"The Moog Modular - A Brief History" and "The Frobe Mini Modular"

Published on Sep 29, 2016 glkibler

"I've zero rights to most of the material here but produced this short documentary as a way to informally present to friends and family (i.e., those not familiar with synthesizers) a fuller context of what my two-plus years designing my Frobe Mini Modular has been about. Please excuse my robot British narrator's pronunciation (not to mention overly-posh attitude)."

Frobe Mini Modular - Sequence with some LPF and VCA tweaking

Published on Sep 20, 2016 glkibler

"Around about the 30sec mark."

Two Frobe Moog Clones

Published on Aug 27, 2016 glkibler

Warszawa Cover

Published on Jan 18, 2016 glkibler

"My tribute cover of Bowie's 'Warszawa' from his 1977 Low album. Featuring my hand-built Frobe prototype modular Moog clone along with various Mellotron and piano waveforms."

Moog Modular Clone - "Nom Personus"

Published on Aug 11, 2015 glkibler

Another video featuring the upcoming Frobe synth modular.

"This is an art film.
Actually it's a soundtrack for an art film.
Or perhaps even an art film about the soundtrack for an art film.

Either way, it's a piece entitled 'Nom Personus'
which is Latin for
'I solder wires; thus they spake to me.'
Don't bother Googling it.

Enjoy!
Peace out"

New Moog Clone Coming From New Synth Maker, frobesynth

Moog Clone Keyboard Test Published on Aug 1, 2015 glkibler

We have a new maker coming. This is the first frobesynth post on the site.

"Test of my 'Frobe' hand-wired (no printed circuits) prototype Moog modular clone. What better way to test if a Moog is sounding like a Moog than with a little taste of Aquatarkus?

FROBE SYSTEM SPECIFICATIONS:

100% Hand-wired analog modular synthesizer. No printed circuit boards.

3x Voltage Controlled Oscillators
1x Low Pass Filter (24db/Oct 4-pole)
2x Low Frequency VCO (LFOs)
4x ADSR Envelope Generators:
4x Voltage Controlled Amplifiers
1x Sample and Hold
1x Noise Generator (Pink, White, Random)
1x CV Recorder/Dual Channel Sequencer
1x 4-Channel Mixer
2x Multiples Panel
1x Ring Modulator
1x Gated Slew (Portamento)
1x MIDI-to-CV Conversion
1x +/-15V 1.5A Power Supply"

I asked gkibler if his clone was based on original Moog schematics and if the modules would be available in completed, kit form, or via DIY instructions.

"Yes, it's heavily based around the original and updated Moog schematics but in order for the space savings I had to make some decisions how to strip what I viewed as extraneous knobs and parameters. I originally envisioned building these as complete units with a limited run of around 12 to 15 per year, yet keeping the cost down to somewhere under the $5K price point. Which is a great deal, considering this inhabits 80-90% of the capabilities and features somewhere between a Moog System 35 ($22K) and System 55 ($35K). Hope to have a detailed website available soon with more info."

Frobe 5U Modular

Frobe burn-in test Published on Feb 26, 2015 Gary Kibler

Not sure if Frobe is a brand or the name Gary gave to this system. I'm not finding anything online regarding Frobe. If you know feel free to share. I've reached out to Gary and will post back if I hear anything.

"Burn-in test running for 8 hours straight. May need to install fan as power supply's heat sinks were hot enuf to cook an egg, but the oscillators appeared to be stable. And still sounds awesome."

And from December:

A Holiday Message from my Frobe System 55

Published on Dec 21, 2014