MATRIXSYNTH: Tuesday, February 9, 2010


Tuesday, February 09, 2010

Resonant Buchla Lopass Gate Clone

flickr by djthomaswhite
(click for more)

Victory Debt.mp4


YouTube via davidryle. Synths visuals come in at 1:24. Synthesizers.com and Ensoniq Fizmo.
"War takes money and war creates debt. As long as we pay the debt and give our lives there will be no victory."

c74 - iPhone / Max/MSP bridge


YouTube via 37leo37. on iTunes
"Demo video of the c74 app that lets you connect Max directly to your iPhone without having to use OSC.

The app displays user interface objects on the iPhone similar to those found in Max, the objects are created by sending messages like 'slider volume 100 100' to the c74 external (which is available for free at http://www.nr74.org/c74/c74.zip).

Next to the user interface aspects of the app, c74 is also able to forward :
- accelerometer data
- gps
- compass
- shake gestures
- proximity sensor

For more info please visit : http://www.nr74.org"

Evenfall Mini Modular


via this auction

"This auction is for the ultra rare Evenfall Mini Modular!

Designed as a collaboration between Grant Richter (designer of the famous Wiard 300 series modular) and Chris McDonald, the Evenfall sounds as amazing as it's heritage would imply. This one is "factory-built" and not one of the few kit versions sold.

The condition is very, very good / near-mint.

Many functions are packed into this slender 3U synthesizer. 2x VCO, 2x VCA, 2x LFO, 2x envelopes, 2x mults, lag processor, sample and hold, waveshaper, MIDI to CV converter and, of course, a fantastic filter.

Like with the Arp 2600 and Cwejman S1, the synthesizer has sensible normalized routings, interruptable via patch cables. Very convenient for workflow but still as flexible as a proper modular.

It comes with eight patch cables and the original Wiard style PSU."

Orchestral Manouvers In The Dark - The Lights Are Going Out (Null Object Remix)

Orchestral Manouvers In The Dark - The Lights Are Going Out (Null Object Remix) by Null Object
"Wasn't OMD a great band? Actually were they a great band? I have only heard this one song and I thought it was ace but I felt it needed to be rammed head first into a KORG MS20. This was the result. I also tried to ram cabbage head first into a KORG MS20 but I had trouble finding the head."

Lillian Schwartz - Pixillation (1970)


YouTube via Haz657. via It's Full of Stars
"PIXILLATION
"With computer-produced images and Moog-synthesized sound Pixillation is in a sense an introduction to the electronics lab. But its forms are always handsome, its colors bright and appealing, its rhythms complex and inventive." - Roger Greenspun, N. Y. Times. Golden Eagle-Cine 1971. Moog sound by Gershon Kingsley; Version III: pulls the viewer into a primal experience. Awards:Red Ribbon Award for Special Effects from The National Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences; The Smithsonian Institution and The United States Department of Commerce, Travel Services for Man & His World at the Montreal Expo, '71; collection The Museum of Modern Art. Commissioned by AT&T. (4 min.)"

The Stage awaits

flickr by nailosity

"NAIL Set up at the Bean Runner and ready to Throw Down. :)"

Sequential Circuits Pro-One

New Apple II DMS Music Software via 8 Bit Weapon



via 8 Bit Weapon
"Introducing the Digital Music Synthesizer for Apple II personal computers! The DMS is the only wavetable synthesizer for the Apple //e, IIc, and IIc+ computers that is suitable for performance use. It supports up to 8 voices, which can be selected from the 10 on disk, and played (monophonically) from the Apple II keyboard. It can be used to “record” a performance for later playback as well. Also, the DMS doesn’t require a monitor! Just turn on your Apple II and when the drive light goes off. Then hit the space bar you’re ready to play live~!

Sounds on disk are: Acoustic Piano, Vibraphone, Acoustic Guitar, Electric Bass, Trumpet, Clarinet, square wave, sawtooth wave, sine wave, and (for Bud Melvin)... Banjo!


Requirements: A2.DMS requires an Apple //e, IIc, IIc+, or IIgs computer with 80-column capability, at least one 5.25” floppy disk drive. Monitor is optional."

Sample and dowloadable manual on 8 Bit Weapon.

New "Squaretooth" synth from thebetatesters.net


YouTube via thebetatesters
"Basically an Atari Punk Console on crack"

Strobetronic with the orb filter


YouTube via grandtippler
"The Strobetronic makes noise, the noise is nasty.
For more info and the Etsy listing: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?...

This unit makes a huge range of strange noises. You start by setting the controls on the top of the unit, this sets up a sweep on the LEDS, by moving the LEDs around the light sensors a basic noise loop is set up. Combinations of frequency, volume and the two LEDs make for interesting sounds."

EDP Wasp Analog Synth


via this auction

"The Wasp is a quirky little synthesizer that, despite its toyish look, is quite capable of funky analog sounds. It really is black and yellow too, just like the insect it is named for. Probably its most distinguishing feature is the keyboard and its non-moving touch-sensitive keys. That's right, the flat little keys are only sensitive to your electro-static touch. It's a nifty technology for 1978. There's also a little speaker built-in to the synth and EDP's own pre-MIDI connectors for linking to other Wasps and EDP gear and can be used with Kenton gear to control via MIDI."

Note the vidoe in the auction and below if from 2008 and likely not the unit for sale, but who knows...

Roland GR-300 Vintage Analog Guitar Synth

via this auction where you'll find more pics and audio while up. This one is for sale via joness.com. I'm guessing the demos and pics in the auction are on the site as well. The seller has a number of other guitar-synth related items listed here.



Metasonix TM-3

via this auction

"Metasonix TM-3 serial #5 (!) - dual oscillator with sub osc. You probably know what this is if you're looking at it. Tracks Hz/V cv and will also track audio pitch - sounds unlike anything else out there. Unit works fine, this is the gold (pre-yellow) version. There are some holes that have been drilled in the sides as the picture shows from previous owner drilling to mount in rack."

Sold For: US $480.00

via selectivepressure in the comments

Golden Master Harmonic Ratio Arpeggiator

via Golden Master

"I’ve gone on another microtonal trip lately, and have been working with ratios again. The thing about composing music with frequency ratios is that it places you in a brave new world where each interval is made up of TWO numbers instead of one (as in the traditional system, a fourth, third, fifth, etc). There are also all kinds of undiscovered tones and frequencies and relationships. There has to be a way to explore all this!"

nin.com news 2.9.10: ?



via Trent Reznor on the nin.com forum

Note the Doepfer Schaltwerk sequencer on top of the original design Vermona DRM1 in the top shot. Below note the LL Electronics Oddulator.

Update via Big City Music in the comments: "There's a Flight of Harmony Infernal Noise Machine in the top shot too:).
-Josh"

Update: I originally posted the Vermona in the top shot as a Perfourmer. kernelslacker caught it and let me know it was actually the DRM-1.

The gift of music

flickr by 33six



Date With The Night

flickr by Rawm!

1 156.avi


YouTube via mikeonop

The Making Of ELECTROLUMINESCENCE


YouTube via theraywilsonshow

"ELECTROLUMINESCENCE is the first CD I have offered featuring my MFOS modular synthesizer and the ULTIMATE semi-modular synthesizer. Some of these pieces are original minimalistic ambient sound-scapes to think by and others are complete musical works by classical composers. I think of these as aural landscapes or bath salts for your ears. I believe they will help you meditate, relax and unwind. They are also handy for noisy work spaces where they can help you stay focused and avoid the distraction that comes with indirectly hearing other conversations, phone calls, P.A. systems, etc. They are popular at the Parker Recreation center (Parker, CO) and are used in yoga classes and Thai massage therapy sessions. Thought you might enjoy a little inside look at making the CD."

Folktek - Modified Omnichord by Ben Houston


YouTube via benpumpkin. Folktek on Ebay
"Folktek - Modified Omnichord by Ben Houston (http://folktek.blogspot.com). Video by Big Pauper (http://tokenrecluse.com)."

Custom 5 Octave KORG MS20/MS10

ELP - Karn Evil 9 - recreating the 'end bit' with Korg gear.

YouTube via noddyspuncture

"Here's my go at recreating the end bit on ELP's Karn Evil 9 ... I used audio line-in this time. Korg SQ-10 sequencer playing my custom (5 octave) MS-20/10 bolt-together jobby. I don't have a video camera so I used my digital stills camera - into an old VHS machine and then played that back and 'video captured' it into my PC using VirtualDub.... phew! Wires everywhere...;c)"

M-Z3R0 - circuit bent Yamaha DD-5 glitch sequencer


YouTube via manufacturedZ3R0
"Pitch control, 16 switch glitch matrix & 8 step sequencer which frees it of it's presets.
It has a midi out port which sends data from the pads and the sequencer to external devices. Towards the end of this run i use it to trigger a kick drum on the mpc500.

One of the more awkward dd's to get to respond well to the glitching. But with a bit of practice some cool loops can be made. Slowing down, reversing and drastic alteration of the all out glitching it throws out in a sample editor also yields some great sounding results.

It sounds in many ways similar to a modified TR505 slumming it with an 8 step diy sequencer."

An Interview with Drew from CRUDBUMP


You might remember Drew from a number of posts here on MATRIXSYNTH. He has a new release out called CRUDBUMP. Considering how much he has contributed to the site I asked him to send me a shot of some of his gear for a post. This in turn resulted in the following interview. Enjoy.

1. So, for those not familiar with your work, give us a little background on some of what you do?

"I write and illustrate two daily comics, Toothpaste For Dinner and Married To The Sea, which are free to view online. Musically speaking, I wrote & recorded four comedy-industrial albums as Kompressor from 2000-04 and released some miscellaneous music under the Dog Traders name from 2000-08. I occasionally make short Youtube videos, with my music as the soundtrack."

2. How did you get into synths?

"Took classical piano lessons for eight years as a child, started playing guitar, and while in college (1998) I started poking around and realized synthesizers were pretty inexpensive. I'd read music magazines here and there as a kid and always assumed they were thousands of dollars, but once I got on eBay, I found people getting rid of old Rolands, multitrack tape machines, etc. and jumped right in.

Since the market for analog synths hadn't blown up yet, I assembled a small studio of an Ensoniq SQ-80, Roland JX-8p / SH-09 / 707, some guitar pedals, and a Tascam Porta-01 for hardly anything, and started recording music.

Once I had a couple synths, I started to scour local thrift stores/music stores/garage sales for neglected, broken, cheap gear which I'd clean/fix up and either keep or resell. By the time I started Kompressor in 2000, I'd added an Optigan, Rheem Kee bass, Akai S612, Tascam 238 and a gang of cheap midi synths / fx boxes."

3. When you first started picking up synths, what did you look for in them?

"I figured out pretty quickly that I liked synths with a lot of knobs and inputs/outputs way more than synths with one data wheel and a bunch of menus. You can get a huge range of sounds out of the SH-09 by patching feedback out of the headphone jack through guitar pedals and back into the input, and using the envelope follower + filter to process drums and bass/guitar."

4. What was your first synth and what is currently your favorite?

"My first actual synth (not counting a Casiotone) was a Roland JX-8p... if the modular doesn't count as my favorite I'd have to go with the SH-2/SH-09. Owned both of them, currenly just have the SH-2, but it makes its way onto everything. I've always wanted to check out an SH-5 or SH-7 but they've gotten so crazy expensive over the years that I don't think I'll ever get the chance. If I trip over one in the trash while I'm taking a walk some day I'll let you know what I think."

5. When playing your synths, do you focus on composing music, exploring sound, both, or other?

"Probably a mixture of both. The MPC has been instrumental in letting me control the modular + effects - I record a lot of sounds from the modular and cut them up/re-sequence them in the MPC. Most of the time I don't have a keyboard hooked up to the modular, but I do use a Futureretro Orb that's clocked by the MPC for sequencing.

A lot of the melodic stuff is from the Roland SH-2 and Waldorf Q+, which I usually play live instead of sequencing. There's something about the bender and key action on the SH-2 which I love and wish Roland would make again."


6. What interests you now in the world of synths?

"The 5U format of modular synths, which includes Modcan, MOTM, Synthesizers.com, and a few small manufacturers, has a great form factor and is built extremely well. The manufacturers in this format seem to concentrate on sound quality and build quality rather than making little Nintendo Fart-Monster modules with cheap components, which seems to dominate the Eurorack format. I know that Euro users love their Eurorack, and I actually have a Doepfer "beauty box" for some modules I can't get in 5U - but I built up about 15U of Euro in 08/09 and was really disappointed in the sound + physical aspects. Probably spoiled from the 5U stuff I'd been using for years! I sold it off and got some Modcan/MOTM stuff instead.

The newer Modcan modules are novel and I'm going to pick up some of those as they become available. I just got the 65B Dual Frequency Shifter last fall as I was finishing up the CRUDBUMP album and it wound up on half the tracks, since it sounds good on almost anything. Frequency shifter modules are touchy since you need either great DSP or precisely-calibrated analog multipliers to eliminate bleed, but this one was very well-designed. It responds well to CV and even sounds good if you overdrive it a little bit."

7. What are your thoughts on the iPad and upcoming slate devices in relation to synthesis?

"I have no idea (sorry!) [matrix: enough said. :)]"


8. Finally, can you tell us a little bit about your latest release?

"It's a spoken-word/rap album called CRUDBUMP:NA$TYJAM$ and it's stuffed completely full of analog-synth sounds and vocoder. The songs are about subprime lending, a fictional city called Horsetown, leaving voicemail for the governor of Ohio, traveling to England, and bare feet. It has a lot of bass so it bumps if you play it in your car. That's where I imagine you would want to listen to the album. It's a good album to play if you're trying to get yourself pumped up to go to work."

BTW, if you are wondering who the pug is, his name is Charles. Check him out here and be sure to see Drew's Toothpaste For Dinner and Married To The Sea. It's all good.

Launchpad + Max For Live = Monome Emulator

Launchpad + Max For Live = Monome Emulator from Craig Anthony Perkins on Vimeo.


"My first test with the Novation Launchpad and Max For Live (in Ableton Live.) I'm using the monomeemu and polygome64 patches."

Robert Moog - Synth Art by MCV

via Marcel

Added to this post.

Roland VP-330 + Juno-60 + Moog Prodigy


YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

analog strings + human voice sounds: Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus Mk2
lead sound: Moog Prodigy
bassline: Roland Juno-60, internal arpeggiator in hold mode is triggered by the TR-606
drums: Roland TR-606"

Going down


YouTube via waveshaper
"Mayday mayday!
Blippoo ..... going,,,,,,,, down"

Boss DR-110 Demo


YouTube via snolan1990
"This a full overview of the Boss DR-110 in 4 Minutes.

The "Boss Dr. Rhythm Graphic DR-110" was released by Boss in 1983 it was the second in the Doctor Rhythm family of practice aid drum machines but more importantly it was the last that used fully analogue means of generating its drum sounds. Boss was created as a subdivision of Roland aimed at guitarists and is probably best known as an effect pedal manufacturer so the DR-110 as you may expect shares a lot of traits with the Roland TR series in particular that classic Roland analogue sound.

I got this DR-110 for £25 in need of some minor repair work but compare that to the £200 (at least) that you are looking at paying for a TR-606 which is arguably this machines closest relative and its a bargain piece of kit. My only complaint with the DR-110 is its lack of any slaving options as standard, not even a Trig in. But this is a highly modifiable machine capable of generating great sounds for almost any style of electronic music."

Satura

flickr by thumbuki

"Access Virus

Day 9 of Thing-a-day 2010.
thing-a-day.com/"

La Ramona - Vermona Ableton Live Synth Pack

via Detunized Live Pack of the Month where you will find samples.

Mr. Kitty and an Oberheim Two Voice

via prophei via CatSynth where you'll find more.

Custom White x0xb0x TB 303 CLONE

via this auction

Sold For: GB£400.00

via selectivepressure in the comments




Sequential Circuits Prophet-5 Art by MCV

via Marcel

also see his Minimoog and ARP 2500

Ring Modulator Shoot-Out on ISM / DUBBHISM

"In this shootout the sounds of the Moogerfooger MF-102 and the Vermona RM1 are compared to the sound of a vst plugin called the Ringer, to an average quality digital hardware ring modulator (the Alesis Bitrman) and to the sound of a classic analog circuit (CGS real ring modulator: lattice-type ring of four diodes). Finally the versatility, usability, etc. of the Moogerfooger and the Vermona RM1 are compared."

70s eno video edit3-desktop.m4v


YouTube via zackdagoba. I'm guessing he's playing his EMS Synthi. Be sure to see this interview.
"video edited from 1970s eno interview / lecture. music is from his films album"

Jen SX1000

via this auction

Sold For: GBP 210.00

via selectivepressure in the comments

RARE C-Mexx Cordial MIR MIDI Interactive Remote control

via this auction
"The MIDI Interactive Remote Controller
MIR is a very flexible, easy to use, small, lightweight Hardware Remote control, Producer Panel, while simultaneously a Value or Meter display.
MIR shows REAL values and absolutely free definable names.
Presets can be programed edited and loaded quickly and easily...
MIR can, control or manage digital mixing consoles, external fx unit, digital guitar preamps, drum machines, synths, and soundcards...with or without C-Console and a Computer
MIR controls your hard or software-sequencer (e.g. Cakewalk, Cubase, Logic ,etc)
MIR can be edited lightning-fast with your PC and C-Mexx’s C-Console Edit-Software

2 x 16 Character Back-Lit LCD
showing graphics, metering
real parameters and values... 2 physical Rotary Encoder Controls:
with 2 Pushbuttons to precisely set
any value you need..."



Rendezvous - Studio Session 9 (Keyboard)


YouTube via OfficialRendezvous
"In this clip Hagai is working on the melody part of a track called C Sharp, playing it on a vintage synth called korg ms-10 connected to a moogerfooger ring modulator (MF-102).
Rendezvous, a two piece band consisting of Itai Simon and Hagai Izenberg, during studio recording sessions for their debut album.
http://www.rendezvous-info.com."

Matti recording Mellotron Cello march


YouTube via RothHandle

Matti overdubbing Mellotron flutes to the Cello March

"This is the second track we have recorded for the soundtrack for the documentary Blått Blod. The rhythm is a Korg KR-55 going through the modular."

Sequence 02


YouTube via 4mspedals

TR606 after repairs and separate outs mod


YouTube via AnalogSweden
"please visit http://www.analogsweden.com... for more info!"

Ax-Synth in recording studio


YouTube via LaPietradelParagone "Ax-synth in recording studio"

Inside a Clavia Nord Lead 2X

flickr by amatecha
(click for more)

"Clavia Nord Lead 2X internals. Nice case design that easily flips up."

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