Great Conjunction 2op FM generative synth prototype. Sega Master System (Japan) chip

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70s electric piano jazz lofi beats simulation - Meng Qi Wingie MKii, M8 tracker and Phantasmal Force

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"Stumbled into some lofi retro electric piano jazz this week when sending MIDI and audio from the M8 to the Wingie. Phantasmal Force doing some channel mutes and sending transport commands. 30 or so hours of this going at work last week.

Feelin’ all right."

Chaotic ambient ramblings w/ Meebleeps freaq fm + Dirtywave m8 + Phantasmal Force

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"Testing out a newly built @Meebleeps freaq fm synced to the m8 tracker. Mutes on the m8 are being handled by the Phantasmal Force.

Not sure if this setup will make it onto the soundtrack EP I’m working on for @bradkerr6376 … but there is something here……

I need to dig a little deeper into the manual for the freaq.

Loving the matrix led display. I was trying to incorporate one one those into my next project but couldn’t tame the noise for the multiplexed output.

Beep boop.

#diy #midicontroller #arduino #synth #generativemusic #tinystudio #ambient #ambientmusic #electronicmusic #fmsynthesis"

Air Waves ambient generative drones to roll dice to w/ Dirtywave M8 & Phantasmal Force

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"Going towards some ambient background music for a friend’s fantasy rpg module. Four different pieces. Four different areas. This one really gets cooking about four minutes in. And by 'cooking' I mean I’m loving some of the chords coming out of the M8.

The Phantasmal Force is sending transport and mute controls to the M8."

Drone vibes w/ monome norns (pixels), Prismatic Spray, Phantasmal Force

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"Crushin’ drone vibes with the Phantasmal Force MIDI controller guiding the norns running my script 'pixels' which in turn is blasting sine waves and sending MIDI notes to the Prismatic Spray. The Bluebox provides epic reverb walls."

Prismatic Spray (back in stock 01-24-23)

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"Another batch of Prismatic Spray!

Back in stock on 01-24-2023

https://www.tindie.com/products/distr..."

See the Distropolis label below for addtional demos.

Rhythmic Pulses w/ Mengqi Wingie MKii + Bastl Kastle Drum & Phantasmal Force

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"Another exploratory resonant jam sendingbthe @bastlinstruments Kastle into the @mengqimusic Wingie MKii. Everything sounds good through the Wingie. Chords for the left and right resonant filters are once again being sent from the Phantasmal Force controller I’m finishing up. I just realized the chords offset wasn’t saving to presets on the Phantasmal Force. Fixed it but there is still more to double check."

Suspenseful beats w/ Great Conjunction FM + Phantasmal Force MIDI controller and Mengqi Wingie MKii

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"Resonant suspense.

The Great Conjunction (pile of parts in the middle) is sending FM drums, bass, and synths through the 1010bluebox to the Wingie MKii which mixes in some tonal resonance. The Phantasmal Force is controlling the notes of the resonance by sending chords on MIDI channels 1&2."

Prismatic Spray chaotic chords an melodies.

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"Prismatic Spray through the 1010bluebox for delay/reverb. Playing around with some notes/chords. The Prismatic Spray will be back in stock in about a week or two. #jamuary2023 #diy #synth #bytebeat #tinysynth #tinystudio #generativemusic"

Phantasmal Force micro MIDI controller + kasser arcade + bastl kastle drum + 1010 Bluebox

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"Phantasmal Force micro MIDI controller triggering chords on the kasser arcade FM synth with the little kastle spitting out drum noise. The Phantasmal Force sent the MIDI program change message to load a custom sound off of the SD card in the arcade before I started the video. Pretty helpful and simple way to send PC messages.


Program changes light up red on the Phantasmal Force. Notes are blue, CCs yellow and transport messages are green.

#diy #synth #arduino #electronicmusic #noise #jamuary2023 #midicontroller #tinystudio #tinysynth"

Phantasmal Force micro MIDI controller + Bastl Kastle Drum & 1010music lemondrop bells in locomotion

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"Phantasmal Force micro MIDI controller with the @1010_music lemondrop and the @bastlinstruments Kastl drum. The Kastl kicks it off with a little loop (just started learning this little guy). The Phantasmal Force is sending chords to the lemondrop. The chords were generated randomly by the Phantasmal Force and I’m just noodling around with them. In chord mode, the knob raises or lowers the chord on the button up to one octave. Each button can send a different three note chord. The notes of the chord are adjustable, so you can make your own chords. Still working on tuning the randomness of the chords to sound more musical … #diy #synth #midicontroller #granularsynthesis #tinysynth #tinystudio #jamuary2023"

Phantasmal Force MIDI controller + monome norns ambient bubbles across stripes

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"Phantasmal Force MIDI controller controlling my script 'pixels' on the monome norns. The Phantasmal Force has 16 buttons that can be configured to send pretty much any MIDI message. You can save 26 configurations and you can configure everything ON THE DEVICE. No editors, browsers or software required. First batch available soon. #ambient #ambientmusic #midi #diy #3dprinting #tinysynth #tinystudio #jamuary2023 #midicontroller #arduino"

Phantasmal Force micro midi controller synthetic generative krautrock w/ M8 Tracker & Roland J6

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"New device design.

Phantasmal Force micro 16 button MIDI controller. Each button can be configured to do just about anything in the midi world (cc toggling & momentary, note, chords, play, stop and program change). Save & load configs. Randomly generated teeth on startup. USB-C and TRS-A out.

Why so small? I don’t know.

Synthetic generative krautrock from the M8 tracker and Roland J-6. "

Prismatic Spray - algorithm #24 test

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"Batch #3 of the Prismatic Spray is going up tonight 12/11/2022:

https://www.tindie.com/products/distr...

Prismatic Spray - algorithm #24 test.

Glitching Gifts
Dizzying Displays
Infinite Incantations"

Prismatic Spray - algorithm #5 test

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See this post for additional details and demos.

Prismatic Spray - bytebeat adventure synth!

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"Tabletop bytebeat synth w/ 9 knobs, 6 buttons, code looper, analog filter, time skip, slomo, visuals & full USB/TRS MIDI implementation.

I’m making small batches of these in various colors available here:

https://www.tindie.com/products/distr...

The manual can be downloaded here

Prismatic Spray can be purchased here"

Additional demos followed by pics and details form the Tindie page:

"Prismatic Spray is a deeply explorable bytebeat synth that implements many novel features. It includes a multitude of physical controls, mesmerizing visuals and full MIDI implementation. Highlights include but are not limited to:

A Full User's Manual

Yup. You won't just get a link to a github repository and some hex. Prismatic Spray comes with a multi-page instruction manual to guide you in your explorations (it is approximately 8.5" x 5.5" if you are searching for frames). This manual is written in the tongue of old and should be incomprehensible to anyone not familiar with first edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons.

Chromatic Tuning

Prismatic Spray is tuned to a western 12 tone chromatic scale. You can play it like any other synth. No horsing around with cycles and Hertz. Prismatic Spray is adjustable through about 6 octaves from the dark blue knob on the front panel. The full range of MIDI notes is available when using MIDI via USB or TRS-A.

Looping

Prismatic Spray can be set to loop over any region of a bytebeat equation. The start and end points are adjustable after the loop has been set. At the tightest settings, Prismatic Spray becomes almost granular sounding. Irritatingly granular.

Visualizations

Prismatic Spray can display a visual representation of the current bytebeat audio output in real time on the 1.5" color display. Alterations to the bytebeat equation using the knobs will effect the patterns and colors of the visualization. There is also a regular menu with actual useful data to look at if you hate cool graphics.

Analog Filter

Are things sounding too wonderful? Can't take any more bristling fizzles? Prismatic Spray has an analog filter to roll out as much high end as you'd like. Like pretty much all of it.

40 Bytebeat equations

Prismatic Spray has 40 bytebeat equations to explore. Each equation has three variable to adjust (along with pitch, time skip and a kind of 'time stretch-ish' effect). You can get lost. I heard a voice talking in there once. It was saying "YaaaaYaaaaYaaaaYaaaa".

Over 30 presets

Okay ... that's not a lot to brag about, but the non-volatile memory inside the Prismatic Spray is limited. You get ~30 preset slots for saving your favorite crusty, ear splitting zapazoids.

A Case

Yay! You don't have to worry about shorting anything out, snapping the PCB in half or breaking off a protruding component! Prismatic Spray comes fully enclosed in a 3D printed case (available in various colors). The glowing innards of the Prismatic Spray are clearly visible (mostly with the clear case) while the unit is in operation.

Prismatic Spray has the following controls:

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