
Thursday, September 07, 2006
Sonic State Talk - 012
"Up for chit chat this week are the new Virus Ti OS update and all things Virus, Moog Little Phatty gets on the cover of FM, Waldorf's imminent resurrection, Computer Music's inspiration feature, Myspace to sell music, Creative settle with Apple and get 100 mill, Steve Gadd is a groovy drummer, the origins of band names 'n stuff.
(note: contains some adult content)"
Ok, now I'm curious. Title link takes you there.
(note: contains some adult content)"
Ok, now I'm curious. Title link takes you there.
MacBeth Studio Systems Update

"Hi All! It's been some while since I updated the website- I've basically been building up M5s and also working on two new prototypes! These being the long awaited M3X2 and a new varient of the moroco stereo filterbank- it's now the moroco stereo synthesizer! Within the next few days, I shall provide you with protoype pictures to let you all see what is happening..."
The image to the left is MUSE. Note the M5 behind the drummer. Click the image for the full shot.
Title link takes you to MacBeth Studio Systems.
via Yves of yusynth.net
Destroyer by Trogotronic

P.S. Don't miss the sample of the Destroyer on Sendling. No offense, but that is one of the most annoying sounds I have ever heard. Wow. : )
Kleonard.com

Wednesday, September 06, 2006
Three Weevil Tracks on Sendling

Title link takes you to three tracks featuring the Weevil on Sendling.
BTW, cool looking Weevil. I haven't seen this one before.
Impact of EU Ban of Leaded Solder and the Sequentix P3
Remember the EU Ban of Leaded Solder? Apparently this may have a greater impact than we anticipated. Not only will it impact vinatage gear, but new botique manufactures may find it too expensive to continue with planned projects. Case in point, the Sequentix P3 being phased out. Title link takes you to a post on sequencer.de, with comments from Sequentix. The following are excerpts. The good news? There will be a new sequencer from Sequentix as alluded to in my previous post.
"The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive becomes law in the UK next year. This directive makes manufacturers responsible for ensuring electronic equipment is recycled at the end of its life. While that is not a bad idea, the proposed UK implementation will require manufacturers to join a ‘disposal scheme’. They will pay into the scheme some amount related to the amount of product they sell. Where this may become a problem is if there is a high minimum level of payment required. That could make low-volume production uneconomical."
"One thing that won't feature on the next sequencer will be the name "P4". Google on P3 and you get 60 million irrelevant pages. For P4 that rises to nearer 90 million. Whereas if you Google on Sequentix, the vast majority of hits refer to the P3 Sequencer. We'll need to come up with a more distinctive name..."
"The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive becomes law in the UK next year. This directive makes manufacturers responsible for ensuring electronic equipment is recycled at the end of its life. While that is not a bad idea, the proposed UK implementation will require manufacturers to join a ‘disposal scheme’. They will pay into the scheme some amount related to the amount of product they sell. Where this may become a problem is if there is a high minimum level of payment required. That could make low-volume production uneconomical."
"One thing that won't feature on the next sequencer will be the name "P4". Google on P3 and you get 60 million irrelevant pages. For P4 that rises to nearer 90 million. Whereas if you Google on Sequentix, the vast majority of hits refer to the P3 Sequencer. We'll need to come up with a more distinctive name..."
Wendy Carlos on Bob Moog

"Bob and I were friends for about 41 years. That sounds incomprehensible now, but there you are. We met when I accidentally woke him up. He was taking a much needed nap on a banquette on the Mezzanine of the Barbizon-Plaza Hotel, in NYC. The Moog Company had setup an exhibit at one of the yearly AES conferences (the Audio Engineering Society was a LOT smaller back then, and more informal -- even the tech papers were free and handy, open to anyone attending the exhibits)."
via CDM. Bob Moog portrait.
Mr Modern listens to stereophonic sound

Bleep Labs Thingamagoop, thingama. Funny, I didn't realize individually these were called thingamas (according to the Thingamagoop site).
Note on Flickr shots: I will be doing away with the "New Flickr Shot" in the title moving forward. I originally did this for two reasons. One, I was posting every single new Flickr shot that was tagged with "synth" before, so literally that's what they were. Two, I used to not include "flickr by" in the contents of the post, so I used Flickr in the title to quickly search for Flickr shots.
Also note for the titles of the posts, I do a straight copy and paste of the title in the Flickr shot, so if you see typos, mismatched letter case, etc, it's not me. That is how it was titled. The only time I will rename a shot is if wasn't titled or it just has a digital reference number like DSC_0243213.
C64 Messiah
via C64 Music!
Update via the comments:
"The c64 messiah website can be found at http://www.c64messiah.com"
http://www.myspace.com/64messiah
Bulcha Garbage!!!
Here's one for the archives. Title link takes you to the Craigslist post while it's up. Enjoy. This gem via Kerry.
"RARE SYNTH GEAR ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED...PLEASE HELP
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reply to: sale-203465817@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-09-05, 5:46PM PDT
The Original Post Sunday Morning was for "Church selling organs and old telephone boxes" . Included in the equipment were numerous Buchla boxes (modular synth gear). The Church people were misinformed and told it was worthless, and a friend of theirs is disposing of it in a dumpster behind his supermarket. The ad had no contact information so I only received the included email this morning stating that the boxes were going to be thrown away in the "large bin" behind Mr. Chung's supermarket.
I called looking for Baptist Chuches that were closing, and other places, but I only know that this is somewhere in Los Angeles...so now I post for any help in finding these boxes before it's too late.
please let me know your thoughts and/or informations asap
Thank You So Much
A.
...and the email with a few clues, also PJ is somehow related to a Rev. Devon if that helps any...
Oh my! I forgot to put our phone number or website. Well, I am so sorry
about that. I was wondering why nobody called. I just checked my email today.
Sorry to say that all the items have all been sold. I owe an apology for those that emailed me. With all the moving and cleaning, I must have rushed through the ad. I guess I should let you know that they went to good homes. The Elka Synthex was purchased by the local community center so that the elementary street kids can learn to play organ after school. The Yamaha DX-1 was sold to the senior center. As for the telephone boxes, I asked the phone company gentlmen that came to disconnect our phone and he pointed out that they were not telephone boxes. He noticed that there were a lot numbers in the cases something from 100s up to like almost 200. There were over 80 of these Bulcha things. He said they were outdated lab equipment for some kind of testing and useless. So we called the trash company pick-up but they would not take electronic equipment. So a friend of ours, Mr Chung left them in back of his supermarket and said he would throw them in his large bin for us. Again, I apologize for not putting all the info. We are leaving today for Texas. Have a very nice day! I won't be using this email anymore since my new one will be from the new church.
God Bless you all and a safe trip to us!
P.J.
Southern Baptist Group
this is in or around Somewhere in LA"
"RARE SYNTH GEAR ABOUT TO BE DESTROYED...PLEASE HELP
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Reply to: sale-203465817@craigslist.org
Date: 2006-09-05, 5:46PM PDT
The Original Post Sunday Morning was for "Church selling organs and old telephone boxes" . Included in the equipment were numerous Buchla boxes (modular synth gear). The Church people were misinformed and told it was worthless, and a friend of theirs is disposing of it in a dumpster behind his supermarket. The ad had no contact information so I only received the included email this morning stating that the boxes were going to be thrown away in the "large bin" behind Mr. Chung's supermarket.
I called looking for Baptist Chuches that were closing, and other places, but I only know that this is somewhere in Los Angeles...so now I post for any help in finding these boxes before it's too late.
please let me know your thoughts and/or informations asap
Thank You So Much
A.
...and the email with a few clues, also PJ is somehow related to a Rev. Devon if that helps any...
Oh my! I forgot to put our phone number or website. Well, I am so sorry
about that. I was wondering why nobody called. I just checked my email today.
Sorry to say that all the items have all been sold. I owe an apology for those that emailed me. With all the moving and cleaning, I must have rushed through the ad. I guess I should let you know that they went to good homes. The Elka Synthex was purchased by the local community center so that the elementary street kids can learn to play organ after school. The Yamaha DX-1 was sold to the senior center. As for the telephone boxes, I asked the phone company gentlmen that came to disconnect our phone and he pointed out that they were not telephone boxes. He noticed that there were a lot numbers in the cases something from 100s up to like almost 200. There were over 80 of these Bulcha things. He said they were outdated lab equipment for some kind of testing and useless. So we called the trash company pick-up but they would not take electronic equipment. So a friend of ours, Mr Chung left them in back of his supermarket and said he would throw them in his large bin for us. Again, I apologize for not putting all the info. We are leaving today for Texas. Have a very nice day! I won't be using this email anymore since my new one will be from the new church.
God Bless you all and a safe trip to us!
P.J.
Southern Baptist Group
this is in or around Somewhere in LA"
Tangerine Dream Live Set

"It's the synths of Froese, Franke and Haslinger after their concert"
No title link. Click each for a bigger shot.
Update: Make sure to check out the comments for some more shots and debate on whether this was actually 1981 or 1986.


The Gizmotron

"Simply put, once the Gizmotron is installed, the center position will become null (no VC), clockwise from there will process your VC positively (like a 'normal' VC attenuator), and counter-clockwise from center will process your VC negatively (inverted), much like most of the VC processing on Buchla and Serge systems and some on Modcan."
Title link takes you there.
Analog Industries Taking Feedback for Next Product
Just in case you missed it, title link takes you to a post on Analog Industries where Chris Randall is taking feedback on their next product. Here's your chance to ask for what you want. On my list? An uber analog style multitrack sequencer that'l let me control my hardware synths via a tablet PC. Think the Sequentix P3 and MiniMusic BeatPad on steroids. Imagine a virutal that you can map to your midi controller of choice or just use your tablet.
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
New Modcan Modules

"Bruce Duncan of Modcan has released some new modules. There's the CV Recorder, of which you posted a prototype panel before. There's also the surprise module: the VDCO, a voltage controlled digital controlled oscillator! It's is a curious mix of digital wavetables ala the Miniwave, but also single operator FM. It's very 'Buchla' like (don't hit me). He's also now released them in the original Modcan format, the 'A'Series. These links have pics and MP3's:
CV Recorder:
the A Version
the B Version
VDCO:
the A Version
the B Version
The CV Recorder costs 550 in A and B, and the VDCO costs 400 and 410 (A and B respectively)."
AudioMulch

"Audio Mulch is bar none my favorite sound toy for traveling on business.....it is totally self contained, so it is even smaller than dragging a Mono Evolver in the brief case , plus you can do it on the plane ride, while any hardware companions have to wait til the hotel room. Audio Mulch is much like a "soft modular" in that you put objects on a work surface, you patch them with connectors and away you go, it has a Cycling74/Max kind of feel but is much higher up the food chain. What is really fun is that VST plugins are supported so I push FruityLoops and Microtonic on the work surface and then the real fun starts. I haven't tried it yet but you can route external audio too. If there is an negative side is that there is no MIDI out to control outboard devices, but then that is what Ableton Live is for. If you travel and like the concept of modulars as opposed to just tweeking soft synth, this is the best $80 you can spend
Peace Brian
===============
here is a description of the screen shot and 32 bar sound file Chemutengure - Mbira Melody by Brendon Bussy.
This patch is based on a transcription of an Mbira (Zimbabwean thumb piano) melody composed in the 1800's. (transcription from "Making Music"; Claire Jones; Academic Books, Zimbabwe; 1992).
The original piece apparently imitates the sound of wagon wheels (!) and is based on a typical African 12 beat cycle. I created this patch to see how a complex African melody would be translated by Audiomulch.
This particular version is in fact designed to be played on a Karimba (a smaller version of the Mbira), so I used the frequencies of the approximate piano note equivalents of the Karimba keys, slightly detuned where necessary. I first worked out all of the frequencies and then assigned them to specific 'fingers'.
The melody:
*Melody structure
- I created the melody played by each finger by automating the frequency presets of 4 TestGens.
-To create the 12 beat structure, I divided each bar into 12 by snapping to 1/8th triplets.
*Melody sound
- As a side effect of the rapid volume & frequency modulation of the TestGen, a 'knocking' sound is generated. This contributes to the rhythmic (unbalanced wheel!) feel.
- A side chain consisting of Shapers and EQ fattens up the straight TestGen sound.
Percussion:
*Percussion sounds
- I used DLGranulator to quantise and filter single tones genererated by Arpeggiators.
[I got this idea from someone on the AM forum - sorry can't remember who :( ]
*Percussion rhythm:
- I created a typical African 3 over 2 beat feel by quantising separate beats with 1/4 note (2 beats) and 1/4 note triplet (3 beats) divisions."
Plan B Model 12 Mark II

"I've devised a simple four step modification to the Plan B Model 12 that adds a switch-selectable overdrive which in effect puts the M12's jewels in a vice - adding a ton of filth, angst, resonance and vinegar to an otherwise pensive filter.
In short, I think you'll love it. So much so that all stock currently at our dealers will be updated in the next couple of days. It will be called the Model 12 Mark II.
It's a very simple modification which requires a single resistor to be bridged across the first vactrol. I strongly recommend this be done via a panel switch because it will keep the filter permanently angry otherwise. Any 'pretty' sounds previously associated with the Model 12 will be gone for good without that..
The resistor value I recommend is a 330 ohm (bands are orange - orange - brown). This gets it nice and pissed off. For the cavalier among you, you may wish to be more aggressive with your selection. A 100 ohm resistor will through it into self oscillation when the res pot is fully CCW. Warning - It'll be shrill and LOUD. Before you opt for the 100 vs. the 330 possibly you'd like to test them both first to see which you like best. I felt a 330 ohm was sufficient.
A step by step (there's only three) list of directions with photos can be found on the Plan_B_analog_blog yahoogroup here
Go to the photos section and open the 'Model 12 Modification' folder. Everything you need is there. It's quite easy. It requires a single DPDT switch, a single 1/4 watt resistor, about three inches of wire and (optional) heatshrink tubing to cover the resistor body and switch terminations.
enjoy.
- P"
Strellis Synth Videos

E-PRO Spirit Font

Background:
Pictured is the E-PRO Spirit. This image was pulled by nick kent who mentioned the following from Peter Forrest's, A-Z of Analogue Synthesis (BTW, these books are must haves for synth enthusiasts. If you want a copy, drop Peter a line): "From picture linked below and the Peter Forrest book text it looks like there is a HP and LP filter in the E-Pro Spirit, though it also looks like they ran out of room to mark the HPF clearly. The abbreviation up top isn't clear or is just too clever. VCI-PF (?)"
Geeky:
Take a look at what looks like the VCI-PF he mentions. Apparently that is actually VCHPF, as in highpass filter. The font they used is called STOP, and the H and P share edges. Just thought that was interesting. Told you this post would be about as geeky as it gets. The font tip came from Chris Strellis on AH.
No title link.
Modified Minimoog
via this auction. Details on mods:
"It is a modified one, but very professionally modded by a Company I don’t know anything about, in “ancient times”... The mods look almost factory-made, considering the quality of wood cutting and added printed metal written panels. You’ll find the logo of the company in the picture of the modulation panel. If you can provide any historical info about this matter, you're welcome! This Mini has A LOT OF ADDITIONAL FEATURES, compared to a standard one, adding more versatility and interfaceability to the analogue realm! It can be used as a good controller for other Moog, ARP, Oberheim, Roland CV/Gate controlled analogue / modular synthesizers."
Sequentix Phases out the P3

It's been just over a year since the P3 Sequencer was launched as a production unit.
We have sold well over 100 units in that time, and the response from users has been excellent. However, due to a number of factors, we have decided to cease production of P3 after the current run is sold out. The main reason for this is that a thorough review of the numbers shows P3 is simply too expensive to produce. All units built so far have been assembled in-house. The amount of effort this requires has meant we have been unable concentrate on developing future products. Fully out-sourcing production of P3 in its current form would mean a significant increase in the final price - it just wasn't designed to be cheap to manufacture, with a large number of separate circuit boards, internal wiring, and a complex case design.
Ceasing production will give us the opportunity to take the lessons learned from P3 and develop a replacement product that can be made and sold at a viable price. In the meantime, we expect the remaining stocks of P3 to move quickly. They will be available until stocks are exhausted, direct from Sequentix, from our US dealer Analogue Haven, and our German dealer Schneiders Buero."
Roland PV synth SPV-355



"The SPV355 Pitch-to-Voltage Synthesizer was launched in those very days -- 1979, to be exact -- as part of the Roland Rack series of 19-inch studio–quality effects units, amplifiers and specialist preamps. The most famous of these are probably the Roland Vocoder and the Dimension D spatial chorus. The P/V Synth is a bit of a curiosity, because it seems to have been released on the one hand as a rackmounting analogue expander module (indeed, it's said to be one of the first rackmounting synths), but on the other as a budget alternative to the Roland GR–series guitar synthesizers. These synths were quite expensive, specialised instruments; the GR system consisted of a high-quality, specially adapted guitar connected via a 24-way cable to a floor unit containing a rudimentary, six-note polyphonic synth engine. The SPV355 alternative scored points as it didn't need any special interface hardware (pickups and so on) and you could, in theory, use any old guitar to play the synth. The 1979 Roland catalogue states: "The SPV355 P/V Synthesizer is specially designed for use with guitars", which is ironic, as this is probably the P/V Synth's least effective and most problematic mode -- more on this later.
Fortunately, the SPV335's uses were not confined to guitar synthesis, and for its time (and compact size), it was quite well specified: two VCOs, a sub-oscillator, VCF, VCA, envelope generator, two audio mixers, and a multitude of interface sockets. As with other Roland Rack units, the 355 is housed in a 2U steel case and weighs nearly 6kg, which makes it a pretty hefty beast to lug around. And as for build quality, well... the word 'tank' springs to mind, as does the phrase 'heavy duty'. They don't make 'em like that any more..."
via Simon
Monday, September 04, 2006
Klaus Schulze in concert in Paris in 1978
No title link. More exclusive shots sent in via Frederic. This set of Klaus Schulze in 1978. Frederic isn't sure where this performance was exactly. Note the shag carpet he's sitting on. Thanks Frederic!
Update via Mikael in the comments:
"This is most likely from the European tour in september or october 1978.
synth spotting:
- Moog modular IIIP w/optional double sequencer box unit.
- PPG modular + sequencers
-Arp Odyssey mk II (black face)
- Arp 2600 (orange & black)
- EMS-synthi
- Minimoog (x2)
- Polymoog
- Korg PS-3300
Mikael"
Human League Biography

"Martyn Ware and Ian Craig Marsh were two computer operators in Sheffield who both shared an intense passion for German electronic pioneers Kraftwerk. Armed with a few months' savings, Ware was able to buy a modest monophonic synth (a Korg 770S) that had just become available on the commercial market at an affordable price. Despite having never played a single note, Marsh and Craig set themselves the task of understanding the art of sound synthesis and it wasn't long before their combined enthusiasm began to exceed the limits of the cheap synth."
"The very first Human League demo contained Being Boiled, Circus of Death & Toyota City all recorded in mono and it soon caught the attention of Bob Last who ran a small record label in Scotland called Fast Records.
Being Boiled was released in June 1978 after the League and Bob Last had agreed a deal over the phone. Although the single had a limited amount of copies pressed, the song succeeded in attracting the admiration of NME whilst guest reviewer Johnny Rotten described the group as 'trendy hippies'! Being Boiled was completely at odds with the prevailing punk movement of the time. The track was a stark slab of electro that would influence many artists in years to come, memorable also for its lyrics that linked the slaughter of silk worms with Buddhism."
"Disappointed by the lack of sales, Virgin reacted swiftly by cancelling the League's proposed UK tour in November asking the band to support the Talking Heads instead. Reluctantly, the group agreed releasing a press statement that revealed their plans for the upcoming performance. With tongue firmly in cheek, the League suggested that they wouldn't actually be on stage for the performances and that their place would be taken by backing tapes and a slide show hinting that they would occasionally view the show as members of the audience. David Byrne and co failed to see the funny side and the League were dropped from the support slot."
Update via the comments:
"Here's a really good site dedicated to the pre-Dare Human League"
MC-4, Voyager, TB-303
70' trilogy : Hammond, Melotron and Mini moog - New Flickr Shot
LE CYBERSONGOSSE


I recently saw this on sequencer.de. I wasn't sure if I put up a post on this before, however I was pretty sure I saw it on Music Thing and/or CDM. Sure enough I did. I sent an email to Tom and Peter and Peter was kind enough to reply with links to the posts. Here are the links to the posts on Music Thing and CDM.
Peter Kirn also sent the following:
"Check out these links for some amazing photos:
modeles
pedagogie.html
What I can't find -- and you'd probably need someone who has connections to IMEB for this -- is what happened to the public software release that was supposed to happen. There's nothing on the site, and the documentation of the project appears to be abandonware. (Hopefully that's just the site itself.) That'd be nice, as they redeveloped the software in Max/MSP."
If you know anything, please comment.
Update via Peter Grenader in the comments:
"If I'm not mistaken, this is a big midi controller designed to control patch parameters within software synthesis progrmas such as Csound and MaxP. This is what was explained to be a year or so.
Also, I believe Max was developed by Cycling 74, not the IMEB. Barry Vercoe I know developed Csound with IRCAM."
Update via the comments: "Actually, Max was developed by Opcode, who later added MSP. Then Cycling '74 bought it in 1999, and have been developing it ever since. What the post was actually saying is that the IMEB developed their own program using Max/MSP, not Max/MSP itself."
Update via Peter Kirn in the comments:
"Some historical corrections:
Csound was developed by Barry Vercoe while he was at MIT, not IRCAM. Csound is in turn indebted to Max Mathews' Music4 (and variants), as developed at Bell Labs from the late 50s through the 60s. Csound has grown a lot since its original version, however, through contributions by Dr. Vercoe and many others.
Max was not originally developed by Opcode; Max and the audio environment Max/FTS were the creation of Miller Puckette while he was at IRCAM (and I think IRCAM still holds some of the copyrights to that version of Max and its descendents). Max/MSP as we now know it did result from the Opcode variant of Max, that's true, though it has had an ongoing, bi-directional relationship with Max/FTS and later Pure Data, as developed by Miller Puckette, and has evolved through contributions of many people. Max Mathews is the namesake for the software Max, but supposedly specifically for an archaic reason having to do with scheduling (as well as, I'm sure, his admiration for Max Mathews' contributions to digital synthesis).
Back to the original question, I think people are right in that this is a hardware controller for a Max/MSP-based software patch. The modularity, having previously been in hardware, is now apparently in the software. The patch is promised to have been publicly released in the PDF docs for the instrument. So it's out there somewhere -- I just don't know where!"
Update: also see The Gmebaphone Concept and the Cybernéphone Instrument
Synton Syrinx

No title link.
Update: Turns out this is the same Syrinx in this post. Via alex in the comments. Nice catch.



Keyboard TV

via SHEPITOLOGY
Sunday, September 03, 2006
Lassence uVentury II

Anyone know what happened to the Lassence uVentury II? I remember when it was first announced. Frederic sent me a link to the Lassence uVentruy II page on Gearjunkies. I did a quick search and found this detailed article on Sound on Sound, dated May '03. Both the SOS article and Gearjunkies page links to www.bluebay.be which now appears to be a data warehousing and business intelligence company.
If anyone out there has one or knows more please feel free to comment. I'm curious to how they sounded. It's a gorgeous looking synth.
Update via the comments (make sure to check out the other comments as well):
"OK,The lassence ventury II was made in 14 exemplaries + the prototype,all including the proto was sold.
It was totaly handcrafted,pots are alsp plastic conductive,but are of bad mechanicaly quality,the VCO's are stablebut only Volt/octave for a range of maximum 3.5 octaves (if you calibrate them)(none on the sold units where properly calibrated) Components and manufacture of prints and case was high-Q. Indeed the VU serve for nothing,and the Wave-X is poor,also the ADSR has a faulty thing,but can be updated just by adding one single resistor. The filter is SEM influenced.
Story: The unit was originaly designed that wy because the guy that have invest in the proto wants a tube-tech look. The project was abandoned. Untill X found a new interested distributor.
It went ok ,and units get starting manufacturing,but the death-end of shipping was to soon ,and the product wasn't througfully tested,thats why problems with pots,adsr,wave-x and,not calibrated!
On top of that meanwhile some units where 'fixed' the distributor absolutely want to send a unit for review to s.0.s,...this was the death before the unit was born!
Retail price was way to high because the machine was totaly hand assambled + the bad s.o.s review..... the last 4 units where sold for only 600$ (i buyed 2 of them,been close friend to the guy who's buit them,i fixed them very quick)(any unit can be turn into a very nice reliable machine just by changing all pots,fix the adsr,and tune the vco's 1v/oct.)
In fact the modules where available since years already,the guy was an ex-ACME member in 80ties and then at that period they where distributor for the digisound brand . We have sale a lot of modules in early 90ties untill our huge curtis stock was empty At huge demand the complete set was completely re-designed using discrete components.
Most of our systems where sold to the country's techno underground scene that use them in there live acts,all always made completely custom on special orders. It had created a very closed entourage almost a myth as manny people want them but not could reach the builder any way,as everything was keept secret by the scene. Untill it was time ('i' think it was time,that these deserve more respect). So i/we decided to re-launche them 'properly' and start to manufacture them like beatufull modules of other brands.
The basic set is complete.
DUAL VCO/LFO
DUAL ADSR
MULTIMODE 12db VCF
24db VCF
DUAL VCA
DUAL Ring Modulator
8-step sequential voltage source
quad VCO/LFO
Wave multiplier (this kills now! it sound identical to the serge middle section,thougt ofcourse
electronic design is different.
Still available
CEM 3340 VCO (if u supplie the cem)
Buzzy Project
Sequencer
High-end vco (v/oct. at wide span)
All modules are at same pitch off MOTM.etc so you can easy fit them together.
These modules 'sounds' or better what you can do with it,is very different
compared to other vintage or commercial products.
They where basicaly intended to create 'alien-like' new sound sculptions,and not to
use them to play do,re,mi,fa,so...Ofcource you can.
the in and outputs are very high,you can do extreme feedbacks and modulations between modules.
I have try lot of modulars,we have client that have an MOTM,MOOG,and our new modules...
If i know how i can post a pic here,i can present soon exclusive for matrixsynth
the the proto...and finaly eventualy sond files
see u l8r alig8r"
In a while crocodile. Thank you!
Earth Songs

Along the lines of the Sounds of Stars and the Rings of Saturn, here are the sounds of Earth.
Via Earth Sounds:
"January 19, 2001 -- If humans had radio antennas instead of ears, we would hear a remarkable symphony of strange noises coming from our own planet. Scientists call them "tweeks," "whistlers" and "sferics." They sound like background music from a flamboyant science fiction film, but this is not science fiction. Earth's natural radio emissions are real and, although we're mostly unaware of them, they are around us all the time."
Title link takes you to the NASA online VLF receiver. You can stream the sounds in real time or check out the samples of tweeks, whilstlers and sferics on the page.
This one via Jon. Also check out Monolake and surround sound thunderstorms.
Modular Noodle by JackAstro

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