A Day at the Percussa AudioCubes Lab

A look at a day in the life of Percussa via their newsletter released on January 10.

"Today, Bert and I would like to take you to our AudioCubes Lab, where we work hard on developing new software and hardware features for the Percussa AudioCubes, a modular gestural audiovisual instrument."

"Living room Lab with fast customer service

Since we're a small company, we decided to transform our living room into a lab instead of spending too much money on renting office space. We turned each corner of our living room into a different work station, each focusing on a different aspect: electronics, software, and business operations :-)

Having our office/lab in our living enviroment makes it hard to ignore any incoming email from customers late at night or on the weekend :-) , but we're more than happy to respond to any customer inquiry or request very fast."

"Lab equipment to build high-quality products

In our lab, we have tools to test the electronics of the Percussa AudioCubes as well as equipment to debug the firmware of the AudioCubes.

For instance, today (picture on the left) we have soldered connectors of our logic analyzer onto the motherboard of the AudioCube, because we'd like to visualize the data which is being exchanged between the cube motherboard's processor and the wireless radio which is inside each new AudioCube shipped!

Data transmission inside AudioCubes and over the USB bus is very fast, so often the only way to debug something is by capturing data and then figuring out what went wrong :-) Did you know that AudioCubes sensor data updates at 1KHz?

Cool stuff is coming up

We have some new changes coming up from our AudioCubes lab very soon. So keep an eye on your inbox. Bert is working day and night on the new update of firmware and MIDIBridge, endlessly fretting over sensor data offsetting, scaling, resolution, etc ... this is important groundwork for the synthesizer we're working on, SYNTHOR. Check out some preliminary videos here.

Also make sure to register on our website in case you haven't done so. It gives you instant access to the download area where you can download software, including the upcoming firmware and MIDIBridge updates, and SYNTHOR, when it will be available!

Talk to you next week,
Bert & Celine"

Verbos Electronics Eurorack Modules - Video by moondustweb

My new Verbos Moduls Published on Jan 27, 2015 moondustweb

"My first patch with my Verbos Moduls"

Dave Smith Interview NAMM 2015 Prophet 6

Published on Jan 27, 2015 cuckoomusic .

"I was fortunate enough to have the opportunity to talk to the legend Dave Smith during NAMM 2015. We were talking a little bit about his roots, how it all got started for him, and what it was like back then. And also about the latest product, the Prophet 6."

Elements Tour 1 (Long Vid, Crude- ish Quality)

Published on Jan 27, 2015 macbethsynthesizers

"I decided to post one of a short series of 3 or 4 videos giving you a chance to see the how the Elements Synthesizer works....this first vid shows the the panel layout and functionality of the synth. So I stiched together this one, shot over the day. The quality of the audio appears to be ok- but don't look for a high quality vid, image wise....it's been compressed down a fair bit so that I don't have to sit for hours watching it upload to the tube! That being said and done.....you should get a good idea of what is happening, best wishes, Ken M"

KORG ELECTRIBEs - SLOW BASSY CHILLED TECKNO (80bpm) "He Barks I BITE"

Published on Jan 26, 2015 j j

"2nd attempt recording this... stripped away the acid lines ..
coz i think i prefer it this way hope u like..
thanks 4 listening
mp3
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/downl..."

Jen SX-1000 with Original Case

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Why you need two Anti-oscillator :o)

Published on Jan 27, 2015 DavidH

"and probably a double Borg

malekko wiard richter anti-oscillator"

Analogue Solutions - SQ8

Published on Jan 27, 2015 DivKidMusic

"SEE LINK TO SUPPORT MY CHANNEL BELOW

Great 8 step CV and gate sequencer from Analogue Solutions. Push / pull knobs for the gate sequencer, CV range switch, step 1 output (sendings a pulse/trigger on step 1, great as a divide by 8 output against the clock running the unit), clock through and works up into audio rates really well.

http://analoguesolutions.com/

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Introducing The Jano-Px Pocket Sized Juno Based Synth

"What is smaller than the Korg Monotron but has a bigger sound?

The Jano Pocket is a 4-voice analog hybrid polysynth that fits in your pocket.
CV/Gate/MIDI input and audio/headphone output.
Runs on a single 3V button cell battery.

• 4-voice analog hybrid tabletop synth module.
• 4 integrator DCO's with adjustable SAW/PULSE waveform and Unison
• 4 Polyphonic envelopes with simplified setting
• 24dB Digital Lowpass filter with resonance and 96KHz sample frequency
• LFO with modulation route to pitch, PWM and filter cutoff
• MIDI IN/THRU and 1/4" Audio out jack
• All parameters adjustable through MIDI-CV

Measuring just 3×2-inch it it for sure the smallest synth with knobs in the world!

Preorder at http://igg.me/at/Jano-Xk"

Teenage Engineering's PO-12, 14 and 16 NAMM 2015

Published on Jan 27, 2015 cuckoomusic .

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Teenage Engineering: https://www.teenageengineering.com

"Hey I had a chat with Teenage Engineering today, and they showed me a run through of all the three new Pocket Operators. PO-12, PO-14 and PO-16. Rhythm, Sub and Factory. A beautiful, pocketable synth trio. Here's an interview with lead designer Jonathan Blomster, talking a little bit about the process behind the development, the platform which it is built on, and of course a demo of the functionality of the new Factory and Sub."