TROGOTRONIC COMPILATION II

"GK#400 c&p 2013 karaoke/trogotronic/various artists
credits
released 27 March 2013
GRINDCORE CINEMA presents
a TROGOTRONIC AUDIO INSTRUMENTS production
"Trogotronic Compilation II"

Join the stinking waxie hair-filled sound holes of the knuckle dragging subhumans in celebration of the very worst audio compositions submitted for disapproval to mark the milestone 400th release with our publishing partner Grindcore Karaoke : The Trogotronic Compilation II. Never in the history of humans has there been a collection of sounds so certain to repel even the most tolerant of friends, relatives, neighbors, trusted pets & most especially hominids of the fairer sex.

The selection process was tedious & habit forming as seen here : www.youtube.com/watch?v=cshqjUVY6y0 on our YouTube channel : www.youtube.com/user/trogotronic a fly on the wall look at Trogotronic brain trust Professor Rube & lab assistant Eyesly Dickenson deep in contemplation.

Trogotronic » W T Nelson » Trogotronic, PO Box 683,
San Pedro, CA 90733, USA » Telephone 1-310-977-6497

Trogotronic Audio Instruments - hand built in the USA!

To check out Trogotronic's 2013 line of "cruel & unusual instruments" please visit www.trogotronic.com"

via Bauke van der Wal on Facebook

Trogotronic Model 11 M Series Euro Module & Module Kit

via Trogotronic

"Introducing the first ever Trogotronic instrument offered as a kit in the grand tradition of the Benton Harbor greats. But she is also offered (for a “Few Dollars More”) as a complete module, the most economical choice if time is harder earned than cash.
Trogotronic Model 11 Series M

Traditional VCA
Trogotronic Style Performance Audio Controller
Trogotronic Style Performance CV Controller
CV Generator
Only 4hp Wide
180 Degree Control Array Orientation
Skiff friendly 1.6″ Depth
Superior Momentary Button Switch

This lithe lady can be used as an Audio Controller, a CV Generator, a CV Controller, and a VCA (all pretty much at the same time). The superb feel of the momentary button is no fluke; Years of searching a small mountain of buttons available on the American market yielded only specimens of over-sprung stiffness; poor choices for a musical work which demands correct weight & throw for deft performance. Finally we found what we were looking for in a tiny shop at a Japanese electronics bazaar. We arranged direct import of these hand-picked gems to Trogotronic—exclusively—for the sole purpose of destroying fascists the world over with sonic display.

Model 11M Kit consists of all 45 parts + a 2.5mm driver & a full color checklist / instructional for all 23 steps (eat your heart out P-Orridge). It does NOT include a toolkit or materials such as solder and all too rare common sense, patience, time & undivided attention (all of which are necessary to complete this modest build).

Assembled Model 11 comes complete with euro format mounting hardware & 2.5mm tool (as above kit) + owners card & instruction sheet as all of the Trogotronic M-Series modules do.
Video Samples:

Trogotronic Model 11 M Series Module (onsite)
Same video on YouTube (offsite)" [posted here]

Trogotronic Model 333 M Series Euro Module

YouTube Uploaded by trogotronic on Apr 7, 2012

"Informational video and brief demonstration of the Trogotronic 333M "Euro-format" Analog Module.
The 333 Converts audio signal to 3 Control Voltage channels:
1. A traditional Envelope Follower
2 & 3. Vie the Event Sequencer
See Trogotronic.com for more information."

This one in via equinoxoz.com (you'll catch their banner on the right).


via Trogotronic
"Within the myopic domain of patch-cord cowboys wiggling cheeks to the beat of blinkie lights, the outside world is escaped from… forgotten… even ignored. If it’s strumed it’s ho-hummed. Banged? Danged! Sung? Save your lungs!

The Triple-3 aims to shatter the safe confines of Urkle’s inner-sanctum. Trogotronic welcomes in the freaks who with to interact with yon knob collection in an entirely new fashion: The Model 333 M is a three channel audio-to-cv generator that reacts to audio input in a very useful way:

As a Traditional Envelope Follower
As a Nine Step Event Sequencer
“Ditto” in a third Discrete Channel

Mic your neighbors loud-assed hog & you have a two channel sequencer which is triggered in time to the odd, organic lope of her Milwaukee-made V-Twin; Mic Bonzo’s kick drum & your rig reacts to every extra drunken lazy foot kick; Patch it to Maso’s flying Altoids “shaker box” full of Japanese pennies & your modules are perfectly controlled by the supernatural Osaka master of the 55-second polyester display. 333 M Series even means yer barking dog is officially in your techno-band. Mazel tov fair Fido! 333 Features:

3 Channel Audio-to-CV Generator
1 Envelope Generator
2 Channel, 9 Step Event Sequencer
3 Discrete Decay Controls (1 for each channel)
Input Attack Control
Input Preamp Gain Control
Sequencer Range Control
Sequencer Mode Selector
12 Blinding Blue & Red lights
Compact @ Only 10hp
Sequence Breakout Bus foreshadows “more to come”

Gain Control allows the use of everything from the weak signal of a mic or guitar with no preamp to the “hot” signal output from another module without trouble. Range, Attack & Decay Controls allow a great number of adjustments to create odd/organic sequences as well as shaping the Envelope. Sequence Mode selects progressive or single step activation; Both modes have our unique Smooth-Transition Circuitry between steps. Two Sequencer Channel Decay Controls modify CV creating either hard staccato steps or slowly fading voltage glory. Model 333 M ships complete with Printed User Guide, Trogotronic Owner’s Card, 7″ Power Bus Ribbon Cable, Allen Head Fasteners + USA Made Installation Tool packaged in an almost handsome, earth-killing recyclable box. Trogotronic road-proven construction means ALL controls are fastened to the the control board with a nut not just soldered to the circuit board only to be throw-away after a few hard tours of duty. And, of course, ALL Trogotronic instruments are hand-made in the stinkin’ USA by subhumans rather than contracted out to the cheapest overseas bidder by the boardroom fascist overlords.

Specs:

Euro-Format
10HP
Depth 2″ (with power cable attached)
+12v rail peak current 120ma (Sequence switch @ “9”)
+12v rail average current 70ma
-12v rail peak current 5ma
CV output 0 to +10.5v "

Trogotronic m/277 Dual Tube VCA Tutorial Videos by Learning Modular

Published on Jun 15, 2018 Learning Modular

"This set of five movies covers the Trogotronic m/277 Stereo High-Voltage Tube VCA / Overdrive / Preamp module. Even if you don't have this specific module, the series covers a lot of useful information on managing signal levels to get different sounds out of a module, stereo and faux stereo processing, and the differences between putting the VCA before or after the VCA.

The first movie is an overview & demo of the module. The remaining movies cover using it as an output overdrive processor, using it as a stereo-izer (panning etc.), how it behaves as a VCA in the “normal” position after the filter, and how that behavior changes if you place it before the VCF.

These movies are also part of my Eurorack Expansion course on LearningModular.com:
https://learningmodular.com/register/learning-modular-syn..."

Playlist:
Trogotronic m/277 Tube VCA 1/5: Overview (LMS EE)
Trogotronic m/277 Tube VCA 2/5: Output Processing (LMS EE)
Trogotronic m/277 Tube VCA 3/5: Stereo Processing (LMS EE)
Trogotronic m/277 Tube VCA 4/5: as a VCA (LMS EE)
Trogotronic m/277 Tube VCA 5/5: VCA before VCF (LMS EE)

Trogotronic 669cv Bosshog MiniSynth & ep7 Glorious

Published on Feb 12, 2015 trogotronic

"Informational video and brief demonstration of the Trogotronic 669cv Bosshog MiniSynth."

ep7 Glorious

Published on Feb 12, 2015 trogotronic

via Trogotronic

"Analog Audio Artifacts: event horizons of sonic singularities rendered for our ears. Priority #1 for the 669/BossHog MiniSynth. With a presence more sickening than Leatherface in chef’s hat after indulging at a Texan all you can eat chili cook-off Trogotronic 669 MiniSynth is the most untamed sonic-detonator we’ve ever built. The Subhumans have endowed Model 669/Bosshog with:

3 Oscillators
3 Master Oscillator Controls
3 Analog Audio Artifact Generators
1 Volume Control
3 Modulator Patches
4 Light Indicator Array
7 Button Performance Array
7 Switch Hold Override Array
2 One/Quarter Inch Jacks—Input & Output
8 One/Eighth Inch CV Inputs for Modular Compatibility
7 Vactrol Circuits
From expansive leviathan drones plumbing the depths of heavy water reactors to mind-reading staccato glitch attack the sheer power of the 669/Warthog’s sonic devastation is simply extraordinary. Yes, Virginia, 669/Warthog can BOTH be the backdrop scenic drone AND an all analog rhythm section played in realtime on the perfectly weighted button array. If the multimillion-dollar flying killbots had ears this would be the guiding beacon they obey.

669/Warthog ships in a heavy duty cast aluminum case ready for 100-120v power; Optional Universal power supply allows operation anywhere on the globe from 100-240v mains.

669 solo
669 with old Drum Machine patched to Input
669 with Guitar poorly played while patched to Input
Specs: Cast Aluminum Chassis 4.75″ x 7.5″ x 1.5″ Price: $375"

New Trogotronic m/669 Euro Module

Published on Aug 24, 2015 trogotronic

"Informational video and brief demonstration of the Trogotronic m/669 Euro Module."

Eurorack version of the 669. Details via Trogotronic:

"Analog Audio Artifacts: event-horizons of sonic singularities rendered in hyper-tonal arthropod spectra. Primal purpose for the m/669 Analog Euro-Module. With a presence more sickening than a platter of polonium sushi the m/669 is the most untamed sonic provocateur ever offered. With an eight input CV bank (7 of which are vactrol circuits) the deviant subhumans issue the new m/669 BossHog Module with a prehistoric grunt. Regard the feature list of this commanding analog obscenity with caution:

3 Oscillators
3 Master Oscillator Controls
3 Analog Audio Artifact Generators
1 Volume Control
3 Modulator Patches
4 Light Indicator Array
8 CV Inputs
7 Vactrol Circuits
Audio Signal Input for Unique Side-Chain or Solo FX Duties

From expansive leviathan drones that plumb the depths of heavy water reactors to mind-reading staccato glitch attack the sheer power of the m/669 BossHog Module’s sonic devastation is simply extraordinary. Yes, Virginia, m/669 BossHog Module can BOTH be the backdrop scenic drone AND an all analog rhythm section played in realtime via CV inputs. If the multimillion-dollar flying killbots had ears this would be the guiding beacon they obey."

ANTODOTE 625 LIMITED OFF! COLLABORATION

video upload by trogotronic

"WE CELEBRATE SOME OF OUR "HEAROS" WHILE ANNOUNCING THE ANTIDOTE (VERY) LIMITED RELEASE MINI-SYNTH COLLABORATION with OFF! @offofficial

A SONIC PORTAL to the ANALOG DIMENSION of FULL POTENTIAL SENSATIONALLY CHRONICLED in the FREE LSD LP & MOTION PICTURE
AVALABLE NOW FOR A LIMITED TIME AT THE TROGOTRONIC WEBSHOP"

via Trogotronic

"Clandestine Projects go by many strange names. Projects which changed the course of history for better or worse. Manhattan, Bluebook, MK Ultra— hell—even Alan Parsons…

PROJECT ANTIDOTE (codename THE MACHINE) is the latest of such world-changing endeavors. But rather than another top-down government control-scheme funded by covert appropriation, the Military, Moonies, the Heritage Foundation or Rand Corp— PROJECT ANTIDOTE is conducted by a grassroots coalition of outsiders far from the eyes & ears of the surveillance-state.

Miles down a random dirt road a working group was assembled from the ranks of OFF!—the Hardcore Punk Supergroup—& Trogotronic’s Subhuman Resistor-Wranglers. Their mission: Design the ANTI-SYSTEM.

While silicon valley oligarchs were squandering unimaginable sums to develop “brain-enhancement implants” at zillion-dollar vivisection labs, PROJECT ANTIDOTE relentlessly refined THE MACHINE at a secret forest shanty dubbed “THE PUNK WORKS”. Success was soon realized when the pathway for organic audio-to-mental frequency-coupling was established, whereby minds are FREED rather than controlled. What’s more THE MACHINE viscerally resonates with only the MOST radical free-radicals to achieve a critical mass of illuminated population no longer subject to THE SYSTEM.

THE MACHINE includes a holistic tuning array of

11 Parameter Knobs
10 Element Light Emitting Array
All-Analog Audio Circuitry
Right vs. Left Hemispherical Design
Endless Audio-to-Brain Setting Possibilities
12v Worldwide Power Supply
Plug & Play for rapid deployment at blistering amplitudes, its immediate effects are clearly notable when the uninitiated strike a peculiar pose with each fore-finger inserted deep into the ear canal. Congratulations: IT’S WORKING!

As a redundant precaution, plans are being subliminally disseminated via unlimited multimedia release. Hidden diagrams are embedded in LP sleeves, Sportswear & Midnight Movie plots only visible in complete darkness. This way if all our efforts fail, the intrepid underground technicians among us can independently construct THE MACHINE in shanties the world over."

The Klirrfaktor: Trogotronic Noise (Trogotronic model 676 & Teenage Engineering OP-1)

YouTube Published on Sep 7, 2012 by TheKlirrfaktor

"All sounds (including drums, percussions etc.) made with Trogotronic Model 676 Fury M Series and sampled, edited & arranged with Teenage Engineering OP-1.
Voice with Qneo Voice Synth on iPhone (thru Trogotronic 676)

Mixdown & some edits in Logic Pro.

I'm not shure about the sound because I'm not at home & had to mix the track on some cheep iPhone earbuds :(

Okay - I did this track just 4 fun, messing around with this sick module, thinking the guys from Togotronic still don't know what it's doing - I don't know that too :D

So let's go noise!

Klirr"

Trogotronic 647E BARBARITUBE

video upload by trogotronic

Massive flashing lights warning for anyone sensitive to them.

"Model 647E Electro-Acoustic Analog Tube Synth Short Demonstration 1"

"BarbariTube 647E—our first Electro-Acoustic circuit in a TubeSynth—is HIGH-VOLTAGE ANALOG pure, uncut & triple-distilled. Which is to say it’s a TubeSynth able to play the actual SPACE you’re in. We took a high-voltage twin-triode vacuum tube wired for maximum gain, cut out all the expensive patch-cord CV/OPTO bits, ditched the pricey button logic hardware & shoved the business-end of our first ever Electro-Acoustic Synth Circuit smack in-the-middle.

How does it work? You plug it in. You fuck around. You find out.

You do so LOUDLY if you know what’s bad for the neighbors—& good—for the Electro-Acoustic circuitry.

Barbaritube’s authentic organic Tube-Analog sounds are alive, at your fingertips—NOW—& critically—HERE.

Making music in the “here & now” is refreshing: NO endless nested menus or deep-dish manuals to memorize just to get started. Hands down Barbaritube the fastest way to get kicked out of any respectable band, synth meet or swap meet.

Tube-Analog Barbaritube runs at nearly 200 volts with virtually limitless Analog resolution. When 247E’s signals are reduced to a blazing-hot range of 0 to +/-18v the transients get SHARPER & PURER—not blurrier & more messy like the legions of digi-chipped knob-gobbers. That’s what gives its voice that incomparable impact.

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Trogotronic 676 vs 666_1

YouTube Published on Apr 23, 2012 by DJjondent

"A friend of mine has asked me to compare the two modules.
So here goes.

Are they just noise machines.?
Are these musical?
Who cares??
They are handmade beasts.
If you like britney spears (no offence to B) this module is not for you.

I found that Both are really Really hard to tame.
But possibly the makers dont intend that they "behave".
In the 1st demo of the 676
Ive got a single CV signal from the Autobot (Miami acid) , duplicated and then
plugged into the OCS1 & OSC2 inputs on the 676.
I don't think its meant to track Hz/v or 1v/oct.

The other modulation inputs respond to LFOs and envelopes.
It has 5 CV inputs

Maybe a gate triggering an envelope might produce interesting results.
The 3 switches are described as normal (up) and mayhem (down).
I think this says it it all. :-)

Its Worth future experimentation if you like stepping outside the comfort zone

Beware ..the sound may be harsh for some.

I'll compare the trog 666 next

Thanks to Matt of Rhythmactive for the Trogotronic modules"

Trogotronic M666 demo

ublished on Apr 23, 2012 by DJjondent

"Ok now the 666... the number of the beast.
Im expecting the apocalypse now.

Its got 9 CV inputs.
Ive got the same single CV signal that I used with the 676.
Its from the Autobot (Miami acid) , duplicated and then
plugged into the OCS1 & OSC2 inputs.

Ive added 2 extra Cv signals from the snazzy FX.
OMG.,,, there are still 5 left unused

Lots of burp, fart and swarms of locust noises.

Thanks to Matt of Rhythmactive for the Trogotronic modules"

Trogotronic 669 Warthog

Published on Sep 20, 2013 trogotronic·10 videos

"Brief Overview & Demonstration of the Trogotronic 669 Warthog MiniSynth"

Trogotronic on eBay

Analog Audio Tube Mayhem // SpazeDrum + Infernal Noise Machine + Trogotronic 679 #TTNM

video upload by THE TUESDAY NIGHT MACHINES

"Just a little LOUD AND DISTORTED Trogotronic Infernal Noise Machine SpazeDrum Sound of Shadows SOUND DESTRUCTION! WAAAGH!!! Well ... so ... I wanted to use the Flight of Harmony INM-E to process the analog Gotharman SpazeDrum output. But then I thought: "Why not step it up a notch?". So I added the Trogotronic 679 vacuum tube ... THING ... and sent the result through Flight of Harmony's Sound of Shadows delay too.

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

https://nightmachines.bandcamp.com
https://nightmachines.tv

Wein Glass - Sex and Tubes and Rock and Roll!

Published on Aug 31, 2016 Wein Glas

"From the new Weinglas album release 'All Tubes' on vicmod records: https://vicmodweinglas.bandcamp.com/a...

The album 'All Tubes' is made with lots of strange electronic instruments and synthesizers made with vacuum tubes from Metasonix, Trogotronic and Zerosum Inertia!

This track features the Tubesounds of the Metasonix S-1000 Wretch Machine!"

Radioactivity Lectures

Published on Aug 31, 2016 Wein Glas

"From the new Weinglas album release "All Tubes" on vicmod records: https://vicmodweinglas.bandcamp.com/a...

The album "All Tubes" is made with lots of strange electronic instruments and synthesizers made with vacuum tubes from Metasonix, Trogotronic and Zerosum Inertia!

This track features the Tubesounds of the Metasonix D-1000 Drum machine, KV-100 FX & S-1000 Synthesizer, the Trogotronic 676 and a lot of Zerosum Inertia ZIMM modules!"

Trogotronic 665 Analog Synth

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated. via this auction

"Trogotronic gear is designed and built by W.T. Nelson of Bastard Noise / Man Is The Bastard. Here is the builders description of the device.

'The Trogotronic Model 665 Subterranean Analog Artifact Explorer: ideally suited for expeditions into the realm of analog higher-order thresholds whose existence is poorly addressed (more often forgotten completely) in the algorithms that math stooges write for large audio electronics firms who seek to capture real life analog circuits in stale equations computed by cheap microprocessors. Turbulent, complex and unstable areas of analog sound difficult to navigate let alone discover with even the most sophisticated and expensive analog synthesis gear are readily accessed with a twist of this eight-knobber. Sharp, ragged and searing solos tones; horrifying torturous particle blasts and soothing lengthy Venusian jungle bird calls that cycle lazily (with a bit of fine tuning exploration).

With an interface that is simple and concise but a range that spans great heights and depths, the 665 also transforms and modulates sounds that are sent through it'"

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New Trogotronic m/12 Detektor 4 Channel Multimode Dual Input Envelope / CV Generator

m/12 Detektor Overview Published on Dec 3, 2017 trogotronic

"Overview of Trogotronic m/12 Detektor 4 Channel Multimode Dual Input Envelope / CV Generator"

trogotronic c36 Revolution Analog Audio Controller

video upload by trogotronic

"Overview Demonstration of c36 Revolution"

Update:

c36 Revolution CV + Audio Demo

video upload by trogotronic

"Demonstration of c36 Revolution 4 Channel Analog Audio Controller sending CV to (1) 658 & (1) 669 MiniSynths while simultaneously controlling their audio output signals from c36 console."

Stereo Drum and Bass patch Grendel Formant Filter/ Trogotronic 277M

Stereo Drum and Bass patch Grendel Formant Filter/ Trogotronic 277M from Equinoxoz music solutions on Vimeo.

"This is something I wanted to try since I got the Grendel formant filters in stock, a full stereo patch in the drum and bass style.

I set up an ES4 to play the bassline, there is a sequence clocked from my Syncgen LSII in time with the loops coming from Ableton live.

Basically its set up so an E340 cloud generator in 8 Osc mode gets split into the two Grendels, setting different for the left and right channels, these outputs were then mixed via two Manhattan Mixers with a Z3000 MK2 doing the fat sine sub octave and the Triangle from that is going to a Happy nerding super sawtor just to add a bit more "grit" to the sound.

The outputs from the two mixers go into the left and right channels of a Trogotronic 277M which is the VCA for the output of this patch, it adds some great crushing distortion and with a bit of different settings of the drive, a bit more stereo separation and grit.

overall this was a super fun little high energy patch, a synergy between the loops and the machines.

I hope you enjoy :)"

http://equinoxoz.com/

trogotronic c4 4 Channel Analog Audio Controller v5

video upload by trogotronic

"20 years ago we introduced the Original 4 Channel Joystick Audio Controller. For the first 5 years most folks didn't even understand what it was. The next 5 the knockoffs came. Soon whole genres of the most disturbing music ever put to speakers was born of primitive fast-cut real-time multichannel switching.

The New v5 Features:
4x4 discreet 1/4" ins / outs
Electronic Control & 4 Discrete Analog Signal Paths
An Illuminated Full-Sized Ultra-Fast Switching Stick
Gate Signal Input
Remote Control Jack for m2 Footswitch Accessory
Modulator Button & Speed Control = Impossibly Fast Attacks
Independent Mode for each Channel = ON until OFF or OFF until ON

Ask anyone who knows: Trogotronic c4 still goes from zero to smoking hear-holes with NO BLEED like the knockoffs.

The Original remains the BEST."

Trogotronic - Mouthwatering Waveforms

Published on Feb 3, 2013 trogotronic·4 videos

"Meanwhile at the laboratory "Mouthwatering Waveforms" courtesy of Trogotronic Studios."

Conversation between Trogotronic and Metasonix

Conversation between Trogotronic and Metasonix from MareaBoba on Vimeo.

"Greeting conversation between Trogotronic m679 Gran Fury and Metasonix R54"