MATRIXSYNTH: Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Lorenzo playing with the Tenori-On

via Davide Mancini

"Blip-bloop-twink-twonk!"

Electric Independence: Growing

"On the new episode of Electric Independence, we head into Growing's practice space to look at their equipment and get the story behind their transformation from effects-heavy drone into the complex, synapse-shifting sound they create today. Oh yeah, they also added a third member (and vocals, kind of) and just released a new album entitled 'PUMPS!' They don't front on their musical prowess. "We couldn't play anything else. This is what we play." How they play "this" is what this episode is all about.

There's also a joint Growing and Korg contest to win a Kaossilator. Enter here to win:
http://www.viceland.com/growing/"
You can find all Motherboard TV Electric Independence videos previously posted here.

MINDBLOWER 1977 Roland GR-500 Guitar Synthesizer Magazine Ad

via this auction

"Ad measures approx. 8"X10.5" inches."

Korg Mono/Poly with MP-KED MIDI Interface

via this auction

Note this is the one in these videos.

"The MIDI kit is from CHD Electronics and basically offers note on/off. However, this simple upgrade allows the MP-4 to be triggered from an external source in polyphonic mode. This installation was done behind the serial plate, which will be included in the sale if the buyer ever chooses to uninstall the kit."

Mochika 2.1 Atomosynth

via this auction

"Mochika2.1 handmade Analog Sequencer Synth MIDI Syncable

By AtomoSynth
Make insane effect loops, cool phrases, fat basslines or crazy percusion rhythms, change the sound in real time by tweeking the knobs on stage or in studio or connect it to your favorite effects (delay, flange, etc, etc)and create a wide sort of rhytm textures and soundscapes with this beautiful lighted analog sequencer synth box... And now sync it to any midi device like a drumbox midi sequencer or computer and play live!!!

This synth features one analog square and saw waveform VCO (voltage controled oscillator) with a huge pitch range, from subsonic to ultrasonic sound.

One square and triangle waveform LFO (low frequency oscillator), that modulates the VCO for the vibrato effect creating old school arcade Atari-like sounds.

White noise generator that triggers the VCO and can create percussion like sounds.

8 step Sequencer with note on/off switch and pitch knob for each step

Also, it has a built in vactrol based Low Pass Filter with cut off and ressonance controls that can be modulated by the LFO, the VCO depth and the sequencer, creating a wider sort of timbres and sound possibilities.

The Mochika2 features a MIDI input to sync the Mochika with any midi device sending midi clock signals, the mochika can sync 1, 2, 4 and up to 8 times the tempo of the master clock midi device. Also the instrument is ligthed with 1 bright red led that indicates the LFO Rate, and 8 red leds to indicate the step that is being played. Very useful when you play it on a dark stage.
The Analog Sequencer is packed in a cool laser cut clear acrilic case that shows all the hand made analog circuitry.
The instrument is powered directly from 110V or 220V AC.
Dimensions: 230mm(W), 170 mm(D), 80mm(H. incuded rubber feet and knobs)"

See the labels below for prior posts including video.

Modular: Soft-Touch Knobs

flickr by g.p.macklin
"I received some knobs today from MOTM/Synthesis Technology and wanted to see how they compared. They are:

1. Tiptop Audio
2. The Harvestman
3. MOTM/Synthesis Technology
4. Toppobrillo
5. Flight of Harmony

Each knob has a really nice non-slip grippy rubber surface. My favorites of the group are 2 and 3. The rubber on these knobs has slightly more grip.

NOTE: The knobs from MOTM/Synthesis Technology are a custom Rogan knob that Paul had made for his Frac Rack modules. They are not currently available for purchase from distributors. He was clearing out old stock so I picked them up for my DIY Eurorack modules. However, all of the other knobs are still available from various distributors.

Granular Matter"

E-MU EMULATOR 3 MYSTERY E III RACK

via this auction

"VERY RARE RACK VERSION OF THE EMULATOR 3... THIS IS THE 4 MEG VERSION THE OS IS VERSION 2.40..."

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Shayos

Shayos from Porfiry on Vimeo.

"Haven't had much time for synthing lately, but I had to get this wacky patch on vid. At the center of the "timing" of the patch is the 4ms Rotating Clock Divider, clocked by the uLFO and rotated by attenuated white noise. The /2, /4, /5 and /6 divisions are mixed/slewed by the Maths, and the Maths OR out is taken to the Anti-Oscillator. From there to the Borg filter, then through the Sound of Shadows delay and finally half-mixed through the Sherman Filterbank. Other waveshaping and delay-diddling is achieved via the Noisering and one Envelator. The Boss PS-3 is also inserted via my junky external mixer.

So basically a total mess of FM'd, AM'd, delayed/shifted confusion. Voila, 'music'"

S-Case

YouTube via pickleinn — May 26, 2010 — "just got the serge STS s-case loaded. still need shorter feet for the upper panel.

quick and easy patch with the TKB, creature (variable q filter, right side of TGO and xfad), audio interface (resonant eq, DUSG), NTO, PCO, and middle wave multiplier."

259e Sequence

YouTube via boobtube356 — May 26, 2010 — "Again a pair of 259e oscillators provide the sound sources. Both are set up in tracking mode with the modulation oscillator controlling the morph, and running in hard sync mode. The principal oscillators are in mem skew "b" mode at about 2 o'clock. The results are going through the 292e in LPF mode and then to the 291e to emulate a resonant low pass filter. Buchla running in Moog mode, if you will. Just more tonal stuff for your enjoyment, and to demonstrate the range of this instrument, and the 259e in particular."

modular - cokabit acid electro session 27.05.2010.mov

YouTube via Cokabit — May 26, 2010 — nightsession - soundface production studio

+pitchshift test - the midi vocoder

YouTube via erbetom — May 26, 2010 — "thought i would insert a vocoder into my pitch shifter... some nice results. vocals from a jen shyu session"

Wrong Turn - Machinedrum UW

YouTube via narki86 — May 26, 2010 — Hell-bent on space and time.

Sequential Circuits - Prophet 5 (rev2)

YouTube via jbfairlight — May 26, 2010 — Exemples de sons d'un Sequential Circuits - Prophet 5.

nedco - Synclavier I

YouTube via jbfairlight — May 26, 2010 — "Le nedco Synclavier I est le premier synthétiseur de musique numérique, ~ 1976 !

C'est l'ancêtre des Synclavier II, etc...

Il est équipé d'un processeur Able (16 bits, entièrement en TTL), 64 Ko de RAM, 16 voies sur quatre cartes individuelles, langage compiler XPL, deux lecteurs de disquettes (78Ko par lecteur).

Prix 30 000 $ dans la version de base en 1978 !

Machine très très rare, il en reste peut-être 5 à travers le monde !

La bande son est une œuvre musicale entièrement composée avec un Synclavier I."

Googlish:
"jbfairlight - May 26, 2010 - The Nedco Synclavier I is the first digital synthesizer music, ~ 1976!

It is the ancestor of the Synclavier II, etc ...

It is equipped with a processor Able (16-bit, fully TTL), 64 KB of RAM, 16 channels on four individual maps, language XPL compiler, two floppy disks (78KB per drive).

Price $ 30,000 in the basic version in 1978!

Machine very rare, it is perhaps 5 to worldwide!

The soundtrack is a musical work composed entirely with a Synclavier I."

Rendezvous - working on a new track

YouTube via OfficialRendezvous — May 26, 2010 — "We have srarted working on some new tracks, and this is one of them :)

This video is an insight on how we usually work on new materials and how it looks and sound from a very close point of view. we always start from a very small musical idea that one of us brings to the studio, we then start jamming together using that idea until we get to the point where the we see clearly the basic melody, harmony and structure of our new track.

Hagai Izenberg (Keyboards) and Itai Simon (Bass) are RENDEZVOUS, a two piece band which has just finished working on its debut album with the help of legendery mixer and producer Dave Bascombe (Depehce Mode, Tears For Fears).

Check out Rendezvous' official :
http://www.rendezvousmusic.co.uk/

And Rendezvous' facebook page :
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Rendezv..."

iPad DJ // TouchOSC (Part 1 of 4) Tutorial Series // 'Intro' // Dubspot

YouTube via DubSpot — May 25, 2010 — "Dubspot's Tony Grund introduces the new iPad program TouchOSC, which promises to revolutionize the controller market by providing a completely customizable interface, perfect for both DJs and producers alike. This is the first video in the series - be sure to check out parts 2, 3, and 4."

TouchOSC on iTunes:

iPads on Ebay

iPad DJ // TouchOSC (Part 2) Tutorial Series // 'Your Computer' // Dubspot

"DubSpot — May 25, 2010 — Tony Grund is back in Part 2 of the Dubspot iPad TouchOSC tutorial series, to talk about connecting your IPad, and TouchOSC, to your computer. Keep in mind, you can use it with any software that accepts MIDI control change data. Be sure to check out Part 1, 3, and 4 of the series."

iPad DJ // TouchOSC (Part 3) Tutorial Series // 'Custom Layouts' // by Dubspot

"DubSpot — May 26, 2010 — Dubspot's Tony Grund continues the Dubspot iPad Touch OSC tutorial series, this time creating custom layouts in the OSC editor, adding faders, knobs, push buttons, and labels. Be sure to check out Parts 1, 2, and 4 of the series, and hit blog.dubspot.com for more info."

MY DESK IS 8-BIT

MY DESK IS 8-BIT from alex varanese on Vimeo.

"I recently found myself wondering what a video game might look like in the form of a stop motion animation. While a normal person's response to such a question would of course be "who gives a shit?" I possess few of the qualities typically associated with normalcy and was irrevocably compelled to find out. This is the result.

Also, I'd like to think I'm the first person to be inspired by Michel Gondry AND R-Type on the same project."

I asked Alex what he used for the music. He replied, "It was actually all done with Subtractors in Reason. Really simple stuff. Mostly square waves if I recall. A little distortion and reverb was added, but it's mostly bare waveform apart from that."

precário

YouTube via comemelinhos — May 26, 2010 — no description available

Waldorf Blofeld Editor OSX

via Carson aka bouchemandela the forum: "Hey all,
I've been working on a blofed editor built in MaxMsp on and off for about a week.
I still need to do a little work on the arpeggiator section, but everything else seems to be working fine. Below are links to both the editor file and some pics of the current revision, as well as a link to the Max 5 runtime which you will need to run the app. It only runs as a standalone as max5 has no ability to make plugins at the moment

*features include*
- get sound from synth, updates virtual editor with current sound buffer data
- Full control over all parameters including FX, Modifier, Modulation (Arp to be completed)
- onscreen feedback when parameters are changed on hardware

*To do*
- Finish Arp section and controls
- Devise a send patch with text input or possible librarian section
- implement some sort of monome arpeggiator controls
- implement Multi editing

*Setup*
- Under Global on the Blofeld, set ctrl send type as sysex/cc, ctrl receive to on, local control on
- In the Editor select the midi I/O and set input and output to appropriate blofeld channels.
- In the Editor hit get sound (bottom center), editor will update settings and away you go!

Let me know if you guys have any problems with this and I would be happy to help to the best of my abilities.
enjoy,
Carson"

http://www.recordlabelrecords.org/Waldorf_Blofeld_ Editor/
Max 5 runtime:
http://cycling74.com/downloads/

Update via Carson on the Waldorf list (also mentioned in the comments of this post):

"*updates include*

- oscillator 1&2 shapes now include generic user wavetable slots
- arpeggiator section complete
- some fixes to some weirdness in the FX slots
- some other things I can't remember at the moment :)

@evening1 I'll think about how I might be able to include a randomise
button. At the moment it doesn't appear that the blofeld sends any message
when the randomise function is used, which leads me to believe that I would
have to rig something up.

@hopselektronics the editor sends CC's and Sysex to the blofeld but only
receives Sysex from the blofeld. To be honest i was inspired by your
editor, I have reaktor as well but was frustrated that I couldn't access all
the parameters. This was my first major foray into building an editor in
max. Even after using max on and off for the past few years, it makes my
head hurt. so thanks for your work as well! and everybody else that has made
and is working on editors!

I hope it provides you all with some long sleepless nights of synth mania!
cheers,
Carson"

[Update 4/19/12: the download links appear to be dead. You can find it mirrored here].

dsi mopho demo #4 & elektron machinedrum

YouTube via jakomaron — May 26, 2010 — "mopho in a multi preset style (so many presets so little time)

The Elektron Machinedrum drives the Mopho (I use a mid machine with different pgm change on each note)
There's no computer in the process (cool)

I change the mophos preset bank on the breaks.

And I use some echoes of the boss RE-20 (space echo)

Peace love unity and have it fun.

Tien bo larg pa naar trouv."

All parts here.

Vintage EDP Wasp Synthesizer

via this auction

"Vintage EDP Wasp Synthesizer - perfect condition, unused for past 28 years.

2 octave, 25 key mono touch sensitive keyboard, 2 oscillator, with freq filter capable of lo,band and hi pass. Seperate envelope gen and control osc for the filer. All perfect working order. No dead keys, scatches or cracks."

crumar spirit

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via this auction

Note the seller also has an EMS VCS3 listed (images captured here).

via SYNTHORAMA

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Yamaha TG300 5-24 jam pt 1 - 7

YouTube via hornetlord — May 26, 2010 — "A live jam from 5-24-10 using a CME UF5 midi keyboard/controller live to layer up to 16 programs (standard and custom) of the Yamaha TG300. Audio is straight from the TG300 and its built in effects (Chorus, Delay and Reverb), with no other effects or processing. The titles of each of these pieces highlight the more predominant programs heard."

Playlist:
TG300 5-24 jam p1 Dark Organ, StarTrec
TG300 5-24 jam p2 String Pad, Rez Sweep
TG300 5-24 jam p3 Saw, Vocal Pads
TG300 5-24 jam p4 Brassy Leads, ChoRing
TG300 5-24 jam p5 Saw Leads, Comp
TG300 5-24 jam p6 Saw Pad D-50 like, Warrior
TG300 5-24 jam p7 of 7, Saw/Rez Pads, Warrior

Tonitronik Rainbow-Serpent Modularsystem

via Aliens Project where you'll find more pics and details in German. Googlish here. Note this is for sale.

Update: Based on the comments, this appears to be a yusynth modular.