Voice Of Saturn Kit Synth & Unfinished Sequencer Kit

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"The synth seems complete and does make sound but not sure if it is working 100% as designed.

The sequencer still needs wiring.

Both are missing some screws.

Schematics can be found online but I should have them saved and will print off and include in the box."

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Q169 plus Sequencer Jam #shorts

video upload by O.Z. Hall

"The Synthesizers.com Q169 Oscillator ++ dual oscillator forms the main voice. Oscillator 2 is synced to Oscillator 1. The Voice of Saturn 10 step sequencer drives this jam. I'm manipulating the gates and the sequence length, as well as delay amount and time on the Swiss Daisy DSP module from Zebra Synth."

The Voice of Saturn, Analog Sequencer Vintage Synth 10 step CV Gate Synthesizer

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Pics of the inside below.

"Vintage Voice of Saturn Analog 10 step sequencer. Early version by Travis Thatcher. Neat old thing I have had for a while. Works fine except #9 in the sequence. The LED doesn't light up and CV output is weak on #9. A weird glitchy analog quirk, fine if you don't mind a hitch in your step or some funk in your rhythm. I have always just used it as it is, part of its charm I think. There are schematics on the web if you wanted to trouble shoot it. Not too many of these around."

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Voice of Saturn Phonton Tricorder

Published on Dec 4, 2019 Travis Thatcher

"Quick demo of the PhotonTricorder light synth. Makes lots of noise! More info:
http://travisthatcher.com/portfolio/p..."

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Voice of Saturn - Swimming

Published on Oct 1, 2019 Travis Thatcher

"Voice of Saturn live performance 9.28.19 at The Bridge PAI, Charlottesville, VA. Video and audio by Voice of
Saturn."

signal chains:
Farfisa Syntorchestra -> Boss RPS-10 -> Proco Brat -> ADA Flanger ->Eventide H9
OP-Z
Guitar -> EHX Bass Micro Synth -> vos freq fuzz -> EHX Stereo Memory Man

Travis Thatcher worked with Scott Driscoll of Curious Inventor on the original Voice of Saturn kits.

Music From Outer Space - MFOS - Soundlab Ultimate w/ Expanders and Voice of Saturn

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"This is a custom built modular synthesizer comprised of the MFOS Soundlab Ultimate and two identical Soundlab Expanders. The case itself was made from old bleachers from the school the builder worked at (who is one of the recommended builders on the MFOS website if you didn't feel up to the DIY challenge). The main synth voice is normalized but can be repatched. The patch points are an interesting combination of banana jacks and 1/4" jacks. There is a passive multiple box included that convert 1/4" and banana cables in either direction.
The bottom of the unit was also signed and dated by Ray Wilson when it was sent in to have the envelope generators response curve tweaked (I believe to make them snappier)

Soundlab Ultimate Features
3 VCOs with Square and Saw Waveforms
Noise Source
External Input
5 Channel Mixer
Analog Lowpass Filter
Analog VCA
Attack and Decay Envelope Generator
Sample & Hold Circuit
Gate Repeater
2 LFOs with Square, Rising Saw, Triangle, Falling Saw Waveforms, and Low and High Rate Ranges
4 Attenuators
Soundlab Expander Features (per each side)
Attack Decay Sustain Release Envelope Generator
Analog Multimode Filter w/ Lowpass, Highpass, and Bandpass
Analog VCA
Ring Modulator (Analog Multiplier)
Signal Booster
Envelope Follower
CV Inverter
4 Channel Mixer

Also included are a bunch of banana cables (some stackable, some not) 3pin cables to link the power from the main Soundlab to the 2 Expanders, and a separately built project Voice of Saturn drone synth. The Voice of Saturn does work but is a little finicky, and seems to need some calibration as the ranges on the controls are very narrow. But it will be an interesting add-on to this system giving you 2 extra VCOs and 1 LFO."

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Voice of Saturn Synthesizer MK II Prototype

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"Selling one of the prototype boxes i made with the Voice of Saturn Synth MK II circuit. It features 3 audio rate oscillators, 3 LFOs and a VCF. The LFOs can be patched to either the VCF cutoff control or to the CV inputs of any oscillator to provide a gating type effect. The filter is a really gnarly low pass that will distort wonderfully when you crank the resonance. There is a 1/4" input to the filter (experimental) for processing external sources. This is a great drone box or you can ping the filter with an external gate or one of the LFOs for some interesting percussion sounds. Ships with 3 banana cables and power adapter."

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The Voice of Saturn Synth is Back

Published on Jan 12, 2018 Travis Thatcher

"VoS Synthesizer quick demo. Making them again in small batches!"

Stoplight Spaceout by LavLab

Published on Apr 23, 2017 HostileSlothRecords

"Experimental eurorack modular synthesizer session

Key Gear Used:
Qu-Bit Nebulae sampler,
Voice of Saturn analog synth,
Waldorf nw1 wavetable synth,
Tip-Top Audio BD808 kick drum,
Doepfer sequencer & white noise,
Make Noise Wogglebug modulation, clock & ring mod,
Synthrotek delay
Electro Harminix Memory Boy delay
......etc....

Sounds, Manipulations & Video by LavLab
Filmed with Nikon DSLR"

Electro Harmonix Super Space Drum and Vintage Memory Man with DIY Patchable Synthesizer

Published on Mar 13, 2017 Perfect Circuit Audio

"The drone sound is made with a two oscillator Voice of Saturn Synth Run through a resonating bandpass filter, with another resonating bandpass mixed in as a tone source. This drone goes through the vintage Electro Harmonix Memory Man in chorus mode. The bass sound is two low tech 555 square wave oscillators mixed into a Q&D low pass VCF. Electro Harmonix Super Space Drum provides the kick drum and everything is sequenced by the Korg SQ-1.

The Super Space Drum is simultaneously the weirdest and coolest pedal that you never realized that you wanted. A modern reissue of the 1979 Electro Harmonix classic, the Super Space Drum is ready to act as a crazy sound effect, part of your analog drum machine setup, or as an envelope/VCA for external audio.

Available here: https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/e..."

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Synthesizers.com Box 4 Sequencer Pack w/ Minibrute

Published on Oct 14, 2015 alternatingbitmusic

"Forever configurable Box 4 MU modular. This round, the Voice of Saturn 10-step analog sequencer and the Dotcom Q171 quantizer."

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Love For One

Published on Aug 26, 2015 alternatingbitmusic

"Tap Tempo LFO influencing several modules.
Primary VCO (Club of the Knobs), the Voice of Saturn sequencer, Oakley Journeyman Filter, Deep Equinoxe, and some white noise make up this minimal treat."

Noise Rack Diary #07: Benjoladik Love #TTNM

Published on Dec 18, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines

"Got some Ladik modules, including the new 8HP S-030 Clockworks4.

The Benjolin clocks the Ladik S-030, which then triggers other sounds. No patch diagram this time though ... I'm sorry! :(

Benjolin Explanation & Demo Video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fFfQT... [here]

Here's the Eurorack Modular Synthesizer Case on ModularGrid:
http://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/vi...

Gear used in this video:
- Klangbau Köln / Rob Hordijk Benjolin
- Klangbau Köln XR-VCO
- Klangbau Köln State Variable qVCF Filter
- Klangbau Köln Röhren VCA (Tube Amplifier)
- Klangbau Köln Low-Noise Spring Reverb
- Ladik S-030 Clockworks4 Variable Gate Length Clock Divider
- Ladik C-030 AD/AR Envelope Generator
- Ladik A-012 Dual lin VCA
- Manhattan Analog mix
- Doepfer A-138 Exp Mixer
- The Voice of Saturn VCF Low Pass Filter

Audio recorded on a Zoom R16. Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i)."

Synthrotek / SynthCube Voice of Saturn Sequencer 5U edition

Published on Jun 27, 2014 synthrotek·130 videos

"Voice of Saturn in a 5U Format"

http://www.synthrotek.com/

And a pic via Caleb Condit on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge.

patchable "modular" noise synth with noise swash and volca beats

Published on Jun 24, 2014 NoizeHack·54 videos

"I just finished the last set of modules in my patchable modular noise synth. It isn't exactly modular, since they are all in one panel, but there is no normaling or any pre-routing, it all has to be done with patch cables, note the multicolor cable spaghetti. I am also using the kick drum on a volca beats drum machine, and some distortion from a noise swash, as well as a joystick controller that sends out control voltages. I made everything except the volca beats.

The synth has two voice of saturn synths, two 555 vcos with amplitude modulation and sync, and four attack decay generators with a looping function.

patches:

lfo out from voice of saturn synth to sync in on volca beats

drone sound: voice of saturn synth with an attack decay generator modulating the frequency of its second oscillator. the AD generator is triggered by the LFO in the V.O.S., which is sometimes synched to the other V.O.S. LFO, which is the driving the drum machine.

beating thumpy sound:
two 555 VCOs, both with amplitude controlled by the joystick, one the x axis, the other the y axis. The first VCO gets frequency modulation from an AD generator that is triggered by the LFO that is clocking the volca beats, this VCO goes into the CV in on the noise swash. The second VCO has two looping AD generators modulating its frequency, and is synched to the V.O.S. synth that is not used for the drone sound. This VCO goes into the input of the noise swash."

thomas white triple lpg meets synthrotek voice of saturn

Published on Jun 17, 2014 caleb condit·67 videos

"this is a row of modules I just finished up soldering together and decided it was time to jam.
it's modular+akai ax-60+volca beats
also the akai at the end got run through a megaohm audio ma20 korg style filter with modulation as I was getting a bit of a feedback/ground hum and it took out the high frequency noise quite nicely and added in it's own little bit of white noise from the gain stage."

Pi in the Sky Synth Jam (Standuino 2π, MicroBrute, Eurorack, MPC 1000, Vermona DRM-1, JV1010)

Published on May 20, 2014 The Tuesday Night Machines·104 videos

"Some airy strings and pings, plus digital and analog noise :) Subscribe: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_c...

Questions or comments? Go ahead and post them below! :) Thanks for watching!

MORE INFO:

Gear used in this video:
- Eurorack Modular Synthesizer (with Vermona qMi, Malekko Wiard Anti-Oscillator, Klangbau, Intellijel, Koma Kommander, Sound of Shadows, Plague Bearer, Ataraxic Translatron, Voice of Saturn VCF, etc. see: http://www.modulargrid.net/e/racks/vi...)
- Standuino 2pi White Noise Edition (noise synth through EHX Memory Boy delay)
- Arturia MicroBrute (analog synthesizer)
- Roland JV-1010 (ROMpler Strings)
- Vermona DRM-1 mkIII (drum synth)
- Akai MPC 1000 (sequencer)
- Zoom R16 (recording & mastering)

Filmed with a Canon EOS 550D (Rebel t2i)."

THE VOICE OF SATURN VCF FILTER Eurorack Module

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"The Voice of Saturn Filter is a Voltage Controlled low-pass filter based around a CEM 3372 IC. It accepts two inputs that have independent VCA's as well as a final output VCA. Both cutoff and resonance are voltage controllable.

CEM3372 filter IC (4-pole resonant low-pass filter) is the same chips found in the filters of such analog classics as the Sequential Circuits Prophet 600, Prophet T8 and Oberheim Xpander. One very cool feature of the CEM series filter chips is that as the resonance is turned up, the volume level does not drop as dramatically (as it does in other analogs, including the famous Moog Ladder Filter)"

Cosmorama - making off

Published on Oct 9, 2013 synthcamp·5 videos

Custom VOICE OF SATURN SEQUENCER CV TRIGGER MODULAR

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"Built from kit into an aluminum faceplate, mounted in a military surplus fiberglass case originally used for the launch mechanism for an MX missile.

Ten step stand alone CV and trigger sequencer with defeats on each step, clock in and out, internal clock or external sync, summed and individual outputs.

Fader/slider potentiometers instead of knobs allow for a better ergonomic and visual experience.

Large ultrabright blue LEDs are both visual aid and awesome light show.

Deep lid allows patch cables and other items to be stored in-patch if desired. Just open case and plug into synths.

Lid when open is perfect for perching, say, an Oberheim SEMpro, which is how I mostly used it.

Works great with all standard modular synth formats: eurorack, frac, motm, dotcom, etc.
Anything with CV, for the most part.

Runs on 9v batteries.

Demonstration video here: [see this post]

VOS product website here

The stock version kit is $175 unbuilt.
This is built and completely unique with multiple improvements."

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