EAR MODEL 24 MARK II: PREVIEW OF THE 14 SCALE PRESETS

video upload by Peter Grenader

USING AN EAR MODEL 24 HEISENBERG AS SAMPLE & HOLD

video upload by Peter Grenader

EAR MODEL 24 MARK II & MODEL 10 MARK II DEMO

video upload by Peter Grenadere

"A short video gives you an idea of the musicality of the Electro-Acoustic Research Model 24 Mark II Heisenberg Generator.

Let's to hear and even see the difference between unison and gaussian random distribution and the ease of navigating between the 1st and 2nd preset scale banks."

Panel discussion at LA Premier of the Subotnick documentary - Philosophical Research Society 4/17/24

video upload by Peter Grenader

"Excerpt from Jill Fraser, Peter Grenader and Lance Hill's panel discussion at the Los Angeles premier of Wavemaker Media's documentary SUBOTNICK: Portrait of an Electronic Music Pioneer at the Philosophical Research Society on April 17th, 2024.

The discussion begins talking about Mort Subotnick's use of control tracks on A Sky of Cloudless Sulfer, a process that he developed."

DANNY CAREY • TOOL • CHOCOLATE CHIP TRIP • LIVE IN WINNIPEG 2023

video upload by Peter Grenader

"live recording of Chocolate Chip Trip form the 2023 Winnipeg Tool show, featuring Danny Carey at the Toolbox synth. Images are of the Toolbox in Palm Springs, October 2023 before their Power Trip Festival performance, while installing a new LFO in the bottom row"

re:VOLT • SUBOTNICK SIDEWINDER • RAVEL SCARBO Live at the San Fransisco Electronic Music Festival

video upload by Peter Grenader

"re:VOLT (Jill Fraser, Peter Grenader, Thomas Klepper) live at the 2023 San Fransisco Electronic Music Festival, September 16, 2023 at The Lab

Maurice Ravel SCARBO (0:15)

Morton Subotnick SIDEWINDER (10:09)"

MUTABLE MADNESS (sometimes it's luck)

video upload by Peter Grenader

"Tripped on a really great patch which incorporates a Mutable Rings as the sounding module, and Mutable Beads which made it magic. Enjoy"

TOOL • TOOLBOX SYNTH DEMO FOR DANNY CAREY • CHOCOLATE CHIP TRIP

video upload by Peter Grenader

"The first demo of the additions and patch changes for the Toolbox to be used by Danny Carey in upcoming Tool shows. This is the first time he has seen/heard the system since it was reconfigured, outlined in this video posted a few months back:" [posted here]

Mutable Instruments • BEADS Demo

video upload by Peter Grenader

"Messing around with Beads. It wasn't my intention to do a complete demo of the module in this video. I am demoing it's effect on the patch i've constructed on the system.

Key modules:

Flame 4 VOX
Plan B Model 9 Mixer
Doepfer A-125 Phase Shifter
Plan B Model 23 Analog Shift Register
Plan B Model 32 LFO
EAR Model 27 After Effects Processor"

Plan-B system at Noisebug

video upload by NOISEBUG

"We have collect enough modules over the past few years to finally build out our Plan-B system.

Here are a few video clips on the system in action."

https://www.noisebug.net/

MAKING A MODULAR SYNTH FOR TOOL • DANNY CAREY

video upload by Peter Grenader

"I am Peter Grenader - the designer, curator and sometimes sound designer for Danny Carey's Toolbox, the modular system used live with Tool (Chocolate Chip Trip).

I recently did a huge overhaul and expansion of that system and this video details that journey.

For a recent interview detailing this system and my involvement with Tool, check out Kris West's Spiral Out podcast:

https://spiraloutpod.podbean.com/e/pe...

For an article on how this synth came into being check out The Fortheye:

https://www.fourtheye.net/2013/11/pet...

EAR/Plan B Synthesizer official website:

https://www.ear-synth.com

Peter Grenader's POV website:

https://www.pov-music.com/

zZyzx Society:

https://www.zzyzxsociety.com/"

Sunday Morning Mort aka Early experiments with Mutable Beads

video upload by Peter Grenader

"This is a lively Sunday morning jaunt with my newly acquired Beads... which, as silly as this may be, is offscreen in this video.

I know, lame.

Hear me out! The Mutable Beads is currently kicking the crap out of me. I have no idea of it's capabilities. It's all hunt and peck at this point. In one of those experiments, i noticed by putting a metric rhythm patch through it and syncing the Seed input with the same clock that's driving the patch that it would, magically, double the frequency of whatever it's processing.

This immediately reminded me of a certain passage Mort Subotnick is famous for, so i ginned up a quicky sonic xerox. This all came about after i produced a demo of what 'real' lowpass gates can do, which hearkened back my percussive motif fetish that dominated my piece The Secret Life of Semiconductors (search 'Peter Grenader Secret Life" on apple music or bandcamp if curious).

Everything you hear is being gated through vactrol-based LPGs, namely the Plan B Model 13 Timbral Gate. The first voice is from a Flame 4 Vox in which i cycle through a few of it's wavetables. The second voice is it's manifestation via the Mutable Beads in which i am controlling the wet/dry mix via Plan B Model 24 wiggly random voltage. The third voice is via a Plan B Model 15 which is getting it's pacing from Malekko Varigate 4.

Panning courtesy of an EAR Model 7 Panner, driven by a second wiggly random via a second Plan B Model 24

The first and third voices are being driven by two Plan B Model 10 EGs to both open the LPG and thwap the VCO frequencies.

As i sidenote, i think Apple finally chased all the demons out of iMovie. It does not piss me off anywhere near as much now.

enjoy, or not!"

Designing one/off Eurorack modules for TOOL w/ Peter Grenader of Plan b

video upload by Peter Grenader

"The Devil is in the details..

I think people who haven't yet done a lot of PCB/faceplate design and integration will appreciate this.

As some of you know, i was the designer of and now the lion tamer for the Euro system used by Tool live (Chocolate Chip Drip). I had to make them a single channel attenuator with very little time left b4 they leave on their new tour and didn't have a lot of free HP in which to do it.

This video goes through the process to make sure things align perfectly when there is no time for rev. 2

Enjoy (or not!)"

Plan B System

video upload by NOISEBUG

https://www.noisebug.net/

"This is our fully built Plan B system we’ve dreamed about for years. After endless hunting and searching for all the modules we’ve finally completed the rig!

Enjoy!"

Plan B Model14 Dual Voltage Processor/Mixer

Note: links to listings are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

"Plan B Model14 Dual Voltage Processor: CV and audio mixer, VC crossfader, sum, min & max outputs etc. Multi-purpose processor - really great for sculpting those CVs & with some cute audio functionality too. The audio VC crossfading has a nicer contour that Cold Mac."

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POV album trailer - Miles Richmond/Peter Grenader feat. Steve Roach

Published on Apr 17, 2019 Peter Grenader

"A quick test drive of the upcoming POV album - coming Summer 2019"

Peter Grenader of Plan b.

How to: Spastic cellos via modular synth (Carter's 6th String Quartet)

Published on Nov 16, 2018 Peter Grenader

"How to replicate the sound of spastic cellos much like Elliot Carter's acoustic cello part in his 6th String Quartet.

huh?

Before you snark me, you'll understand my humor in the first 20 seconds on this instruction. ha ha. If you watch the rest you may get some insight on how to create some really interesting cello timbres using granular synthesis on a modular. enjoy (or not!)"

Nebulae/uBursts (Clouds) + 2Hp ARP Experiment

Published on Sep 26, 2018 Peter Grenader

"Initial test of the uBurst (Clouds). Sound sources are a Model 15 pair (sine into sine FM), and the Qu-bit Nebulae II -- with shimmer via Model 12 Mark II Filter and the uBursts. Bursts is incorporated when my right hand turns a knob clockwise on the second panel form the bottom, left hand cabinet. Arpeggegiation via a 2HP Arp. Enjoy, or not!"

Peter Grenader • POV (live modular electronic music)

Published on Jul 13, 2018 Peter Grenader

Peter Grenader of Plan B, The zZyzx Society, EAR, and Subconscious Communications.

"An abridged version of POV - recorded in stereo and live by Peter Grenader using electronically generated and sampled timbres, one being the trumpeting of a large bull Elephant."

An overview of the system:

Peter Grenader's digital/analog hybrid modular performance system

Published on Jan 1, 2018 Peter Grenader

"This is a module by module tour of my live performance modular synthesizer. enjoy!

11 VCOs (including Model 37 full range LFOs)
7 LFOS (including 4 x $vox)
4 Filters

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New Release by The zZyzx Society

"The zZyzx Society album is now available on iTunes and Apple Music, with physical CDs coming in April exclusively at steveroach.com. Along with synthesists / composers Jill Fraser and Peter Grenader, it features Coil / UUUU member Thighpaulsandra, Tool drummer Danny Carey, instrumental alchemist Chas Smith, harpist Katherine Redlus and Jennifer Irvine on cello.

Full liner notes and technical summaries of each piece are available at the 'zZyzx Album Portal' at: www.zzyzxsociety.com

See this post for an interview with The zZyzx Society.