Robot Apocalypse (featuring the Time Divider) - New from STG

YouTube via suitandtieguy — May 21, 2010 — Jonathan Snipes of Captain Ahab (http://captain-ahab.com) is such a remarkably enthusiastic STG Soundlabs Time Modules user that when he emailed me and said "I hear you're working on a clock divider module that runs off the STG Sync Bus ... please let me know when i can have it" I couldn't help but just go ahead and mail him my own prototype. (don't worry, i built another and yes he paid for it)

Jonathan was so happy to be able to extract all sorts of different rhythmic clocks driven by his TR-808 that he made this video showing off the Time Divider driving all sorts of aspects of his modular synthesiser and gave it to me to post up here in my U-Toob account.

we've still got a couple of firmware sniggles to deal with, but here is the 97 percent operational Time Divider being used in the composition of a track which Donald Crunk declared "hot as shit" when he heard it, and I'm inclined to agree with him.

I'm not entirely sure what the Time Divider is doing here, but I'm hearing a lot of rhythmic intervals happneing against the TR-808 that simply would not be possible with anything other than the Time Divider or a rack full of extremly hard-to-find Garfield Mini-Docs.

the Time Divider will be available soon from STG Soundlabs (http://www.stgsoundlabs.com/) and not too long after from Analogue Haven (http://www.analoguehaven.com/)

Thank you very much, Jonathan."

Update: description via jonathan:

"Here's a vague description of what's going on:

808 as master clock & drum sounds (obviously)

bassline:
two q106s into stg post lawsuit filter - pitch is from voltage ministore, rhythm is an envelope to the filter cutoff triggered by dotted 8ths from the time divider

bell-like delayed nonsense
q106 into stg sea devils filter into time machine, pitch from voltage ministore

sonar ping sound
stg time divider sending 8ths to motm 730, with vc division modulated by slow lfo, so the ping happens essentially randomly, but always on 8th notes

bitcrushed percussive hihat sound
stg time divider retriggering a long envelope controlling the clock rate of a cgs digital noise module every half note, with a vca controlled by another envelope @ 16ths (also stg time divider)

all the melodic sounds use a modcan-b quantizer

the vocoder is just an motm 310 into a roland svc-350""

Moog Style Mixed Modular System with Gristleizer in Clear Acrylic Case

via Bryan Benting on Facebook

Top Row left to right: dual phaser, CV Cluster, Gristleizer, MOTM 420, 8ch Sequential Switch, MOTM 420, MOTM 480, MOTM 490, Steiner, Triple Lag and Multiples.

Middle Row: Dotcom VCO, Triple Soft Sync, (3) Dotcom VCO's, 8ch Mixer, STG Sea Devils Filter and STG Post Lawsuit LPF, MegaOhm Audio Delta Filter, STG Wavefolder, Multiples, STG Triple VCA

Bottom Row: Trouby Math Sequencer, Analog Craftsman Arcade (joystick), (2) CGS Dual Universal Slope Generators, Corsynth VC LFO, Envelope, VCA, Dotcom Quantizer, MegaOhm Audio Dual LFO, SSL Segwencer, SSL Tap Tempo LFO, SSL Double Dekka VCO (sliders draw the waveform for both VCO's)

And to the right also via Bryan on Facebook

Top cabinet (left to right): STG Trigger Mini Store, Signal Processor, STG Trigger Mini Store, (2) STG Voltage Mini Stores, STG Shift Manager, Dotcom Q960, Moon 4 Step Sequential Switch, Corsynth Frequency Multiplier and Divider, Signal Processor.

Next shelf down: (All Roland) SH-101, SH-2, TR-909, TR-707 Next Shelf down: TR-808, Ibanez Analog Delay AD-202 with an Analog Labs X32 (32 ch EMS clone vocoder) and a Korg Poly Six.

STG Soundlabs Radiophonic 1 Overview by AutomaticGainsay

Playlist:

1. 01-STG Soundlabs Radiophonic 1: .VCO
2. 02-STG Soundlabs Radiophonic 1: .SLC
3. 03-STG Soundlabs Radiophonic 1: Sea Devils Filter
4. 04-STG Soundlabs Radiophonic 1: Envelope Generator
5. 05-STG Soundlabs Radiophonic 1: Envelope Generator Part 2
6. 06-STG Soundlabs Radiophonic 1: .MIX, .BAM and .VCA

Tycoon Lagoon

davidryle

Audio gets going at :27.

"New STG Soundlabs Oscillators in 5U. These are excellent sounding vco's with a few unique tricks up their sleeves. So happy to have them in the large format modular synthesizer realm. This was a hurried first patch to give me a quick listen to the sound of them.
I'm using a pair of STG Voltage Mini Stores for the pitch cv to them. Both are mixed then sent to an STG PostLawsuit LPF. The lower pitched VCO is unmodulated with a sawtooth out and the upper pitched VCO is a square pulse wave out. The upper pitch VCO is also sending a sawtooth out to an Oakley VCADSR and STG Sea Devils filter which is pulsed by the STG Trigger Mini Store. Both VCO's are amplitude shaped by a pair of STG Envelope Generators with their decay (T3 stage) voltage controlled by LFO's.
Additional sounds are from the Dove Audio WTF and FM from the lower STG VCO triangle wave, and a kick drum sound from the FSFX Macro Oscillator (MI Braids). A tape delay rounds out the final mix without the kick drum.
Recorded straight from the 5U to Cubase. No post processing."

MUSONICS ACQUIRES STG SOUNDLABS, SHIPS 902 VCA REVISION

muSonics is back.

First a little background from Wikipedia:

"1971–1977: Moog Musonics, Moog Music, Inc.

In November 1971, rival company muSonics bought R. A. Moog, Inc. and relocated the company to Williamsville, New York. An old factory at the north end of Academy Street was purchased. The company was renamed Moog Musonics, then Moog Music, Inc.[3]

In 1972, former televangelist and successful salesman David VanKouvering joined the company as VP of Marketing, creating a network of retail stores throughout the United States and then the entire world.[5] Despite the increased commercial success the company saw with the introduction of the Minimoog than with previous products, competition with contemporary manufacturers such as ARP Instruments, Oberheim Electronics, and Electronic Music Studios drove the company steadily deeper into debt.[6][7] Moog Music, Inc. was ultimately sold to Norlin Industries in 1973. At this point, rival companies such as the aforementioned ARP Instruments were producing both monophonic and polyphonic synthesizers that rapidly outpaced the Moog in popularity. By 1975, ARP owned 40% of the synthesizer market share, effectively boxing out Moog Music, Inc.[8]

In 1976, Norlin moved the company to a facility on Walden Avenue in Cheektowaga. In 1977, once his contract with Norlin expired, Robert Moog officially left the company to pursue his own ventures, founding the firm Big Briar.[9]"

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And the press release for the new muSonics:

For Immediate Release

January 23, 2023

Chillicothe, Illinois - muSonics has acquired very failed Eurorack manufacturer STG Soundlabs in a private equity trade valued at 6 million Dogecoin. Based in the greater Buffalo area, muSonics is America's oldest synthesizer company whose first instrument, the Sonic V educational synthesizer, is highly-regarded as one of the most reliable analogue instruments of the 1970s.

Suit & Tie Guy, former STG Soundlabs president and newly appointed CEO of the merged company, STG muSonics, was quoted as saying “I’m excited to be an important part of a history-rich American brand such as muSonics, which exists in a unique category alongside names like Abercrombie & Fitch, Montgomery Ward, and Radio Shack."

The first STG muSonics product, the Voltage Controlled Amplifier in the American modular synthesizer format, is currently available at Noisebug of Pomona, California. It is the final revision of the Voltage Controlled Amplifier made by muSonics in the early 1970s as part of their very famous and well-regarded modular synthesizers. Updates and improvements include 15 volt power support, selectable AC coupling, and a new shallow profile of less than 2 inches behind the front panel.

Pending the completion of the acquisition, muSonics will be moving from their current office, a vintage dumpster located behind the Wegman’s grocery store in Williamsville, New York, to downtown Chillicothe, Illinois, making it possibly the only company moving to the state this year.

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STG Pulse Matrix Demos

STG Pulse Matrix Demo (Audio Input)

YouTube Uploaded by mithrascruor on Apr 1, 2012

"Quick demo of the STG Pulse Matrix (aka .COM in Euro format) with audio-rate input. Using an Oakley SVCO-B as input."

STG Pulse Matrix Demo (CV Input)

Uploaded by mithrascruor on Apr 1, 2012

"Quick demo of the STG Pulse Matrix (aka .COM in Euro format) with CV input. Using a Dotcom Noise module (Low Freq) as input, and feeding a MegaOhm CdS VCF/A (processing an SSL Ian Fritz Double Dekka VCO). Oakley SVCO-B provides an LFO input."

STG Soundlabs / Archangel modular jam

"Just a simple one-track live jam. A decent amount of sound considering it's a single mono track with only two oscillators.

Patch info: FutureRetro XS VCOs 1 & 2 into STG mixer; VCO1 also sent to STG Pulse Matrix which is producing an additional PWM waveform and sub-octave into the mixer. Remaining mixer channel is a feedback loop from the FR XS (creates resonant stabs when turned up). The mixer output goes through an STG Post-Lawsuit Lowpass filter, and then back into the FR XS external input, where the mixed signal is acted on by the XS filter (resonant highpass) / VCA / envelopes.
The Post-Lawsuit filter is being modulated by one row of the Archangel sequencer/touch keyboard, and by the XS filter envelope... another row of the Archangel sequencer is creating the melody on XS VCO2, while the touch keyboard is transposing everything between two keys (which I am playing live and intermittently forget to change keys). Gate pattern is provided by STG Soundlabs Trigger Sequencer. Delay & verb are plug-ins; Bitwig native delay and TSAR-1 reverb.
Drum loop is Roland TR-8, which I was ignoring in the background... it's recorded separately so the take isn't ruined. ;)"

Switchback Descent

video upload by davidryle

"The great Vector Sequencer from Five12. I am using it for a pair of simple 16 step sequences to the 5U modular by way of CV and Gate.

The clock is derived from the Moon Modular 553 Midi to Clock module. I used the 1/96th division and a start gate to tap the sync24 feature in the Vector. I do have an STG bus but the sync bus cable wouldn't reach out of the cabinet to the Vector. The other clock pulses are from the STG Time Divider.

The first patch is run to a pair of Q206 VCO's and the Q150 filter and then on to the Echo Fix tape delay. Stereo panning was from the Q158 VCA++ and a Mega Ohm LFO. The Ian Fritz Hypster by Synthetic Sound Labs is a modulation source for the decay stage of the STG Envelop Generator.

The bass line patch is a pair of STG Oscillators to a pair of Mega Ohm MA20's in low and high pass series. The SSL Tube VCA is used to add some drive. The Frequency Central Stasis Leak stereo chorus finishes the patch chain.

The third patch is a drone pad line from the Dove D900 sequencer to the WTF Oscillator and the Oakley SVF in Notch mode. The slow center frequency modulation from a second Mega Ohm LFO does a nice job of combing through the upper mids of the complex waveforms out of the WTF. The last part of the patch is through the Empress Reverb in green ghost mode.

The Vector is the first edition mk1 but still has quite the feature set. I was using a modulation lane for transpose to the pair of pitch sequences. This same transpose sequence was replicated on the Q960 with a second Q960 as a divider. The pitch voltages for the WTF were combined in the unity mixer of the STG Active Multiples module. I did use the Q171 Quantixer Bank for precision stepping from the Q960.

All sounds captured at once in a single take to Cubase 12. Video edited in Final Cut Pro.

Special thanks to Ron Sunsinger for the loan of the Vector and Adam Fritsche for the Stasis Leak module."

Muffwiggler 2/22/2010 STG Preparations

YouTube via donaldjasoncrunk

"a short film documenting our preparations for the February Muffwiggler gathering put on by Xart studios & trash_audio. song is "Chillicothe thug lyfe" - beats & chorus by STG, hot flows by me. you can see us making schwag & giveaway stuff, visual aids, world's second shittiest eurorack cabinet and the STG logo banners that didn't quite turn out how i wanted them to."
See this post for some video of the events.
Don't miss On The Jazz with the STG Team
http://www.suitandtieguy.com/
http://stgsoundlabs.com/
http://muffwiggler.com/forum/

Some fun trivia: For those wondering what Muff Wiggler is, Muff's Forum has become THE forum for boutique modular gear. Users and manufacturers are active on the forum and many manufactures have their own sub-forums. It is run by Mike McGrath and originally started as a blog back on November 23rd of 2006. The first time I announced Muff Wiggler was back on December 4th, 2006 in this post. Prior to that I put up two posts featuring Mike, one on July 10th, 2006 and one on July 18th, 2006. Note in the modular world there are boutique manufacturers that sell pre-assembled modules, some that sell both modules and kits, and then those that design modules and provide schematics and instructions for the DIY crowd. I think the crown for the longest/oldest running company would be PAiA, who just started selling module kits again. Note Muff's forum has a DIY section, however the bulk of DIY seems to be on the electro-music.com forums along with probably the biggest Clavia Nord Modular forum.

Modcan Touch Sequencer, Innerclock Syncgen IILS, Ableton Live 8, STG filters

Modcan Touch Sequencer, Innerclock Systems Syncgen IILS, Ableton Live 8, STG filters from Equinoxoz music solutions on Vimeo.

"This is just a little patch (very simple) using two channels of the Modcan Touch Sequencer, I mainly did it to check how tight it follows the SyncgenIILS (which it does indeed seem to be quite tight!).

The STG filters were used, quite frankly because they sound magnificent! Sea Devil with a Modcan Triple Osc is running into the Sea Devil, the bass patch is a Dinsync OSC303 into a Super Sawtor, then into an STG Wavefolder before finally a Post Lawsuit filter.

The Cyndustries Four Transients are what I used as envelopes, very snappy analogue designs and aside from that just some samples from live for it to go along with.

I really enjoy messing about with this especially with the timing being so tight, it makes coming up with stuff a joy really! the SyncGen-IILS really is awesome for getting this stuff happening quick and easy."

http://equinoxoz.com/

Analogue Systems rs350 Slew Limiter + STG .BAM + STG .COM

Published on Mar 18, 2014 bigcitymusic·314 videos

"The Analogue Systems rs350 Slew Limiter is being utilized to slew the pitch of the Mutable Instruments Braids. The pitch CV is fed from one channel of the Vermona qMi into the rs350 V-IN. The pitch CV is multed out into the STG Soundlabs .BAM offset, and fed back into the CV-IN so that the slew time becomes greater when the pitch increases, and slower when pitch decreases. The Vermona qMi gate out is pinging a 4ms Pingable Envelope Generator which is enveloping the Braids into the 4ms VCA Matrix.

The Envelope is multed out of the Pingable Envelope Generator and fed into the STG .COM, which is turning the rs350 on and off every half measure of the qMi MIDI sequence. The Cwejman RG-6 is providing modulation of the Braids Timbre and Color controls."

all we see, we are

YouTube Uploaded by donaldjasoncrunk on Dec 7, 2011

"shorter live composition for modular synth and assorted looped sounds. in this video the microphone is fed into the Digitech RDS 7.6, which is clocked by a Flame Clockwork. the STG Soundlabs Trigger Sequencer and Graphic Sequencer help to create the patterns, and the primary bassline is played by midi controller (korg ms2000) off camera."

"of special note: the new STG Soundlabs .SHN provides modulation to the PWM input of the primary oscillator, in this case Tip Top Z3000mkII . the secondary oscillator is the Cyclonix Cyclebox. both oscillators are being mixed with an STG .MIX, filtered by the Harvestman Polyvoks and amplitude controlled via STG .VCA's."

STG .MIX Eurorack Module

STG .MIX Eurorack module Raw from thonkblog on Vimeo.

"Here's the sound of the STG .MIX Eurorack module.
4 different waveforms from a TipTop Z3000. Not too noticable on the Square, but as I change the waveforms the clipping effect (apparently based on the Moog CP3 module) becomes very apparent."

STG .MIX Eurorack module filtered from thonkblog on Vimeo.

"Sine, Tri and Saw from a TipTop Z3000 filtered through a Make Noise QMMG. If you watch closer for the 'flatline' at the peak of the waveform you can see as the clipping takes place."

The .MIX is a 4HP eurorack mixer with 3 inputs and a bipolar output with a makeup gain stage lifted from the Moog CP3. They'll be available to order from Analogue Haven by Monday (most likely).
http://stgsoundlabs.com/

Sand Blind

Published on Sep 22, 2019 davidryle

"5U Large Format Modular Synthesizer. This self-playing piece is structured around a simple sequence from the synthesizers.com Q960 step sequencer.
It is generating a seven step "circle of fifths".
There are three VCO's - Synthetic Sound Labs Double-DekaUltrasonic VCO, an SSL VCO through a 5-Pulser and a trio of Mos Lab 901's and 904-B filter.
The DDVCO is tuned to the low root, the Mos Lab's are tuned to a ninth above and the SSL is a fifth above that. The mix from a STG Soundlabs mixer is then run to an Empress reverb in modulation mode and a TC Electronic tape delay DSP from the D-Two rack delay.
A secondary voice from the Sputnik West Coast Random Source module to a FSFX Braids in Harmonic mode is the detuned sliding discordant background melody. It has a slew integrator FM modulation to give it the slowly bending pitch effect. Timbre and Color are modulated from the WCRS as well. It is further flanged by an SSL Digital Delay.
Several filters (dotcom Q107, STG Sea Devils, Yusynth Arp 4072 and a Mega Ohm Audio CdS) are being pinged by various envelopes - some looping. They are STG Soundlabs EG, Q109's and Oakley Sound Labs VCADSR (Krisp1 build).
A pair of STG Voltage Mini Stores are producing a rapid loop step sequence to a pair of Q106's which come and go in the background.
There are a couple of noise pads in the background. One is from a pink noise to an Oakley VCSVF in band pass which is modulated from the WCRS and an LFO then on to a Strymon Blue Sky pedal. The other is a quick fluttering high white noise sound through an Encore frequency shifter (which is pitch modulated from a Q960 sequencer) and then sent to a Jurgen Haible Tau "Pipe" Phaser.
Further gate and LFO timing is handled with the Moon Modular M563 Trigger Sequencer, the SSL V-Gates, a pair of Q962 Sequential Switches and Q961 Interfaces.
Other modular delays involved are the Modcan 73B Dual Delay and a custom Behringer DD400 digital delay."

A Tale of Three Filters | Matt Chadra

Published on Mar 7, 2019 ClavAnother

"What began as a patch to compare some modules on the scope ended in a long-form experiment with three filters from some of my favourite synthesizers, the ARP 2600, the EMS Synthi, and the Oberheim SEM.

The versions I am using here are:
STG Soundlabs Post Lawsuit Lowpass
STG Soundlabs Sea Devils
Doepfer SEM A-106-5

They are each running through the awesome STG .MIX and are being modulated by the STG Graphic Sequencer and Vinicius Electrik ADSR. The single oscillator present here is a Doepfer Basic with all the waveforms mixed.

If you enjoy this kind of thing, please consider Subscribing. Either way, feel free to let me know what you think of it in the comments.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WATCHING!"

STG Soundlabs - a complete voice in eurorack format

video by SchneidersLaden

"Some of the STG Soundlabs modules can be considered modern classics, and with some new circuitry, Suit and Tie Guy offers enough modules to compose unique complete voices/systems. For this video we explored a powerful STG Soundlabs system that is very ergonomic and beautiful to look at, with spacious faceplates and a great choice of knobs. And how does it sound? We like it!"

See the STG label for more.

The Seventh of Four

video upload by davidryle

"A new project idea to use the synthesizers.com Q170 MIDI GATES module to affect broad changes to the composition within the modular system.

The Q170 has eight output jacks for sending 5V gate or trigger voltages to the modular system. I used my DAW (Cubase) to construct timings for various parts of the modular.

The first four outs were used as pulse gates for the Delptronics and TipTop drum modules. The Kick, Snare and Open and Closed HiHats.
The fifth out is to the Q169 vco's AMP input. That vco is used for the bass line so controlling the on-board vca will mute or enable the voice.
The sixth out was to enable the Dove D900 sequencer to run/stop. The sequencer is feeding pitch voltage to the Synthetic Sound Labs Woven Spirits (MI Plaits). This is the chord pad sound. I used the DAW to pulse the gate info when I wanted the sequencer to reset at certain parts.
The seventh out was to send a continuous gate to the STG Soundlabs Time Buffer. The Time Buffer is receiving a sync-bus 24 ppq clock and run signal. I have a panel access to these with jack inputs so I sent the 5V gate to the RUN input. This allowed me to use this to start and stop all sequencer motion from the DAW.
The eighth out is to a Lower West Side Studios triple switch. This switch is used to add an offset voltage to the Woven Spirits Harmonic control.
The other fun part was playing the LWSS triple attenuator. I had three parts run through the module. The pair of STG VMS sequences were percussive background parts switched in and out as needed. The third part was a pulse version of the pad sound.

The Matrix duet in the mid section was clocked from the STG Time Divider module. Both Matrix were set with very closely aligned slider settings but the "Z" sliders were offset for variety. They sent pitch voltage to the TZ-VCO's from SSL. The duet were sent through the STG Post Lawsuit Filter and an Empress reverb/delay pedal.

Other outboard effects were the Meris Hedra for the bass line and the EMX Grand Canyon for the steady pad sound."

STG Soundlabs Post-Lawsuit LPF filter

via this auction

"This listing is for the STG Soundlabs Post-Lawsuit LPF in Eurorack format. It is a low pass filter based on an analog synthesizer of the 1970’s. From the STG Sounlabs website …

'This filter is not a clone of the ARP 4072 submodule. It does, however, have an identical topology with the same transistors and operational amplifier array. Some people may find this is close enough to use the "C" word but not here at STG Soundlabs, so in tribute to the origin of this filter design it is called the Post-Lawsuit Lowpass Filter.

And before you call to complain, let me point out that Post-Ambiguous-Legal-Action Lowpass Filter just didn't have the same ring.'"

STG Soundlabs Post-Lawsuit LPF

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

"This listing is for the STG Soundlabs Post-Lawsuit LPF in Eurorack format. It is a low pass filter based on an analog synthesizer of the 1970’s. From the STG Sounlabs website …

'This filter is not a clone of the ARP 4072 submodule. It does, however, have an identical topology with the same transistors and operational amplifier array. Some people may find this is close enough to use the "C" word but not here at STG Soundlabs, so in tribute to the origin of this filter design it is called the Post-Lawsuit Lowpass Filter.

And before you call to complain, let me point out that Post-Ambiguous-Legal-Action Lowpass Filter just didn't have the same ring.'"

Awesome sounding, difficult to come by - practically brand new, hardly used."

07-STG Soundlabs Radiophonic 1: Sound Performance Examples 1 & 2

video by AutomaticGainsay

"Here are a few implementations of the STG Soundlabs Radiophonic 1, being controlled by an Arturia MicroFreak, and featuring some extra modulation sources from a Dreadbox Nyx."

08-STG Soundlabs Radiophonic 1: Sound Performance Examples 2

video by AutomaticGainsay

AutomaticGainsay STG Soundlabs Radiophonic posts