Modular: Soft-Touch Knobs

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"I received some knobs today from MOTM/Synthesis Technology and wanted to see how they compared. They are:

1. Tiptop Audio
2. The Harvestman
3. MOTM/Synthesis Technology
4. Toppobrillo
5. Flight of Harmony

Each knob has a really nice non-slip grippy rubber surface. My favorites of the group are 2 and 3. The rubber on these knobs has slightly more grip.

NOTE: The knobs from MOTM/Synthesis Technology are a custom Rogan knob that Paul had made for his Frac Rack modules. They are not currently available for purchase from distributors. He was clearing out old stock so I picked them up for my DIY Eurorack modules. However, all of the other knobs are still available from various distributors.

Granular Matter"

E-MU EMULATOR 3 MYSTERY E III RACK

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"VERY RARE RACK VERSION OF THE EMULATOR 3... THIS IS THE 4 MEG VERSION THE OS IS VERSION 2.40..."

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Shayos

Shayos from Porfiry on Vimeo.

"Haven't had much time for synthing lately, but I had to get this wacky patch on vid. At the center of the "timing" of the patch is the 4ms Rotating Clock Divider, clocked by the uLFO and rotated by attenuated white noise. The /2, /4, /5 and /6 divisions are mixed/slewed by the Maths, and the Maths OR out is taken to the Anti-Oscillator. From there to the Borg filter, then through the Sound of Shadows delay and finally half-mixed through the Sherman Filterbank. Other waveshaping and delay-diddling is achieved via the Noisering and one Envelator. The Boss PS-3 is also inserted via my junky external mixer.

So basically a total mess of FM'd, AM'd, delayed/shifted confusion. Voila, 'music'"

S-Case

YouTube via pickleinn — May 26, 2010 — "just got the serge STS s-case loaded. still need shorter feet for the upper panel.

quick and easy patch with the TKB, creature (variable q filter, right side of TGO and xfad), audio interface (resonant eq, DUSG), NTO, PCO, and middle wave multiplier."

259e Sequence

YouTube via boobtube356 — May 26, 2010 — "Again a pair of 259e oscillators provide the sound sources. Both are set up in tracking mode with the modulation oscillator controlling the morph, and running in hard sync mode. The principal oscillators are in mem skew "b" mode at about 2 o'clock. The results are going through the 292e in LPF mode and then to the 291e to emulate a resonant low pass filter. Buchla running in Moog mode, if you will. Just more tonal stuff for your enjoyment, and to demonstrate the range of this instrument, and the 259e in particular."

modular - cokabit acid electro session 27.05.2010.mov

YouTube via Cokabit — May 26, 2010 — nightsession - soundface production studio

+pitchshift test - the midi vocoder

YouTube via erbetom — May 26, 2010 — "thought i would insert a vocoder into my pitch shifter... some nice results. vocals from a jen shyu session"

Wrong Turn - Machinedrum UW

YouTube via narki86 — May 26, 2010 — Hell-bent on space and time.

Sequential Circuits - Prophet 5 (rev2)

YouTube via jbfairlight — May 26, 2010 — Exemples de sons d'un Sequential Circuits - Prophet 5.

nedco - Synclavier I

YouTube via jbfairlight — May 26, 2010 — "Le nedco Synclavier I est le premier synthétiseur de musique numérique, ~ 1976 !

C'est l'ancêtre des Synclavier II, etc...

Il est équipé d'un processeur Able (16 bits, entièrement en TTL), 64 Ko de RAM, 16 voies sur quatre cartes individuelles, langage compiler XPL, deux lecteurs de disquettes (78Ko par lecteur).

Prix 30 000 $ dans la version de base en 1978 !

Machine très très rare, il en reste peut-être 5 à travers le monde !

La bande son est une œuvre musicale entièrement composée avec un Synclavier I."

Googlish:
"jbfairlight - May 26, 2010 - The Nedco Synclavier I is the first digital synthesizer music, ~ 1976!

It is the ancestor of the Synclavier II, etc ...

It is equipped with a processor Able (16-bit, fully TTL), 64 KB of RAM, 16 channels on four individual maps, language XPL compiler, two floppy disks (78KB per drive).

Price $ 30,000 in the basic version in 1978!

Machine very rare, it is perhaps 5 to worldwide!

The soundtrack is a musical work composed entirely with a Synclavier I."