notes. We talked about using MIDI mergers, the Oberheim Perf series came to mind, and specifically the Oberheim Cyclone. I did a quick search on it and found cassiel's Gearhead Space. I realized I hadn't put up a post on cassiel yet, so here it is. Do check it out. It's an excellent resource with quite a few synths listed. You can read about the Cyclone here. If anyone has any suggestions on a synth or MIDI box that can do the above, feel free to comment.

Synth Secrets by Gordon Reid

"'Synth Secrets' was a series of articles written by Gordon Reid and published in Sound On Sound between 1999 and 2004. The articles are freely accessible on SOS' web site. For your convenience, here is a chronological index."

via André Majorel on AH

WALDORF BLOFELD (AMBIENT)

YouTube via thekilon

"The track is called "The Silence before the Storm" and it is from my album TALOS , it is made 100% on WALDORF BLOFELD , triggered by YAMAHA MOTIF ES6 and recorded and mixed in Ableton Live 6. Beside a sample of a water drop and some effects added by Ableton Live, everything else is 100% Waldorf Blofeld.

As I promised this is my third and probably my last video for Waldorf Blofeld , I hope it demonstrates its sonic capabilities.

The photos are from PYLOS (PYLOS,SFAKTIRIA,GIALOVA,VOIDOKILIA) a part of Southern Pelloponissos , Greece and are taken from me during my 2008 summer vacations. Hope you enjoy it."

Installing sounds to the Alesis Fusion from a PC

YouTube via FailedMuso. Use your Fusion as a portable hard drive.
"A tutorial on how to correctly install sounds onto the Alesis Fusion from a PC. It's a simple process but if done incorrectly, it can cause much stress when trying to locate your new sounds.

!!WARNING!! Do not use this method if you are using a Mac. This method will result in you wiping your Fusion's Hard Drive, leaving nothing but the new sounds."

Two More Modules

YouTube via dkimcg
"I got these two Harvestman modules today, the Pokivoks VCF and the Tyme Sefari with the Sound of Thunder expander. I'm still learning how to use them. The filter sounds beautiful, and is pretty cool that you can mix two signals in. It sounds very CCCP.

The Tyme Sefari, I have to do some experiments with a bigger time scale to see how long a sample it can play back, and some VC experiments too. This is pretty much my first patch after figuring out the basics of the Tyme Sefari.

M28, M17, M10, and the Paia timing and making gates and triggers. M15s, Ring mod, wave shaping, etc. mostly to end up barely audible. I want to get my patches leaner so I don't suck so bad and keep using up cables I don't need to."