Uglysound Presents: A Conversation with Andrew Fitch of Nonlinearcircuits

video by Uglysound

"we sat down with Andrew Fitch from Nonlinearcircuits to talk about his interests in synths, music, some time he spent in Japan, how his musical interests affects his creative process and other things. Uglysound is a huge fan of NLC and had a great time learning about Andrew and what makes him and NLC tick.

correction: Not Breathing is Dave Wright

check out Nonlinearcircuits at nonlinearcircuits.com for Andrew's complete line of Eurorack modules."

Uglysound Build Challenge: Can Paul build six modules in less than five hours?

video by Uglysound

"In this episode Matt challenges Paul to build six modules in under five hours!

Paul chose to build six synthCube kits, all Pharmasonic System 700 clones in eurorack format.

Find those kits (and many other great projects) here: https://synthcube.com/cart/makers/pha..."

Uglysound Noise Demo: NLC GENiE (part 2)

video by Uglysound

Part 1 here

"Paul tests out his newly-built NLC GENiE with a noise demo.

From the NLC site: "GEneralized Nonlinear Extrapolator This module is made of 3 neuron circuits and a difference rectifier. (... )Just like a set of synaptically connected neurons, this module is noisy and unruly. It is never going to learn anything it lives in and for the moment."

More information about this design (as well as PCBs, panels, and complete modules) is available from Nonlinearcircuits here: https://www.nonlinearcircuits.com/mod...​

PCBs, panels, and complete kits are available from synthCube here: https://synthcube.com/cart/nlc1080-ge...​

As always, thank you for supporting independent artists and businesses. They make the world a far more interesting place!

note: The Shard is made by X1L3"

Uglysound Noise Demo: NLC GENiE

Uglysound

"Matt tests out his newly-built NLC GENiE with a noise demo.

From the NLC site: "GEneralized Nonlinear Extrapolator This module is made of 3 neuron circuits and a difference rectifier. (... )Just like a set of synaptically connected neurons, this module is noisy and unruly. It is never going to learn anything it lives in and for the moment."

More information about this design (as well as PCBs, panels, and complete modules) is available from Nonlinearcircuits here:https://www.nonlinearcircuits.com/mod...

PCBs, panels, and complete kits are available from synthCube here: https://synthcube.com/cart/nlc1080-ge...

As always, thank you for supporting independent artists and businesses. They make the world a far more interesting place!"

Tech, No Enfermo & Filter Spank

Published on Jul 14, 2014 paulstodawall

"This recording was made using one each of the first two Ian Fritz 4U modular synthesizer panels. These panels are 100% Serge-compatible, but make a great little system on their own!

Other than some minimal EQ and level adjustments, this was recorded with no external effects or controllers.

I don't often take good patch notes, but I will try to briefly describe the basic patch idea. I like trying to make groove-based multitimbral tracks using smaller modulars, so that was the idea with this recording.

I am using the ChaQuO as the master clock in this patch. Since there are comparator inputs on the 4x4 and All-In envelope generators and the TGTSH S&H modules, the smooth, wiggly chaos outputs can be used for timing purposes.

The two drum sounds are the Teezer VCOs. Both are fairly simple pretty drum patches. The bass drum is the raw sine output, while the triangle output of the other Teezer is being processed by the Wavolver II waveshaper for the second percussion sound.

The bass line is the DoubleDeka graphic VCO being run through the Teezer VCF.

I may have been using the Chaotica for audio-rate modulation at some point as well.

There is a lot of flexibility using this two panels system!

More information:
http://appliancide.blogspot.com/2014/06/now-available-from-uglysound.html
https://www.facebook.com/uglysoundelectronics
http://home.comcast.net/~ijfritz/"

Filter Spank

Uglysound Ian Fritz Serge Format Panels

via Paul Appliancide on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"My personal/demo panels are almost done. I'm very excited about the first artist that will be taking them for a spin!"

Klee Cats

via Paul Appliancide on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Uglysound Electronics complaint department."

One Day Left on Group Buy for Ian Fritz 4U Panels and New PCBs - Walls of Voodoo!

via Paul Appliancide on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge, via Uglysound Electronics

"One more day left on the group buy for Ian Fritz 4U panels and new PCBs. New PCBs are dual 2 Quadrant/4 Quadrant multiplier (switchable between VCA & ring mod), 4U/5U friendly LED slider board for the DoubleDeka graphic VCO, 4U/5U friendly versions of Chaotica, 4x4 and Wavolver II PCBs!"  On Muff's here.

And a Wall of Voodoo video below for these "walls of Fritz voodoo", also from Paul in the same Lounge post. Confused me too. Even more confusing is the Roland V-Synth at 1:24! They were ahead of their time. Minimoog and Prophet-5 as well.


Wall of Voodoo - Tomorrow (live) Uploaded on Feb 20, 2007 Michael Zole·7 videos

"Wall of Voodoo performing "Tomorrow" on The Tube in 1983."

Uglysound Electronics Captain Ian Fritz BISTROMATH

via Paul Appliancide on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"Just finished this module. Ian Fritz Threeler, ChaQuO and Jerkster behind a 32hp panel."

By Uglysound Electronics, a new service by Appliancide that offers panels for DIY projects, custom builds & more.

Note this is the first Uglysound Electronics. You can find previous posts featuring Appliancide here.