Wee Noise Maker PGB-1 – The all-in-one open-source pocket groovebox

video upload by Crowd Supply



via Crowd Supply

"Wee Noise Makers PGB-1 is an advanced yet portable sequencer that lets you craft complex musical pieces anywhere. This all-in-one, open-source, customizable device is designed to empower aspiring musicians, seasoned creators, and makers. It isn’t just an instrument—it’s your gateway to the world of music production and audio synths.

Rock Out, Anywhere
PGB-1 has an open-source stock firmware that makes it a playful and powerful groove box. It allows you to craft complex musical pieces with drums, bass, lead, samples, reverb, bitcrusher, overdrive, and others.

Orchestrated by an advanced sequencer with conditional steps, repeats/ratcheting, pattern chaining, chord sequencing, song mode, live sequencing effects, and more. And it’s also a hackable and customizable device, with CircuitPython, C\C++, and Ada support for programming your own synthesizers, video games, or any audio based projects.

Features & Specifications

Processor: Raspberry Pi RP2040

16 MB Flash
Audio IC: Cirrus Logic WM8960 (or equivalent)

Up to 32-bit at 48 kHz digital audio link
On-chip Headphone Driver, 1 W Stereo Class D Speaker Driver
Up to 3 stereo Line-in/Microphone interfaces
User Interface

128 x 64 monochrome OLED screen
24 addressable RGB LEDs
30 tactile switches
1 capacitive touch strip
Input & Outputs

1x USB Type-C (Power & Data)
1x 3.5 mm Headphone/Headset
1x 3.5 mm Audio Line-in
1x 3.5 mm MIDI Input (TRS type-A)
1x 3.5 mm MIDI Output (TRS type-A)
Internal microphone
Open Source
PGP-1 is an open hardware project. Right now, you can browse the GitHub repo for the device’s firmware. Later, we will make the schematics available to the public."

New from myVolts - "Power My Gear" Configuration Website Tool

via myVolts

https://myvolts.com/powermygear/

"We found from our power survey that there's a real desire to power gear from USB, but some confusion around exactly how to do it.

We've been in the power game a long time, so we made PowerMyGear browser app to share our knowledge + experience, make it easy, and give you reassurance around powering your precious gear!

It's best enjoyed on a desktop, and totally free.

Use anonymously for quick try-out of setups OR make an account to save unlimited setups

Work with real-life space sizing, as all gear is to scale

Copy the link to share a setup with anyone

Explore others users' setups for inspiration

Device missing? No problem, just suggest it and it'll be researched + added in this ever-updating app."

You can check it out here: https://myvolts.com/powermygear/

Building An Alien Screamer Synthesizer

video upload by synthCube

"We built an MFOS Alien Screamer synthesizer in one of our new 3D printed cases!"

https://synthcube.com/cart/mfos-alien-screamer-case

Stylophone GEN-X1 X Make Noise 0-Coast 🎹

video upload by Stylophone

"We love to see our community experiment and connect up other equipment to make new and exciting sounds ❤️

Take a look at this clip from @andy_____black, who has hooked up our Stylophone GEN-X1 to a @makemoisemusic 0-Coast with amazing results 🎹

What do you think of this sound?"

Chilled Dubby Techno with custom Erica Synths setup!

video upload by Electronisounds Audio

"Chilled and Dubby Techno set with a custom Erica Synths setup.

Whatever kind of music you are making - KEEP IT UP, Friends!
Don't stop making *YOUR MUSIC*!!

▼CONNECT with me / SUPPORT creativity and good content▼
WEBSTORE ► https://www.electronisounds.com/
PATREON ► https://www.patreon.com/DeanDaughters"

The Sounds Of HALO: Combat Evolved

video upload by Alex Ball



"A look at some of the equipment used by Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori to score Halo: Combat Evolved, released in 2001.

Huge thank you to Neo Te Aika, Frostbyte, Booey, Noelle, Yewlyn, Python Blue, Jafet Meza, RenSFX, meowsandstuff, Fleetwire, AtlyxMusic, PunkGalFuryn and anyone else at Project Odyssey for their incredible work identifying many of the sounds that I showed in this video.

Check out Project Odyssey:
https://odysseyaudio.org/odyssey.html

Thank you also to my Patrons on Patreon.

0:00 Intro
0:50 Halo
3:21 Terminate
5:27 India Garden
7:12 TarzansDance
8:41 St. Choir
9:14 Beauty Vox
10:12 Kit 424
11:06 Symphonique
12:25 Biosphere
12:53 Cascade
14:09 Albion
15:01 Oasis
15:51 SoundtrkDANC
16:38 Summary"

Oddment Audio Groc Demo at AES University of Michigan Chapter Tomorrow Apr 5th

For those that can make it, Oddment Audio's Groc will be demo'd at the University of Michigan tomorrow. Details follow.

"This month we were lucky enough to meet Trevor Reed, another local in our little Michigan town that was enthusiastic enough about Groc and Oddment to join us in the development effort. With both a software and music background, we think Trevor can help us accelerate Groc’s workflow and user interface. It has also been great to put our first real Groc into someone’s home studio and let them explore on their own.

John will give a presentation on Groc for the Audio Engineering Society’s University of Michigan chapter on Friday April 5 at 1-2pm (tomorrow!). If you happen to be near Ann Arbor, the event is open to the public and we have included all of the details below. A huge thanks to Nick West, the student AES chapter chair, and Dr. Jason Corey with the Performing Arts Technology faculty for helping to organize this event. We also expect Justin Van Slembrouck from Modern Sounds to join us and share a bit about what they have been working on lately. This should be a lot of fun, and as an alumnus of the department, John is anticipating a lovely trip down memory lane.

In preparation for Friday, John had a chance to present Groc to the Northwestern Michigan College audio technology students. Thanks to Brady Corcoran for arranging this and to all the students that had really great questions and seemed enthused about granular synthesis. We hope these local audio enthusiasts can help us record samples, create patches and maybe even help to produce and test Grocs before shipping them to you!"

Kebarp AUv3 MIDI Arpeggiator

via Keybudapp (App Store link)

"Welcome to Kebarp, the super quick arpeggiator app. Simply drag your finger to draw notes on the customizable grid in no time.

The numbers on the grid represent the notes in the scale. 1 is the root note, 2 is the second note, -2 is the note before, and so on.

On the control strip, adjust the minimum and maximum octaves, set the step count, and fine-tune the sequencer speed.

Easily adjust gate, velocity, their variety, and swing settings directly from the control strip.

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Manual Dexterity unfolded

video upload by Todd Barton

"A look into my previous patch" [previously posted here]

4ms Catalyst Sequencer: In-depth Demo

video upload by 4ms Company

"Walk through basic usage of the Catalyst Sequencer, and explore some advanced features. The Catalyst Sequencer is an 8-channel CV sequencer with phase-based and clock-based sequencing."

00:00 - Intro / quick rundown of concept
00:40 - Clock Driven Sequencing
00:45 - Internal clock / Tempo settings
01:00 - Syncing to an external clock
01:25 - Patch setup
01:53 - Basic gate sequencing
02:43 - Basic voltage sequencing
03:00 - Fine button
03:15 - Voltage Quantization
03:45 - Phase Based Sequencing
03:52 - Driving Sequence with an LFO
04:35 - Clock driven sequencing with Phase CV
06:22 - Advanced Sequencing
06:28 - Direction
06:48 - Transpose
06:54 - Start Point
07:15 - Length
07:30 - Pages
08:05 - Shift functions per channel
08:40 - Gate function “Swing”
09:10 - Gate function “Ratchet”
09:30 - Voltage function “Glide”
09:50 - Gate channel Probability
10:45 - Voltage channel Probability
11:40 - Sequence control “Phase”
12:18 - Adding more sequencer channels
15:15 - Conclusion