MATRIXSYNTH: Sunday, May 3, 2009

Sunday, May 03, 2009

Yamaha DX7 Prototype

via Sound of Music

"Part of the prototype system at 1980, in double refrigerator size"

AHNE by Box of Textures

more images and a write-up at
Box of Textures

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yr3wk45 Mopho & Drums

yr3wk45 Mopho & Drums from longcat on Vimeo.

via longcat on the forum
"the real yr3wk45...

i had a brief naming regime change, it lasted only a week, so in some places (and indeed in the video itself), last week's LHC 2.1 was called yr3wk45...

but really it's just an extension of yr3wk44, (LHC 2.2)

this is the real yr3wk45, me on the mopho & Darren Smart on the drums... (with Tom Esteves on Pin-Heading & Phone camera)...

the naming thing arose out of a change i've made in my working process...

because i could split the LHC version into 2 halves i took advantage of it to "miss" a week of the longcat weekly improvisation...

but i actually did the improvisation last week, i just left it until now to post it...

just as i did an improvisation this week - but i won't be posting that one until next sunday...

it means that i have more time to get the video/sound together, and also i hope to be a little more regular with the posting, before it went up either on the day i did it or the day after, or a couple of days after, and i do the improvisation whenever i want to in the week...

anyway, much complex, needless talk... enjoy the video"

DIGITALDUBDELAY by S-CAT

YouTube via PHONICPOTION. "CIRCUIT BENT WITH 9 MODIFICATIONS"
S-CAT/PHONICPOTION on Ebay
TR-909 comes in at 3:08

korg sigma advert

YouTube via abertronic
"coming soon @ http://stores.ebay.com/aber...
Korg advert for Sigma synth"

Patching a Naked Sequencer

YouTube via mooguphonic
"Overview of Modular Synthesizer sequencer and how patch it, using the Synthesizers.com Q119 sequencer. It's not exhaustive, but gives some idea how to set up a sequence on a modular synth."

tr-606 clocking Serge with audio

YouTube via b3nsf
"I'm using audio from the headphone out to generate a clock on the Serge.. Fun times!"

Happy 25th Anniversary To My Roland SVC-350 Vocoder!!!!

YouTube via VoiceEncoder
"An interview with my Roland SVC-350 Vocoder, for our 25th Anniversary together."

AHNE by alt_mode

flickr set by alt_mode
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remember you can click on the AHNE label at the bottom of this post for more.

Spot the MATRIXSYNTH Ts :)

miniMusic Pianofly

Pianofly Intro

YouTube via LintLabs

"miniMusic releases the innovative Pianofly for iPhone and iPod Touch

San Francisco, Calif., May 4th, 2009 - miniMusic has released Pianofly, a music synthesizer and piano keyboard for Apple's iPhone platform. Pianofly includes never before seen features like a scrolling, multi-touch keyboard. Sound is generated by an powerful FM synthesizer, with an elegant interface allowing anyone to create and edit instrument sounds easily. Make quick adjustments while performing, altering sounds on the fly!

The first feature you notice in Pianofly is the keyboard. Other piano applications for the iPhone generally show just one octave of keys, then use tiny arrow buttons to shift up or down an octave. Hogwash. That's the kind of piano you'd use with a mouse! The keyboard in Pianofly moves with you, scrolling as you play; let your fingers fly up and down the full 88 key piano! This is how on-screen pianos always wanted to work, but didn't know how.

Then you notice the sounds. Eight pages full of customizable instrument icons. Just tap one and start playing. Want to design your own instrument timbre? Of course you do; double tap on an icon and the editor is revealed. You actually see the waves and adjust their lengths to set frequencies and change waveforms. Rewire the nodes for modulation. Double tap on a node and edit its ADSR envelope for smooth amplitude changes: give it a hard, fast attack or fade it in slowly, rising gently on the breeze. Don't forget to use any photo or image to make the perfect icon for your new instrument.

Pianofly can make a huge variety of sounds. You can play them alone, or jam with a song from your music library. A great way for DJs to add cool effects over their playlist or for students to practice. Come out of your musical cocoon; make music anywhere with Pianofly in your pocket.

Planned improvements include multi-track recording and additional wave types and effects like reverb or flange to design even more elaborate sounds. The sky is the limit for Pianofly (are you getting all of these puns?).

COST AND AVAILABILITY
Pianofly is available now from the App Store at an introductory price of only $1.99 USD. After the introductory period, the normal price will be $2.99 or higher as additional features are added.

ABOUT MINIMUSIC
Pianofly is the first iPhone product from miniMusic, which has been developing award winning, mobile music software for the Palm OS since 1999. Over the years miniMusic built an entire suite of music tools for the Palm platform including: notation and pattern sequencing, MIDI playback and mixing, sound design, MIDI control surfaces, wave sampling and editing, and educational titles for sight reading and ear training.

miniMusic is already working on several new titles building on the Pianofly foundation; their second product for iPhone will be available this summer, with several more titles by the end of the year. Lint Labs has also been launched as the non-music wing of miniMusic, currently offering an innovative drawing program for the iPhone called "No.2" (like a No.2 pencil... that's "HB pencil" in some countries). We used No.2 to draw some of the sound icons in Pianofly!

Visit www.miniMusic.com for more information, video demonstrations, and documentation."
You can find Pianofly on iTunes here:

Pianofly Teaser

Rare King Capitol Punishment Glamour Box noise synth

via this auction

"check this link for more info and audio samples."

Sound Master SR-88 vintage drum machine

via this auction

"For more information check this link. Please see my other auctions for other items you might be interested in."

Yamaha MR10 vintage analogue drum machine

via this auction
"Vintage analogue drum machine. Plays a series of presets of you can play the individual drums using the five pads. You can adjust tempo, tuning, bass drum volume and cymbal volume. Item is in good condition besides some residual sticker damage on the bottom of the unit and a small mark on the cymbal volume pot. Runs on batteries or the included (non original) 230V power supply. Please see my other auctions for similar items you might be interested in."

Throbbing Gristle unique Gristleizer clone

via this auction

"here's the original description from the creator. "ONE OF A KIND handmade and modified TUBEGRISTLEIZER. The gristleizer was an effect made famous by throbbing gristle which was played by everyone in TG and can be heard on many throbbing gristle recordings, live performances and is still on their solo recordings. The circuit itself is a fairly loud tremelo(VCA)/squelchy filter(VCF) under control of an lfo. The VCA gives you that dark brooding pulsing sound from a slow steady blast to helicopter fast chopping action. with guitar it can sound bassy or razor sharp and rather piercing, with synths it gives movement and can alter harmonic content. the VCF can scream when in self oscillation mode and turns any boring synth or feedback loop tone into a nice sounding near modular beast! The LFO on the original gristleizer was slightly different, using a switch to change waveshape, the LFO on this circuit uses a pot to alter wave shape from ultra chopy to sloped triangle.saw shapes. This is the signature sound of industrial music! HEAVY pulsing and throbbing beats or lighting fast chop chop! In addition to the gristle circuit, the effect also has a HI VOLTAGE (200v+) tube preamp/distortion for completely destroying the sound. the circuit was lo fi at first but now its plain garbage! By turning up the gain for the preamp the sound ranges from light harmonic clipping to a blown speaker blasting away. I take no responsibility for damage to amplifiers or recording equipment. SPECS: * tremelo/filter switch * self oscillation switch * tube power switch * LFO shape Control * LFO speed Control * LFO Depth * Oscillation Frequency Knob * Tube Gain * Tube Input Level * 1/4" Mono Input and output * powered by dual 9v and 120vac Here's a link to a video http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2007/04/gristleizer.html Please be aware that the original came with some sort of glass bulb contained in the circular housing visible on the front of the unit. This was broken in transit when I bought it, all the glass was cleared from the unit and this does not effect the sound. If purchased in the UK I will provide a 230V adaptor at no extra charge. Please see my other auctions for similar items you might be interested in."

Love Like Deloreans - Sun Sine [live & toasted]

YouTube via wizardishungry.
"Love Like Deloreans http://www.myspace.com/love... 23 April 2009 at Union Pool, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
The video was done by our friend Jon Williams at http://www.wizardishungry.com
P.S. Lorna from LLD is the girl in the Pyrolator video you posted here:
http://matrixsynth.blogspot.com/2009/04/myrtle-knickerbocker.html"

This is a bit of a reverse spot the synths post. The following synths are in the video. See if you can spot them for fun.

Akai MPC500
Casio CZ1000
Casiotone 701
Korg Kaoss Pad mk2
Korg PME40X pedals
Roland JX3P
Sequential Circuits Six Trak
Yamaha CS01 (mk1)
Yamaha CS10
Yamaha DX100
Yamaha QY10

AHNE 2009 by Stretta

flickr set by stretta
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Klee sequencer in an Oberheim DSX or DMX enclosure

flickr by ...photon...

AHNE 2009 by parasitk

flickr set by parasitk
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nice shirt! :)

Copper Pad synthesizer

YouTube via synthesizercz. via this auction
"some video on the new Platonic World Copper Pad Synthesizer.
Platonciworld.com - synthesizer.cz"

Cwejman S1 MK2 Analog Semi Modular Synth

via this auction

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Yamaha CS10 analog monophonic synth 1977

via this auction

Article about the CS 10
Manual
patch charts

Specifications (from Vintage synth explorer )
* Polyphony - Monophonic
* Oscillators - 1 VCO + white noise (sawtooth, variable PW)
* LFO - 1 LFO (sine or sawtooth with rate speed)
* Filter - 1 multi-mode VCF
* VCA - 2 ADSR envelopes
* Keyboard - 37 keys
* Memory - None
* Control - CV / Gate
* Date Produced - 1977 ~81

Yamaha Cs10 sound samples by abertronix

Taste of Steel(Waldorf Blofeld + Yamaha Motif ES6)

YouTube via thekilon
"if you want to listen to more of my music go to
http://www.soundclick.com/kilon
http://www.myspace.com/thekilon

This one is made with Yamaha Motif Es6 and Waldorf Blofeld. All you hear is Yamaha Motif Es6 except the Flute which is Waldorf Blofeld."

MOOG MemoryMoog Plus : MIDI & sequencer connectors card

via this auction

"MemoryMoog Plus that was retrieved to perform the Lintronics upgrade."

Sunset is the oldest colourizer

YouTube via Sigmuntowski
"Here is a new piece of music from me. The title is a hommage to the great (and sadly late) Nam June Paik. For the video clip I filmed out of my window and forced the record through TroikaTronix Isadora old school like video synthesizer effects like colourizing, chroma and luma keying. The randomly modulated video effects were rendered in real time. The music was played by me with analogue synthesizers: Doepfer MS-404 (bass drone sound), Doepfer System A-100 (sequencer bass line), Crumar Multiman S/Yamaha Electone Organ (string ensemble sounds).

Because of the limitation in UTube I am only allowed to present an excerpt of the full lenght (18 minutes) video...

So turn off the light and play it loud! ;-)"

Doepfer MAQ 16/3

YouTube via Korgator
"Sound vom Korg MonoPoly läuft über MAQ 16/3,kurzer Flächensound kommt vom Korg Triton Le"

Extreme Circuit Bent Casio SA-5 by Oceanus

YouTube via xd515
"The Modular SA-5 is now finished, and I'm pretty pleased with the way it turned out.
I Hope you enjoy!
Oceanus"

Cybotron - Colossus (1977)

YouTube via shazzatpm. spot the synths

"Cybotron, not to be confused with the American group, was an electronic/experimental music band from Australia formed in 1975 by Steve Maxwell Von Braund and Geoff Green. The band was formed after the release of Braund's 1975 album, 'Monster Planet' which Green contributed to; along with Gil Matthews (Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs), Henry Vyhnal and Jim Keays (The Masters Apprentices).

Cybotron released a self-titled album in 1976 containing mainly synthesizers and saxophone. Stylistically, Cybotron were similar to their contemporaries; innovative bands such as Ash Ra Tempel, Hawkwind and Tangerine Dream. They were creating minimalist, repetitive electronica at the same time that Kraftwerk released Autobahn. Today their music is still played around the world and is positively received, albeit not commercially recognised.

For any inquiries regarding Cybotron, please leave a comment, contact Geoff at jeeves247@aapt.net.au or visit the official MySpace at http://www.myspace.com/cybotronaustralia"

Nacho Cano, la frescura y el espectáculo de Mecano

video upload by TriOdAses

via DVDBorn where you'll find more.

Anyone know what synth that is on the left at :44 and behind him at 1:04? It looks like it has a KORG label on the right of the control panel. Note the buttons under the keyboard.

Martin Hollinger, Synthorama (Switzerland) in April 2009

flickr by Brättli Airböurne 2

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Be sure to click on the synthorama and Airböurne labels below for prior posts featuring Marting, the Synthorama synth museum and the Airböurne modular synthesizer.

Folktek Suzuki Omnichord

via the Big City Music blog.

Ladytron and a KORG MS20

via Amateur Chemist where you'll find more images and a review on their show at the Henry Fonda Theatre.

RADCASTle video

YouTube via abovenyquist
"This is a demonstration of the RADCASTle, monophonic synthesizer using analog sound-generating circuitry driven by a microcontroller. This was a ECE4007 Senior Design Project at Georgia Tech in the Fall 2008 semester. The team members were Robert Estelle, Logan Snow, Hoan To, and Greg Hartl.

The analog boards were purchased from Ray Wilson of Music From Outer Space. The team developed customer to interface the various analog synth boards with a PIC microcontroller through digital-to-analog converters."