MATRIXSYNTH: Wednesday, August 27, 2008


Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Tie Fighter Drums - Analogue Systems rs120 Comb Filter


YouTube via bigcitymusic
"This has to be one of the most affordable, incredibly fun modules ever made. You can get phaser, flanger, slapback, echo, and other crazy sounds out of the rs120. The module is based on an analog BBD delay. There is CV input for the delay time and if you turn up the resonance it will most definitely grow a self-oscillating feedback monster. Or, it could play nice. Here you hear the Jomox 888 drum machine running into the rs120 and later on in the video we use an rs85 LFO ramp-down wave to modulate the delay time. You can attenuate the amount of CV in directly on the module."

Pseudostochastik Generator & Moogfilter (Eigenbau)


YouTube via Redled72
"Ein weiteres Modul für den analogen modularen Synthesizer, Marke Eigenbau =). Der Testaufbau besteht aus 1x VCO! (Dreieck + Rechteck), dem Pseudostochastikgenerator (12Bit-DAU, 4x Schieberegister, Taktgenerator) und einem Moog-Filtermodul nach dem VCO. Die Ausgangsspannung des Pseudostochastik-Generators dient gleich der Filtersteuerung =)."
in Googlish:
"Another module for the analog modular synthesizer, trademark self =). The test consists of building VCO 1x! (Triangle + rectangle), the Pseudostochastikgenerator (12Bit-DAC, 4x shift, clock generator) and a Moog filter module to the VCO. The output voltage of the generator serves Pseudostochastik equal to the filter control =)."

Some Yamaha GX-1 for Rhys Marsh


YouTube via RothHandle
"Today was day number three of working on the new Rhys Marsh track You will never fall. Rhys Marsh is a really great artist. Born in England but now he lives in Trondheim. You can of course find more about him on MySpace.

This little snippet was filmed at Roth Händle studios in Stockholm. This where I keep all my equipment and where I produce and record albums. If you are curious about the studio please stroll by www.roth-handle.nu"

the Yamaha GX-1 in musical context with Orchestrons

Roland SH-101 Grey

images via this auction

Dubreq Pianomate

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.


via this auction

"vintage Dubreq Pianomate. Made in the 1970s in England, it's an odd add-on sound expander for a piano or several other types of keyboard instruments. The system consists of a small amplifier with built-in tone generators, a swell / volume pedal, and two "plunger bars" that attach to the keyboard of a piano or similar instrument. When the piano key is struck, the plunger touching that key drops down and the tone generator is triggered. It's nutty but kind of neat - Dubreq also made the Stylophone, so they knew all about wacky musical instruments.

This setup is complete, down to the original manuals and sheet music, and everything works. It sounds a lot like a Farfisa organ, and the amp gets pretty loud but you probably can't gig with it. This is more of a curiosity than a real professional instrument, but it is very cool if you're into kitschy and funky keyboard gear."

Roland TB-303 Devil Fish

images via this auction
Be sure to read the details on this one if you are considering picking it up. The follow are just the mods:
" * CV and Gate inputs.
* CV input to turn on Slide. (V2.1D onwards: > 2.3 volts turns on the Slide circuit and > 4 volts turns on Gate to tie notes together.)
* CV input for Accent.
* CV input for Filter Frequency.
* Output for Accent.
* Audio In to filter.
* Audio In to frequency modulate the filter.
* Audio Out from filter (pre-VCA).
* Overdrive pot to control the level of oscillator going to the filter: zero to 66.6 times normal level.
* Separate control of Main Envelope Generator times in accented and non-accented notes.
* Volume envelope is no longer fixed, and can be varied from 16 msec through 3 seconds - and to no decay at all, i.e. for notes which last indefinitely.
* Soft Attack control gives attack times between 0.3 and 30 msec. (TB-303 attack was ~3 msec.)
* Slide time is variable to five times longer than normal.
* Variable Filter Tracking causes the oscillator CV to control the filter frequency.
* Internal Filter FM: a unique approach of AC coupled Filter FM from the audio output of the VCA.
* The Muffler is a unique post-VCA soft-clip distortion circuit which retains bass response.
* Push-button to manually activate Accent.
* Filter can be switched to self resonance.
* Accent Sweep has three modes and can be disabled.
* Filter Cut Off pot range doubled to 5 kHz max, and widened to include much lower frequencies.
* Env Mod pot range extended to include zero and go as high as three times the normal maximum.
* Bass response is improved.
* Lithium battery for at least ten years battery backup, so there is no need to install C-cell batteries.
* The six TB-303 knobs Tuning to Accent are mounted about 1.5mm higher than normal, which makes them easier to turn."

Marble-ized circuit bent Casio Sk-1


YouTube via rhomcahrdt. images via this auction.
"a beatifully painted & designed Circuit bent Casio sk-1 for your viewing discomfort."

Synton fenix Modular

via mono-poly's public channel

full and more sizes here

aurora Open Source DJ Mixer Now Available

You might remember the aurora224 from this post. It can obviously be used as a midi controller. It looks like it is now available in both completed and DIY kit form.

aurora224 order page
"we are pleased to offer the aurora224 for sale. there are two different options available to order. domestic shipping is only to usa. we are reviewing domestic pricing for canada & mexico. if this is an international order be sure to select international from google checkout below. shipping is included in the sale price. there is a 6-8 week lead time on all orders.

aurora224 complete
this is a complete kit including 1) assembled pcb 2) top and bottom panels 3) all mechanical hardware 4) knobs and button caps 5) usb cable. user assembles the kit using a hex screwdriver. download software for windows xp and os x from auroramixer.com. price is in us dollars.
$340 domestic
$420 international

aurora224 diy kit
this kit includes 1) aurora224 pcb 2) all electronic components. this kit does not include the top and bottom panels, mechanical hardware, or knobs and button caps. this kit requires soldering. download software for windows xp and os x from auroramixer.com. price is in us dollars.
$270 domestic
$350 international

12 bent Pikachu orchestra +1


YouTube via Kaseo. "2007.11.26@Enban (Tokyo)"
via califaudio, via oobject where you can vote for the top circuit bent toy.

Here's one more from the set with a Speak n Math, Speak n Spell, Speak n Read, and Yamaha RM1X.

ASMO : Texas Electro [ circuit bent ]

BugBrand AudioWeevil08

"AudioWeevil08
Note this is not in production yet!
Added 20th Aug 08

After many months of refinement, I can finally announce the new AudioWeevil08! This version really raises the bar in terms of response, feel and design.

A wide variety of features are packed into this Weevil - have a check of the block diagram to the left to see how the signal flows. The box is both a synth-sound generator and an audio processor - oh, with a load of chaos possibilities chucked in too." More images and info here. Be sure to see this post as well.

Spliff Live 1982 - Kill (85555) and More via swissdoc

Spliff Live 1982 - Kill (85555)

YouTube via SuperNudel.
You can find a description for this video in German under the more info link on this YouTube page, or in Googlish here.

via swissdoc:
"Spliff is a German band from the 80s, very nice stuff and they had a fine
keyboarder Reinhold Heil and a cool drummer using Simmons Herwig Mitteregger"

Check out the other tracks from the album 85555 under Related Videos Features JP8 and TR808 and more you will see yourself

Reinhold Heil had a girlfriend Rosemarie Precht, together they recorded under the name Cosa Rosa. In this vid they use Yamaha CS-30 and CS-01. I think the guy playing the CS-01 is Reinhold Heil.

Cosa Rosa - (Rosemarie Precht) - Her mit dem Kindergeld!

YouTube via NewVaveGermany80

Here you see Herwig Mitteregger Playing the Simmons SDS-V

YouTube via fritz5117

This now is not so much related, but they used a JP8 at high sea

Blancmange - Waves (JP8 at sea 1:07-1:12)

YouTube via JimEAPG

AMPLIFIED & EFFECTED SKATEBOARD LEDGE/ RAILING


YouTube via insomekneeact. Sent my way via devi.
"The skateboarder has become one of the significant examples of dynamic movement and interpretation of the urban landscape. The skateboard has also become synonymous with public destruction and noise - always a calling card for social / public complaint and public control. Mixing the elements of the skateboard and its interpretation of something abstract like a handrail can also be highlighted via the media arts to recognize the audio elements within the relationship between the skateboard, the railing, and the physicality of the skateboarder.

This performance was planned for the Project Sound Wave Series (3) Sound Festival June 27th 2008 in San Francisco CA. We were denied entry into the States and Homeland Security fingerprinted and blackmarked Nicolay. The result was this video performance done in Vancouver which was screened at the festival on the 27th in San Francisco."

using iPhone to control a VSTi plugin synth


via wire to the ear

The Three Prototypes

flickr by recompas

"Voice of Saturn prototypes, testing out the new ~modulator (middle)"

full size

Anyone know what that little, yellow, plastic looking monster thing is on the top left of the rightmost prototype?

stg/soundlabs

Just a nice shot of an STG (Suit & Tie Guy) modular system currently on the stg/soundlabs homepage.

Russia's Last Tzar

Another one from Space Opera, Mexican Style.

Moog Little Phatty and a Bear

Electronic Music is Complex

This one in via g2d
via Space Opera, Mexican Style

Electronic Music is Complex
"'Moog' Synthesizer in the 1970s (a pioneering era of Jean Michel Jarre compositions)"

Anyone know more about this shot? Who that is, who's modular, when and where it was used, etc? Also is it all Moog or do you spot anything else in there? What are the bottom modules?

via g2d
www.guyd2.com [photography]
www.sweetcucumber.com [blog]
www.pillion.be [music]

Update: It looks like it's Hans Zimmer. via Qwave and Stretta in the comments.

Update via Loren Norell in the comments:
"It is Hans Zimmer, it was taken from an 1980s British magazine (Electronics and Music Maker?). It was in an article on some band that Hans and Warren Cann had formed with some cabaret singer and a concert they gave with too much gear. The modular synth was only a part of what he used in the concert. BTW it is Moog modular with Roland 700 modules and a sequential circuits programmer on the far left. I have that issue of the magazine somewhere, although I'm not sure where it is at the moment."

Tim's Ancient Analog Synthesizer Page

"This is my Monophonic Synthesizer. It was designed and built in the late 1970s. It is shown here with all the patch cords removed so the panels are more visible. Some of the modules were never completed beyond the panel. Click any image for a bigger version."

Tim's Ancient Analog Synthesizer Page

The site includes images, schematics and more general info on the following DIY modules:

VCO
VCF - 2 pole state variable
VCA
ADSR Envelope Generator
Sample and Hold
Ring Modulator
LFO (8038 based)
Pseudo Random Noise Generator
Flanger

via SK

Combined LFO Pattern


YouTube via isotopeofme
"LFOs are great. Modulation is the heart of many good sounds, but a single LFO can get boring. Up, Down, Up, Down. So why not mix 2 of them together? Here's an example of a slightly more complex pattern made by summing 2 midi synchronized LFOs at the Linear VCA.

The patch is extremely basic, a simple 2 OSC saw fed to a 24 DB lowpass filter. the output of the combined LFOs is brought into the secondary VC input on the LPF creating a syncopated pattern.

See more videos here or on my site www.isotopeofme.com"

This Modular Synth Patch Even Smells Like Ass


YouTube via dkimcg
"A drone that used up almost every last patch cable I have. But they all do a little something. The way one small individual fiber is harmless, but combine many together in some Metamucil and you get crap for sure. This patch even smells like ass. Like the big turd that never ends...drone away.

It sounds much better not on youtube.

In PooO'phonic sound here:
http://joekickass.com/donk/sounds/sou..."

SSM2044 VER2.0 BOARD example


YouTube via bluelantern320
"I used a Korg MS2000R for the midi ARP. I used my NExus 6 SYNTH VCO's to go to my SSM2044 VERSION 2 VCF, then to a MFOS DUAL VCA. I used A NADYTMP-3 channel strip to allen&heath mixer and mixed Behringer delay pedal, and V-verb FX. This is to demonstrate Pro Recording Examples using the Module."

Zorlon Cannon

image via felix inferious where you can find some first impressions on the harvestman Zorlon Cannon.

The Gypsy: Circuit bent Casio SK-1 in antique suitcase


YouTube via TheUmbrellaCo
"The Gypsy is third in the tourist series.
New features include a copper touch pad, increased led activity monitoring, more presets, an assignable footswitch output, in panel speaker, and fine pitch trim. availible on ebay!" It looks like the auction ended with 0 bids. It had a BIN of 900. images saved off here. via GetLoFi.


There's also The Skyway by the same bender:

The Skyway, circuit bent SK-1 housed in antique suitcase

You can find more videos here.
"The Skyway is #2 in the Tourist series. It's features are the same for the most part, with the exception of: an improved I/O section, voice volume knobs, activity indicator, larger patch bay, and a custom independent speaker box. Also available on ebay @ item number 190237314770"

Making of a drum synth

via Making of a drum synth:
"The Beginning
Today I'm starting the blog which is dedicated to the development of an analog drum synthesizer. I was asking myself for a long time if I really should start this since there are already too many blogs out-there (in my opinion) with doubtful content sometimes. Anyway, this is about building a analog drum computer. A drum computer is a device on which rhythms can be programmed, it is one of the basic ingredients for all sorts of electronic music. There are some famous examples of drum computers such as the tr-808 from roland which is unfortunately not produced anymore."

via sequencer.de

"Siliconsequences1DL"


YouTube via morbius001. I thought I put this up already, but I couldn't find it, so here it is.
"This is a video demo of the Synthesizers.com Q-960/Q-962/Q-963 ability to be "played" on-the-fly, including skip, reset, stage input/output triggers (C)2005-Cybertron Productions. If you like this video, give it a good rating. For more info, join our "synthesizers.com user's group" on Yahoo http://launch.groups.yahoo.com/group/... Also, check out our WIKI pages http://www.synthesizers.com/pmwiki/pm...
For more info,video demos, and music excerpts by Cybertron http://www.unisynth.com"

curetronic PCBs VCF Roland 100mSystem - Jen SX1000 ...

via curetronic.com on this electro-music.com thread:

"Hello, my name is Matthias Schmidt from curetronic.com.

Beside the curetronic modules recently I have offered layouts for
several people that are obtainable from me for 9 euros per item.

The first and the second pieces are vcfclones of roland 100m
system modul121 and of jen sx1000.
Silkscreen, layout and bom are in the pdf-file.

Then follow:
-roland 100m (modul 150) the ringmod, noise, s+h and clock
-phasershifter (modul 172)
-vco single (modul 112/110) with 726 replacement

Here is the link"

Pictured:
PHASE SHIFTER Roland 100m system Modul 172 (top)
Roland 100m system Ring/Noise/S+H/Clock for 39 euro+shipment (bottom)
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