Polaron meets the Octatrack

Published on Nov 16, 2019 a_guy_called_tom

"A jam showing the Polaron DIY drum synth in action. The Polaron is routed through the Octatrack where it gets some reverb and a bit of filtering. Kawai K3m is doing the pads, an the trusty old Nord Modular the baseline."

Polaron DIY Drum Machine - Recording Parameter Locks

Published on Apr 18, 2019 a_guy_called_tom

"This video explains how you can change sounds on the Polaron drum machine by recording parameter locks.
The Polaron is a digital DIY drum machine. The project is open-source, go check it on Github: https://github.com/zueblin/Polaron"

You can find previous posts on the Polaron here.

Digital Love: Blofeld x Polaron

Digital Love: Blofeld x Polaron from a guy called tom on Vimeo.

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"Yes, i love digital synthesis. This video shows the Polaron hand in hand with the Waldorf Blofeld. The Polaron is a DIY drum synth, check it out on github and make it yours: https://github.com/zueblin/Polaron"

Building a beat from scratch with the Polaron DIY drum machine

Building a beat from scratch with the Polaron DIY drum machine from a guy called tom on Vimeo.

"A demo of the Polaron DIY drum machine showing how you can build beats from scratch and mess with them. Thanks Zarvox for the voiceover.

Check the Polaron Project on Github: https://github.com/zueblin/Polaron"

Polaron DIY drum machine sneak peek

Polaron DIY drum machine sneak peek from a guy called tom on Vimeo.

"A short sneak peek of the polaron diy drum machine. Its a 6 track digital drum machine based on the teensy 3.6 microcontroller. Work in progress

Make it yours:

Update: PCB / Code is relocated to: https://github.com/zueblin/Polaron"

Physical 3D Audio Wavetable & The Sound of the Moon

Physical 3D Audio Wavetable from a guy called tom on Vimeo.

"An experiment of scanning a 3D printed physical wavetable for wavetable synthesis. A line-laser is used to scan the waveform via the camera on an iphone. Sound synthesis is written in openframeworks using the tonic audio library."

The sound of the moon from a guy called tom on Vimeo.

This is how the moon sounds - an experiment of using a camera image for wavetable audio synthesis. The image is interpreted as a heightmap and used to synthesize a waveform using openframeworks / tonic audio.

Teensy 3.1 based drum machine prototype - part II

Teensy 3.1 based drum machine prototype - part II from a guy called tom on Vimeo.

"A step sequencer / sampler / drum machine based on the teensy 3.1 microcontroller (http://www.pjrc.com/). It records and plays samples to flash. A playstation2 joystick is used to control sound parameters and record parameter locks. Demo shows some of the features that are currently being tested. Work in progress."

Part 1 here.

Teensy 3.1 based drum machine prototype

Teensy 3.1 based drum machine prototype from a guy called tom on Vimeo.

"A drum machine / step sequencer prototype based on the teensy 3.1 microcontroller development system. It is very basic and currently uses static samples. It's based on the teensy audio libary (http://www.pjrc.com/teensy/td_libs_Audio.html). 74HC595 shiftregisters are used to control the LEDs and 74HC165 shiftregisters to access the switches."

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