DIY Synth Babes

Update: two of the videos further below have been removed from YouTube. The following is a new one to pop up. You'll find the video for the final track further below.

Calvin Harris, girls in bikinis and the human synthesizer 2

Published on Jan 26, 2014 Канал авто·674 videos

Calvin Harris - Humanthesizer - the first human synth

YouTube via icreateddisco - VIMEO vid below.
"Calvin performs a version of his new single Ready For The Weekend on a unique human synthesiser. The instrument employs 15 bikini clad models painted with Bare Conductive, a new skin safe ink which conducts electricity. When the performers touch the connection completes a circuit, triggering a sound.

The instrument consists of 34 pads on the floor which have been painted with the conductive ink and connected to a computer via some clever custom electronics. The performers stand on the pads, and touch hands to complete a circuit and trigger a sound. Different combinations of pads trigger the different sounds needed to play the track.

The project is the result of a collaboration between Calvin Harris and masters students from the Royal College of Art's Industrial Design Engineering programme.

Bare Conductive was developed by RCA students Bibi Nelson, Becky Pilditch, Isabel Lizardi and Matt Johnson. The custom electronics and software for the project were created by Matt Johnson, employing two Arduinos and the graphical audio programming tool Max MSP. The performers, floor pads, Arduinos and Max MSP combine to create a giant MIDI controller which is used to create music which is sequenced and quantized with Ableton Live.

Special thanks to:

RCA / Bare Conductive - Bibi Nelson, Becky Pilditch, Isabel Lizardi, Matt Johnson - http://www.bareconductive.com

Jerwood Space - http://www.jerwoodspace.co.uk

Join Calvin's mailing list at http://www.calvinharris.co.uk?ref=yths"

Calvin Harris - Humanthesizer - The making of the human synth






via Engadget where you will find more images.


Calvin Harris - Humanthesizer from ahpcs on Vimeo.

Serge + Volta + Kaossilator

YouTube via JargMarbin. more
"Serge analog modular synthesizer controlled by Volta and Korg Kaossilator. This video's audio is very rough sounding. I don't think it sounds very good, but the concept remains interesting nonetheless. Volta is an AU plugin software for Mac that allows precise control of an Analog Modular using 10 different control objects. I've gotten many Serge M-odule sections to calibrate to volta; Variable Q, DSG, VC Timegen OSC, and VC Timegen Clock (both sides of both) calibrate and stay calibrated at constant temperature for long periods of time to the 1v/oct signal of Volta. Volta makes MIDI to CV converters obsolete."

quadslope.com - a Blog on Everything Serge

quadslope.com

Pictured: custom Buchla style case:
"I have always loved the look of the Buchla 200e folding case….but my true affinity is for Serge panels. So I decided to DIY a Buchla-style case for my DIY Serge panels.

First off, here are the boats I am using as they are cheap and readily available (you can get them here: mcmelectronics )"

Sequential Circuits Pro-One Membrane Keyboard Repair

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lickr set by dnigrin (click for more) top: reveal "Carefully peel back the covering... " bottom: starting to peel "*Carefully* peel back the upper film, which will hold the upper contact of each switch." Note some Pro-Ones have j-wire mechanisms instead where pressing a key raises a metal wire that makes contact with a metal bar to trigger a note.

Tom Oberheim SEM Update

See the third update by fotomoog in this post.

Free Polymoog Sample Pack via Hollow Sun

You can find the download on Hollow Sun here.

"The featured download is a truly excellent set of samples of the Strings 1 and 2 presets taken from a genuine PolyMoog Keyboard by Joeri Peeters.

This FreePack is available in three formats - Kontakt 3, Akai S5/6000 and Fusion. The K3 version should be compatible with the new Kontakt Player 3.5 and the S5/6000 version is also compatible with MPC5000V2, MPC4000 and Z4/8 and some soft samplers.

The K3 and Fusion versions have complementary effects assigned to them to augment the sound and the K3 version is also 'themed' in the style of the original instrument."

Be sure to see Hollow Sun for more including PPG, Oberheim M1000, Yamaha FS1R, and KORG M0/1 samples.

CASIO PT-10 by S-CAT

YouTube via PHONICPOTION. S-CAT on Ebay
"CIRCUIT BENT WITH 9 MODIFICATIONS"

DUB SIREN by S-CAT

iPhone (iPod Touch): an Experiment in Noise Part 1

YouTube via onacSoftware
"Just having fun with our synth trio, megasynth, minisynth and thereminator. Live do-as-you-go direct to the mixer. The picture was so effed up that it looked better putting grain on it. Think part 2 has the better picture. Not for the faint hearted."

iPhone (and iPod Touch): an Expriment in Noise Part 2

"2nd half of bulltwaddle, with indeed better picture. Again, live feed into the mixer via 4 channels; stereo out to rec board. Some plate reverb fx on select tracks, mostly mixed in on the deed as necessary. Again, not for the faint hearted."

You can find megasynth on iTunes here


minisynth here:


and thereminator

bags

flickr by Glenn Labs

Moog Prodigy

SpinTronic

flickr by rarebeasts
(click for more)

"Pin wheels are used to control the amount of light entering to the sensors, controlling frequency and modulation."