MATRIXSYNTH: Saturday, March 20, 2010


Saturday, March 20, 2010

Anyware Instruments Tinysizer

more pics and audio on sequencer.de

"1 Voices / Stimmen 1x Multitimbral
42 Knobs, 350 Patch Connections,
4×2,4 cm size
3 Subs, the 3rd gets it’s signal from the 25% pulse of the second VCO.
MIDI
CV controls resonance as well!
PW Waveform morph LFOs and VCOs!!
2x ADSR
1x ENv. Follower /ENV
4x VCA
3x LFO
6 Audio
MIDI
Sample & Hold
Noise white & pink
1x Hall DSP (Rev., Delay) Mono -> Stereo
2x Mix, Distortion, Inverter 1x
Multimode Filter 12dB/Oct – Oberheim Style all filters can be accessed."

LIDER-1 SOVIET ANALOG GUITAR MICRO PROCESSOR SYNTH FX


via this auction

"LIDER-1 (produced by Formanta factory in 1982 - the one which made a legendary POLIVOKS) is a guitar microsynthesizer designed to be applied by guitar players who use external effects in the live performance or studio work. The synthesizer is a floor-mounted unit with four rubber footswitches; it also has sliders and knobs for changing the parameters of effects. LEADER-1 has 5 main series sections: MIXER, PHASER, FILTER, MODULATOR, and OUTPUT - every one with its own parameters and indicators. Commutation: line input, output (line, phone, amplifier). On the outer surface of the bottom panel, an input sensitivity regulator is situated.

Specifications:
— MIXER: rocktone 1/2 on, rocktone, suboctave, octave, guitar;
— PHASER: frequency, depth;
— FILTER: resonance, level, rate, start, stop;
— MODULATOR: decay, pedestal, attack;
— OUTPUT: AMPLIFIER/PHONE ON, EFFECT, SCALE.
— Weight, 8 kg (approx. 18 Pounds)

Some examples of how it really sounds [LINK].

Spring Drone


YouTube via RetributionBody

"Rehearsal for my upcoming NonEvent show April 13th at Cafe Fixe in Brookline.

http://www.nonevent.org/upc..."

"I will be playing at Café Fixe (1642 Beacon Street (Washington Square on the C Line)) on April 13th as part of Nonevent's Experimental Coffee House concert series. This series has been on my must-see concert list since it started last summer, and I'm incredibly excited to be a part of it. The format is basically perfect: one set at 8:00 and over around 9:00, and you get home early enough that you're not sleepwalking through work the next day."

Cold Hand Murr - Sandalwood


YouTube via coldhandmurr
"For all the headz who enjoy a live tweak. Link to audio download follows description.

Perfourmer and DRM1mk2 take a ride through the smoke of an incense laden room in the early morning hours of March 20, 2010. Two [Vermona] Perfourmer channels linked together form the main synth line. A second Perfourmer channel adds geometric squeaks, while a third provides some rhythmic noise osc. DRM does the drums, with a showing of the excellent snare.

Sequence is a single 16-step pattern distributed from a MAM SQ16. Yamaha reverse gate touches the DRM snare. Yamaha stereo delay fleshes out some components and manifests the playing field for aural expansion. Boss reverse pitch shift applied to non-leading Perfoumer patches and DRM hats. Washout on snare in the latter part of the vid is from the DRM's snare reverb.

Audio was recorded from Yamaha 01v phones output, into line in input of Olympus LS-10 portable recorder. Camera is Canon SX120. Post-processing done in Audition: Slight parametric EQ shelving for adjusting the balance of bass and highs, followed by look-ahead hard limiting to -2db to maximize punch. Hopefully keeping the audio level away from 0db a bit will avoid the introduction of pumping compression during the YouTube upload processing. /me crosses fingers

Video is of the live recording which produced this piece, overlaid with a random fern thing recorded at Wild Basin preserve in central Texas. Composited the videos, and time-aligned the audio, in Premiere Elements.

(Finally got some time to make music after about a year of dying to. Looks like the setup has its kinks worked out and I've got a comfortable production methodology.)

Link to audio: MP3 and FLAC audio files at coldhandmurr.com , entry # 12. http://coldhandmurr.com/"

Fatale, The House Cafe, DeKalb, IL, 1/16/10

Fatale, The House Cafe, DeKalb, IL, 1/16/10 from Creme DeMentia on Vimeo.


"Liz F. AKA Fatale performs at the House Cafe in DeKalb, IL on"

Is, The House Cafe, DeKalb, IL, 1/16/10 from Creme DeMentia on Vimeo.


"Is performs at the House Cafe in DeKalb, IL on Jan. 16th 2010, part of "Late Night Noize."

Talking Computron, Big V's, St. Paul, MN, 2/22/10 from Creme DeMentia on Vimeo.


"Talking Computron performs live at Big V's in St. Paul, Minnesota, just down the street from Ax Man Surplus,"

Update via Eliza in the comments:
"More on Fatale:

www.myspace.com/fatalenoise
http://www.discogs.com/artist/Fatale+(2)

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Fatale/387964719602?ref=ts


Merci beaucoup,
Elizabeth (Fatale)"

Hinton Instruments: Switchmix

flickr by Analogue Haven
http://analoguehaven.com/
"We have just ordered a good quantity of Switchmix Eurorack modules from Hinton Instruments, to be delivered in April. The Switchmix is a compact switched routing matrix for both audio and DC-coupled control voltages. We are getting both the 8x8EJ and the high-precision 8x8PEJ versions. We will add these to our site as soon as possible. More details can be found at the Hinton Instruments website. LINK"

Switched on Austin


flickr by Switched On Austin
(click for more)

Pictured: Lars at the repair desk and Pedals and display.

To Online friends I'll Never Meet - Numerology + Modular synth


YouTube via doctorvague

"Very simple Numerology stack with lots of randomity supplying 3 voices to 6 Synthesizer.com oscillators, 3 Envelope generators a State variable Filter and MOTM 440 Filter. The title says the inspiration!"

Happy St. Patricks Day 2010 - Going to St. Ives (Electro Leprechaun) Jam


YouTube via VJFranzK

The Ally Box: Resurrection - Circuit Bent Contraption - HD


YouTube via carpeteria
"The uber-popular* Ally Box has been resurrected after a long, sad downtime on the shelf. It crashed over two years ago, and after a few attempts at fixing/revamping it, here she is, back amongst the living circuit bent contraptions, and noisier than before. Enjoy her madness in full HD, and visit her often. She misses you as much as you miss her. *Uber-popularity totally subjective."

Machinedrum Bugbrand modular session part2


YouTube via darenager
"Just having fun with the Bugbrand modular being process through the Machinedrum, the Flame Clockwork is clocking the Bugbrand CTL-1 which is playing the weevil. Nothing too serious just experimentation and fun to funky noises ;) Same settings and beat as yesterdays jam"

Waldorf Pulse


YouTube via mummstylesound

"Synthesizer demo Waldorf Pulse, monophonic three oscillators analog rack synthesizer with MIDI made in Germany."

Emu Emulator II Track Demo - Library & User Samples.


YouTube via JMPSynth
"My last track demo of the EMU Emulator II Sampler. All sounds are either library or user samples, recorded into Cubase using only the Emulator II with some outboard reverb and delay effects. This one has a fair amount of Depeche Mode influence :)."

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Is It Still Winter

via Russ:
"I have been fixing a friend's Polysix for some time now, in my spare time. (see LINK) It had fallen victim to a leaking memory battery, and also had quite a few non functioning keys.

The other weekend, I finally got all the keys working, so I decided to make up a quick track to test it out.

At the same time, I had also just put the finishing touches on my prototype "Freq Havoc", a little drone/FX synth circuit I designed, so I decided to add that to the track, too. I'm in the process of putting together a video describing the Freq Havoc.

And of course, I can't help but add my Andromeda to any track I do, so it's in there too.

Is it Still Winter (MP3) (new link if that does not work)

Track details:
Drone / squidgy FX: Freq Havoc
Bass arp : Polysix
Lead synth line: Polysix
Vibrato-y filter sweep: Polysix
CS-80-like pad: Alesis Andromeda
Glittery-like tinkly sound: Alesis Andromeda.

All hand-crafted patches except the "Sea Ess Eighty" preset on A6.

Multi-tracked in Cubase Studio 4.5, with some reverb and EQ. Stereo ping-pong delay on the Freq Havoc."

Arduino based monome clone


YouTube via zapallalla. "Running debug program"

Vintage Moog Micromoog 2090 Synthesizer

via this auction


Musikmesse: More Info on the New Radikal Technologies Accelerator Keboard Synthesizer

Follow-up to this post. This one in via Mr. Array of Oceans Orbit, and posted by gurulogic on the Elektron-Users forum. (BTW, the Frankfurt Musikmesse is almost here. For those not familiar with it, think of it as NAMM in Europe. It is huge and runs from March 24 - 27. http://musikmesse.com/. You'll be able find all synth related news tied to the event via the Musikmesse label here. I also added the link to the top header links on the far right. If there's a synth it goes up.)

Don't miss the bit on the motion sensor/accelerator in red below. A synth that you are encouraged to hit? :)

On the New Radikal Technologies Accelerator:
"Accelerator is coming! During the last three months we spent all our time into a complete new product. We are proud to present our first keyboard synthesizer. The brand new "Accelerator" combines key features from the Spectralis Hybrid engine and combines them with new developed digital filters. The digital filters can be set to 12dB and 24dB and work in Lowpass, Highpass, Bandpass and Notch configurations. The Accelerator sports two of these filters per voice and will have eight voice polyphony in the standard configuration but can be upgraded to even more voices with an additional DSP expansion board. Each voice has 3 oscillators with our very special time linearity modulation (TLM), Phase modulation, oscillator synchronisation and sweeping waveforms. The oscillators can be mixed independently into the two filters.
The keyboard has 61 weighted keys, aftertouch and of course velocity. The synthesizer has a built in step sequencer for notes and parameter automation. Two built in FX and an Arpeggiator are rounding up our package. And yes - it's a real Radikal. So it comes with some LFOs and envelopes more than other synths and to get most out of all the nice features the Accelerator has a modulation matrix. Also the modulation depths are Radikal as usual.

Beside all these key features we are very happy to announce, that our new baby comes with something very special - a motion sensor. The keyboard can control multiple parameters just by movements. If you lit the keyboard up on one side, you can control the oscillator pitch or the filter frequency as an example. It's a very cool feature for stunning live performances. If you are already interested into our new offering you should spend some time in a body building studio

The Accelerator also has external inputs that are fed into additional stereo filters. Just hook up your Spectralis to the keyboard and control the pattern selection with the masterkeyboard functions of the Accelerator.

The basic configuration of the Accelerator can create two different sounds at a time. The DSP expansion allows for Multimode with up to 8 independent parts and sounds.

At the Musikmesse we will present not just a dummy but a full working beast with a very warm and rhich sound. I am looking forward to see you there.

Visit us at hall 5.1, boothnumber C47. You may wonder about the booth number as it is the same like Moog. EMC, the german distribution for Radikal and Moog does a shared booth."

Note the Radikal Technologies website also has this teaser up:

"Musikmesse 2010 - Frankfurt am Main
Always wondered about the "studio-in-a-box" concept?"

12 bent Pikachu Orchestra + 1

20100313@la.mama part1

YouTube via Kaseo
"不思議なバレッツpresents
第1回 不思議のヒットパレード
2010.03.13@渋谷La.mama
http://www.lamama.net/

【出演】
・Kaseo
http://homepage.mac.com/kaseo/circuit...

・バイナリキッド
http://binarykidd.com/

・フレミングス
http://web.mac.com/chatanikouji/flemi...

・不思議なバレッツ
http://barretts.jp/

camera by ISHIDUKA (Yonemoto Electroacoustic Laboratory)"

20100313@la.mama part2


Pikatron in the studio

ROKK'N RoooooooooooooLL !!!

Also see Pikatron w/UglyFace

Roland JSQ-60 DCB Sequencer for Juno-60 synth

via this auction

"Roland JSQ60 sequencer in very good condition. It has a built in DCB lead for connecting it to your Juno 6 / Juno 60 synth, or if you have a DCB Jupiter 8 (which I did at one point and used it for this) then that will work too. Very rare now. You will need a Boss PSA power supply to use this, although the cheap multi universal adaptors also work (9V)."

Minimoog Voyager Analog Synth Performer Edition V3.5


via this auction

"This Voyager has newest V3.5 software installed and newest bank set of 128 sounds loaded. This is still the 128 preset hardware version (only 1 bank set can be loaded at once)."






Sonodrome DIY and Software Instruments

http://www.sonodrome.co.uk
Pictured: "Posc - a battery powered, pocket sized oscillator. It has two square wave oscillators, one of which is controlled by changes in the user's skin resistance over two metal contacts. The pitch of the second square wave oscillator is controlled by manipulating the amount of light received by the light dependent resistor. The Posc can be set to work in either stereo or mono output through a standard 1/4" audio jack, so is compatible with a wide range of audio equipment. It is ideal for use with guitar amplifiers and effects pedals, PA systems, and can even be plugged directly into your computer or Hi-Fi audio inputs."

and: "Posc Rack - This easy to use effects rack will transform the Posc's sound, with 3 different effects units in one. Aside from EQ, Delay and Modulation the rack will also record in various standard audio formats. Each unit can save multiple presets which can then be saved and exported as a file. Try it out, it's not just suitable for the Posc, it does great things with other instruments too."

There are samples on site.
via Deviant Synth

KORG Kaossilator Pro


YouTube via Denkitribe. "wobble wobble..."

Yamaha DX21 FM Synthesizer With Wood Panels

via this auction
"When I acquired this synth secondhand it was suffering from a broken plastic end cap, though otherwise the synth functioned properly, its internals were unaffected, and the metal case was structurally intact. With the help of a carpenter, I produced two Walnut end caps for this synthesizer. Not only do these upgrade the synth's appearance, but they also improve the overall durability of the synthesizer. Otherwise, the synth is in decent cosmetic condition.

The DX21 is a 4 operator FM synthesizer which is similar in architecture to the DX27 and DX100. It is considered one of the best 4 operator FM synths that Yamaha made. The keyboard can be split to play two different patches or two patches can be stacked. It also is one of the only Yamaha FM synths of its era to include a built-in chorus effect, which sounds quite nice."

DX21 Manual (from Yamaha)

DX21 Performance Notes (from Yamaha)





korg ds-10 track 42


YouTube via korgds10
"Highly repetitive and quite short track (will be over in a flash). If you kinda like this tunette, stop by at the home of the DS-10 at http://korgds-10.blogspot.com for the "better" quality mp3."

Novation ReMOTE 25 SL Controller


YouTube via elementofart
"Ich benutze die Remote 25 sehr gerne. Hauptsächlich als Controller für den Thor-Synthesizer in Reason."

Pedalboard Rearrangement


YouTube via penguinrock
"My process involved in setting up my guitar effects pedalboard.
Discussed here: Pedal Pad MPS-XL, Monster Power, drawing sketches,
cutting velcro shapes, applying epoxy."

Messin' around with Roland's JUNO-60


YouTube via saulocisneros
"Just trippin' with a Juno-60 that I got earlier today.
I also have a Juno 106. YES they SOUND different, they behave different, they have different character and features... I'll keep both."

Speak & spell mingles in the studio


YouTube via RothHandle
"Yesterday was a reunion of sorts as Claes Eliasson came back to Studio and helped me out to record some fresh overdubs for the new Necromonkey album. The song we worked on is called Tuesday as it was recorded on a Wednesday.

This film was recorded at Roth Händle studos in Stockholm, Sweden. This is where I spend my days recording and producing artists...The studio started in my apartment and evolved slowly from there. This is the forth location of the studio. The first one obviously was at home...the second and third was at a abandoned shipyard outside of Stockholm. The studio works more or less in two ways either the artists come here to the studio or people send files that I work with...If you are curious to find out more about the studio please visit www.roth-handle.nu for more info, blogs and odd facts. Oh yes and now I am on facebook too with a dedicated roth händle site...I dont know how to link to it but you people are all so internet smart so you can find...if you want to.

Thanks for watching,

Mattias"

FLWRPWR by Stomachlining


YouTube via stomachlining
"she/man vs. synthi... as the dope maq sequences the memorymoog plus the sherman filterbanks, hard left & hard right, take on the ems synthi A filter, center, for filter dominance; who wins? who cares... its flower power, man....the only zeitgeist that can save the planet. Don't let the times change your spirit, let your spirit change the times; with a big thank you to Oculus on super8 drums & Vy Fie on vocoder"

Korg X-911 Guitar Synthesizer With Rack Ears

via this auction




4ms Noise Swash Synthesizer -Max Tweaker

via this auction
"Flip switches for LFO and Self-osc, and Stomp switch for Bypass. Perfect for table-top use.

Custom Art Work -One of a kind!

Noise Swash:
* Swash: sweetspot heart of the noise circuit
* Noisegait: music-noise flow control
* Pregain: first stage gain
* Preclip: second stage diode clipping select
* Postgain: third stage gain
* Postclip: third stage clipping select
* Treble: sheering high-end
* Bass: rumbling low-end
* Low power: simulates low battery, each setting is a whole new swash...
* Self-oscillation: amount of internal feedback
* Self-osc stomp: kicks self-osc in/out (with LED)
* Volume: plenty of it!

Max Tweaker Swash:
* All of the above, plus...
* LFO: A rhythmic wave swashes uncertain characteristics of the noise in and out. Speed knobs, flashing LED, on/off switch
* LFO on/off stomp: Stomp LFO modulation in and out
* Tame/Trouble: Select between classic swash (trouble) and complete silence in bypass (tame)
* Noisevol: Gain of noise signal, effects self-oscillations (prior to master volume)
* External Audio: Modulate the noise with a second input jack
* ...or Clean vol: Volume of clean signal"

properboy "two-voice" synth demo


YouTube via theproperboy www.properboy.com

2010 SXSW web awards by Bleep labs

flickr by Dr. Bleep

"Special edition Thingamagoop2s for SXSW.
Instead of a silk screed metal front, they have a laser cut acrylic face plate and only a photocell and button for controls. The lights are always on and change every minute or so. When you press the button, it makes noise and cycles through five differnt audio presets.

Look for an special edition acrylic Thingamagoop2 for sale soon.

Thanks to Aaron H for the Photo."

1Song1Week1Year - Week12 - One Dozen


YouTube via DJDJSMusic
"Week 12 in my 1Song1Week1Year project to write one new song each week for a year.
This week's song is called "One Dozen".

I use Several slices of drum loops from Grove Criminals that I got from this month's issue of Computer Music magazine."

Jomox Xbase 888 Dance Demonstration Techno


YouTube via intromix
"Some samples of the Jomox 888 with TB-303"
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