Digitana Microstep - 8 step analog sequencer and Multiples

via the Digitana Gallery

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Serge Controlled by Eric Archer's Lite2Sound + Strobe Light

YouTube via JargMarbin.

WARNING: If you are sensitive to seizure inducing flashing lights, don't watch this.

"Serge controlled by Eric Archer's Lite2Sound + strobe light. I realize Lite2Sound was created to perceive modulated light at much higher frequencies then a strobe light. However it is also true it triggers the Serge. This video demonstrates this unintended application."

YAMAHA V2 DX 11 FM digital synth

via this auction

"Yamaha V2 ( DX-11) FM digital synth."

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Erik Norlander's Studio

Click here for more shots of Erik Norlander's studio over the years.

You can find some previous posts featuring Erik Norlander via this search on his name. Remember to use search for other posts.

via leave luck to heaven

Zn'shñ : (micro) pulses

YouTube via znshn
"Dual micro pulses (test session) by Zn'shñ (Elvire Bastendorff & Franck Smith) w/ Sleepdrone 5, Dual Tone Generator & analog filters (Sherman Filterbank 2, Jomox M-Resonator) + MBase 01 analog bass drum module & digital manipulations via Korg Kaoss Pad KP3. Contents : micro-pulses, clicks, glitches, square wave, oscillators, analog filtering, noise manufacturing...

N.B.- According to a fictitious etymology, the term Zn'shñ signifies: the gleam of dark colours. Deliberately antithetic and intentionally enigmatic, Zn'shñ is enthused by Butoh iconography, Japanese Gagaku aesthetic and Tibetan rituals codification. Operating as a dual electronic unit (mulit-instrumentalis/composer Franck Smith and artist/sound-activist Elvire Bastendorff), Zn'shñ deepens some very specific works around digital phonocrafting and noise manufacturing.
IF POSSIBLE USE HEADPHONES OR CONNECT YOUR COMPUTER TO A QUITE DECENT SOUND-SYSTEM.

Material in this video:
- Sleepdrone 5 (via main output)
- 2 Benfox Dual Tone Generator
- Sherman Filterbank 2
- Jomox M-Resonator
- Jomox MBase 01
- Korg Kaoss Pad KP3
- Electro Harmonix Pulsar

http://www.myspace.com/znshn
http://znshn.blogspot.com
http://www.odiolorgnette.com
http://www.myspace.com/sthintosmither...

http://francksmith.blogspot.com

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Zn'shñ Franck Smith Elvire Bastendorff alternative digital techniques Live Electronics Odiolorgnette Sherman Filterbank 2 Jomox M-Resonator MBase 01 Sleepdrone 5 Benfox Dual Tone Generator Korg Kaoss Pad KP3 Analog Filters triggering analog bass drum module phonocrafting noise manufacturing"

Acoustic Synth Screen Recording

YouTube via taskent99
"Live recording and screen capturing with Steim Cracklebox,Keypad Cigar Box Synth and BugBrand BoardWeevil."

What happened in the shopping mall?

"Strange and Odd Movie by Kari A. Hautanen. Made with Canon PowerShot A520.Music by Ari Taskinen.Live improvisation with BugBrand BoardWeevil09&Monotoniclabs.com Type-N37 synthesizer. www.aritaskinen.info"

Electronic Sound Improvisation for Helsinki, Merihaka, Time-Lapse Movie

"Time-Lapse Movie with Canon D60 by Kari A. Hautanen and live improvisation with BugBrand BoardWeevil09 and Monotoniclabs.com Type-N37 synthesizer by Ari Taskinen.
www.aritaskinen.info"

HM2040 SSM Filter Clone and HMVCO1b VCO

"The HM2040 is an equivalent of the now obsolete SSM2040 voltage controlled filter IC. The HM2040 voltage controlled filter module can be used for all circuit configurations originally designed to use the SSM2040 integrated circuit. The module is housed in a rigid potted enclosure with 0.1" pitch legs spaced 0.7" apart.

Features
* +/-12V* or +/-15V Supplies
* 4 filter sections in one package
* Very low noise
* Low distortion
* Low control feed through
* 10,000 : 1 Sweep range
* Works with any circuit utilizing the (obsolete) SSM2040 IC."

"The HMVCO1d is a 0.7" pitch DIL module providing a temperature compensated accurate exponential voltage controlled oscillator (VCO) intended for audio and synthesizer applications. The design is adapted from a VCO design by Terry Mikulik published originally in the 'Electronotes' series http://electronotes.netfirms.com/

Features
* Wide sweep range 10,000:1
* Excellent logarithmic conformance
* Temperature compensated
* Simultaneous sawtooth, pulse and triangle wave outputs
* PWM Input
* Hard sync input
* +/-12V* to +/-15V power supplies
* Low external parts count.
* Above and below audio frequency operation."

You'll find more details on Hearn Morley's DIY website including the HMADSR1c ADSR Envelope and the synthesizer pictured here. You might recoginize this synth from the SDIY UK synth gatherings.

metasonix|machinedrum

flickr by west_berliner1
(click for more)

"metasonix tm-1 and a machinedrum sps-1."

Ringer DotCom Modular

YouTube via davidryle
"Arrick Modular live recording of a patch.
Heart of the patch is of two sets of Q117 S&H and Q118 Instrument Interfaces fed off of one Q110 Noise Generator. Instrument Interface's were output to two Q961 Interface modules for long gates, then routed to two Q128 Switches to select a control voltage for the oscillators from the Q960 Sequential Controller stages.
This created a random combination of two pitches for each step from the sequencer even though the control voltages were still tuned. Some of the voltages were sent to more than one oscillator which in turn fed either soft sync or low frequency oscillators. Some oscillators were sent through a Q116 Ring Modulator. A Q105 Slew Limiter modified one oscillator for down glide pitch modulation.
A Yves Usson Gate Delay (STG Soundlabs) module was used for late timings and slew into a couple of oscillators for some of the background effects.
Three filters were used. A STG Soundlabs Sea Devils Filter, a Q107 State Variable Filter and a Q150 Transistor Ladder Filter. Four envelope generators, two mixers, four amplifiers, a distributor, a multiple and a Pan/Fade module rounded out the patch modules.

Two Behringer DD400 digital delay units were used in line with some of the oscillators, and a Lexicon MX200 was used for final delay.

The last few seconds were a fade in of the drone oscillator used in the background without the sequencer running. Audio mixed in Cubase 4 by Steinberg and the video edited in iMovie by Apple."

Moog Space Jam

YouTube via br0therl0c0
"Back to basics! A simple performance using just the Minimoog knobs. Pure analog.

Voyager OS runs through MF-104Z analog delay, with the external loop of the delay running through the MuRF. I've patched the mod wheel to control delay feedback and MuRF envelope shape, with some CV modification courtesy of the CP-251.

Annotated for the curious (and as an excuse to mess with iMovie)."