MATRIXSYNTH: Thursday, October 22, 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009

Vintage Moog Model D Synthesizer

via this auction

minimoog
S/n 5552

Some Interesting History on the 360 Systems MIDI Bass

See the update in this post.

Moog Prodigy Analog Synthesizer

via this auction

EMS Synthi VCS3 TKS Sequencer Keyboard

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via this auction

"The TKS is the same type of sequencer as the KS that you would find in the Synthi suitcase. This one is a very rare version that EMS manufactured to look nice next to a VCS3mk2. It is mounted in a teak-type Danish looking cabinet, with white and black keys and will work with the Synthi or the VCS3 mk2. The power supplies on the VCS3 mk1 cannot power the TKS sufficiently. One can purchase (inexpensively) 2 different regulated power supplies and modify a VCS3 jack to power the TKS, if you own a VCS3 mk1."

This is the one previously posted here.

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TECHNOLOGIE PART 3

YouTube via stefankania. via fischek
"TECHNOLOGIE PART 3. Kompozycja Wojciech Kania."

QEG as VCS

YouTube via rezzn8r
"Modcan 60B Quad EG in LFO mode where the Attack and Decay controls behave like the rise and fall on a Voltage Controled Slope. Thus 3x 'psudo-vcs' clocked as vcos and fed a Miniwave-Quantized, morphed staircase wave from a 61B QuadLFO. Frequency Shifting and Filtering for fun! Sorry about the distortion on the audio, the camera mic in had a hard time with the Resonance from dual LPFs in series."

ether^ra WITH WASP TRANSMMISIONS

YouTube via potterpaint2000. Folktek on Ebay
"an improv featuring a pixelated tour of my Folktek gear. ALL noise was created by my new Folktek Insectoid Bug along w/ a Genoqs/Moog combo and a MFB DrumComputer. Check out the Oranger, Arius! Thanks to Ben and Arius."

Kegel - Creodonta Vs Folktek Arts (Ghost Colony)

YouTube via arthurpainter. Folktek on Ebay
"This is essentially a rather lively drone piece that uses my Folktek Radio Drumscape as the primary sound source, Those sounds are processed through a Folktek Waveshape Repeater, a Korg Mini Kaoss Pad, and a Moog Freq Box. A secondary (nearly inaudible) sound souce comes from my Folktek Subharmonic Field fed through my Folktek Time Machine 3 and Scape Sequencer."

Mochika3 pattern editing

YouTube via atomolab AtomoSynth on Ebay
"Hello world, this is the new AtomoSynth's Mochika 3 Analog Synth + Digital 16-Step Sequencer. This video shows the way of creating and editing a pattern in the Mochika3"

Counterstrike-Disco

YouTube via TheRuppel
"A music track that's complete made of Conterstrike Source sounds. Even the "synthesizer" consists only of ingame sounds !!!"

To the synthwizard:J.M.Jarre

YouTube via h281970
"Played with one of his synths the Roland D50.Jarre is and stay the best in his genre
for me becorse he have create a new dimension in the world of synthesizers!"

Depeche Mode - Hole To Feed (music video)

YouTube via dmdotcom. some synth spotting. Ensoniq ESQ-1.
"Taken from "Sounds Of The Universe"

Director: Eric Wareheim

http://www.depechemode.com/"

1976 ARP Ad Featuring Joe Zawinul

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the write-up.

The BBC's The Great Leap Forward

"The Great Bleep Forward: Presented by Andrew Collins

As a follow-up to BBC Four's Synth Britannia programme there's another chance to hear a series made by 6 Music in 2004 in which Andrew Collins explores the development of electronic music.

The story of modern music is one of subversion and experimentation, of heroes and villains. But what if we've got it all wrong? What if the real subversives didn't wear leather and denim but smart suits and white lab coats? What if the true experimentation wasn't with LSD but with DX7's and S900s? What if the real heroes of music aren't John, and Paul, Mick and Keith, but Ralf, Florian, Robert and Wendy!

The Great Bleep Forward is a series four programmes, presented by Andrew Collins exploring the history of electronic music. Hear the first baby's cry of the moog synthesiser, embrace the difficult childhood of prog rock, grapple with the 'experimental' teenage years of the New Romantics and discover the middle aged maturity and nostalgia of the present day. You'll also get a sense of the sound of the future.

The series features interviews with many of the key players in the development of electronic music including Robert Moog, Kraftwerk's Ralph Hutter, Radiohead's Johnny Greenwood, Factory's Tony Wilson, Thomas Dolby, The Human League, Primal Scream, A Guy Called Gerald, Zoot Woman and Grandaddy."

Note this one plays outside of the UK!
I actually posted The Great Leap Forward back in November of 2006 with a different link.
Also see the BBC's Back to the Future.

006

YouTube via DrOctave1
"maths qmmg ulfo sine mod doepfer lfo cwejman spacial phaser"

wrongbot: 8-step sequencer synth noise 'circuit bent'

via this auction
"That's why you need this in your life. Everyone loves bleeps and boops... FACT!

However, bleep-organisation is often overlooked. This can lead to stress, confusion and lost noise. You wouldn't wish that upon your greatest nemesis.

Lucky for you then. This little box can sort your bleeps right out.

ok, enough nonsense. Sorry about that.

This is a 1-to-8 step sequencer that pulses a VCO. The VCO is controlled by 8 dials. Each of the 8 dials control the pitch of the bleeps. The master pitch of the VCO is controlled by the RANGE dials.

The steps are selectable via a rotary switch. Two momentary buttons can be used to RESET and HOLD the sequence.

Each step lights an LED. 1-4 are green while 5-8 are red. There are 4 LEDs, they're massive and dual colour.

The speed of the bleeps is controlled by an LFO. The LFO speed is controlled by the RATE dial. That has a lovely warm white LED for reference.

There's an ON switch.
Theres a VOLUME dial.
There's a 9v DC socket and a battery clip.
There's kick ass vinyl decals all hand cut by me.
There's NO onboard speaker, so amplification is needed.
There's a 6.35mm Jack socket for that purpose.
There's rubber feet."

360 Systems MIDI BASS Synth Module

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via this auction

"Cool little vintage tabletop sound module that has some very retro bass samples. There are 4 sounds, 1 = accoustic bass, 2 = electric full tone, 3 = elec. thinner tone, and 4 = slap bass."

Update: a couple of links to some additional information on the 360 Systems MIDI Bass sent my way via GB: resume.htm - Jamie Robertson "Designed hardware and software for milestone electronic musical instrument products, including the Synclavier Digital Music System, the Linn9000 drum machine and the 360 Systems Pro MIDI Bass."

360product.htm
"At top [see link and compare it to the images here] is the original Midi Bass as it was first released. Note particularly the “Midi Bass” logo as it here appears. Though my client liked this logo very much (with its “cat-scratch quotes” and “a line running through it for no good reason”), it seems that dealers absolutely detested it. We quickly replaced it with a blockier, more conventional logo."

KORG R3

flickr by S_Ishimaru

Roland System 100M Vintage synth'n'sequence system

via Stefan: "browsing the 2nd hand marketplace for synths, i suddenly bumped into http://link.marktplaats.nl/289424446">this!"
huge system 100M for sale (Belgium)
Roland System 100M Vintage synth'n'sequence system.
Nice complete 11 oscillator setup including MC-4B full set.
Modules:
110 VCO/VCF/VCA x1
112 Dual VCO x5
121 Dual VCF X1
130 Dual VCA x1
131 Mixer/HP amp x1
132 Dual Mixer/Voltage Proccessor x1
140 Dual ADSR + 1 LFO x2
150 Ringmod/SH/LFO x1
165 Dual Portamento x1
172 Phaser/Delay/LFO x3
174 Parametric EQ x1
182 sequencer x4
190 Kabinet x4
191J Kabinet x2
184 Poluphonic 4-CV KB Controller x1
+
Original Manual and Original service manual
Roland 100M based Modular synthesis tutorial book
all cables to connect the modules to the cabinets
shitload of original Roland and non-original patchcables.
Original Roland patch cable set in sealed in blister"

Formant Brothers "Ordering a Pizza de Brothers!"

YouTube via nsako.

"The documentation of a live performance by Formant Brothers (Masahiro Miwa & Nobuyasu Sakonda) recorded in Osaka/Japan in Nov. 2003.

--- In Ordering a Pizza de Brothers! the Formant Brothers perform music on their own real-time voice synthesis system, the Klavocode, and as a side-effect of this performance, order a pizza by telephone. The Big Brother(Mr.Miwa) is responsible for phonemes, and Little Brother(Mr.Sakonda) takes care of intonation and accent. The voice is synthesized from duet's actions. Using MIDI keyboard, the Japanese phonemes are mapped to combinations of the 12 key in an octave using the system called "Brother's Keyboard-to-Phonemes Transfer Standard for Japanese Language" (BKPT-Standard), ---

(text written by Takayuki Rai on Computer Music Journal vol.28 No.4, Winter, 2004, MIT Press, p125)"

SciFi Drone ANALOG SYNTH

via this auction
"The synth includes two squarewave oscillators and a lowpassfilter, likely the one from the weird sound generator. The lowpass filter and the OSC can be controlled by potentiometers. There are 4 body contacts which modify the sound a little bit, too. Also there are 2 buttons which can smooth reduce the volume of each OSC and raise the volume of the other one. I think the sound is to compare with the weird sound generator (music from outer space) or the dronelab (casper electronics). But this is just my subjectively estimate. Just listen to the samples."

http://kaputtpanzer.webs.com/bss1.mp3
http://kaputtpanzer.webs.com/bss2.mp3
http://kaputtpanzer.webs.com/bss3.mp3

AKAI PRO MPD18 USB/MIDI PAD CONTROLLER NOW SHIPPING

"Cumberland, R.I. (October 16, 2009) – Akai Professional, the name synonymous with music production, announces that its MPD18 portable pad controller is now shipping to retailers.

The MPD18 is the smallest-sized model in Akai Professional’s line of MPD pad controllers. DJs, programmers, producers and other musicians will find this MIDI-over-USB controller to be perfect for triggering samples, controlling software, and a variety of other applications. Its small footprint makes the MPD18 easy to integrate into any setup for stage performance, studio production or musical creation on the go.

The heart of the MPD18 is its bank of 16 velocity and pressure-sensitive genuine MPC pads, an Akai Professional exclusive. Users can access three different banks of sounds from the pads for a total of 48 sounds at once. The MPD18 also borrows the MPC series' assignable Q-Link controllers, enabling users to control nearly any parameters in their software in real time on an assignable Q-Link fader and an assignable Q-Link button.

Users will find the MPD18 to be convenient, sending MIDI information over its plug-and-play USB interface for use with Mac or PC without installing any drivers. The USB connection also powers the MPD18 so musicians can use the controller with no power supply. The MPD18 can control virtually any MIDI software, as well as MIDI hardware, such as synthesizers, sound modules, samplers, sequencers, drum machines and more.

“The MPD18 gives you the iconic control feel of the MPC in a compact footprint that's easy to fit in any setup,” said Adam Cohen, Director of Business Development, Akai Professional.

The MPD18 is available from musical instrument and professional audio retailers and has a U.S. Retail Price of $199.00 with an estimated street price of $99.00."

Software Klee Step Sequencer

via this electro-music.com thread
"This is a cross-platform (Mac and Windows -- sorry, no Linux) software Klee. It was created with the input and testing of several Klee "veterans", including Scott Stites himself, Mosc, State Machine, Uncle Krunkus and EdisonRex. It includes virtually all major functions from the hardware Klee, and adds many new ones:

• MIDI output to any hardware or software synth
• Internal or MIDI clock
• 10 preset slots for instant recall of parameters
• Presets can be saved to and loaded from disk
• Built-in clock divide capability
• Synchronous load - loading of pattern happens on clock pulses, and not in between
• Load on Play feature to allow for loading of pattern each time clock started
• MIDI-controllable baseline note
• Custom definable note range allows for alternative scales

It should be available within the next few weeks hopefully. And although I can't make EM09 next week, others who are attending will be able to demonstrate it, if it's not available publicly by that time...

Dan"

EMS TKS Sequencer For Sale Update

new contact info added to this post.

Halloween is Coming

Halloween is coming folks. Feel free to send it any synth related Halloween content you come across. Remember click on the holidays label for more. And don't forget:
The PNW Synthesizer Meeting On Halloween!!!
Moog's Halloween Theremin Video Contest

Ghost Town in the Bedroom - Eigenharp Halloween Music

YouTube via davek4981. Someone needs to do a Star Wars Mos Eisley Cantina vid with these.
"me and mi amigos dubbing out with ghost town on the eigenharp Alpha, it's halloween after all!"

:wrongbot: APC Nosie Jar synth

YouTube via Wrongbot. On Ebay. Don't miss the lighter / flame improv.
"mmm... different synth sals"

:wrongbot: 4093 Quad Nand Noise Jar synth

"mmm... synth salsa" more lighter action

Night of The Theremin

YouTube via iloveanalogue
"This is a Robbie Ryan Moogloween Special, featuring Robbie Ryan as Punknface, Pam Ryan as Pussy Willow, and a surprise guest star. You can learn more about Robbie Ryan
at http://iloveanalogue.blogspot.com More information about the Moog Etherwave Theremin can be found at http://www.moogmusic.com You can find out more about Bob Moog's legacy at http://www.moogfoundation.org"

Update:

Dawn of The Theremin

"This is the action packed, Horror-filled sequel to "Night of The Theremin."
You can find out more about Bob Moog at http://www.moogmusic.com
To see additional Halloween Theremin films, visit the Theremin forum
at http://www.moogmusic.com/forum
See more about Bob's legacy at http://moogfoundation.org"

Arvo Pärt Style Max/MSP Algorithmic Composition

YouTube via akihikotube

Sherman Filterbank 1 / a short trip through the german HARZ

YouTube via beckhusen
"Patch from soundsource Doepfer A100 Modular System filtered through the Sherman Filterbank 1. Unspectacular, but it would be a shame if it goes lost in the wide space of my harddrives ;) I'm not really excited about the Filterbank 1, maybe the SFb 2 is much better (?), but last not least for experimental patches it makes fun.
The video shows some steps of a route through the german HARZ which isn't far away from my home area. I made the record in March 09, didn't expect before that there's still so much snow."