CASIO VL-1 GLITCH SYNTHESIZER

YouTube via squidfanny. via this auction

"Vintage CASIO VL-1 Mini-Synth from the 1980's. Infamous for (amongst other things) Bleep-Core Digital Drums and Programmable ADSR. Now Circuit Bent (by Dave Squidfanny) with 8 Modifications and an array of super cool flashing lights..... All the usual MODS, plus some special Glitching and flashing lights -

Pich Knob - Essential MOD for basslines and pitch modulation.

Screaming Feedback modulator - Savage sweepable oscillator.

Pitch Envelope knob - Pitch based wave-shaping for the synth. Has 2 settings selected with a toggle switch.

Drum to Synth LFO - Use the Preset Rhythm patterns to modulate the Synth like a complex LFO.

Low Pass Filter - Housed on a soft touch knob on the front of the machine.

Insane GLITCH Knob - Modulate the sound into pure analog / digital chaos.... This a very dramatic mod which is always sure to make a memorable impact. Returning the knob to it's off position will instantly return the sound to normal. This makes the chaos very controllable.

The LCD screen has been replaced with an array of coloured LED lights which flash in time with the DRUMS........!

The Knobs and switches are mounted on Green PCB (circuit Board) for cool Industrial Glitch / Manga look.

The VL-1 is powered with 4 x Pencil batteries or a 6 volt mains adapter (not included).

Please note that the VL-1 is a noisy machine and this modified version is no exception. It will ideally need some EQ to remove the hiss."

Midi-Fighter + Serato experiment

YouTube via eangolden
"Dj Solomon dropped into the studio to show us his new DIY Midi-fighter stand and we shot some quick video of an impromptu cue point/loop roll jam.
http://www.djtechtools.com/2010/03/11...
For the midi-mapping or more info on the stand used in this video visit the post above."

BingBong mini synthesizer + Fuzz Noise Filter - D.I.Y.

YouTube via hesed23
"Bing Bong mini synth receive CV in with sequence filtered by Fuzz/Noise Filter snackbox.

all D.I.Y.

more info at: www.curetronic.com and www.leaf-audio.com

www.atm23.net"

DSCF0590

YouTube via horchacha

ZiNG™ - Octave-Ring-Mod Pedal through FUZZ

YouTube via chamberofsounds
"Here's the new handmade ZiNG pedal from Chamber of Sounds going through just fuzz and a tube amp. It'll make your amp smolder! Get yours only @ chamberofsounds.com and analoguehaven.com"

sunburst.wmv

YouTube via pascalum. some synth spotting.

M-Z3R0 - circuit bent - yamaha PSS-30 & Korg ms-20

YouTube via manufacturedZ3R0
"Fitted with a delay, lfo, pitch & external input.

Melody fading into general weirdness followed by a korg ms-20 put through the delay circuit at 6.50....."

ABBA Yamaha GX1 Action

2nd video added to this post.

The B-Roll - Day 004 / Modular Patch #001

Pics, words and audio on The B-Roll

"Today's thing of the day is a modular patch that uses the A-156 Dual Quantizer with the plan B analog shift register."

Be sure to see the Monome Community Remix Project and the rest of the site as well.

Plan B Model 7 Panner/Xfader and Model 21C Mini Milton

via
Update via Erik, spotted on Muff's:
"Please notice the campy Milton Babbitt image [below]. The 21C is a fully functional Milton sequencer, albeit only one bank of eight out of the shoot. It's intention was however to create a low-cost option for having two sequential sources which I feel to be important and addresses something that popped up in the second rising of analog - 1 sequencer per system is fine. It's not! But we could not help but including the option of expansion and the unit ships with the code to support an expansion both vertically (more banks) or horizontally (more steps, up to 16) and both at once. When the page goes up a schematic will be provided for those who want to DIY the (very) simple expansion units, although they will be released as products in short time. You'll notice three jumpers on the engine board - these will route the operation to either 8 or 16 steps. The output of the 16 steps will be present at the main (master) output jack."
And on the Panner: "He showed me a panner too, an ELF one which can be used as a crossfader also and a switch when controlled by a gate signal. It's really sweet and the panning is great. Pete was telling me to point to the sound and I could. I've tried this with MAX it's not easy. It's not linear or exp. because none of these will get you the -3 down in the center... A passive panner could also be a crossfader. Vactrols will allow for gating and a passive signal path."


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Update: It's worth noting in the Muff Wiggler thread, Peake volunteered to give Peter Grenader a hand soldering. I'm guessing this is Mike Peake, the main voice and driving force behind development of the Alesis Adromeda A6.