US 6 in California Part 1: Bishop towards Nevada

video upload by CatSynth TV

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Part 1 of a two part series following US Highway 6 from its western terminus at US 395 in Bishop over the state line into Nevada. The highway covers a remote area of desert mountains and valleys.

Original music features the following instruments:
EastWest Stormdrum 3
Arturia Filter SEM and Reverb LX-24
Crank Sturgeon Pocket Gamelon
Strymon StarLab Reverb module
Dreadbox Euphoria 8-stage Phaser module
Cherry Audio Elka-X"

US 395 and Califorhia Highway 14: Small Lake to Red Rock Canyon, Mojave Desert

video upload by CatSynth TV

"We travel south on US Highway 395 and California Highway 14 in the high desert from the vicinity of Small Lake to the entrance of Red Rock Canyon State Park. Here US 395 emerges onto a wide desert plane near the border between Inyo and Kern Counties. It then splits from the northern end of CA 14, which was once part of US 6.

The original music is based on a rhythm based on Indian classical thekas with 14 beats, including Rupak and Āṛāchārtāl. It features the following instruments:
Yamaha RX5 Drum Machine
Kilpatrick Audio Carbon Sequencer
Octave CAT analog synthesizer
Arturia Pigments
Arturia Stage 73 V and Wurli V
Crank Sturgeon Pocket Gamelan
Strymon StarLab
Rossum Electro-Music Morpheus Z-Plane Filter
Metasonix RK5 Dual Low Pass Gate
Folk Tok Envelope Follower
EastWest Sounds Hollywood Orchestra contra-bassoon
Aberrant DSP Digitalis

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Noise session with the Wonder Wheel CV generator by Crank Sturgeon

electro lobotomy

Watch your volume levels on this one.

"The Wonder Wheel is a bi polar CV source built by Crank Sturgeon. Please give his shop a visit: https://www.etsy.com/shop/CrankSturge..."

Sheltering in Place with KOMA Field Kit, Crank Sturgeon Pocket Gamelan, Mr. Grassi, and more

Published on Mar 23, 2020 CatSynth TV

"As we shelter in place we have a bit of fun with the KOMA Field Kit driving the Crank Sturgeon Pocket Gamelan (springs, wires, and contact mics). We also use the Mr. Grassi non-deterministic touch plate module to drive a gong via a speaker and contact mic connected to the Field Kit. Audio is sent through the Strymon Magneto and QuBit Prism modules. The solenoid of the Field Kit is controlled by an FM shaped LFO on the After Later Pique module.

0:17 Field Kit Solenoid + marbles exciting the Pocket Gamelan (audio thru Strymon Magneto)
0:56 Solenoid striking the springs of the Pocket Gamelan
1:45 Using Mr. Grassi to excite a gong via the Koma Field Kit (audio thru Prism & Magneto)"

Crank Sturgeon Contact Mic Tutorial

Published on Nov 6, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"What is a contact mic? What is a transducer? Can packing tape replace a violin or a cello? Is your neglected Slinky a dormant laser factory? Crank Sturgeon answers all of these questions and more, providing colorful insight into his own music making practice and the instruments he produces.

Crank Sturgeon's instruments are all based around lo-fi transducers: devices that convert acoustic energy into electrical energy. By creating general-purpose devices for amplifying all sorts of sounds, everyday objects suddenly take on entirely new musical meaning: rubber bands, spoons, string, and all manner of appliances suddenly produce sound that could bring new character to your own music...or take it over entirely.

Crank Sturgeon instruments available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/crank-...

#PerfectCircuit #ContactMic #Tutorial"

Crank Sturgeon Contact Mic + Lofi Mic Demo/Performance

Scheduled for Oct 23, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"Crank Sturgeon will be demonstrating some of the interesting things you can do with contact mics, inductors, and other lofi mics that he makes. He will also be doing a short performance and we will be raffling off a few microphones. If you can't make it to our Burbank CA event space on Wednesday 10/23 at 7PM to see the event live you can watch it here on the live stream."

Samoa Bridge (Eureka, California)

Published on Aug 8, 2019 CatSynth TV

"Driving eastward across Humboldt Bay on the 'Samoa Bridge', which is actually a series of three bridges that carry CA Highway 255 and connects to two islands in the middle of the bay before alighting in Eureka.

Hardware instruments:
Crank Sturgeon Pocket Gamelon
Strymon Magneto 4-head tape-delay simulator module

Software Instruments:
Arturia Pigments
Arturia Synclavier V
Arturia Buchla Easel V"

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