MonkSynth on Schwung and Ableton Move

video upload by Charles Vestal

"A demo of the Schwung (https://www.schwung.dev) implementation of MonkSynth (https://github.com/JonET/monksynth), itself a recreation of AudioNerdz' Delay Lama (http://www.audionerdz.nl).

In this demo, pad pressure is mapped to "Vowel" for that sweet oo ee oo sound.

As per AudioNerdz' original request, if you like what you hear, visit www.savetibet.org."

Ambiotica on Plinky 12 - Now with Drums

video upload by Charles Vestal

"Generating 8-bit samples for an x0x style drum sequencer alongside the Ambiotica controls."

Vortex Rockstar Jam - New custom effects for Zoom MS-50G+ / MS-70CDR+

video upload by Waveformer

"Four new free effects for the Zoom MS-70CDR+ and MS-50G+: Rockstar, Pong Delay, Vortex and Duo Chorus. They run natively on the pedal, like any other effect.

Get them free: https://sym.bios.is/?utm_source=youtu...

Rockstar is a concert-hall reverb with a DownRez rate-crusher. I ported it from Airwindows kRockstar by Chris Johnson (MIT license).

Pong Delay is a true-stereo ping-pong delay with a resonant multimode filter. Based on mscHack PingPong by Mark Schack (MIT), with Rack 2 maintenance by @baconpaul and @pgatt.

Vortex is a twelve-mode multimode filter with resonance, drive and a dry/wet mix. Based on VortexMM and its filter DSP by wintoid and Yuriy Ivantsov (ivantsov-filters), both MIT.

Duo Chorus is a dual-line analogue-style chorus in true stereo. Based on MIT-licensed work by Charles Vestal and Peter Allwin, with hardware research by Andy Harman and Pendragon Software Limited, and a soft limiter by Emilie Gillet (stmlib).

The installer runs in the browser and backs up your pedal before it changes anything. There are fifteen free effects on the site."

The First Custom Panel for Plinky 12 is Here!

video upload by Nathan Plante Synths and Charles Vestal

"I'm so excited that the first custom panel has been released! Meet AMBIOTICA by Charles Vestal, an implementation of his lovely iOs app/VST by the same name for Plinky 12. Its easy to create relaxing ambient beds with this panel and lots of fun to tweak and explore.

Charles Vestal
/ @charlesv

Ambiotica for Plinky 12
https://www.plinky12.com/community/ch...

The App
https://charles.pizza/apps/ambiotica"

Kosmophone - Space Age Midi Controller - literally...

Sent to me by Charles Vestal. Thanks Charles! Click through for more info, shots and samples. Amazing.

That silver cylinder in the rack is the Kosmophone.


"The Kosmophone is a gamma-ray spectrometer operating in the range of about 3 to 7 million electron-volts (MeV) controlling a MIDI music synthesizer.

This octave of the electromagnetic spectrum, about a million times higher frequency than the octave our eyes respond to, contains very little energy that originates in our solar system. Almost all of the energy in this band is a result of unbelievably energetic radiation coming from the far reaches of the universe, 'Cosmic Rays'. Fortunately, they tend not to make it all the way through the approximately 100 miles of air over our heads. As they smash their way through the atmosphere the collisions produce energetic emissions and it is these secondary emissions the Kosmophone responds to. The energy level of each detected event is measured and that information is sent to the MIDI control port of a music synthesizer. The 'cosmic data' is not altered or supplemented in any way and would be presumed to be completely random.

The measured distribution of energy values is indeed very uniform and the rate does not vary from local day to night. Apparently the normal output of our sun contains no significant gamma rays (which is a very good thing for us!) but they are produced in bursts during solar flares. "

Update via the comments:
"Many thanks for your interest and kind words, but please note the silvery cylinder at the bottom of the rack is just the detector; a 3" Teledyne Isotopes 4Pi-well-type NaI scintillator previously owned by a government weapons laboratory. The 1RU panel above it is the Pulse Height Analyzer and of course above that the synth and power amp."