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X1L3 - circuit bent - Yamaha DD12 - (DE-CAT)

Published on Jun 12, 2013 manufacturedZ3R0·95 videos
X1L3 on eBay

"A yamaha DD12 i stumbled upon at a car boot sale that had previously been circuit bent by (i'll let you guess who by the title of the video)

Not exactly ambitious. Just a selection of toggle switch rom shorts and a couple of pots wired to the amp pcb in the back of the machine to over drive the output. Strangely there was a signed sticker inside the machine with a copyright notice on it? Was the sticker copyright? The two vinyl stickers on the shell or the rom glitches?..... Maybe they had put a copyright on where they drilled the holes in the case? Beware fledgling circuit benders.. You walk on thin ice every time you dare to pick up your soldering irons :-|

Who knows? Who cares?..............

I removed the lot anyway as i wouldn't want to breach these mysterious rights reserved on such innovation.

Lazy:
Two rom pins per switch and not even on a matrix. It was basically a nice easy project that someone getting into bending could have taken on as a first project. No holy grail of fiercely guarded secrets, forbidden fruits and dark art here. Just a shorted out rom....

All evidence of the (i'll let you guess who from the title of the video)'s work was removed but i kept the sticker inside as it made me laugh.

The machine is now fitted with a synthacon filter, psu/noise suppressor, pt2399 'death industrial' delay circuit, rat distortion clone - pretty much a carbon copy in performance the the rat stomp box i own, ltc1799 pitch over ride and a 3 x 15 glitch matrix (and yes it's now one pin per glitch)

It adheres to my familiar filter, delay, distortion formula and sounds pretty good for the make over too. Very 'organic' in feel now as opposed to black or white on/off rom glitching which gets old really fast when you build these things and play about with them.

I fitted blue leds into the holes where (i'll let you guess who from the title of the video) had fitted toggle switches to tidy it up a bit. Turns out it now looks great in a dark place. Seemed a shame to put all that labour and time that had gone into drilling the holes to waste.

As is so often when i see (i'll let you guess who from the titlee of the video)'s work on machines i couldn't help but think to myself "where is the art?" when i picked this machine up.

20 minutes of abstract analogue/digital glitched percussion as it should be..............."

Roland TR-909

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Moog Synthesizer Parts

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Anyone ID the parts?

Norlin Industries Moog based on the bags.

Update via Otherunicorn in the comments: "Moog used to do contract work too. This may be a non-synth board."

Update via Colin f in the comments: "The larger board is a 'The Source' voice card."

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ANALOGUE SYSTEMS Ultimate 32 Box System

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"ANALOGUE SYSTEMS

Bespoke BRITISH handbuilt SYNTHESISER System

stunning and unique 32 box design hardwood case 3 racks, 32 modules, full analogue, controller keyboard tons of patch leads included

CHOSEN and COMMISIONED because of the awesome tone and complete flexability...this system is of the finest quality !!!!

costing over £7k+ when commissioned...

the system consists of: studio logik 88 note controller keyboard bespoke hardwood case as pictured a good sized 'tub of patch cables' and the following modules: RS-220, RS-50, RS-170, RS-150, RS-360, RS-120, RS-390, RS-370, RS-376, RS-510E, RS-500E, RS-180, RS-70, RS-35, RS-95E, RS-100, RS-60, RS-130, RS-200, RS-210, RS-380, RS-110, RS-170, RS-160, RS-60, RS-180, RS-140, RS-95, RS-20, RS-95, RS65, RS-165 http://www.analoguesystems.co.uk/modules.htm"

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Koma Elektronik SVF-201

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"The KOMA Elektronik SVF-201 is a state variable filter for the Eurorack modular synthesizer system. Its filter circuit is built up with optical parts (Vactrols) therefor delivering excellent studio audio quality and an unique warm analogue sound. The module uses parallel mounted PCBs so it can be used in skiffs as well as in big cases, the total depth is less than 4 cm. The unit comprises 4 audio outputs that can be used independently of each other at the same time, a High Pass, Band Pass, Low Pass and the unique first ever CV’able Mix Out. The Mix Out out let’s you sweep continuously through the other three outputs by means of a knob and control voltage.

The SVF-201 offers an amazing sounding filter together with a well designed user friendly surface; a professional feeling inviting you to play it real good.

Features

4 Audio outputs: low pass, band pass, high pass and mix
3 CV inputs for cutoff, resonance and mix"

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Roland MC-808 and Korg EMX demo by Midera: The genomic failure

Published on Jun 12, 2013 acemonvw·32 videos

"Just put together a piece using the MC-808 and the Korg EMX."

100 Whooshes in 2 minutes with PS3 controller

100 Whooshes in 2 minutes with PS3 controller from AntonAudio on Vimeo.

"Since I modified my Open Sound Control Max patch to work with a PS3 controller, I had to go ahead and port it as a MIDI controller as well:) I haven't made a MIDI version of a game controller, i'm glad I did as its proven very useful. I like MIDI and have a number of dedicated MIDI controllers I use but the many simultaneous inputs a game controller provides is unmatched by any traditional music controller. You only have two hands so generally its only controlling 2 knobs at the same time, or one XY pad and one knob etc. My Max patch is still a work in progress as i'd like to still add some LFO, envelope and sequencer functionality, but in the meantime I was inspired by Charles Deenen's whoosh design template ( http://designingsound.org/2010/02/charles-deenen-special-100-whooshes-in-2-minutes/ )and thought it would be fun to make something work along those lines, borrowing some of the ideas but using my game MIDI controller to control it.
I'm a huge fan of Charles' designs and have worked with him in the past so this was a fun experiment for me.
Instead of setting it up in a linear way with many tracks in ProTools I chose to use 2 samplers that can randomly load different content on only 2 tracks with select processing. Many, many ways to set something up like this, experimentation is important, and a lot of fun. Anyone need some whooshes?
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Dtronics Teaser SID6

Published on Jun 12, 2013 Dtronicsmusic·9 videos

Cool Polysix style Polysid logo on the circuit board. I'm guessing this is a six voice SID from Dtronics, makers of various MIDI devices and the DT200 PG-200 clone. See the Dtronics label below for more.