12/5/23 (300, 500, 1000 lullaby) Northeast Electronics Corp. TTS-4ANH & 4XDV + Peavey DDL-3

video upload by Cfpp0

"A lullaby, a duet! Three selectable frequencies (300cps, 500cps, 1000kc) on the NEC TTS-4ANH are alternated with the send freq switch, and fed into the Peavey DDL-3 digital delay pedal to overlap and sustain. No reverb is used so that the odd character of the NEC TTS-4ANH can be heard, but the highs and mids are boosted on the little Mackie Mix8 to bring out the distortion, harmonics, and switch clicks. Shot in the last few minutes of daylight."

11/19/23 Landscape Noon electrocuted by two Hewlett-Packard 3310-A Function Generators + CXM 1978

video upload by Cfpp0

Zap
Zap
Noon is passive
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The sound of electricity.

11/4/23 (test) SAE 2800 Solid State Stereo Parametric Equalizer + Hewlett-Packard 3310A (x2)

video upload by Cfpp0

"The 'melody' is range 1: Sine, Triangle, Sine, Square. The “beat” is range .1: Sine.

Considering that the SAE 2800 was intended for home hi-fi stereo use, it works out great as a musical filter. We’re a bit on the fence about whether we should sell it or not. If you want it, write to Christopher’s Boutique 489 on Reverb."

10/28/23 (beating) Pasco Scientific 9301 (x2) + Zerosum Inertia Cenotaph + Mackie Mix12FX

video upload by Cfpp0

"Zerosum Inertia Cenotaph shows out at 2:07, 2:22, and 3:38. The right Pasco Scientific 9301 modulates the left 9301 throughout. Both 9301s need a bath."

10/27/23 (low pass x1k, x10) Pasco Scientific 9301 & 9302 + Zerosum Inertia Cenotaph

video upload by Cfpp0

"Two filter settings on the Pasco 9302 affect the Zerosum Inertia Cenotaph differently."

10/26/23 Pasco Scientific WA-93017A Fourier Synthesizer + Zerosum Inertia Cenotaph + Mackie Mix12FX

video upload by Cfpp0

"Maiden voyage on the Pasco Scientific Fourier Synthesizer, with assistance from the Zerosum Inertia Cenotaph. And some cheap stereo Flanger by Mackie."

Spinning the dial on Clough Brengle oscillator, a late 1930s analog device

video uploads by Brian Comnes

Update:

"It's all analog for sure , from 1938!! Don Buchla was 1 year old at the time. Bob Moog was 4 !! Daphne Oram was only 13. It uses two heterodyned tubes oscillating around 80k hz and uses a monster variable capacitor to generate the differential frequency much akin to that used in a tube based theremin, and then to an internal tube amplifier

Best part of this device is it sweeps continuously from 40k hz to about 9k. Most bench oscillators have stepped narrower ranges Here's some vids. "

via this auction

"Used Clough Brengle Beat Frequency Oscillator Model 79C

Estimated from 1937 in good working order. see videos

This an all tube analog oscillator capable of sweeping form 30 hz to 9k hz CONTINUOUSLY .

All orIginal to my knowledge. MassiVe transformers, this thing weighs in at 20 pounds (which will make shipping a bit pricey) Has new grounded power cord

Includes one connector cable."

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Hainbach Gave Away His Test Equipment - Exploring The New Tape and Test Equipment Studio in Porto

video upload by HAINBACH

"I gave away my test equipment (two palettes of it at least) and I am happy about that! Because it became the foundation of a new tape and test equipment studio that you too can record in now. It is situated at the non-profit association Sonoscopia in Porto, Portugal. Sonoscopia is a unique place run by musicians and sound artists. Every nook and cranny is filled with objects made by artists who did residencies there. It is truly one of the nicest places in experimental music I have found across the world.

I gave a workshop on how to use this equipment for music, and here is the short version of that. If you are interested in the full process and more knowledge, the unedited version is on my Patreon.

PATRONS get good things: http://patreon.com/hainbach
MY MUSIC: http://hainbach.bandcamp.com"

8/6/23 Roland SBX-80 plays its metronome and pings General Radio 1564-A + Univox ProVerb

video upload by Cfpp0

"The Roland SBX-80 does a lot—SMPTE, for one thing, but it gives you clock on TS, clock on DinSync, clock on MIDI, manual tap tempo, and so on. It was the master clock around here until Pamela’s New Workout took over. The SBX-80 looks like a 909, and has a cool numerical grid of buttons like the old keyboards (back when mice had wires). Here the SBX-80 is playing its metronome at a lugubrious 20bpm. SBX-80 metronome audio out to Univox ProVerb for some spring reverb. SBX-80 time base out to audio input on General Radio 1564-A Sound & Vibration Analyzer, with band level at 70 3mV, then 60 1mV, then 50 .3mV, with bandwidth at 1/10th octave, and frequency at 3.5, then 4, and back."

5U Modular Patch with Wavetek Oscillator

video upload by Bata

"Module List-

Synthesizers.com -
Q105 Slew Limiter
Q106 Oscillator (x3) with soft sync aid
Q107 State Variable Filter
Q109 Envelope Generator (x2)
Q112 4 Channel Mixer
Q116 Ring Modulator
Q118 Instrument Interface
Q119 Sequential Controller
Q124 Multiples
Q125 Signal Processor
Q128 Switch
Q130 Clipper/Rectifier
Q137 Power
Q147 Distributor
Q155 Curver (Curver, VCA, Slope Detector, VC Inverter)
Q157 SH++ (Sample and Hold, LFO, Clock Divider, Noise, Lag, Decay EG)
Q171 Quantizer Bank
Q179 Envelope++ (Multifunction module with looping envelopes/lfo/sequencer/gate delay/quantizer)
Some discontinued Midi interface module

STG Soundlabs -
Wave Folder
Signal Amplifiers
Mixer

Synthetic Sound Labs -
Tap Tempo LFO"

Tektronix SG502 / FG502 Signal Generators

via this auction

"Here's a nice case of Tektronix signal generators. One FG502 [Function Generator], which has multiple waveforms, and a couple of SG502 [Oscillators], which offer Pulse and Sine waves. The set is working, and ready to bring that raw test equipment magic to your studio."

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7/16/23 Hewlett Packard 3310A + Maestro Rhythm King MKIV + CXM 1978 + Coppersound Telegraph Stutter

video upload by Cfpp0

Follow-up to this post.

The Maestro is currently listed on Reverb here.

Overpriced Pair of 1970s Urei 565T "Little Dipper" Filter Set

via this auction

"This listing is for a pair of gold-trimmed Urei 565T Filter Sets in a black Tolex case (or without). These look incredible. The seller we bought them from wrote:

The 565T offers precise notching and peaking of very narrow frequency bands. The major application is to remove unwanted noises from recordings. Used extensively by the movie industry. It can also be used to create flanging, phasing and other unusual effects.

The 565T has an output transformer that can send a balanced signal to a 600 ohm load. The input level can be switched up 20db and the input impedence can be set between 600 and 10K ohms. This item came out of temperature controled editing suite. The suite had preventative maintenance done quarterly.

Having these will make you feel better in your studio, and feel better about your studio.

You don’t need to worry about the rear connections. You don’t need to make pigtails. You have an in and an out right on the front of the unit, and it takes balanced TRS or unbalanced TS.

What will you use it for? A notch filter, feedback murderer? Lowpass filtration on the 2bus for performative transitions? Nasal peaks? Dub stuff? Purist period-correct cinematic effects? Reductive sonic biopsies, additive implants?

MOJO MOJO."

WHAT THE HECK IS IT? #shorts

video upload by LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER

"Here is one for you smart alecs. i have it doing a bit more than it did. i have a few more caps to swap. but it would be good to know what the heck it is supposed to do before going the whole way haha."

Ah! Kosmos & Hainbach - Blast of Sirens

video upload by HAINBACH

What's that at :20?

"This is the title track of my upcoming album with @ahkosmos - I am very happy to finally share this with you! You can stream and buy the full track everywhere now https://orcd.co/blastofsirens
We want to put out the album on vinyl - pre-order now and help us make it happen: https://hainbach.bandcamp.com/album/b..."

--
Welson Syntex at :21.

LudoWic - Creating dark textures

video upload by ludoWic music

More LudoWic:
https://www.ludowic.com
https://wicrecordings.lnk.to/ludowic

Trautonium, Minimoog, & EMS SYNTHI & SYNTHI E. Note the SYNTHI E is a white model also seen here, not the standard orange yellow as seen in other posts. You can find additional LudoWic SYNTHI posts here. See this post on EMS founder Peter Zinovieff's passing for some history on EMS.

You can find additional posts featuring the Trautonium here. So much synth history can be found deep in the archives of the site.

This one is in via Soviet Space Child.

Atomizing Acoustic Drums With Nuclear Research Equipment | Loop Pack

video upload by HAINBACH

"I wanted to spend time with an old friend of mine, who happens to be an excellent drummer. So I posed an experiment for us: what happens if you run acoustic drums into vintage nuclear research instruments? Spoiler: it sounds devastating! We liked the result so much that we made it into a 'Nuclear Drum Loops' pack, complete with single samples. Its ideal in any genre where you want something rough and different for your drums. Available now on http://hainbach.bandcamp.com"

The Secret Of The Overtone Synthesizer

video upload by HAINBACH

"A unit with no markings and a hearsay history found its way into my studio. It is unique and wonderful, but shrouded in mystery. I show what it can do, but can you help me uncover it's history? Featuring @HANGINGOUTWITHAUDIOPHILES aka Jamie Lidell

SOUNDPACKS, MUSIC and LOVE: http://patreon.com/hainbach"

Watford Electronics Rhythm Generator

via this auction

This one was spotted and sent in via M Me.

This appears to be the first post to feature the Rhythm Generator. Watford also made a Mark 1 drum machine mentioend in RHYTHM MACHINES - The Rise And Fall Of the Presets - by Alex Graham.

Details from the listing on the Rhythm Generator:

"Vintage Watford Electronics Rhythm Generator 1970s Drum Beats Machine Rare.

Built as a kit from Watford electronics parts with the UK magazine practical wireless. Basic unit but it's pretty rare. The exterior case is a little marked, the maker appears to have used it as a soldering iron rest 🤦🏻‍♀️ Would probably benefit from power and output leads / plug being rewired replaced, but it's been tested as working as far as using a pair of headphones goes with it. All the beats were heard through them and tempo/ volume change etc."

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1969: What Is ELECTRONIC MUSIC? | Workshop | Radiophonic Workshop | BBC Archive

video upload by BBC Archive

Be sure to check out 3:59 on. I won't give it away, but it's interesting they had the same views back then. Note 7:33 for a glimpse of what would come. Finally also see this post for Daphne Oram's Oramics and her Bird of Parallax. See the Oramics label for more.

"What is electronic music? How is it produced?

Desmond Briscoe - the head of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop - enlists the help of Daphne Oram, David Cain and John Baker to explain the fundamentals of synthesised sound.

This clip is from Workshop: The Same Trade As Mozart, originally broadcast 3 August, 1969.

You have now entered the BBC Archive, a time machine that will transport you back to the golden age of tv to educate, entertain and enlighten you with classic tv clips from the BBC vaults."