"The keyboard players in my band were spacier than Sun Ra, more abstract than John Coltrane and brought more sheer, squalid anarchy to the stage than GG Allin and the Sex Pistols combined. When they weren’t playing music they were either feeding, fighting, or shitting on the floor – and they managed to do a lot of that onstage, too. But they didn’t just act like barnyard animals, they were barnyard animals: the keyboard players in my band were two chickens named Kitty Wells and Patsy Cline."
bassline: Moog Minimoog (Lintronics Midi) sequenced by the MFB Step64 step sequencer, sync with the TR-707 and transposed by the DX-7 II
lead and sync sounds: ARP Odyssey MK3
drums: Roland TR-707
Some pricing for the archives: "every single Blacet module ever produced, with the exception of the Hex Zone, Window Comparator, and Mini Wave, all still in production and easily available.
I/O $140 Scanner $75 Splitter $45 Mixer $45 VCO $215 Stonz $150 EG1 x3 $170/each Bar Graph $75 Klang Werk $190 Binary Zone $160 Dual Filter $140 Final Filtre $175 Filthy Filtre $190 Micro LFO x2 $110/each Multi/Atten x3 $25/each QuadMix VCA x2 $140/each Frequency Divider $200 Sequential Switch $75 Improbability Drive $170 Time Machine Rev.B $500 Mixer Processor x2 $110/each Dark Star Chaos Rev.B $250 Blacet Frac Rack x2 $65/each Blacet PS500+PSCONN $85 ----------- Total: $4315 20% Off: $3452 Please note that the original price of $4175 is still WAY WAY lower than new retail pricing. This is based on used module pricing for each one."
YouTube via musicsoluble. via Modd3d "Bring your guitar playing to a new dimension with The Electric Pick Synth. A one of a kind new instrument that utilizes the natural picking style to send out two different audio signals:
1- The pick itself is a passive circuit that has a percussive attack at the output. This signal can be routed to any pedal or effect for interesting results. This signal can also trigger MIDI notes through devices with CV input
2- The Synth is a light sensitive oscillator circuit that is controlled by the pick with a photo-cell and contact to the guitar. It has a switchable range capable of "low creaks" sweeping to "high screams". It runs on a 9volt battery and has a built in speaker.
The unit is seated near the tail of the guitar behind the bridge. The guitar contact hookup wire is connected to the bridge. The pick's natural plucking produces the attack at the pick output. The synth voice is "cut" when a string is struck and the photo-cell varies the pitch at the synth output.
This is an experimental instrument with a range of possibilities.
Ideas for use: -Route the pick into a reverb and a wah-wah pedal for an instant analog filter -Dazzle the your band-mates with 3 outputs from one guitar -Trigger MIDI instruments and ambiences -Turn that annoying "pick-tick" into an original sound -Summon alien vessels and let their flashing lights play your synth!
YouTube via bigcitymusic "I wanted to call this 'March of the A-holes' but Stephi thought some of you might take it for a NIN reference, good or bad.
The snare is running into the Metasonix TM-6 Multimode filter and the kick drum is having its scrotum smashed by the TM-7. The Analogue Solutions SEMblance is just being a tool in the corner. The Jomox 888 provides the analog kick and snare as well as the dry hi-hat, all via separate outputs. We tried to get really artsy but it ended up looking like this instead.
See the post on SYNTHWIRE via Carbon111. Be sure to check out Carbon111 for more.
"Intensity can be off, full on or synced to the LFO waveform with the toggle switch. On some color settings, the lights actually cycle through different colors during the LFO's duty cycle. Being able to "see" the LFO waveform as well as rate is rather useful, actually. Very nice!"