MATRIXSYNTH: Thursday, November 25, 2010

Thursday, November 25, 2010

STG Graphic Sequencer (into Flame Tame Machine quantizer)

YouTube via universalblender | November 25, 2010 |
http://stgsoundlabs.com/
"STG Graphic Sequencer at fast rate going into the Flame Tame Machine. CV from clocked down Doepfer sequencer selects between 4 custom scales on the Tame Machine.
Sound from Doepfer A-110 Standard Oscillator via A-120 Low Pass Filter. Delay via Eventide TimeFactor."

Inside a Vermona Synthesizer

flickr By ibsendesign
(click for more)

ibsendesign brought us inside an Alesis A6 Andromeda.

via http://newnihilism.com/

Shoulda Woulda Coulda Polychord

"Shoulda Woulda Coulda is proud to announce that our application the polychord is currently available for the Apple iPad, in the App Store, and is promisingly in the "New & Noteworthy" section. It is classified as a music app, as it is a musical instrument… But it is an instrument that a complete novice can play in minutes, or a consummate professional can add to their arsenal of creative tools.

Should Woulda Coulda is a new company and has two partners Gregory Wieber a visual artist and code expert. And music producer/engineer Hugo Nicolson who has worked with Radiohead, Primal Scream, and on movie soundtracks such as the Ocean's 11 trilogy with DJ Composer David Holmes.

Having worked in the music business for 25 years, Hugo frustrated by the fact that he still could not play a note, suggested to Greg over coffee one day, that they try make an instrument he might actually be able to play. A few months later, a much thinner and paler greg emerged from his workshop with the polychord."

click here and scroll for video.

more info at: polychordapp.com"

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This Second Sleep - Ther

YouTube via arthurpainter | November 25, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"http://thissecondsleep.blogspot.com/
Another drone piece that sprung from my use of the Serge Creature/Seq A/TKB/Dual Osc/Wave Proc combo, along with textural elements and faux theremin sounds from my Folktek Drumscape."

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Casio MT-30 circuit bent exfade

YouTube via wotatwaat | November 25, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"This one has sustain, 3 separate variable distortion, lfo to modulate pitch and trigger gate effect, main pitch and two filtery effects"

Signal Path live in Austin 2010

Signal Path live in Austin 2010 from Mike Abb on Vimeo.

"Dreamtime Pro and Abboriginal present
'Signal Path live in Austin 2010"

A trio that packs some serious punch the Colorado based jamtronica group has been in the scene for quite some time. As their sound has morphed over time they hold true to their jazzy roots focusing on smooth leads and intricate drumming. With the addition of bass and ableton live controlled with an OHM64 midi controller the group is now poised to make some serious splashes in the scene. Their new albums are absolute fire and completely 100% free!!!

Download them all here signalpathmusic.com

Support the Artists
Buy Studio Releases
Go to Live Shows!!!

Promoters = Dreamtime Productions dreamtimepro.com
Venue = The Parish Room parishroom.com
Video Production = Abboriginal abboriginal.com"

Midi Touch Promo Codes

Grab them while you can:

7K7FX79R99WL
PYFMNKHYTX4A
N97WN6JPXMMH
PNWJXE9JRRX4

See this previous post for a video of Midi Touch controlling a MicroKORG and this post for specs.

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ROLAND RS-505 STRING SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

"The Roland RS-505 is a very rich sounding string synthesizer. The three sections, bass, synth, strings, can be combined or played separately. Sounds from the three tone sections can be blended for interesting results and the built-in Ensemble chorusing effect really warms, thickens and lushes up the sounds! The Paraphonic 505 also features an external audio input (mono) so you could run another synth through the quadruple-BBD Ensemble chorus. A new little performance control section to the left of the keyboard provides convenient volume, tune, glide and pitch bender controls. The Paraphonic 505 is considered one of Roland's finest string synths."

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RC CIRCUIT BENT MANTRA MACHINE AMBIENT FX SOUND SYNTH

via this auction
"THE MANTRA MACHINE IS A HEAVLY MODIFIED TIBETAN PRAYER/CHANT MACHINE THAT IS NOW CAPABLE OF NOT JUST TRANQUAL SOUNDSCAPES, BUT DEMONIC DRONES, ATMOSPHERIC PADS AND RHYTHMIC GLITCHNESS

SPECIFICATION
POWER ON/OFF PUSH SWITCH
SOUND SELECT PUSH BUTTON
USE TO SELECT THROUGH THE 9 SOUNDSCAPES
FREQUENCY CONTROL

THE LEFT CONTROL DIAL ALLOWS YOU TO RADICALLY SHIFT THE PITCH
FOR DEMONIC DRONES, WARPING ELECTRO NOISE AND LOW FREQUENCY MAYHEM
VOLUME CONTROL
THE RIGHT CONTROL ADJUSTS THE VOLUME
IF POSTITIONED CORRECTLY, IT ALSO PROVIDES A RANGE OF WEIRD MODULATION FX LIKE SELF OSCILLATION AND TREMELO
GREEN LED INDICATOR
1/4" JACK OUTPUT
POWERED BY 1 X 9V PP3 BATTERY
HIGH QUALITY ALL METAL CASING WITH NON SLIP RUBBER FEET"

video posted here

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Creamware PRODYSSEY ASB Synth

via this auction

A polyphonic ARP Odyssey

"The Prodyssey is a faithful recreation of the legendary ARP Odyssey but has many extra features not present in the original synth such as MIDI In, Out and Thru and the ability to connect to computer by USB for editing, saving and general tinkering with how things operate. One of the best things about this synth is that as well as having the original ARP filter it also has the option to switch to the MINIMAX filter which is a clone of a Minimoog filter!

It sounds fabulous and was the most expensive of the Creamware range at the time as it is a little bigger than the other units. The look, as you can see is a faithful copy of the original with lovely added wooden end cheeks which can be removed if you wish to rackmount it."

Ravebox 101

"Ravebox features those classic rave sounds from back in the day.

It's so simple to use, just mix the different tunes, breaks, and beats, drop a fat bassline and hit the samples on the keyboard to make your own banging rave anthem.

You can also use Ravebox while songs are playing on your iPod to create your own mix!

Works best with headphones or plug it into your stereo and start raving now!

***Please note***

Make sure you're not in vibrate mode or the keyboard won't work.
Ravebox is compatible with iPhone/iPod touch iOS4 (it can be slow on 1st generation iPhone because of older processor)."

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via @eggwhisker

Moog Opus III composition

YouTube via smcumber | February 07, 2008 | 6 likes, 0 dislikes

"This short piece is on it's way to becoming something; I'm going to add samples and make a crisp recording with it. The Moog is being run through no effects - pure synth sound. Sorry about he sound quality."
via Musikgear

Moog Opus III with Suzuki RPM-40

smcumber | December 22, 2008 |

1979 KORG ES-50 Lambda Ad

via Retro Synth Ads where you'll find the write-up.

Free Roland TR-707 Sample Pack

via dyLAB, available on Acid Box Blues

"I have resampled my TR-707 and this time it is quite an extensive lot
of samples. These have been recorded at 24 bit 48khz. Each of the drum sounds were sampled as a loop at 30BPM, and as one hits without accent, with accent one and with accent two on. There is also snare loops with varying flam settings. There is also bass drum loops with various shuffle settings for groove extraction. 71 files of TR-707 goodness in all"

CV To MIDI with the Expert Sleepers ES-2-2

YouTube via expertsleepers | November 25, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"Demo of the Expert Sleepers ES-2-2 Eurorack module in conjunction with the Expert Sleepers Silent Way CV Input and Silent Way CV To MIDI software.

http://www.expert-sleepers.co.uk/es2....

http://www.expert-sleepers.co.uk/sile..."

A musical analysis of Oxygene 2, 4 & 6 - Jean Michel Jarre - Part 1 : Rythmics, by Thierry Lebon

YouTube via tlnet37 | November 25, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"An musical analyze of Oxygene, track after track, to make a cover with 95% pure analog and 5% digital.

In this first part, I try to reproduce the rythm played in the original part 2 of JMJ's Oxygene, with the Korg MiniPops 7 ; here, I used a standalone free application called Rythmus by ElektroStudio.

Here, you can adjust the volume of each sounds, the pan, the tune, the volume and the global tempo ; 2 presets are used simultaneously : Beguin and Slow Rock.

It is very near from the original, isn't it ?

The second part will show you how to make all noises with Roland SH-101, Roland Juno-6, Electro-Harmonix Memory Boy and Small Stone Phase Shifter.

See you soon ! cheers from Thierry"

RIP Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson

Sad news in via http://www.throbbing-gristle.com/

"We are saddened to announce the death of Peter Christopherson.

Sleazy passed away peacefully in his sleep on the 24th November 2010 at his home in Bankok."

Image via The Wire
Photograph by Leon Chew

Below via @chris_carter

He will be greatly missed.
His influence will live on.

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BugNewsNovember - MicroCrusher

"After a 2 year hiatus, a new standalone BugCrusher design is available - the MicroCrusher (μCrusher).

This is similar to the previous BugCrusherMicro but with a few updates and a new presentation. Where before there was just a single Rate Reduction dial, there is now a Blend dial as well to increase the flexibility. Building methods mean that I can't now make stompable pedals, but I've included a Footswitch jack socket to allow hands-free use.

An initial batch is now available online and I aim to keep this design in production for the forseeable future - there should be semi-regular batches as I've been doing with the Weevil designs. There will be a further 15 units available within a month and then more around January time - so hopefully this alleviates the need for a mad stampede to the online store!

** ** ** ** **

At this point I've also decided to put the two Weevil designs to sleep - the Board & Postcard Weevils have proved extremely fun and popular but I feel it is time to change things about a bit. The final batches of both designs are now online - once these are gone there will be no more! Over the last 2 years around 350 BoardWeevils have been born.

(I haven't yet got any new designs to fill the Weevil spaces.. Maybe something next year..)

** ** ** ** **

The final batch (for a while at least) of the WOM Pro kits is online too - great for a Christmas present perhaps?

** ** ** ** **

That wraps things up for now.
Cheers to all,
Tom"

Formal / HS - Awaken Nanostudio Competition Track

YouTube via nuemerik | November 21, 2010 |

"Download HiFi @ --- http://nano-comp.heroku.com/160 This track is showcasing the power of Nanostudio on the iDevices. The original track was produced on a 2nd gen iPod Touch. All samples, synth patches and sequences were made entirely on the ipod. Please give a vote if you enjoy
http://nano-comp.heroku.com/160"

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Recording audio with the new iPod Touch 4G and the iRig using MultiTrack Daw app

YouTube via mvpadrini | November 25, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"A little record session using only iOS mobile devices and the iRig (IK Multimedia) with the MultiTrack Audio App.

Apps: MultiTrack DAW, bleep!BOX, NanoStudio and nLog Synth PRO.

More about Music Apps and mobile music on www.musicapps.com.br

Uma pequena gravação usando apenas dispositivos móveis iOS e o aplicativo MultiTrack DAW.

Apps: MultiTrack DAW, bleep!BOX, NanoStudio e nLog Synth PRO.

Mais sobre aplicativos musicais e música móvel em www.musicapps.com.br"

on iTunes:
MultiTrack DAW - Harmonicdog
BleepBox! - White Noise Audio Software
NanoStudio - Blip Interactive Ltd
NLogSynth PRO - tempo rubato
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Synth-Project presents: The project-5 Controller (prophet-5)

YouTube via SynthProject | November 25, 2010 | 0 likes, 0 dislikes

"A short demonstration of the project-5 (prophet-5) Controller. Special designed for Gunnar´s Messiah VST Instrument.

more Info and pics at :

http://www.synth-project.de

Have fun"

Be sure to see the Synth-Project label directly below for the massive Doepfer Synth-One, impOSCar controller, Poly Gater, OP-X controller and more.

Electronica Equalizer Rare Vintage Synth Guitar Effect

via this auction
"incredibly rare "Electronica" EQ from Russia, circa 1989.

As you can see, the unit is a beautiful, rarely seen little processor.

The sound, as you can imagine, is very warm; very "analogue". Due to age, some of the sliders are a little difficult to maneuver and can occasionally cause a little bit of distortion when moved. Other than that, the unit is in great working condition and is a joy to use in the studio/live.

Like most effects from Europe, the EQ uses a DIN style cable (like 5-pin MIDI). These are really easy to find online. I use a DIN>minijack with a 1/4" adapter and everything works fine.

You will need a European style adapter to plug the unit in, 220v/50hz."