Dirty Electronics Mute Synth Custom (Warm) Leatherette Mod by A.S.M.O.

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via this auction

- video at the auction & previously posted here. via the seller in the listing: "The Mute Synth is a hand held touch controlled synthesizer originally commissioned by Mute Records for the Mute Short Circuit weekend at the Roundhouse, London in May 2011. http://mute.com/mute/the-mute-synth

This is one of 3 heavily modified versions built by myself with additional features and controls, the first was built as a commission for Mute Records founder Daniel Miller (hence the Leatherette), this one which I am selling and the 3rd which I am keeping for myself. Daniel asked me to build him one after seeing an earlier modified version I built here.

The Mute Synth features 2 oscillators, feedback and a pulser / sequencer controlled by touch panels and tilt switches, in this modified version all the touch panels are wired to control knobs and switches for stable tuning and accurate control and housed in a wooden case, the front and rear panels are covered in black leatherette. Added to each of the oscillators and feedback is an LFO (3 in total) for modulation with rate, wave shape and depth controls.

Also added is a voltage controlled (CV input via a 1/4 jack socket on the rear panel) low / band pass filter with resonance and cut off knobs, filter self oscillates at full resonance.

The Mute Synth itself is powered by a coin cell and additional circuitry powered from 9v PP3 battery, compartment in rear panel.

This one is identical to the one built for Daniel Miller except for the different style knobs and weathering patina on the Mute synth. Pictures of Daniel's mod and control diagram can be viewed on my Facebook page or on Flickr"

Mute Synth Custom Modified by A.S.M.O. for Daniel Miller

YouTube Uploaded by eddie23a on Mar 7, 2012

"Dirty Electronics Mute Synth custom modified by A.S.M.O. for Daniel Miller (The Normal / Mute Records). Touch panels hardwired to pots and switches, 3 LFOs, one for each oscillator and feedback. Low / band pass resonant filter with external voltage control input, self oscillates at full resonance. Panel is covered in (warm) leatherette, nice!

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http://mute.com/mute/the-mute-synth"

pics on flickr

Dirty Electronics Twin ICA Synth Cube

Dirty Electronics weekend at the ica
YouTube Uploaded by anatbendavid on Feb 23, 2011

via this auction 2nd video at the auction and previously posted here.

"Dirty Electronics Twin ICA Synth Cube from the makers of the Mute Synth

The ICA Synth is a feedback based noise / rhythm instrument, it was commissioned and designed for a week long residency / workshop / installation / performance at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London as part of the Live Weekends : Notation and Interpretation event in February 2011.

This special edition features 2 ICA boards linked together and housed in a wooden cube. Cube is made from high quality Ash plywood with rubber feet and battery compartment in the base.

Each board features 2 oscillators, feedback, low pass filter and a sequencer/pulser, touch controls and 6.35mm jack output.

The 2 boards are linked together by a ribbon cable, the sequencer circuits interact creating more complex rhythms.

Requires 9v battery.

Only 100 of the ICA Synth boards were made and only 4 of this cube version by Stu Smith (A.S.M.O)

ICA board designed by John Richards ( Dirty Electronics )"

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MUTE SYNTH _ UNPREDICTABLE SOUND and STRUCTURE

mute synth _ dirty electronics

YouTube Uploaded by pianoloft on Nov 4, 2011

"it´s fun, to play along with that crazy hand-hold synth by dirty electronics, a touch-controlled noise based device."

"The MUTE SYNTH is a very special device, which alters pitch, sound and pulse when it is tilted. it utilises feedback and responds to touch of your hands. one has to explore and find one´s own way how to use it. it´s like a journey to an unknown territory. i like the unusual handling it´s extraordinary design, which is some artwork, created by Adrian Shaughnessy from MUTE.

more information: http://www.dirtyelectronics.org"

DIRTY ELECTRONICS MUTE SYNTH

"Mute announce the release of the Dirty Electronics Mute Synth, a specially created analogue electronic instrument, which will be available at select shops, including Rough Trade East (London) and Schneiders Buero (Berlin) and online from: http://www.mutebank.co.uk

Watch the Dirty Electronics Mute Synth in action: [posted here]
Originally created for the legendary Short Circuit presents Mute event at the Roundhouse, the Dirty Electronics Mute Synth is a hand-held touch and tilt instrument with copper etched artwork and contoured printed circuit board that was designed in collaboration Mute and long time associate, graphic designer Adrian Shaughnessy.

The instrument combines sound synthesis with a sequencer/pulser, and is controlled by the conductivity of the human body which completes the instrument’s circuit when the copper etching is touched. Designed to be played with thumbs and fingers, there are touch points on both sides of the circuit board and two tilt switches on different planes allow for gestural control of the sequencer.

Since 2003, John Richards has been exploring the idea of Dirty Electronics, focusing on face-to-face shared experiences, ritual, gesture, touch and social interaction. In Dirty Electronics, process and performance are inseparably bound and a large part of the Dirty Electronics experience is the workshop, which premiered the Mute Synth in the Roundhouse earlier this year.

Dirty Electronics recently held a workshop at the Supersonic festival in Birmingham, for further information please visit: www.dirtyelectronics.org

www.mute.com
www.twitter.com/muteuk
www.facebook.com/muterecords"

Also see the Dirty Electronics label below for some more of their creations.

Dirty Electronics ICA Synth x2 Cubed

YouTube Uploaded by eddie23a on Oct 16, 2011

"2 Dirty Electronics ICA Synths linked and synced. Circuit and PCB designed by John Richards, housed in a wooden cube by Stu Smith (A.S.M.O.)

www.dirtyelectronics.org/"

2 Dirty Electronics ICA Synths cubed

flickr By asmo23

"2 Dirty Electronics ICA Synths linked and synced. Circuit and PCB designed by John Richards, housed in a wooden cube by Stu Smith (A.S.M.O.)

www.dirtyelectronics.org/"

MuteSynth&MorrisBox Rocks!

YouTube Uploaded by taskent99 on Sep 9, 2011

"First jam with Mute Synth and Morris Box!"

Dirty Electronics Grain Synth Counterpoint

YouTube Uploaded by eddie23a on Aug 18, 2011

"17 grain synths bleep until they sync
The Dirty Electronics Grain Synth was created for a workshop at the Royal Festival Hall to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Festival of Britain.

http://www.dirtyelectronics.org/
http://asmo23.wordpress.com/"

Dirty Electronics at Royal Festival Hall, grain synth workshop

YouTube Uploaded by eddie23a on Aug 15, 2011

"Dirty Electronics FLASH BANG SOLDER - Festival of Britain 60th Anniversary

More info
John Richards (Dirty Electronics) will be creating a large-scale public artwork entitled Hope as part of the Festival of Britain 60th Anniversary at the Festival Hall, Southbank Centre, London, 13 and 14 August. The public will be able to drop in to a free workshop and build a tiny 'grain' synthesizer that omits a very short repeated sound and visually concurrent blinking LED. As the weekend progresses, the grains of sound are amassed into an installation to create an evolving sound and visual texture. It is only through a collective effort that the final piece is realised. From the basis of adding 'simple' grains of sound and light, a complex stochastic process and experience is produced. The work explores the themes of mass production and individualism, the hand-made and collective process in the creation of an artwork. A limited edition Festival of Britain Emblem Synth will also be produced in collaboration with Black Country Atelier.

http://ticketing.southbank​centre.co.uk/find/learning​-participation/tickets/fla​sh-bang-solder-60590"

Lead & Schemas

Lead & Schemas from Dirty Electronics on Vimeo.

"Dirty Electronics at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London, February 2011; and preparation for the event at One Thoresby Street, Nottingham, and P W Circuits, Leicester. Music Dirty Electronics. Video Emma Knight and Andy Hill.

The composer and instrument maker John Richards takes up temporary residence in the gallery with Solder and Score, a unique participation opportunity for visitors to the ICA. Over the course of five days, workshop attendees will build a large patchwork quilt-like instrument and co-write a musical score that will culminate in a group performance. Referring to his process as Dirty Electronics, Richards conjures electronic phenomena at odds to those found in today’s mass produced digital culture and utilises characteristics such as designer trash, hand-made, ready-made, hacked, bent, fedback and kitsch in the process.

For Live Weekends: Notation and Interpretation, the workshops will immerse attendees in the interplay between process and performance beginning on the workbench, co-devising the modules that will form the ‘instrument’‚ and then extending onto the ‘stage’."

Dirty Electronics Mute Synth

Dirty Electronics Mute Synth from Dirty Electronics on Vimeo.

"Dirty Electronics Mute Synth promo made only with sounds from the Mute Synth with edits and processing. Photography and animation Stereographic (Birmingham). Performed by Burlesque artist Eliza DeLite.

The Mute Synth is a hand-held touch and tilt instrument with copper etched artwork and contoured printed circuit board that was designed in collaboration with Mute and graphic designer Adrian Shaughnessy. The instrument brings together many Dirty Electronics aesthetics and instrument designs into one device in particular creating an instrument ‘of the hand’ (in terms of both playing and building), a noise-based device that utilises feedback, and exploring the relationship between artwork and circuit board."

Dirty Electronics/Mute Records Synth with Autographs

via this auction
"Top of the list here is an unused and brand new "touch and tilt" synthesizer, designed and built by Dirty Electronics, commissioned by Mute Records and for sale exclusively at the Mute Records Short Circuit electronic music festival, held at The Roundhouse, London, 13th & 14th May 2011. Also up for grabs (as part of this lot) are autographs of three guys who have helped craft so many Mute records...Daniel Miller (the boss man), Flood (record producer for Depeche Mode, Nick Cave, Nitzer Ebb, Renegade Soundwave etc.) and Gareth Jones (sound engineer). There are also six black and white 8"x10" photographs taken at the weekend event, plus A5 and A6 sized leaflets distributed at the event. Only 50 copies of the Mute Synth were manufactured and all were sold at The Roundhouse. You will struggle to find another copy of this amazing piece of electronic wizardry. An A4 paper manual is included. The size of the synth is approximately 18x11 cm. The synth has no keyboard and cannot be programmed, it has no memory. Essentially you are bidding on an item for what it actually is more than what it actually does. In essence it is a noise generator that responds to touch and alters pitch/sound when tilted. The following is an excerpt from the included documentation, which better describes the device... The Mute Synth is a hand-held touch and tilt instrument with copper etched artwork and contoured printed circuit board that was designed in collaboration with Mute and graphic designer Adrian Shaughnessy. The instrument brings together many Dirty Electronics aesthetics and instrument designs into one device in particular creating an instrument ‘of the hand’ (in terms of both playing and building), a noise-based device that utilises feedback, and exploring the relationship between artwork and circuit board. It combines sound synthesis with a sequencer/pulser, and it is ‘knobless’. The Mute Synth is controlled by using the conductivity of the human body to complete the instrument’s circuit when the copper etching is touched. There are touch ‘points’ on both sides of the circuit board, and the instrument is designed to be played with thumbs and fingers. Two tilt switches on different planes allow for gestural control of the sequencer. Pulsating brilliant white noise and grunge in the hand!"

Dirty Electronics Mute Synth Hardwire Mod

YouTube Uploaded by eddie23a on Jun 16, 2011

"Dirty Electronics Mute Synth, commissioned by Mute Records, designed by John Richards.
Hardwire mod by A.S.M.O.

http://asmo23.wordpress.com/
http://www.dirtyelectronics.org/
http://www.mute.com"

BEAM FESTIVAL

"24-26 JUNE 2011

Sarah Nicols and her colleagues at Brunel University are hosting their first edition of the BEAM Festival (Brunel Electronic & Analog Music Festival) between 24-26 June 2011. The program features some of the best in today’s experimental electronic music including Tim Exile, Stelarc, Jennifer Walshe, Leafcutter John, Philip Jeck and more. STEIM is a proud partner of the festival, contributing to the concert and workshop programs. Check out the line-up, and participate in the festival!

http://www.beamfestival.com/

Brunel University, Uxbridge, West London, UB8 3PH

BEAM is a high-tech music weekender, an experimental playground of homemade instruments and sonic robots. Featuring three days of performances, installations, discussions and workshops, BEAM explores the physical virtuosity of electronic music; everything at BEAM moves. An international line-up curated for veterans and beginners alike, BEAM takes place at Brunel University, NW London (Metropolitan Line).

Tickets and programme at www.beamfestival.com

Festival pass £25 - ONLY £50 with accommodation until 9 June
Day passes from £10 Sunday, £15 Friday and Saturday Concessions available
Workshop tickets now on sale for Tom Bugs, STEIM & Dirty Electronics

Festival Highlights include:

PERFORMANCES

Stelarc and Jennifer Walshe; Chikashi Miyama (Angry Sparrow); Sarah Angliss; Ryan Jordan; Leafcutter John; Tim Exile; Stephen Cornford; Atau_and_Adam; Alex Nowitz; Philip Jeck; Tim Exile; DJ Sniff; STEIM and more

WORKSHOPS

Build your own WOM (simple electronic noise synth kit ) with Tom Bugs; create a Cracklebox with Daniel Schorno of STEIM; Dirty Electonics with John Richards Plus free workshops: Psychedelic Goggle with Ryan Jordan; AV Micro-Controllers with Chikashi Miyama and Music from Motion with Sarah Angliss.


INSTALLATIONS

Installed work by Aleks Kolkowski, Ray Lee and BEAM OPEN SPACE artists; Sonic Picnic with Paul Whitty & Felicity Ford; SARC's brain-powered sleepover on Saturday night - bring a sleeping bag!

See the website for full programme details and tickets www.beamfestival.com

BEAM Festival is funding by Arts Council England¹s Grants for the Arts."

This one in via brian comnes.

Dirty Electronics Mute Records Synth (Depeche Mode)

via this auction
"unused and brand new Dirty Electronics Mute Synth, Sold exclusively at the Mute Records Short Circuit Festival, The Roundhouse London 13-14 May 2011.
The Synth is strictly limited to 50 Copies and was commissioned by Mute Records and special made for the event where it was sold out. A 4xA4 Manual/Documentation will be included. The size of the Synth is circa 18x11 cm...

From the Documentation:
'The Mute Synth is a hand-held touch and tilt instrument with copper etched artwork and
contoured printed circuit board that was designed in collaboration with Mute and
graphic designer Adrian Shaughnessy. The instrument brings together many Dirty
Electronics aesthetics and instrument designs into one device in particular creating an
instrument ‘of the hand’ (in terms of both playing and building), a noise-based device
that utilises feedback, and exploring the relationship between artwork and circuit board.
It combines sound synthesis with a sequencer/pulser, and it is ‘knobless’. The
Mute Synth is controlled by using the conductivity of the human body to complete the
instrument’s circuit when the copper etching is touched. There are touch ‘points’ on both sides
of the circuit board, and the instrument is designed to be played with thumbs and fingers.
Two tilt switches on different planes allow for gestural control of the sequencer. Pulsating
brilliant white noise and grunge in the hand!'"

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Dirty Electronics - Skull Etching build - London

via John R
"Dirty Electronics with John Richards will be coming to London on 12-13 Oct for In Our Blood at the Electrowerkz (Islington Metal Works). Build the classic Dirty Electronics Skull Etching and take part in a large group performance where the improbable and ridiculous collide through electronic sound and the technological unknown. Program includes performances by Plaid, Simon Fisher Turner, Felix’s Machines, Global Goon and more … More info: www.dirtyelectronics.org
Tickets for workshop"