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Thursday, September 30, 2021

Music created with the C programming language

video upload by Alexander Zolotov

"P.S. is a music track composed from scratch using the C programming language. All sounds and notes were entered manually without using any music programs. One single source file contains synth code, patterns and player. No third party libraries are used except SDL2 to output the audio stream.

Sources: https://github.com/pixicoder/PS

The code was originally written in 2005. In 2021, some changes were made, including support for audio output via SDL2.

(c) NightRadio / WarmPlace.ru
2005 - 2021"

Patch Notes: Qasim Naqvi

video upload by FACTmagazine

"Pakistani-American musician Qasim Naqvi is perhaps best known as a founder member of acoustic trio Dawn of Midi, in which he has played drums since 2007. Outside of his work in Dawn of Midi, Naqvi is an accomplished solo artist whose compositions have been performed by ensembles including the London Contemporary Orchestra and Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and soundtracked many films and documentaries.

Naqvi’s recent solo releases, such as 2019’s Teenages and 2020’s Beta, have made extensive use of synthesizers and modular systems. In this episode of Patch Notes, we invited Naqvi to perform at Pioneer Works, a non-profit cultural center in Redhook, Brooklyn.

'The building dates back to 1866 and was originally a railroad track factory,' Naqvi says. 'Now it’s a massive performing arts space. With my equipment, I was merging two systems that I’ve been configuring for a couple of years, a Verbos System and a Serge System. I also used a few random modules to connect everything: a Quad VCA from Intellijel and an X-Pan stereo module from Make Noise as the final output.'

'The acoustics are massive at Pioneer Works and we set everything up where the audience usually stands, so I was facing the house system,” he explains. “It was quite powerful to feel the music coming directly at me from this monstrous system. It definitely affected my choices. I wanted to embrace the full dynamic feel of the space, by exploring a range of highly dense sounds to rhythmic ideas, to more sparse and quiet moments. It was also a hellishly hot day and there was no AC in the building. At a certain point it felt like a clay oven.'

The piece Naqvi performs is called ‘Yes Mammal’, and was originally titled ‘Music for Modular Synthesizer, Dim Lamp and One Developing Melody.’ 'I wrote it in June for my first show in New York after a year and a half of not performing,' he explains. 'It’s evolved since then and I wanted to share it with Fact.'

'My background for a long time has been in acoustic music, where I write pieces and then share them with a group or individual to interpret. And from there they’ve made it into something larger. With the modular, I’ve been translating that way of thinking. Lately, I write a piece or a sketch and give it to an entity, in this case the synthesizer, and let it expand the music to more than just notes on the page. This piece is loosely written and I improvise with the material using the infinite possibilities of the modular synthesizer to give it shape in the moment. I like to think of it as live orchestration but with voltage.'

Naqvi has typically used this large-scale modular setup in the past to perform, but more recently he’s been experimenting with slimmed down systems to use in live performance settings. 'I’m making different and smaller hybrid configurations that are more tailor-made to the pieces I’m writing,” he says. “I still use this whole system when needed but it’s been an interesting exercise to slim down from time to time and make more with less.'

Naqvi’s most recent release is an EP titled Chronology, which was released on on Erased Tapes. 'It was made entirely on a very old and broken Minimoog synthesizer. It’s a special album that I made with a great relic.'

Follow Qasim Naqvi on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/browniebonb...
Qasim Naqvi on Bandcamp: https://qasimnaqvi.bandcamp.com/

Credits:

Filmed and Recorded live at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, Brooklyn, NY
Video by Gabe Rubin, Wolfgang Daniel & Zack Shorrosh
Live Audio & Recording by Riley Stevens
Lighting by Matthew Mann
Production by Justin Frye"

Roland TR-909 running into the Double Trouble Distortion

video upload by Space Cat Audio Technologies

"This demo shows the drum machine running through both distortion circuits to create Double Trouble."

Sequential Pro-One into the Double Trouble Filtered Distortion.

Double Trouble Distortion by S-CAT

"Tr-909 into the left distortion and TB-303 into the right side."

Richard Devine playing Opera Rotas

video upload by SPHERICAL SOUND SOCIETY

"OPERA ROTAS mutant, generative FM drum machine Is here. Built around a Yamaha OPL2 FM audio chip, a close cousin of the one used in the Sega Genesis / Megadrive consoles."

OPERA ROTAS

Sugar Bytes Introduces Nest Modular Style MIDI Sequencer & Plug-In Host / Circuit Bending MIDI Generator

Playlist:
Nest Trailer

Nest Tutorial Part 1

In Part 1 (of 4) we go over the basic principles of Nest, what kind of signals it generates, and how to connect them. We look at how to generate and assign MIDI data to sequence instruments. We also begin our deep dive into the modules.

Start 00:00
The Wire Page (first look) 1:07
The Sound Page (first look) 2:18
The Basics 3:24
Wiring a Voice 5:35
Velocity Input 9:02
Pitch Input 10:08
Patching Session 11:08
Scales 15:12
ALL Scale Mode 17:18
Scale Offset 18:55
Counters 21:17
Counter Demo 22:0
Counter Demo 2 25:12

Nest Tutorial Part 2

In Part 2 (of 4) we continue with our deep dive into the modules, covering many of the classic operators, namely the Multiplexer/Demultiplexer, the Shift Registers and the 7-bit Converters. We look at how they operate, and some strategies for using them musically.

Start 00:00
Multiplexer 00:05
MUX Demos 1:38
MUX as Gate Switch 2:48
MUX B Mode 4:25
Demultiplexer Music 5:44
Demultiplexer 7:26
Demux Patch 1 8:15
Demux Round Robin 9:15
Sample & Hold 11:59
S&H Music 14:44
Analog Shift Register 16:10
Digital Shift Register 19:00
Shift Reg Music 21:27
Shift Register Read-Write 22:02
7-Bit Converters 23:12
DAC Demo 25:14
ADC 26:26
ADC Demo 28:00
Binary Counter + DAC 29:09

Nest Tutorial Part 3

In Part 3 (of 4) the deep dive into the modules continues. Much of this part is dedicated to the MIDI input modules, such as the arpeggiator, and how external MIDI can be incorporated into your patches, or to trigger synced events and logic functions.

Start: 00:00
Delay 0:21
Hold 1:33
Clock Divider 2:24
Envelope 3:23
Inverted Envelope 4:50
MIDI Input 5:46
MIDI Transpose 9:15
Arpeggiator 11:08
Arp Music Demo 14:06
Step Sequencer 17:15
Math Module 20:40
Math: Wrap 22:54
Math: Min/Max 23:25
Math: Percent 24:20
Oscillators 25:41
Oscillator Demo 28:22

Nest Tutorial Part 4

In Part 4 (of 4) we conclude the module section with a look at Logic, Math and Utilities, and some clear musical examples on how to use them. We finish the series with a comprehensive overview of some of Nest’s most important features: Scenes, Plugin Hosting, and mapping Nest’s controls to an external MIDI Controller.

Start: 00:00
Logic: NOT 0:17
Logic Gates 1:24
Logic AND Patch 3:03
Comparators 4:38
Comparator Patching 5:52
If/Else 8:57
If/Else Patching 10:55
Gate to Trigger 13:15
Flip Flop 14:32
Wire Scenes 15:38
Hosting Plugins 22:22
MIDI Learn 25:43
Automation 27:04
MIDI Learn Demo 28:24
Thanks for watching! 29:32

Polyend Tracker & DSI Tempest

video upload by Isobutane

CASIOJUPI - How bring you the Jupiter-8 sound in a Casio CZ synthesizer

video upload by RetroSound

"(c)2007-21 by RetroSound
supported by UVI: http://bit.ly/retrosound-uvi

❤️ Support #RetroSound channel: retrosound.creator-spring.com

It´s an experiment that show how can bring expensive sounds in cheap synths. It`s all about sound programming. Try it!
Featured with the great song from The Cars - Heartbeat City from the year 1984
Cool down. Sure is the CZ no Jupiter-8. But... ;)

The CASIO CZ Synthesizer from the year 1984 is a very interesting synth. Here can you find the full CASIO CZ playlist with single sound demos, sound tutorials and one synth demo tracks. Enjoy."

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

New Synthesizers.com Q169 OSCILLATOR++ In the Works

via @eriksuperlazy

"I was looking at the @synthesizersdotcom Q167 LFO++ the other day and almost bought a couple more used Q106 oscillators last week. Meanwhile, I'm lucky enough to have gotten a message from James of Synthesizers.com to meet up with a few others for dinner while he's in town, and look at what he drops in front of me. Still very much a prototype, but what a powerful beast of a prototype! I'll be one of the first in line for one of these sets when it comes out. If you were on the fence about jumping into 5U, it's never been easier. Start with a Box4 or Box11 and get that QPS6+ power supply and start adding modules."

GuinGuin Instruments MME DIY Eurorack Minimoog Clone

GuinGuin-Instruments · MME Demos - Multitracked.

The following are some initial details via GuinGuin's Julien Delgoulet on the Modwiggler forum:

PCB, rare parts and Panel kits available here.

Build guide with BOM on github.

My name is Julien Delgoulet, I'm a synth DIY passionate from a little town in France called Brive-La-gaillarde.

I usually spend my time lurking on muff, matrixsynth , electro-music.com when I'm not repairing, moding or designing synth related circuits.

For quite a long time, I dream to own a Minimoog but never had the cash to buy one ...

About a year ago, a friend of mine get one and, after playing a few times with it, I decided to give it a go. (By that time, I did not know that this project will fill all my nights and week-ends ... fortunatly I have a
wonderfull wife :love: )

The initial target was to make an exact replica but finally ends up with what I call "Mini-modules" (Think ARP like sub-modules for Filter, VCO etc) for any format : eurorack / Moog 5U, you name it. Also, they could fit behind a "real minimoog sized panel".

All the design are exact replica of the Minimoog rev 2.0 (the one based on CA3046 expo converters) and are all using thru-whole components (excepted a few components that only exist in SMD packages)

So, let me introduce you the idea of "Mini-modules" and the control boards that actually "activate" them.

There will be 6 "Mini-modules":

- VCO
- VCA/Preamp
- VCF
- VCF Env
- VCA Env
- Noise/mod-mix/glide

There will be also 7 "Controller boards" :
- One for each mini-module (so you get an eurorack version of each for example).
- Another, my favorite one, which is 60HP eurorack version where 3VCOs, VCF etc plug into. ( I choose 60 HP so that if you have a 84HP case, you still have some room for a real LFO, a midi/CV interface etc)

At the moment, everything works great, I'm finalizing the "Mini-modules" and the 60 HP Controller Board to hold them.

To give you an idea of the progress made so far , here are some pictures of old prototypes and "Mini-modules" eagle boards. More to come in a few days...

As you might except, this will be a DIY project and I will propose PCBs, BOMs and schematics so that "everyone" can build his own Mini ;-)

I'm so thrilled to expose this project to you guys ,particularly on muff (where I've been more than a lurker and not very helpfull to the communtiy) and
hope you are excited as I am about this project now it is not "secret" anymore :party:

Julien