MATRIXSYNTH: Thursday, November 26, 2009


Thursday, November 26, 2009

Folktek Time Scape Wave Sequencer

via the Folktek Arts blog where you will find more images.
Folktek on Ebay
"A brand new masterwork by Arius Blaze. The "Time Scape Wave Sequencer" is a sampler, processor and synthesizer with a built in 8 step sequencer. The touch board controls the polyphonic synth part which can be fed through delay or any combination of thousands of possibilities for wave shaping as well as the possibility of having the shape altered in time with the sequencer."

drift ice

drift ice from 11hzRobot on Vimeo.


"Film: U.S. Geological Survey open file report "Drift Ice as Geological Agent"

Music: myspace.com/11hzrobot"

Synths in manmachine

via royce

"there are lots of synths in Book 2 of manmachine. Attached is a jpeg that shows bits of some synths in the background.

in book2 are more synths in the background. . . sort of like Where's Waldo.

And all of the soundtrack music is synth based (Move D, National Wrecking Company, Mystified).

Here is a link, for your thanksgiving entertainment." Enjoy.

Noisesoft - Root Delay demo drum loop


YouTube via NoiseSoftware
"A short video demonstrating some of the presets of the Root Delay echo & sweep filter plugin from NoiseSoft. These presets are working on a simple drum loop. For more info about the Root Delay plugin: http://www.noisesoft.com/"

Noisesoft - Qu demo drum loop

"A short video demonstrating some of the presets of the Qu quad filter plugin from NoiseSoft. These presets are working on a simple drum loop."

Noisesoft - Qu preset demo synth bass loop

"A short video demonstrating some of the presets of the Qu quad filter plugin from NoiseSoft. These presets are working on a simple synth bass loop."

NoiseSoft - Qu and Root Delay working together on a drum loop

"A short video demonstrating the Qu quad filter and Root Filter plugins from NoiseSoft. These presets are working on a simple drum loop."

Circuit bent Concertmate-370 (casio sa-8)


YouTube via wotatwaat
"Low pass filter, distortion, bass boost, voltage drain, variable deep crash, soft reset, 1/4 output"

KORG DW 8000 HQ DEMO - SYNTHESIZER 1985


YouTube via AnalogAudio1

"The KORG DW-8000 "digital waveform synthesizer" came out 1985 and was the 'deluxe' version of the smaller DW-6000. DW stands for "digital waveform".

The KORG DW-8000 has 8 notes polyphony, 16 waveforms, a velocity sensitive keyboard with programmable aftertouch, auto-bend, an arpeggiator and a digital delay unit. The Digital Delay offers up to 512ms delay, phasing, flanging, chorusing and other time effects.

The DW8000 has been used by Juno Reactor, Depeche Mode, Dream Theater, Joe Zawinul, and Keith Emerson.

In this clip I played the DW-8000 dry, without any external effects."

Bach's Air on a G String for Analog Modular Synthesizer


YouTube via justwaving
"This is another classical piece done just using analog sequencers. It uses three Analogue Solutions Oberkorns and a Synthesizers.com Q960. It also uses the Moon Modular M563 Trigger sequencer as well as five sequential switches from Moon, COTK and Doepfer. Synchronising all the sequencers and switches was very time consuming in this patch. I originally put a version of this up on the 27th November but I wasn't happy with it so I deleted it" [following vid and description]



YouTube via justwaving

"This is another classical piece done just using analog sequencers. I use three Analogue Solutions Oberkorns and a Synthesizers.com Q960. There are also five sequential switches from Moon, COTK and Doepfer to switch the rows and trigger busses and also the Moon M563 trigger sequencer. trying to get that lot in sync was very time consuming and I had to redo the video lots as it would drop a random pulse somewhere and go completely out of sync."

Red Plug

flickr by Lars Daniel
(click for more)

Kurzweil

via Yura

Kurzweil K2661

Cat, Machinedrum and Nord Wave

via Yura of:
practicalsenses
soundformband

Update: the cat's name is Tusik. A couple more shots of Tusik and the Elektronika EM-25 and Korg N364 below.



ELKA SYNTHEX PICS

Some nice pics via email seller

"MINT Elka Synthex, serial 83(X), first generation model, MIDI added later, perfect electronically, every piece of electronics responds beautifully to all control, one owner for the past 25 years."






Close Encounters of the Redneck Kind


Close Encounters of the Redneck Kind from Zero on Vimeo.


via Rick. The famous ARP 2500 scene with Philip Dodds of ARP.

Update: And non synth related:

Darth Vader Feels Blue

YouTube via billyfaithfull

Mystery Synth Solved

See the update in this post.

Roland PG1000 Synthesizer Programmer

via this auction

click on the image to read the editable parameters.

PG-1000 editor for the Roland D-50

Yamaha CS-15D Dual channel Synthesizer

via this auction

KORG MONO/POLY MONOPOLY ANALOG KEYBOARD SYNTHESIZER

via this auction



Arp Axxe Analog Synthesizer 2313

via this auction



What is Frequency Modulation? 1, the concept.


YouTube via LoudonYukon
"This is the first of 3 videos covering frequency modulation and the Operator synth. This Was made in a previous version of Operator but the concepts and techniques are still very valid. These videos were made to go along with my Advanced Production in Ableton Live, but didn't make it into the course, so I thought everyone could benefit here on youtube and my blog( http://loudonstearns.berkleemusicblog... ) instead!"

What is Frequency Modulation? 2, Simple Ratios

"This video goes into more practical applications of Frequency Modulation synthesis. The importance of simple ratios between the Carrier and Modulators is stressed. The techniques are shown on the Operator Synth in Ableton Live, but can be applied on any synth that includes FM."

I'll post part 3 when it goes up.

Synth Scooter, November, 2009

flickr by Maggie Osterberg

Moog Little Phatty and cat.

beatnic.jp DIY

beatnic.jp

via motohiko in the comments of this video post.

You'll find various projects featured including the ribbon controller, XR-01, ESM2, Gakken SX-150 with MIDI, and more.




YouTube via denha. previously posted

Thanksgiving Ableton Live + Novation Launchpad Jam: Too many turkeys


YouTube via kbroom
"Improvising with the Novation Launchpad and Ableton Live. At the end I even pretend to play keys! :o
http://mrbook.org
http://nextdoorninjamusic.com"

Magneto-Conga - Self Player Conga - Big Business


YouTube via horchacha
"magnetic sequencer w/ three conga tones

using three Hall Effect Sensors

dc speaker is pulse width modulated for speed control
mangets are placed on spinning mole can to make rhythms
three channels - as many magnets are you can fit on it
i only have four magnets right now sorry
three twin-tee drum tones and small amp

i was lazy and put them all on the same transformer
im going to put another supply in just for the audio section
but the motor interacting w/ the amp is funny

was orig built on piece of wood as base - and then built case
around unit from scrap

dave wright
www.notbreathing.com"

Arduinome 64 with Starfire Logic board and Livid buttons


YouTube via StarfireMX
"Exactly what it says, arduinome using my logic board and also the button PCB I made for the Livid buttons, I call it the Starnome LOL!"

"Torden over Herning" - on Roland SH-2000 and CASIO SA-1

YouTube via organfairy

"This melody was something I made back in 1997 when I lived in Hammerum - a village placed a couple of miles west of Herning near the big sculpture I showed in the "la isla bonita" video (except that the sculpture wasn't build in 1997). The story behind this weird piece of music was that I had just finished repairing an old Grundig TK125 de luxe tape recorder that I had bought at a jumble sale. At the moment I switched it on to test it a thunderstorm broke out and I thought it could be fun to try and record the sound of it. I placed a microphone in the open window and recorded ten minutes of violent summer thunder on tape.

Later I used the best parts of it to make this melody. Some of it is played directly from the tape. Other parts I stored in the Yamaha VSS-30 sampler and played using the keys.

To illustrate the melody I took a walk in the autumn rain in the area where I lived. The places are:

1:43 - the house where the melody was made.
1:53 - Knudmoseværket, the regions power plant
1:57 - the art museum
2:38 - the university and educational area
2:43 - the shopping centre
3:22 - Utzon House

I play the melody on Roland SH-2000 synthesizer and CASIO SA-1 toy keyboard. The bass is played on CASIO SA-3 toy keyboard through a Boss OC-2 octaver, the rhytm is played on Roland CR-1000 drum machine, and the (a bit too loud) strings are played on a Kawai MS-20."

the great gig in the sky


YouTube via graal7. "motif xs 8 +nordwave" Pink Floyd

PLLesque


YouTube via neandrewthal
"This is not intended to be a musical performance but merely a demonstration of a voltage controlled oscillator I patched up from several NOR gates and lag processors whose mistracking of an applied control voltage creates pleasant artifacts reminiscent of the Doepfer A-196 Phase Locked Loop."

Launchpad Linear Sequencer with Mulitple Patterns and MIDI CC


YouTube via littlescale. Novation Launchpad.

Novation Launchpad Waveform Editor (3 bit by 3 bit)

"This evening I made a Launchpad-based 3-bit by 3-bit waveform editor. In a way, this is related to my ever-present desire to touch sound (eg. the Toriton water-based instrument etc).

http://little-scale.blogspot.com/"

Solvent improv #2 - Electro Acid w/Modcan, 808, x0xb0x,...


YouTube via s0LVentCIty. part 1 here

"Hi - my name is Jason Amm and I release melodic electro(nica) music under the artist name Solvent, for labels including Ghostly International, Morr Music, and Suction Records.

You can check my music via: solventcity.com
myspace.com/solventcity

Here is video #2. This time, the video is much worse, but the audio was recorded from the mixer, so it's much higher quality. I also think this track is much better... I'm pretty happy with this track myself, and will likely edit it down and release it at some point. Mind, this is only the first 10 minutes of a 45+ minute long improv!

An explanation of the video: I was so immersed in this little jam session, that it didn't even occur to me - before pressing REC on the video camera - that I was still in my pajamas. So what I've blacked out is basically me pulling up my pajamas every 30 seconds. It may look like I've blacked out some of what I'm doing on the gear, but everything on that side of the screen was blocked by me anyways, so not really. That cheesy electricity effect is also there to distract during a section where I enter the frame.

So, sorry about the video... this one's mainly about the music.

OK so here is a melodic electro acid improv. The Doepfer Regelwerk is the master clock, and is sequencing 2 synth parts on the Modcan.

The Regelwerk does have CV/Gates built in (8 of each!), but in this case I used a Midi out into a 4-channel Midi-to-CV module (an MOTM-650, the only non-Modcan module in there). I am muting/un-muting these Modcan parts on the fly via the Regelwerk, which you can't see... But if you look closely at that black Modcan module, you can see the lights blinking to indicate when sequences are start/stopping.

The bass sound is 2 or 3 VCOs, with the Multi-Mode VCF (a killer filter IMO!). I'm doing a lot of tweaking on a dual-mixer module: 1 side is for the VCO levels, the other side is for different outputs from the Multi-Mode VCF - combining LP with BP, Notch, etc gives a lot of diversity to the sound.

The other synth part is 1 VCO + 1 MinWave, into the EMS-style Diode filter.

All of the delay you hear is from the Modcan SuperDelay module, which is probably my favorite module in the whole system... Wow.

The Regelwerk also has DIN-sync out, so that's how the 808 is being synced. x0xb0x sequencer is receiving Regel's MIDI-clock. My x0xb0x is heavily modded, and what you'll notice me doing a lot is switching on/off a mod which keeps the VCA open.

Modcan's sequencer is clocked via an 808 trigger. The main thing that it's doing is sequencing that occasional white noise pattern that comes in occasionally, which was Noise into the Frequency Shifter module, and then some VCF, don't rem which one.

BTW, the Modcan isn't mine, unfortunately! I had it on loan from a guy named Jeff, who makes really nice music under the name Minisystem (myspace.com/minisystem)."

Native Instruments Launches "Synthsgiving"

"Berlin, November 26th, 2009 - Native Instruments today launched "Synthsgiving", a time-limited special offer that gives musicians and producers access to some of the most powerful software instruments on the market at a drastically reduced price. Until November 30th, ABSYNTH 5, FM8, MASSIVE and REAKTOR 5 will be available for download purchase in the NI Online Shop for $99 / 99 EUR, a discount of up to 75% on the regular pricing.

More information on "Synthsgiving" can be found at
www.native-instruments.com/synthsgiving.info

About Native Instruments:

Native Instruments is a leading manufacturer of software and hardware for computer-based music production and performance. The company's mission is to develop innovative, fully integrated solutions for all professions, styles and genres. The resulting products regularly push technological boundaries and open up new creative horizons for professionals and amateurs alike."

Modular Synthesizer - Somatic Circuits - Dark Side SSM2044 VCF


Youtube via MrRitchieDrums
"Just a quick Sequence with a Synthesizers.com Q106 Oscillator VCO and Q119 sequencer and a Somatic Circuits - Dark Side SSM2044 Filter"

Ribbon Controller Demo at MTM04


YouTube via MMTAKEDA55
"Demonstration for Ribbon controller and new handmade syhnth called Orange pARM"

Update via motohiko in the comments: more info in Googlish here.
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