Quadrophonic Basics with Doepfer A100 system Part Four-Patch #2

Published on Mar 6, 2014 Raul's World of Synths·255 videos

"A continued exploration of a second quadraphonic sound patch with a Doepfer A-100 system. This patch involves the A174 joystick explored in a different series.
Sound and video by Raul Pena."

All parts here.

Antimatter Audio V3KT Quadraphonic Panner & Vector Mixer For Eurorack

Published on Mar 7, 2019 Perfect Circuit

"Antimatter Audio's V3KT can combine 4 inputs to 1 output, send 1 input to 4 outputs, or mix 4 inputs to 4 outputs. It is controlled by X and Y CV inputs which then generate 4 different CV outputs. When a joystick's X and Y CV outs are connected to the X and Y CV ins the V3KT becomes an intuitive panner/mixer, but of course other CV controls can be used to generate evolving mixes and sounds.

V3KT available here: https://www.perfectcircuit.com/antima..."

SOUNDMIT 2020 - Intervista Esclusiva a Suzanne Ciani con Johann Merrich e Giorgio Li Calzi

SOUNDMIT

"Abbiamo intervistato Suzanne Ciani!

La sua vita con il Buchla, dalla fabbrica sulla West Coast al suo ruolo di compositrice e di donna nel mondo della musica elettronica degli ultimi 50 anni.

Suzanne is a five-time Grammy award-nominated composer, electronic music pioneer, and neo-classical recording artist who has released over 20 solo albums including "Seven Waves," and "The Velocity of Love," along with a landmark quad LP “LIVE Quadraphonic,” which restarted her Buchla modular performances. Her work has been featured in films, games, and countless commercials as well.

She was inducted into the first class of Keyboard Magazine's Hall of Fame alongside other synth luminaries, including Bob Moog, Don Buchla and Dave Smith and received the Moog Innovation Award. Most recently, she is the recipient of the Independent Icon Award from A2IM.

Suzanne has provided the voice and sounds for Bally's groundbreaking "Xenon" pinball machine, created Coca-Cola’s pop-and-pour sound, designed logos for Fortune 500 companies, and carved out a niche as one of the most creatively successful female composers in the world. A Life in Waves, a documentary about Ciani’s life and work, debuted at SXSW in 2017 and is available to watch on all digital platforms.

Ciani is a graduate of Wellesley College and holds a Masters in Music Composition from the University of California, Berkeley."

You can find addtional posts mentioning and/or featuring Suzanne Ciani here.

Richard Lainhart with the Buchla and Films

"Richard Lainhart Live
Workshop and Performance

Saturday, May 8, 2009
2nd Annual CitySkies09
Electronic Music Festival
Decatur, GA
www.cityskies.com

Friends,
On Saturday, May 9, 2009, I'll be taking part in the 3-day CitySkies09 Electronic Music Festival in Decatur, GA, performing new works and improvisations for high-definition film projection and synthesizer in quadraphonic sound, featuring my Buchla 200e modular analog synthesizer, controlled by the Haken Continuum Fingerboard, an innovative 3-dimensional keyboard. Performances start at 1PM EST.

On Saturday afternoon, I'll also be conducting a workshop on Multi-Dimensional Control for Realtime Analog Synthesis Performance.

For those outside the area, the performances will be streamed live on StillStream Internet Radio: http://stillstream.com. To find your local time for the performance, go to http://wwp.greenwichmeantime.com/.

For more information about times and performers, and to purchase tickets, go to http://www.cityskies.com/may2009festival.html

— Richard

http://www.otownmedia.com
http://www.downloadplatform.com/richard_lainhart
http://www.vimeo.com/rlainhart
http://www.youtube.com/rlainhart"

Update: image via the forum

Vintage 70s SERGE Analog Modular

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"This auction includes two panels of Haight Street era (late 70's) Serge, the original power supply, lots of Pomona banana cables (including 10 cables with a banana plug on one side and an 1/8" on the other), and extensive documentation, including original catalogs, promo sheets, schematics, and the essential Serge user's guide...

MODULES:
Extended ADSR (v/oct tracking and CV inputs for each stage of the envelope)
Triple Comparator (converts a sawtooth wave to pulse and gives you PWM, among other things)
Dual Universal Slope Generator (does EVERYTHING)
Dual Transient Generator (like a slimmed down DSG, it can be a VCO, LFO, ENV, etc.)
Smooth/Stepped Function Generator (like the DSG, you could write a book on all the possibilities here)
Phaser (sweet 70's sound--use it as a VCF!)
Dual Audio Mixer (like it says)
Precision VCO (nice small VCO, and there are THREE of them!)
Wave Multipliers (this module and the DSG are best argument for owning a Serge, sounds incredible and better than any clone I've tried)
Dual Processor (attenuverting mixers)
Variable Q VCF (totally West Coast sounding filter--the Trig input is an awesome feature)
Quad VCA (mixer four separate channels to a single final out, or go quadraphonic)"

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Allinaire Live: Monome Norns/Fates + ARC. Granular Synthesis. New Atlantis

video by Allinaire

"Monome Norns / Fates controlled by ARC and Faderbank. Live performance at 'New Atlantis, Artists Edition' at the Io Myer Theatre at the University of New South Wales in Sydney. Recorded 6th March 2021.
Testing the Quadraphonic sound stage at the theatre, this event featured several NSW modular and sound artists.
Huge thanks to Adam Hulbert of UNSW and New Sound Waves for organising and facilitating the event.
Video Synthesis and projection mapping onto the 4 screen panels by Adam Hulbert and Simon Trevaks (with Luke S Dearnley operating Vidiot during my set).
Quadraphonc sound in the Theatre but only stereo on this video - still some good sound panning and movement best heard on quality headphones or speakers.
Norns / Fates features several reels of material including field recordings of underwater audio from the Great Barrier reef off Carins QLD, percussion extracts from my Asalt studio piece & various Norns apps pieces and percussion.
Using Norns App ASH/ ANGL the ARC controls the pitch and speed in a high precision granular manner and Faderbank adjusts various other parameters.
4 Granular 'tape heads' are available concurrently and I swap out 'sound reels' during the performance.
The performance is basically made 'on the fly', by ear, by granularising the sounds into tiny pieces and adjusting parametaers to mix, smear, pan and resize & overlap grains.
Picked up some radio interference towards the end as well!
Thanks for watching."

KOMA Poltergeist Jam - Superbooth16

Published on Apr 26, 2016 DivKidVideo

"Here's a jam in stereo with the KOMA Poltergeist. No way to share the full quadraphonic output but the stereo mode works well for demo some of the mixers functions."

Serge Modular - Stereo Mixer

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"Quadrature Oscillator (QUO)

The QUADRATURE OSCILLATOR (QUO) provides signals and features which make it ideal for controlling the Quad Panner . It generates two sine waves which are always displaced 90 degrees in phase from one another . This phase difference provides exactly the correct relationship for swirling a sound through quadraphonic space in a circular pattern (using the Quad Panner) . Since the Oscillator has a basic range from longer than 20 seconds per cycle to 500cycles per second, many effects can be produced . Swirling a sound at an audio rate produces interesting spatial and modulative effects. Additional features include linear VCA's for each of the outputs. so that spatial swirls can be made to decrease in size, effectively spiralling inward . A HOLD input"freezes" the outputs whenever pulsed high . Thus a swirl can be stopped at a given location, with the sound just "hanging there"until operation is resumed . Switches on the Panel allow disabling the oscillator, a feature which has been found to be useful for live performance .The use of this module is not limited to Quad Panning . The phase separation between the oscillator's outputs provides for many interesting cross-fading effects when they are used to control other Serge modules.

Dual Transient Generator (DTG)

The DUAL TRANSIENT GENERATOR (DTG) provides two independent outputs with voltage controllable rise and fall times. This module is identical to the Dual Universal Slope Generator except that it does not have all of the front panel features. This module is a useful, space-effective unit to be used for many of the same functions as the Dual Universal Slope Generator. Common uses of the Dual Transient Generator are for simple "AR"-type envelope generation, as a dual voltage-controlled low frequency oscillator, or as a voltage-controlled clock (especially suitable for clocking the Touch Keyboard Sequencer or any of the Sequencer Programmers). These functions can be patched with the Dual Universal Slope Generator, but since many of the features are left unused in these patches, the Dual Transient Generator provides the same function while using less front Panel space.

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KOMA Elektronik: Poltergeist Tutorial

Published on Apr 6, 2016 KOMA Elektronik

"In this video, we go through each feature of the Poltergeist Analog Quadraphonic Audio Mixer. From inputting a signal and controlling it with the VCA, panning around 360 degrees, solo and mute functions to stereo and quad modes, auxiliary inputs, slope control, and gain CV controls. The main synthesizer sound is a Malekko Anti-Oscillator through the KOMA Elektronik SVF201. The envelope is from a Doepfer module. The kick drum is courtesy of a Bastl Tea Kick followed by the Roland TR8. All synced and controlled by the Komplex Sequencer."

Knas Ekdahl Quad Massager Quadraphonic Panner

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WDR Studio für Elektronische Musik 2018 (Visit)

Published on Feb 19, 2018

EMS SYNTHI 100 in the background. There's also an EMS Vocoder, a 16 Channel Quadraphonic Effects Generator by QUEG, a rare Jellinghaus DX-Programmer, and more.  See the link in the descriptions below for more pics.

"Besuch des Studios für Elektronische Musik - 2018, Köln
Dokumentation dazu www.sequencer.de Suchbegriff WDR Studio reicht - dies sind zufällige Ausschnitte vom Besuch, vor allem für die Anwesenden, die Themen sind auf Sequencer.de gelistet. Das Video ist für mich selbst gedacht und für die, die da waren und erfüllt daher keine Gedanken an Qualität und Co. - Es ist nur da - bitte also das zu beachten - https://www.sequencer.de/blog/wdr-stu..."

Googlish:
"Visit to the electronic music studio - 2018, Cologne
Documentation on www.sequencer.de Search term WDR Studio is sufficient - these are random excerpts from the visit, especially for those present, the topics are listed on Sequencer.de. The video is for myself and for those who were there and therefore does not think about quality and co. - It's just there - so please keep this in mind - https: //www.sequencer.de/blog/wdr-stu ... "

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Barry Schrader Site Updates - Death of The Red Planet - Buchla 200 Audio

Barry Schrader wrote in to let us know his site has been updated with new content and more will follow.

"Of particular interest to your readers will probably be the excerpt from the music for the film Death of the Red Planet (1973), composed on the Buchla 200, and found in the "Free Audio Tracks" section of the site. This music has rarely been heard in the last 38 years, and I've mixed down a portion from the original quad tracks. As far as I know, this was the first quadraphonic electronic music track composed for a commercial film. It toured nationally and internationally with the concert film by the group Yes, Yessongs. There's also a link to the full American Cinematographer article on the film in pdf form."

http://barryschrader.com/

Update: added image of Death of The Red Planet & updated the title. This post originally went up at 10:13. See below for a few posts since then. Bottom pic is Barry and the 200 in 1973.

Barry Schrader & Death of the Red Planet

CEC eContact! has a post up on a 1973 article from American Cinematographer on the film Death of the Red Planet. The film was by Dale Allan Pelton and featured music from Barry Schrader on the Buchla 200. From Dale in the page pictured to the left:

"At last I heard Celebration, a work by Barry Schrader, a young teacher of electronic music at Cal-Arts. I immediately knew he was the one to score the film. He had a unique ability to generate startling high-energy music. Barry's final quadraphonic mix was produced in the space of two months after many all-night sessions with the Buchla 200 electronic music synthesizer. Using complex timbres and as many as twenty layered tracks, Barry achieved incredible sound densities (sound events per unit time). The Buchla sound is quite different from that of the Moog synthesizer which we have become famiiliar with in pop music. The Buchla does not use a keyboard. The various sound events and dialogues amongst its modules are initiated internally, and externally controlled by touch sensitive tabs."

You can find other films by Dale Allan Pelton on IMDB here and Barry Schrader here. You can find Barry Schrader's official website here.

Update: you can find an excerpt of the music on Barry Schrader's site here. You'll also find some additional notes and pics.

Follow-up to this post.

CCTV-Quadtec 101 Digital dual quadraphonic oscillator first sound

Published on Aug 8, 2019 Dziam Bass

"Today I have the first sound from the Quadtec 101 digital dual oscillator.

This is a module offering a quadraphone, but initially I did not use the full show when I wave through the pan placing it on the speakers. this patch was more about the sound itself and also quite interesting sequences when one sequencer controls this patch and the sound from one oscillator I raise and lower almost like transpositions ...
This is a great module because it extends the possibilities of creating new sequences or spaces and moving between two oscillators"

more info here: https://www.cctv.fm

"THE GARDEN CITY ELECTRONIC MUSIC COMMUNITY CREATED A TIMEMACHINE USING RARE TESLA BLUEPRINTS AND WENT INTO THE FUTURE TO GATHER DATA OF THE DAY; SEEKING OUT INSTRUMENTS FROM THE CREATIVE YOUTH OF THE FUTURE. UPON RETURNING TO 2019 THEY BROUGHT THOSE IDEAS TO FILIP PIETRUSZEWSKI TO RE-ENGINEER, DESIGN, AND REALIZE THIS FUTURISTIC INSTRUMENT USING MODERN AND ANTIIQUE TOOLS AT HIS MAD SCIENCE LAB AT CAPITAL CITY TRANSISTOR AND VALVE.

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KOMA Elektronik Poltergeist: Stereophonic Demonstration

Published on Aug 4, 2016 KOMA Elektronik

"The KOMA Elektronik Poltergeist Quadraphonic Mixer / Panner / VCA can also function in stereophonic mode with a flip of a switch. With an array of eurorack modules and the Komplex Sequencer for example, the Poltergeist is able to throw sound from left to right and in between while functioning as a quad vca and mixer module."

Serge Modular Analog Synthesizer & Processor w Dual Transient Generator

via this auction - SN 0294

"Up for auction is a beautiful condition Serge Modular Fully Loaded Panel! As you can tell from the photographs, the synth is in immaculate shape and feels exactly like it did straight from Rex Probe at Sound Transform Systems! This Serge is a 1996 Serge and features the build quality and routing of the older more expensive (and expansive) Serge designs. For anyone looking to expand on their Serge rig or their current modular system, this is a great panel to buy. Because this panel features balanced line level inputs and outputs it can also be used as a standalone studio/live processors.

Quadrature Oscillator:
Used mainly for quadraphonic panning; simultaneous sine-cosine output waveforms. Voltage-controlled LFO.Neat 'hold' input freezes the state of the waveform when 'hold' goes high.

Dual Processor:
Deceptively simple. It's two 3-input DC mixers, each input having an inverting attenuator, and with a master DC offset knob, -5 to +5 volts. Can also be used as a spare audio mixer. You can use this module as a voltage multiplier. Put your incoming voltage at one of the inputs, then multiple off that input to the next processor input to double it. Keep in mind that you can use this module with no input voltages. The offset knob is handy for driving one or more modules together as a group, or for using negative bias to VC an oscillator into extra-low territory. Since several of the Serge modules have no VC processing input, it's handy to have one of these to trim the output of a DSG, Random Source, or TKB Pressure into a more subtle range.

Dual Transient Generator:
Insanely versatile module; there's very little it can't do. Two independent slew generators (positive and negative) are combined to make a Universal Slope Generator. This Dual module give you two of them. Trigger it with a pulse and you get a single AR type envelope waveform. When the cycle starts a gate trigger output goes low. When the cycle is finished, it goes high. So to make it cycle repetitively, connect the GATE to TRIGGER. Rise and Fall times are settable by knob. Here's a short list of things you can do with this module: AR transient generator, VC slew limiter, VC LFO (variable slope triangle and rectangular waveforms), VC audio oscillator, VC trigger delay, VC clock, VCLPF, VC pulse divider, Envelope Follower. Talk about wide range - cycle times go from hours to microseconds, without range switching. You can almost make an entire synthesizer with nothing but this module, used in its various ways.

The Slope Generator's output is linear, but by patching the output back into the attenuated VC input you can create exponential waveforms (with the attenuator knob set after 12 o'clock) or log waveforms (with the knob set before 12 noon). How can this module act as a filter? It slew-limits the high frequency components of the incoming signal, at a rate set by rise and fall knobs, and VC. If the rise and fall knobs are set fully clockwise (fastest rate), filtering will be audibly minimal, seeing as the Slope Generator is responding rapidly to input. Turning rise and fall knobs counterclockwise increases the response time, and high frequency content at the output will decrease. Turn them fully counterclockwise and audio output will be minimal. So feed this thing a low harmonic content waveform like a sine or triangle, and you've got a rough equivalent VCA!

This sort of filtering action is more subtle than the regular VCFs, though a bit more obvious than a 'tone control.' Good for mellowing out raspy and buzzy tones. Cross-connecting two Slope Generators together generates interesting 'chaotic' waveforms. Connect the output of one to the attenuated VC input of the other, then take the output of the second and patch it to the input of the first. Play with the attenuator settings."

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Moogfest Announces Suzanne Ciani as the 2017 Moog Innovation Award Recipient

via Moog Music

"The 2017 Moog Innovation Award will be presented to Suzanne Ciani at Moogfest 2017, the annual music, art and technology festival in Durham, North Carolina. This award recognizes her 45 plus years of genre-defying work that exemplifies the bold, innovative spirit of Bob Moog. Past recipients include visionary artists like Gary Numan, Devo, Brian Eno, Bernie Worrell, and Thomas Dolby, and synth designers like Herb Deutsch.

Ciani, the first woman to receive the award, superseded many of her male contemporaries as a synthesist, sound designer, and composer. Well known as an early protege and long-time devotee of Don Buchla, and a friend of Bob Moog, her use of synthesizers created entirely new sounds that opened minds around the globe to electronic music as a valid form of expression. She is a five-time Grammy nominated composer and the first woman to score a Hollywood film. Her work has been featured in countless commercials, video games, and feature films.

Today, Ciani continues to inspire generosity, curiosity, and experimentation for a resurgent, multi-generational community of synth-enthusiasts and electronic music fans. Ciani’s 4-hour durational performance at Moogfest 2016 modulated between a rolling quadraphonic soundscape, stories about her early days working in New York, and tips for operating rare Buchla synths while spatializing audio. Ciani returns to Moogfest 2017 to receive the Moog Innovation award, where she will perform and be celebrated in a workshop, featured conversation as well as host a screening of a recently released documentary about her innovative life in electronic music.

Additionally, we are pleased to have more voices added to the choir at Moogfest...

Comedians often are the reflexive lens of culture, giving uplifting commentary to our often complex world. With this spirit in mind, comedian and actor Hannibal Buress will be joining us as the comedic lens and moderator in two conversations: One with the wildly inventive hip-hop producer & lyricist Flying Lotus, and another with psych-pop trio Animal Collective and legendary 1970’s synth pioneers and psych outfit, Syrinx.

Chicago based experimental song stylists Circuit de Yeux will be added to this year’s line-up, bringing her conversely expressionate sense of abstract pop to the Moogfest stage.


About Moogfest
Moogfest is the synthesis of music, art, and technology. Since 2004, Moogfest has brought together artists, futurist thinkers, inventors, entrepreneurs, designers, engineers, scientists, and musicians. By day, Moogfest is a platform for conversation and experimentation. By night, Moogfest presents cutting-edge music in venues throughout the city. This mind-expanding conference attracts creative and technology enthusiasts for three days of participatory programming in Durham, North Carolina. Performing artists include early pioneers in electronic music, alongside pop and avant-garde experimentalists of today.

Ticket information:

Engineer Festival Pass (limited quantity) - $1500
This two-day synth-building workshop, led by Moog engineers, invites a select group of enthusiasts to build their very own unreleased Moog analog synthesizer and sequencer. The hands-on workshop is conducted in two three-hour sessions within the Pop-up Moog production facility. No experience is necessary, but basic soldering knowledge is recommended. Participants in the Engineering workshop also have VIP access for the duration of the event. Priority access to all festival venues for performances and conference programming: conversations, workshops, and installations. Access to exclusive VIP viewing areas and events and gift bag. Complimentary food and drink in select locations. Workshops are available via RSVP. Engineer Festival Pass holders will receive first priority on a limited basis. Pre-Sale Engineer Festival Passes available for a limited time, while supplies last.

Buy here

VIP Festival Pass - $499
VIP access for the duration of the event. Priority access to all festival venues for performances and conference programming: conversations, workshops, and installations. Access to exclusive VIP viewing areas and events and gift bag. Complimentary food and drink in select locations. Workshops are available via RSVP. VIP Festival Pass holders will receive first priority on a limited basis.

Buy here

Festival Pass - $249
General Admission for the duration of the event. Access to all festival venues for performances and conference programming: conversations, workshops, and installations. Workshops are available via RSVP. VIP Festival Pass holders will receive first priority on a limited basis.

Buy here

Payment plans are also available. Simply select 'Monthly Payments with Affirm' as your payment method during checkout. More details are available here."

Music for Easels by Todd Barton, Bruce Bayard, Eden Mononym & Adam Scramstad

via Todd Barton:

"Dear Friends,

I am excited to announce the release of our new CD: Music for Easels!

Digital downloads available soon on iTunes, Amazon, etc.

This is a live recording of a rare convergence on November 7, 2014 at the Schneider Museum of Art in Ashland, Oregon where Todd Barton, Bruce Bayard, Eden Mononym and Adam Scramstad gathered to explore the improvised interactions of four Buchla Music Easels.

In this historic performance these Oregon sound artists met in quadraphonic space surrounding the audience with speakers, offering them a unique listening experience. The CD is a stereo mix of all four channels.

The five tracks on this live performance album range from the world premiere of Todd Barton's composition, Butoh for Easels, to compelling solo improvisations by Eden and Adam to exciting ensemble soundscapes.

All best wishes, Todd"

Spatial Fontiers vi

"The last concert in Control Voltage Therapy's series, Spatial Frontiers featuring Todd Barton and Bruce Bayard on BEMI Music Easels. Rendered in stereo here but performed at the Schneider Museum of Art in quadraphonic."

Burnt Dot Quartet in Concert: February 17th

"Burnt Dot Quartet performs improvised music for trumpets and modular synthesizers in quadraphonic space. Featuring Sarah Reid on trumpet, Ryan Gaston on Eurorack and Serge synthesizsers, and special guests Kris Tiner on trumpet and telematic performance by Todd Barton on Buchla and other synthesizers.

The concert is taking place on February 17th at 8pm PST at:

The Wild Beast Pavilion
California Institute of the Arts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, CA 91355

This concert is FREE, open to the public, and streaming at:
https://music.calarts.edu/wild-beast-webcast

Burnt Dot is an improvisational duo formed by Sarah Belle Reid (trumpet) and Ryan Gaston (modular synthesizer) in 2014. From violent gestures to undulating textures and sparse flickers, Burnt Dot uses open forms to explore and extend the unique vocabulary of each of their instruments, and aim to discover just how much of the area beyond their typical sonic territory is still unmapped. Burnt Dot specializes in free improvisation, prompt-based performance, and interpretation of graphic scores."

"Kris Tiner (b. 1977) is a California-based trumpet player, composer, and improviser. Featured on NPR Music as one of a handful of new trumpet voices impacting modern music, his playing has been described as 'extraordinarily inventive' in Signal to Noise Magazine, and the LA Weekly claims 'Trumpeter Kris Tiner can turn barbed wire to beauty.'"

"Todd Barton is a composer, sound designer, multimedia performer, analog synthesist specializing in Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments. Todd is a praised improvisor, composer, and consulting artist for Buchla Electronic Musical Instruments."