Synthesis Technology

Mattias demonstrates treating an Korg Electribe ER-1 drum machine through his Synthesis Technology MOTM/Synthesizers.com modular synthesizer.

via RothHandle

Here’s a few clips from Meeting of the Knobs 2009, held June 27th in Bedford, Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth area.)

It looks like MOTK 2009 was a great chance to see incredible and rare synth gear and to meet some of the people responsible for the renaissance of analog synthesis.

If you made it to MOTK 2009, leave a comment with your thoughts! Read more…

John L Rice demos his modular drum machine:

Second experiment of my new Synth Tech MOTM-730 Voltage Controlled Pulse Divider.

I had an idea to try doing a basic drum beat and then expanded from there.

Patch chart now posted at www.muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3504

Popcorn performed on Synthesizers.com

via Thalassa77:

Popcorn cover performed in Synthesizers.com, all sounds are from this system except drums.

11 different synthesizers.com sounds are in this track.

All made with one VCO!

The video isn’t especially sexy – but’s it’s a great reminder of what you can do with limited resources – and that most of the synth pop classics were made with a fraction of the gear that most electronic musicians now have.

In this modular synth demo, Thomas White shows how he creates analog swing time, all while filming while looking into the camera for the first time.

It may sound a little tricky, but White makes it look pretty easy.

Got any other modular rhythm tricks? If so, leave a comment!

via djthomaswhite:

Have you ever wanted to add “swing time” to your modular sequences?

I have!

Typically I have used MIDI, or a swung clock signal from my 909 or other Roland drum machines to achieve it. But, on a plane ride back from Portland I realized what I needed to do in order to get it going in my synth.

The equipment needed is, most importantly, a VC-LFO and a Frequency or Pulse Divider. The clock signal is sent to the sequencer. The clock signal is also sent via a multiple or y-cable to the pulse divider.

Dividing the clock signal by 2 allows you to have a pulse on every other step of the main clock signal. Take that half-time clock signal and patch it to an Envelope Generator. The output of the EG goes to the FM input of the VC-LFO.

By setting the decay/sustain time on the EG and the FM time on the LFO right you can offset every “up beat” to get the swing going. It will take a bit of dialing in to get it right, but hey, it’s a great lesson for me either way.

Now I have a whole new world of possibilities opened up with my same old modular synth. Thanks for stopping by!

Now go and check out synthtech.com and musicfromouterspace.com to buy these great modules!