Handbag by The Cripples

New classic synth punk from Seattle band, The Cripples.

The release is available on BandCamp and Spotify.

released March 14, 2021

Erik - Bass
Ross - Synth, Vocals
Greg - Synth, Guitar, Vocals
Reba - Drums

Mastered by Nathan Moody at Obsidian Sound. Cover art by Tyler Bosch

PS: Bandcamp doesn't allow covers, so "Push It" is a placeholder. Contact us if you want a copy. It is on Spotify.

I asked The Cripples member Greg what synths were used and he replied with the following:

"Main synths used throughout were a Roland SH-101 or Microkorg through a fuzz factory. A Novation A Station through a Sherman Filterbank was used along side the Roland for tracks 3 and 4. There is also a Nord Micromod on track 2 (also through the Sherman), and a little bit of a Dave Smith Pro 2 on track 3.

The Roland and Microkorg were mostly recorded direct, the other synths were mic’d up through a sputtering 50 year old Ampeg V-2 with blown tubes.

The Sherman is probably the biggest part of how my synth sounds, more than the A Station, but the amp and mic make a huge difference in how it sounds too, as the Sherman has a super hot output, and combined with Ampeg’s tube distortion, gets this overdrivey/filter type of distortion, where it isn’t just clipping the signal into a square wave, it instead retains the characteristics of the A Station input signal, but it adds harmonics and also some random ‘chug’ to the signal, as the tones from both the Sherman and the Ampeg are super frequency and amplitude dependent, and the distortion characteristic wanders around as the input signal decays. The Ampeg also filters out some high frequency content of the A-Station signal. And the Coles mic sounds full and big, and not harsh or boxy like a guitar cabinet mic’d with 57 can sometimes sound, but at the same time having the synth going through a cabinet in a room keeps taking up too much frequency space in the mix, so drums and bass and Ross’s keyboard can all still be heard without doing too much wacky equalization during mixing. (Mixing keyboards with real drums and bass is hard.) The Ampeg is super unreliable at this point though, it is probably at least 50 years old at this point, and it randomly spouts orange flames. I need to take it in to get fixed, but it will probably cost me at least 350 to do so, so it mostly sits."

https://cripples.bandcamp.com

Big big big big brass Prophet 600 + Crumar Bit One combo

video by Valmont

"In between fluid dynamics exams and record label contracts, both aren't substantially inconsistent Give it more brazz 💛
https://linktr.ee/Valmont​"

MMXX T-APE - the first long demo

video by Gecho Loopsynth

1:33​ random arpeggiator with octaves and light control
4:20​ faster arpeggiator that sounds like a beat
5:46​ arpeggiator controlling some glitchy sounds
6:28​ "up" and random arpeggiator again
10:00​ retuning into a new scale
10:48​ playing with the new scale
14:20​ nasty noises from bytebeat with tweaked parameters
14:58​ a complete automatically generated song
16:34​ tuning into radio hell

"This instrument does not really know scales, notes or octaves - it can only manipulate pieces of generated sound according to some simple mathematical rules and your input, using rotary encoders, eight touch sensitive keys and two light sensors.

Find out more at http://phonicbloom.com​"

Synthetic Ambience: DSI Poly Evolver x Octatrack

video by Mason Chrysler

"Recorded some Poly Evolver samples and loaded them onto the Octatrack along with a recording of some water droplets from outside. OT is programmed not all that much for some random ambience. Spring is finally here."

Sequential Artist Spotlight Interview with NATHAN HICKS

You can find the interview on Sequential's website here.

"Working out of a small cluttered studio, Silence_Castor is the alias of musician Nate Hicks. He uses it as a creative outlet and a musical experiment. He utilizes old-school recording techniques, analog synthesizers, and a generous amount of reverb and delay to create music ranging from space themed ambient electronica to funk inspired lofi hip hop. His influences and inspirations include Lorn, Rival Consoles, Radiohead, and Nine Inch Nails.

We chatted with Nathan on how he’s been using the Prophet Rev2 in his music.
You can find additional posts featuring Sequential's Spotlight series here.

Introducing Gleetchlab 2021 for Mac and Windows

video by Giorgio Sancristoforo

"Gleetchlab 2021 for Mac and Windows, the Digital Audio Glitch Station.
}Available at giorgiosancristoforo.net" [see the software link up top when you get there.

THE GLITCH PARADIGM
Gleetchlab is a modular performance DAW dedicated to glitch and experiemental music.
With many new effect modules and a surround sound panner, Gleetchlab is a new world of experimental sound that can easily integrate with your modular setup.

MODULAR APPROACH
Every module can be connected with a practical matrix in the style of the old EMS synthesizers. You can process and re-process live and recorded sounds endlessly.

DESIGNED FOR PERFORMANCE
The only DAW imagined for a glitch live performance.
No timeline, the sound flows endlessly for instant realtime action.

Uglysound Presents: A Conversation with Andrew Fitch of Nonlinearcircuits

video by Uglysound

"we sat down with Andrew Fitch from Nonlinearcircuits to talk about his interests in synths, music, some time he spent in Japan, how his musical interests affects his creative process and other things. Uglysound is a huge fan of NLC and had a great time learning about Andrew and what makes him and NLC tick.

correction: Not Breathing is Dave Wright

check out Nonlinearcircuits at nonlinearcircuits.com for Andrew's complete line of Eurorack modules."

Lumanoise V4 Experimental Frequency Divider Oscillator Inspired by the Trautonium

Lumanoise V4_Test video by tonylight


Lumanoise V4 Eurorack_Sound video by tonylight

"Lumanoise V4 is an experimental frequency divider oscillator, inspired by Trautonium synth.
It has 4 sub harmonic generators and a 12db low pass filter, the pitch is controlled by a vactrol, and it's not v\oct. Audio from the phone.

https://lumanoise.blogspot.com/2018/09/lumanoise-v3-v4-eurorack.html"

"New Lumanoise V3 and V4 14HP eurorack version.

Cv control over cut off and oscillator frequency with cv amount control.
Lumanoise V3 have 2 SAW oscillator and a noise generator for drone noise, experimental texture. Lumanosise V4 it's based around Oscar Sala Trautonium, 4 sub oscillator, VCA cv in, for experimental chord drone."

Novation Circuit Tracks Review: Why It's Brilliant

video by Gabe Miller Music

"A super in-depth review of the Novation Circuit Tracks, including a description of how it works for beginners, the pros and cons, and a hands-on demo of the updated features.

00:00​ Intro
00:56​ Overview for Circuit newcomers
03:34​ What’s new in the Circuit Tracks
17:39​ The biggest upgrade"

Testing new live rig with plinky itération 4

video by Meska

"Juste quick & raw preview of the new live rig i build, this time just close you'r eyes :
Elektron octatrack mixing and EQ
Gotharman ld3 all the drum (no sample) , sub and sidechain
Plinky chords go to thypoon and it sequence the sub via CV
and some euro module : razmasynth unknow pleasures, 4ms rcd and MI grids..

Thank you for watching.

My name is Meska of the statik collective . I've been making mostly 'dark and expérimental' music for more than ten years now, i'v learn so much online, now it's time for me to share my knoledge, my exploration and this channel is a place to talk about the tools, sound design and techniques to make music with. i'm tattooist at day jobs and you can found my work here : www.meska.fr

You can stream my albums and EPs at https://statikwave.bandcamp.com/"