Soldering the 100 pin patch matrix on a Dirty Electronics MSII.

Published on Jun 22, 2015 A.S.M.O.

"Video recorded in Erasmus Gracia hotel room, Barcelona. Audio recorded live on the pavement outside PARANOID_the shop, Valencia."

IT`S ONLY NOiSE BUT I LIKE IT!

Published on Nov 12, 2014 taskent99

"Rocking with MuteSynth, CicarBoxSynth and couple of Bugbrands boardweevils. Pedals I used on this the livesession are vintage 60` VOX Distortion and Shark Moo Kalei-distortion from Bangkok.
It was a fun to do for a long time you-tube session! Camera dropped couple of times , SLR:s memor full and for the second track I had to use iPhone`s recorded sound…first take is always the for the Noise-Music! ( at least older person like me...)"

Mute Synths on eBay | Bugbrand on eBay

Little Noise Box Synth Jam (Mute Synth, Lush One, Standuino 2pi, MicroBrute) #TTNM

Published on Nov 4, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines

"Playing around with some small noise and drone synths. More info below. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...

Questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! :) Thanks for watching! Check out my channel for more Synthesizer Music:
http://nightmachines.tv/youtube

Audio gear used:
- Lush Projects LushOne (DIY modular synthesizer through Kind Instruments Alter-Echo pedal)
- Arturia MicroBrute (analog synthesizer)
- Standuino (Bastl Instruments) 2pi White Noise Edition (Arduino noise synth through Electro Harmonix EHX Super Ego Synth Engine pedal)
- Dirty Electronics Mute Synth (lickable weird sound generator)
- Zoom R16 (recording & mastering)

Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i).

If you've read this far, post a comment with the word "cutesies" in it :D"

MUTE SYNTH Review - Wet & Dirty #TTNM

Published on Nov 1, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines

Audio Damage T-Shirt.

"Here is a very serious review and sound demo of the Dirty Electronics Mute Synth I, a handheld noise synth with a twist ... or tilt. More info below. Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...

The Mute Synth is controlled by bridging connections with your fingers. It's a weirdly fun noise maker and I'm looking forward to the Mute Synth II, which is just around the corner. What do you think?

Official Websites:
http://dirtyelectronics.org
http://www.mutebank.co.uk

Questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! :) Thanks for watching! Check out my channel for more Synthesizer Videos:
http://nightmachines.tv/youtube

Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i)."

New MUTE SYNTH II in association with Dirty Electronics

Published on Oct 30, 2014 Mute

"The Dirty Electronics Mute Synth II (MSII), is a hand-held synth and sequencer designed in collaboration with the designer and writer, Adrian Shaughnessy. The MSII follows the first Dirty Electronics Mute Synth (MSI), originally created for the legendary Short Circuit presents Mute event at the Roundhouse in 2011.

MSII’s elegant design and focus on usability pushes through a pick-up-and-play approach, with switches and knobs, in conjunction with the touch controls inherent in the MSI, to enable complex and infinite rhythms and sounds to be created simply.

Mute Synth II comes with a selection of works created using the synth by artists associated with Dirty Electronics and Mute.

mute.com/
dirtyelectronics.org/"

"LIMITED EDITION OF 300

Pick up and play and patch, patch, patch.

The Dirty Electronics Mute Synth II (MSII) is a hand-held synth and sequencer that follows the first Dirty Electronics Mute Synth (MSI), originally created for the legendary Short Circuit presents Mute event at the Roundhouse in 2011.

MSII’s elegant design and focus on usability pushes through a pick-up-and-play approach, with switches and knobs, in conjunction with the touch controls inherent in the MSI, to enable complex and infinite rhythms and sounds to be created simply.

The Mute Synth II comes boxed with an album of works using the synth by artists associated with Dirty Electronics and Mute. The CD features Chris Carter (Throbbing Gristle / Carter Tutti Void), Simon Fisher Turner, Dominic Butler (Bronze Teeth / Factory Floor), Kidanevil, Dirty Electronics and others.

Listen to a sampler of the album here

MSII is designed in collaboration with the designer and writer, Adrian Shaughnessy.

Mute Synth II is a statement against MPEG culture and places an onus on an active participant rather than passive consumer and has been born out of Dirty Electronics’ ongoing commitment to DIY approaches and noise aesthetics, and serves as a catalyst for experimenting with electronic sound.

Additional modules and add-ons make the MSII customisable and scalable.

Packaged with a booklet containing simple and clear instructions, diagrams and essays, the MSII opens-up usability to not only the synth aficionado, but also an untrained enthusiast.

Features:

Designer circuit board
Noise generator
Feedback
Oscillator
Wave-shaping
Buffered output
Sequencer
Touch and pot control
Mini patchbay
Headphone/line output
Battery powered (9v battery not included)
Mute Synth II Dimensions: 105mm x 165mm"

Dirty Electronics Sónar 20th Anniversary Synth

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"Hand held touch controlled mini synth produced for the Sónar Festival 20th Anniversary in Barcelona.

Loops and tones are pre-programmed on PIC chip, synth is played by touching the letters of the Sónar logo in various combinations.

Comes already assembled in anti static bag with documentation card.

Can be reprogrammed with a PIC chip programmer and software documentation here

Size 140 x 68mm
Headphone jack"

Dirty Electronics Mute Synth Mod (blonde) by A.S.M.O.

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"Dirty Electronics Mute Synth Mod (blonde)
by A.S.M.O.

http://asmo23.wordpress.com/

Dirty Electronics Mute Synth hardwired with single LFO, switchable between either of the 2 oscillators or feedback, case is built from beech ply with polycarbonate panel. Mute Synth runs off it's own 3v coin cell, LFO runs of 9v PP3 battery."

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Dirty Electronics Mute Synth

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"dirty electronics mute synth 2011 features touch and tilt control 2 oscillators feedback distortion filter sequencer jack out put comes with all payper work instructions other paper work on mute packing and battrie ready to use this thing is crazy! check out youtube etc. this cost £60 when new thanks for your time will be well packed"

See the Dirty Electronics label below.  This listing appears to be for just the board.

Sonar Synth 2013

Published on Jul 9, 2013 Ashley Elsdon·251 videos

"1st play with this lovely little synth from the Dirty Electronics Ensemble."

DIRTY ELECTRONICS WHITE LABEL WORKSHOP (8TH JUNE 2013)

"Take part in a hands-on building session and rehearsal of pieces for the White Label Synth, based in the Sonar 20th Aniversary Synth"

Full details on Noise Android

Dirty Electronics Dirty Carter : Hardwire Mod by A.S.M.O.

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"Hardwire Mod by A.S.M.O.

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This is a hardwire mod of the Dirty Carter Experimental Sound Generating Instrument, a post card sized hand held touch controlled instrument, designed by John Richards (Dirty Electronics) and Chris Carter ( Throbbing Gristle, Carter Tutti). It was originally produced for a special performance by Carter and the 25 strong Dirty Electronics Ensemble in 2010. Chris’ artwork is etched into the PCB and forms part of the circuit.

The instrument is mounted on a custom built wooden case with aluminium face plate is covered with black leatherette.

On this mod all the touch points are wired up to pots, with rotary switches to select clock range and feedback input, giving more precise control and predictability. The mix tilt switch is disabled and rerouted to a toggle switch. The original speaker is removed and a ¼ audio out socket added. Also added is a low pass filter with resonance and cutoff controls with an LFO for modulation and CV in. At full resonance the filter self oscillates.

The original instrument and additional circuitry are powered from a 9v PP3 battery

The Instrument uses a dual 4-stage shift register. Each register is controlled independently. Two oscillators are used per register: one as a clock, the other as input data that is cascaded through the four stages. The outputs from the stages are mixed together. A fast clock rate produces a crude form of wavetable synthesis, whilst a slow clock rate creates audible pulses and clicks. Sound from both the 4-stage shift registers can be mixed together. Glitchy noise, deep drones and percussive peeps!"

Video posted here.

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Dirty Electronics Sonar 20th Anniversary Synth

Dirty Electronics Sonar 20th Anniversary Synth from Dirty Electronics on Vimeo.

"The Dirty Electronics Sonar 20th Anniversary Synth is an ultra minimal pocket-sized synth, black finished with silver-plated etched Sonar logo. The synth has a 20-step sequencer to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of Sonar (one step for each year). The instrument comes with pre-written sequenced patterns that can be either listened to in their own right or ‘played’ (mashed-up, parts of the sequence looped, tempo changed, noise and feedback added, etc.). The synth is played by running fingers across the letters of the Sonar logo and is designed for headphone listening or line out. Bit bashing meets analogue noise and crumpled grooves.

All sounds from the Sonar 20th Anniversary Synth with some edits and processing.

Music Dirty Electronics
Video Stu Smith
Art direction and performance Alexandra Moon-Age
Sonar 20th Anniversary Synth John Richards, Jim Frize and Stu Smith

www.dirtyelectronics.org
www.moon-age.net
www.sonar.es"

Mutesynth drones

"Headphones on and shut yer eyes...

VCO Pulse via Moog Filtatron
Drone 1 & 2 & 4 via MuteSynth thru Filtatron
Electric Bass DI'd
Drone 3 via The Swarm
83.1bpm"

via Marc Coyles on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge (click through for more pics): "Having finally realised I'm never going to be able to afford a Buchla Skylab, nor a Swarmatron, I decided to invest in a pair of Collider / DirtyElectronics MuteSynth kits (£30 each) and spent sunday soldering them up... only took 2 hours! VERY pleased with the results, especially once whacked thru Filtatron on iOS, effectively using the MuteSynths as sample sources grabbed in realtime. Chucked this together with them"

Dirty Electronics Mute Synth Mod by A.S.M.O.

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"This is my first hardwired mod of the Dirty Electronics Mute Synth. The Mute Synth was originally commissioned by Mute Records for the Mute Short Circuit weekend at the Roundhouse, London in May 2011. This mod is the precursor to a more extensive mod I later built for Daniel Miller, this version has all the touch panels wired to pots for precise pitch and pulser / sequencer control. The Mute logo is etched into the copper of the Mute synth. Also added is a single LFO with speed and depth controls which can be switched to modulate either of the 2 oscillators or feedback. Whilst not as extensive of my later mod it still packs a punch, I've used it in many of my solo live performances and also with the Dirty Electronics Ensemble, I'm selling it to make space for an even more heavily modded version I'm working on, such is progress :) The pictures and video below [posted here] were taken when I originally built it, I've slightly modified it since, the filter switch has been removed and replaced with an LED to indicate the LFO speed (as can be seen in the main listing photo) and the LFO itself has been tweaked. The copper has also oxidised with use since, so is not as shiny as it is in these pictures. The Soundcloud recording above is as it sounds now.
Signed on the base by me A.S.M.O.

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dotmatrix

Dirty Electronics dotmatrix prototype from Dirty Electronics on Vimeo.

Dirty Carter Hardwire Mod by A.S.M.O.

YouTube Published on Sep 13, 2012 by eddie23a

"The Dirty Carter Electronic Sound Generating Instrument was designed by John Richards (Dirty Electronics) and Chris Carter from legendary Industrial pioneers Throbbing Gristle. It was produced for a special performance by Carter and the 25 strong Dirty Electronics Ensemble in 2010. It was originally designed as a touch controlled instrument with the player's skin resistance completing the circuit. This hard wired modification by A.S.M.O. gives more control and predictability by wiring all to the touch contacts to pots and switches. An additional low pass resonant filter has been added, LFO and an external CV socket for filter modulation. The case is made of stained ply and the front panel is covered with black leatherette."

Dirty Electronics Mute Synth - One of 3 Heavily Modded for Auction

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

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. Daniel asked me to build him one after seeing an earlier modified version I built here.

THIS IS THE LAST ONE I AM SELLING

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 weathering patina on the Mute synth and different style knobs.
Pictures of Daniel's mod and control diagram can be viewed on my Blog, Facebook page or on Flickr"

Video previously posted here.

Dirty Electronics Testing Instruments

YouTube Published on May 25, 2012 by sonodrome

"Dirty Electronics Instrument Testing

Optophonotrope & Spinner
Using Optical Analogue Pianola Circuit

Performers: James & Simon"

Dirty Electronics : Athens Video Art Festival Instrument

YouTube Published on May 19, 2012 by eddie23a

MINISYNTHS.mp4

YouTube Published on Apr 13, 2012 by taskent99

"Having fun with small synths: Live impro with BoardWeelil 2012, Nebulophone, Monotribe & Mute Synth. Effects: Monotron delay, Vox Amplug & Valhalla Room."