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Limited Edition Minimoog Voyager Signature Series

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Limited Edition Black Waldorf Blofeld with Original Box

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MINI MOOG MODEL D SN 1548

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Shruthi-1 4-pole Mission Filter Board - One Board to Rule Them All

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"One board to rule them all… This filter board is probably the most advanced 4-pole core for the Shruthi-system! It uses the same “Pole-mixing” technique introduced in the Oberheim Xpander to provide a cornucopia of filter responses. It also provides 4 different settings controlling the “flavour” of the resonance, clean and liquid, MS-20 style, wobbly/chaotic, and a combination of the MS20 and wobbly modes.

The filter core is based on a SSM2164, for a very low-distortion and pure sound. A LM13700 is used as a global VCA and for resonance control, with loudness compensation.
Using this filter board

Please make sure that both the analog (CV1 to +5V) and digital (RX to +5V) ports of the filter and control boards are connected.

Beware! Only the Shruthi-1 firmware v0.96 (or above) generates the digital signals required to control the mode selection and routing matrix. In addition, it is not possible to use simultaneously the 4-Pole Mission filter board and the Programmer since they will be both accessing at the same time the digital extension port. To activate the 4-Pole Mission filter board, select 4pm in the system settings page. If you don’t do so, it is likely that it will emit glitchy filtered sounds everytime you navigate through the pages.

When pressing the S2 switch (Filter page) a second time, a new page is displayed allowing you to configure the filter routing.

Cut res mod fla
100 33 lp4 liq

The parameters are the following:
cut (cutoff): Cutoff frequency, conveniently repeated on this page.
res (resonance): Resonance level, conveniently repeated on this page.
mod (mode): Filter mode. See below.
fla (flavour): Resonance flavour. See below.

The following 15 filter modes are available:
lp4: 4-pole low-pass.
lp3: 3-pole low-pass.
lp2: 2-pole low-pass.
lp1: 1-pole low-pass.
hp1: 1-pole high-pass.
hp2: 2-pole high-pass.
hp3: 3-pole high-pass.
bp2: 2-pole band-pass.
bp4: 4-pole band-pass.
notch: notch filter.
phaser: phaser.
h2lp: 2-pole high-pass and 1-pole low-pass (band-passlike).
h3lp: 3-pole high-pass and 1-pole low-pass (band-passlike).
n+lp: notch and 1-pole low-pass.
p+lp: allpass and 1-pole low-pass.

The 4 resonance flavours are:
liquid: standard, close to the CEM or Roland designs (no loudness drop).
ms: Korg-35 style soft limiting is introduced in the signal chain.
wobbly: The 1-pole output is fed back to the filter cutoff frequency for a rubbery chaotic and modulated resonance.
whacky: A combination of the ms and wobbly modes."

Full details on Mutable Instruments here.

We now know what the recent SoundCloud demos were for.

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Using Percussa's AudioCubes for Semi-Stochastic Compositions

Melody 04-05-2012 for Semi-Stochastic Composition in Percussa Improvisor

YouTube Published on Apr 5, 2012 by Percussa

"A screencast of a melody composed for a semi-stochastic composition using
Percussa Improvisor.

--
Mark A. Galang
http://chromaticism.webs.com"

You'll find full details including additional videos on Percussa here.

"As a composer, there are times when you are experiencing that creative “dryness”. It may either be difficulty completing an idea or even coming up with one at all. It is a good thing that Improvisor, music composition application created by Percussa for the AudioCubes, can actually stimulate your creativity. By playing around with it, you can get ideas for your next masterpiece. In this piece, we will learn how to use Improvisor as a tool for what I would call semi-stochastic, polyphonic and symphonic composition."

Using Percussa's AudioCubes & Improvisor to Create Glitch Effects

Feral Glitch walkthrough video

YouTube Published on Apr 9, 2012 by Percussa

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Using Percussa's AudioCubes with Arduino

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"If you’ve been living under a rock, and haven’t heard about the Arduino yet, it’s described as an 'open-source electronics prototyping platform based on flexible, easy-to-use hardware and software.' One of the key features of the Arduino platform is the way it can serve as the 'glue' in a system – reading inputs from physical sensors and transmitting those values to a computer. The Arduino can also be used to generate analog voltages from a computer, and that’s exactly what we need here. An analog synthesizer will often use what’s called 'control voltage' to modulate parameters like oscillator frequency, filter cutoff, or an amplitude envelope. We’re going to connect the Evolvor software to an Arduino so that we can control a synthesizer." Full details here.

Mick Jagger with Moog Modular in Performance

You might remember Mick Jagger in Performance from the video below posted back on March 24, 2011. The Alternative Shipping Forecast has a post up with additional details on the Moog system used. Click through for the full post.

"In Analog Days: The invention and impact of the Moog synthesizer [on Amazon], Trevor Pinch and Frank Trocco tell the story of Jon Weiss, the Man from Moog, who traveled to London in the summer of 1968 with a series of black carrying cases that contained the component parts of the Moog Series III modular synthesizer. His students in London were to be the Rolling Stones, whose manager, Allan Klein, had managed to convince Robert Moog that, for promotional purposes, the Stones would receive a Moog synthesizer and a week’s free tuition...

The Stones’ electronic experiments come to the fore not on any of their studio albums, but on the tracks they recorded for Performance, the Donald Cammell/Nicolas Roeg film that was in production at exactly that moment. Mick was so taken with the device that it became a prop in the film itself, its aura of technological futurity fitting well with the film’s experimentalism and surrealism."

YouTube Uploaded by Performance786 on Apr 18, 2009 - (previously posted here)

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Previous posts mentioning Mick Jagger:
1970 Mick Jagger on a Moog Modular (video above)
Flight of the Conchords Ep 6 Bowie's In Space
Moog - Early Days in Rock
Speak & Math Circuit Bent Glitch Synthesizer

MINISYNTHS.mp4

YouTube Published on Apr 13, 2012 by taskent99

"Having fun with small synths: Live impro with BoardWeelil 2012, Nebulophone, Monotribe & Mute Synth. Effects: Monotron delay, Vox Amplug & Valhalla Room."