MATRIXSYNTH: Monday, September 22, 2008

Monday, September 22, 2008

Slagsmålsklubben live @ NBC GIGA

YouTube via betamann. follow-up to this post via M.A.S. in the comments.
"Slagsmålsklubben live @ NBC GIGA (german tv show) 20.03.2006"

Polymoog Coffee Table

via dubsounds

You can see a real one here.

Aries Modular AR-324 Dual LFO Lag/Inverter Update

This post has been updated with much larger shots.

Aries Modular AR-318 S&H Noise Clock

This post has been updated with much larger shots.

Buchla Music Easel Orig Manual Update

This post has been updated with much larger shots. Also be sure to check out the comments of the post.

moonmodular M564 - Lunar Experience

YouTube via moonmodular
"3 controler: M560 (960 clone), a M563 and the new sequential trigger switch M564. (stereo echo on 2 seq.tracks)"

via Ben:
"Thought you and your readers might appreciate this. I bought the game Spore when it came out, and since I seem to always have synths at least partly on the brain, I wound up making lots of my buildings, ships, and whatnot synth-oriented. Here's a 'Sporecast' of some of my studio-related Spore creations"

Pictured:
Little Phatty
Description:
Spaceship based roughly on the Moog Little Phatty

Synth Hall
Description:
City hall based on a Minimoog

check out the link above for more.

Roland System 100m Synthesizer Fridge Magnet

via this auction

it looks like the seller might have other designs on the way.

Think about it for a sec... Create your own modular on your fridge. He just needs to create flexible patch chords, or I guess you could yourself with yarn, rope or whatever and little magnets on the ends. :)

Ferry.Estreich "The Rule"

Ferry.Estreich "The Rule" from SillonS on Vimeo.
music by Ferry.Estreich: myspace.com/ferryestreich
movie by Sam Quentin: samquentin.com
Better shot of the larger "keytar" comes in around 3:27 on.

Update: "the keyboard is a modded MS20i I did. I did several of them already and some have been posted on matrix already: link and link.

And the little grey one is a Circuit Bent Casio SA-1."

haplome demo

haplome demo from toddtreece on Vimeo.
"demo of haplome in action. available soon on the app store for the iphone and ipod touch. visit the following address for more info about haplome: toddtreece.com/haplome"
via the stretta procedure
You can get haplome here:

everythings gone green

more images here

Green Roland JX-1 via Dave of umop, home of our favorite synth rodent, The Packrat.

design by CustomSynth

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AMIN BHATIA SEPTEMBER E-NEWS

If you aren't familiar with Amin Bhatia, see this post.

"Thanks to all who have made "Virtuality" a part of their virtual or real record collections. This new album from Amin is getting great reviews in print and on the net.

"...this is a must listen " Michael Gallant, Keyboard Magazine
"...a worthy successor to the legacy of The Interstellar Suite" Craig Anderton, EQ Magazine

Our thanks also to the many Interstellar Suite fans who've sent personal replies and reviews to this sequel album. Because Amin has been busy on the Flashpoint tv series he has not had time to respond (even to close friends and family) but we're catching up on the backlog now. In the meantime please continue to pass along the good word on "Virtuality" with guests Steve Porcaro and Patrick Moraz. It's available on CDBaby and on iTunes and a portion of every sale goes to the Bob Moog foundation. Here's a link to point your friends to info about Amin Bhatia new album release.

"FLASHPOINT" SPARKS
The CBS/CTV new series "Flashpoint" is pulling in record ratings every week with compelling drama from the perspective of the tactical sniper police squad. The theme song and music score is composed by Amin Bhatia and Ari Posner. They are just finishing Season One as you read this and plans are already underway for Season Two. Read more here.

THE TRIBUTE TO BOB MOOG PODCAST
The first in a series of video podcasts about the "Virtuality" CD has made quite an impact because of its professional quality. The 7-minute video features dozens of artists including Amin Bhatia, Steve Porcaro, Patrick Moraz and Michelle Moog Koussa and talks about the far reaching influence of Bob Moog, to whom "Virtuality" is dedicated. See it here. Our thanks to the hundreds of video and audio professionals who donated their time and expertise to make such a high quality podcast....and yes, there are more coming!

THE VIRTUAL TOUR CONTINUES IN SECOND LIFE
It's fitting that that the virtual community of Second Life has embraced Virtuality. The virtual record release party at the Music Academy Online simm was a resounding success in both real and virtual worlds. It premiered the creation of a virtual museum featuring many of the 70 synthesizers used in "Bolero Electronica", as well a "Virtuality ride" through several musical pieces of the album. For more about Virtuality on Second Life you can learn more here.

AMIN 'GIVES BACK' TO THE ROLAND SYNTH CONTEST
As many of you may know, Amin Bhatia was one of the early recipients of the Roland International Synthesizer contest, winning the grand prize two consecutive years. His winning composition was the foundation for his album "The Interstellar Suite" and essentially launched his career in film and television composition. Roland is re-introducing the contest and Amin has been asked to act as one of the judges for this year's competition. Are you a synthesist or want to encourage one? Learn more here.

WEBSITE
Many of the above links take you to our newly designed website and engine, aminbhatia.com."

The Pragmatic Update

I goofed the link in this post. It's now working. Check them out. It's worth it.

Slagsmålsklubben - Sponsored By Destiny (Live)

YouTube via 4nders. via RogierG
"Slagsmålsklubben playing "Sponsored by destiny" on a videostore in stockholm. the 11 April 2007."
Anyone tell if that desktop module is an Access Virus, Creamware ASB or other?

Klee Third Run Poll

You can find the poll via Scott Stites on electro-music.com.

"We're trying to figure out of a third run is feasible.

Poll question says it all. If you missed out on the third run, or just would like to buy more and support your local forum, mark yes."

MIT Flea Market

"The MIT Flea is on the third Sunday of each month, April through October. This is a place to buy, sell, and swap amateur radio, electronic, and computer equipment. Hams and non-hams alike are welcome.

The Flea is held at MIT's Albany Street Garage at the corner of Albany and Main Streets in Cambridge. The gate opens for buyers at 9am. There is a small admission fee."

More info and images here

Interview with Hal Chamberlin

"Way back in 1980 a book titled "Musical Applications of Microprocessors" became the companion for many Engineers designing musical instruments in the 20th century. In 1985, the book was expanded from its original 660 pages to a whooping big 800-odd pages. Till this day, the book (albeit outdated) is still seen as a source of learning for many students in this field. The man who wrote that book is Hal Chamberlin.

For the last 16 years, Hal has been employed by Kurzweil (now known as Kurzweil Music Systems). There, he has been quietly working away on both hardware and software for the many products that Kurzweil make.

Sonikmatter caught up with Hal (at the Young Chang factory in Korea) while he was finishing up on his design of the "remote control" for the new Kurzweil KSP8 Effects Module. Here is what he had to say:" link

AUTOMAT3D

"Welcome to what I hope will become a vast repository of knowledge in the areas of show-control, prop-control, lighting, sound and special-effects. With Halloween just around the corner you’ll need ways to control those fabulous props you’ve built for your haunt. Please take a look around."
via MODD3D, who brought us Midify via Division 6.

Doepfer A100 GROOVE 4

YouTube via unyo303

Robotronic Vocoder Demo

YouTube via SugarBytes
"Check the versatile and superb sounding Robotronic Vocoder!
All kinds of vocoding jobs are possible and it´s so easy to use!"

WOW! Filterbox

YouTube via SugarBytes
"WOW is the most versatile filterplugin our there, featuring lots of filters, insane modulation possibilities, vowel filtering (9 Vowels) and a superb sound! Check this audiophile candy now!"

happy.

YouTube via blindoldfreak. "say no to social life..."
Update via Mike in the comments: "by the way blindoldfreak is alessandro cortini's (of NIN) project. http://www.myspace.com/blindoldfreak and www.blindoldfreak.com"

Release Velocity

YouTube via DaveCornutt. Oberheim Matrix-1000.
"A demonstration of the use of MIDI release velocity. See sequence15.blogspot.com for the accompanying text."

Rhythm Ring Official Demo (Cornell ECE 476 Final Project)

YouTube via blufiresw20.

"An interactive rhythm sequencer designed and built for ECE 476 (Microcontrollers) at Cornell University. Final report: http://www.blufiresoftware.com/tempor...
Please note that inspiration for this project draws from Peter Bennett's BeatBearing. "

the evolution of the LinnDrum II

Third design, now abandoned in favor of the current design. Click the images for the full size shots.

via Roger Linn Design
"September 20, 2008:
I'm sorry to report that we won't be shipping in 2008 and I can't yet offer a new estimated ship date. The good news is that it's turned into a significantly more powerful and creative product. The bad news is that we'd prefer not to release details of the new design because it's so cool that I don't want to show our cards to the competition. However, I do want to thank all those who wrote in with suggestions because this interactive design process has very much helped to change what we thought the product originally should be into what we now know you really want. So please hold your questions while we're hard at work on it, and I'll be periodically updating this page as we release new information. If you'd like to be notified when we update this page with something significant, please click here to join our LinnDrum II email list.

For those of you who are new to LinnDrum II, its new subtitle is "Beat-Centric Digital Audio Workstation with Integrated Analog Synthesis". Inspired by how the MPC product line that I (Roger) originally created for Akai has evolved a new genre of musical instrument, LinnDrum II aspires to raise the bar beyond the current crop of high-end pad-oriented music production station products in order to enable musicians around the world to better realize the next wave of beat-oriented music.

- Roger and Dave
And for your amusement, here's the evolution of the LinnDrum II so far."

some details from tonymission on gearslutz:
"what i know:

Two versions will be available. $1000/1500 one is just for drum sampling like an MPC and the other will have 4 voices dedicated to prophet 8 synth engine if im understanding that correctly. the first sold through Roger Linn Designs, the other through Dave's company...

2008 is no longer the release "date/timeframe" ... early 2009 Linn is quoted as saying in his NAMM interview (youtube)

* Operating system is optimized for realtime live performance, with the ability to switch between beats, drop in and out of record on different beats, switch in and out of song mode and much more, all without stopping play.
* Digital voices have nearly the same signal and modulation path--including modulated filters and resonators--as shown on the LinnDrum II Analog panel. Total number of voices is not yet determined.
* 16 standard 1.1 inch square velocity- and pressure-sensitive drum pads, assignable to sounds, tunings, beats, track mutes, sound mutes or sequence steps.
* Both MPC-style real time and 808-style step recording are provided, and the 16 pads are backlit for visual animation.
* Real-time stereo digital effects on output mix--modulated multi-mode filtering, guitar amp model and bit/sample rate reduction distortion, modulated resonator, compressor, delay, reverb and EQ--with 6 dedicated on/off keys to switch them individually in or out in real time.
* Compact flash slot for data save/load/backup, or for expansion of internal sound storage.
* Internal RAM and flash size is yet to be decided; at least 16 mbytes for each.
* 128 x 64 dot graphic LCD.
* USB port for transferring samples and other files, MIDI messages and audio I/O to and from computer.
* 4 pushbutton soft knobs below the LCD, acting either as soft knobs or soft keys.
* 48 lit buttons for extensive real-time performance control.
* 2 sliders assignable to a large variety of real-time functions.
* HELP key gives descriptive text for any screen, data field, function key or knob.
* Pressing DETAILS key followed by any panel key presents a screen of settings related to the key pressed.
* 2 pairs of stereo outputs, with phones output fed from either pair.
* Stereo inputs for sampling, audio processing or triggering sounds.
* MIDI in and out.
* 2 inputs for either foot switches or expression pedals, assignable to a wide variety of functions.
* Four complex analog voices based on the same Curtis-chip synth voices used in the highly-aclaimed Prophet '08 and Evolver keyboards.
* Four direct ouputs for the four analog voices.
* 27 dedicated dual-function rotary encoders for voicing the analog and digital voices.

taken from:
Linndrum II Analog Drum Machine

more info/source on price:
Create Digital Music » LinnDrum II: Former BoomChik Gets More Delayed But More Mature"

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