Roland D-50 emulates the eminent 310 strings

YouTube via magevers — May 13, 2010 — "Vintage synth Demo by magevers

Roland D-50 emulates the eminent 310 strings used by JMJ in equinoxe and oxygene

EFX:
Roland DEP-5 for delay
Sonar 8 for reverb
EHX small stone phaser EH4800

D-50 patch by magevers"

Not analog synth song by magevers with the Roland V-synth

Published on Oct 23, 2015 magevers

"Me playing a simple song with the Roland V-synth, System-1, TR-8 and TB-3.
Lead: V-synth
Bass: V-synth (driven by TB-3)
ARP: System-1
Seq: TB-3
Drums: TR-8"

OBERHEIM OBXa + JUNO 60 + SH 101 + TR 606 Part 10

YouTube via magevers more vids by magevers previously posted here
"The fat "jump" Oberheim OBXa, the Roland JUNO 60, the SH 101and the TR 606 together. The OBXa was played in split mode.I have used a small stone phaser on the SH 101. This recording was live recorded on 2 tracks with sonar 8."

Synth solo with the analog vintage Roland SH 2000

Published on Nov 3, 2012 by magevers

Solo with the analog, one VCO mono synth, Roland SH-2000.
Pad: Oberheim OBXa
EFX: Roland DEP-5
Reverb: Sonar
Live played and recorded by magevers 04-11-2012

EMINENT 310U + TR 606 + JUNO 60 + SH 3A

video upload by magevers

sent my way via fischek

"solo improvisation played with the analog vintage eminent 310U organ-synthesizer, the Roland juno 60, the SH-3a and with the Roland TR 606 drumcomputer."

Moog Sub Phatty + Roland TR-8 + TB-3

Published on Jan 19, 2015 magevers

OBERHEIM OBXa Solo + JUNO 60 Part 8

YouTube via magevers
"Synth solo improvisation played with the fat "jump" Oberheim OBXa + the analog vintage Roland JUNO 60. The OBXa was played in split mode."

Pure Analog 2

YouTube via magevers
"Pure analog with the vintage Roland SH-3a + SH-101 + TR-606 and with the Jean michel jarre organ Eminent 310
EFX
Delay: Roland DEP-5,
Reverb: SONAR 8,
Phaser: EH small stone on the Eminent.
Live recorded on 2 audio tracks with SONAR 8"

Roland SH-3A solo

video upload by magevers

"Synth solo with the vintage Roland SH-3A"

Roland SH 3a + Eminent 310 U part 5

video upload by magevers

follow-up to this post (be sure to follow the trail). Not seeing Part 4 yet.

"Synth solo with the analog vintage Roland SH-3A synthesizer and the JMJ strings sound with the Eminent 310 U. This recording was live recorded on 2 tracks with sonar 8."

Cover Hymne-Vangelis version 2 ( extra bass and Choir track)

YouTube via magevers
"I have added in this second version of my cover "Hymne-Vangelis"
a bass and a choir track.
The cover sounds now more completer than the previous.
Bass: Roland SH 101
Choir: Dimension Pro(soft synth)
Others: Oberheim OBXa"

Roland G-70 Conquest Of Paradise (Vangelis cover)

Published on Jan 20, 2016 magevers

Oberheim OBXa + JUNO 60 + D 50 Part 2

YouTube via magevers | November 13, 2010

"Synth solo played on the fat "jump" analog Oberheim OBXa + Roland D 50 and the analog Roland JUNO 60.
Live recorded with Sonar 8.
EFX: Roland DEP 5 and Sonar stereo reverb."

Oberheim OBXa + JUNO 60 + JSQ 60 part 4

YouTube via magevers.
"The fat "jump" Oberheim OBXa and the Roland JUNO 60 with the JSQ 60 together. The OBXa was played in split mode and i have used a phaser on the juno 60. This recording was made with a small pocket camera."

Van Halen 'Jump' with the analog vintage Roland JUNO-60.

YouTube via magevers | September 27, 2010

"Van Halen 'Jump' sound with the analog vintage Roland JUNO-60.
EFX:
delay: roland dep-5
reverb: sonar 8"

Roland SH-3A + Eminent 310 U Part 3

video upload by magevers

part 2 here

"Synth solo with the analog vintage Roland SH-3A synth."

Demo Roland JUNO 60 + SONAR 8 workstation

YouTube via magevers
"With this demo/cover of Vangelis Conquest of paradise, i want to show how great the vintage roland JUNO 60 sounds.
Everything was recorded on 12 audio tracks without using midi sequencer or
midi.
JUNO 60: all sounds
TR 606: drums
Effects: SONAR 8"

Roland SH-3a + JUNO 60 arpeggio + EMINENT 310U part 2

video upload by magevers

Part 1 here.

"Roland SH-3a solo with the JUNO 60 arpeggio and the JMJ stringsound played on the EMINENT 310U."

The Synths of Jodorowsky's Dune (2014)

Jodorowsky's Dune (2014) - HD Trailer Published on Feb 14, 2014 Giles Thomas·70 videos

Update: please see this post for some unfortunate news regarding Kurt Stenzel.

Many of you I am sure are familiar with Frank Herbert's sci-fi novel Dune as well as the film adaptation by David Lynch in 1984 and the 2000 miniseries by John Harrison.  If you are not, see this article on Wikipedia and then head back.  Unknown to many, there was a planned film adaptation in 1973 by Alejandro Jodorowsky. It was to feature art by H. R. Giger (Aliens) and Jean Giraud, possibly music from Pink Floyd and Magma; the cast of actors was to include Salvador Dalí, Orson Welles, and Gloria Swanson.   The adaptation never made it due to financial reasons.  Jodorowsky's Dune (2014) is a documentary on the undertaking of the film that never was.

The film launches in the US today. You'll find the cities and dates and additional details on the film's website here: http://sonyclassics.com/jodorowskysdune/dates.html

As for the synth connection, the soundtrack was composed by Kurt Stenzel who reached out to me. I asked him if he could give us more info on the synths used in the soundtrack and particularly what we hear in the trailer. The following is what he had to say (scroll down to Specifically for this Trailer in red if you want to jump to what you are hearing in the trailer):

"I did this soundtrack using a rig that I have used for years in Cookin With Kurt, Beyond-o-Matic and SpacEKrafT.  Since I play out at events in San Francisco I go for as much analog goodness as I can carry- so these synths are throughout the movie.

I have an original Novation Bass Station with keys (it has a really unique filter in my opinion), a Dave Smith Tetra (HEAVY!), an Oberheim Matrix 1000 (god-like), and for the sake of portability, I do get into some of the more recent analog modellers that all have some merit- I have a MicroKorg 2, a Novation Xio 25, and a Quasimidi Sirius.

 In the 'digital that's special' I have TWO CZ101s (the synth I learned on when it was new) and a Yamaha TG-33 vector synth.

Larger analogs that are hard to gig with, include a Moog Source (don't cry, I got this for $40 on the street when analog was uncool) and a rather GRITTY MicroMoog, and the 'head' part of a Moog Taurus 2, and a very handy Roland Juno 6. I also used a Korg Poly 61 and a Korg Poly 800, as well as one studio session with a real Rhodes, a real Celeste (no joke it was the one you see Susan Dey play in Partridge Family episodes-- the studio owns THE one) and they also had a Roland String Machine. The Celeste and Rhodes didn't make it to the film though--Director Frank Pavich though they were 'too normal' Ha! .

I also use Casiotones quite a bit--an original MT-60 my Dad bought in Japan when they were really novel, and a Concertmate from Radio Shack. I mention the Conccertmate as I realized that sucker has appeared on EVERY recording I have ever done--some of the low bit string sounds are ethereal and I run that through effects. It's very beat up from 20 years of gigs. God bless Radio Shack.

I also have lots of effects and toys like the Bliptronic, the Buddha Box, old school Kaos pad, and I use my kids Nintendo DS's to sync up 3 programs on 3 DS devices. I also got a Korg Monotribe and the Korg Monotron. Toys are good.

I used some very low fi techniques for sound design too. Oh, and my buddy Dave Miranda recorded me on his Dave Smith Poly Evolver keyboard as a last minute thing in NY and it wound up being a crucial scene-- that required no overdubs or any treatments-- that thing sounds amazing.

Also noteworthy, I am a hardcore user of the Roland SP-808 for sound design. That has been a platform for me since it came out, so my zip discs were flying on this project.

There's about 9 minutes of SpacEKrafT music in this film as well- that is my duo with Edward Dahl here in San Francisco. Ed uses Ableton and plays guitar and we have lots of toys--Alesis Air Synth and Air Effects. I use my aforementioned rig in various settings with SpacEKrafT. I also played a fair amount of guitar on the soundtrack, as well as some vocalizations. Some screaming, which came natural as I am also the singer in NY band "Six and Violence". When I am not tinkling on the keys.

SPECIFICALLY on the TRAILER: Zero to :40 is a relatively rare Yamaha SS-30 which I think has become fetishized since Sigur Ros uses one. That thing is way fun, and I have to thank Peter Fuhry from Beyond-o-Matic for loaning me that and the MicroMoog for many years.

In the trailer, when you hear the arpeggiation kick in at :40, that's one of my favorite synths ever, the Matrix 1000. That thing is my secret weapon. I love it. I am using the arpeggiator on the Quasimidi Sirius (and playing) to drive and alter the pattern. I know Sirius keyboards are rare nowadays, glad I never got rid of it. I mean, it has real Kraftwerk demoss in it straight from Germany!

The loud "blast" at 1:37, no joke, is a 'thunder tube' which is basically a tube with a drum head and a reverb spring--I banged it and slid the whole tube over an omnidirectional mic running through pitch shifting and all kinds of stuff. Don't tell Hollywood!

Next in the trailer, the brass at 1:55 is the Quasimidi Sirius which has an amazing factory patch named 'Shine On' (Floyd was supposed to do the original Dune) so it was a great coincidence, as I feel that patch is very cinematic--I have been using it for years--sounds great in a club (or now a movie theater). I probably ran some analog under it, the Matrix 1000 and the Tetra just via MIDI. 

This whole project was done largely with a MIDI 8x splitter as I improvise and play, so to get the multiple textures and voices at once, I fire the whole rig up and play my mixer faders live to weave textures. I did NOT use any computer based sequencing, almost no overdubs-- the synths sound beautiful as their own voices.

I played and mostly recorded myself. I pulled all-nighters as I had a full time day job, 2 kids, a lovely fiancee and band gigs the whole time this was happening. Frank Pavich essentially typecast me as he knew I was such a fan of Jodorowsky, all things 70's and analog, etc. This was not just a soundtrack, it was already my own personal and spiritual journey with or without the movie.

One last story of gratitude- I was very intent on getting my hands on a REAL Yamaha CS-80 -- granted that was a little later than the 1975 time period of the documentary, but I love Eddie Jobson's 'Alaska' solo, and obviously Vangelis used it so well on Blade Runner. I was very envious that Daft Punk seemed to have one on the Tron soundtrack. I asked all around-I know synth people- I know the guys in Devo a little and their crew is really cool- they almost got me one. NO ONE had a working CS-80, not even in Los Angeles. One night I came on a YouTube Tutorial called 'Vangelis Bladerunner sound JUNO 60' and followed it and dialed up such a great sound from my good old Juno 6. So I want to THANK "magevers" whoever you are on YouTube. That to me is what the synth community is all about-- people who really have a keen interest and are WAY INTO THE SYNTHS. Like you Matrix Synth Jones, THANKS BROTHER- hope you get to see this movie-- Jodorowsky will blow your mind and you will want to go and CREATE ART!"

Can't wait.  Thank you Kurt!

Update: some links via Edward W. Dahl in the comments:

"I am co-captain of SpacEKrafT and you might have seen this video posted here on Matrixsynth a little over a year ago."

Music: www.soundcloud.com/spacekraft
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/myspacekraft

Update 4/13/2014:

Q&A with Dune Composer Kurt Stenzel

Published on Apr 8, 2014 hellspreetube·39 videos

"Q&A with Kurt Stenzel, soundtrack composer for "Jodorowsky's Dune," after a showing at One Embarcadero, San Francisco, CA, April 5, 2014.

http://www.kurtstenzel.com/
http://www.jodorowskysdune.com/"

via David Wilson-Okamura on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Arturia matrixbrute, Roland system-1, Roland V-synth

Published on Oct 28, 2017 magevers

"A simple composition with the amazing Arturia Matrixbrute and the Roland system-1.
FX: Roland RV-500"