Metalbox Sequential Switch Module

via this auction

"Metalbox 8-step Sequential Switch for a Frac-format modular synthesizer system. This is a hugely useful module that can perform a number of functions including standard CV-sequencing, step-sequencing and gate triggering. Check the Metalbox website for all the details."

Memory Geist - 'Benthos'

"Memory Geist - 'Benthos' (DiNDDL09)

DiNDDL09| Release date 04/07/11

"Benthos" is the second album by Memory Geist, the collaborative project of Steve Law (of Zen Paradox, Starseed Transmission & Black Cab) and Bakis Sirros (of Parallel Worlds & Interconnected). Their first album "Funereal Cavern" was released in 2007 by the well respected Italian experimental label Musica Maxima Magnetica.

The creation of "Benthos" has been a long process initiated in mid-2007 when Law visited Sirros in his home town of Athens, Greece and the duo recorded some initial material together comprising a variety of soundscapes, sequences, analogue rhythms & organic atmospheres. On his return to Melbourne in Australia, Law sculpted this raw material into a set of 6 tracks which were augmented by further soundscapes, rhythms and arrangement ideas sent across to him by Sirros. The gestation of "Benthos" took 4 years in total and has resulted in the birth of a complex and fascinating ambient electronica album. The pieces range from dark, industrial rhythmic tracks to cosmic style slabs of ambience and showcase the duos use of modular analogue synths alongside computer software manipulation.

info and clips here:
http://www.din.org.uk/din/node/388

the album will soon also be available as a limited edition (100 copies) digipack CD-R from Alio Die's label Hic Sunt Leones.


(for the gear-heads: this album is full of various modular and analogue synths, including ARP 2600, Doepfer A100 / eurorack, RS-Integrator, Serge modular, Technosaurus Selector system D, Metalbox/CGS, Korg MS20, MS50, Curetronic modular, Roland System-100m, Trident, PE-2000, Univox SR95, etc, etc... )"

You might notice the image to the left is a Buchla, but it is not on the list. Bakis tells me it is actually new and not on the release, but will be used in future releases.

Memory Geist - 'Benthos' (DiNDDL09)

"DiNDDL09| Release date 04/07/11

"Benthos" is the second album by Memory Geist, the collaborative project of Steve Law (of Zen Paradox, Starseed Transmission & Black Cab) and Bakis Sirros (of Parallel Worlds & Interconnected). Their first album "Funereal Cavern" was released in 2007 by the well respected Italian experimental label Musica Maxima Magnetica.


The creation of "Benthos" has been a long process initiated in mid-2007 when Law visited Sirros in his home town of Athens, Greece and the duo recorded some initial material together comprising a variety of soundscapes, sequences, analogue rhythms & organic atmospheres. On his return to Melbourne in Australia, Law sculpted this raw material into a set of 6 tracks which were augmented by further soundscapes, rhythms and arrangement ideas sent across to him by Sirros. The gestation of "Benthos" took 4 years in total and has resulted in the birth of a complex and fascinating ambient electronica album. The pieces range from dark, industrial rhythmic tracks to cosmic style slabs of ambience and showcase the duos use of modular analogue synths alongside computer software manipulation.

info and clips here:
http://www.din.org.uk/din/node/388

the album will soon also be available as a limited edition (100 copies) digipack CD-R from Alio Die's label Hic Sunt Leones.

(for the gear-heads: this album is full of various modular and analogue synths, including ARP 2600, Doepfer A100 / eurorack, Integrator, Serge modular, Technosaurus Selector, Metalbox/CGS, MS50, System-100m, Trident, etc, etc... )"

analog techno live take 2 / H.A.H.L. 21.April 2011

analog techno live / H.A.H.L. 21.April 2011 from Hataken on Vimeo.

Custom orange Future Retro Revolution.
"H.A.H.L. = Hataken Analog Hardware Live

analog synthesizer and rhythm machines solo live session .
one of the daily session ;)

Korg / Mono/poly , KP-3 ,KMS-30
SCI / Pro one
Futureretro / Revolution, Orb
Roland / TR-909,TR-606
Metal Box / 8008 kick drum"

You might remember Hataken from this rare interview back in July of 2007. A search on Hataken also brings up additional posts.

Dual Cyndustries Zeroscillator

YouTube Uploaded by dwenius on Mar 27, 2011

"WATCH YOUR EARS AND SPEAKERS. There are big volume jumps and some sounds clip the poor little FlipHD microphone. Please be careful, I'm not sure the YT encoding is going to limit that stuff and clean it up. This is my first patch with this setup, just screwing around. Through zero FM and Wave Folding from a Metalbox-built CGS Wave Multiplier, through a Thomas White LPG clone and with help from a Topp 281 Function Generator and Fonik Attenuverter. 2nd ZO is in LFO mode and sending CV to every interesting input on the other modules. Noisy! Spooky! Fun!"

Dual Zeroscillator, take 2

Uploaded by dwenius on Mar 27, 2011

"WATCH YOUR EARS AND SPEAKERS. Unpredictable volume fluctuations and very low frequencies. YouTube's compression algorithm has NO IDEA what to do with this. I mean, it's supposed to be noisy and weird but...not that much. Similar patch as take 1, except with a faster envelope for the typical pinging FM sounds. No "Buchla bongos", though. Still the first bit of noodli9ng with this little lunchbox of doom. Careful viewers will spot the point where I turn a knob with nothing connected to it. Oops. Helps to use your eyes. Thanks to Cynthia, Mike at Metalbox, Thomas White, Toppobrillo, Fonik, Ken Stone, and Todd Fletcher for helping make these modules possible."

via Muff's:
"First patch with the ZOWI and associated new DIY and custom Wiard format modules. Completely random noisy noodling; watch for the spot in the 2nd video where I turn a knob with nothing attached to it d'oh! I had an hour with nobody in the house and figured I'd provide the promised videos; more to come for sure. CAUTION: particularly in the first video, there are some big volume jumps and a resonant screech or two. Watch your ears and speakers! The resonance on the Thomas White RLPG is no joke!

Basic patch is: ZO sin output -> CGS Wave Multiplier "Folds" section -> RLPG. 2nd ZO is in LFO mode, one pair of quadrature outs goes to folds CV and Offset CV, the Folds CV is also multed to control the LPG freq. 2nd pair of quadrature outs go to the Attack and Decay CV of a cycling 281 envelope. One Attenuverting output is used as an offset to the v/Oct in of the LFO speed ZO, providing crude manual control of event timing smile Slight delay and too much nasty reverb from a Boss RE-20 in the FX loop of the MFOS stereo mixer that's just offscreen in the Euro rig."

Wasp Dual Bandpass filters in series

YouTube Uploaded by dwenius on Jan 20, 2010

"The Metalbox Dual Wasp filter is here driven by a sawtooth sequence, modulated with an AR envelope, and also fed with inverted copies of the same 8 note sequence (different than the note data). This is a real sweet spot for this filter and this brief example only hints at the vocal timbres possible."

Metalbox Dual Wasp

Uploaded by dwenius on Jan 20, 2010

"Here we have a demo of the Metalbox Dual Wasp filter, based on the CMOS filter from the EDP Wasp. This is a state-variable design that won't quite self-oscillate, but takes FM like a champ and has some very exploitable circuit features. This demo shows the Low Pass mode filtering a saw wave, with LFO modulation ranging between a slow sinewave sweep to audio-rate FM.

It is very difficult to make a video of this filter that is short enough to upload to You Tube! It sucks you in and boom, 15 minutes and 3GB go by..."

Ian Boddy & Parallel Worlds 'Exit Strategy' (DiN37) Modular Album Out Soon

"DiN37 Exit Strategy CD album by Ian Boddy & Parallel Worlds
(release date 31st of May 2011)

information and track previews now on the DiN web site
http://www.din.org.uk/din/node/379

Both Boddy & Sirros have a long, well documented love of analogue modular synthesisers and the organic sounds and rhythms these instruments can produce so in many ways it was inevitable that these two musicians would collaborate at some point. Sirros started the ball rolling with the composition of a series of both ambient soundscapes and more structured multilayered compositions. These featured his unusual pulsing, throbbing analogue percussion layers, warm soundscapes and beguiling melodies that are in many ways a signature sound of Parallel Worlds. Boddy took this raw material and shaped, arranged and sculpted it into a series of seven inter-linked tracks that form a musical narrative that runs throughout "Exit Strategy". Adding his glissando keyboard sound that was premiered on his album Slide (DiN31 2008) Boddy brought a real emotional focus to the album which, whilst it may seem to journey through dark, subterranean territory has some glorious melodic highlights.

"Exit Strategy" proves once again that the DiN label can conjure up new combinations of sonic palettes from internationally renowned electronic musicians.

lots of modular (and other) machines used in this album of course, like:
Doepfer A100 wall, Serge modular monster, Technosaurs Selector system-D, Arp Odyssey, EMS VCS3 (modded), EMS Random Voltage Generator, Korg MS20, MS50, VC10, SQ10, Trident, PE1000, Roland System-100, System-100m (3 cabinets), Oberheim 4-voice (modded), Analogue Systems RS-Integrator, Analogue Solutions Concussor, Metalbox/CGS modular, (euro system with Livewire, Plan B, 4ms, Cyndustries, Malekko, Makenoise, Harvestman modules), Waldorf microwave XT, Microwave I, Oberheim OB-Mx, Nord Modular, Korg stage echo, Roland space echo, korg ms02, Roland tr606 (modded), Korg ESX1, ES1. etc, etc...."

Stacking Voices

Stacking Voices from emergencyofstate on Vimeo.

"A modular experiment with 5 sound sources and a touch interface.

2 x BugBrand VCO
1 x Blacet VCO
1 x Blacet Mini Wave
1 x Metalbox / CGS Bi-N-Tic Filter "

Parallel Worlds Studio - 20 Years in the Making

Bakis Sirros - Parallel Worlds / Interconnected / Memory Geist
[Doepfer_a100] group owner
www.parallel-worlds-music.com
www.myspace.com/parallelworldsmusic
www.myspace.com/interconnectedmusic
www.myspace.com/memorygeist
www.DiN.org.uk
www.musicamaximamagnetica.com
www.vu-us.com

"Doepfer A100, Analogue Systems Integrator, Analogue Solutions Concussor, Serge modular, Roland system-100m, System-100, Korg MS20, MS50, VC10, MS02, SQ10, Trident mk1, SE500, Roland RE-201, Moog Opus-3, Korg PE1000, PE2000, EMS VCS3 mk1, VCS3 mk1 modified, DK-1, Random Voltage Generator, Technosaurus Selector, Roland TR-606, Oberheim 4 Voice modular, various euro modules, Metalbox modular, Blacet modular, ARP Odyssey mk3(toothless), ARP 2600, EKO Rythmaker, Casio VL1..."

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MOTM 1800 frac looping ADSR module

via this auction

"MOTM 1800 looping ADSR envelope. this module had banana jacks installed to replace the 1/8 jacks. the work was done by Michael Ford of Metalbox

the module generates a traditional adsr envelope at the 2 output jacks. when gate goes high (exceeds +2.5v), the attack/decay portion completes to the sustain level. the envelope stays at the sustain level until the gate signal goes low, then it releases to 0v. the trigger signal is optional: if your midi-cv controller can output a trigger pulse (1ms-10ms nominal width), the envelope will re-attack/decay when a trigger pulse is present. pressing the red manual gate pushbutton will also start the adsr cycle. the motm-1800 has 2 other modes: looping and burst. in the loop mode, the module acts like a lfo: the ads cycle repeats forever. note that the release control has no effect in the looping mode. for maximum output voltage swing in this mode, set sustain to the '0' tick. the fastest the loop will run is when attack and decay are both 0 and sustain is at 0 (looping will stop if sustain is set over the '6' tick). this will be about 620hz. if looping does not begin when you flip the switch, press and release the manual gate. in burst mode, the envelope will loop as long as gate is high. when gate goes low, the looping stops and the envelope does a release at the rate set by the release control. you can also burst with the manual gate pushbutton."

Analogue Solutions Prototype CVM Module with Rozzbox One V2

YouTube via genxtargetmarket — March 31, 2010 — "The Blacet Binary Zone (BZ) is providing the note sequence and the clock. The clock goes to the Blacet Frequency Divider and is divided by 2. This then goes to the Metalbox Dual AD. the Dual AD's output is plugged into the ASol CVM's Gate Input. The BZ goes directly into the CV1 input on the CVM. The note sequence and Gate information are converted to MIDI Channel 2 and then they go to the Rozzbox One V2. This is about as simple as can be.

This is a prototype unit but it seems to be working great right away. Thus, it should be available really soon."

ALIO DIE | PARALLEL WORLDS

Also posted on MATRIXSYNTH-C. New release via Bakis Sirros. All tracks feature his 16 panel modular Serge system. A previous incarnation of that system is pictured here to the left.

"HIC SUNT LEONES presents:

ALIO DIE | PARALLEL WORLDS Circo Divino (HSL055 and HSL055LP)
CD - 6 side Digipack, 180gr Vinyl.

This is the first collaboration by ambient master Alio Die with soundscape creator Parallel Worlds.
The unique sound achieved could be described as a hybrid sonic world, made out of bouncing electrons and air vibrations.

The modular machines of Parallel Worlds are merged with the acoustic instrumentation and drones of
Alio Die, joined by the ethereal voice of the Polish vocalist/composer India Czajkowska, resulting in a surreal, yet down to earth, listening experience.

The compositions, being, at times, minimal and calm and, at other times, full of mystical darkness and microsound elements, take the listener into a place were mental and physical boundaries have no need to exist.

The beautiful Digipack artwork is by the painter Romanie Sanchez.

Tracks:
1 Lost Fractales
2 Circo Divino
3 Nuvole di Palissandro
4 Sorinel
5 Electrostatic Forest
6 Slide of Grace

All tracks composed and produced by Bakis Sirros and Stefano Musso
(BMI) between 2008 and 2009, in Milan, Italy and Athens, Greece.

Parallel Worlds : Doepfer A100 modular, Serge Modular Music System, AS Integrator modular, Metalbox/CGS modular, modified Oberheim 4-Voice, modified EMS VCS3, String machines, Tape Echoes, Tone & CV generators, wave shapers and modifiers.

Alio Die: Drones and Loops, Zither, Carillon, Effects and Treatments.

Voice and effects on tracks 1,3,4 by India Czajkowska recorded in
Verezzi, Italy.

Mastering by Stefano Musso at Temple Studio, Milan.

Cover pictures by Romanie Sanchez
www.romanie.net

CD and Vinyl Limitation: 500 copies each

Please order at:
www.aliodie.com
www.parallel-worlds-music.com"

Update: you can find some MP3 clips here.

4ms Rotating Clock Divider

YouTube via wonkythomas
"4ms RCD in Banana Frac format!!!
Yes! That is correct. Dann @4ms hooked me up with an RCD board, no panel etc. So, if you plugged your Euro RCD in backwards a little while ago THANK YOU!!!! Cos after it was fixed I bought it :D

This thing is way more fun than any module should legally be!

The "voice" here is two Blacet VCOs VC Waveforms, which are crossfaded, sometimes at audio rate, being sequenced by a combination of 2 Binary Zones, a Mini-Wave w/ scale quantizer & a Doepfer 156 Dual Quantizer - a little OTT.

The RCD takes the main clock (MFB Dual LFO squarewave) & spits pulses every which way. The 8008 is being triggered by a bunch of RCD outs run thru the Doepfer 152 sequential switch section.

Metalbox Dual AD is also getting triggered by the RCD & is CVing the CGS Wave Multiplier.

The combination of VC Waveforms, Crossfading & Wave Folding really peals my potatoes, just an absurb timbral range. FM the VC Mixer, modulate the harmonic content of the VCOs waveforms, wobble the folds... oh my days."

ZO + Dual AD

flickr by parasitk

"Latest acquisitions: Cynthia Zeroscillator and Metalbox Dual AD"

Frac 'n Drawdio: Graphite Dronespace 1

YouTube via OculoRapido
"Test drive of a modified adafruit Drawdio with a Blacet/Metalbox/Wiard/Cynthia Frac format modular synthesizer system. Drawdio equipped with a 1/8" mini phone jack output and connected to an insulated 5.6 mm clutch lead holder (mechanical pencil) and a graphite starting patch on a Circa sketch book paper sheet. Drawdio output patched to Blacet 2225 I/O, to Klang Werk to Time Machine to Wiard Borg Filter, with I/O gate to Blacet EG1 ADSR. Drawdio patch mixed with Dronespace voices via Blacet 2200 VCA Quad Mix (see Dronespace videos info). Thanks to Ladyada Limor Fried and her crew at adafruit industries, and (as always) to John Blacet, Michael Ford, Grant Richter, and Cynthia Webster for their fine modular designs. Produced by Doktor Bob at Rapid Eye Audiolabs. Copyright 2010 Robert B. Trelease, all rights reserved."

Wiard Noise Ring

YouTube via inverseroom.
"In this 4-minute video, I'm using a Wiard Noise Ring to modulate various parameters of the Blacet Stonz phaser, Blacet Klang Werk ringmod, and Metalbox Bi-N-Tic Filter. There's a lot more you can do with the Noise Ring, but this is the stuff that falls into the instant-gratification category. This Frac Rack system also includes some Bananalogue and MOTM; over on the left is a small Doepfer system that, in this instance, I'm just using for the amplitude envelope and mixer."

modcan/metalbox modular patch

modcan/metalbox modular patch by ignatius
"sound sources are the metal box 8008 bass drum (and the other metal box drum modules) and bi-n-tic filter. lot's of modulation from the modcan oscillators and processing from modcan flanger, phase timbre mod, cyndustries QLPG. oh, sequenced w/the metal box gate sequencer. that's all i can remember" Picture of the patch:

AH BayArea 2009 via Kwote

You can find more images and the write-up on Kwote Music

Metalbox Gate Sequencer with Flame Clockwerk in custom blue panel. Blacet Binary Zone and MOTM 700 Quad VC Switch to the left.

Below: MOTM E340 Cloud Generator and E350 Morphing Terrarium. Euro rack modular with Doepfer, Harvestman and TipTop Audio. Blacet Frac Rack modular with ASMI modular. Wiard.

DarkEnergy + Revolution 2: 2009 Slightly Delayed (Raw Cut)

YouTube via OculoRapido
"Test drive of a Doepfer Dark Energy with a Moog MF-104Z analog delay (right channel), with MIDI sequencing by a Future Retro Revolution (left channel). Ambient dronespace and mixdown provided by Blacet/Metalbox/Wiard/Cynthia modular synthesizer system. The Dark Energy uses the Start Up synth parameter setup described in the Doepfer manual (page 31). Available light video shot with a Sanyo Xacti HD1010. Thanks to Shawn Cleary and Analogue Haven for blazing gear! Produced by Doktor Bob at Rapid Eye Soundlabs. Copyright 2009 Robert B. Trelease. Aarrrgggh: Tha' POPZ are back!"

Dark Energy In Dronespace 2

YouTube via OculoRapido
"Analog ambient drone track featuring the Doepfer Dark Energy, in its first outing with the mighty Blacet/Metalbox/Wiard/Cynthia modular synth racks. Dark Energy dominates dominates the right channel. Video synthesized by ArtMatic, using the low and medium low frequency content of the audio tracks. Produced by Doktor Bob at Rapid Eye Soundlabs during the great 2009 California Labor Day Staycation Bash. Thanks to Stephen Parsick for motivating the Dark Energy drone test jam. iPhone mix. Copyright 2009 Robert B. Trelease."