MATRIXSYNTH: Thursday, April 9, 2009


Thursday, April 09, 2009

The Electronic Peasant Banjo Processor



"The Peasant is a banjo player, and so thought that it would be very interesting to use a banjo to control the analogue synthesizer. A number of years ago a pitch-to-voltage convertor circuit board, designed for guitar use, was purchased from fellow DIY enthusiast Harry Bissell. This pcb only used the bottom three guitar strings to extract the CV output, and so it was decided to expand the board to work with all five strings on the banjo."

You can find more info at The Electronic Peasant. Be sure to see the rest of the site for more.
via Deviant Synth.

Handmade Music Night Recap and Call for More on CDM

It looks like it will be a monthly event in Brooklyn. You can find images and more info at this CDM post.

wire shelves, modified

flickr by futilityengineer

If I had my own space capsule this is what I'd want in it.

Anyone know what that is under the Rolands on the right?

Update: answer in the comments. Also.. Note the two CSQ-600 sequencers on the top right and the CSQ-100 top left. What's directly above the SEMS? Update: PAiA 4700

Foreground: Moog Micromoog, Roland VP-330, Yamaha CS-5.

CEM3394 DIY SYNTH MFOS 16 STEP SEQUENCER


YouTube via nicotinetech
"This video is to desmonstrate the possibility of the Curtis cem3394 ( video games board recycled chip)."

arp solus


YouTube via nicotinetech. "DAF ???"

YAMAHA CS-80 back on track .


YouTube via nicotinetech
"Please , i am not a musician , so dont send hate mail , this video is to demonstrate that the synth is working again."

Bryan Williams Custom Moog Minimoog Wood Case and Wheel Box


more images at synthwood.com

# Nicaraguan Cocobolo
# RGB LED backlight and clear acrylic wheels

via Blind Date

"Bryan is known around the country to be one of the best to hit the keys. He also plays the drums, guitar, keyboards and sings background vocals. His most recent work has been as the exclusive keyboard player for Boys II Men. He has also played with Frankie "Double Dutch Bus" Smith, Sister Sledge, The Delfonics, Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, Ray, Goodman & Brown, and Blue Magic."

Buchla Pugs


via Mr. Array via prscrptn on Muff's Modules and More

Synth dogs.

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China’s First Post-Revolution Concert

The China Concerts (Part 8 of 9) - Jean Michel Jarre

YouTube via 9thenazeing.
China’s First Post-Revolution Concert was a synth concert.
1981 with Jean Michel Jarre and featuring the Electro Harmonix Mini Synthesizer.
You can see Jean Michel Jarre and the Electro Harmonix Mini Synthesizer at 8:01. Some general synth spotting as well. Via EHX.com, where you'll find a great image of Electro-Harmonix founder Mike Matthew showing the Mini Synthesizer in Russia two years earlier. These are fascinating views of history and how music bridged and you could say broke through cultures. You can read more about the Russian trip here.

Via EHX.com:
"Jarre breaks the barrier and steps out into the audience with his Electro-Harmonix Mini Synthesizer, using it as a literal and figurative bridge between East and West"

video description:
"Peking: October 21st and 22nd, 1981 & Shangai: October 26th, 27th and 28th, 1981.

... After two years of negotiations, the Government of the People's Republic of China agreed for the first time to officially invite a western contemporary musician to give a series of concerts in Peking and Shangai.

... On October 12th, a team of sixty musicians and technicians left Paris for Peking with 15 tons of stage gear in the plane's hold. A gigantic stage installation, one of the most sophisticated concert happenings yet seen, and the technical, diplomatic and human accomplishment of five triumphant concerts fired the Chinese public with enthusiasm.

... The film of the China Concerts retraces this unique adventure, and, with Jarre's music, illustrates post-Mao China: its sufferings, its beauty, its desire for modernity, its aspiration for liberty ... images captured in 1981, at a historical moment when it seemed China was opening itself to the outside world...

... In 9 parts. :-(" You can find the other parts here.

Serge red factory orange sky


"Drones returning to their homes, dusty air. All Serge 4 takes with Creature, Quad Slope, Dual Osc and Wave Proc.... Dry, no effects."
via b3nsf. Also see these posts for more.

Sherman Filterbank 2 Guitar Synth/Octave


YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Someone asked about running guitar into the FB2 and this is one of the settings we came up with. We're also using the Eventide TimeFactor, which is amazing. It's set to a very short delay time in Digital Delay mode. Funky!"

KORG POLY ENSEMBLE 2000 UNIVOX K5


via this auction

"Vintage korg polyphonic ensemble ii pe-2000 ensemble s for univox. Model k-5. Serial no 780004. Ac 117v, 50/60 hz, 30 watts. Eight sounds you can blend two at a time, 2 pipe organ, 2 brass, 2 chorus, 2 strings. Attack, sustain, bass, and treble bass/cut. And phase shifter"

Roland EG-101

via this auction
"Details:
* Maker: Roland
* Model: Groovekeyboard EG-101
* Filter, Ring Modulation, Reverb and other features accessible through knobs during real-time play
* On-Board Sampler/Recorder; 7.81KHz and 31.25 KHz sample rates; Pitch, Time Stretching, Filters, Effects, Auto-Looping available on sampling
* 24-Voice Polyphony
* 49 Velocity Sensitive Keys; Velocity Sensitivity can be turned on and off
* 11 Part Multitimbral
* 12 Drum Kit sounds
* 64 RPS Phrases
* 448 Preset Memory
* MIDI In/Out Controls, Headphone Jack, Sustain Pedal Input"


Drawbar Synthesizer for Hammond B3 Organ

via this auction
"Drawbar Synthesizer for a Hammond B3 Organ. These parts were in working condition when they were removed from my Hammond B3.
* Drawbar Synthesizer Converts nine of your drawbars to true electronic organ sounds.
* Adds a totally new spectrum at a touch. The Concert Company Drawbar Synthesizer has been designed for use with Hammond Organs using drawbars.
* It is easily installed and will completely transform the sound of each drawbar into a totally new and exciting synthesizer voice.
* This is not a conversion of the original drawbar sound. It is a startling new pure electronic voice at a different pitch.
* Each drawbar serves as a volume setting so that each new synthesized voice may be mixed at varying intensities to create thousands of totally different sounds and new effects.
* There are no under key contacts or switches to install.
* The unit takes a single 4' signal from the organ and divides it into 4 equal octaves, completely voices and mixes each into 9 synthesized voices and then injects one each back into 9 different drawbars.
* This unit gives the user two different string type percussions, one sounds like anelectronic piano in the treble clef. The second percussion is a snarling buzz for space odyssey tunes.
* There are three strings each with a variable delay attack and a variable delay vibrato. This makes the violin sound very realistic.
* The cello and viola have a variable delay tremulant.
* There are two clarinets, one at 8' and one at 16' which may be blended together and mixed with all other voices.
* There is a brilliant English post horn, and a trumpet that speaks with real authority.
* This is a monophonic poly voiced unit which will work with both spinets and 61 note consoles.
* It may also be connected to operate through the presets with a different voice on each preset.

Roland Juno-6

via this auction
Note this is the on in this video.


Roland System 100

via this auction





The Squarewave Parade, GetLoFi Analog hybrid synth w/CV

via this auction
"TSP Falter, Shudder and a GetLoFi Atari Punk 2.0 deluxe console - heavily modified and CV controllable in one monster of a box. Lots of controls, lots of possibilities. The sound sample below is the box being triggered by a Frostwave sequencer while tweaking various knobs. The CV can also be switched off.

Sound sample"
All of the basic controls for each component are present, with additional controls for FM/Feedback and Starve (the lovey skull knob), plus the capacitor bank switches on either side of the skull knob for MASSIVE BASS!. Runs on a Boss-style 9Vpower supply

LinnDrum LM 2

via this auction






Portraits of the electro scene on Intergalactic FM

Some synth spotting.

Click here for more artists and their studios on Intergalactic FM.

Boris Midney's "Music From The Empire Strikes Back"

flickr by Fran Moff Tarkenton

Note the Yamaha CS80, or is it a CS50? I'm not seeing the ribbon controller on the CS80 or CS60.

Musikmesse: Club of the Knobs - Analogue Modular Synthesizer


YouTube via beckhusen
"Things what i really like: The Return of the Mammouth"

Musikmesse: Octopus


YouTube via beckhusen

Musikmesse: Sherman Rodec Filterbank


YouTube via beckhusen

Moog Taurus


YouTube via stephenteller
"Quick Grab of The Moog Taurus. Watch the bass. My camera couldn't really handle it. This thing is FAT!"

Sundog


YouTube via mik300z
"A 3 minute pop song which I wanted to do mainly to see how well I could compose and produce it . A kind of "feel good" instrumental, all studio work , no software or computers in sight lol! I really would appreciate honest/critical comments on this ,cheers."

laservhs


YouTube via BentElectronics

SeqSwitch04

flickr by fonitronik
(click for more)

full size

"the SeqSwitch and his best friends: the Divider and the SuperController..."

IMG_9410

flickr by Cane Ludico Rosso


full size

Waldorf Micro Q Keyboard
Yamaha DX21
Roland MC-303
KORG ES-X

Eowave Persephone markII

More info on the new Persophone is up on the Eowave site. Be sure to see the third video here. Technical Specifications:

Synthesis section
-2 analogue oscillators with tune, fine tune, space
- 12dB lowpass filter with adjustable resonance and frequency
- LFO and adjustable LFO speed and depth

Ribbon features
- duophonic pressure and position sensitive ribbon
- variable ribbon scale from 1 to 10 octave
- halftone mode

Controllers
- 16 routing presets (8 fixed, 8 assignable)
- modulation key
- 2 pedals in
- pressure on the ribbon
- positions 1&2 on the ribbon

I/O
- CVout 1/2/3/4
- MIDI in/out
- 2 pedal in
- audio out
- USB
- external power supply

Major upgrades
- duophonic ribbon
- 2 oscillators
- usb
- 4 CV
- 16 routing presets
- variable scale

Ellatron 1.2, second sighting


"Again, captured straight off the simulator, this shows that we are in much better shape than yesterday, and clearly shows why the UI implementation needed to be changed. Previously the keyboard was physically realizable - 3 faces mutually set at 120 degrees in a 'Toblerone' shape, one with an F root, one with a C root, and one with the control panel - you just had to rotate in the right direction to get the thing you needed.

Now it's a bit Escher - there are 7 faces to the 'keyboard' now, but still at 120 degrees to each other, featuring fatC, fatF, thinC, thinF, Control Panel, Chord buttons (NOW WITH CHORDS!) and the 'wait for version 2 you impatient Ellaheads' Step Sequencer. Also notice that the big triangular buttons have gone, and now both displays are touch-sensitive - I was getting really confused by my own inconsistent user interface and figured Apple would never do that on a product, why should I?

A few bugs still in here, and I need to implement a few things yet -
* fat key overlays for 'blue touch' rendering
* fat keyboard layout (to support playing - that's important!)
* chord programming interface
* persistent options (i.e comes back where you left off)"

"Update - very nearly there. Now to implement the code associated with the chord panel - record, clear, keyboard shifter thing at the top right - and we will have Ellatron 1.2 ready for beta testing. Beta testing will be pretty simple for this version, we may have version 1.2 ready for the app store within just a few days."

Tara Busch and the Sequential Circuits Pro-One

One more from Tara via AnalogSuicide.

follow-up to this post.

Re-Born Synth


flickr by scott digital stills

full size

"Roland 2080 controlled by a Korg MS20ic keyboard."

Can you use the KORG Leagacy MS20 controller stand alone, or does it need to be hooked up to your PC?

Controlling Traktor Pro with Maschine


YouTube via NativeInstruments
"This tutorial shows how to use Maschine as a powerful MIDI controller for Traktor Pro."

Syncing Traktor Pro and Maschine

"This video explains how to sync Traktor Pro with Maschine via MIDI."

Trifecta Feedback Filter 1


YouTube via arrowbang

"Feedback loop generated from Sherman Filterbank, Schippmann Ebbe und Flut, Moog MF-102 ring modulator and CP-251 control processor. avoidthecomputer.com" Great site BTW. :)

Trifecta Feedback Filter 2

nord modular G2 solo "chorale" by sean wayland


YouTube via seanwayland. "headless man versus technology"
If you have a G2 or are thinking of getting one, see this post.

Musikmesse: Nord C2 - MusikMesse 2009


YouTube via soundonsoundvideo

Musikmesse: 2 Box Drumit Five- MusikMesse 2009


YouTube via soundonsoundvideo. Note this is from the people who made the Clavia ddrum.

Musikmesse: Akai Miniak - MusikMesse 2009


YouTube via soundonsoundvideo

KORG GR 1 Vintage spring reverb


YouTube via abertronic. via this auction
"Rare vintage spring reverb by Korg. A lovely spring reverb sound with lots of depth and warmth. It also has a gate section which enables you to basically add a reverb to a certain threshold and adjust the delay time of it. Stereo ins and outs.
If you are sick of software emulations of reverbs that just dont have something special ..then this might be just the thing for you."






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