"http://www.synthrotek.com
Brand NEW Space Delay Pedal from Synthrotek. This pedal is packed with HUGE features. There are 3 foot switches allowing maximum flexibility. The first switch turns on the delay feature with an "amount" pot and a "mix" pot, when this is switched off it goes to true bypass. The middle switch engages the feedback which can be adjusted by amount by the pot just over the on/off LED. The third switch engages the LFO feature which adds an LFO to the delay (VERY COOL AND SPACE LIKE). The LFO rate can be tuned by a pot as well as the color of the LFO (high to low frequency). This pedal is large and built into a Hammond 1590 DD aluminum case. Graphics are heavy duty and can take years of use. A very unique pedal. Made in the USA by US labor. More info at www.synthrotek.com Check out our YouTube demos."
"The ADSR-VC2 is a dual envelope generator with two identical, independent ADSR units which can be both triggered simultaneously by one single trigger due to a normalized jack. All parameters (attack, decay, sustain release and the output level) can be voltage controlled. Besides short A,D and R times a swicthabel characteristic of the attack for punchy and crisp envelopes, but also long envelope times are possible of course.
Technical details: Per envelope generator: attack time: 0.1ms–10s; decay time: 0.5ms-20s; sustain level: 0-8V; release time: 0.5ms-20s; characteristic of the attack changeable between logarythmic and exponential. Normal (0 - 8V) and inverted output (-8 - 0V), ADSR parameters and envelope output level voltage controllable Gate/Trig reacts on a threshold of 2V or higher, Gate 2 In is pre-patched to Gate 1 In; Trig 2 in is pre-patched to Trig 1 in.
Inputs and outputs: CV-In: 14 x 3,5mm jack / CV-Out: 4 x 3,5mm jack
Measures and weight: Module for 3RU system / width 20HP / depth incl. knobs about 40mm / power consumption: 30mA / weight: 330g"
YouTube Uploaded by SpacedogTelevisor on Jul 1, 2008
"A live performance of Spacedog's latest set at the Blank Gallery, Brighton, June 2008. As seen at the Sanctuary, Brighton Festival Fringe, 2008. This number samples the Hammer classic The Devil Rides Out (1968), mixing it with Willow's Song from that other British occult classic The Wicker Man (Paul Giovanni, 1973). Mind control courtesy the hypnotic voice of the great Charles Gray. The very first sample is from a 1950s Parakeet training record.
The lineup: Jenny Angliss, Sarah Angliss, Mike Blow, Ben Kypreos and Colin Uttley.
For anyone interested in the technical details: The Hammer samples you are hearing are being scrubbed (i.e. speed controlled) live using the theremin. Sarah (the thereminist) has devised a Max/MSP patch that enables her to do so - this also scrubs the video live. Mike (in the green tee-shirt) is cueing in the samples as the song progresses. As the lighting in the gallery wasn't suitable for projection, we've added our usual visuals onto this film, during the edit.
YouTube Uploaded by SpacedogTelevisor on Nov 3, 2007
"Named in honour of the original theremin virtuoso Clara Rockmore, Clara 2.0 is a robot doll who can play the theremin live. I call her the 'polite robot thereminist' as she listens to a line from another player and moves her dolly arm to get her own theremin in perfect tune. Well, that's the theory...
In this jamming session, Clara 2.0 is copying a line from an old Roland SH-2 synth (which I play silently), then the line from my own theremin. When the two theremins play together, it gets quite chaotic as Clara tries to follow me - and I try to lock into Clara's line.
As Clara 2.0 is continually monitoring a live sound and adjusting her tuning (no midi here), her technique has the fluid pitch of a human player. Everything on this recording - apart from the drum track - is played live. There is no manipulation of the recorded sound, apart from multitracking and a little reverb after the event. The keyboard instrument at the beginning is a cheapy toy, called an Angel Organ - I hope you can forgive its cranky tuning. The final theremin melody has been treated, live, with an old-school vocal flanger.
Clara is under continual development - she has quite a way to go before she can claim the talents of Lev (a great robot player). Keen-eyed observers may have noticed the wobbily thread of wire on the end of Clara's egg whisk. This gives her some Rockmoresque vibrato.
I do attempt to incorporate Clara 2.0 into my stage act although she can be temperamental. Recently, I've been trying to improve her earthing and capacitance so she can be set up swiftly and can work more reliably 'out of the box'.
Thanks to everyone at Dorkbot London and the Hands off Festival, 2007, for their encouragement and useful tips. In particular, I'd like to thank theremin maker Jake Rothman for his extremely useful electrical advice (Clara's insides are now lined with silver foil) and Gordon Charlton, whose virtuosic egg whisk numbers inspired Clara's current look. Thanks also to Emmet Spier for screwing her arms on better, Mike Blow for suggesting I try out this classic tune and Colin Uttley for playing the bass riff. Apologies to the great Roy Budd, composer of the jaw-droppingly gorgeous Get Carter theme.
"New & Improved....Now you can empty your brain in half the time. The old Empty Your Brain was almost 10 minutes long.... in most cases I found when it came to emptying my brain it was the "quicker the better" scenerio I was after ... but 10 min... come on... something had to be done... so I went to work on getting the vid cut down without dimishing the effectiveness of brain emptying. So with the help of the Synthi, in just 5 minutes you can empty your brain. Enjoy. The AKS sequence was altered with the speed dial & transposition pads on the KS keyboard. Synthi A is also sequenced by the Doepfer MAQ16/3 (@1v/oct) ...Thanks to Vy Fie on MAM VF11 vocoder...& to my mates at the Beijing Drum Tower for letting me film them. Now this is my how to video, in this case... HOW TO BE HAPPY. In my search for happiness I noticed one thing always stood in my way of it.... my brain... with its endless tape loops playing over and over... from parents to siblings, spouses, teachers, & tv talkingheads, all fighting for space in my brain,...but my mind... that was OK... Mind is tuned in to the nonverbal OM of the universe. I'm better off operating out of that corner of the galaxy....Yeah, shut that brain up...because Empty Your Brain & the Mind Will Come"
"Douglas Leedys klassische Komposition „Entropical Paradise (with bird call)", im Original erschienen 1968 auf dem gleichnamigen Triplealbum. Die Originalversion war etwa 20 Minuten lang (was einer Seite einer LP entsprach). Leedy erstellte das Stück ursprünglich auf dem Buchla 100 System des Electro... http://www.sequencer.de/synthesizer/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=45550&p=601370#p601370"