[DIY] SciFi Robot CMOS VCO

YouTube via lastkidontheblock. via this auction

"A little description for international bidders:
The SciFi Robot is a Squarewave VCO with a rudimentary control voltage input. There is one potentiometer for the pitch and one for timbre control (duty cycle). You can also change the pitch with the bodycontacts. You can plug sequencers, midi2cv, etc. into the "CV-In" of the scifi robot, but it is not accurate like a professional VCO (no 1V/octave). You can also plug every active signal of a drumcomputer, synthesizer, computer, mp3-player, etc into the CV-input. So you can use it as fx-device in the effectloop of your mixer.
So you can change every active soundsignal into a squarewave-signal. The output of a drumcomputer will sound like the backgroundmusic in your favorite NES jump 'n run game. But this is just my subjectively estimate. Just listen to the samples! The Robot is powered by one 9v Battery." See this site for more info in German, and YouTube for more vids.

Livid Block - Nova Musik Special Edition Green & Black

flickr by Nova Musik
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"Livid Block Nova Edition - Black stained wood w/Nova star and green back lit buttons"

Nova Musick Livid Instruments page

098-Korg-VC-10

flickr by star_nixon

Fonitronik Attenuverting Mixer

flickr set by fonitronik
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"development of the prototype"

sg-glitchgate

sg-glitchgate
"This is an experimental gating plugin- basically a rhythmic gate, but not set up in the standard way. There are two periodic gates which can be used for anything from regular rhythmic chopping to random rhythmic manipulations and strange dropouts. The gates are followed by a delay unit designed to enhance the glitchiness- it does not sync to tempo, and the delay time and gain can be randomized. There are 5 LFOs to add to the fun. A few presets are included to give you an idea of how things work.

The periodic sequence idea was largely inspired by stuff from xoxos, and uses his "regular" module to provide the pulses used in the gates. See http://www.xoxos.net"

CASIO CZ-1000 HQ SOUND DEMO

YouTube via AnalogAudio1
" The Casio CZ-1000 is a digital synthesizer with the "phase distortion" synthesis. It came out 1985 and it was a lowcost synthesizer with MIDI multimode. The idea was, to develop a digital synth with modern digital sounds, which is easy to program like an analog synth. Indeed, it uses similar terminology (DCO, DCW, DCA) - if you understand the subtractive synthesis, the CZ will be easy to understand. However, the DCW is not a real filter - it is the unit, which distorts the phase. Resonance is not available, but you can produce similar sounds with special waveforms on the DCO.

The CZ-1000 looks like something between Yamaha DX7 and Korg Poly-800. Like the Korg Poly-800, it can run on batteries. The CZ-101 is virtually the same, it just has small keys.

Vince Clarke used to have one in the eighties."

Video Circuit Bending Glitchbox BGB-03

YouTube via Bildheinzer
"Video Manipulation Unti reacting to incoming audio.The RGB colours are split and sent through 3 Effect ways which react to bass,mids or heights....you can choose by the patch cables which colours goes which way..
S-Video in/out
RCA in/out"

PHASE FM3

YouTube via exhadley. Buddha Machines on Amazonand on Ebay
"I did a pitch modification on a purple FM3 Buddha Machine.
Then I recorded these two machines on left and right channel.
In the beginning they are in phase but sooner they go out of phase and makes polyrythmical sounds.
I know that the new version got pitch built in as a new function, but not with these loops :-)"

オタマトーン Otamatone

YouTube via jetdaisuke.

Otamatone on Amazon

Roland SH-101 + TR-808 Jam

YouTube via retrosound72

"vintage synth demo by RetroSound

bassline: Roland SH-101, internal sequencer is triggered by the TR-808
drums: Roland TR-808
fx: reverb (lexicon mpx); delay (electro harmonix memory man deluxe)"