FIRST PRODUCTION MATTSON MINI MODULAR FIVE - SWITCHED ON ANONYMOUS

YouTube via redmartian

"This is a renaissance dance by Cesar "Il Trombone" Negri [1535-1605] (Chilesotti's transcription) performed on the Mattson Mini Modular. The video features stills of the VCO-J and the JP-VCF which I did not have in the video 'Mattson Mini Modular Inside and Out".

I am hoping to do more of Chilesotti's lute transcriptions as well as a few of Luis Milan's Pavanas."

DSI still Sequential Circuits

This one spotted by prophei. He downloaded the sysex for the three individual OSes for the DSI Poly Evolver Keyboard off of the DSI website. When he looked at the manufacture in the Mac OS X SysEx Librarian this is what he saw. Anyone confirm?

Update: another screen shot sent in and confirmations in the comments.

Update via wavedeforum via the comments: "The manufacturer ID is not IP that would get sold with Sequential Circuits. It is an ID issued by the MIDI Manufacturers Association. Usually a number is retired or recycled when a company ceases doing business.

Because of Dave Smith's role in getting MIDI going, he gets to keep his ID, which is 1.

It's the programs that interpret Sysex that lookup the ID and display an appropriate string that are at fault for still displaying Sequential Circuits. I would think that they should be revised to display DSI/Sequential or something similar."

also sent my way privately via Stephen via Synthwood. Pretty cool when you think of it. Dave Smith was THE man behind MIDI. SCI was first with the Prophet-600 followed by Roland with the JX-3P. I'm guessing Roland has ID #2, but I have yet to confirm this. Be sure to see the comments of this post for more.

Update via Dave Cornutt in the comments:
"Roland is not ID #2 because the IDs are divided into three groups, American, European, and Japanese. The American group starts with 1; the European group starts with 20 hex, and the Japanese group starts with 40 hex. Roland is assigned ID 41H; for reasons unknown to me Kawai was given 40H. Here's the whole original list, from "The Complete SCI MIDI", January 1984 edition (all numbers in hex):

CLICK FOR MORE »

Buchla 200

Two shots via the comments of this post.

Top is a flickr by fastheadache
(click for more)

Bottom is via Christian here where you'll find other synth shots as well.

05-25-2008 Buchla Perdita

YouTube via jaqkuraj. Anyone know more about this? You can hear the synth come in around 2:34.

Update: it's a Buchla.

"Drums and keyboard: Jacqui Kuraj
Buchla: Bill Lefferts Brown
Saxophone: Steve Buchanan
Bass Guitar: Rick Iannacone"

"Ghost Whisker" - Rupert Chappelle, Theremin

YouTube via saintrupert. "Rupert Chappelle, Theremin, 12-15-08."

Korg M50 - Shine On You Crazy Diamond

YouTube via tehfujicory
"This is my custom combi and program set for the Korg M50 that attempts to pay homage to the Floyd classic. Apologies for the slightly desynced audio."

Thing-a-ma-kit

YouTube via sduck409
"I just finished this Thing-a-ma-kit, and after a short period of it not working and some debugging, here is my first experience with it. It's built into an old printer sharing box that's about 15 years old."

reedBoxDemoVideo.mov

YouTube via kuiphoff
"The ReedBox is a device that allows users to interact with a computer using magnets. It utilizes an Arduino micro controller and the open source programming language, Processing.

Note: Due to a bad VGA cable, the colors on the monitor aren't quite right."
Read more about it on John Kuiphoff's Projects.

ROLAND BUTTON

via this auction

"25MM ROLAND BUTTON BADGE"

Based on the seller's other items, I'm guessing this is a reproduction and not an original.

SUIKO-100

via this auction

"UIKO-100 is extremely rare and most strange japanese electronic musical instruments
it was originally made for japanese traditinal music circa. 1980. SUIKO-100 was a most expensive and top of the line product of SUIKO series

it built in cool brown custom suitcase like EMS synth, one side of the suitcase is a speaker so you can play without external amp or mixer but don't worry it has audio output too. keyboard itself is built in beautiful plastic case and design look little bit like Roland TB-303 BASSLINE keyboard is separatable from it's case

these keyboards were very expensive and made very limited quantities those days made for the very small circle of the people who seriously studying japanese traditional music so i'ts very hard to find even in Japan nowadays... this is your first and last chance to get this vintage bizarre gem!

it has 2 rows of button keyboard this keyboard specially designed for playing glissando easily like koto(japanese harp) front row of the keyboard is japanese scale,so just playing randomly you can easily get exotic japanese melody!

there are various switchs and dial for special japanese tuning, sustain, octave, vibrate, bend, mono/poly switchs are avaliable and it also has auto play/rec function,you can record and play your performance and play another instruments over your recording sound

many sounds are selectable,mainly japanese traditional instruments like shyakuhachi(japanese bamboo flute),koto(japanese harp) and to oboe, strings, chorus etc.. in drums mode it become exotic rhythm section full of japanese traditional drums and percussion and you can play all these percussion by keyboard

sounds are very real and warm and strange!,very unique original sounds even chorus or strings sound has dark vintage sound color like mellotron

I recommends SUIKO-100 for the artist who tired of western electronic instruments and seeking for new and bizzare sounds also recommends those who seriously studying japanese traditional music

Item is used but very good condition and working. some scratch on box using 6 batteries or DC9V adaptor(not included)"

Experimenting with Electronic Music - 1974

via this auction

"Published the very same year electro-industrial pioneers Kraftwerk released their breakthrough album "Autobahn," here's a wonderful, rare book covering virtually everything you ever wanted to know about music synthesis and reproduction. Within its pages is an overview of the history of electronic music, from RCA's tube-based Mark I to modern solid-state synthesizers, with photos of the Minimoog and the Moog Sonic Six, as well as the Tonus ARP 2500, 2600, and Soloist consoles. For you tinkerers out there, the book also contains numerous construction projects, including two (2) separate transistorized theremins complete with detailed alignment instructions. All projects come ready-to-build with full schematics and parts lists.

Contents include:
* Musical Electronics
History - Mechanical Tone Generation - Electronic Tone Generation - The Music Synthesizer

* Sound and the Electronic Signal
Sound - Harmonic Motion - The Sine Wave - Additive Synthesis - Square Wave - Sawtooth Wave - Beat Notes - The Envelope - White Sound - Using the Complex Wave

* The Instruments
Mechanical Tone Generators (string, wind, and percussive) - Experimenting

* Microphone and Pickup Applications
Principles - Ceramic and Crystal Applications - Homemade Ceramic - Homemade Percussion - Dynamic Microphones - Magnetic Pickups - Homemade Magnetic Pickup - Condenser - Impedance

* Building a Small Electric Organ
Tone Generation - General Construction - Tremolo Modulator - Mixer - Homemade Keyboards - Combining the Stages

* The Electronic Modifiers
Tremolo Circuit - Envelope Control Circuit - Trigger Circuit - Attack Envelope Generator Circuit - Photoelectric Modulator - Reverberation - Chime Device - "Fuzz" Circuit - Sustain Circuit

* Electronic Tone Generators
Multi-waveform Generator - Pink Noise Circuit - Two Theremin Projects - Automatic Percussion Circuit - The Almost Nightingale - Mini-Organ

* Odds and Ends
Two-Channel Mixer - Three-Channel Mixer - Voice Selector - Variable Bandpass Amplifier - Active High-Pass Filter - Resonant Filter - Tube Filter - Tape and Echo

Apart from a bit of cover wear, the book is in very good condition. Hardcover, 180 pages. First edition, copyright 1974."

Be sure to see the Synth Books link under the Stuff for Sale section just to the right of the site.

circuit bent KAWAI R-50e

via this auction

"Kawai R-50e Drum Machine Modified by Robert Green of Alien-Devices.com

This modified device is an electronic drum synthesizer and sequencer capable of producing very unique synth percussion sounds and patterns. The mods offer hundreds of patch combinations which can effect the drum sounds in subtle or drastic ways creating beat mutations, digital filtering, synth tones, envelope warping, bizarre beats and electronic textures.

This unit has a 17 point banana jack patchbay and includes five stackable banana cables, an ac adapter and a PDF copy of the manual

Here are a few samples to demonstrate the quality..."

KMD Drum Exciter Bias Coron Drum Synth

via this auction
"Here we have a very rare KMD Drum Exciter drum synthesizer module. The module is trigger sensitive and mounts directly to any drum. The module has the following knobs, Effect, noise, intensity, balance, rate, sweep, mode, decay, sweep, volume, decay, v.c.o. The unit has an FT/SW input and also a main out 1/4 inch jack. This unit sounds amazing, there is no other module that will do what this does."

POLIVOKS Soviet Minimoog Analog synth

via this auction
"Polivoks was designed by an engineering team lead by Vladimir Kuzmin from the Urals Vector Company later built by Formanta Radio Plant in the early 80's.
• This auction synth was made in July 1988 in USSR. Serial Number: 0788009
• Polivoks is one of the most popular vintage synths today because of its history and extraordinary industrial look. Many consider its sound capabilities to be comparable to a MiniMoog.
• POLIVOKS is a polyphonic 2 OSC analog synthesizer. It features a unique set of electronic parts, reliable keyboard (49 notes F–E) made in magnetically controlled contacts; synthesis modules consist of independent boards, which is convenient for maintenance.
• The synthesizer has 2-voices polyphony; each oscillator works with a keyboard note independently.
• Polivoks is housed in an original body of uncommon design with handy controls.
• Two types of filters – bandpass/lowpass and external input for cutoff control.
• Connection on the rear panel : on/off switch, OUTPUT on standard 1/4''jack, INPUT and Pedal input with 5-Din connectors, PHONES with 5-Din connector, power wire connection (220V), fuse (0,5A) ."

Roland Juno-6

via this auction

Yamaha DX7 Synthesizer Pin or Tie Tack

via this auction

Boomkai - Photoshoot 2008

flickr set by soulbridge Media
(click for more)

Moog Little Phatty

3 recent Serge tracks via Cebec

image is for "it's all right here"

via cebec's live modular improvs

Also check out cebec's Virb page for more tracks featuring 100% Serge modular.

reverse key piano black

More shots at the flickr set by customsynth of customsynth.co.uk.

CME controller in black

【iPhone】Bloom

YouTube via F8sequence
"Bloom by Brian Eno & Peter Chilvers"
You can find Bloom here:

Quasimidi Polymorph Presets - Part 1

YouTube via Yorkshirelad69

"A tour through the 64 sequenced presets that come with the Quasimidi Polymorph. These should give you an idea of the kinds of sounds this Synth is capable of. All can be changed over-written. Each preset has 4 parts and each part its own FX. No external effects processor was used. This is the sound you get straight out of the box.

Part 2 will take you through some of it's user defined sounds, including Oberheim like pads, an excellent Mellotron choir and leads.

Sorry for the low quality video, the sound however, is excellent as it was recorded directly onto the PC (but a few seconds out of sync)."

Arduino trigger sequencer prototype

YouTube via wiresounds
"Cat is pretty confused as I demonstrate a prototype arduino sequencer. It's sequencing the buchla box."

medusa poontangular prototype1

YouTube via robotpickle
"For noisephiles and bleepheads only.

The sound you are hearing is from a noisemaker I call Medusa. It's 556 circuit pulsing 2 LEDs into to another 556 noisemaker circuit with photocells (CV can suck it). There's also a low pass filter (from WSG "odd" filter using 741).
Later, I'll shove in a box and use testtubes for the LED/photocells."

Final Fantasy VI - Decisive Battle

YouTube via KuresunaZero. Roland SH-201
"So heres me playing FFVI's Decisive battle aka. boss theme. originaly, i was going to do this in a few takes a splice it all togeather but i thought, what the hell, might aswell try and do it in a single take.

Stuffed up abit but who cares.

Hi to the people at WoV!"

RCA synthesizer piano (1955)

YouTube via nikemoto2511
"from old records, recently found on the web.
cool music, no lyrics, no persona cult.
made in the U.S.A.!"

xoxbox vs jomox xbase999 msy2 sync din24

YouTube via acidgus

Matter Waves (3/3)

YouTube via Filmstripman. monome at 4:48.

Korg DS-10 Synthesizer with Clocks - Coldplay

YouTube via Makuz94
"Man kann also doch mit diesem komischen Synthesizer für den DS ein Lied nachspielen..."

SX-150

flickr by Enjoy Surveillance
(click for more)

Just a few shots of the packaging and included magazine.

NIN and MainStage

"Rock innovators take their signature sound from the studio to the stage with MainStage…"

See the video here (video 2)

Note Alessandro Cortini (bottom shot) of Modwheelmod and blindoldfreak (also on MySpace) has left NIN to work on his own projects and take some well deserved time off the road. Note Alessandro is a reader of MATRIXSYNTH. You can find some kind words from him on the right of the site under the "Kind Words On MATRIXSYNTH" section. He also contributed with these excellent Buchla 200e videos. We wish him the best of luck and hope he keeps on rocking.

Making a simple Buchla 200 System patch

YouTube via PositronMusic
"The little history of a simple patch with the Buchla 200 system. Live patching of the Buchla 200 and other modular synthesizers are performed in every Positron concert, for more info and music please visit : http://www.myspace.com/positronmusic"

Electric Music Box 2

Uploaded by PositronMusic on Feb 17, 2009

"Number 2 in a series of live patching with the legendary Buchla 200 System. Live patching of Buchla and other powerful modular synthesizers are performed in every Positron concert, new gig comming soon, for more info and music please visit : http://www.myspace.com/positronmusic
Patch and music by Antonio Isaac"

Electric Music Box 3

"Number 3 in a series of live patching with a Buchla 200 System. Live patching of the Buchla 200 and other modular synthesizers are performed in every Positron concert, for more info and music please visit : http://www.myspace.com/positronmusic"