BugBrand Modular - November 11, 2014 [Part 1]

Published on Nov 11, 2014 batchas

"My very first minutes with the BugBrand Modular System.

Panning is a bit too harsch to listen on headphones :)

No external effects."

Tides by Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith @kaitlynaurelia Featuring the Buchla Music Easel & Madrona Labs Aalto

Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has a new album out titled Tides (currently on iTunes) composed entirely with a Buchla Music Easel and Madrona Labs' Aalto. The track Tides V above was composed solely with Aalto.

via Kaitlyn's website: "Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith's formative years were spent communing with nature on Orcas Island in the northwest region of Washington state, a place she describes as "one of the most magical and peaceful places I have ever been." Though she wouldn't begin experimenting with modular synthesis until many years later, her creative work continues to be infused with and inspired by the vitality and serenity of Orcas.

Smith left the island to attend Berklee College of Music, where she studied composition and sound engineering, initially focusing on her voice as her primary instrument, before switching to classical guitar and piano. She employed many of the skills she refined in college in her indie-folk band Ever Isles, but a fateful encounter with a neighbor who lent her a Buchla 100 synthesizer, had a profound effect on her. Mesmerized by the Buchla’s potential, she explains "I got so distracted and enamored with the process of making sounds with it that I abandoned the next Ever Isles album." Starting with rhythmic patterns and melodic pulses, she soon began sculpting lush and exciting worlds of sound."

Animodule Gate_Mod Dual VC Gate Modifier / Trigger Delay Eurorack Module

via Animodule

"Take an incoming Signal above ~1.1V (OpAmp Comparators on the Inputs make very forgiving Clock Inputs) and shrink it down to 5MS or lengthen it up to 5 Seconds.
That Gate will appear at the Gate Out.
When the Gate is Over a 10MS Trigger will turn on at the Delay Out.
Set the length of the Gate with the Time Potentiometer OR with the CV Input.

The switches allow you to choose between Interrupt OR Dividing Behavior (1 for each channel).
If you have Interrupt selected, when Clock In receives a new Clock Pulse the time will reset, essentially lengthening your Gate Out and Delay Out to the Time you have set + the time that has already elapsed.
When Dividing is selected Clock In will Ignore new Clock Pulses until it has finished the current cycle it's running.

The Delay 1 Out is Normalled via the Jack switch of the Clock 2 Input for all kinds of Timing madness!"

Video posted here.

Synthrotek 308 Eurorack Distortion Module

via Synthrotek

"We’ve taken our rock-solid RAT clone, squeezed it into a Eurorack module and added CV control over Gain. The 308 will take your playing to new heights with tremolo and other distortion modulation techniques.
Features:
3 controls – Tone, Filter, and Drive – to customize your tone. Tone sets the brightness level, Filter dials in the high frequency response, and Drive determines the signal gain / amount of distortion
4 Diode Settings – An on-board 4PST DIP Switch selects between 4 different clipping diodes to drastically alter your sound. Turn on the stock version 1N4148s, LEDs, Germanium diodes, or none at all with flick of a little switch.
Vintage Tone – The PCB is designed from the original RAT tone IC, the LM308 single op amp.
Control Voltage (CV) Input
Guitar AND Modular – Adjust the input impedance with a trim pot.
Plug your guitar in using Circuit Abbey’s Axis module.
4hp
Current Draw: <10 mA on only the +12 rail."

Low-Gain Serge Resonant Equalizer Mk. II Eurorack Module

5th Annual Dallas Synth Meet - November 2014

Published on Nov 11, 2014 zibbybone

"Here's some highlights from my camera. I'm editing footage from another attendee's camera and will post it when it's ready (camera audio only on that one).

The turn-out was kind of small this year, but we still had a great time. Mostly the usual crowd, but a few new faces came."

Moog Jam Stockholm

Published on Nov 11, 2014 triumphthruxton

"Polymoog Keyboard, SubPhatty, Minimoog D x2, Voyager, midimini jam at the moog festival Stockholm november 2014"

ROLAND SH-5 CLASSIC VINTAGE ANALOG SYNTHESIZER

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Future Retro Revolution SN FREVO1142

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"Sound wise, you can think of it as a hacked and modded TB303 with a built in analog overdrive circuit. Square or sawtooth selectable waveform, single oscillator, 303 style filter with resonance, envelope, and accent. Can sound salty or sweet depending on your mood. Flick on the overdrive and pair it up with a fuzz pedal and this thing can really rip. Acid! Also comes with some built in DSP effects, but when those are bypassed you have a fully analog signal. Additionally, there is a filter input jack, so you can use the filter to process external signals. Spruce up those old digital synths!

Then there is the sequencer. Much more than just a basic step sequencer, you can see it has a crazy circular design which looks very striking. It's also very intuitive and well featured. Fully selectable pattern length, from one step to 16, forwards or backwards playback, cut/copy/paste/accent/glide. Storage up to 256 patterns, 16 songs. Full Midi IO In/Out/Thru/DinSync, as well as CV signal and gate for using the sequencer to control vintage and modular analog gear.

One more word about the sequencer, it features Future Retro's "Remix" feature. Any time you want to switch up a pattern, you can activate it and it will add some intelligent randomization to your existing sequence. You can pick between a combination of remix algorithms using the two remix knobs. Instant inspiration!"

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Korg 770 Synthesizer with CV-Gate-Filter & Audio In

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"Near mint 9.5/10 Korg 770 monophonic analog 2 VCO synthesizer with added 0-5 V in controlling VCO, Gate and Filter!

This is the predecessor to the MS line and was made in 1975; it has a 12 dB/octave filter and two oscillators. It excels at drones and modulations as it has auto cycle on the envelopes and can be triggered by the LFO. Similar sounds to a MS20 are common, but much easier to come by. This would make a great live synth, I gig with a Roland SH3 and this is almost as much fun by itself.

Note that the "traveler" filter slide pots are designed by Korg to overlap, they are not filed down as earlier 700 models needed for band pass sounds.

Cosmetically 9.5 out of 10! Take a look at these beautiful end cheeks and cute green power light! Has Korg factory five pin interface in back in addition to the added 1/8" CV Gate and Filter jacks which work 0-5 volts, NOT the Korg standard but ARP/Blacet et al. I have triggered this from a Blacet system and it works fine. The Korg interface ALSO works... if you have another 70's Korg and a five pin cable!

US 110 voltage and cord."

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