MadLab Bleep-o-Tron DIY Synth! \\\ Patch Flip & Tweak ///

video upload by midierror

You might recognize the name from a 2016 incarnation posted here. See the MadLab label for additional creations.

"This phase modulation synth costs $45 !!?! Take a quick tour tweaking some patches for the excellent Bleep-o-Tron (Redux) from MadLab! This is a DIY kit you solder yourself, which has some pretty impressive features. It's a polyphonic synth with 5-Pin MIDI In, 3.5mm audio out and built in effects (Flanger, RingMod & Delay).

There is a superb editor for the synth, which not only alows you to control various elements of the synth, but also copy/paste them to different sections! The video does have audio glitches and held notes, due to the playback of multiple MIDI notes during the tweaking - these by no means affected my enjoyment, but are worth mentioning.

More info here: https://www.tindie.com/products/madla...

MadLab site: http://www.madlab.org/

The audio has light post-processing applied."

Noise-X by Madlab - Sci-fi Drone Synth with FX

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via this auction

You can find a demo of one here.

"Madlab Noise-X - digital synth that was built by me (fairly experienced builder) from DIY kit (have had no problems with it, but should note that a thorough reading of the manual is recommended - there are many features that can only be reached by selecting button combinations.) includes manual.

One 'odd design' note: the output is a 3.5mm jack, but it is actually a stereo jack, and the audio is actually only routed on one channel.

from the original description:

"A digital synthesiser that behaves more like an analogue synthesiser. Great for making sci-fi sound effects. Using a combination of sliders and rotary pots, a variety of atmospheric sounds can be created.

4 DCOs (digitally-controlled oscillators) + mixer

pitch and amplitude LFOs

waveforms - sine, square, triangle, rising sawtooth, falling sawtooth, pulse, noise

frequency modulation and ring modulation

delay line with feedback

flanger

user patch (non-volatile)"

has a battery connector and a 2.1mm power jack."

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MadLab ScuttleBut - Melodic Tones [No Talking]

Published on Mar 24, 2020 midierror

"More messing woith the ScuttleBut, this time with some softer, mellow tones. The Scuttlebut is a super small DIY electronics synth you can make ourself.

Get the ScuttleBut on Tindie here: https://www.tindie.com/products/madla...


Running through some delicious Valhalla Delay https://valhalladsp.com"

"Scuttlebut is a simple noise generator with a built-in mini sequencer. It's an experiment in minimalism to see how much could be squeezed from a simple 8-pin 8-bit microcontroller with minimal audio circuitry. It's easy to build - designed in fact for a soldering workshop for beginners - and only uses through-hole components.

The user controls are a couple of rotary presets, a pair of pushbuttons, a touch pad and a light sensor. The presets control a pair of oscillators and the pushbuttons select waveforms (sine, triangle, sawtooth etc.) and modulation (frequency, amplitude, phase etc.). The touch pad activates the light sensor which then further modulates the sound.

Includes a record mode in which a sequence of different sounds can be recorded and then looped back.


Supplied as a kit of PCB and components. Power input is via a 9V PP3 battery snap and audio output is mono through a 3.5mm jack socket."

Noise-X by Madlab - Sci-fi Drone Synth with FX

Published on Apr 5, 2019 midierror

"The excellent Noise-X by Madlab, an odd looking device which makes insanely good sound effects, imposing drones and all kinds of sci-fi weirdness! It comes with 4 DCOs, Amp & Pitch LFOs, 7 Waveforms, PWM, Ring Modulation, Fuzz, Frequency Modulation and built in Reverb."

MADLAB BLEEP-O-TRON MONOPHONIC MIDI SYNTHESIZER

via this auction

I believe this is the first Bleep-o-tron post on the site. Not sure when this was released so I gave it the "New" labels below as it is new to the site. You can find two demos on the MadLab website here. An interesting side note is MadLab also hosts events.

"Condition: Assembled and fully functional

Specifications
monophonic, 2 x oscillators + white noise
8 x phase-modulation waveforms + combinations
6 x ADSR (attack-decay-sustain-release) envelopes
6 x LFO’s (low-frequency oscillators), 6 x waveforms
detuned second oscillator
connects to standard MIDI keyboard, or
play notes using PS/2 PC keyboard
keyboard transpose, keyboard split
pitch bend and modulation using PS/2 mouse
oscillator synch
ring modulator
portamento
flanger
selectable MIDI channel
16 x preset patches + 8 x non-volatile user patches
master volume control + gain x 2

MORE INFO HERE"

Jam - Flexible Portable Eurorack Systems - Matttech Modular 30/10/15

Published on Dec 2, 2015 DivKidMusic

"On the 30th of October Matttech Modular held an event at MadLab in Manchester to present and demo 'Flexible Portable Eurorack Systems'. There was me (DivKid) presenting a drum and percussion based system. Matttech himself presenting a synth voice and Matthew Shaw present a more experimental 'west coast' set up.

The event was casual throughout with lots of chat, questions and trying out things together through the evening.

Here's a little jam we had at the end of the night.

Everything was caught on a single camcorder up above each case. We chose not to set up a second camera pointing at the people presenting as we wanted to create a casual event where people could play around and touch things and not potentially feel awkward with a camera right in their face. Audio was captured on a Zoom H4n.

Here's the event page from Madlab with all the links you'll need to check things out - http://madlab.org.uk/events/matttech-...


http://www.patreon.com/divkid"