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Sunday, July 31, 2016

MiniCommand Live V2.0 Demo


Published on Jul 31, 2016 JustinValer

Wednesday, October 30, 2013

Ruin & Wessen MINICOMMAND Custom MIDI Controller for Machinedrum + Monomachine

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via this auction

"This is the limited edition Minicommand MIDI controller for Elektron's Machinedrum and Monomachine drum machine and synth.
The build quality is excellent. All metal construction with high-quality rotary encoders and buttons. LCD is bright and readable even in low light. Comes pre-loaded with control programs for Machinedrum, Machinedrum UW and Monomachine - Arpeggiator, Euclidean sequence generator, Delay controls, Live beat chopper. It can also be programmed as a MIDI controller for other uses.

MIDI input x2
MIDI output x1

Ships with all original packaging (custom wooden box with handsewn carry bag), printed owner's manual, power supply and postcards."

Saturday, June 08, 2013

Ruin Electronics PCS-1 Pressure Controlled Synthesizer & VEP

Published on Jun 7, 2013 Ruin Music·26 videos

"Ruin Electronics PCS-1 Pressure Controlled Synth. 4 oscillators and a filter. The four knobs above the first four pressure sensors are for oscillator pitch, and the four sensor control amplitude of the oscillators. The fifth pad controls filter cutoff, while the knob controls output level. The large grey knob switches from a quick sustain for the pads to a long sustain, this is there for quick percussive sounds or long pad like sounds. I found it was easier to apply pressure smoothly than it was to remove it so the sustain knob helps a lot. The knob on the side of the unit is for sensitivity. 1/4" output. 9v battery."

Ruin Electronics VEP video feedback test #2
Published on Jun 7, 2013

"Quick-o camera feedback test using my Ruin Electronics VEP. Im holding two cameras and didn't have any tripods set up... So i couldn't tweak any parameters. LFO provides the undulating. sorry for the crap quality. i need to find my capture card!"

Quick note: I created a new Ruin Electronics label for these moving forward. The Ruin & Wesen label will remain for previous posts.

Friday, March 15, 2013

Ruin Electronics TCG-1 Tone Cluster Generator Noise/Drone synth.

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Published on Mar 15, 2013 psyingo·23 videos

"The Ruin Electronics TCG-1 is a compact noise synth. The 'Tone Cluster' is a group of four Oscillators that can all be tuned with a single frequency control, but the oscillators can also be spread from the center frequency with the 'Spread' control. This gives great control over the four Oscillators using only two knobs. The oscillators can either be mixed in equal amounts or ring modded together. These modes are changed with a toggle switch. The Oscillator Frequency also has a CV input, labelled F CV that can be used with external gear. The output of the Oscillators is sent to the Filter. The Filter has Lowpass and Bandpass modes changed with a toggle switch.. There are knobs to control the Cutoff Frequency, and the Resonance. The Filter also has a CV input, labelled C CV.

The TCG-1 can either be powered by a 9v battery, found in the lid, or with an external center positive adapter from 12-18v."

via this auction

'This is the Ruin Electronics TCG-1 (Tone Cluster Generator). This is a one of a kind instrument. It was professionally built and designed by Ruin. The unit has been built into a wooden case with a hinged lid. The TCG-1 is new; no previous owners.

The TCG-1 is a 100% Analog compact noise synthesizer. The 'Tone Cluster' is a group of four Oscillators that can all be tuned with a single frequency control, but the oscillators can also be spread from the center frequency with the 'Spread' control. This gives great control over the four Oscillators using only two knobs. The oscillators can either be mixed in equal amounts or ring modded together. These modes are changed with a toggle switch. The Oscillator Frequency also has a CV input, labelled F CV that can be used with external gear. The output of the Oscillators is sent to the Filter. The Filter has Lowpass and Bandpass modes changed with a toggle switch.. There are knobs to control the Cutoff Frequency, and the Resonance. The Filter also has a CV input, labelled C CV.
The TCG-1 can either be powered by a 9v battery, found in the lid, or with an external center positive 2.1mm adapter from 12-18v.
The output from the TCG-1 is a 1/4" jack.

Space sounds, crackles, hums, percussion, alien speech, warbles, zaps, clangs, bangs, basslines, sequencer runs, rhythms. This is a great unit for performance, sampling, or just plain old fun!
Please see the video further down for a demonstration.
The units approximate measurements are:
7" width x 4" depth x 2.75" height

The unit features:

Tone Cluster VCO (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) There are 4 Square wave VCOs in the Cluster, which can be tuned with the Frequency control, and spread from the center frequency in pairs, with the spread control. When the knob is close to center, the oscillators are closest to the center frequency, when it is turned either CW or CCW two Oscillators will move up and the other two will move down in frequency. There is a switch to control Ring mod or Mixing mode.
Bandpass/Lowpass VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter). The filter is extremely resonant and will self oscillate. The VCF has a Frequency and Resonance control and a switch for Lowpass/Bandpass response.
CV inputs for VCF and Tone Cluster control. The CV inputs are 1/8" jacks.
1/4" Output
9V battery or DC adapter. With a choice of either 9V battery or external DC adapter the unit can be a portable unit for busking or impromptu outside jam sessions (when accompanied by a portable amplifier) or a studio piece. Featuring an on board regulator the unit will clean up any power source from 12-18V"

Friday, November 23, 2012

RUIN CDS-0 Analog Drone Noise Synthesizer

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Published on Nov 23, 2012 by psyingo



via this auction

"This is the Ruin Electronics CDS-0 (Compact Drone Synth). This is a one of a kind instrument. It was professionally built and designed by Ruin. The unit is housed in a sturdy aluminum case.
The CDS-0 is a 100% Analog synthesizer. The CDS-0 was a prototype that never went any further, but is still a remarkable and inspiring unit.
This device was used by Ruin on several recordings and during some live performances.

The CDS-0 has two Voltage Controlled Oscillators with Triangle and Square wave shapes. The oscillators have Tune, Modulation Amount and Volume controls. There is a Low Frequency Oscillator for modulations with Triangle and Square wave shapes. The LFO has a Rate control and a switch to select Triangle, Off or Square. There is a Noise source with a frequency control and an amount control which is summed with the LFO for modulation and sent to the audio path as well. The frequency control is controls the speed of a sample and hold from normal white noise to bit crushed arcade sounds to sub audio clicks. There is a Ring Mod that takes osc 1 and modulates it with osc 2, the Ring Mod has a level control. The noise source also has a mix level for the audio. Finally there is a gain control and final level control to the output.

Drones, buzzes, sweeps, chirps, noise sweeps, arcade blasts, ring mod, clangs, clanks, are sounds that can be made with this device.
The units approximate measurements are:
7.25" width x 5" depth x 3" height

The unit features:
2x Square/Triangle waveform VCOs (Voltage Controlled Oscillators) with individual tuning per oscillator, modulation amount, mix, and waveform switch.
Triangle/Square waveform LFO (Low Frequency Oscillator) for modulation. The LFO has a speed control and a switch to select Square/Off/Triangle.
Noise Source The noise source has a frequency control, frequency range switch, a level control for the audio mix, and an amount knob which sums the noise with the LFO for modulations.
Ring Mod by default the ring mod takes osc 1 and modulates it with osc 2, but an audio signal can inserted into the 1/8" jack on the back to override osc 1 as the carrier of osc 2. The Ring Mod ha a level control.
CV input for VCO control you can use the CV input to sequence the CDS-0 with external gear.
Output Overdrive The output stage is capable of nice gritty distortion with its own gain control.
1/8" Output
12v DC adapter power input."

Ruin Electronics ATOM mini modular synthesizer

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via this auction
Video at the auction and previously posted here.

"This is the Ruin Electronics ATOM Mini Mdoular Synthesizer. This is a one of a kind instrument. It was professionally built and designed by Ruin. The Case is white and black acrylic hand built for the ATOM with an aluminum faceplate. The ATOM is new; no previous owners.

The ATOM is a 100% Analog synthesizer. The ATOM has 5 modules with patching via 4mm banana cables. The modules are Two Voltage Controlled Oscillators with triangle and square waveforms, a Voltage Controlled Amplifier, Voltage Controlled Lowpass Filter, and a Three input mixer. There are also 3 1/4" to 4mm banana converter jacks so you can interface with external gear. The ATOM can create drones and noises easily, but can also completely destroy external audio such as from an MP3 player or Guitar pedals, makign it a versatile effect unit. The unit is powered from a 12v adapter.
Space sounds, crackles, hums, percussion, alien speech, warbles, zaps, clangs, bangs, basslines, sequencer runs, rhythms. This is a great unit for performance, sampling, or just plain old fun!

The units approximate measurements are:
8.25" width x 2.75" depth x 4.5" height

The unit features:
2x Square/Triangle waveform VCOs (Voltage Controlled Oscillators) with individual tuning per oscillator. The oscillators go from subsonic (LFO speeds) to ultrasonic with a twist of the control. Each oscillator has a frequency control and an amount control. The jacks are Tri out, Sqr out, and CV in.
VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) The VCA is used to create tremelo and ring mod type effects, but can also be fed an envelope or other signals from external gear to operate. There are input levels for CV and audio, and output gain. Jacks are Audio in, CV in, and Audio out.
Lowpass VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter). This filter is a strange beast, a combination of Vactrols (smooth natural response) and CMOS (typically a digital logic IC but coerced into being an analog device). The VCFs have a Frequency and Resonance control and a switch for Lowpass/Bandpass response.
3 Input Mixer The mixer is used to sum signals together or to amplify external signals. The mixer has quite a bit of gain and can clip when fed a hot enough signal, such as that from an effect pedal. 3 Input jacks and an output. Each input has a level control and the output has a master level.
3 1/4" to 4mm Banana converters used for interfacing external gear to the ATOM.
12v Adapter input."

Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Analog Drone Noise Synthesizer

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via this auction - video below


"This is the Ruin Electronics CDS-2 (Compact Drone Synth). This is a one of a kind instrument. It was professionally built and designed by Ruin. The unit has been built into a vintage transistor radio case. Faux wood grain, chrome, and brushed aluminum give it a classy retro look. The CDS-2 is new; no previous owners.


The CDS-2 is a 100% Analog synthesizer in a sturdy case with a fashionable carrying handle. The CDS-2 is a two voice drone synthesizer with CV inputs for pitch and filter frequency. The CDS-2 is not only a Drone and noise Synthesizer, but a sound effects generator. The CDS-2 is excellent for use with sequencers and other modular gear. The filters sound very vocal and organic when in bandpass mode and nice and chunky in lowpass. Paired with the thick oscillators, some strange alien vocalizations can be made. The CDS-2 offers a wide range of sounds with its excellent compliment of functions. There is no other drone/noise/experimental synth out there like this, especially in such a compact package! Despite being small, there is still plenty of room to use the controls so no play-ability is sacrificed.

Space sounds, crackles, hums, percussion, alien speech, warbles, zaps, clangs, bangs, basslines, sequencer runs, rhythms. This is a great unit for performance, sampling, or just plain old fun!

The units approximate measurements are:

7.5" width x 3" depth x 5.5" height

The unit features:

2x Square/Triangle waveform VCOs (Voltage Controlled Oscillators) with individual tuning per oscillator. The oscillators go from subsonic to ultrasonic with a twist of the control.
2x Triangle/Square waveform LFOs (Low Frequency Oscillators) for modulation. The LFOs can be routed to either the VCF or VCO. Each LFO has a Depth and Speed control and a switch to select either VCF or VCO modulation.
Bandpass/Lowpass VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter). The filter is extremely resonant and will self oscillate when in bandpass mode. The VCFs have a Frequency and Resonance control and a switch for Lowpass/Bandpass response.
2 Channel Mixer Each voice has its own level control which is fed to the final output stage.
CV inputs for VCF and VCO control Both voices share the same VCF and VCO CV inputs so you can easily sequence both voices of the CDS-2 with the same cv. This allows for great layred sequenced sounds.
Output Overdrive The output stage is capable of nice gritty distortion with its own gain control.
1/4" Output
9V battery or DC adapter. With a choice of either 9V battery or external DC adapter the unit can be a portable unit for busking or impromptu outside jam sessions (when accompanied by a portable amplifier such as This ) or a studio piece. Featuring an on board regulator the unit will clean up any power source from 9-15V"

Ruin Electronics CDS-2 Compact Drone Synth demo

Published on Nov 12, 2012 by psyingo

Ruin Electronics ATOM mini modular synthesizer


Published on Nov 12, 2012 by psyingo

"This is the ATOM, a hand made mini modular synthesizer by Ruin Electronics.

The ATOM features 2 VCOs (Voltage Controlled Oscillator) with triangle and square waveshapes, a VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier), Lowpass resonant VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter), a three input mixer, and 3 1/4" to banana converters.
The mixer features high gain and will be able to convert a signal from a guitar pedal to synth levels.
The VCOs can go from sub-audio LFO ranges up into audio.
The VCF is a unique lowpass filter that is in no other device.

Demo of it mangling external audio coming soon!"

Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Ruin Electronics CDS-1 Analog Drone Noise Synthesizer

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via this auction
Demos below.

"This is the Ruin Electronics CDS-1 (Compact Drone Synth). This is a one of a kind instrument. It was professionally built and designed by Ruin. The unit has been built into a vintage transistor radio case. Faux wood grain, chrome, and brushed aluminum give it a classy retro look.

The CDS-1 is new; no previous owners.

The CDS-1 is a 100% Analog synthesizer in a sturdy case with a fashionable carrying handle. The CDS-1 is not only a Drone and noise Synthesizer, but a sound effects generator. The filter sounds very vocal and organic. Paired with the thick oscillators, some strange alien vocalizations can be made. The CDS-1 offers a wide range of sounds with its excellent compliment of functions. There is no other drone/noise/experimental synth out there like this, especially in such a compact package! Despite being small, there is still plenty of room to use the controls so no play-ability is sacrificed.

Space sounds, crackles, hums, percussion, alien speech, warbles, zaps, clangs, bangs. This is a great unit for performance, sampling, or just plain old fun!


The units approximate measurements are:

7.75" width x 3" depth x 6" height

The unit features:

3x Square waveform VCOs (Voltage Controlled Oscillators) with individual tuning per oscillator and a master pitch control. The oscillators go from subsonic to ultrasonic with a twist of the control.

Ringmod/Mix switch which either ringmods the oscillators together or mixes them evenly.
2x Triangle/Square waveform LFOs (Low Frequency Oscillators) for modulation. LFO 1 can be routed to either the VCA or VCOs. Each LFO has a Depth and Speed control.

VCA (Voltage Controlled Amplifier) which can be controlled by LFO 1 or manually with the VCA depth knob.

Bandpass VCF (Voltage Controlled Filter). The filter is extremely resonant and will self oscillate. LFO2 is dedicated to the modulation of the VCF. The VCF has a Frequency and Resonance control.

1/4" Output

Built in Speaker and Amplifier. When the 1/4" output is unplugged the unit will emit sound from its internal speaker which adds great portability to the unit.

9V battery or DC adapter. With a choice of either 9V battery or external DC adapter the unit can be a portable unit for busking or impromptu outside jam sessions or a studio piece. Featuring an on board regulator the unit will clean up any power source from 9-15V"


Please check out this multi-tracked demo using only the CDS-1. No external effects were used. Imagine the possibilities! CDS-1 demo by Ruin

Ruin Electronics CDS-1 Compact Drone Synth demo

Published on Oct 22, 2012 by psyingo

Saturday, September 03, 2011

Oliver Maass - live @ Fête de la Musique Hannover 2011 part1.wmv


YouTube Uploaded by maasstube on Jun 24, 2011

"played my first Live-Set @ Fête de la Musique Hannover.

The whole Set was 50min long but my Cam didn´t get it all ;-(

used gear: Machinedrum, Monomachine, Ruin&Wesen Minicommand, KP3, Mackie VLZ3, no PC!

I hope to get the Line-Recording soon too...

If you like what you see / hear, you can support me by LIKE ME at Facebook. http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/pages/Oliver-Maass-official/110072445722723"

Oliver Maass - live @ Fête de la Musique Hannover 2011 part2.wmv

Saturday, December 04, 2010

Ruin & Wesen: MiniCommand Tutorial: A simple MIDI Controller


"In this tutorial, we are going to build some simple MIDI controller firmwares for the MiniCommand. This will show how to use CCEncoders, the EncoderPage, the SwitchPage and the AutoEncoderPage. We are going to build 4 firmwares: a simple MIDI controller with 4 encoders, a version of the simple firmware that records knob movements, a version of the simple MIDI controller with 2 pages, and finally a full-blown version with recording and 4 pages of encoders." via Ruin & Wesen where you'll find the full post.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Unboxing: RW Minicommand


YouTube via moxlust | August 10, 2010

"Finally it has arrived! The Ruin&Wesen Minicommand unit! This device enables limitless control/configuration via MIDI CC code to Elektron devices Monomachine and Machinedrum.

Concieved, designed, constructed by Manuel "Wesen" Odendahl of techno duo Ruin & Wesen, allows 100% "funtime live control" of virtually any MIDI based music device and beyond. Based on a RW open source firmware, one can actually recalibrate the device to tailor to one's own pleasure. I'd love to do this, but I think I lack the time and brain capacity.

Kudos to the RW team for this, can't wait to ACTUALLY use it now! More video to follow as I figure it out!

:)

ps. sorry for the bad light/camering, I was too excited to open it."

Monday, July 05, 2010

Ruin & Wesen KPR-77 Ultimate Mods - Trigger Outs

"In this modification of the KPR-77 'ultimate' mod series we will be discussing how to modify the unit to have trigger outputs. Trigger outputs can be interfaced with modular gear or other instruments that have trigger inputs, such as analog drum units."

See Ruin & Wesen for more. Follow-up to this post with video and this post.

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Unboxing: RW Minicommand


Unboxing: RW Minicommand from Moxie Wanderlust on Vimeo.


"Finally it has arrived! The Ruin&Wesen Minicommand unit! This device enables limitless control/configuration via MIDI CC code to Elektron devices Monomachine and Machinedrum.

Concieved, designed, constructed by Manuel "Wesen" Odendahl of techno duo Ruin & Wesen, allows 100% "funtime live control" of virtually any MIDI based music device and beyond. Based on an Arduino microprocessor and open source firmware, one can actually recalibrate the device to tailor to one's own pleasure. I'd love to do this, but I think I lack the time and brain capacity.

Kudos to the RW team for this, can't wait to ACTUALLY use it now! More video to follow as I figure it out!

:)

ps. sorry for the bad light/camering, I was too excited to open it."

Friday, May 21, 2010

More Info on the Ruin & Wesen KPR-77 Ultimate Mods Series: Bass Drum


"This week, Ruin brings you the beginning of a series of blogs about modding the Korg KPR-77 into a badass TR-606/808 killer.

When I first came into contact with this drum machine, I noticed several things about it that were severely lacking. First of which being the bass drum. When I heard that damn bass drum, I thought of someone punching a cardboard box. That thing has too short of decay, and the pitch is too high for my taste. On top of that, there is not much punch to the drum. All of this adds up to a severely anorexic kick drum. When half your time with a song is spent tweaking the sounds, this kick drum can really get you down.

This is probably the hardest set of mods to perform on the KPR-77 in this series, but as you will see, it is still extremely easy to perform." You'll find more details on the Ruin & Wesen blog here.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Ruin & Wesen 2010

via Ruin & Wesen where you will find the full post. The following is an excerpt.

"The last 4 months, and in particular the last 5 weeks, have been quite intense for RuinWesen. A lot has gone on and a lot of problems have become painfully acute. We would like to take this time to fill you in on what has been happening and what we have planned for 2010.
Ruin and Wesen: the company

Ruin and Wesen was started quite quickly and eagerly by us both, without having ever met except over the internet and webcam. A lot of people started asking us for our electronics devices, and we realized that in order to distribute them in a meaningful way, we had to start a company. Of course, none of us (Wesen coming from programming, Ruin coming from analog DIY electronics) was quite aware of the amount of work involved in building products in an industrial, professional way, and we made up a lot of things as we went. We are quite satisfied with the results, but we have to admit that we made our fair share of mistakes along the way.

The main mistake was probably to be too focused on the products themselves, and not on our customers. As we are users as well, we see all the cool possibilities of opensource controllers and opensource synthesizers, and of course talk about them. People pick up on that, and of course when we realize that we don’t have the time nor the resources to implement them, they get disappointed. Another “mistake” is not realizing that the setup costs involved in building batches of hardware are awfully high compared to software development or kits for example. This caused us a lot of trouble as well (a batch of minicommand requires setup costs of about 12000 EUR).

These issues and their consequences are what led to the prolonged “pause” since end of 2009, that you may have noticed on our blog and on twitter. This thinking time was necessary to rethink the concept of our company through, and work out carefully the steps needed."

Eurorack is on the way:
"Ruin has been building some very interesting analog synths over the past few months. One plan has been to get into the world of Euro Rack module production. Some prototype modules have been developed for that."

Thursday, April 01, 2010

The Ruin & Wesen Special-izer

"The RuinWesen Special-izer is a highly sophisticated audio plugin developed for situations when you require that special something for your mix. The Special-izer is an extremely easy to use effect with three controls for 'Sparkle', 'Wow' and 'Character'. These parameters use highly tuned algorithms created over years of research and development. When your clients demand that ever elusive character, turn to the Special-izer to provide just that. Tweak one of the three parameters and watch their faces light up after a thoughtful, chin stroking moment. That perfect mix has been achieved."

Wednesday, March 24, 2010

Minicommand collage


YouTube via psyingo

"working on the minicommands
http://ruinwesen.com"

Thursday, March 04, 2010

Ruin & Wesen Minicommand

Ruin & Wesen Minicommand - Device & Wesen Live Patch

"Product video for the Minicommand
First part: Unpacking and Wesen Live Patch"

Lacuna (Live Minimal Tech, Machinedrum, Minicommand, Tetra)


YouTube via JustinValer

"Lacuna is performed live using:

Elektron Machinedrum UW SPS-1 Mk1
RuinWesen Minicommand
DaveSmith Tetra

All mixing and sequencing occurs in the machinedrum. Audio from the Machinedrum runs into the KRK Monitors which is then recorded by the cam corder MIC. Sadly, my DAW failed to record the direct output of this track.

More sounds @: http://www.justinvaler.com/
More sounds @: http://www.soundcloud.com/justinvaler"
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