How to Control modular synths with ChatGPT

video upload by יזהר אשדות Izhar Ashdot

"Will ChatGPT make us lazier musicians, or can it allow us to master new instruments and even new professions without investing in years of study?
I continue my affair with ChatGPT and check if I can use it to program audio devices and create musical instruments despite my minimal knowledge of programming.
Watch the video, but hold on tight to your jaws, because they might drop!

Created by Izhar Ashdot"

3 Solenoids, 2 Servos, 1 floor Tom.

video by יזהר אשדות Izhar Ashdot

"My new Prusa Mini 3D printer allowed me to refine my solenoid and servo drum robots.
Gear used: Beatstep Pro sequencer, Bastl Eurorack solenoid module, DIY servo motor driver, DIY Solenoid and Servo beaters, one old Floor Tom."

The Pseudo-Random CD4028-4040 Sequencer

Published on Jan 24, 2019 יזהר אשדות Izhar Ashdot

"This is a DIY Eurorack module (work in progress) using two CMOS chips, creating lovely Pseudo-Random sequences
A CD4040 clock divider's outputs feed the four binary inputs of a CD4028 BCD to Decimal converting chip, creating pseudo-random sequences, depending on different CD4040 outputs feeding different CD4028 BCD inputs.
input-output patching is done with a mini patchbay on the module.

Participating Eurorack modules: Ladik QUantizer, Tiptop Z3000 VCO, Z2040 Filter, DIY Envelope, DIY 606 Kick, Omsonic Pixeldust HH."

Izhar's Fellow Travellers: with Tony Rolando of Make Noise

Published on Jan 4, 2019 יזהר אשדות Izhar Ashdot

"**Turn on CC for English Subtitles**

Israeli music producer and modular synths evangelist Izhar Ashdot meets Tony Rolando, founder of modular synths company Make Noise, in Berlin.

'During the 2017 Superbooth synths trade show, we sat down in the green park outside the exhibition building until the rain drove us to a tiny children's playground.
We talked about synths, musicians, Moog vs. Buchla and the past, present and future of modular'"

Shake it like a servo motor!

Published on Nov 21, 2018 יזהר אשדות Izhar Ashdot

"Shake it like a servo motor!
I’ve been playing with the idea of controlling Percussion instruments with servo motors as part of my modular setup.
I failed to build my own voltage to PWM circuit but finally found on EBay a cheap three channel voltage-to-PWM board, designed for RC models.
I built a small module around it.
I bought a few kinds of servo motors to test which would work best. Even the cheaper ones had enough torque to shake a tambourine and a LP shaker.
A strong vise was necessary to keep the instruments from spinning and flying across the room.
This video is a proof of concept. I hope soon to integrate this module into my music making setup."

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יזהר אשדות - קמבודיה ◉ Izhar Ashdot - Cambodia

Published on Apr 23, 2018 יזהר אשדות Izhar Ashdot

via Supporting MATRIXSNTH member Izhar Ashdot

"'Cambodia' is a track from my forthcoming album, It is based on a modular patch and includes only Eurorack modules and Rona Kenan’s beautiful voice.

The lead melody was created using the Music Thing Turing Machine and Radio Music.

I edited the video from Super-8 footage that my late dad shot in Cambodia where we lived in the late 1960’s. I was 9 years old."

video description:

"קליפ חדש של יזהר אשדות מתוך האלבום החדש שלו שעומד לצאת בקרוב
זמרת אורחת: רונה קינן | Guest Vocalist: Rona Kenan

יזהר אשדות: לחן, עיבוד, נגינה וחיווט של מערכת סינטיסייזר מודולרי.
רונה קינן: שירה
הפקה מוזיקלית: יזהר אשדות ומשה לוי

◎ ספוטיפי: https://goo.gl/sTBRxo
◎ אפל מיוזיק: https://goo.gl/vueuwo

יזהר בפייסבוק: https://www.facebook.com/iashdot
יזהר באינסטגרם: https://www.instagram.com/izhar_ashdot"

Converting a Wah Wah Pedal to Eurorack

A Pedal split in two: Converting a Wah Wah pedal to an Expression pedal and a Eurorack module

Published on Mar 24, 2018 יזהר אשדות Izhar Ashdot

"I gutted a Vox V847 Wah Wah pedal to use the chassis as an Expression pedal and modded the electronics to form a separate Eurorack Wah module."

A Digital Guy in an Analog World בחור דיגיטלי בעולם אנלוגי

Published on Feb 1, 2017 Izhar Ashdot

Click on CC on the bottom right of the player for subtitles.

"Israeli musician and record producer Izhar Ashdot talks about 35 years of working with synthesisers, moving away from them and their recent return to his creative process via the Eurorack Modular system.

Izhar talks about creativity, working alone and collaborating with other musicians, about fear and how to get around it.
יזהר אשדות מספר על 35 שנות עבודה עם סינטיסייזרים, ההתרחקות מהם והחזרה שלהם ליצירה שלו בשנה האחרונה. יזהר מדבר על יצירתיות, על עבודה לבד ובשותפות עם מוזיקאים אחרים, על החששות ועל ההתגברות עליהם.'