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Thursday, September 21, 2006

BugBrand Drone Machine

Title link takes you there.

-Audio input with Envelope Follower - input preamp with variable decay enevelope follower (EnvFlw based on SynTom ideas)
-Ring Modulator - using the AD633 multiplier chip
-3 x Voltage Controlled Oscillators (plus Low Freq Osc) - three powerful VCOs (based around the Thomas Henry XR2206 VCO) that can also run at low freqs for modulation, offering tri / sin / sqr waveforms, plenty of modulation and sync function.
-Voltage Controlled Filter - state variable (Lo / Band / Hi response) resonant filter with modulation and two audio inputs
-Digi-delay - based around the PT2399 digital delay chip that can be cranked down into very noised-up territories.
-2 x Voltage Inverters - for audio or CVs

via Sendling.

Update via Tom Bugs in the comments:
"Hey, thanks a bunch!

I've been battling with learning Avid Free DV to get some videos of playing the Drone Machine -- just uploaded the first one onto YouTube and its now embedded on the Bugbrand sound devices page: link"

Also posted here.

Technics SY-1010 Shots

via this auction.

"Features:

Wide-range audio oscillator with separate volume, coarse and fine tuning

Extra oscillator at A 440 for tuning

Noise generator

Filter with cutoff frequency control and resonance control, "keyboard" CV control, and envelope control

ADSR envelope generator which can control the VCA, the VCF or both

LFO with frequency control that can be directed to the oscillator (vibrato), the filter, or the amp (tremolo)... or all at once. The LFO has an LED indicator to indicate frequency.

VCA with initial gain (Hold) knob, which allows you to control the knobs and sliders of the synth without having to hold a note on the keyboard and an ADSR knob to control how much the envelope shapes the volume of the synthesizer.

2.5 octave keyboard

Variety of outputs including RCA and quarter inch. Level control switch, hard or soft tone switch.

Small size and light weight, excellent for playing at gigs when you don't want to tote a large, heavy, or temperamental analog synth to a gig."

via randy.

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New Moogulator Shots on Flickr

Moogulator playing the Moog Modular

arp 2500

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Technics SY-1010

YouTube via AutomaticGainsay.

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

The IVANOHÉ I

Modules:
- 3 Electronote Tri-square VCO PCB
- 1 ssm2044 VCF
- 2 VCA
- LFO
- 2 ADSR
- 10 stages sequencer
- 1 Convertiseur MIDI/Control voltage, CV/MIDI et trigger (drum pad)/MIDI
- 1 Mixeur 2 entrées
- 2 Mixeur 3 entrées
- 1 Sample and hold
- 1 Ring modulator (AD633JN)
- 1 Timbre modulator
- 1 Octavizer
- 1 Differentiator
- 2 Modules d'entrées (ampli)
- 2 Modules de sorties (atténuateur)

Title link takes you to more info in French (including samples). Google translated to English here. The name of this synth reminded me of Ivanhoe. Putting this in the post so I can search for it later.

via sequencer.de.

SINTETIZZATORE ANALOGICO MODULARE VOLTAGE-CONTROLLED

"For who is curious or wants to try realizing some voltage controlled music module, I'd like to submit documentation pertaining to analogic synth I made. It is composed by circuits whose projects come from several sources. Some have been fully developed and planned by myself, some others more or less substantially modified, come from specialized industry sources, various application, technical magazines or..... by copying (through disassembling !) commercial cards being part of "vintage" synth. Everything has been developed by myself between end 70' and beginning of 80' when, after some very fast develop year, these machines use suddenly stopped due to digital technology advent. My last job dated 1995 consist of "midi to control voltage interface" to control synth via midi also. Schematics and drawings are in .jpg format while comment notes (I'm sorry... italian only !) are in simple text format (.txt)."
Title link takes you to more info and samples. via Synthesizer-Magazin.

Opas alter Synthesizer

Hammond, Minimoog, and what looks like a drum machine. Anyone know what that is to the left of the mini? I've seen it before, but I can't remember. Title link takes you to the post on Synthesizer-Magazin.

Korg MS-50 Samples

Title link takes you to some Korg MS50 samples put up by Ben of Korg Kornucopia. BTW, Korg Kornucopia is a great Korg resource site for the MS and PS series of Korg synths.

"The MS-50 offers a plethora of handy little audio tools, does PWM and has a very speedy LFO (with assistance, anyway.) As luck would have it, I was working up to doing this anyway over the weekend - I've now done a couple of basic MS-50 sounds that I've uploaded. Also, I have made some fun 'sound annotations' to the MS-10 Owners Manual and MS-10 Settings Examples Manual.
Enjoy!
Ben
Korg Kornucopia - analogue synthesizers"