MATRIXSYNTH: Sunday, November 22, 2009


Sunday, November 22, 2009

Tiptop Audio - Z-DSP


YouTube via thedeepelement
"www.trashaudio.com Gur of Tiptop Audio sent me his very own Z-DSP to show off at the Trash_Audio synth meet and while I have it in my grasp, a lot of time is being spent with the Z-DSP and with permission I am making a video of some of those moments. The sound of this module fits into my setup perfectly and while it does beautiful delays and reverbs, I can only imagine what the future holds for the open source programming."

via Gur on TRASH_Audio:
"The Z-DSP will be supplied with the Dragonfly Delay card. There are several more cards in development, it is theoretically endless as the Z-DSP is an audio microcomputer that like any computer all it needs is different softwares to perform an infinite array of features. Right now the cards I'm developing are reverbs, more types of delays, CV processing, LFOs, DCOs and a few others. I just finished testing a digital ring modulation and it sounds very different from analog. The next card to be available is the Bat Filter, a collection of 8 VCDF (VC digital filters), its a killer set of filters!
There is also a programmer that will be available. It is a USB device that goes into the card slot of the Z-DSP and there is a PC code development environment that connects to it. This programmer allow users to either write their own programs, share with others, or download some free algorithms that are available online. This programmer will be sold separately and will require signing a NDA that is made to protect the IP of both TTA and the user against anyone who might want to take advantage of the 'open source' approach to copy algorithms from the cards and use them for commercial use."

canon EOS 500d - first steps


YouTube via SCHAAFJOERG Jörg Schaaf
" I recently bought a canon EOS 500d (Rebel T1i). Just received it two days ago and started some video shootings. I hope, that gives you an impression how nice the quality of the videomode is - and believe me or not - the photoshooting is even better. All scenes have been filmed through a cheap EF 50mm, f1,8 lense. This lense sells for under 100 euro on ebay. I think it is a good starting point for indoor videos.

I choosed the 720p/30fs mode - that gives better results in my opinion than the 1080p mode with 20 f/s.

Come on canon - give us full control over aperture and iso settings and I am just satisfied. Even some cheap bridge cameras already offer that.

The book I am reading is the german "Das Profi-Handbuch zur Canon EOS 500d" book - it contains some good tips and hints for better videos and workarounds for current firmware restrictions.

The music has been recorded on a Radikal Technologies,Inc Spectralis 2 synthesizer straight from the main audio outputs."

Thingmamgoop 2 Droid Army

flickr by Dr. Bleep
via the Bleep Labs blog:
"X-mas orders are full! Thanks to everyone who made the Thingamagoop 2 pre-launch a success.

You can still make an order for Thingamagoop 2 but all orders placed after November 21st will ship the second week of January.
If you’d like to be notified of any changes, email drbleep@bleeplabs.com to get on the mailing list or follow the Bleep Labs twitter.

You can also purchase our fine wares in stores worldwide."

Cool Son: BarbieWire Live @ Box Salon


YouTube via BarbieWireMusic
"BarbieWire performs Cool Son live at the Box Salon in Toronto on October 21st, 2009. Cinematography by the marvelous Mark Ellam. Special thanks to Zen Film Labs, Louise Bak, and Robin McKenna."

Synare Ad

flickr by darklorddisco

Legendary Arp Odyssey Lumina with Phil Cirocco / CMS LED Sliders

via this auction

You might recognize this one from this post. ARP Odyssey Lumina modded by Phil Cirocco of CMS

"It may sound hyperbolic, but, I sincerely believe this to be the finest Arp Odyssey on earth.

This Odyssey sat in Phil Cirocco's personal collection, selected by him as the ideal candidate for the nearly obscene LED-slider retrofit, the first ever done, and it is, indeed, beautiful.

A white face Odyssey, it is already among the best. However, Phil took it as far as one can. This is the very same ARP 2800 shown on Phil's site here:

http://www.discretesynthesizers.com/arptronics/arp2800.htm

Upgrades...

The most obvious upgrade to this Odyssey is with the sliders. Every slider has been replaced with a new sort of slider which contains color-coded LEDs appropriate to the Odyssey heritage. These sliders feel incredible, they move beautifully and sit where they're left... it is an entirely different experience using an Odyssey with sliders this clean and precise. It is truly a player's synth, now.

There are some lovely touches with this upgrade: the LFO slider blinks at the LFO rate, as do both envelope slider LED sets, brightening and darkening in time with the envelope. Beautiful.

The CMS audio path and filter upgrades have also been applied. Filter cutoff range is lifted from a mere 11khz to 28khz. The audio path upgrade cleans the entire signal path, the bass clarity is absolutely terrifying, to neighbors, pets and your recording tools.

The power supply has been rebuilt to last another twenty years.

Other upgrades: the turbo switch has been added for incredibly fast envelope response and there are input jacks for CV and gate control of the instrument (shown in the photographs to the right) - wonderful for use with analog sequencers and MIDI to CV converters of all kinds."

Synton Fenix


via this auction
"incredibly rare Synton Fenix modular synthesizer. I believe that 75 of these were made, prized by their owners and rarely found for sale. Designed by the (in)famous Synton team in Holland, this is easily one of the most flexible and comprehensive modular synthesizers ever designed. They kept this instrument interesting throughout - each oscillator, LFO, envelope and so forth are very different. The noise source is incredibly flexible, the ring modular isn't vanilla at all and there are plenty of thoughtful little tricks throughout which surface as you spend time with the machine.

The Encore Expressionist is, in my opinion, the nicest MIDI to CV converter around. It provides eight CV outputs and eight trigger/gate outputs. These outputs can be used for notes, bound to MIDI CCs, grouped up for polyphony, assigned to additional LFOs which the Expressionist provides via software, with a very, very easy to understand interface. The workflow of this device is very nice, it stays out of the way, and can be used to interface with all sorts of devices aside from the Fenix. It even understands S-Trig for Moog devices!"

Cyndustries / Modcan A Milton Sequencer

via this auction

"16 x 4 *Powerful* Analog Sequencer for Modcan A
Hen's teeth to find today, for auction is a Cyndustries-brand Milton sequencer in Modcan A format.

This Milton is of the revision with CV inputs for sweeping through sequencer stage."

Sold For: 0 bids

Access Microwave I Programmer

via this auction

"rare Access Music programmer for the Waldorf Microwave I."

Signal Arts MAPS Sequencer



via this auction

"The MAPS is a killer 8 step analog sequencer. It handles 16 banks of 8 sequences, able to run multiple concurrent sequences, chaining sequences to other sequences, modulating sequences by each other, and sending the sequencer output to any of three cv+gate pairs as well as up to 32 channels of MIDI.

Sequences can run at different speeds from each other, sync'd to external trigger, external clock, each with different step lengths. Each step can send modulation data, of course!

Sequences can also be triggered to play from the buttons on the front. Very playable!

It's a bit of a swiss army knife in that it can speak both MIDI and CV at the same time. The CV can talk to anything: S-Trig for Moog, V/Oct as well as the Korg Hz/Oct standard."

Moog Minimoog Classic Synthesizer

via this auction

"She was built 6/5/1973 and is serial number 2483."





MOOG Prodigy vintage analog synth w/ CV & Gate mods

via this auction

"Prodigy has modifications for CV and Gate control, allowing you to control the Moog externally (sequencer, MIDI/CV converter) or use this as a modular master keyboard. The CV is scaled for V/Oct and the gate is a standard positive gate (not typical Moog S-trig)."





CS01mods_inna303style.mp4


YouTube via TheRealADAMBABY
"Demonstration of new tone capabilites after installation of the Highly Liquid midi kit, resonance mod, and external CV control. See http://www.adambaby.com/stu...
for details and photos."

Drone Lab Demo

Drone Lab Demo from paul sobczak on Vimeo.

"Drone Lab by Casper Electronics, behind the machine here is Paul Sobczak. Seen in the video an Edirol R09HR recorder as well as one of Mr. Sharpe's Engineering feats the Memory Toy from Electro Harmo"nix" via Twin Cities Maker

Sunday VC Seq


YouTube via hexenduction
"Modcan 54B VC Sequencer and 53B Clock driving the Serge WAD and Creature to the mall for a Sunday matinée. The sequence is tweaked throughout, sometimes gradually and sometimes not.The patch is the same throughout, even when it doesn't seem like it is..."

witches and Knobs

flickr by oliverchesler

ABC

flickr by oliverchesler
(click for more)

KORG KR-55

Study Music

Study Music from Pete Shambler on Vimeo.


"A patch that was left up and slowly tweaked over three or four weeks while I was studying for the GREs.

This is where it was the day that I took the exam.

Voices:

1. Tip Top Z3000, with CV from a Doepfer 160/138c combo sequencer, and FM from a Make Noise Maths (the first, audio rate channel of which is FMing the second, audio rate channel).

2. Bubblesound uLFO (which is receiving CV from a Voice of Saturn Sequencer), fed into a Doepfer 196.

3. A Boss Dr. Sound ("clap" preset), being triggered by the 5 and 8 steps of a Doepfer 161 (via a DIY "OR" logic gate).

The square out from a Plan B Elf LFO is the master clock of the patch. It is multed to (a) the Trig In on the 160, (b) the Clock In on the VoS Sequencer and (c) the CP4 input on a Doepfer 143-1.

The Envelope 1 out on the 143-1 is patched to the CV in on the top half of a Doepfer 132-3 (the Z3000/Maths voice); the Envelope 3 out is patched to the CV in on the bottom half of the 132-3 (the uLFO/PLL voice). Envelope 4 is sent to the Signal In on the first Maths channel.

theshamblers.blogspot.com"

Switched-On-Country: "I Walk the Line" (Moog cover)


YouTube via cridantis
"from 'Switched-On-Country: Featuring Rick Powell at the Moog'"

Buchla 222e Test

Buchla 222e Test from todd barton on Vimeo.


"A small Buchla 222e system just out of the box.
Informally patched just to explore. Enjoy."
"The only added fx is a digital delay line."

Roland Alpha Juno-2 Modified - Custom Table Top Version

flickr set by krisamadhi
(click for more)

"Besides the one knob control on the far right it can be controlled with
http://xmidi.com/juno.html"

Note this unit is for sale. Contact info at AudioValve.

inside a Roland Alpha Juno 2


The GCP EGG Basket Observer - Social Siesmograph

This one in via Gerard. In the simplest terms, the GCP Basket Observer is an audio generator that triggers sounds fed to it from random generators throughout the world. GCP stands for the Global Consciousness Project.

"The purpose of the project was and is to create and document a consistent database of parallel streams of random numbers generated by high-quality physical sources. The goal is to determine whether any correlations might be detectable of statistics from these data with independent long-term physical or sociological variables. In the original experimental design we asked the more limited question whether there is a detectable correlation of deviations from randomness with the occurrence of major events in the world."

In short: random generators that somehow are not so random during major events:

CBS News segment on the Global Consciousness Project

YouTube via GCPvideos
"Correspondent Brendan Keefe reports on the Global Consciousness Project for CBS News2 NY May 13, 2005"

Check out the eerie hartbeat at the GCP Basket Observer

Roland GR-500 vintage guitar synthesizer

via this auction




Roland System 100 Model 101 vintage analog synthesizer

via this auction






monotonic labs Type N38 Synthesizer: Sequencer VCO Analog FM PWM Noise

via these auctions
"Overview
The Type-N38 is the next iteration of the monotonic labs N-Series synthesizers. The N38 is a completely self contained musical instrument featuring a 4-step sequencer and a voltage controlled oscillator (VCO). The sequencer features control voltage (CV) dials for each step, a clock/tempo dial, and a step hold actuator. The VCO features Frequency and Pulse Width Modulation (FM/PWM), as well as a HI/LO octave toggle. The N38 output waveform is square wave (or an infinite sum of sine waves) providing an extremely rich harmonic portrayal of the fundamental. The output can be shaped to other waveforms (sine, triangle, etc.) by applying external filtering circuits to the signal path prior to amplification. The result is a unique and compact device enabling artists to add new dimensions to their musical projects.

How it works
Everything begins with the clock rate control – this determines how fast the sequencer changes steps. Each step of the sequencer has a CV setting which drives the VCO (which can really be thought of as a voltage-to-frequency converter). The more voltage applied to the VCO, the higher the output tone. The sequencer provides a means to program the output sequence of tones from the VCO which can sped up or slowed down with the clock control. The Center Frequency control sets the reference tone on the VCO which CV from the sequencer modulates. For example, if the center frequency on the VCO is set to 440 Hz, applying CV data from the sequencer (i.e. setting any CV dial greater than zero) will proportionally increase the tonal frequency of the VCO above 440 Hz. The Pulse Width control sets the duty cycle of the VCO which creates several interesting effects such as stepped tones and high pass filtering. See demonstration below.
[posted here]

Improvements
Although the N38 is very similar to the N37 synthesizer, it has several improvements. Several N37 users have commented that the Center Frequency (or Frequency Modulation) control is too sensitive. To address this we have broken the Center Frequency control into 2 octaves (switchable by the HI/LO octave toggle) allowing finer tuning of the VCO reference tone. We have also added a step hold actuator to the sequencer which acts as a “pause” button. Internal circuitry improvements include a completely new PCB layout, thicker traces, and a new buffered output stage."

Links
Website
Myspace Page

Synthesizers.com Q171 Quantizer Bank

Prelim info from Synthesizers.com:

"The Q171 Quantizer accepts a varying input voltage and produces a voltage that is locked into a pre-selected scale.

The main purpose of a quantizer is to simplify tuning of an analog sequencer, but there are many other musical applications. Any voltage source can be processed by the quantizer including envelope generators, oscillators, noise sources, etc. The Q171 can also be synchronized with external events and operated as a programmable Sample & Hold using the Gate Inputs.

Three independent channels are provided. Each channel uses a 12-note per-octave semitone scale unless an alternative scale is selected using the option switches. Possible scales include Major, Minor, Augmented, Diminished versions of 7-note scales, Triad chords, and Root+5th."

Open Labs SoundSlate

"Introducing Open Labs' SoundSlate™, the ultimate virtual instrument player and hardware DAW for your keyboard workstation or MIDI controller, contained in a sexy 1U rackmountable case.

SoundSlate™ redefines music production and performance by incorporating Open Labs' music operating environment including the critically acclaimed virtual instrument host Riff™, 8000+ of sounds and effects, a robust audio i/o, and a powerful computer core running Windows XP into a 1U-ultra compact case that packs a punch."

Stylophone

flickr set by mrmole
(click for more)

You'll find scans of the user manual and shots of the Stylophone. Circuit diagram pictured below.

"Rolf Harris at his best!"
via wikipedia: "Harris went on to use an array of unusual instruments in his music, including the didgeridoo (the sound of which was imitated on "Sun Arise" by four double basses), Jew's harp and, later, the stylophone (for which he also lent his name and likeness for advertising)."

TETR4 (part5)


YouTube via Dogboy73. more
"5th video of sounds from the DSI TETR4.

http://launch.groups.yahoo...."

LowG accelerometer as MIDI controller


YouTube via hotchk155
"Just an experiment but it might be fun in a smaller package! This is a Sure Electronics low G 3-axis accelerometer prototype board connected to a Miduino (Arduino clone) streaming continuous MIDI controller info to Reason. There are 3 controllers mapped here to delay feedback on drums, and mod wheel/pitchbend on a bass synth. The Arduino code if pretty much the same as the lava lamp midi controller code, but with just 3 controllers"

Understanding roland 303 bass sound with Absynth


YouTube via soundsynthesis
"This video explains the principle of the famous roland 303 sounds. The synthesizer Absynth is used to approximate the 303 sound."

Modular Tiptop A-149 Buchla


YouTube via belempa1

"Une présentation sommaire des modules Doepfer A149-1 RCV et , A149-2 .
Le A-149-1 est basé sur le 266e Source of Uncertainty de Don' Buchla , difficile à maîtriser mais passionnant .
Le but de ce patch est de tourner en boucle sans l'aide de séquenceur et de clavier externe .

A summary presentation of modules Doepfer A149-1 RCV and, A149-2.
A-149-1 is based on 266e Source of Uncertainty : Don ' Buchla.
Difficult to master but fascinating.
The purpose of this patch is to turn(shoot) in buckle without the help of sequencer and external keyboard.

( Reverso translator )."

Cartier Santos Sweet Lady LIVE@Make: Tokyo Meeting 04


YouTube via omnibotoom. more here
"Cartier Santos Sweet Lady LIVE@Make: Tokyo Meeting 04
2009.11.22

Fluorescent Lamp controlled with
/I/F GAINER
/Finger move
/Hand move
/Voice volume"

Test Globale


YouTube via gaufresderiz
"Ho usato tutto il modulare... Per sincronizzare le varie parti ho messo al centro il Math di MakeNoise... un modulo veramente incredibile! La cassa è creata dallo stesso Math con l'aiuto del D-LFO Cwejman... Le varie parti escono dal mod e vengono filtrate da vari effetti, ibanez, Korg, Dynacord, Vermona... Il sottofondo viene dal ThingAMaKit della Bleep Labs..."

Trying out the Synthesizers.com q107 filter.mp4


YouTube via RothHandle
"This last friday was interesting and fun as I received two fresh modules in the mail...And then my finished Euro reack modular...It is a bit of a bastard with modules from doepfer, analogue solutions, livewire, harvestman and plan B.

This little mobile film shows a short and slightly tired runthrough of the q107 filter from synthesizers.com I think we will be spending a lot of time together.

This little film was shot at my studio, Roth Händle. It is located in Sundbyberg, Stockholm, Sweden. If you are curious to find out more about the studio please visit the website www.roth-handle.nu

Thanks for watching,

Mattias"

My first patch on the Euro combined with the old modular.mp4

Buchla 200e Twisted


YouTube via boobtube356
"259e Twisted Waveform Generator adjustments demonstrate its ability to scan memory for sounds."
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