SubCon Model 52 Vampire

Published on May 17, 2014 kuxaan sum·195 videos

"1st Patch.
Preview of various outputs.
Plan B Model 24 Heisenberg Generator provides clock to Rainbow Turing Machine. RTM voltages out to 1v/Oct in of Vampire.

RTM pulses #2 out to Doepfer A-143-1 firing off all envelopes in AD mode.

Audio outs from Vampire to both channels of Intellijel µVCA and a Plan B Model 26 VCA. These are being driven by the A-143-1.
One channel of A-143-1 modulates various Vampire inputs.
All VCA audio goes to an STG .MIX and then along to a Plan B Model 40 in Mono mode.

Additional modulation from SubCon Model 37 and Doepfer A-143-9"

Plan B model 11 Evil Twin Bandpass filter

Published on May 2, 2014 popitem·49 videos

EAR M12 MARK II tracking test

Published on Apr 22, 2014 Peter Grenader·25 videos

"The truth will set me free!"

Added to part one here.

EAR MODEL 12 MARK II FILTER VIDEOS

EAR MODEL 12 MARK II FILTER • RES/FEEDBACK DEMO

Published on Apr 21, 2014 Peter Grenader·24 videos

"Did something people have been pleading me to do for years. Ive redesigned the feedback circuit in the model 12, allowing it to cross into full oscillation without sounding like a chicken receiving a pineapple up the wrong end...always a plus. Its going to be incorporated into the dual model 12 and with it, say goodbye to the three dual resonance level switch/ Have a listen, have a look, tell me whatddya think and thanks!"

EAR M12 MARK II tracking test

Published on Apr 22, 2014 Peter Grenader·25 videos

"The truth will set me free!"

Flame Chord Machine

Published on Apr 7, 2014 Davide Tonini·274 videos

"Audio: http://www.mixcloud.com/DavideTonini/... (below)
A 0.30-0.38 Ghifi Sound(My cat)
Flame Chord Machine/Plan-B M15-Intellijel Rubicon-Shapeshifter/MakeNoise DPO/Livewire Frequensteiner/Doepfer A125/Doepfer A 121/Cwejman VM1/AcidLAb Autoboot/Bananalogue VCS/"

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Flame Chord Machine by Davide Tonini on Mixcloud

Peter Grenader • Je Suis Anonyme

Published on Feb 17, 2014 Peter Grenader·23 videos

"From the album Secret Life, available on iTunes or CD Baby through Coda Recordings (link below).

Je Suis Anonyme (I Am Anonymous) is an A-B-Aprime-Coda arranged as a canon in both a micro and macro sense, meaning the construction of each gesture and the relation of one gesture to another. The process parallels elasticity and soft focus - stretching phrases to maximum duration while keeping elements loosely synced. The entry phrase was recorded in the late Summer of 2009. The work was completed during a three week period in September of 2010. It is distantly familiar to a work I did many years ago entitled "The St. Mathew's Passion, Part 2" (a lot of nerve there)!.

I approached Je Suis Anonyme with a rather empty conceptual pallet. This was by intention. Instead I relied more on noesis, something I became aware of while an art director where the distinct impression was that much of the creation was coming from the unconscious. Allow the piece uncover itself, continue until it tells you it's completed. In print art this manifests as carving an image out of a blank white page. In sound art that relates to silence and attested to synesthesia [1] - the visualization of colors, in this instance cobalt blue hues. Eastern culture defines this as Svadhisthana or The Sacral Chakra. There are other accounts of this phenomena in relation to music by Bela Bartok, Pierre Henry, Oliver Messiaen, Hanspeter Kyburz, Judy Collins and Robert Fripp [2].

JSA didn't begin as a dedication though through it's process it became evident it was a release of sorts to my mother, Harriet Avra Grenader. A final goodbye - something that's been long brewing. By sheer coincidence it was completed in the late evening on September 12th, the eve of her birthday.

TECHNICAL NOTES:

Most of the timbres in JSA were built utilizing source material recorded from the Plan B Model 30 Digital VCO Subsystem prototype in the Spring of 2009. Additional base reinforcement was added using a standard Plan B Model 15 VCO.

While the motifs in JSA may appear to have been generated in a single pass, they are actually the result of many layers of soundfiles. While the melodic progressions were scored utilizing a polyphonic instrument as a reference, governed by the monophonic attributes of the Model 30 the translation of this information involved multitracking. In instances where the required tonal information was not available in the original source material, Amazing Slow Downer was incorporated to generate those frequencies.


REFERENCE:

[2] Robert Fripp - 'Creativity: Finding The Source' (quote used through permission of the author): "Most musicians have experienced those moments of inspiration when magic seems to flow, when every note seems effortlessly right - but such moments are rare and their fleeting existence seems governed by capricious forces beyond our control. Is there any way to bring us into more consistent and productive contact with our Muse?

[1] Color Synesthesia: a phenomena in which voice, music, or assorted environmental sounds can trigger color manifestations which fade when the sound stimulus ends [3]. Until recently, synesthesia was believed to be rather uncommon, effecting only 1 out of 2000 individuals. Later studies indicate this percentage more towards 100 out of 2000 individuals and in some cases paralled to psychic perception in those tested. Although perception is often personalized (composers Liszt and Rimsky-Korsakov famously disagreed on the colors of music keys) sonic variation often affect the perceived hue, brightness, scintillation, and directional movement. In relation to amplitude: loud tones appear brighter than softer tones; in relation to frequency: lower tones are darker than higher tones; in relaiton to timbre: complex timbres appear brighter than purer tones. For some, the stimulus type is limited (music only, or even just a specific musical key); for others, a wide variety of sounds triggers synesthesia.

[3] Cytowic, Richard E; Eagelman, David M (2009). Wednesday is Indigo Blue: Discovering the Brain of Synesthesia (with an afterword by Dmitri Nabokov). Cambridge: MIT Press. pp. 309. ISBN 0-262-01279-9.

PERFORMANCE NOTES:

Je Suis Anonyme received its world premier at the Los Angeles Sonic Odyssey in Pasadena CA in November 2013

Available as a high resolution FLAC download on CD Baby at:

https://www.cdbaby.com/cd/petergrenader"

Sonic Faction Dope Matrix Virtual Modular for Ableton Live Tutorial

Published on Feb 9, 2014 Sonic Faction·23 videos

Follow-up to this trailer.

"This a tutorial showing off the new Dope Matrix virtual modular synth by Sonic Faction. Available now at www.sonicfaction.com."

"FEATURES:
-Virtual Modular Synthesizer for Live 9.
-4 famous analog oscillators: A-110, Plan B, Cwejman & Piston Honda.
-12 custom Effects Modules - vast new dimensions of sound.
-Design evolving textures for experimental sonic science.
- 100+ Presets included, optimized for Live’s browser.
- Includes Max for Live Step Sequencer that features a realtime control Matrix for hands on control of your patch.
MINIMUM SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
-Ableton Live 9.1 Only (Mac & Windows)
-Max for Live 6.1.5 (for step sequencer use only)

Dope Matrix key features:
- Melodic, Scale-Based Note Sequencer up to 64 steps.
- Accented Notes
- Chord Generator for Polyphonic instruments.
- Octave, Note Duration and Legato Slides.
- Scale and Key Page with common and custom scales.
- Realtime control Matrix for hands-on control of your patch.
- Sequence Modulation (up to 4 parameters simultaneously).
- Preset and Pattern Recall
- Multi-Device/Multi-Controller Support - Use 1 controller on multiple tracks or up to 6 controllers on multiple tracks."

Plan B Model 28 Programmable Tap Clock Eurorack Module

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Electro Acoustic Research Model 27: Feedback demo

Published on Jan 11, 2014 Peter Grenader·22 videos

"This is a demo of the newly incorporated analog feedback loop in the EAR Model 27 After Effects Processor... as yet unreleased. Enjoy (or not)"

Plan B Model 10 Polyphonic Envelope Module

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"Very rare opportunity to get your hands on a Plan B Model 10 Polyphonic Envelope module. These haven’t been in production for years and rarely come up for sale. I believe this is a mark one version which are even more sought after. I’ve just checked this and it is working perfectly. This is a fantastic module, the reason why they called it “polyphonic” is because it can output 4 different type of voltage “envelope” at the same time. You can manually trigger the envelope or it can be switched to cycle so it can act as an LFO with variable shape and can also go into audio range. It’s even got a cycle input so it can act as a burst generator."

Plan B Model 24 Heisenberg Generator Module

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"Very rare opportunity to get your hands on a Plan B Model 24 Heisenberg Generator module. These haven’t been in production for years and rarely come up for sale. I’ve just checked this and it is working perfectly. An incredible module it’s primarily for producing stepped and smooth random voltages but it can also act as a sample and hold, a vc slew limiter, a vc trigger generator, a gate to trigger converter and an amazing digital noise source!!"

Plan B Model 24 Heisenberg Generator module

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"Very rare opportunity to get your hands on a Plan B Model 24 Heisenberg Generator module. These haven’t been in production for years and rarely come up for sale. I’ve just checked this and it is working perfectly. An incredible module it’s primarily for producing stepped and smooth random voltages but it can also act as a sample and hold, a vc slew limiter, a vc trigger generator, a gate to trigger converter and an amazing digital noise source!!"

Plan B Model 15 Complex VCO Oscillator Eurorack Module

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RARE Plan B M28 Model 28 Tap Clock Eurorack Module

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Toolbox Synth - Danny Carey of Tool uses drum pads as controller

Published on Nov 7, 2013 Peter Grenader·21 videos

"Finally set aside the time to integrate the Toolbox Synth with drum pads, something I specifically designed this synth to do, at the Tool man cave In Hollywood and Danny Carey tries it out for the first time before their rehearsal begins - October 5, 2013.

A recently acquired Roland drum pad synth is used as a midi controller in this instance via a Doepfer 190-B Midi to CV converter, utilizing gate out to trigger a Plan B Model 10, 1v/octave voltage out to control three Plan B Model 15 VCOs and the aftertouch to provide a secondary amplitude VC in a Plan B Model 25 (VCA section) to provide dynamic response to the pressure applied to the pads, which is offset via a Plan B Model 14 Voltage Processor. Enjoy, or not!"

Eurorack Analog Modular Synth with Extras

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"Eurorack Modules:
Tip Top Audio Z3000 Oscillator
Plan B Model 15 Oscillator
BubbleSound SEM20 Filter
The Harvestman Double Andore Dual Wavetable VCA/Envelope
Manhattan Analog Mix module
Jones O'Tool Oscilliscope
Manhattan Analog Control Voltage Processor CVP module
Expert Sleepers Silent Way ES-3 ADAT lightpipe -> CV module
Intellijel Buffered Multiple

Cases and Power:
TipTop Power supply module
Tiptop busboard
Custom Australian Hardwood 84HP Case c/w PSU
Doepfer A100MC 32HP Case - Raw c/w PSU"

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Plan B Modular: Processing control voltages through 'audio' waveshapers

Published on Jul 7, 2013 Peter Grenader·19 videos

"Incorporating processors which you may intellectually reserve for audio use only - such as waveshapers - to modify control voltage generators, in this instance the Envelope Generator which opens the Timbral Gate via the M25 waveshaper, can lead to results you may not expect, and just may like. Try it!"

Secret Life by Peter Grenader

via Peter Grenader on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"It is with humility and pride that I can announce that my CD - Secret Life - is now available from Coda Recordings on CD Baby and iTunes. (note: only CD Baby includes high resolution FLAC file downloads)

http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/petergrenader

Expanded notes including a bio and description of the compositional and technical considerations for each piece, booklet/traycard/label art templates and alternate audio samples can be found at:

http://www.secretlifeonline.com/"


Peter Grenader is the man behind Plan b.

Plan B Model 28 Tap Clock Eurorack Module

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Plan B Model 24 Heisenberg Generator module for eurorack

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