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Arduino SpeakJet Module Prototype

Arduino SpeakJet Module Prototype from ignacio dacio on Vimeo.

via Ignacio Dacio on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

"This is a module I built early this year.
It is an Arduino driving a SpeakJet chip to produce allophones and weird synth sounds.

It works on an algorithm coded in Arduino, which is basically a sequence with a variable, the slide potentiometer position amount, which makes the sound change.

The rythm and velocity must be changed into the code.
It has an LCD to display the amount of the slide potentiometer. It says "Voice Pitch" but it could be anything.
The first slide potentiometer is the volume.

Based on the sequence you can produce robot voices.
The easy way should be to add another chip which translates text into sound."

And some previous DIY from Ignacio:

Arduino Synth and Sequencer from ignacio dacio on Vimeo.

"Arduino synthesizer based on design by tinker.it and sequencer by beavis audio research. This is the protoboard test."

8 squarewave oscillator Synth from ignacio dacio on Vimeo.

"Hand made Synth.
8 oscillators out of 4 556 ICs
Each osc modulates the next one."

8 Squarewave Oscillator Synth II from ignacio dacio on Vimeo.

zoe@nanoloop

zoe@nanoloop from ignacio dacio on Vimeo.

"mi amada zoe haciendo los beats"

DIY modular in background. This is how it starts.

WMD Gamma Wave Source first test

WMD Gamma Wave Source first test from ignacio dacio on Vimeo.

"Testing out the WMD Gamma Wave Source clocked from the Voice of Saturn LFO.
The Gamma Wave Source is a dual digital wavetable vco that can create millions of timbres using onboard digital "effects".
I am using just one oscillator in this video."

Mark Mothersbaugh with The Electronium

via The Raymond Scott Archives's Photos

"Mark Mothersbaugh (Devo) with the Motown version of Raymond Scott’s instantaneous-composition invention, THE ELECTRONIUM (and a Yamaha DX-7), in Scott’s guesthouse in Van Nuys, CA, 1993. [Photo by Mr. Bonzai, published in BILLBOARD magazine]"

This one in via Jeff

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MOONLIGHT by Olga Theremin

YouTube Uploaded by copperleaves on Aug 17, 2011

"This composition was written by Olga Theremin, the granddaughter of the inventor of the musical instrument known as the "theremin". Olga wrote this originally as a song based on a poem by the 19th century Russian poet Athanasius Fet. For me, Olga's music had a wonderful romantic Russian feel to it so I decided to transcribe it (*with permission*) for the theremin. In this video you see only my pitch hand and the pitch antenna of the Moog Ethervox theremin.

Here is Olga's original version of the piece on which my arrangement is based. The child in the photo is Olga with her grandfather, Leon Theremin. I'd like to thank the Theremin family for their cooperation."

"Moonlight ..."( 1996) poetry by Athanasius Fet , music by Olga Theremin

Uploaded by Lirego on Aug 14, 2011

"Лунный свет..."(1996)

стихи Афанасия Фета, музыка Ольги Термен

Исполняет Ольга Термен.

Запись сделана на магнитофонную пленку.
Москва,1996.

Household recording Olga Theremin.

"Moonlight ..."( 1996)

poetry by Athanasius Fet , music by Olga Theremin

Singing and piano - Olga Theremin.

Recorded on tape.
Moscow, 1996."

Esq-1 Patches

YouTube Uploaded by pcharles321 on Jul 16, 2011

"All patches and arrangements by Patrick Charles.

Recorded directly from the esq-1, no effects used."

Update:

Esq-1 Patches (Part 2)

YouTube Uploaded by pcharles321 on Oct 28, 2011

"Drum sounds via ESX-1. Everything else Esq-1. No effects used.

Mostly improv, get ready to cover your ears in parts."

BleepLabs PAL198X

flickr By Dr. Bleep

"This was the first SMD device we did in house and I think it turned out pretty well!

Limited edition mini analog synth by Bleep Labs and Neon Indian.

Get it here:
www.neonindian.com

More info at www.bleeplabs.com"

"Elevator Boy" - on Elka X-1000

YouTube Uploaded by organfairy on Aug 17, 2011

"This melody was originally recorded by Danish duo Laid Back in 1983. Here I play it on the Elka X-1000 organ. But I have made many video were I can be seen playing that instrument.
Therefore I used some other pictures that still illustrates the elevator theme. The Cloos Tower in northern Denmark rises 60 meters above ground. And since it is build on a hill it has an excellent view over the area and the nearby sea."