MATRIXSYNTH: Monday, March 9, 2009


Monday, March 09, 2009

Percussa Inventor Wins Qwartz Award

"Qwartz Max Mathews rewards a genius invention: this year, we attribute the Qwartz Max Mathews to Bert Schiettecatte, of Percussa, for the invention of Audiocubes instruments."

http://www.qwartz.org
http://www.percussa.com
http://www.percussa.com/blog

hertz donut waveform discontinuity example


YouTube via meatlog. via http://theharvestman.org/
"horrible video of hertz donut with realtime waveform discontinuity modulation (audio rate)"

corrowga




all Serge track via cebec vs. simulacreant (click for more)

Jupiter-6 and Juno-106 with Synthwood Maple Sides


synthwood.com
Jupiter-6
Juno-106

Frankenstein

flickr by QXZ

full size

Moog Liberation

"Page joins Mike and Trey at the front of the stage to rock the hell out on a Moog keytar."

Online Drum Set

click here and play with your keyboard.

via sequencer.de

SYNTH-DRUM mini (Completion)


YouTube via denha. see these posts for more. syndrum

x0xWASP #4 Test & tuning


YouTube via BIM0X
"I've just soldered a new WASP and checked his "voice". Mods : reso boost , bass boost, hand selected SA733p, env mod."

Diabolical Devices Casio RZ-1 Quickie


YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here's the super fun RZ-1 sampling drum machine bent by Diabolical Devices. We sampled some really basic saw wave synth sounds and then sequenced a few beats. This is probably the easiest to use drum machine ever made. There is a rotary switch to select different bends for both the internal drum sounds and whatever you sample. There's also a banana plug patch bay for those bends on the bottom right, allowing you to combine bends. Funky. Sorry, we just had to rock the cowbell for a second!"

STG Gate Delay Demo


YouTube via davidryle
"Suit & Tie Guy Soundlabs Yves Usson Gate Delay demo with Q960 Arrick analog sequencer. Module is based on a Yves Usson design."

Handmade beats w/ TENORI-ON & Sherman Filterbank 2 (by Smith)


YouTube via znshn
"Recording session of handmade beats and pulses for (drum)track production using TENORI-ON, Sherman Filterbank 2 and vintage drum machines samples. Contents: gradual variations of a simple drum pattern via analog filtering and digital manipulations. IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.

Material in this video:
- TENORI-ON
- Sherman Filterbank 2
- Jomox M-Resonator
- Korg mini-KP

http://www.odiolorgnette.com
http://www.myspace.com/sthintosmither...
http://www.myspace.com/znshn

See also http://www.youtube.com/odiolorgnette"

Sequential Circuits Prophet-5

via this auction


Technics SX-WSA1 WSA1


via this auction

two balls and a ton of buttons

"Overview:
64-polyphonic GM synthesizer.
5MB PCM ROM. The samples are mostly GM-based, but there are some interesting waveforms like Roland D-50 / D-110 and KORG M1 as well.
3-OSC architecture.
The filter has resonance but no envelope.

"Distortion" can be added to each oscillator. It's actually fast vibrato - a kind of Roland JV's FXM, but KN2000's modulation frequency is lower, and it sounds more like vibrato. With "Growl" option, the FXM is applied only to the attack portion of the sound.


One "Digital Effect", one reverb and one "DSP effect." The digital effect seems to be non-DSP, oscillator-based chorus/delay like old PCM synths (Kurzweil K1000).

The digital effect includes "Repeat delay", which seems to looping the attack portion of the waveform.
Drum samples are looped to make reverb-like effect - a rare feature first implemented in YAMAHA RX5 / PTX8.
A big 320*240 LCD display with lots of buttons around.
FD drive to store sounds and sequences.
The data can be stored via MIDI SysEx. Unfortunately, it has to be used in the bulk dump mode.
It would be impossible to make a PC editor for this synth"

Update via spunkytoofers: "it does physical modelling although it's a different approach. it starts with anywhere up to 4 drivers which are samples. the drivers feed up to 4 resonators and those can be blended, triggered, x-y, modulated, etc in alot of different ways.

the yamaha vl1 actually modelled the driver waveform which took up alot of dsp power so the technics used the sample driver waveforms to cut back on the processing and offer polyphony. whereas the vl1 could only handle 2 notes at a time.

i'm told the vl1 can't be touched in the physical modelling realm for realism but it seems really random and more mathematical then musical to setup it and the editors for it are lots of text boxes. but the technics seems alot more approachable and intutive. and easier to visualize "i want to make a reed vibrate a drum head and cross resonate that in a cello body and do that rather than the vl approach.. so it makes alot of sense to me!!! i'm just getting into it but i love the synth so far.."

EML SynKey


via this auction

"vintage (c. 1976) EML 2001 Syn-Key Programmable Synthesizer... Included with the synth is the orginal owners manual, a synth Primer published by EML, a full set of factory schematics and the original 50 punch cards for the card reader. (A few extra cards made it into my collection over the years, so there are a total of 67 punch cards.)... Original full-page magazine advertisement for the Sny-Key from 1976...

The Syn-Key was the world's first programmable synth."
Remember, you can search on Synkey for prior posts featuring this synth.

Novation Supernova Rack

via this auction

"20 voice version running OS 4.1"





MFB Synth Lite II

via this auction



Sequential Circuits Pro One

via this auction

"The synth has a new custom case/pitch bend/mod wheel section done by Synthwood.com... LED kit to light up the new pitch bender/mod wheel and it would just need to be installed. This is a J wire model and when it comes to Pro One's this is the only way to go."



Access Virus TI Polar

via this auction





Sequential Circuits Six-Trak

via this auction


EDP WASP


via this auction

"Made 1978 England
Serial Number: 002497"

The Fonz
Mr. T
The Mummy
Devo
Mork
Bob Moog
Yamha CS30 in the background

ROLAND SH-2

via this auction




Korg MS-20

via this auction



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