CGS (Serge) 8 Step Programmer Sequencer Demo.AVI

YouTube Published on Aug 23, 2012 by Richarius Molindarius

"And here we are boys and girl! :D Finally 8 months after buying the 9 PCBs, did I start putting this guy together, this past Monday. The 8 daughterboards went together in just over 3 hours, building them in the 'assembly line' format. The wiring to the mother board and the front panel combined though, took 2 more days along with a bit of bug solving yesterday and finishing it, this morning. She's working beauty! :D
If you don't have one and you want a very powerful configurable sequencer / programmer, get to ordering from Ken! :D It can be as short as 1 step, or as many steps as you like! :D Forwards, backwards, jumping to and fro between all of the steps. Manually triggerable as well as the ability to use each step to trigger external things. And 4 channels of Control Voltages! 1 pot for each step, for each channel. The amount of things that can be done with this thing, are scary! :o :D

Hope you enjoy! :D"

Quick note: Moving forward I will be using the Richarius Molindarius label for these rather than the old dolphinicus label.

Bitch Cracker Cries For Help

YouTube Published on Jul 19, 2012 by dolphinicus

"Lunetta 11 - panel #5 is complete. 8 Personality Panhandler; 8 passive attenuators and 4 x triple input AC mixers.
This is a simple 'drone' type track with the Bitch Cracker (Nick Collins / Draal modified / myself modified, Pitch Tracker) kicking in later, modulating 2 of the Voltage Controlled Pulse Width Oscillators (that I mis-ID'd in the video, as 4093s. They're 4023's.) About 3 1/2 minutes long, due to low battery. I hope you enjoy.
Panel #6 if successful will be an MFOS 8+ channel stereo mixer that I'm beginning today."

Lunetta 11 Spock July 1712

YouTube Published on Jul 17, 2012 by dolphinicus

"This is the latest panel in my new Lunetta 11 noise machine. Spock includes:
- 3 x slower CD40106 oscillators used for driving Clock inputs on other things
- 2 x 4 BIT Shift Registers (CD4015)
- 1 x 18 Stage Shift Reigster (CD4006)
- 3 x SPDT electronics switches with external control input (CD4053)
- 1 x Nick Collins / Draal modified / Me modified, with 2 inputs Pitch Tracker (CD4046)

Finally, as you'll hear in this video - pitch changes from the Lunetta 11 start warbling all over the place! :D That is thanks especially to, Nick/Draal's Pitch Tracker. I'll definitatively be building at least 1 more of these!
Note: due to problems with some of the different manufacturers of the CD4046, this one - the Texas Instruments one that Draal and I both use, DOES WORK PROPERLY. :)

I hope you enjoy."

Lunetta11 Panel3 July0912

YouTube Published on Jul 9, 2012 by dolphinicus

"And here we be, diddling a few ears with Panel #3 in my new Lunetta 11 noise machine. This panel includes:
2 x Voltage Controlled Low Frequency Oscillators
2 x Voltage Controlled Pulse Width Oscillator
1 x triple input AC mixer
Set right back and enjoy the aural twistings that could frighten ANYone's grandmother! :D"

Luneta11 StanAndJack

YouTube Published on Jul 5, 2012 by dolphinicus

"In this short vid. I'm giving a small demonstration of a patch that I had made using my new noise machine Lunetta 11's 2 panels:
STAN (dedicated to Stanley Lunetta. The originator of Lunetta synths.) contains:
- 4 x CD4093 Schmitt Trigger NAND Gate oscillators
- 4 x CD4070 XOR Gates

JACK (dedicated to my dad. R.I.P. :( ) contains
- 2 x CD4024 7 BIT Clock Dividers, chained together as a 14 BIT Clock Divider
- 1 x CD4094 8 BIT Shift Register with XORable Clock and XORable Data inputs

Using various combinations of oscillators, XOR Gates, the Clock Dividers and the Shift Regster - quite a number of sounds are obtainabled. ;)

The next panel LESLIE (dedicated to Canadian actor Leslie Nielson (R.I.P.) and bassist / vocalist extrodinaire from Primus - Les Claypool) will more than likely contain:
- 2 x 3 input AC coupled audio mixers
- 4 x active AC attenuators (for changing volume levels)
- 3 x CD4023 Pulse Width Oscillators
- 3 x CD4053 SPDT switches, each with Voltage Control"

Lunetta 11 - Stan - Quad 4093 / XOR

YouTube Published on Jul 4, 2012 by dolphinicus

"This is the 1st module for my 11th noise machine that I've started building. a simple introduction, but it'll help give you a bit of an idea as to it's functionality."

TD Emulation example 1.AVI

YouTube Uploaded by dolphinicus on Mar 15, 2012

"Having gotten my 2nd Music From Outer Space VCO built with my semitone and octave rotary switches function for 1 volt / octave tuning, I thought I would make an example video showing how the switches work, in roughly emulating a small portion of a bass / melody line from a live Tangerine Dream tune somewhere in the later 70's.
I hope you enjoy."

1st Official $PLURJ Noise Piece - Feb 0312.AVI

YouTube Uploaded by dolphinicus on Feb 3, 2012

"This video is of just under 1/2 of the 1st Official $PLURJ! Noise Piece. Created with my $PLURJ! modular synthesizer that I've created / built, using 2 x Voltage Controlled Oscillators as audio sources and many, many other modules as modulators. It'd take forever to describe the patch. Outside of that - no effects were used. It's all pure $PLURJ! noising away. I hope you (noise / experimental enthusiasts), enjoy. :)"

DinglingDroneyBaloney.AVI

YouTube Uploaded by dolphinicus on Jan 13, 2012

"Well - just before dindin prep. I went to go back downstairs to shoot some pictures of my modular, now that I've put all 5 of the new laminated paper panels, from all of the modules transfers that I've done. (Still far from complete.) Especially for, the 4 x Serge / CGS Universal Slope Generators that are all working beautifully. BUT - having started work on my first 'drone' piece in a long long time I decided that I would shoot this short video, explaining what I have hooked up and how. Since I were short on time though, the entire thing is more than likely explained much too quickly for anybody but myself to understand so ... please enjoy the nice blinken lightzen, but neine touchen das buttonzez mit der fingers er gerpoken somefin! Anglich. Ain't it a wonderful langwitch? Lol."

SergeDUSG1.AVI [Serge / CGS Universal Slope Generators]

YouTube Uploaded by dolphinicus on Jan 8, 2012

"This is a short vid. showing off my 2 x Serge / CGS Universal Slope Generators that I'd just completed yesterday. Thankfully, Serge Tcherepnin who had started Serge Modular Synthesizers in 1973, has licensed a few of his modules to the wonderful Ken Stone - owner of CGS Synths, so that he may produce PCBs of some of Serge Tcherepnin's wonderful modules.
The Serge USG is capable of operating as an Attack/Decay EG; Attack/Sustain/Release EG; LFO; VCLFO; VCO; VCF; Envelope Follower; Pitch Tracker; Slew Genereator (Portamento) as well as allowing the Rising and Falling wave shapes to change linearly or logarithmically.
In my 20+ years of working with and building modular synthesizers, I have never seen anyone else create a module as powerful, as this one.
I hope you enjoy the couple of fiddly bits that I've done with the 2 of them in this 9 minute video. As always, there'll be more coming! :D"

The Judge - V1.02 alpha.AVI

YouTube Uploaded by dolphinicus on Dec 16, 2011

"This is the 2nd demonstration of my invention - The Judge. I've done some fine tuning of levels here and there (skipping descriptions) and things are working a lot better.
Also - I have the sequencer that is being used for the Level / comparison controls on each of the 16 steps, this time running my Liquid HiHat, to give a better audible idea, of which Steps are triggering and which are not.
I hope my explanation of the function in this video gets the idea across in an easier to understand way than my last version of it."

The Judge - V1.00 alpha.AVI

YouTube Uploaded by dolphinicus on Dec 14, 2011

"The Judge - invented in 2010 by Ryk John Miller Thekreator - allows the user of a step sequencer to set a control for each step that determines it's AMOUNT OF CHANCE of playing, from 0% (step will not play upon activation) all the way up to 100% (step WILL play on every activation). The amounts of chance on every step that it will play upon activation are determined by the amount set on that Step's control, compared to a random sample from a white noise source.
Much fine tuning still has to be done for setting the levels properly but finally - the hardware version of The Judge - which I have not been able to find any version of this done in a hardware or software music sequencer in history before this, is up and running in alpha mode.
If anyone can provide proof of this function having been done before by any hardware or software music sequencer, please let me know where I may witness this.
The areas in which this 'engine' may be used aren't endless but the number of the uses in music, is staggering.
There'll be much more to come as I continue to develop this invention further."

LiquidSnareBassDrum-Nov2711.AVI

YouTube Uploaded by dolphinicus on Nov 27, 2011

"This is a short video of the ALPHA version of my Liquid Snare / Liquid Bass drum invention. This is a brief one only, considering dial-up internet connections for some viewers.
Drum shells - frequency voltage controllable Twin T Filter (based on Craig Anderton's), along with my CD4023 Pulse Width Oscillator as the 'springs' / noise.
More videos of it coming later as I fine tune the alpha design. I hope you enjoy. :D"

Split Wave Modulator V1-40 Beta.3gp

YouTube Uploaded by dolphinicus on Sep 12, 2011

"The Split Wave Modulator has reached beta status! :D The correction that I just made to the error I had for the video that were shot yesterday has brought this function to working close to the way it had when I first mistakenly made it in 1996 on my 2nd version of my (then improperly named) Voltage Controlled Wave Splitter.
This module takes the input waveform and splits it into positive and negative voltage halves (my invention / innovation as confirmed through email in 1996 by Dr. Robert Moog and Larry Fast (Synergy) and combines it with the wave folding technique that both myself as well as Electronotes Newsletter founder/author independently each mistakenly discovered. (Bernie in December 1976 and myself in 1996.)
Please note - this video was abruptly cutoff after about 6 minutes when I phone call came in on the phone that I was shooting the video on. :( But there's more than enough of it shown to get the idea of it's functionality across somewhat. :D

There will be more videos in the future as after I've made this breadboard version into a PCB and changed some of the resistors to 1%'ers as well as matched the used diodes.

I have yet to decide whether I'll release the schematic publicly or not."

Split Wave Modulator V1-20 alpha.3gp

YouTube Uploaded by dolphinicus on Sep 11, 2011

"The Split Wave Modulator V1.20 alpha is actually Version 4 of my 1995/1996 invention the Voltage Controlled Split Wave module where I had come up with the invention / innovation of taking an audio waveform and splitting it into it's positive and negative voltage halves. With that invention I had also mistakenly created a different type of WAVE FOLDING that the well known Electronotes Newsletter creator and author had also mistakenly done in December 1976.
Together these functions allow me to change the amplitudes of each of the halves with external control voltage modulation. Both of the halves after being processed or not are then summed along with a copy of the originally input waveform to give an extremely wide variation in harmonics that are produced.
As Bernie had said, the wave folding portion of this unit (as well as my Split Wave invention) can be considered an opposite type function of the regular Voltage Controlled Filter which REMOVES harmonics from an input waveform. The Split Wave Modulator ADDS harmonics to a simple input waveform."

TheDeathlehemMachine11-LiveImprovNumber1-Feb2111.AVI

YouTube via dolphinicus | February 21, 2011 |

"This is the first live improvisational recording on The Deathlehem Machine #11. I had set up 3 different sequences to switch between as well as a single oscillator droning in the background. It's a short recording at just under 10 minutes for the entire video.
Sequences are built from combinations of:
2 x Music From Outer Space 16 step sequencers
2 x 4015 4 BIT Shift Registers
4 inputs of an 8 BIT R-2R DAC
2 x Attack Decay envelope generators
Various standard modular synthesizer modules burbling away.

The only effect used is the longest reverb that I were able to obtain from my TC Electronics M300 Reverb/Delay effects unit.

I hope you enjoy. :)"

TheDeathlehemMachine11 Feb1911

YouTube via dolphinicus | February 19, 2011

LiquidHiHat-V1-00-TestingBeforeModding-Feb0511.AVI

YouTube via dolphinicus | February 05, 2011 |

"This is the beta test build of Hexinverter's PCB of my Version 1.00 of the Liquid HiHat that I innovated back in 2008. It worked basically perfectly right off the bat.

In this vid. I give some brief ideas on how the unit sounds, with it's 2 x VCOs being modulated by 2 x triangle waveform LFOs as well as 1 x Attack / Decay envelope generator.

I have 2 modifications that I wish to do to this PCB. If either 1 or both of them are successful, the next PCB will be changed to reflect this - bumping it's version # up, to V3.00.

Along with all of the HORRIBLE volume changes due to my faulty mixer, I hope you're able to enjoy this vid. :) More vids of it should be coming as testing progresses. :)"

MFOS Sound FX Synth 1 of 2 - Oct. 0310.AVI

YouTube via dolphinicus | October 03, 2010

"This is a very short, not enough information given, video of the Music From Outer Space company's Sound FX Synthesizer, of which I bought 2 x circuit boards to build synths from.
For some odd reason, I don't explain WHAT the synth is made up of, until the end. Go figure! HAhahahaha.
Anyhoo ... the sound fx potential from this guy, is huge. I'm majorly impressed and can't wait to get the 2nd one built. Once it's done as well I'll be able to get a better idea as whether to buy more of them or not. Already, barely playing with it for a few minutes - I am DAMN impressed and will more than likely, be ordering more - to set them up for 'patches' that I ilke, to be able to manipulate at will, whilst recording live improv. stuff. :)

Damned, impressive. :o"

A short haunting melody.AVI

YouTube via dolphinicus | September 16, 2010

"This is a short 3 minute video with not much more excitement within it rather than blinking LEDs. I loved the haunting sounding melody though from a single voltage controlled oscillator, going into a Voltage Controlled Amplifer whose amplitude were being controlled by a slowly rising Attack and slowly falling Release.
A little bit into it, I bring in a simple single VCO 'bassline' of sorts, that's being played by my 4094 based Eighth BITchen Deathlehem Sequencer. I hope you enjoy.
Ahhh yes - and both of the voices are going through a digital reverb effect for extra 'floor' beneath everything."

A BETTER Liquid HiHat 101010-AlmostCompleted-Sept1510.AVI

dolphinicus | September 15, 2010

"Now - please do pardon my extreme excitement but I HAD to make this NEW video for the Deathlehem Liquid HiHat 101010, almost immediately.
Having both of it's voices running through separate VCAs which are each controlled by their own Attack Decay envelope generators - I heard sounds that I had never imagined POSSIBLE from this thing! :O
Completely patchable in any way that you wish, the 6 oscillators and 4 of the 8 x XOR Gates are beyond the imagination's capabilities in noise sounds that can be made.
More coming, in the future, from my Deathlehem 101010 Noise Machine. :)

Whilst I think of it: all info. on this new design can be read at the forum at:
http://deathlehem.com/php - you don't have to join any more, to be able to read. (Non-members aren't able to post messages, though.)"