Make Noise Dub

Published on Nov 17, 2016 Thulo

"Dub improvisation on my make noise system.

Only make noise modules exept: intellijel planar, as spring reverb and nw2s I/O. Find me at soundcloud as Sönderfall"

nw2s::io balanced upgrade process

Published on Mar 9, 2015 Scott Wilson

"Describes the process of upgrading your nw2s::io from unbalanced to balanced. Pay attention. It's over before you know it."

http://nw2s.net

New nw2s::b looper with glitch playback mode

Published on Feb 5, 2015 Scott Wilson

"For more information, please see http://nw2s.net

Demonstrating the Looper device with a sketch that is streaming multiple samples in glitched playback mode. The samples are from Hiss and Roar's Metal Tones library. Played back through a µfold, SeM20, µVCF, and using the nw2s::io to interface to pro tools with a heavy dose of Vallhalla Room."

Introducing the NW2S IO Eurorack Module

via nw2s

"For far too long, your modular has lived in its own world. Crazy signal levels, Unbalanced connections, Odd cables, Disconnected sleeves? Or is that ring? Or should it be grounded? The nw2s::io lets your modular integrate with your studio just as if it were another one of your studio devices.

- Record directly to your DAW at optimal levels

- Record Rich Patches with a Minimum of Hardware

- Integrate pro audio gear into your patches

- Treat your modular as a hardware insert for your DAW

- Interface CV with your DAW

Available to order now. Preassembled or kit. Starting at $145"

Additoinal details at nw2s.net.

nw2s::b SD patch loader

Published on Oct 19, 2014 Scott Wilson

"With firmware 1.1, the nw2s::b is able to prompt for a patch to load from the SD card when it boots up. Selection is made from 16 choices with the analog input and triggered with a digital input.

The current loader modes are still supported. This includes loading the default patch directly from the SD card and programming the patch directly into the firmware."

otogriddemo3nw2s::b and monome 64 otogrid generative 4-voice sequencer

Published on Oct 19, 2014 Scott Wilson

"For more information, see http://nw2s.net

This is a demo of the nw2s::b integrating with a monome grayscale 64 running a sketch that operates as a generative 4-voice sequencer similar to the earslap otomata.

The nw2s::b is acting as a USB host to the monome and it is generating an analog sequence controlling a couple of dixies, a Z3000, and a piston honda through a hexvca."

nw2s::b and monome 64 2-voice sequencer

Published on Oct 16, 2014 Scott Wilson

"For more information, please see http://nw2s.net

This is a simple demo I put together to demonstrate operation of the nw2s::b 2-voice grid note sequencer with a grayscale monome 64.

The monome is connected directly to the nw2s::b module's native USB connector - no PC is required."

nw2s::b GridTriggerSequencer Demo 1

Published on Oct 12, 2014 Scott Wilson

"For full details, please see http://nw2s.net

This is a demo of the nw2s::b support for hosting USB grids such as the Adafruit trellis-based Hella Oontztrument or any number of monomes.

This demo is of the GridTriggerSequencer which uses the grid as a simple trigger sequence programmer. Sequences may be pre-programmed and stored on the SD card or build from scratch on the fly.

Support for the grid controllers will be available with the release of firmware version 1.1 and will include 64, 128, and 256 button devices."

nw2s::b Firmware v1.0 Released - Allows Non-Coders To Program Custom Patches

via nw2s

"I’m happy to announce the 1.0 version of the nw2s::b firmware. This is quite a milestone in the development of this extremely flexible programmable module.

Until now, the nw2s::b has been a seemingly untamed beast, requiring developer-fu to make heads or tails of the array of inputs, outputs, timers, and display options.

Now non-coders can program the nw2s::b easier than programming your favorite digital/hybrid/virtual sequencer/synth/multi-effect unit. Using an easy-to-read configuration file loaded onto an SD card, entire patches can be built with just a few lines of configuration.

To celebrate, and to get the ‘b into more hands, I’m putting a few of the pre-built modules on sale for a limited time. Once these sell out, I’ll accept back-orders at a slightly discounted rate as well, with just a but of turnaround time for getting them assembled.

For more information, please see:

http://nw2s.net/official-release-version-1-0-firmware/

For some samples of configuration, audio, and video, you can look here:

http://nw2s.net/reference/

...And if you want to get one while I have a few more available (and on sale), stock and pricing is available here:

http://nw2s.net/product/nw2s-b/"

nw2s Sample Playback Demos

via http://nw2s.net/sample-playback/ where you'll find additional details.

"Been working on the 1.0 release of the firmware that will allow normal humans to be able to program this beast of a synth. Getting stable sample playback streaming off the SD card was holding me back, but I think I’ve cracked it!

You can now playback samples of any length from the SD card and loop them! Expect some granular glitch machines next."

nw2s::b probabilistic drum trigger controlling BFD2 via Alesis Trigger IO

Published on Feb 2, 2014 Scott Wilson·11 videos

"For full details, please see http://nw2s.net/analog-modular-contro...

This is a quick sketch I put together based on an earlier drum sequence, but instead of using digital triggers, I'm using the CV outputs to generate trigger signals, driving an Alesis Trigger IO which is running a kit on BFD2."

nw2s::b CV controlled sequencer

Published on Jan 13, 2014 Scott Wilson·11 videos

"No new code to demo this week. Instead this is a new application of existing code. The melody is a sequence whose position is determined using a CV signal. To "play" the sequence, you apply a CV signal, or in my case, you just twist the input potentiometer.

The initial pad and rhythm are built using a modified Turing Machine - where we've only enabled the outputs we need for the patch.

For more details, please see http://nw2s.net"

nw2s::b Turing Machine Adaptation

Published on Jan 5, 2014 Scott Wilson·10 videos

"For full details on this patch, and to order a kit or fully-built module, please see http://nw2s.net

The Turing Machine is a randomizable bit shift register whose value is converted to CV. This is a software adaptation of the original eurorack module. It's not an exact copy, but operates on the same principle."

nw2s (November Whiskey Two Sierra) Arduino Eurorack Modular Platform

Note this is the first nw2s post. Videos below.

"The nw2s::b is an open, Arduino-based modular synthesis development platform for the Eurorack format with 55 independent interface points including CV and digital input and output jacks, knobs, buttons, and even audio. Yes, this module will allow you to emulate almost any existing sequencer, LFO, envelope generator, arpeggiator, quantizer, control voltage processor, hybrid oscillator, or other insane source of uncertainty.

More importantly, it will allow you to build nearly anything you can imagine.

The platform itself is a combination of hardware and software. The software provides a framework which allows you to configure the behavior of the module in a declarative syntax that should be relatively easy to pick up even for those with minimal programming experience.

The framework can easily be extended to provide a consistent development experience or it may be bypassed completely for access to the raw hardware.

Expansion possibilities are provided through the standard Arduino expansion ports which have been exposed via pin headers including I2C, SPI, GPIO, USB, and UART. Additionally, serial communication with a host can be established over Bluetooth."

http://nw2s.net/about/


nw2s::b modular control framework demo 01 Published on Oct 16, 2013 Scott Wilson·9 videos

"I've been developing a framework for algorithmic composition using microcontrollers such as the Arduino or Beagle. The code is currently supported on the Ardcore which runs on the Uno as well as the Due which is the board I'm using in a multi-output design.

The goal of the framework is to provide a number of modular building blocks on which you can design custom sequenced and algorithmic compositional tools.

This is a demonstration of a fixed ADSR generator and gate output that are based on a regular clock. The sound source is a Morphing Terrarium with the Z position modulated by the decayed gate output and the VCA modulated by the ADSR output. The X/Y position is unmodulated, but sent to a bubblesound SEM20 with the cutoff frequency modulated by an LFO.

Obviously, the ADSR is nothing in and of itself, but with any framework, the work to get to this point is mostly unseen. This is as much a POC of the framework concept as anything else.

I'm in the process of building a prototype that will be able to generate all of the control signals at once. Having all of them together makes a framework that much more significant.

And for a few more details... Outputs are digitized using a Radial DI amplified by a Daking preamp into an Avid HD IO. There's some Lexicon Random Hall, Valhalla Ubermod, and Soundtoys Crystalizer processing added afterwards.

For more information on the code, please see https://github.com/nw2s/b. I'll have some more information on the hardware prototyping soon. Just getting some details together."

nw2s::b probability triggers demo

Published on Dec 30, 2013

"This is another quick demo of what you can do with just a few lines of code in the nw2s::b. The probability trigger sequence is a sequence whose values are a set of percentage chances of a particular trigger event happening. Each sequence can be modified by an input value which reduces or increases the probabilities by a factor that varies from center.

In this specific demo, the clock is variable from 60 to 240bpm.

The triggers are hooked up to a Delptronics LDB-1e and the recording is dry.

I'm still running an acrylic cover. Preorders are on, and I'll be ordering the aluminum panels and production PCBs as soon as I get 30 pre orders. For more information, please see http://nw2s.net"