MATRIXSYNTH: Wednesday, October 6, 2010

Wednesday, October 06, 2010

Roland SH-5 Vintage Synthesizer

Modular Crap Electro featuring the KPR-77!!!

YouTube via psyingo | October 06, 2010
PAiA DIY modular.
"Some silly patch I set up to test out my new modules. don't really feel like going into it now, quit pestering me. you can call me nanerpus. i think the title animation is the best part of the video."

(Demo) Roland Mc09 + Korg Er Mk II - Acid House/Acid Groove/Minimal

YouTube via AlejandroParada303 | October 06, 2010

"Demo 1 - Roland Mc09 + Korg ER MK I + Pedal FX

* Sitio Web
http://www.myspace.com/pezimodiscos

* Download 1999-2008
http://www.4shared.com/dir/27000725/4..."

"Flautina" - Flute Concertina for the iPhone/iPod Touch

YouTube via tradlessons | October 06, 2010

"Flautina is a two-octave flute played like an English Concertina.

It is very easy to play, extremely responsive, and sounds very authentic.

The sounds are recorded from my personal 1857 Metzler wooden flute.

The chromatic range is from D4 to C#6.

Touch the '?' icon to show the names of the notes on the buttons.

Touch the 'i' icon to bring up the settings page. You can also visit the app support website by touching the Tradlessons logo on this page.

You can play along with the music on your iPhone/iPod Touch by starting the track using the iPod app, then launching Flautina.

When Charles Wheatsone designed the English concertina, he set it up to match sheet music, the right side is the notes between the lines and the left side is the notes on the lines.

Because English Concertinas play the same note both on a push or a pull of the bellows, it is a very easy instrument to play on the iPhone or iPod Touch.

You simply touch the buttons on the screen to play the notes. The spacing is exactly the same as the real instrument.

To play, hold the iPhone or iPod Touch between your thumb and little fingers of both hands, exactly like a real English Concertina, and press the buttons with your index and middle fingers. Scales alternate between the fingers of the right hand. Notes are higher in pitch as you move from the outside to the middle of the screen.

Flautina runs on the iPhone and iPod Touch."

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Future Retro Revolution

via this auction

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Alesis Micron Synthesizer with custom modifications

via this auction

"The LEDs were all changed to blue, pink and ultraviolet, and I made makeshift wooden end cheeks, stained a reddish tone to match the red and silver look of the keyboard. Moog style knobs were added to make the thing look more classic. I will also include the original knobs and end cheeks, so you can change it back to stock if you prefer."

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Technos Acxel Track - FRACTASTIC VOYAGE (To Infinity and Beyond) Part 1

YouTube via DonGarbutt | October 06, 2010

See the Acxel label at the bottom of this post for all posts on this unique synthesizer.
"Stunning fractal images have been added to a piece that was made back in 1988, using the Technos Acxel. Dense, random clouds of evolving sound emanate from the Canadian-made Acxel-1 (Acxel-2 is in development and is coming soon). Make sure that you watch part 2 as well."

FRACTASTIC VOYAGE (To Infinity and Beyond) Part 2

DonGarbutt | October 06, 2010

"Explore the wonderful world of fractal art. A fractal is "a rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split into parts, each of which is (at least approximately) a reduced-size copy of the whole,"[1] a property called self-similarity. Roots of mathematically rigorous treatment of fractals can be traced back to functions studied by Karl Weierstrass, Georg Cantor and Felix Hausdorff in studying functions that were continuous but not differentiable; however, the term fractal was coined by Benoît Mandelbrot in 1975 and was derived from the Latin fractus meaning "broken" or "fractured." A mathematical fractal is based on an equation that undergoes iteration, a form of feedback based on recursion."

Prophet-5 Synthesizer with MIDI

via this auction

"The Prophet 5 is the most classic synthesizer of the eighties! It is capable of a delightful analog sound unique to Sequential's Prophet series in which the P5 was King! Five voice polyphony - two oscillators per voice and a white noise generator. The analog filters, envelope and LFO all sound great and are extremely flexible. The P5 has patch memory storage as well, which scans and memorizes every knob setting for storing and recalling your sounds. This specific unit has original owners manual and original cassette with loadable factory preset sounds."

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Yamaha RM1x Videos

YouTube via meecek

Playlist:
RM1x: soundscapes (excerpt)
RM1x: glide, boost, 8 bit sounds
RM1x: trance gate on different way
RM1x: kraftwerk like sounds testing
RM1x: roll & play fx
RM1x: program change
RM1x: manipulation
RM1x: tron choir
RM1x: arpeggio

via this auction

Video above was linked in the auction, but no mention if it is the same one.

Tortoise @ Moog

flickr By Moog Music Inc
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"Doug McCombs of Tortoise plays the Moog Guitar"

G@ng5t3r Gl¡tch

G@ng5t3r Gl¡tch from kero on Vimeo.

Sekuensaa

Sekuensaa from Sensaa on Vimeo.

"This is a musical exploration experience in which multiple participants simultaneously interact with a sound synthesizer by arranging a special set of pieces on top of a multitouch surface.

Pieces exhibit different behaviours when placed on the surface - some act like triggers in a drum machine, some behave like a kaoss pad, while others add extra layers of sound to make the performance really come together. Pieces are sensitive to their position and orientation on the table, so users can cycle through different instruments or modulate sound parameters with a simple twisting or sliding motion.

We believe the key here is to design a system which is simple enough for people with little musical ability to enjoy, while providing enough control to allow people with a stronger background to deliver more complex performances. It´s similar to the reactable, but provides a simpler interface for everyone to enjoy.

Sound design and music production by Santiago Abadía

Please visit sensaa.com for more info."

ether^ra PRESENT SIGHT RESIDUE

YouTube via potterpaint2000 | October 06, 2010

"an improv starting w/my VTOL Volfram & Doepfer Dark Energy/Tenori-on with a Serge Creature/Seq A coda. http://etherra.blogspot.com"

Testing a New App for the monome

via The B-Roll where you'll find a sample made with the app to be released by Jared Smith.

"I don’t want to give too much away out of respect for his personal unveiling and release of the application but at it’s core is four samplers which offer individual speed-shifting as well as global speed-shifting, plus individual delays."

VTOL Volfram Processed with Audible Disease CN2

VTOL Volfram Processed with Audio Disease CN2 by matrixsynth
via Tristan Heau

Buchla #15

YouTube via Oxix52 | October 06, 2010

"This is another simple sequence. I really like how the mod oscillator of the 261e growls when adjusting the cutoff on the 281e."

Open Labs LA Showroom

YouTube via OpenLabsInc | October 06, 2010

Roland D-50 PWL-Style Attempt

YouTube via derekaggs11 | October 06, 2010

"A quick and dirty attempt at the PWL sound using only a Roland D-50 and some vintage drum samples."

Spöka Synthesizer & Triophonic

flickr By honeyhoneybear
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Vangelis and Neuronium live (better image & sound)

YouTube via Nimanty | October 06, 2010

"Vangelis and Neuronium perform together in a live session at the Nemo Studios in 1982.

Poor VHS images restored a little on contrast, sharpness and colour. Sound remastered for better clearity and stereo imaging.

Detail:
Neuronium released this live performance years later on a cd; the complete track is available on iTunes if you search on their name.
Enjoy! - Nimanty -"

Doepfer A-111-5 Mini Synthesizer Voice (Dark Energy)

via this auction
"This is the A100 modular version (Eurorack) of the Dark Energy synthesizer. Packed in one module is a fantastic VCO, VCF, ADSR and dual LFO's.

VCO features Tune with range switch, FM with source switch (LFO1 and ADSR), PW control, Shape switch, and PM control with Source switch (LFO2, ADSR).

VCF features frequency control, track switch, XM control with source (LFO2, ADSR), LM control and Resonance control.

VCA features 'A' and 'AM' controls with Source switch (LFO1 or ADSR). ADSR has a range (hi,lo,medium) switch.

ADSR features A, D, S and R controls.

LFO1 and LFO2 both feature frequency controls, shape switch and range switch.

There are separate inputs for VCO-F, VCO-PW, VCF-F, ADSR gate, External audio, and outputs for LFO1, ADSR and Audio."

Casio Power Play VZ Synthesizer Book

via this auction

"Casio Power Play VZ, synthesizer book by Steve De Furia and Joe Scacciaferro. This book is a 1989 copyright with 113 pages and it is in excellent condition, NOS. No writing and no missing pages. It has an additional page in the back on other synthesizer books. Casio Power Play VZ is a relatively rare book."

Realistic Moog Mg-1 with Philip Rees Little MCV

via this auction

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Building a SammichSID on Synth.nl

via Synth.nl. You'll find other projects documented from start to finish there as well. If you are new and/or interested in DIY, it will give you a good idea on what goes into them.
"Last week I started another new DIY project. It is a SammichSID synthesizer. Actually I will be building two of them one for my Friend Hans and one for myself. It is a bit like the MB-6582 I build before but a bit simpler. It has only 2 SID chips on board. But it will have that same fat Commodore 64 sound that brings you back to the 80's right away."

Adventure Kid - AKWF Waveforms - Free

via Adventure Kid

"We are working on all waveforms to be compatible with your synthesizers more directly. We will also format the waveforms for use with SHRUTNI1 from Mutable Instruments"

Korg Electribe EMX-1

flickr By locnesbeats

"Making beats with my Korg Electribe EMX-1. Having 5 synth parts is awesome!"

StepPolyArp - Midi Step Polyphonic Arpeggiator for the iPad

"StepPolyArp is a midi step polyphonic arpeggiator. The arpeggiator does not play any sound itself, it transmits midi notes to a Mac or a PC to be used in combination with any sequencer, virtual instrument (VSTi, Audio Unit) or midi synthesizer.

The arpeggiator can transform chords into sequences of notes played one after the other in several ways. A matrix polyphonic step modulate arpeggiated notes in time and pitch. The main controllers (velocity, modulation, panning, volume, aftertouch, and pitch bend) are also programmable through a step editor. The integrated keyboard automatically adapts to the selected musical scale.

Features:

* 32 steps programmable matrix
* 11 configurable transposition lines
* Features copy and paste
* 8 octaves virtual keyboard
* Velocity, modulation, pan, volume, aftertouch and pitch bend step controller
* The apeggiator and keyboard fit the selected scale
* 6 arpeggiator modes
* 1 chord mode
* Unlimited number of saves
* Random patterns creation
* Presets manager
* Presets shared between computer and iPad using iTunes 9.1 or later
* 128 Undo/Redo levels
* Lockable keyboard (latch mode)

Supported midi connections:

* DSMidiWifi (free)"

No mention of Line 6 MIDI Mobilizer support.

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"Dark Signals" by Mark Mosher (Live Rehearsal Video)

"Dark Signals" by Mark Mosher (Live Rehearsal Video) from Mark Mosher on Vimeo.

"'Dark Signals' is a song from my album I Hear Your Signals. This video is in HD and I captured the audio full fidelity right from my sound card in real-time and made note edits. It's one of my favorite songs off the album and is becoming a crowd favorite at live shows. A dark original electronica song with driving big beats, bit-crushed high-hats, a dash of ambient texture, and tasty distorted synth leads. Checkout the rippin' synth solo at the 1:42 mark performed live from a Tenori-On matrix controller sending notes to a virtual synth running in Ableton Live. The Moog Etherwave Theremin signal is being converted from analog back to digital and is driving virtual synths as well.

You can buy the album name your prices ($0 for Free) over at markmosher.bandcamp.com.

Mark Mosher
MarkMosherMusic.com"

"Alone" by Mark Mosher played on AudioCubes (Rehearsal) from Mark Mosher on Vimeo.

"In this video I'm playing my original instrumental electronic music song "Alone" from my album REBOOT markmosher.bandcamp.com/album/... .

I'm about half way through arranging and programming the synthesizers and controllers so I can add this song to my live set. I'm making great progress so I thought I'd share a rehearsal video.

It's such an organic piece, I decided to play the entire song from Percussa AudioCubes using only spatial hand movement. Ableton Live is playing back the pulsing drone, but almost all other elements are being played live via the AudioCubes. The AudioCubes are in "sensor" mode so placing my hand in front of a cube face plays a note on a virtual synthesizer hosted out of Live - almost like a Laser harp.

I only use the Novation Launchpad to change which tracks are armed thereby allowing me to switch which synths I'm playing on-the-fly throughout the song.

At the 2:00 minute mark I start playing chords by using multiple faces simultaneously.

Mark Mosher
MarkMosherMusic.com"

Yamaha Tenori-Ons on Ebay

moogknas

YouTube via repeatle | October 06, 2010
Future Retro Mobius, Analogue Solutions Oberkorn, Minimoog, Roland SH-101

Tranzen Music 2 - Open Labs with Omnisphere

video upload by
YouTube via Neuron7777777 | October 06, 2010

Spot the Hartmann Neuron

"Synthesizer space music - improv"

Korg microSTATION Music Workstation- Official Product Introduction

YouTube via KorgUSAVideos | October 06, 2010

"Korg's microSTATION offers unprecedented portability, the stunning sound of Korg's EDS-i synth engine, phenomenal effects, plus new and easy-to-use sequencing tools. Packing lots of sonic punch and flexibility into a compact size, the microSTATION lets you do it all, and keep it small! For more information, please visit www.korg.com/microstation."

Diabolical TR-707

YouTube via kuxaansum | October 06, 2010
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"This video was uploaded from an Android phone."

RAC DJ + TouchOSC + iPad

YouTube via andreanjos | October 06, 2010

"This is an early version of the TouchOSC template I'm working on. I'm not really mixing tracks at all, except for the Holy Ghost! loop at the beginning. I'm just running through the different effects that I've set up.

The song is an extended version of a remix that isn't out yet. It's probably pretty obvious which one.

http://remixartistcollective.com"

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Wir waren jung und brauchten die Kohle

YouTube via DrSqu | October 06, 2010

"dr.squ 1995:

- Atari 1040STE
- C-Lab/Emagic Notator SL
- C-Lab Unitor 2
- Emagic Export

- Boss BX-16
- Yamaha FX900

- E-mu Esi32
- Korg Wavestation SR
- Roland Juno-106
- Yamaha TG500

- Casio VL-Tone
- Yamaha PSS-110

I was the victim of the new camera of friend :)"

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