MATRIXSYNTH: Wednesday, December 30, 2009


Wednesday, December 30, 2009

MFOS Multi-Function Module Now Available

Full details here

"Features

* LED Voltage Level Meter Totally cool looking.
* Two 3 input DC voltage mixers with offset adjust and normal and inverted outputs.
* Linear Lag Processor (long and short time select).
* RC Lag Processor (long and short time select).

Introduction
If you find yourself saying man I wish I had two DC voltage mixers, a linear lag processor, an RC lag processor and a LED voltage level meter then this is the module for you. But seriously, this is a very nice assortment of tools for any synth. The voltage meter looks cool and lets you have a graphical idea of where that voltage level you like to use to modulate your filter or vca is so that later repeating it will be easier.

Although simple in nature the voltmeter is useful and has several input ranges (+/-1V, +/-5V and +/-10V). Whereas an analog or even a digital meter takes time to find the level this circuit lights the LED immediately giving you a rough idea of the voltage level you're looking at even when it is changing rapidly. The DC mixers let you mix LFO outputs or change the scale of your keyboard's voltage output to less than 1V per octave to achieve non-tempered scales. The lag processors both give plenty of range to go from almost immediate voltage following to delays lasting many seconds before the output voltage arrives at the level fed into the input.

While not as exciting as a VCO or a VCF this module is a staple and you will find yourself using it all the time."

Le Demon du MIDI

via PT

"Bonjour, picked this up and my local cheese shop today. Thought you and your readers might like it.

Happy 2010!

PT"

stacked pomona bananas

flickr by Yotsuba&!

"liberally stacked banana plugs into the Buchla 200e's 250e Arbitrary Function Generator control voltage & pulse outputs."

boz plays the vcs3


YouTube via dfranzke. "wanking a synth old school style"

Synthi AKS, Sound effects


YouTube via 8reste
"Playing with the Synthi AKS, No keyboard or sequencer, no effects or processing, Just raw synthi and camera,,,"

Arp 2600 Synthesizer, Analog, (fce), korg sq10


YouTube via 8reste
"clip of arp 2600 using a point and shoot camera, also Korg sq10"

Why Yes I Do Like Echo


YouTube via doctorvague

Happy New Year 2110


YouTube via PXE02321. "μTONIC DEMO" Waldorf Largo Intro. Sylenth 1 follows with others.

Using Tattoo's Multiple Outputs In Ableton Live


YouTube via AudioDamage001
"Here's a quick demonstration of how to access Tattoo's five extra outputs in Ableton Live."
http://www.audiodamage.com/

BearEssense: "The Big Hurt"


YouTube via VoiceEncoder

Roland SVC350 vocoder according to VoiceEncoder. Extended vocals come in at the five minute mark, but if you have the time, listen to this one through. Trippy piece. Curious what other synths they used.
"BearEssense: "The Big Hurt".
Copyright 198?, BearEssense. All Rights Reserved.
For listening pleasure only."

And a cover by the androgynous Nessie and Her Beard. That Nessie can whistle.

Nessie & Her Beard - The Big Hurt (Miss Toni Fisher)

YouTube via NessieSanzerbeard

"A true classic, composed and produced in 1959 by Miss Fisher's husband Wayne Shanklin and released on his independent Signet Records. It was quite possibly the first pop song to feature electronic phasing effects and reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100. It has since been covered by a number of other fantastic performers, such as Del Shannon, Susan Rafey, Susan Farrar, Scott Walker, and BearEssense."

PLAYING KEYBOARD SOLO IN THE CAR!!


YouTube via Space4Keys
"KEYBOARD SOLO IN THE CAR!! ( Keyboard Solo website TRAILER ) by S4K"

Kurzweil Pc3x Leads Demostration by Space4keys ( Liquid T Lead Dream Theater Jordan Rudess )

"Demostration
Keyboard: Kurzweil Pc3x
Patch: Liquid T Lead

Patched by S4K TEAM and performed by Sion Aries
www.space4keys.com
www.keyboardsolo.com"

Clavia Nord DDrum 4 MIDI Drum Machine Synth

via this auction

-DDrum 4 module
-eight drum trigger pads (including the kick drum pad w/ legs and the dual-trigger snare pad)
-nine XLR to 1/4 TRS cables

CHRONIC ELECTRONIC by Stomachlining


YouTube via stomachlining
"EMS synthi AKS sequence with synthi A joystick noodling, featuring no effects; just a little MAM VF11"

Monorocket Has Arrived


My two custom Monorocket Mission6 cases have arrived. They look gorgeous and they feel super solid. I can't wait to put these to use. I had the power plugs placed on opposite ends so I can stack them side by side in the studio. The snakeskin turned out very nice with the silver and black accents.

Thanks to Monorocket and Analogue Haven for a great experience in picking these up. Both are professional and top notch in my book.

Synth Kids label for my daughter's hand in the bottom picture. She enjoyed jumping on all the bubble wrap.

follow-up to this post


Korg SQ10 first attempt at programming - Happy Birthday - well why not?


YouTube via noddyspuncture
"My very first attempt at programming my newly accquired Korg SQ10 sequencer which in turn is playing my Korg MonoPoly"

ZOOZbeat: Jammin' Robot ZOOZin' with Street Lotto


YouTube via zoozmobile. ZOOZbeat on iTunes: ZooZ Mobile Inc. Richard Devine ZOOZbeat sound set below.
"Autonomous Robotic Marimba Playing 'Shimon' ZOOZin' It Up with Atlanta Hip-Hop Artist Street Lotto.

[ZOOZbeat Founder and Chief Technology Officer Dr. Gil Weinberg jammed live from SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 emerging technologies conference in Yokohama, Japan December 16-19, 2009 with Shimon.

Dr. Weinberg developed 'Shimon' at Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology. (He is also the Founder and Director of the Georgia Tech Center for Music Technology).

More on the first Intercontinental musical jam session between humans in Japan and the Robot in the United States:
http://www.zoozmobile.com/blog/?p=295

ZOOZbeat:
http://www.ZOOZbeat.com
http://www.twitter.com/ZOOZbeat

Shimon:
http://gtcmt.coa.gatech.edu/

Street Lotto:
http://www.zoozmobile.com/blog/?p=266"

How To ZOOZ Video featuring MAKE IT LOOK GOOD beats from ZOOZbeat Artist STREET LOTTO - Video 6


How To ZOOZ Shake, Tilt, Invert and Tap featuring GET GETTIN' IT beats from ZOOZbeat Artist Cato


How To ZOOZ Video featuring ELECTRO BUMPER beats from ZOOZbeat Artist Richard Devine - Video 5


more vids here ZOOZbeat on iTunes: ZooZ Mobile Inc.

Modular

flickr by cutwithflourish
(click for more)

"Christmas present to myself"

be sure to see these full size


Synth Noise: March of the Toys


YouTube via paul46038
"Here's an over-the-top celebration of things that go bloop."

The Putney VCS3 EMS - Butch Cassidy Sound System


YouTube via lostinthetimes. via Resonant Filter
"My video for 'The Putney' by Butch Cassidy Sound System. www.myspace.com/butchcassidysoundsystem from the album 'Butches Brew'. Cool track that uses the VCS3 keyboard made by EMS. All rights in the music is by the band. This is just a fan making a video. www.butchcassidysoundsystem.com

Thanks for watching :)"

Kegel - Hive Telepathine


YouTube via arthurpainter
genoQs Nemo, Clavia Nord Lead, EH memoryman.

Monorocket on Twitter

http://twitter.com/monorocket

Impulse Response


YouTube via pixelform. Not a synth, but some DIY correlations.
"Suspended in a 4 story stairwell, a vine of incandescent bulbs pulses and ripples with light in response to changes in ambient sounds. Loud, low rumbling from the street traffic outside causes light to shoot up through the thick rope of lights, growing brighter as the rumbling grows louder. When all is silent, the vine is dark and cold, illuminating only briefly at short but noticeable sounds: a closing door, the settling of the building, a car horn. The activities of people using the stairwell cause the lights to come alive, inviting a vocal interaction and play.

16 incandescent lights were spaces at half a meter, their power chords braided and bound together to form a gradually tapering cord of wire and lights. The rope of lights was then suspended from the 4th floor down to the top of the 1st. At the top, a nest of cables, wires, and control boxes formed an electronic spinal chord. The brain of the electronics consisted of custom digital electronics made sound reactive by a tiny microphone. As sound triggered the electronics, the lamps were turned on and off in such a way as to create the illusion of light rapidly ascending the rope, creating a brilliant column of flowing and pulsing energy.

The circuit at the heart of the installation consists of an electret condenser microphone, amplifier, comparator, two dual 4-stage shift registers, and 16 solid-state relays. The electret condenser microphone picks up ambient sounds, which are amplified and passed on to the comparator. The comparator compares two voltage levels and outputs a positive or negative voltage depending on the relationship between the voltages at its inputs. A fixed reference voltage is applied to its negative input while the signal from the amplifier is applied to the positive pin. What follows it that for every time the sound level produces a voltage above the reference, the comparator outputs a positive signal. This positive signal is then passed to the CD4027 CMOS shift registers. Linked together, the shift registers provide 16 outputs along which a signal present at the input may be clocked through. The effect is the same as a ticker tape, except that you are viewing one row of lights instead of the usual 8-10 rows that are needed to reproduce text. The signals that are passed from output to output along the shift registers are used to turn on the lamps via solid-state relays."

Roger O'Donnell - Moog lesson Apple Store


YouTube via sidelinemag via Phil. http://www.rogerodonnell.com/info.html
"http://www.side-line.com Here's a video Roger O'Donnell made a while ago to demostrate how he writes which is kind of what he shows at the Apple store." on iTunes
Also see these posts.

BLIPVERT #11 : Destroyx Interview #3 of 3


YouTube via krankhaus. I missed this one. Gear comes in at 6:00.
"Destroyx answers questions from members of Angelspit's Forum. Questions include: Where is the name "Angelspit" from?; Musical background?; What inspires you?; Do you enjoy your career?; What motivates you?; What is tour life like?; Gig experiences; Favourite Synth Gear?
More BLIPVERTS from Angelspit:
www.angelspit.net/blipvert"

Plan B Model 12 filter module

via this auction

"This is a great filter that responds nicely to control voltage and gate inputs because of the vactrols used in the design. Basically, the decay is nonlinear and more like what an acoustic instrument does than other filters that don't have vactrols. This allows for more "realistic" sounds such as classic Buchla-esque woody percussion sounds.

The sound is smooth, but can be overdriven and you can see on the input how I labelled '7' on it to tell me when the pot setting starts registering distortion. This is the first version of the Model 12, so I had to mod it and add a switch to get the "overdrive" function that later batches came with stock. The mod consisted of wiring a resistor across one of the vactrols (see photo of the interior) with a switch on the front panel."

also see the seller's other items

Waldorf Microwave XT Tracks by SCD

via Boele Gerkes of SCD on the Waldorf List:

"It is more than ten years ago that I read an article in SOS magazine about the Waldorf XT. The story basically said: "if you're looking for a nice piano sample, this is not it" :-) That sold me. In the summer of 1999, after several years playing romplers I bought another synthesizer and it was the XT. Together with a Jomox Xbase and Emu Emulator 4k. It was the start of some fruitfull years in terms of composing and recording... :-)

The start of this song, plus all other sound except drums and mellotron is XT. The XT is a very capable synth, both in wavetable sounds, as well for doing basses and pads.
http://www.synthmusic.info/mp3s/181%20King%20Of%20Salem%20%28Sayer%201%29.mp3

And this one: only XT and Jomox :-)
http://www.synthmusic.info/mp3s/180%20Microwaves%201999.mp3"

The Clavia SYNTHA

via roland kuit in this electro-music.com thread on NAMM speculations.

BTW, if you are a manufacturer, synth shop, developer, or other and have something to announce for NAMM, feel free to send it in at any time. Traffic usually spikes during NAMM. Feel free to send things in ahead of time as well. I do not leak what manufacturers send in.

Monome, Microkorg and SkyMonome API


YouTube via pjskyman.
"A short demo of my upcoming API "SkyMonome" written in Java language. Here, the program drives the Monome with a 6-step sequencer, and then play on microkorg via Midi."

Monome with accelerometer, Microkorg and SkyMonome API

audio starts at :50
"Another short demo of my upcoming API "SkyMonome" written in Java language. Here, the program drives the Monome with a n-step multisequencer, and then play on microkorg via Midi. Note that only four voices have been used, since the Microkorg has himself only four voices of polyphony. At the end, the accelerometer drives the pitch bend."

Monome, Arturia Origin and SkyMonome API


YouTube via pjskyman
"A very good live demo of my upcoming API "SkyMonome" written in Java language. Here, the program drives the Monome with a n-step multisequencer, and then play on Origin via Midi. Listen to the vintage sound of the CS-80 perfectly simulated by the Origin !

"SkyMonome" coming soon on http://www.skymonome.org"

Unusual DIY Synths by Kaufmann

flo kaufmann shows his "satrap activ" portable analog synthesizer made out of a vacuum cleaner

YouTube via elmzki

"The "satrap activ" is a old vacuum cleaner from the 70ies, converted into an analog synthesizer.
It contains 2 cmos based VCO's , a Moog ladder filter, a 555 based ADSR, a cmos based 8 step sequencer, a PIC based vc to midi interface and a PIC based auto trigger unit.
There are 4 tunable knobs on top, mostly to play bass-lines, and 2 conductable wires, which act as voltage dividers to generate variable tones. the wires do not vibrate. so it is not a cord instrument. satrap activ can also control other synthesizers either by midi or cv/gate interface.
check out some other projects on:
http://www.floka.com/bricol.html"

flo kaufmann presents his "FLooper" a multi-channel 8bit sound looper without a microcontroller


"The "FLooper" is a 8bit , multi-channel sound looper.
Here you can see the very early 4 channel prototype.
The sound is sampled by 8bit ADC with samplerates up to 200k and stored into a SRAM.
Because of the 8bit design you get very punchy sound. very similar to an old analog tape loop. some background noise as well.
In contrast to most other loopers you have totally independant channels and you can change the speed, volume, mute or reset to start point for every channel.
As long as you dont do anything sound is repeatet forever similar to a tape loop. if you press the record button of a certain channel it starts recording sound at that positiion.
On 2 channels there are steiner-parker voltage controlled filters in series.
I redesigned the FLooper and made some PCB's and the whole project will be open-source very soon.
check www.floka.com"

NINE INCH NAILS NOTHING STUDIOS 2002 YAMAHA CS1X SYNTH

via this auction
" YAMAHA CS1X SYNTH KEYBOARD (ALSO MIDI CONTROLLER FOR YOUR DAW OR ANYTHING)
THIS BELONGED TO NINE INCH NAILS/TRENT REZNOR/NOTHING STUDIOS IN NEW ORLEANS, BOUGHT FROM THEM IN THE NOTHING STUDIOS SALE IN 2002
COMES WITH ALL PAPERWORK, HISTORY, COA AND ORIGINAL SALES BILL FROM NOTHING STUDIOS!

I HAVE NOT TOUCHED THE USER PATCHES, AND I WILL SAY, THAT IS A REALLY COOL THING, BECAUSE SOME OF THE PATCHES IN THERE SOUND PRETTY FAMILIAR FOR THE TIME/ERA, AND A FEW OF THE PATCH NAMES ARE WORTH A LAUGH, WITH A NOD TO MR. REZNOR."

Korg MS 10 Monophonic Synth with Custom Wood Side Panels

via this auction
"The MS 10 may be smaller brother to the MS 20 but it still has much to offer and still has that MS Korg sound especially if you cant afford the MS 20 ! This legendary sound mainly comes from the filter and its controls frequency cut off (low pass filter) and peak (resonance ,Q ) . Its brings in such a natural warm harmonic distortion that cannot be emulated by software just like the rich harmonic content of a violin cannot be replicated digitally. This is analog , this is what its all about ...
The patch bay and external in add another aspect of experimentation and sound exploration."

not the item for sale but does the same:

YouTube via abertronic.
"more items up sale
Demo of MS 10 mainly focusing on the low pass filter"

sound experiment diary 2009_1231


YouTube via akihikotube. "sound experiment diary 2009_1231"

Piano Accordio Holiday Fun


YouTube via LivingTransient
"Piano Accordio is available on the App Store at Piano Accordio
More information on http://www.LivingTransient.com"

KORG MicroSampler - USA Unboxing by Franz K


YouTube via VJFranzK
"A new sampler is a cause for celebration! Franz K unboxes the new KORG MicroSampler and gives and introduction a d comparison to some of it's features. (Performance videos coming soon.)

Available at NoiseBug.net and other fine synth and music stores!"

Kanchi - impro session apc40 #2 - Wheels on step "dubstep"


YouTube via batabitbol. follow-up to this post. http://www.myspace.com/k4n

Moog Minimoog

flickr by tubmyk2
(click for more)

inside a Minimoog

Bottom: "Screw and wood block to secure keyboard back into cabinett"

Z3ta Reese Bass Tutorial


YouTube via TheIllSkills
"Making a reese bass using z3ta by rgc audio and flstudio.
Reese bass is used in dnb, dubstep, garage, breaks, electro etc."

Z3ta Dubstep Wobble Bass Tutorial

"Make a dubstep bass using the RCG:audio plugin z3ta and FLStudio."

Demonstrating Interval v0.1


YouTube via 0illuminatedsounds0
"Here's a quick demonstration of my Nonation Launchpad app Intervals, find out more at www.illuminatedsounds.com"

Admin: Auction Posts Update

I'm killing the BIN:s for auction posts mentioned in this prior post. Instead I will have a Sold For: added to the bottom each auction post description as I have time. That's more of an if I have time. I just went through all auction posts back to September 26. Auctions before then appear to be gone from Ebay. You will see the following at the end of each auction description in posts moving forward:

Sold For: the price an item sold for
Sold For: 0 bids
Sold For: check back

Check back is a note for myself. It means the auction hadn't ended when I checked, and it makes it easier for me to find them later. You can always check the auction link for the current bid.

It's kind of fun looking back at what some items went for:
The Mint ARP 2500
The Moog Sonic V Serial #74
The NIN Auction Items - scroll past the first one. I should have bid on the Electrix boxes!

Have fun...


MIDI Controller?

via Bodypainting Art Gallery by Mark Greenwalt - non synth and definitely NSFW pics on the other side.
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