[SOUNDMIT 2022] HERBS AND STONES GENTLE WHAM : Groovebox analogique 6 voix

video upload by Les Sondiers

"Gianluca de Herb and Stones présente sa groovebox analogique, compatible Eurorack, à 6 voix. Plus d'infos : https://herbs---stones.com/gentle-wham/"

"Herb and Stones' Gianluca introduces his analog, Eurorack-compatible, 6-voice groovebox. More info: https://herbs---stones.com/gentle-wham/"

You can find additional posts featuring HERBS AND STONES GENTLE WHAM here.

[SOUNDMIT 2022] HERBS AND STONES - LIQUID FOAM (synthétiseur à patterns complexes)

video upload by Les Sondiers

"Herbs and Stones présente son Liquid Foam, un synthétiseur à un oscillateur + filtre capable de générer des patterns complexes à partir de 2 séquenceurs cycliques et quelques réglages bien choisis. Plus d'infos : https://herbs---stones.com/liquid-foam/"

"Herbs and Stones presents its Liquid Foam, a single oscillator + filter synthesizer capable of generating complex patterns from 2 cyclic sequencers and a few well-chosen settings. More info: https://herbs---stones.com /liquid-foam/"

Herbs and Stones Liquid Foam

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via this auction

"Gives wonderful 303 style lines in a very experimental and fun way. Comes with 8 banana cables and non-original 9 volt power suppy.
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Liquid Foam is a modular monophonic analog groovebox that revolves around a dual sequencer designed to encourage complex pattern exploration.

By making connections with banana-type patch cables it can generate anything from straightforward 4/4 loops to ever-changing byzantine synth lines, off-key tantrums and organic percussive phrases.

At the core there’s an analog VCO with two stages of waveshaping, a decay-only EG that can be inverted any step, a 2-pole resonant low pass VCF and a CMOS-based final overdrive stage.

Liquid Foam can sync with virtually any other machine via its clock input mini jack and it sends a 5v clock out/through pulse for further syncing and chaining."

Video in the listing, Herbs and Stones Liquid Foam - patch from scratch, posted here. See the Herbs and Stones label for more.

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Herbs and Stones - Arms

video upload by Herbs and Stones

"Arms is a digital dual percussion module in eurorack format"



via Herbs and Stones

Arms is a two voice digital percussion module.
It is based around a combination of FM synthesis and ring modulation.

Each voice has CV control over decay length, FM mod range, FM mod decay and the frequency of the ring modulator oscillator.
The two identical voices are designed to synthesize a wide range of drum and percussion sounds, from hi hats to harsh snares and low frequency tom toms.

Each CV input accepts 0-5V signals and is protected from voltages above and under the expected CV range.

Parameters:

Length: sets the duration of the percussion sound
Mod range: sets the amount of FM modulation
Mod decay: sets the length of the modulation
Rm freq: sets the frequency of the ring modulation stage oscillator
Trig A: gate/trigger input for voice A
Trig B: gate/trigger input for voice B

width: 12hp
maximum depth: 22mm
Panel material: aluminum
power consumption: +12V 12mA, -12V 8mA
out: 10Vpp signal output
output impedance: 1kΩ
Arms is priced at € 299

An Experimental Groove Box: Herbs And Stones Mousse

video upload by HAINBACH

"Herbs And Stones Mousse is a cool oddball groove box: it looks stylish, sounds rich and is fun to play. Mousse and me had quiet the journey together though, as I became an unintentional beta tester. I put various pre-production units through their paces until Herbs and Stones arrived at a solid production unit. In this video I show the process that started in November and ended just now at the end of March. Use the chapters to jump to sound demos, patching tips, and my final thoughts."

00:00 Intro and Unboxing
00:49 Making A Track
03:53 Overview
07:04 No Talking Demos
14:02 Firmware Update For Tuning Fix
16:37 Unit 3 arrives
18:50 Patch Tips
25:08 Mouse with Eurorack
26:38 Final Thoughts

Herbs & Stones PATHWAYS: Overdrive Distortion Demo (no talking) TTNM

video upload by THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"In this no-talking sound demo, I demonstrate the overdrive saturation effect of the Herbs and Stones' PATHWAYS.

Inputs 1-3 receive sounds from my Gotharman Little deFormer 3 synthesizer. Output D goes to my recorder and output C is sent back to Input 4, which overdrives the signal. Like this I can fade between the clean and distorted signals and also modulate panning between the two via CV.

PATHWAYS is a 4x4 Matrix Mixer by Herbs and Stones. It features amplification circuitry for each input channel, CV control over every node and various on-board CV generators for modulation fun!

Timecodes:
0:00 Dual Synth Voice Distortion
0:43 Another Synth Voice Distortion
1:16 Drum Samples Distorted
1:44 Modulated Distortion"

➤ Homepage: https://nightmachines.tv

Herbs & Stones PATHWAYS: Self-Patched Noise, Crackles, Bleeps and Bloops #TTNM

Playing live with nuclear instruments and unknown synths

Published on Dec 16, 2019 HAINBACH

Some new gear in the second half of the video includes the Herbs and Stones Liquid Foam and the Neon Egg Planetarium (demos below).

"In which I play an improvised live show with a setup that is new and barely rehearsed.

Usually when I play live, I like to work with the setup I have had for the past three years. In fact, the reason for this channel was that I needed an audience to get better at improvising on my instruments, the camera became an important tool to get good it. But after five weeks of doing art projects, theatre soundtracks and live performances I was burned out. So I decided to play myself a little bit - I choose a completely new setup. Only the Plumbutter was with me on stage before, the rest, including FX and mixer, are studio pieces. Some, such as the Boxcar I had never used in that function before, and one synth had just arrived that day. I did not even know if I could safely travel with the nuclear instrumentation modular rack, without it breaking. The excitement of trying something new helped break the block I felt and I had a good time at the show.

You can find the full audio here: www.patreon.com/hainbach"

Check out more of HAINBACH's experimental lab and test equipment in previous posts here.

Herbs and Stones Liquid Foam - patch from scratch

Published on Dec 5, 2019 Gianluca Herbertson

"A quick jam with Liquid Foam, showing some of its patching possibilities.

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2X Liquid Foam jam

Published on Aug 7, 2019 Gianluca Herbertson

"Quick jam with two Liquid Foam prototypes on a hot and cloudy summer afternoon"

Neon Egg Planetarium - Sidechain Compressor, Reverb, Delay, Chorus

Published on Feb 8, 2019 NEON EGG

"This is the Planetarium from Neon Egg.

It's a stereo reverb and chorus, running into a delay (with stereo modulation) which then runs into a compressor (with external sidechain).

Create beautiful tapey wobbly reverb tails from any instrument, then sidechain it live to a drummer (or anything else) without needing a computer or click track."

Neon Egg Planetarium - In Depth Video

Published on Jun 29, 2019 NEON EGG

Herbs and Stones Gentle Wham | Drum and Drone Synthesizer

video upload by HAINBACH

"In which I demo and share my thoughts on the new Herbs and Stones Gentle Wham, a modern drum synthesizer that works rather well for Scheunentechno and droneshows.

00:00 Introduction
00:49 External Sequencing
02:45 Fingerdrumming
04:29 Functions
06:49 External Input
07:30 Filter
08:29 Connections
08:41 The Sound
09:40 Compare to Pulsar-23
10:11 Scheune
11:19 Noisey?
11:49 Conclusion"

Herbs and Stones Gentle Wham

LoRrE-MiLL DoUblE KnOt V2, HeRbs aNd StOnEs LiqUid FoAm, RoLanD MC-101 = Who's on my "BoOKShelf"

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video by rhampton1914

"Semi-Modular Synth on Bookshelf Jam
Gear used: Lorre-Mill Double Knot V2 - Herbs and Stones Liquid Foam - Roland MC-101- Ornament & Crime Hemisphere Suite - Zoom G1 Four Multi-effects processor."

Lorre-Mill Double Knot V2 Meets O_c, Roland MC-101, Pocket PO-12, NanoSynth NS1 & Bastl Kastle


Found the above via the listing below.

via this auction

"Unique synthesizer / Sequencer. This is an incredible piece of Musical Technology. It's call the Lorre-Mill Double Knot V2. Comes with 7 Banana Cables (good quality ones too), Original Box, Power Adapter, Printed Manual & Unit. Start using right out of the box. If you never owned one of these before, then your in for a Sonic Shock as you Patch & tweak the 2 Sequencers on board.

You may be asking what is this?

Well the Double Knot is a Semi-Modular synthesizer/Sequencer & is a collection of some analog blocks and simple digital logic blocks to construct Electronic sound patterns. The interface is made up of knobs, switches, and banana plugs for patching. Inside the Double Knot synthesizer there are two voices.

Each voice consists of a Triangle/Square wave oscillator, a shift register sequencer, an enveloper and a voltage controlled amplifier. To set the tempo of the shift registers there is a clock. Functional blocks associated with the clock are an XOR gate and a binary counter. One of the aims of this design is to provide the most flexibility while still having some shape to the piece. The envelopers are triggered by the shift registers unless the trigger inputs are used. The triangle outputs of the oscillators are fed to voltage controlled amplifiers. This makes the Double Knot semi-modular. This system can be used to make complex textural sounds and FM Drones, or Techno Drums at Polyrhythmic Intervals.

This is the V2 version which has enhanced and newer features such as newer enveloper design with mode switch to set trigger mode, loop mode or off. wide range cv input can nearly halt envelope mid-decay for sample/hold type output. trigger input in lieu of the fill input from the previous model.

The shift registers on this unit are CD4015 with 4 bit R2R DAC on the first four stages and logic outputs on the last four stages

Also to add to the percussive effect we can shape the envelopers by feeding the outputs back to the CV inputs and then tweaking the knobs to get the shape to a more dramatic slope. ● Lengthen the decay by turning the decay knob counter-clockwise and add positive modulation by turning the CV level knob clockwise. Now you are bouncing.

One amazing Feature on this unit is the FM Modulation. The FM section allows easy modulation of one oscillator to the other or both at the same time. with a knob for FM amount, a CV in jack that allows control of FM index and a toggle switch to set the modulation routing

This is indeed an amazing piece of Technology. I truly enjoyed this and will miss it a lot. I have a few Youtube Videos so feel free to browse my more recent Videos. just go to youtube and type in the search engine rhampton1914 and my latest is there. An open box Video is on this link."

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PATHWAYS Demo // Herbs and Stones' Mad Matrix Mixer #TTNM

video upload by THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"PATHWAYS is a 4x4 Matrix Mixer by Herbs and Stones. It features amplification circuitry for each input channel, CV control over every node and various on-board CV generators for modulation fun! More info here: https://herbs---stones.com/pathways/

Mod Wiggler Thread: https://www.modwiggler.com/forum/view...

Timecodes:
0:00 Introduction
0:37 What is a Matrix Mixer?
0:50 Signal Flow
1:37 Plugging in a Synth
2:28 Creating an FX Send
4:37 Stereo Panning
5:50 LED Indicators
6:20 Patching a Feedback Drone
9:16 CV Generator Section
12:55 Clock Divider + Envelope Follower
18:12 Commented Live-Patching
25:14 Thanks

I love to hear from you and talk about synths and stuff, so always feel welcome to post a comment or send me an e-mail to:
➤ tuesdaynightmachines@gmail.com
➤ Homepage: https://nightmachines.tv"

TB-303 from another dimension: Herbs and Stones Liquid Foam

Published on Jan 9, 2020 HAINBACH

"In which I demo, review and make music with the Liquid Foam by Herbs and Stones from Italy. This little banana patchable synth feels like a parallel universe Roland TB-303 - squelchy, full-sounding and with a unique sequencer. Its left-field but likes to dance, and has constant good suggestions on how to do so. It has its quirks and is certainly not perfect, but its bold and beautiful and I am happy it exists."

Also see Playing live with nuclear instruments and unknown synths

New Herbs and Stones Solid Felt Multimode Analog Filter

via @herbs.stones

"Really excited to introduce you Solid Felt, the new addition to the Herbs and Stones family.

Solid Felt is a stereo multimode analog filter in desktop format.

From subtle timbral variations to an all-encompassing sonic treatment, Solid Felt can be used in multiple ways to embellish or vandalize your sound bouquet.

Specs and availability TBA soon!"

Herbs and Stones - Three Stems

video upload by Herbs and Stones

Watch your volume levels on this one.

"Three Stems is an analog multiband tone sculpting device.

After going through the input gain stage, the signal is split into three freely adjustable frequency bands, each of them is then fed into a two stage warm saturation and asymmetrical distortion circuit. A final mixing stage lets you control the presence of each band.

The circuit is designed to let the user go from suble and warm parametric eq-ing to painful amounts of high gain distortion, where each frequency band fights each other generating pseudo ring modulation and gating effects.

With Three Stems you can add resonant decaying tails to your drum beats, control the crispness and character of your drones, excite the harmonics of your field recordings... and so on."

What makes a good synth? // Herbs and Stones // Gianluca Herbertson

video upload by Synthux Academy

"Disregard the convention in the search for playfulness - probably good advice for anyone who's looking to innovate. In particular with instruments, where playfulness is key to inspiration, prioritizing the experience over the 'perfect sound' might lead to happy accidents.

Gentle Wham and his older sister (or brother, however you wanna see it) Liquid Foam, are both quite special in that sense. Their sound is gritty and surprizing and their visual style, typography and icons reflect a bold artistic vision that does not conform.

Gian, from Herbs and Stones, started tinkering with electronics at an early age. But it was only recently that he has taken the step to make his own instruments.

In this conversation, we go through the various prototypes that lead to Liquid Foam. We touch on an unreleased filter 👀, and end with his latest creation - Gentle Wham!"

Herbs and Stones - Mousse - Frothy Rhythmic Bliss

video upload by NOISEBUG

"Herbs and Stones - Mousse A thumping, bleeping, squealing good time! In stock and ready to ship today!

This is one fun little groove machine. From fluffy drones, sizzling slaps and thunderous kicks, there’s plenty of interesting sounds that can be whipped up from Mousse

https://www.noisebug.net/products/her..."

Herbs and Stones Three Stems - lo-fi beat

video upload by Herbs and Stones

"A lo-fi recording of a nanoloop beat gets the Three Stems treatment.

From subtle frequency boosting to total mayhem"

Introducing Mousse by Herbs and Stones

video upload by Herbs and Stones

"Introducing Mousse: a dual desktop modular groovebox.

Two complex modulation sources, two sequencers, two envelope generators, two hybrid voices."

Herbs and Stones Gentle Wham - six voice analog drum synth

video upload by Gianluca Herbertson

"Some sounds from the new Herbs and Stones Gentle Wham!

Sequenced with an Arturia Beatstep pro."

Follow-up to this post.

New Herbs and Stones Legs - eurorack kick drum and percussion module

video upload by Gianluca Herbertson

"Legs is an analog kick drum and percussion synthesizer module in eurorack format.

From rumbling low end basses to distorted warehouse window-breakers, Legs can synthesize it all!

https://herbs---stones.com/"

Legs is an analog kick and percussion synthesizer module in eurorack format.

It is based around a triangle core voltage controlled oscillator and a two levels voltage controlled saturation stage.

Each parameter has its own dedicated CV input, when a control signal is patched into any of the inputs its corresponding knob will act as a CV attenuator.

Two independent gate/trigger input with level control can be used to create accents, pattern changes and generally work on track dynamic.

Each of those inputs has its own trigger conditioner circuit so it can accept different types of signals, not necessarily rectangular waves or short triggers (its threshold is set at +2.5V).

The CV inputs expect voltages in the 0-5V range (a negative voltage won’t damage the unit and won’t affect the sound).

From rumbling low end basses to distorted warehouse window-breakers, Legs can synthesize it all.

Molten Music Monthly - April 2020 - Superbooth Special

Published on Apr 30, 2020 Molten Music Technology

"It's been Superbooth 2020 Home Edition and there's too much stuff. Not all of it was new but we had unprecedented detail in awesome live streams about a load of modules and synth. Including my own live stream interviews with synth related people who fascinate me. There are lots to get through and this is just the stuff that I liked in particular - there are loads of things I didn't have space for.

Erica Synths goes nuclear, ST Modular releases 1000 DIY modules, Ritual Modular gets into 1U, 1010music gives us a mini sampler, Befaco does a mini VCMC, Expert Sleepers gives us double the trouble, Bastl loops MIDI, Liquid Foam is a very cool box, Tangible Waves lets us all build modules, Strokes 2 is a mad software groove machine, TiNRS has a Covid kick drum module, Future Sound Systems has a complex VCO, Noodlebox is a thing, Critter and Guitaris does video, There's a whole synth in KOSMO format, Elk Audio OS does something interesting, and there's a shed load of stereo filters. But first, Distrokid.

Intro - 0:14
Distokid - 2:25
Erica Synths Fusion II - 6:11
ST Modular - 9.51
Ritual Electronics - 11:51
1010music - 13:15
Befaco CV Thing - 15:18
Expert Sleepers Disting EX - 17:46
Bastl Instruments MIDI Looper - 20:07
Herbs and Stones Liquid Foam - 22:31
Tangible Waves DIY - 24:01
Strokes 2.0 - 25:58
TiNRS Circular Thing - 27:17
Future Sound Systems Recombination Engine - 29:04
64 Pixels Noodlebox - 30:23
Critter & Guitari - 31:42
ELK Audio OS Blackboard - 33:25
Look Mum No Computer Kosmo - 37:44
Stereo Filter Bonanza - 40:07
Finishing off and coming soon - 44:40"