Wednesday, October 19, 2005
The Moog Strikes Back - New Flickr Shot
Trip. Never saw this one before. Anyone know what synth that is with the mike?
SuperMoe Modular Sequencer Project
An interesting thread came up on AH regarding why modular analog sequencers are not modular in the sense of being able to build as man steps as you like by simply adding modular steps. James Husted posted a link to Dave Bradley's SuperMoe Modular Sequencer Project on hotrodmotm.com.
BTW, I thought the follwoing reason to build this was quite funny. : )
"I spent many months designing an "all in one 10 units wide do everything" step sequencer. It had voltage control or clock selection of the sequencer stage, 16 trigger switches, and could be switched from 8x4 to 16x2 modes. It pushed the very edge of complexity in terms of being practical to attempt to build it using discrete logic. The panel was huge and crammed full of controls. Then I made another survey of all the sequencers I could find both past and present, found 2 more features I wanted to add, and the whole thing came crashing down under its own weight.
So I went back to the drawing board, and repackaged everything in a more modular fashion."
Make sure to check out the title link for much more. On a somber note, track back to the root for a shot of Dave and the late Larry Hendry. He will live on.
CES ED-LAB
Update: Excellent point via the comments. Thanks Dave.
"Aren't these for more of what they can do, then for what they sound like. Basiclly, it gives a number of logic modulues to your banaplug modular.
After playing with my Nord Modular for a while, you get to really understand the power and flexibility of logic modules.
So the power is in what it does or doesn't do to your sound, rather then in it's sound creation abilty.
Though never played with one, so there could be some good sound making abilties.. i do see the diodes and tube...
Dave "
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Currently on the *bay. Title link takes you to shots saved for posterity. This looks like one of those educational kits. Read below for details. I always wonder what one of these would sound like. My guess is nothing too impressive otherwise they'd be more popular, but who knows... If you do, please feel free to comment.
Notes from the auction also saved for posterity:
ANALOG MODEL 652.A ELECTRONICS SYSTEM LAB
6 DC power supplies regulated with fixed and variable outputs with both positive and negative fully protected supplies; 2 phase AC power source; waveform generator with sync, fvco, variable sine, square and triangle outputs from 1 Hz to 100Khz; meter for AC or DC voltage and DC current shunts; high impedance AC input to prevent over-loading; switches, resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, zener diodes, varactor diodes, transistors, lamps, op amps, radio coil, transformer, digital and linear IC socket, vacuum tube socket, PC, printed circuit, or breadboard slot; FET's, MOSFET's, UJT, SCR, Triac, Diac, and built-in speaker.
DIGITAL MODEL 703.A DIGITAL SYSTEMS LAB
A/D converter, D/A converter, follower/hold, scmitt trigger, comparator op-amp, one-shot, variable speed digital clock, counter and register, IC socket, PC, printed circuit, or breadboard slot; multiplexer, demultiplexer, encoder/decoder, 8 electronic switches, 10 flip-flops, 4 AND gates, 3 NAND gates, 3 OR gates, 4 Exclusive/OR gates, 3 NOR gates, 6 Inverter/NOT gates, keypad, and built-in speaker.
CONSTRUCTION AND CONDITION
The Ed-Labs are well constructed 1/8" aluminum panels each housed in 23.5" W x 14.5" H x 10" D formica cabinets. These were purchased from a Vocational School surplus sale and were described as operational to the auctioneer. There were no banana cables or manuals included. Both power-up but are untested by me (no cables). These instruments are very clean cosmetically. Each has a foil serial number sticker on the front panel and the 702 has its serial lightly scratched in small numbers under the keypad. There is a ding to the lower left corner of the 651 (see picture). The 651 is also missing a knob on a button switch at the bottom labeled "M" and a knob in the radio circuit. This knob mounts on a shaft that is sitting flush to its front panel casing. The 651 was missing one of its rubber feet, so I replaced those with a similiar white set of four. The original set of three will be included with the auction. Both units appear to be otherwise complete.
APPLICATIONS
The Ed-Labs can be employed as expanders for a modular synthesizer system; for circuit design, modification, experimentation; or as effective tools for those pursuing a general electronics education.
"Aren't these for more of what they can do, then for what they sound like. Basiclly, it gives a number of logic modulues to your banaplug modular.
After playing with my Nord Modular for a while, you get to really understand the power and flexibility of logic modules.
So the power is in what it does or doesn't do to your sound, rather then in it's sound creation abilty.
Though never played with one, so there could be some good sound making abilties.. i do see the diodes and tube...
Dave "
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Currently on the *bay. Title link takes you to shots saved for posterity. This looks like one of those educational kits. Read below for details. I always wonder what one of these would sound like. My guess is nothing too impressive otherwise they'd be more popular, but who knows... If you do, please feel free to comment.
Notes from the auction also saved for posterity:
ANALOG MODEL 652.A ELECTRONICS SYSTEM LAB
6 DC power supplies regulated with fixed and variable outputs with both positive and negative fully protected supplies; 2 phase AC power source; waveform generator with sync, fvco, variable sine, square and triangle outputs from 1 Hz to 100Khz; meter for AC or DC voltage and DC current shunts; high impedance AC input to prevent over-loading; switches, resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, zener diodes, varactor diodes, transistors, lamps, op amps, radio coil, transformer, digital and linear IC socket, vacuum tube socket, PC, printed circuit, or breadboard slot; FET's, MOSFET's, UJT, SCR, Triac, Diac, and built-in speaker.
DIGITAL MODEL 703.A DIGITAL SYSTEMS LAB
A/D converter, D/A converter, follower/hold, scmitt trigger, comparator op-amp, one-shot, variable speed digital clock, counter and register, IC socket, PC, printed circuit, or breadboard slot; multiplexer, demultiplexer, encoder/decoder, 8 electronic switches, 10 flip-flops, 4 AND gates, 3 NAND gates, 3 OR gates, 4 Exclusive/OR gates, 3 NOR gates, 6 Inverter/NOT gates, keypad, and built-in speaker.
CONSTRUCTION AND CONDITION
The Ed-Labs are well constructed 1/8" aluminum panels each housed in 23.5" W x 14.5" H x 10" D formica cabinets. These were purchased from a Vocational School surplus sale and were described as operational to the auctioneer. There were no banana cables or manuals included. Both power-up but are untested by me (no cables). These instruments are very clean cosmetically. Each has a foil serial number sticker on the front panel and the 702 has its serial lightly scratched in small numbers under the keypad. There is a ding to the lower left corner of the 651 (see picture). The 651 is also missing a knob on a button switch at the bottom labeled "M" and a knob in the radio circuit. This knob mounts on a shaft that is sitting flush to its front panel casing. The 651 was missing one of its rubber feet, so I replaced those with a similiar white set of four. The original set of three will be included with the auction. Both units appear to be otherwise complete.
APPLICATIONS
The Ed-Labs can be employed as expanders for a modular synthesizer system; for circuit design, modification, experimentation; or as effective tools for those pursuing a general electronics education.
Tuesday, October 18, 2005
Fruity Loops Sytrus 2 Synth
Update: RM in this case looks like it's Ring Modulation. Wiglaf called it in the comments section. I went back to the site and found the following bit on it. It is interesting that it's called out as a separate synthesis type.
"Ring Modulation - Sytrus operators can interact not only via FM (frequency modulation) and a simple mix, but also via RM (ring modulation). Ring Modulation is a process where the spectra of two input signals are multiplied together to produce another spectrum, often having characteristics qualitatively different than the input signals. "
Via Create Digital Music. I love Fruity Loops. This one looks really interesting. Title link takes you to the Sytrus link destination off of the Fruity Loops main site. There is a link there to the main Sytrus site. The reason why I'm linking to this interim site is because there is an in depth info section with tons of information on the synth. Make sure to check it out. There are some pretty powerful performance features I haven't seen before. BTW, if anyone knows what RM Synthesis is, please comment. I must have overlooked it on the site.
"Sytrus is a powerful and versatile synthesizer featuring 6 customizable operators for FM and RM synthesis, plucked strings synthesis, 3 SVF (filter) & distortion modules, effects module with chorus effects and 3 delay lines & unique programmable unison mode."
Umm... What's RM synthesis?
"Ring Modulation - Sytrus operators can interact not only via FM (frequency modulation) and a simple mix, but also via RM (ring modulation). Ring Modulation is a process where the spectra of two input signals are multiplied together to produce another spectrum, often having characteristics qualitatively different than the input signals. "
Via Create Digital Music. I love Fruity Loops. This one looks really interesting. Title link takes you to the Sytrus link destination off of the Fruity Loops main site. There is a link there to the main Sytrus site. The reason why I'm linking to this interim site is because there is an in depth info section with tons of information on the synth. Make sure to check it out. There are some pretty powerful performance features I haven't seen before. BTW, if anyone knows what RM Synthesis is, please comment. I must have overlooked it on the site.
"Sytrus is a powerful and versatile synthesizer featuring 6 customizable operators for FM and RM synthesis, plucked strings synthesis, 3 SVF (filter) & distortion modules, effects module with chorus effects and 3 delay lines & unique programmable unison mode."
Umm... What's RM synthesis?
Synth Graffiti
Nice. Via Music Thing. Title link takes you to post. Ok... Anyone else spooked by that bottom left shot.
The Voynich - Made In China
Sent to me by Chris Strellis. Track made with the Voynich home keyboard. Nice! I actually have one of these. : )
"So here's a song made using just a toy keyboard. The drums were sampled
individually and a new groove recreated. Tons of EQ and FX were using in Adobe
Audition to bring it to life as best I could. Lots of ropey playing too - those
tiny keys are damn hard to play!"
"So here's a song made using just a toy keyboard. The drums were sampled
individually and a new groove recreated. Tons of EQ and FX were using in Adobe
Audition to bring it to life as best I could. Lots of ropey playing too - those
tiny keys are damn hard to play!"
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