"Sidraw is an experimental electronic instrument, based on Ciat-Lonbarde Sidrazzi circuit board, and my interface experiments.
There is a way to design electronic musical interface, which is not to consider sound parameters, but to think from the angle of circuit interference, I call it 'Circuit Expression'.
It can be seen on various experimental electronic musical instruments. From the Crackle Box by Michel Waisvisz back in 1970s, to the new Landscape Stereo Field and Martin Howse Dark Interpreter. UK synth designer Tom Bugs also had been utilizing them in the Weevil series of work. I've commissioned a special version of Chirper from Tom Bugs, which may have pushed the release of Board Chirper model a year later.
This method has a lot to do with circuit instability, touch and feedback. by touching selected circuit nodes, new connections are made, circuits behaviors are affected.
On sound output, it may result in a complex change on a combination of sound parameters (loudness, pitch, timber), and expressive reactions can be found.
I've found expressive behaviors from touching specific parts in Sidrazzi circuit, thus Sidraw is born.
(7 identical voices, only voice 1 marked)
1 - [Stereo Output] 1/4 TRS
2 - [DC Input] 12V Center Positive
3 - [Ground Banana Jack] 4mm
4 - [Utility Patch Bay] 4mm - 2mm Direct + 2mm - 2mm w/Capacitor - Try patching with or without capacitor in between for different behaviors.
5 - [Gesture Outputs] 1 for each L/R channel, output when sound is triggered 6 - [FM Input]
7 - [Square Wave Output]
8 - [Glitch Inputs]
9 - [Direct VCA Input] 4.5v = silence, with pad for easy touching
10 - [Master Pitch Knob]
"Error Tron It's about playing with compartments making noises and different soundscapes.It's hundred percent analogue. It has a mini jack out and to control voltage in. There is a big Switch Compartment .To play with binary Dividers And there is a special place that you can take out and put other Compartments in Like capacitors LED or Light-sensitive sensors You can play with tropical Capacitors From the 60s and 70s .To make different sounds and sweeps . This is inspired by the tropical nice eurorack . And it remains in a standalone forward. For the people who don't have eurorack moduler . Because the compartments are limited .There are only 20 made for now . Every error tron Comes with a bag of 10 capacitors tropical and special 10 Normal capacitors that we using these days. Three sensors for light sensitivity. Five LEDs for different Pulses It comes with a battery clip and there is about like for sale . For more information see the demonstration movies"
"The SAAYM sound card is designed for any vintage PC with a standard 8- or 16-bit ISA slot. It has three separate sound chips on board: 2 Phillips SAA1099 programmable sound generators (PSG) and one Yamaha YM2151 FM synthesizer chip with its accompanying YM3012 stereo DAC. The card mixes all three stereo outputs through a high quality TL072 OPAMP and WIMA film capacitors for the best sound possible. The output is line level and uses a single stereo 1/8” or 3.5mm stereo headphone-style jack for output. Amplified stereo speakers with volume adjustments are required.
This card is a fully functional clone of the original GameBlaster or Creative Music System (CMS) card by Creative Labs. The original card used two SAA1099 ICs to generate sound. This card has the necessary circuitry to allow the CMS driver to load, as well as pass detection by games which probe for and support the CMS.
In addition to support for GameBlaster games in DOS, this card also supports playing back VGM files which support the YM2151. There is a great program for DOS called SBVGM which now supports the SAAYM card! Thanks so much to OPLx for assistance adding support for the SAAYM to SBVGM. For more information, please read the attached documentation."
ETHER V2 (by SOMA laboratory) DEMO Published on Dec 6, 2019 Vlad Kreimer
"Demo of the second version of ETHER by SOMA laboratory.
The artist: Ekaterina Khmelevskaya"
"ETHER is a kind of anti-radio. Instead of being tuned to a specific radio station, it receives all the interference and radiation that a traditional radio tries to eliminate in order to create a clean signal. It captures the radio waves “as is” from hertz to gigahertz because it doesn’t contain the tuned input circuit that filters out all frequencies except the narrow band of a specific station. This allows ETHER to perceive the invisible electromagnetic landscape that humans created unintentionally, making possible live electromagnetic field listening and recording."
8 capacitive touch plates for notes and modulation
8 voice polyphony
Pitch LFO with high frequency mode
Looping envelope for cutoff filter / FM amount
Reverb
Unison and glide modes
32 step polyphonic sequencer with paramaters per step
USB MIDI for notes, clock and CC control
Pulse in/out for syncing sequencer
Save/Load up to 8 presets
"First demo of Speak&SID with the DaDMaN's version of Simon Owen's SID Player. Thanks to DaDMaN from the CPC Wiki Forum for sharing his branch of this player with me, which he had already customized for the CPC! Indeed, it was very little effort to get it running with Speak&SID. I only needed to change the output port and a couple other bits. And worked out of the box, to my surprise! And now - enjoy RoboCup and Commando on the authentic SID 6581.
In case you should be wondering why the sound volume goes low and sounds tinny for a couple of seconds at some point in the video - Speak&SID also feeds into the CPC's internal audio speaker, so at that point I am turning off the amp and let the CPC speaker roar for a bit."
Some additional info in via Mechael Wessel:
"I am cooking up a SID soundcard for the Amstrad CPC
Maybe of some interest to SID / CPC lovers?
'CPC Speak&SID' is a SpeakJet-based speech synthesizer for the CPC, and a SID sound card! It works with the original SID chips, but SwinSID and ARMSID are also valid options. The video shows the original 6581 in action.
The sources for CPC Speak&SID will be made open source soon. The production costs for the card are in the 50 $ range (without the SID chip of course - builders have to source one themselves) Speak&SSID uses the SpeakChip chip for the speech synthesizer, an ATMega 8535 at 16 MHz as the microcontroller, and a Xilinx 9536 CPLD. The SID chip is connected directly to the CPC address and databus though; the CPLD generates the 1 MHz clock signal from the CPC's 4 MHz clock, as well as the other control signals such as R/~W etc.
Unlike the Commodore, the CPC uses IO ports instead of memory mapped registers for hardware interfacing. Hence, the 29 SID chip registers starting at address &d400 to &d41c in the C64 memory are mapped to the CPC's Z80 IO ports &fac0 - &fadc. C64 SID BASIC programs can be ported easily to Speak&SID, simply by replacing the POKE's (PEEK) with OUT (INP) commands, and by adjusting the SID base address.
For the SID Player shown in the video, I am using a version that was already customized by DaDMaN from the CPC Wiki Forum, and it is based on Simon Owen's SID Player for the Z80."
"Broken tape simulator Standalone tabletop brickie format . The box is created to simulate the sound of that tape recorder who is broken.It has a really special sounds you control the pitch .And the bit rate of a compressed audio sound . It’s creating a lo-fi feedback.If you are using to the knob fast .You get a totally different feedback then slow .and of course everything between . The speed of the movement. the sensor. There is a small sensor That you can control by pushing the switch.Then there will be light. The big knob is the offsets. If you’re using the sensor. There’s also a CV in For manipulate the big knob . You can use it in eurorack or korg volcas .That small knob.Don’t have so much influence only on distortion and feedback.A little. How does it work? You can turn it on make sure everything is plugged . If you are using an import for example oscilator.Turn the knob all the way to the Right . Then you hear the compressed sounds lofi .Then turn it easy to the left .Then you hear the pitch changing . Of a compressed sound. the Movements has influence aan de feedback. Please also check the demonstrations movie"
Three knob styles: brickie, bakliet, and cotum white retro via errorinstruments.
"This is played by making contact with the two plates. Pitch is controlled by the resistance of the player?s skin. The stronger the touch, the less resistance and higher the pitch. The lighter the touch, the more resistance and lower the pitch.
Use the included alligator clip cable to experiment with attaching any conductive material to the contact plates. Metals, liquids, graphite pencil or other people work well.
There is also a filter and volume control. It has a mono 1/4? output and is powered by either an included 9V battery or 9V DC Center-Negative Power supply."
"NOUVEAU MODELE :Ce tout nouveau synthétiseur 100% analogique Krischer comporte 8 oscillateurs à pitch réglable et 8 switchs pour les activer.Il est donc possible de créer des mélodies et jouer des accords simultanément sur une gamme de 8 notes que vous constituez !Signaux générés : dent de scie (sawtooth)Alimentation secteur 24V fournie.Fabriqué à la main à Paris.
"NEW MODEL: This brand new synthesizer 100% analog Krischer has 8 adjustable pitch oscillators and 8 switches to activate.It is therefore possible to create melodies and play chords simultaneously on a range of 8 notes that you make! Signals Generated: sawtooth Power supply 24V supplied.Manufactured by hand in Paris."
"It has 14 bars, a master pitch, chaos and a new, master timbre knob!"
Video from the maker himself.
Update: "The Quatrax Organ shall be a new device in the summer of 2019. It has 14 tunable barres and three master knobs: pitch, timbre, and chaos. Order now to get on the waitlist. Orders shall be filled in the order they were received, when it becomes available."
The Ellitone Multi-Synth was originally released August 2018. It featured a wooden enclosure and home-made CNC circuit boards. We built and shipped 168 of them in this style to amazing experimental musicians all over the world! 24 different countries. Just read the reviews over on our Etsy shop to hear all the wonderful things people had to say about their Multi-Synth!
We quickly realized that this instrument was headed for the Stars! It needed to be experienced by more people. It needed to be re-designed with mass production in mind. So here is the new Ellitone Multi-Synth, You will not find a Synthesizer that can produce more sounds than this thing for the price --- I dare you!
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The Multi-Synth is a family-friendly digital synthesizer that can produce an Amazing variety of sounds powered by its 6 Sound Synthesis Modes.
Each of these 6 Synthesis Modes transform the devices 4 knobs, 4 keys, and center patch bay into new control schemes.
The most important things to know about the Multi-Synth is that it requires 0% knowledge of synthesizers or concepts to Pick up, Patch, and Play.
The Patching Area in the center is arranged in such a way that ANY connection made from one of the 6 Smaller Output Jacks into the 1 Larger Input Jack will make an Immediate change to the sound in some interesting way. This simple concept allows for someone without any knowledge of synthesis terminology to be able to Patch and Play Instantly!
"Data Garden is launching PlantWave, a consumer device that allows plants to play music in real time from phones, tablets, and computers. Having establishing itself as a leader at the intersection of plants, music, and technology, Data Garden’s new hardware allows people to pair their plants to mobile devices via Bluetooth and listen to them produce music in real time. “We’re really excited to offer this new product. We’ve received so much feedback from our users about what they’d like to see and we’re happy to deliver it all in one package as PlantWave,” says Jon Shapiro, CTO.
The Kickstarter launches on Tuesday September 24th. “We’re so inspired by the talent of our community of users and we’re excited to provide a platform for them to explore and share the potential of this technology through public art,” explains Joe Patitucci, Founder and COO
The goal for the Kickstarter is $100k. Users can pre-order PlantWave for $220 as well as donate to the cause for a plethora of interesting rewards that range from boutique products to in-person experiences in LA.
Since 2011, Data Garden has reached thousands of nature enthusiasts and trendy lifestyle hobbyists. Through their first hardware product, MIDI Sprout, they formed a passionate community centered around listening to plants. PlantWave incorporates user feedback and update requests into a simple, easy to use product that runs on iOS and Android devices. The mechanics of the device are simple. Two sensors monitor the fluctuations of electrical conductivity of a plant’s leaf. PlantWave then translates these fluctuations into digital messages that control instruments in a mobile app.
"We all think we know what nature sounds like. It’s birds chirping, wind through trees, thunder echoing through the valley. These are all sounds that come from physical phenomena in nature, producing waves perceivable by the human ear: the need to mate, currents of air and water, static electricity. There are other phenomena in our natural environment, however, that produce information which we cannot perceive through our biological senses.
The course of human history has been moving towards advanced technology which enhances our ability to observe the world beyond these senses. As stone tools were a way for us to expand our physical strength, electronic tools expand our ability to perceive in real-time.
Digital technology has become a natural extension of our human senses. With it, we are not just gaining the ability to observe new information. We are revealing new patterns of creative expression. These revelations raise questions about our own place in a Universe filled with natural elegance. What is the creative force of the Universe? Is the force that inspires a human to write poetry the same as that which inspires a plant to grow in a particular way?
The musical compositions you are about to listen to are being generated by the electronic impulses produced by four tropical plants. This data, interpreted by humans with the help of computers, has been employed to organize sound into beauty perceivable by the human ear. While the means of producing this beauty can be described in technical terms, the natural creative force generating this experience is less apparent.
We invite you to explore Data Garden: Quartet while examining your own views on the source of its creation.
credits
released May 1, 2012
Joe Patitucci (Tadoma): sound design, editing
Sam Cusumano: electronics / engineer
Alex Tyson: sound design and editing on intro, graphic design
Philodendron plant: Lead synthesizer
Schefflera plant #1: Rhythm Tone Generator
Schefflera plant #2: Bass synthesizer
Snake Plant: Ambience and effects"
"Excited to announce Pre-Orders are now available for the newly redesigned Double Knot 2 from the always terrific @lorre_mill 🌀#ctrlmod #lorremill #doubleknot2 #doubleknot #synthesizer #synth #bananacables"
"The second version of the Double Knot synthezier is right here! An all analog sound box for patching and listening to shifting rhythms and textures. Also good for techno. Knobs for setting rates and amounts, Banana connection points for wiring and re-wiring the sound of the system. This version two of the Double Knot has a lot of the same structure as the first but now with some more heady features such as volume knobs, larger buttons and Blue on Blue graphics just to name a few.
Envelopers
New enveloper design with mode switch to set trigger mode, loop mode or off. Wide range CV input can nearly halt envelope mid-decay for sample/hold type output. Trigger input in lieu of the fill input from the previous model.
Amplitude
Controls for amplitude modulation and amplifier offset for both channels. CV inputs for each channel that are normaled to the enveloper output, can be patched to other sources for other AM effects.
Oscillators
Very same oscillators as the first version. Triangle and square outputs, sync and CV inputs. Knobs for pitch and modulation amount.
Frequency Modulation
The FM section allows easy modulation of one oscillator to the other or both at the same time. With a knob for FM amount, a CV in jack that allows control of FM index and a toggle switch to set the modulation routing.
Audio output
3.5mm audio line output on the back of the unit closest to the amplitude controls. This is a stereo output with one synth channel per side.
Power
Power draw is 12V DC ~200ma on a 5.5 x 2.1mm barrel connector with Positive voltage on the center pin. self-resettable 350ma PTC fuse for overcurrent protection. Diode for reverse voltage protection. Ground banana jack is next to the power input on the back. This is for sharing ground between the double knot and other banana jack devices."
