Eric Archer ABoT - Another Box o’ Techno

"ABoT: Another Box o’ Techno (2008)

A collection of experimental synth circuitry, linked together and mounted in a suitcase:

* Dual VCO w/ digital sub-bass sinewave
* 12dB/oct VCF
* SyncLFO
* LFO-Sequencer
* WaveFucker (1-bit pitch shifter)
* Analog-controlled speech synthesizer
* Generative CV sequencer for melody control

The ABot synchronizes with the BBoT. Continuing with the BBoT ethos, there is no computer interface, storage, MIDI, etc. Improvisation is the only approach.

The ABoT can be heard in the music of Operation Playmate… check out the bass drop at 0:40 in this clip. The Bird Box generative sequencer is creating the tom-tom pattern. Ragsdale is playing live keyboards (CS-15, MS20). The Drone Commander appears at the end."

more info including samples at eric archer . net

The Bard

flickr by ecsuecsu

"Night on the sun."

Don Buchla

image sent my way via Reed.

"It's the homepage image from the Buchla Yahoo users' group, but I think it may have first been in the Keyboard magazine interview in 1982."

Reed also noted the buchla on the left is the same one pictured in this post.


Update via keld in the comments: "The synth under the TV is Don's own Buchla."
Update via Rick: "the synth under the TV is a 300 series instrument and most likely is the same one that now belongs to the Audities Foundation - it was purchased from a European collector several years ago..

Dons system is much different...

it could be said that ANY buchla instrument was Dons at some point."

BoardWeevil09

via the BugBrand Blog

"Here's the initial build of the new Weevil for 2009 ----> the BoardWeevil

Its like a souped-up Postcard and takes in some new design ideas I've been playing with through 2008. My aim has been to create something with the power of previous big Weevils, but which is more easily replicated (to try to meet demand...)


Some notes:
* Three Oscs with Lo/Hi Ranges with the usual Quasi-ringmod
* Oscs 2 & 3 can Sync to Osc1
* Osc1 also has a Light Sensor for pitching (switchable)
* Power starve for the Weevil-heart - this also has a switchable Light Sensor
* Balance Control fades between Ring1 (oscs1 & 2) and Ring2 (oscs 1 & 2 & 3)
* Simple Tone Control
* Output Level dial feeding a standard 1/4" jack
* Onboard Mini-Amp
* 14 body contacts (gold plated!)
* All Dials are 9mm Alps -- still compact, but much sturdier than the orig. Postcard ones.

Due for release in Jan09."

The Boss Merry Christmas 2-All Guitar Effects Pedal

via MusicGearCompany.com. via Cikira via Keith on the SynthSights list.

► Input Love
► Output Peace on Earth
► Santa Detector
► Grinch Meter
► Naughty and Nice Mode
► Give and Receive Selector
► Control to Turn Up the Holiday Spirit

STAGEA ELS-01C Demonstration Movie - Horizontal Touch

YouTube via yamahacorporation

"Yuki Wada presenting the STAGEA ELS-01C."
via Kenneth Elhardt on the AH list:
"A lot of people would like polyphonic aftertouch on their synths. I've
always wanted horizontal touch for doing manual vibrato as that seems
potentially more useful. I thought that was gone with the old Yamaha organs
and the GX-1, but noticed in the Yamaha Stagea demo video at the link below,
they still have that feature. Go to the 1:58 mark to see how that works.
Now I have to wonder why they're not putting that on any of their synths!
Wish the Vax77 Keyboard people were doing this, or some other MIDI keyboard
manufacturer."

Update: Yuki Wada live:

Yuki Wada Lupin 3rd

YouTube via kyanhpham. "Ms. Yuki Wada's concert in Vietnam"

EWI USB 練習中の巻

YouTube via PXE02321. "ChineeErHu　DEMO"

scribbler, tube zipper, and t res

YouTube via spunkytoofers
"spunkytoofers scribbler
electro harmonix tube zipper
jomox t resonator

another video with this instrumentation. the scribbler is used to drive the tube zippers self oscillated tube driven sound following the envelope from the scribbler. the scribbler has two different bass responses and they both break up rhythmically and sonically in two different controllable but evolving rhythmic glitches or pitch soundscapes selectable by a switch . jomox compliments the interplay between the scribbler and the tube zipper playing together. the jomox is used as a first filter routed into a tube zipper forming a feedback path in the jomox. the jomox can be cross modulated between both filters available internally with a delay line available in each filter."

Synthesize a Deep Kick Drum in Ableton Live

YouTube via LoveCapacitor
"Another Tool for the Box: Playing power cords in a kick drum:

A simple method to play a perfect 5th or power cord in a kick drum demonstrated with Operator in Ableton Live 7."

Alesis Andromeda A6: Sixteen-Voice Analog Synth Overview, Part Four

YouTube via gearwire
"The sweet, creamy middle of Bill Holland's look at the Alesis Andromeda
A6 is all in the filters. Just because it's the middle of the series doesn't mean these filters won't take you to the ends of the universe!

See more on Gearwire.com."