MATRIXSYNTH

Wii to MIDI how to video

YouTube via midphase
"This funny video that I found on the net shows a step by step method for using the Wii controller to output MIDI control to Apple Logic Pro and "conduct" MIDI with the Wii stick!"

The History Of Pong and Circuit Bending?

"Ralph Baer created the first home console system: The Magnavox Odyssey"
synth content comes in at 3:50. a bit of circuit bending actually. Note Reed Ghazala is credited as the father of circuit bending, discovering the technique back in 1966.

Possible TG Gear for 2009

flickr by Chris_Carter_
(click for the mouse overs)

"This is some of the gear I may be using on the TG 2009 USA tour."

http://www.throbbing-gristle.com

Two BugBrand Post Card Weevils on bottom with WorkShopOSCMachine on right.

Sherman Strikes Back

here the demo at khoral's Cafe 80

Flame makes open tubes oscillate.

YouTube via nylesteiner. Yes, that Nyle Steiner.
"A propane torch inside the end of a tube can make it oscillate.
See also my website at http://www.sparkbangbuzz.com for more interesting experiments and details."
Also see the Zinc Negative Resistance Sound Synthesizer

Audible disease sampler vs the MOTM-420 filter

YouTube via RothHandle
"Today I have been working on the fth mix for the upcoming Antkowiak album...a track called Turn Around. For the seesond verse I wanted to overdub a very thin sounding ostinato pattern on the guitar...

So I recorded the guitar into the Audible Disease recorder and then filtered it through the MOTM-420 filter...

This film was recorded at the Roth Händle studios in Stockholm. If you are3 curious about the studio please stroll by www.roth-handle.nu for more info, booking etc...

Best regards,

Mattias"

8 step sequencer

YouTube via nathanielscott
"This is my second sequencer. It is an eight step sequencer built around a 4017 decade chip. It has a toggle switch that can switch between a full gated step or a pulsed trigger. Each step can be switched on or off and each step also has a voltage control that can be sent to a VCO. The step repeat can be varied between 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8 steps.

I shot this video before I had the knobs for the voltage control pots, which is why they are missing. Also, I am only demonstrating the trigger control on the Casio-SK1's sequencer. I sequenced a little tune and then let the sequencer trigger the sequence via the one note playback hack I did on the SK1.

The sequencer does not have its own clock. Instead it is gets its clock signal from an external source, in this case from my for step sequencer on the left.

I economically purchased the parts from the Reuseum in Boise. Here is their site: http://www.reuseum.com

The edges are a bit rough as I cut all the openings into the project box with a cheap switch blade."