"The KORG MS20c is a wedge shape that can be converted with this simple mod so that it will not take up so much room in your backpack. Just take it apart, throw aside the back and the sides, make new sides, and mount the usb connector."
Note this is the KORG MS20C controller and not the full blown synth.
"Here's an overview of the soon to be released Pithoprakta by Iron Ether, the renowned purveyor of stunning effects pedals.
This is Iron Ether's first foray into making Eurorack modules... and it's a belter.
Please note, this video features the pre-production panel, it will look different to the finished article.
I kept everything pretty simple throughout so that it's easy to tell what's going on, and for the main part I just used it to trigger the drums of my old Syncussion DRM-1.
0:00 - Triggering drums.
2:48 - Triggering drums, with CV control over Probability.
3:06 - Triggering drums, with CV control over Probability, and CV control over Looping.
4:10 - Triggering envelopes for Akemie's Castle, and CV out to Akemie's Castle.
4:58 - CV out to oscillator.
5:45 - CV out to oscillator, and triggering drums.
6:57 - Gates mixed, quantised and sent to Oscillator.
7:54 - Gates mixed, quantised and sent to Oscillator, and CV out to filter cutoff.
9:00 - Clocked at audio rate with 8 outputs sent to a 8 way switch.
11:30 - END"
"Pithoprakta is a probabilistic gate/trigger sequencer, able to create 8 channels of gates or triggers whose probability/density can be defined by the panel controls and/or CVs. The looping function will loop up to 64 steps, the loop length being CV-controllable in powers of 2, and an external gate signal can be used to enter/exit looping seamlessly.
The Probabilities of Channel 1 and 8 are defined directly by the panels controls/respective CV inputs. The other 6 channels' probability levels are interpolated from these two values, so if channel 1 is at 10% and channel 8 is at 80%, channel 2 is 20%, channel 3 is 30%, etc. The thinking behind this is that it allows you to have 8 channels with different probability, or the same if you choose, which can be controlled by just two modulators, rather than requiring a separate modulator for each channel - good for smaller systems or if you just don't want to tie up a ton of modulation sources just to control this one module.
Div mode clocks the 8 outputs, each with a different division of the input clock - divide-by-two down to divide-by-sixteen. The upper 4 channel outputs are "on beats" and the lower 4 channels are "off beats," allowing the user to easily create drummer-like rhythms which evolve over time or improvise infinitely.
Once loop mode is active, the Probability controls become "probability of change," in other words they control the likelihood that a given step of the loop will be overwritten, rather than whether that step is on or off. To keep from deleting the loop as soon as one enters looping mode, the probability controls are ignored when entering loop mode until the user turns them down to 0% and back up.
Ideas for usage
Create rhythms that sound like an improvising human drummer, without resorting to preset sequences. Beats can evolve over time in a way you control.
You'll find them listed with other items here. One lot is for a ton of blank disks if you are looking for them, and one set, pictured left, is from Kid Nepro. I remember seeing their ads in Keyboard Magazine back in the day.
"Using a Sample on Q-bit Nebulae as Source for Modulation of Mutable Instruments Braids (the voice!), via Doepfer A-119 (External Input/Envelope Follower)"
"Film Composer Gil Talmi explains his passion for socially conscious projects and for creating scores that truly capture the emotions of the film. Talmi’s most recent score for The Lost Arcade, a documentary about the legendary video arcade culture in downtown Manhattan, utilizes real analog sounds from synths like the Korg MS-20."
"A fairly simple drone playing around with random modulation with the Synthesis Tech E350, Mutable Instruments Clouds, 4ms SMR Spectral Multiband Resonator and the SSF Ultra-Random Analog. Full notes below.
Main Sound Source
E350 XY output and Z output used as left and right audio.
Modulation
SSF URA modulating the X Y and Z on the E350
Processing
4ms SMR with modulation from the SSF URA of the notes and levels. SMR left and right outputs into Clouds stereo input. Modulation of Clouds from Synthesis Technology E355 which also modulates levels on two bands on the SMR.
FX
Clouds has feedback and reverb enabled as well as stereo sewing of it's grains."
"A short video of my home recording studio.
You see all the synthesizers and drum machines in this film.
What you don't see is my computer (Mac running Logic) and the audio interface (Focusrite Scarlett 18i8).
Enjoy this short tour of my studio."
