Muff Wiggler Forum July 2009 Gathering

YouTube via scootermccrae

"On July 18th, 2009, I had a number of strangers who I know (or know of) from the muggwiggler.com forum come to my apartment to have fun working with the modular analog audio equipment I had lying around or the machinery they brought over themselves to integrate into whatever systems we were spontaneously creating.

So there was much drunken debauchery and noise-making to be had amongst the participants.

Keep in mind that this is just a non-linear overview of the day that demonstrates how people traveled from one room to another to patch cables and twiddled knobs. Over the course of the nine hours that people spent in my apartment, there were many audio breakthroughs and learning experiences that would be impossible to document here without a far more thorough camerperson than myself at the helm.

Needless to say, as the cameraperson, I'm not in this video -- so it's NOT a Mondo Modular episode (so I apologize to any subscribers expecting otherwise).

Please enjoy and thanks as always for checking this out.

Scooter McCrae"

The Amazing Spectralis II -Now part of the DIV digital rig

YouTube via kipptumor
"This is the Spectralis II (brand new model) taking it's clock signal from Red Voyager Beat extractor that is literally listening to the mix coming from the laptop/Ableton set-up. Once you understand what exactly is going on in this video the top of your skull will pop off and your mind will do a 360 in mid-air, returning to its original position, but altered in a permanent state of "you're kidding". This is the bare-boned digital system (without the Kaoss pad, Kaossilator, or Percussa audio cubes, and, obviously, without the video gear), using only the Logitech joystick to cherry-pick through the on-screen clips & activate the effects for each channel, the Novation X Station to fade the 8 channels on screen up and down and its joystick to control Ableton's effects' parameters, and, of course, the amazing Spectralis II from Radikal technologies. The silkscreening is still a little tacky it's so new (just kidding-it is beautiful). This is just me finally getting the hang of this thing (sort of) at 1:30 in the morning. The music is a mixture of the Spectralis' other-worldly sounds, our own MIDI mixes (original compositions), other artists' music, and a lot of beats, grooves, and loops at all times. I even demonstrate the ability to "jam" along on the X Station's built-in 300-voice digital synthesizer. Enjoy! More thrills await you at www.divelectro.com"

flolktek Modified Omnichord om-250

"The Mod unit features a 25 point magnetic patchbay and 12 patchable keys. Any point combination or multiple point combos create glitched out beats and various effects. The patchable keys create a pallete of effects at you finger tips. Patches effect the beats as well as the strum plate and chords."

See folktek for samples and more. via the folktek blog.

DefCon 17 badge already hacked!

YouTube via shagghie. Also hacked by shagghie in 2006.
"days before the party even starts, the DefCon 17 badge is already hacked! not even storms in china nor inverted buffers can keep us from playing our Simonez Dice!
And that's just the beginning!
(not responsible for whatever happens for publishing this!)"

Trip to Hoover dam ( Music by Pepe Mogt )

YouTube via pepemogt
"Here is some footage i filmed at the Hoover Dam .
Enjoy!

Music by Pepe Mogt(Nortec Collective, Fussible)
Song: Ginger
Equipment used: Tenori-on and LL Electronics Rozzbox V2
Filmed with Nikon D90 and 70-300mm and 50mm Lenses"

Radikal Technologies Spectralis 2 - Demo Song #2

YouTube via bigcitymusic. http://bigcitymusic.com
"First of all, youtube audio will not do this amazing machine justice. This is by far one of the best sounding all in one packages ever conceived. Here's a cool demo song from the new Spectralis 2 utilizing samples, analog synths and a killer filterbank. Available now! More videos coming soon. Thanks for watching."

Flight of Harmony: Choices + Plague Bearers

YouTube via thedeepelement
"I've been meaning to make a quick video of the Choices and Plague Bearer modules together for some time because they're quite a dangerous combo. The patch is a bit complicated but essentially both the X and the Y axis outputs are going into mults, those mults are plugged into the Plague Bearers along with a Tip Top Audio Z2040 Cutoff. The audio sources are coming from Tip Top Audio Z3000's FMing each other. I used a combination of the room and line audio so a fan is audible.
http://trashaudio.blogspot.com/"

Metasonix: rack your KV-100 Assblaster!

flickr by Analogue Haven

"The Metasonix KV-100 Assblaster is an awesome machine for sound generation and signal processing. It comes from the manufacturer built into a "tacklebox" for tabletop use. Some modular customers have asked us about rackmounting them next to their racked modulars. It is definitely possible, but instead of offering a kit Metasonix have posted straightforward instructions about rackmounting it on their website. LINK: metasonix.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&... (see "Rackmounting your KV100")."

Sherman / Rodec: Restyler

flickr by Analogue Haven

"This is the Restyler, a collaboration between Sherman and Rodec. Actually shown here are two Restylers, mounted in a rack, ready for some filter action. These should be available sometime in the next couple of months- we already have one of the first production units and it sounds great."

ElbyDesigns: ED109 TGTSH

flickr by Analogue Haven

"The Elby Designs ED109 TGTSH is now in-stock. This module is the second collaboration between Laurie Biddulph of Elby Designs and Ian Fritz ( home.comcast.net/~ijfritz/index.htm ). The first collaboration was with the popular ChaQuO ( www.analoguehaven.com/elbydesigns/chaquo/ ).

The TGTSH combines two important synthesizer functions. It produces trigger and gate signals whenever a "timing" signal input crosses a user-defined threshold. At the same time, the trigger pulse fires a high-performance sample-and-hold circuit that samples a second "main" signal input. The module is only 10 HP in size and requires very little power to operate. LINK: www.analoguehaven.com/elbydesigns/ed109/."