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Published on Oct 8, 2013 GruithuisenCityMan·463 videos
"Wandering (paper circuit as a ribbon controller)
Hello ! My name is Frederic Gerchambeau. I have made this movie and this music. The music has been made using a parper circuit and a Doepfer analog modular system.
The paper circuit has four outputs. One leads to the cutoff frequency of lowpass filter 1, another leads to the cutoff frequency of lowpass filter 2, a third one leads to the pitch CV control oscillator 1 and a fourth one leads to the pitch CV control oscillator 2. So, with a wire coming from a Doepfer A-183-2 offset, i can control these four parameters depending where the wire is on the paper circuit. The echo effect comes from a Make Noise Echophon. Enjoy !"
Update: in case you read this post when it first went up, be sure to give it another look for a few updates. It's a bit convoluted with quite a few tangents, but that's how it goes sometimes.
The following are some excerpts and tie-ins to other bits of synth history.
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Initially a saxophone player, Bruno Spoerri explored electronic music in the 1960s on.
"In 1964 he was invited to a job in an advertising agency and began to work with electronic music using a Ondes Martenot and, after, using lots of synthesizers and also experimenting with electrified/synthesized saxophones..." "As a saxophonist and jazz improviser I always looked for ways to play without a keyboard."
Pictured above is Bruno with his EMS Synthi 100 (videos previously posted here and here).
On the Synthi 100: "I bought the Synthi 100 in 1971. In 1987 I gave it to Felix Visser (Synton) in exchange for a Fairlight CMI; some years he had to sell it at an auction, and I don't know where it is now (I would recognize the instrument, as I did some small changes on it)." It was listed on Vemia back in 2009 posted here and here. Click though for pics.
In 1974, he recorded the album 'Iischalte (Switched-on Switzerland)'.
Bruno Spoerri - Le Ranz Des Vaches
Uploaded on Jul 25, 2011 Aura Archange Maudit·57 videos
Imágenes de la película La lunga notte di Veronique (1966)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0183441/
Video made by Aura Archange Maudit"
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"On 'Voice Of Taurus' (1978), Bruno Spoerri experiments a lot with electrified wind instruments and also with jazz-rock and rock."
Bruno Spoerri - Hymn Of Taurus (Taurus Is Calling You!)
Uploaded on Nov 19, 2009 MrJJBonanza·29 videos
Re-Published on Sep 30, 2014 Bruno Spoerri - Topic
"First track of Bruno Spoerri's 'Voice Of Taurus'
1978 Gold Records, Switzerland
Cat# 11 061 (Vinyl, LP)
Bruno Spoerri on 'Hymn Of Taurus':
"The rhythm track was created with my very first primitive ring modulator (4 diodes and 2 transformers) that is why it is so dirty The voice went of course through the EMS vocoder, the choir was created through the VAKO Orchestron."
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Again, don't miss the full interview with Bruno Spoerri on Astronauta Pinguim here. There's some fascinating history there including Ginette Martenot and the Ondes Martenot, Oskar Sala with his Mixturtrautonium, and Joel Chadabe. Regarding his original gear, "most of my analog gear is sold (most of it to the remarkable Swiss Synthorama of Martin Hollinger), but I still have my first synthi, the EMS VCS-3 (from 1970), the ARP 2600 with sequencer and the Lyricon I and II. I use the lyricon quite often in performances, the other gear mostly for demonstrations to visitors."
I was fortunate enough to visit Synthorama back in 2008. You can find my pics and videos from the visit here. See the Synthorama label for other posts including a one of a kind modular, the Airböurne, created by the curator of the museum, Martin Hollinger.
"Le samedi 28 septembre 2013, nous recevions Elektron via leur ambassadeur Cenk Sayinli aka Dataline. Pour finir cette rencontre en beauté, et pour remettre les instruments d'Elektron dans le contexte pour lequel elles ont été créé, nous avions proposé à Dataline d'improviser sur le pouce un live avec un artiste Français, Olivier du groupe Nomenklatür, qui nous avait fait l'amitié de venir avec sa propre Machinedrum qu'il utilise sur scène. Petit extrait de cet excellent moment absolument pas préparé !
Nous sommes Modularsquare, un magasin et une communauté de passionnés d'instruments électroniques.
Chaque mois nous organisons une rencontre gratuite et ouverte à tous, autour d'un thème spécifique. Pour connaître les prochaines dates :
"Performance video of the Roland GR-55 used with the Filter/Buffer subsonic filter with auxiliary inputs and master effects loop. A Venom synth and Roland G-77 Bass are used with the GR-55."
Mutant Synth Pack - Promo Video Published on Oct 8, 2013 Sonic Faction·20 videos
"Introducing the Mutant Synth Pack, 3 classic synths Reactivated for Ableton Live. Available now at www.SonicFaction.com. Mutant Synth Pack includes The Clone, Puls8or and Rouge-One which are modeled after legendary analog synths: SH-101, Pulse+ and Pro-One. Each synth has been meticulously sampled from the original instrument to attain fat, creamy analog tones and cleverly re-programmed and for the ultimate playability inside of Live. All sounds heard in this video are made with the Mutant Synth Pack, except the drums."
"The 4093 NAND Drone Synth is an awesome little synth that can create a wide variety of sounds! It does low pulsing drones, phasing pulses, odd beeping noises, electronic chirps, UFO sounds, random android noises, laser sounds and a lot more!
Features on/off switches for 2 oscillators and a base pitch control knob. Pitch knobs for the 2 switchable oscillators. Volume knob on the side along with a red power indicator led and an on/off switch for the unit. 1/4" mono output. Rubber feet on bottom."
"'The GetLoFi Quad Oscillator Kit is based on the 4093 Logic IC configured to create four independent oscillators controlled by knobs. The resulting sound can vary from rhythmic beeping to polyphonic drones.'
-from the getlofi website
Please note you are bidding on a fully built unit, not a kit. I built this from the kit available from getlofi .com and added a couple mods, including a volume knob and a voltage starve knob. There is a hole in the side of the unit because I was going to add a lowpass filter, but never got around to it.
1/4" mono output. Rubber feet. Faux woodgrain faceplate."
