Analog Four & Serge / NonLinear Circuit Synths

Analog Four & Serge / NonLinear Circuit Synths _ Edit 1

Published on Aug 31, 2013 DJjondent·208 videos

"A bit of live minimal electronica.

The Analog 4 (by Elektron) is clocking the Serge/NLC synth.

I'm using the Divine CMOS & Resonator filter
from Non-Linear Circuits (NLC) .... along with the odd Serge Wave shaper.

For the record:
VCOs used: NLC VCOs 1 & 2, Serge Precision VCO & NTO,

The master clock from the A4 is split with a Serge Pulse divider, and a NLC Great Divide.
They clock the various NLC & Serge sequencers.

A special mention about the Divine CMOS & Great Divide.
I'm using The Divine CMOS here as a harmonic divider.
This circuit takes two input signals and divides them down by /2, /4, /8 & /16.
I'm then re-mixing the divisions to create new & complex harmonics.

And the Great divide is a clock divider capable of dividing down to 1/16384 of the clock signal.
According to Andrew's Manual, A 1Hz signal on the clock means the /16384 output will rise approx. every 4.5 hours.

Thanks to Andrew of Nonlinear Circuits
http://nonlinearcircuits.blogspot.com.au"


Analog 4 & Serge / NLC Synths _ Edit 2

Published on Aug 31, 2013

"More live minimal synths. A variation of the last video"

NonLinearCircuits DIVINE CMOS

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via this auction

"This circuit takes two input signals and divides them down by /2, /4, /8 & /16. It also ring modulates the two signals and all of their divisions (similar to the ring mods in the Korg MS-20 and ARP Odyssey). All of these signals can then be mixed to create the output waveform. If this is done at audio rates the output is very thick and full of shifting harmonics. If it is done at LFO rates, the output is a complex pattern that can be used as a CV source.

To sum up, it is a dual sub-oscillator, harmonic divider, harmonic ring-modulator and pattern generator.

The best effect at audio rates is to get signals from 2 VCOs that are beating – running at almost the same frequency…but not quite. This gives a continuously shifting and active sound. As the input signals are divided down to /16, it is best to run the VCOs at higher frequencies than usual to be able to exploit all the available divisions.

To use as a pattern generator, connect two gate/trigger/LFO signals to the inputs (or just one – it will still work, but 2 is more interesting). Connect the output to a VCO or VCF and adjust the pots to find patterns that will be somewhat unpredictable but quite fun to use."

Videos at the auction and previously posted here.

nonlinearcircuits panel modular

nonlinearcircuits has a post up on a panel based modular system he will be building. For those not familiar with panel based systems, it just means all featured modules are in one panel rather than having separate modules that need to be racked together. Serge makes panels vs individual modules for example. nonlinearciruits has a YouTube channel so hopefully we'll see this one in action.

"Panel 1 - bindubba 1 & 3 sequencers, multiples (banana to minijack connectors)

Panel 2 - PMS VCO, PMS VCO, dual DC mixers, LDR VCA/mixer, dual LFO, utility EG

Panel 3 - 5 stage Resonator, dual triple channel VCAs, double Jerkoff Chaos, EoE VCF (transistor ladder), ARP/Electronotes style 2 pole VCF, Divine CMOS (sub-oscillator, harmonic divider, harmonic ring-modulator, pattern generator, all kinds of tricks!)

Panel 4 - CMOSC (6 simple CMOS drone oscillators with gate selectable frequency control and sync function), 4 stage Thru & Hold, 4 stage Sample & Hold (these each have CV inputs and 4 individual gate controlled outputs), Four Squared Logic, The Great Divide, 8-bit Cipher, dual bi-directional switches.

Panel 5 - two Envelope Generators (based on Korg 3100 designs but modded for CV control of Attack/Decay, extra outputs and retriggerable), dual DC mixers, four Utility VCOs (these are 1V/oct and range from approx 0.1Hz to 8kHz so can be used as LFOs too), twin-T VCF with voltage controlled resonance, VC Wave Clipper, dual analogue Neuron.

Panel 6 - PT2399 based delay, Ramp generator, dual Utility VCOs, Veena (drone module based on Indian musical instruments), Six channel Mixer/Panner with headphone amp and multiple outputs (banana and 1/4 inch), Six Random Noise sources (pink, white, slow random, etc), Six Passive filters (Vibes, Vox, Brass, Funk, Harp, Gurgle - to use with extra outputs from Veena), The Bigot (CV controlled signal splitter), analogue And, Analogue Or, Controller (module for adding proximity or ribbon controller)

Serge/NonLinearCircuits Synth Vs Makenoise

Published on Mar 27, 2013 DJjondent·181 videos

"Serge & NonLinear Circuits Modular sequenced by
Makenoise Pressure points & Rene.

The Serge TKB is on its way. Until then the pressure points are a good substitute.

Full video is here:
http://youtu.be/-DE8Mb8ig_g

I've used the NLC filters: Divine CMOS & The SPAM.

NLC (Non-Linear Circuits).
http://www.sdiy.org/pinky/
http://nonlinearcircuits.blogspot.com"