Brighton Modular Festival is this Weekend!

Published on Jul 17, 2019

"This weekend at Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts: Live music on Saturday from 4 to midnight thanks Brighton Modular Sessions - then go and get some sleep before Sunday kicks off at 10am for the Modular Meet! Bring your synths and fill the Cafe! plus stands from manufacturers and shops & more live music and talks!!! (#itsnotsuperbooth)

More info here - http://brightonmodularmeet.co.uk/"

https://www.thonk.co.uk

Novation Workshops Coming to Brighton Music Conference

via @WeAreNovation

"Going to Brighton Music Conference? The Focusrite x Novation Theatre at @BrightonMusicCo will host two full days of workshops, seminars and Q&A's from a huge lineup or artists, free to all BMC pass holders.
Full details: http://bit.ly/FocNovBMC2019 #WeAreNovation"

Brighton Modular Meet 2018 Timelapse

Published on Aug 1, 2018 DivKidVideo

"A few of us were talking and cheap, small cameras to use as secondary cameras online recently and Marizu Mercury Okereke surprised me at the Brighton Modular Meet and gave me a Zoom Q2n to play with for the day. So I simple left it filming in a few locations to see what the footage was like in different rooms / lighting conditions. It also meant I could turn that into a time-lapse to give you all a little extra look at the event to go with the other footage. So here you go! "

BASTL at Brighton Modular Meet 2018

Published on Aug 1, 2018 DivKidVideo

"Here's a quick bit of audio from the modular, Thyme, DUDE and micro granny from BASTL at the Brighton Modular Meet.

This footage is from the Brighton Modular Meet on the 1st of July 2018. The event is held at the Attenborough Centre for the Arts at the University of Sussex. More information here - http://brightonmodularmeet.co.uk"

Roland System 500 Modules 510 & 505 at Brighton Modular Meet 2018

Published on Jul 26, 2018 DivKidVideo

"Here we're playing around with the new Roland & Malekko Heavy Industry system 500 modules the 510 synth voice and 505 filter. Just a little taste of some of what went on at the event.

This footage is from the Brighton Modular Meet on the 1st of July 2018. The event is held at the Attenborough Centre for the Arts at the University of Sussex. More information here - http://brightonmodularmeet.co.uk"

Tom Whitwell at the Brighton Modular Meet 2018

Published on Jul 21, 2018 Brighton Modular Meet

Tom Whitwell's talk at the 2018 Brighton Modular Meet.
The Turing Machine: How to design a module when you've never designed a module before.

Tom's blog: http://www.musicthing.co.uk/
Buy Turing Machine kits from Thonk: https://www.thonk.co.uk/
The Brighton Modular Meet: http://brightonmodularmeet.co.uk/

Mark Verbos Live Improvised Modular Set at Brighton Modular Meet 2018

Published on Jul 17, 2018 DivKidVideo

"Having spoke to Mark Verbos before his live set I knew this was going to be all modular, live and improvised. I was expecting ambient (although gritty and more abstract than smooth drones) tones and textures however this developed and moved with the room and the crowd to suit the DJ before hand and Ebcidic performing afterwards. The set moves from stereo delays with the new Verbos Electronics Multitap delay which echo'd around the room beautifully through to suiting a Berlin club at 4am with slower and stomping techno patterns. It's dark and gritty throughout and all emerges from a small system.

Mark was using his own 6U 104hp Verbos system as well as a 3U skiff of Verbos modules alongside a mixer with some FX built in.

This footage is from the Brighton Modular Meet on the 1st of July 2018. The event is held at the Attenborough Centre for the Arts at the University of Sussex. More information here - http://brightonmodularmeet.co.uk . This footage however is from the after party held at the sea front club 'Patterns'."

Future Sound Systems at Brighton Modular Meet 2018

Published on Jul 16, 2018 DivKidVideo

"Here's another little taste of the Brighton Modular Meet this time with Finlay Shakespeare from Future Sound Systems giving his new Spectral Devastator a workout. There's help from other FSS modules including the Gristleizer range too.

This footage is from the Brighton Modular Meet on the 1st of July 2018. The event is held at the Attenborough Centre for the Arts at the University of Sussex. More information here - http://brightonmodularmeet.co.uk"

Abstract Data at Brighton Modular Meet 2018

Published on Jul 12, 2018 DivKidVideo

"Aiming to give those that couldn't make the Brighton Modular Meet a taste of event here's Abstract Data system with beats and bass, Octocontroller and Event Boss modules leading the way and new oscillator/filter/envelope synth voice action.

This footage is from the Brighton Modular Meet on the 1st of July 2018. The event is held at the Attenborough Centre for the Arts at the University of Sussex. More information here - http://brightonmodularmeet.co.uk"

Ebcidic live at Brighton Modular Meet After Party 2018

Published on Jul 11, 2018 DivKidVideo

"Here's Ebcidic's live set from the Brighton Modular Meets after party. As usual for those that know Ebcidic it's dark, ambient textures set to driving hard techno. For more footage see links under the former name VCOADSR below and grab his music here - www.ebcidic.com

https://youtu.be/5Wrv9W-B728
https://youtu.be/OlZ3E_w7Kfw
https://youtu.be/oZShmaYiFAs

This footage is from the Brighton Modular Meet on the 1st of July 2018. The event is held at the Attenborough Centre for the Arts at the University of Sussex. More information here - http://brightonmodularmeet.co.uk. However this after party footage is from the venue 'Patterns'."

New Dove Audio WTF Oscillator

It looks like Paula Maddox of Modal Electronics and vacoloco has a new brand and a new module in the works. Dove Audio is the brand and the WTF Oscillator is the module, currently on Kickstarter.

DivKid captured the following demo at this year's Brighton Modular Meet:
Dove Audio WTF Oscillator at Brighton Modular Meet 2018

Published on Jul 10, 2018 DivKidVideo

"Here's a patch from Paula Anne Maddox with her new WTF oscillator and company Dove Audio. It's a new unique take on working with waveforms and oscillators and will be launched on Kickstarter here - http://bit.ly/wtfvco.

This footage is from the Brighton Modular Meet on the 1st of July 2018. The event is held at the Attenborough Centre for the Arts at the University of Sussex. More information here - http://brightonmodularmeet.co.uk"

Some details on the new module from the Kickstarter campaign, for the archives:


"What is a WTF Oscillator?

WTF stands for Window Transform Function and this oscillator gives the owner a new and unique way to morph between waveforms. It's designed to fit in your modular synthesiser, either in Euro-rack format or MU format.

How Does it Work?
Remember when you used to go to the dentist and the receptionist had a sliding hatch that would open and say "Mrs Smith to see the Dr in room 3 please"? Well this is much the same, the "front" wave is represented by the panes of glass on that window, the rear wave is the cheery receptionist.

As you slide open the window in the front wave the rear wave can be seen in that window. You can open and close this window with CV control.

Here's an example waveform.

This creates a totally new waveform that could, for example, start with a sawtooth, then change to a square wave part way through, then go back to a sawtooth for the remainder of the waveform cycle.
All this can be done with full CV control, allowing you to route your existing LFOs, EGs and sequencers to any or all of the parameters.

Features
32 Waveforms + Noise
There are 32 waveforms plus noise in the module and you can morph between any two. There are of course the usual suspects - sawtooth, sine wave, triangle wave and square wave. The remaining 28 waveforms are all newly created to mimic certain types of sounds, like vocal formants, distorted waves, metallic sounds and many more.
You can select the front and rear waveforms with independent control voltages enabling you to create incredibly rich sonic textures.

Tuneable Noise
The noise is tuneable, when you enable noise for the rear wave you can adjust the frequency the noise is generated at, allowing you to go from a white noise to a retro 8 bit game console style noise.

Advanced 'PWM'
You can also set the rear window to be a DC level giving you the ability to create PWM like sounds with any of the 32 waveforms.

Wave Inversion
You can also invert the rear waveform which adds a whole new level of sonic capability to the WTF oscillator.

Dual Window Mode
We've also added a 'dual' mode to the window function, so you can change between a single window opening and closing or a dual window.

CV Control of Waveforms
Finally, we've added the ability to change both the front and rear waveforms using control voltages, used in conjunction with a sequencer this gives you an incredibly powerful sound source full of previously unheard of sonic power."

See the Kickstarter campaign for additional videos and audio demos.

Brighton Modular Meet 2018 synths galore

Published on Jul 3, 2018 markusfuller

"My day at the Brighton Modular Meet 2018.
I had such a great time there that I spent the next day composing this music especially for the video to help with the montage of clips I made during the day.
Big thank you to all the warm friendly people I met x x
as ever my music is free for anyone to use. (just credit me :-)
music can be downloaded from soundcloud.com/markusfuller/bmm2018"

Caitlin's live performance at the Brighton Modular Meet 2018

Published on Jul 2, 2018 The Mad Music Machine

"We had a fantastic time at the Brighton Modular Meet and met some wonderful people.

Caitlin enjoyed performing this and was very happy with the audience's reaction at the end!"

Follow-up to this post.

Astro Pi / Tim Peake inspired piece created for the Brighton Modular Meet

Published on Jun 30, 2018 The Mad Music Machine

'We were thrilled to be invited to run a demonstration of the Mad Music Machine at the Brighton Modular Meet.

We thought it would be a good idea to create a patch using waveforms generated from our Astro Pi data with samples we created from the European Space Agency commentary of Tim Peakes flight from Earth to the International Space Station.

We used the Synthesis Technology WaveeEdit programme to create the wavetables which on the E370 are taken from the pattern formed by the humidity data recorded in our experiment. The E352 uses a sample of the engine noise of the Soyuz TMA-19M which on which Tim Peake travelled - this is modulated in cloud mode to give the 'engine' sounds.

As the data was generated on a Raspberry Pi so we thought it would be appropriate to use Sonic Pi for for the sequencing :)

Her Caitlin jams with that patch :)"

Update:

Caitlin's live performance at the Brighton Modular Meet 2018

Published on Jul 2, 2018 The Mad Music Machine

"We had a fantastic time at the Brighton Modular Meet and met some wonderful people.

Caitlin enjoyed performing this and was very happy with the audience's reaction at the end!"

Manufacturers Attending Brighton Modular Meet Set for Next Weekend

via @thonk_synth

"Here are the manufacturers attending Brighton Modular Meet next Sunday."

Click through for full details on this year's event.

Beginners DIY Workshop by Tom Whitwell of Music Thing Modular - Brighton, June 30

via @TomWhitwell

"I'm running a DIY workshop for beginners on Sat 30th June in Brighton, 1-4pm £20, includes a Mikrophonie kit. Please RT, or BOOK HERE >>> …
(Pic is a similar workshop at Superbooth in Berlin, which was fun. Nobody was seriously injured)"

Vladimir Pantelic Musikelektronik At Superbooth18 vpme.de

Published on May 4, 2018 Brighton Modular Meet

"The Brighton Modular Meet cru went to Superbooth18 in Berlin and interviewed some folk."

Brighton Modular Meet Set for June 30th & July 1st 2018

via @thonk_synth

"Date for your calendar! Brighton Modular Meet 2018 - June 30th to July 1st"

And via the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts:

"Now in its sixth year, the annual Brighton Modular Meet returns to the Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts.

Over the last five years modular synthesizers have become smaller and more accessible than ever before. With this has come a huge rise in their popularity and the scene continues to grow year on year.

The Brighton Modular Meet is one of the largest events of its kind in the UK and is host to synth DIY workshops, live performances, artist and developer talks and presentations; there will also be a free and open table-top meet led by industry experts and synth enthusiasts.

Visitors can see a wide range of audio and video modular synthesizers on show, from developers and manufacturers that range from small one-man-bands all the way up to large and long established companies, as well as synths designed and built by artists, musicians and DIY enthusiasts.

Bring your gear to the modular meet, and mingle with like-minded modular synth enthusiasts, developers, manufacturers and resellers."

Thonk w/ Music Thing Modular at Brighton Modular Meet

via @thonk_synth

"Doors opening soon"

via @thonk_synth

Set up and ready for hordes

via @BrightonModular

@tomwhitwell #musicthingmodular & #kenbabbs CVFreqs #modularsynth #eurorackmodular #eurorack

Brighton Modular Meet 2017 walkthrough vid!

Published on Oct 4, 2017 Brighton Modular Meet

"Here's a walkthrough of the 2017 Brighton Modular Meet - NOT including the live performances and concert though, they call all be found in their own playlists."

You can find additional Brighton Modular Meet posts here.