Episode 3 from the Inside Synthesis series is a basic introduction to modular synthesizers, using the Mattson Mini Modular synthesizer.
An Introduction To Modular Synthesizers
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Saturday Synth Porn – The MOTM Knob-Fest
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Saturday Synth Porn: A knobtacular shot of Stephen Drake’s MOTM modular synthesizer.
via the Synthtopia Flickr Group
Expert Sleepers ESX-4CV CV Expander
Expert Sleepers has introduced the ESX-4CV CV Expander,an expansion module for the ES-4 or ES-5, adding four CV outputs from one expansion header. Using Expert Sleeper’s Eurorack Modules, you can use your computer as a powerful control voltage source with a modular synthesizer.
The ESX-4CV’s specifications are as follows:
- Panel width: 4HP
- Module depth: 26mm
- Digital input: connection from ES-4 or ES-5 module
- Analogue outputs: 4x 3.5mm jacks, DC-coupled
- Output voltages: ±5.33V, hardware calibrated
- D/A conversion: 12 bit, using high precision Analog Devices DACs
- Indicators: 2 LEDs per channel (+ve and -ve voltages)
- Current draw: TBC
The Analogue Systems French Connection
In this video, Frankie Bellani demonstrates using the Analogue Systems French Connection to control a Dotcom System 110 modular synthesizer.
The French Connection is a control voltage keyboard controller that was inspired by the Ondes Martenot. It features a ring controller that allows for continuous pitch control.
The French Connection doesn’t make sounds on its own, but is used to control analog synths that support CV control.
Details on the French Connection are available at the Analogue Solutions site.
Patchwerk Lets You Control The World’s Largest Modular Synthesizer
Patchwerk is a new web browser-based application that lets you control a massive modular synthesizer, housed at MIT, and hear the results:
Patchwerk lets you control a massive analog synthesizer from your browser, and streams the results back to you and everyone connected. The interface on this site is linked to a physical synth cabinet connected to the world’s largest homemade modular synth, currently housed at the MIT Museum.
Turn a knob here, and Patchwerk will turn a motorized knob on the cabinet. If someone at the Museum grabs a knob, you’ll see it turn too.
Techno Producer Drumcell In The Studio
In January 2012, the I Dream of Wires team stopped by the studio of techno producer Drumcell, to discuss his evolution from producing with hardware, to software, and now back to hardware again, with a focus on Eurorack modular synthesis.
The interview was conducted for inclusion in I Dream of Wires: the Modular Synthesizer Documentary.
Drumcell is also the founder of Droid Recordings, and co-founder of Droid Behavior, one of LA’s longest running techno event promotion companies, standing at the centre of the West Coast techno community for nearly a decade.
via Idreamofwires
The Electronic Music Works EMW-200 Synthesizer (Sneak Preview)
Electronic Music Works has released these audio demos of their upcoming EMW-200 Electronic Sound Lab synthesizer.
The EMW-200 Electronic Sound Lab is conceived as an improved version of the vintage Electronic Sound Laboratories EML-200 synthesizer. The EML-200, introduced in 1969, was a synth sold primarily in the education market, but has been used since by Pere Ubu and others.
Allen Ravenstine + Robert Wheeler On EML Modular Synthesizers
Former Pere Ubu synthesist Allen Ravenstine and current synthesist Robert Wheeler, two legendary figures of Cleveland’s punk rock scene, met at Grant Avenue Studio to discuss and demonstrate the EML modular synthesizers that have been an integral part of the Pere Ubu sound for almost 40 years.
The interviews will be part of the upcoming film, I Dream of Wires: The Modular Synthesizer Documentary. The impromptu jam session that followed marked the first time the two have ever played together.
See the I Dream Of Wires site for details.
Caption This! The Cat On A Modular Synth Edition
Why do cats love to rest on the most expensive gear in your studio? And why is this cat so bemused? And what’s with the galactic nebulae in the background?
Caption This - or consider yourself p-whipped!
via SynthCats
Node Announces First Album In 17 Years
Synth masters Node have announced plans for a new album, after a 17-year break.
Node, made up of super-producers Flood and Ed Buller, who between them have worked with the likes of Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Pulp, U2 and Suede; composer and professor of music Dave Bessell and film score composer Mel Wesson, released their self-titled debut in 1995.
Now, they’re back at work at Assault & Battery 2 studios, with an amazing setup:
You can listen to tracks from their Node album below or download a sampler from their upcoming Node 2 album at their site.
SOS also has a ’95 interview with Flood and Buller about Node.