confined spaces #4 - PAiA Moroder

video upload by wildchurch

"Triggering/syncing a PAiA 9700s synth with a Boss DR-220A drum machine, plus a few other things.

While prat-arsing around with the PAiA, using the trigger out of the DR-220 to 'animate' its filters, I got a Giorgio Moroder sort of sound that I quite liked so worked it into a sketch as basis for some future development.

It's a self-playing system thanks to a Kawai Q80 MIDI sequencer running everything, with some MIDI to CV conversions here and there. Rather than detail all the patching, which isn't particularly exciting, here's a list of the gear involved:

Sound sources:
- PAiA 9700s
- Boss DR-220A
- School Rhythmer
- Fred's Lab Buzzzy!

Sound Effects/Processing
- DBX-160X compressor
- Elk EM-13 Analog Echo
- Korg SDD-3300
- Zoom Studio 1204
- Rocktron ProRax CE1 compressor/expander
- Homemade filter box

Clocking/Sequencing
- Kawai Q80
- Audiowerkstatt trigger2midi2trigger
- DIY multiples, clock dividers, ADSRs, trigger to gate convertors

TRIGGER WARNING!
The video is just various clips randomly cobbled together so isn't always in aligned to the sounds, i.e. the lights aren't necessarily flashing at the right moment."

Fred’s Lab Buzzzy - 4 part MIDI synth module SN 00055

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"Advanced 16 voice digital polysynth capable of a broad and beautiful range of tones. It is fast and immediate, ideal for use onstage and for instant music production.

The instrument is 4 part multitimbral and features 4 distinctive sound engines (Pulse, FM, Waves & Noise), 9 quality FX (reverbs, delays and filters) and an arpeggiator per part. USB provides both power and MIDI. Also has MIDI IN DIN5 socket."

You can find demos of Buzzzy in prevous posts here.

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Two Days to go on New Töörö - Hybrid Polyphonic Supersynth Kickstarter Campaign

Fred's Lab · Töörö - Mylar Melodies

Supporting member Ray Ewan wrote in to let us know there are only a couple of days left for the Töörö - Hybrid Polyphonic Supersynth Kickstarter Campaign. Click through for details.

Above are some demos from Mylar Melodies, not previously posted here on the site.

Frédéric Meslin, aka Fred's Lab was the man behind the very successful and highly rated Buzzzy! Synth. You can find additional posts featuring Fred's Lab here.

Loopop review: What is BUZZZY?

Published on Apr 17, 2019 loopop

"BUZZZY! is priced around the Volca range, is smaller, and yet is four part multi-timbral, with a filter and space or delay effects per part, four different sound engines (Pulse virtual analog, FM, "Bitcrushed wave" and Noise, with up to 16 voice polyphony, and it sounds quite good too, especially for a digital synth."

See this post for details on Buzzy!