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Showing posts with label legos. Show all posts

Monday, March 01, 2021

Lego Synthesizer No. 1- The Photon Blaster


video by Moon Armada

"The Photon Blaster: a rhythmic-noise generator that is played by shining strobing LED's into and away from a pair of light-sensors.

Each LED has controls for the speed and shape of the strobe. The LED's and sensors can be moved around to control the response.There is also a pair of CV inputs for controlling the LED's externally.

There are also additional controls for changing timbral and rhythmic aspects of the sounds.

The entire enclosure and and controls (including buttons and knobs) are constructed from Lego bricks.

moonarmada.com"

Monday, February 22, 2021

VVOLTT Eurorack Modular Synthesizer Lego Skiff


video by Baséput

"After a long break, finally I upload a new video again. This video is about a skiff called VVOLLT, made in Indonesia with lego style. Hope you enjoy it!

0:00​​ Intro
0:11​ Opening track
1:45​ General information
3:00​ VVOLTT skiff general information
04:35​ Take a look inside the skiff
08:15​ Jamming with the VVOLTT skiff"

Wednesday, October 21, 2020

2020 10 21 Buchla sequence #eurorack #buchla #modular #synthesizer #ambient #diy


osixoone sevenone

"A sequence playing a small Buchla clone, with soms help from LEGO Spaceguy, and Doepfer quad ADSR."

Saturday, May 09, 2020

Toa Mata Band - Kop AKA / Tour de France - LIVE ROBOTICS from Lockdown


Published on May 9, 2020 Opificio Sonico

"Toa Mata Band is known as the first LEGO® music #robots orchestra made of #Bionicle figures.

Each band member is built using Lego Bionicle and Technic pieces.

It's a system of electric motors, rubber bands and pulleys connected to the figures arms that allows them to play an array of different touchable synthesizers, drum machines, smartphones and electronic percussions."

Florian Shneider posts

Friday, May 01, 2020

The Legonoise


via LepLoop

A Lego cased LepLoop Lumanoise v5.

Yes, it works. :)

No video at the moment.

Friday, July 05, 2019

Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator Modular 400

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

via this auction

"LEGO wheels provide nice fine tuning of the oscillators and give it a unique look. Feel free to customize however you want and integrate into a much larger modular setup!"

Saturday, May 25, 2019

TAMBURO MECCANICO XXI - LIVE JAM [Pattern#2]


Published on May 25, 2019 Opificio Sonico

"Hi everyone 🖖🏻! in this video the second pattern created during a live-jam in studio, using my stepsequencer made out of #LEGO #technic "TAMBURO MECCANICO XXI" *.
Actually it's the same rhythmic pattern of the first video, but I've try to create a minimalist #ambient tune based on 6 notes ( 2 are modulated by fiscally changing the trigger input)
simply by slow down the speed and addressing the 4 tracks to a tuned electronic percussion module.
The effects and the bassline made the rest ;)

The performance was recorded in May 2019.

PATTERN#2 rig: Clavia NORD DRUM2 (Tuned percussion), Korg Kaosspad mini (Modulated FX), TCelectronics Hall of Fame (Reverb), ElectroHarmonix EHX Mini-synthesizer), Alesis Philtre (LFO digital Filter) LEGO Technic (Mechanical sequencer)"

Opificio Sonico

Monday, April 08, 2019

Lego Synth at DinoPark MakeProAudio | Live @ Musikmesse 2019 Frankfurt


Premiered 12 minutes ago FutureMusic.es

"La nueva plataforma DSP DinoPark de MakeProAudio ofrece un sistema potente para ejecutar sintetizadores virtuales de máquinas clásicas. Se sirve del código existente de la extinta Creamware para resucitar clones virtuales de los sintes añejos Moog Minimoog, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, y ARP Systems Odyssey."

Googlish:

"The new DinoPark DSP platform from MakeProAudio offers a powerful system for running virtual synthesizers of classic machines, it uses the existing code of the extinct Creamware to resurrect virtual clones of the old synths Moog Minimoog, Sequential Circuits Prophet-5, and ARP Systems Odyssey. . "

Check out Dino Park - DIY Top-End Modelling Synthesizer Featuring Creamware Emulations

Sunday, March 10, 2019

TAMBURO MECCANICO XXI - LIVE JAM [Pattern#1]


Published on Mar 10, 2019 Opificio Sonico

"Hi folks🖖🏻! In this video the first of a new series of live-electronics jam using my #stepsequencer made out of #LEGO #technic "TAMBURO MECCANICO XXI".
It consists of a four tracks rhythm machine which mechanically generates the electric impulses needed to trigger the drum synth and the bass-line sync.
( [posted here] )
On the 500th anniversary of Leonardo da Vinci's death, this is my personal tribute to his genius who in the late 1400s introduced "tamburo meccanico" the first known automated musical instrument.

PATTERN#1 rig: Clavia NORD DRUM2 (HH and Kick), Korg Kaossilator (Bass), Korg Kaosspad mini (Delay), TCelectronics Hall of Fame (Reverb), Roland JX3P+PG200 (Chords) , AMDEK PCK100 (Elect. Percussion), BOSS HC-2 (Hand Clapper), LEGO Technic (Mechanical sequencer)"

Wednesday, February 20, 2019

TAMBURO MECCANICO XXI - [Electro-mechanical rhythm machine]


Published on Feb 20, 2019 Opificio Sonico

"Hello everyone, In this video is shown my latest artwork made out of #LEGO TECHNIC inspired by #Leonardo da Vinci's TAMBURO MECCANICO (mechanical drum).

It consists of a four tracks rhythm machine which mechanically generates the electric impulses needed to trigger the drum synth and the bass-line sync.
This is my personal tribute to Leonardo's genius who in the late 1400 introduced the first automated musical instrument and the concept of step #sequencer.

The nonlinearity of the system made in ABS, generates a sort of shuffle rhythm and some random ghost notes, which creates an unpredictable organic groove.
[This footage is taken from the first studio jam]
Enjoy! Giuseppe"

Friday, January 04, 2019

Jamuary 4th, LEGO sequencer + OP-1


Published on Jan 4, 2019 Captain Credible

"Beta testing my own LEGO music sequencer for Jamuary 2019"

Sunday, March 11, 2018

Unique Lego Cased Midibox MB-6582 SID Synthesizer w/ R2-D2s

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

via this auction

"This is a rare chance to get a MB6582 SID chip Synthesizer.

The MB6582 is an extraordinary DIY synthesizer based on SID chips known from the famous C64. More infos here:

The synth was assembled by me, works perfectly and is in a very good condition! It is a very unique *Lego Edition* - only one of it's kind!

Case and potentiometer knobs are made of Lego (suitable for SIDchip sound)
The display is in 'rusty-orange' and matches the orange flat-top LEDs.
This MB6582 is also expanded with a custom active mixer circuit (+/-12V supply). It has a main L/R out, volume-pot for each engine and a Stereo/Mono switch for each engine.
Single outputs are switched, i. e. if a single output is connected to a jack, the signal is not routed to the mixer (can be changed internally)
Following chips are built in at the moment:

4 SID 6582 (1x stereo engine and 2x mono engine at the moment)
3 cores (4th core included)
The MB6582 can be expanded to 4 stereo engines by adding another 4 SID chips (SID 6581 / 6582 / 8580 - beware 6581 needs different voltage set by jumpers internally). In stereo mode 2 SID chips are used for L/R channels seperately to generate more space! i.e. by controlling filter cutoff seperately for L/R channels.
This MB6582 requires a power supply which supplies +12v/+5V/-12V/GND. I built my own specific power supply around a MeanWell RPT-60/100kHz, it can operate from 90-264VAC.

Since I am not an electrician I have to ship my power supply dissassembled and buyer must reassemble it at his own risk! (it's a very easy process!)"

Tuesday, July 04, 2017

Play House LEGO Rhythm Machine


Play House from Alex Allmont on Vimeo.

via @SRCBypass, via Creators

"Play House is an automata that generates slow hypnotic acid house through mechanisms built from LEGO Technic. This piece was made for AudioGraft 2014 with a commission from Oxford Contemporary Music.

Thanks to Danny Chapman and Gareth Ardron for cameras, and Vic Bosher & the OCM team for support!

www.alexallmont.com
www.ocmevents.org
www.audiograft.co.uk"

The music reminds me of an obscure band called The Abecedarians.

Sunday, May 07, 2017

Controlando un Moog Prodigy con piezas de Lego


Published on May 7, 2017 Hispasonic

"Danio Catanuto nos sorprendió en el BCN Synth Meeting con una ingeniosa manera de sincronizar el movimiento de los parámetros de su Moog Prodigy.'

Googlish:

"Danio Catanuto surprised us at the BCN Synth Meeting with an ingenious way to synchronize the movement of the parameters of his Moog Prodigy." Using Legos!

Sunday, April 30, 2017

Brothers On A Hotel Bed (Death Cab For Cutie) - Novation Circuit synth cover | Deerful


Published on Apr 30, 2017 Deerful

"I realised twelve years after everyone else did that Death Cab were amazing and obviously I had to cover them. Just voice and Circuit. Setup explanation under the cut!

I record sending a USB cardioid mic into Ableton, track muted; circuit into iRig Pro into Ableton, track soloed but very low volume so I can hear it enough to sing with but there's not much bleed into the mic (there's basically none here) and I can mix them separately. I don't like singing with headphones."

Monday, April 24, 2017

Small Lego Eurorack Sequencer Case


Another eurorack lego case from dkmnews. Also see his Make Noise 0-Coast lego case posted earlier here.

Sunday, April 23, 2017

Lego 0-Coast Stand


This one in via dkmnews who brought us the lego eurorack cases posted here and conceptual lego modules here. Also see his sequencer case here.

"A Lego Stand for the Make Noise 0-Coast Modular Synthesizer made with LEGO-Technic Parts..."

You can find additional pics of the 0-Coast stand starting here.

Saturday, April 22, 2017

Superbooth 2017: Ableton Lego Robots With Max4Live Connection Kit


Published on Apr 22, 2017 sonicstate

Wednesday, February 08, 2017

VGM #99: Adventure (Linelight) Chill Synth-Pop Cover


Published on Feb 7, 2017 Ace Waters

"I haven't seen much being said about Linelight in the video game world, which is a shame because its an absolutely stunning indie title that you should all go play. It's a very satisfying game, that makes you feel so good with the way it really uses its mechanics in such a fluid and intuitive way. The soundtrack is also super chill. Definitely don't overlook this game. Its on Steam and PS4!"

Saturday, January 21, 2017

Toa Mata Band - Episode#5 [The man & the machines]



Published on Jan 21, 2017 Opificio Sonico

Some gear/synth spotting: Soundmachines NS1nanosynth, EHX MINI-SYNTHESIZER, Moog Animoog (not sure what the second app is), Boss Hand Clapper, and Novation Launchpad.

"I was 11 when during a Sunday afternoon of 1978 Kraftwerk appeared for the first time in an Italian TV show. For me it was a dazzling discovery, one that has changed my life , so I went into my room , took a tape and recorded the audio from the tv speaker!! I still keep that precious recording and I've played it again and again for a long time.

Since that day I was waiting the time when the robots make a real functioning band and play music live, and nowdays a lot of music robots around the world are growing up, giving new ideas and creative communication to the music.
This is my inspiration to this Kraftwerk 's tribute, regarding their vision of the future and to their brilliant approaching to the music with a touch of irony that even now is still influencing a thousand of music producers around the world.

My video contribution from Toa Mata Band (a tiny orchestra of Lego® robots driven by Arduino®) represents a version of the iconic tune 'The robots' using nowdays open-source technologies, microcontrollers, 3D printer, robot arm, music DAW, smarthphones, pocket synthesizers* and more... trying to give a new way to read the message we got from them 40 years ago.

Hoping you'll enjoy it, I want thank you for watching!

Giuseppe Acito (Opificio Sonico)

*Also see the 5 prologues already uploaded on this channel [above]

:: Credits:
Artwork: Giuseppe Acito
Camera: Mattia P. Acito
Music: Hutter\Schneider\Bottos [Kraftwerk]
Performed: Toa Mata Band
Wear: DilIborio

The performance was recorded in December 2016.

:: Booking: http://www.fpartists.com/artisti/toa-..."

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