MATRIXSYNTH: Thursday, April 16, 2009


Thursday, April 16, 2009

freezepop

freezepop.net

Red Roland SH-101

Anyone know more about the modular?

via https://twitter.com/g00dvi11ain

Update: vids below. Note the Dan McPharlin Miniatures!!! They also love their Yamaha QY70. Suddenly this post makes sense!



Freezepop - Less Talk More Rokk - Music Video
YouTube via cordless. White Roland Axis keytars and Dan McPharlin Miniatures!!!
"Less Talk More Rokk - Music Video by Freezepop (c) 2007 Freezepop"

Mega64: Freezepop "Brainpower" Music Video

YouTube via RoccoB64
"Freezepop's official music video for "Brainpower," directed by Mega64. Mega64.com"

Freezepop - Tenisu No Boifurendo

YouTube via Aquoiboniste
"Freezepop - Tenisu No Boifurendo"

Freezepop - Parlez-vous Freezepop?

YouTube via tedmills
"The new video for Boston-based Freezepop. Directed by Jonathan Crow and Ted Mills. You can also see this over at www.tedmills.com or at Jonathan Crow's www.projectorhead.com."

And of course:

Freezepop Forever

YouTube via usamablackbelt. previously posted here.

Ring Modulation Oscillation Distorter by Mr.Ugly

flickr by theorderofstamina

"Ring Modulation Oscillation Distorter by Mr.Ugly. 2009. With a kitty!"

2009-04-16

flickr by thecasualdistractions

full size

"Here's a composite of our latest setup. Stage right is totally, completely revamped."

Diatonic triads on the Riekotron


YouTube via OmenieSoftware
"Ellatron version 1.2 is now submitted to the App Store, and the big introductions with this version are -
* Chord Mode - 8 programmable chords
* Fat keys - much improved playability when in chord mode via the single-octave keyboard
* Save/restore of settings and modes

Big improvements on every release, 22 voices, and groovy 1960s goodness - Ellatron remains the one must-own synth for the iPhone."

You can find Ellatron on iTunes here:
Ellatron

Styrofoam - Like A Daydream (Ride cover)


YouTube via pointmisser

"Rough and ready homerecorded version of this classic Ride song. "Like A Daydream" will soon be released as a b-side on the "Other Side Of Town" digital EP, alongside a version of The Wedding Present's "Crawl" and title song "Other Side Of Town" (off the "A Thousand Words" album).

For the music gear freaks: this video features a Moog Freqbox, Korg X-911 guitar synth, Elektron Machinedrum, DSI Mono Evolver and Ralph Lauren Polo prescription sunglasses. I ended up shaving shortly after finishing this."

ghetto modular mark II


YouTube via nevenen
"hey, don't laugh. this thing will eat you alive.

seriously though, cardboard is great for panel prototyping. often i'm not sure how things are gonna go, so i just wire it up with cardboard and see if it feels right, if changes are needed. so far it's just 2x VCO, Filter, signal mixer, but I have completed 2xVCA, 2xLFO, more filters... the question is, how modular should i make it? i like the ms20....

mfb step64 controlling pitch of both OSC's and the filter cutoff."

ghetto modular mark II test beta

"same as last vid, but i just put in the 2xLFO. no external control, just patched..."

1978 Moog Taurus 1 Synthesizer Pedal


via this auction

"1978 Moog Taurus 1 Synthesizer Pedal. Featuring a 13 note pedal-board, 2 VCOs, 4 presets (one of them programmable), a VCF, a VCA, and foot-switches for Portamento, on & off, octave switching, and release on & off. These synthesizers had a very fat sound. Presets were Taurus, Tuba, Bass, and a fourth user-programmable patch."
1978 Inspection and Assembly card. Note the inspection number stamp compared to the initials in this 1976 card.

Also note the serial numbers - 1081 in 1976 and 2262 in 1978.

Roland MC-202 Vintage Synth

via this auction

Access Virus TI Snow synthesizer

via this auction


YAMAHA SK50D


via this auction

Sonic Palette

via this new auction. See this post for details. It's been re-listed with a lower price.

freezepop Oberheim DMX Cake

via

on freezepop.net

headphone session


YouTube via EA78751. "camping in brooklyn"
"this video is warmup for some gigs we have in NYC. In the video you see the Big Box o' Techno (BBoT) on the left and Another Box o Techno (ABoT) on the right. Ragsdale is playing the TX606 in the background. ABoT and BBoT are handmade by me, really fun and abstract to play b/c most of the patterns are algorithmic.

BBoT: 808 clone kick, snare, hats + experimental pattern sequencer + drone commander + dR0NEMATr1X optical synth

ABoT: algorithmic bassline generator (fibonacci generator + 4069 VCOs + sync LFO & LFO sequencer), and SP0256-AL2 speech synth

TX606: modified TR606 w/ extra 808-style kick drum osc, noise source crossfader & two external audio inputs to the noise section.

E-Squared plays tonight and tomorrow in NYC... electro/techno

Thu 4/16 - Handmade Music Night at 3rd Ward (brooklyn) ... free event, w/ free PBR!
http://www.3rdward.com/events/handmademusic

Fri 4/17 - Bent Festival (manhattan) $... more"

Rendezvous - Studio Session 9 (Keyboard)


YouTube via OfficialRendezvous. via http://twitter.com/rendezvousmusic
"In this clip Hagai is working on the melody part of a track called C Sharp, playing it on a vintage synth called korg ms-10 connected to a moogerfooger ring modulator (MF-102).
Rendezvous, a two piece band consisting of Itai Simon and Hagai Izenberg, during studio recording sessions for their debut album.
http://www.rendezvous-info.com."

Crimson Technology WaveSynth and Synthesis Library for iPhone



"WaveSynth is a wave table synthesizer keyboard application for iPhone / iPod touch with 128 preset sound tones and 1 drum set defined by General MIDI specification.

It is possible to play various musical instruments sound tone such as piano, guitar, trumpet, strings, flute, drums, percussions and so on.

The keyboard can be selected by 1 octave keyboard or 2 octave keyboard on the display. In every sound tone, most suitable octave is assigned automatically or to be chosen by manual.

In addition to normal keyboard play, various expressions could be added by the Pitch Bend Controller, Portamento, Mono Mode.

Vibrato(Modulation) effect is available if you shake the body."

Available on iTunes here:
WaveSynth

Crimson Technology
On the iPhone synthesizer software library:
"CRIMSON TECHNOLOGY, Inc. (Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, Kazuo Hikawa, CEO) has started to deliver the license of software based synthesizer library for iPhone™ and iPod® touch of Apple Inc. (USA).

By integrating this library, playback capability of MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) files or musical instrument playability will be added on iPhone and iPod touch.

Especially, by combining the rich sound functionality provided by this library and the excellent user interface with iPhone and iPod touch, it is possible to integrate a realtime music performance and / or MIDI file sound playback capability in user application program resulting a big differential advantage to the others.

As this library is based on the DLS (Downloadable Sounds) standard format, in addition to the capability to play the MIDI contents such as Karaoke and so on, this library also can incorporate any kind of additional sounds due to the DLS file format.

CRIMSON TECHNOLOGY, Inc. will provide the license of this library and is planning to develop and sell various applications utilizing this library."
more info


"Synthesizer Engine Library
* High Portability
o Independent from OS/CPU/Platforms
* MIDI Module Specification
o GM (General MIDI)
o GS (Roland)
* Supported Various Targets
o Light Processing -> for Embedded (Mobile Phone / PDA / Smart Phone)
o High Quality -> for Professional Karaoke / Instruments
* Internal Effects
o Reverb
o Chorus
o Delay
o EQ

MIDI Player Library
* Provide MIDI File Player API
o Easy to Construct Player / KARAOKE Applications
o Provide Time Synchronization Method for Lyric, etc.
o Support Key / Tempo / Guide Melody Control
o Sample Accurate MIDI Rendering
o Can be used as MIDI to Wave File Converter
* Support Various OS and Platforms
o Windows, Windows CE (Windows Mobile / Pocket PC), Mac OS X / iPhone OS, Linux, BSD, VxWorks, ... etc.
* Support Various Standard File Formats
o SMF (Standard MIDI File), MIDI Triggered Wav / AIFF / ADPCM, etc.
o M-compression® (Original Compression Engine for Ringtone File)

MIDI Driver Library
* Provide Real-time MIDI API
o Replace Hardware MIDI Module
o Easy to Construct Virtual Instrument, MIDI Sequencer, etc.
o Includes MIDI File Player
* Support Various OS and Platforms
o Windows, Windows CE (Windows Mobile / Pocket PC), Mac OS X / iPhone OS, Linux, BSD, VxWorks, ... etc.
o Emulate Win32 API (midiOut*() / midiStream*())
* Support Various Standard File Formats
o SMF (Standard MIDI File)
o M-compression® (Original Compression Engine for Ringtone File)
* Low-Latency Solution
o Support Steinberg / ASIO 2.1

And More...
* Various MIDI Authoring Tools
o Various File converters Available
o Support Software Instrument Plug-In (VST / AU: Audio Units)
* Customization
o Porting to Specified OS and Platforms
o Add Various Algorithm and Effects
o Add New File Format
o AVGM (Advanced Voice Guide for Music)
+ MIDI + TTS (Text to Speech) for Karaoke Applications"

TAL-Elek7ro Version 0.9

"TAL-Elek7ro is a virtual analog synth with some special features like oscillator hardsync and frequncy modulation. Including improved alias free oscillators, new developed fast envelopes and lfo's with a wide range from 0.1Hz up to 400 Hz. A free routable envelope with attack and decay is available too. This synth is useful for a wide range of sounds from percusion to deep bass sounds.

Some features:

* 2 oscillators with hardsync, PW and FM (saw, pulse, triangle, sine).
* 1 sub oscillator (saw, rectangle).
* 1 noise oscillator.
* 18dB or 12dB non linear analog modelled low pass resonance filter.
* Mono mode, including portamento.
* Poly mode, up to 6 voices (not cpu optimized for poly mode).
* 2 free routable Lfo's (0.1Hz - 400Hz, sine, triangle, saw, rectangle, s&h, noise).
* Filter and amplifier ADSR-envelope.
* Free routable AD-envelope.
* Mod-wheel and Pitch-Wheel support.
* Midi Learn for all pots.
* Velocity to filter contour intensity.
* Panic button.
* Tutorial and installation guide.
* Included factory presets - i'm shure, you do it better :-)."

IMG_6552

flickr by pugsfly

Roland Juno-60

STG Soundlabs Graphic Sequencer

flickr by Analogue Haven

"Now here's a real wildcard. Shown here is a front panel drawing of the upcoming "Graphic Sequencer" by STG Soundlabs. The module should be available within a few months. Highlights include Illuminated clear sliders (with red LEDs) per step, a "one-shot" mode and a length selecter switch. "Graphic" because it tracks in the audio range. This is Chillicothe's answer to our Euro sequencing needs- the first in a series of Time modules. LINK: www.analoguehaven.com/stgsoundlabs/."

Wiard and Doepfer

flickr by andrewdalio

Serge Audio Matrix Mixer


You can find some images of the Control Voltage Mixer here.

Update via Bakis:
"a new Serge M-odule has just been released: the 'Audio Matrix Mixer' M-odule.

it contains (from left to right):
an ac-coupled Matrix Mixer, a Dual VCA (both ac-coupled) and another Dual VCA (also both vca's ac-coupled).

price is 1600 usd.

the audio matrix mixer module includes an extra attenuator in each of its 4 inputs, to control the amount of each sonic element that is applied to ALL 4 output mixes of the matrix.

also, inputs one and two include a phase inverting and muting switch.

so, just imagine the possibilities with this new m-odule...

for example, by mixing 3 audio sources (from NTO's, PCO's, DSG's, etc...) and using the 4th matrix mixer input to create feedback (after processing one mix of these 3 audio sources with another Serge sonic mangler) and also using the 4 ac-coupled vca's to introduce organic AM into your patches (either in the inputs or outputs of various devices), the tonal complexity you could achieve will be limitless...

i can personally recommend this m-odule, as i have the dc-coupled brother of this (the 'CV Matrix Mixer' m-odule) in my system and it is simply great."

A-137 and VCO-2RM


YouTube via boobtube356
"Cwejman VCO-2RM ring mod output. The pair is in sync mode and the Doepfer A-137 Wave Multiplier is processing the sine output of OSC1 before being ring modulated with OSC2 sine using the on-board ring modulator. Most adjustments are made to the A-137 and the pitch of OSC2. The Make Noise QMMG is in low pass gate configuration with the resonance and freq up a little on the first channel. Sequence is S&H LFO to Plan B M14."

Musikmesse: Future Retro Orb Sequencer - Product demo without music


YouTube via beckhusen
"Short product demo of Future Retro Orb Sequencer, fimed at Musikmesse frankfurt 2009.
For more info go to www.future-retro.com"
Metasonix Assblaster next to it.
Note that sounds like Schneider of SchneidersBuero and Totally Wired - previous posts.
BTW, what is his first name? I keep thinking it's Tom, but I do not remember.

Musikmesse: Modular World - Musikmesse Frankfurt 2009


YouTube via beckhusen
"...short impression of modular synthesizer by Doepfer and else."
Note the Metasonix modules and the Curetronic modular in the second half.

Doepfer A100 GROOVE 6


YouTube via unyo303
"Doepfer A100 & KORG ELECTRIBE ER-1"

SDV 0041


YouTube via zebranalogiczetangas

Untitled

flickr by Tyler Love

full size

DSI Prophet '08
Moog Minimoog and Murf
KORG MS10

MacBeth Print Cube and New 5U Modules?

via the MacBeth MySpace page where you'll find more images.

Regarding the Modules, see the comment on Bad Employees:
"Hey Bad (Ass!) Employees! Just listening to yer stomping sound on here! Excellent.....regarding stuff brewing in the studio- it's 5U modules next! Funnily enough- I just got an SKB pop up mixer case just like what you guys have got for the job!!
Ciao 4 niao! Ken M "

Minimoog Model D

via this auction
"Early oscillator board. Serial# 6064
from legendary Mike Bucki former Moog employee and currently running Modusonics. There is only one problem. I have to replace a new 3rd oscillator waveform knob on order from synthesizers.com."




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