Q-Brick's Beard

Q-Brick's Beard from cv slime 800 on Vimeo.

Stanley Q-Brick got all of his ideas from his beard. He would scratch and scratch at it until a 2001 or Clockwork Orange fell out. The itchier his beard got, the more profound the next film would be. By the time he got to Eyes Wide Shut, he was hiring full-time assistants to got at it with a garden rake.

Voight-Kampff Machine rev. 3.5 (Occlusion setup)

Voight-Kampff Machine rev. 3.5 (Occlusion setup) from Keith Fullerton Whitman on Vimeo.

... documentation of the 3.5 rev. (June 20th, 2012) of the Voight-Kampff Machine, set up for "Occlusion" performances. Newly installed are the Synthesis Technology E355 Morphing Dual LFO (replacing the BubbleSound µLFO in FM'ing the E350 Morphing Terrarium) & the Cylonix CycleBox 2 & Intellijel Expander (replacing the ModCan FMVDO) ... The DinSync.info DrumDokta DRM-110 DDB Breakout was also recently installed (although it's not being used in this particular clip) ...

Video (haphazardly) shot with a Canon Vixia HF M50, audio recorded separately on a Zoom H4n, sync'ed in Quicktime Pro 7.

"Analog Ribbon Synth (CV Control)"

Analog Ribbon Synth (CV Control) from Hard Mod of Electronics on Vimeo.

The Analog Ribbon Synth controlled via CV with two modules:

- Sample & Hold
- Noise Generator / Random Gate Generator

The Noise Generator module is connected to Sample & Hold and then to CV input (Ribbon Synth).
Envelope Generator is controlled by Random Gate Generator.

Two-Way Wireless Control Editing of the Roland Juno-2 via iPad

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YouTube Published on Jun 25, 2012 by BIM0X

"Demo of a custom device build around Arduino in order to control the Roland Alpha Juno 2 via Wifi.

The Arduino connects the Juno2 to the Wifi network of the iPad via an Airport router, an Arduino Ethernet shield and a midi shield.

I used Touch OSC to design the controller.
Touch OSC sends OSC messages (e.g /jun/DCO_Range 2.000) which are translated by the Arduino into Midi SysEx messages.

But the Arduino also translates Midi sysex messages from the Juno 2 into OSC messages (sort of loopback) so that when you change the patch on the Juno2, faders automatically move to the right position !

The code and detailled instructions will soon be published on http://4colors.free.fr
The control design mimics Roland PG300, but better !"

Two-way wireless communication.

iTunes:
TouchOSC - hexler
iPads on eBay

Astronauta Pinguim MATRIXSYNTH T Sighting on TV Cultura

via Fabricio Carvalho on Facebook

"Sabado passado, logo após a gravação do Programa Ensaio (da TV Cultura) com o Fernando Faro e a turma toda reunida!!!!"

"Last Saturday, after recording the test program (TV Cultura) with Fernando Faro and the whole gang reunited!!"

Thank you my friend!

Click here for a number of posts featuring Astronauta Pinguim including interviews with Gershon Kinglsey, Herb Deutsch, and Jean Jacques Perrey. Also see One Minute of Noise for Bob Moog by Astronauta Pinguim, Astronauta Pinguim - live at CCSP - Complete Performance, and Silver Apples - A pox on you (live at SESC Vila Mariana).

Update: pictured above: "Left to right: Astronauta Pinguim (Minimoog, Crumar organ, Wurlitzer electronic piano and theremin), Neilton Carvalho (guitar - he hand-makes his own amplifiers!!!!!!!), Fernando Faro (director of TV show Programa Ensaio), Angêlo Medrado (stand-up drums), Hugo Carranca (percussion and sampler), Igor Medeiros (Nord modular synthesizer playing the basslines) and Lirinha (compositions, voice and samplers)!!!!!"

The TV episode will be televised July 15 at 23:00 (11 p.m.) Brasilia hour. It will be reprised on the following Wednesday, July 18, at 1:00 a.m. (Brasilia hour). It will also be online on TV Cultura's site. You can click on the link 'ao vivo' to watch via the Internet. http://tvcultura.cmais.com.br/ensaio

On July 28 Astronauta Pinguim will be playing with Lirinha at Festival Musicas do Mundo, in Sines (Portugal) and also in Lisboa (Portugal) on next august 1st.

SammichSID SID C64 synth/sound module

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via this auction

"So,these are not made anymore and this is from one of the last batches produced... As you may/may not know these are kits,so although all the parts are included,you do have to build it yourself..which will of course require you to be a bit handy with a soldering iron..."

Harvestman Double Andore

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via this auction

"The Double Andore is a pretty crazy module, like all Harvestman gear. A dual attack/release, attack/sustain/release, looping function generator with combined VCAs and plenty of cross-modulation possibilities. And those attack/release curves are digitally generated, set independently of each other and can be set as either linear or exponential. Those VCA's distort your signal to boiling filth levels really easily, while still giving you plenty of "nice, well behaved" sounds too. Stick that in your pipe and smoke it! Anyway, yeah, it's really good, but it doesn't entirely fit with my style so hopefully it can go to someone who will appreciate it's charms."

Yamaha CS-15 with Mods

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via eBay Germany

via the seller: "I added a LP-HP blending pot for VCF 2 and additional VCF-routing options. I changed the original boring poti-caps into more exciting ones. The front panel was painted with clear coat to make it more “shiny”. At all I think it’s in a good condition for it’s age and brings alive it’s very unique analog sound."

296e External Transfer Mode Test

296e External Transfer Mode Test from Lyonel on Vimeo.

4ms SCM module eurorack modular

YouTube Published on Jun 25, 2012 by heodesalciphron

"crazy module just soldered.
highly recommanded module, which brings a lot a life into your patches and maximum blinkenlights :))))"