October 21, 2023

video upload by Chris Randall

Chris Randall of Audio Damage and the Sequential Prophet-10.

slow beats - Waldorf XTk, Ableton

junklight

"Still finding my way back into my music practice - a bit more of a conventional setup today. Been thinking a lot about Chris Randall's comments about why he got rid of his modular (paraphrasing: when he had the modular it became about the modular not the music)

Ignore my strangely swollen left hand - got some weird oedema crap going on - hopefully not serious, talking to the doctor about it later this week

Rain sample by the wonderful "_blank" https://soundcloud.com/null66913"

PLAY THE BARCODER

Published on Jan 29, 2020 ELECTRONICOS FANTASTICOS!

Spotted on Chris Randall's (Audio Damage & Analog Industries) Patreon page.

'Barcoder: generates sounds by connecting scan-signals of a barcode scanner directly to a powered speaker, not a cash register.
And this is a huge receipt version┃┃┃┃_ρﾞ
ー
バーコードリーダーのスキャン信号をレジではなく、スピーカーに直接接続して音を鳴らす《バーコーダー》。
そしてこれは巨大レシートバージョンです┃┃┃┃_ρﾞ
　
Created by Hideki Tanaka + Ei Wada + Nicos Orchest-Lab
Played by Ei Wada
　
Official web site ｜ https://www.electronicosfantasticos.com"

Granular Synthesis and Test Equipment Soundpack for Audio Damage Quanta

Published on Jan 21, 2020 HAINBACH

"In which I talk about the sound pack for the Audiodamage Quanta Granular Synthesizer I made from test equipment sounds.

Chris Randall of Audio Damage saw my video on the Princeton Applied Research 124A Lock-In Amplifier [2:10 here] and was impressed: he asked me if I could make a pack on basis of that machine for their synth Quanta, and I was more than happy to do that. Granular synthesis has been an old love of mine, it was even part of my masters exam back in University. Combining the test equipment with the granular tools was a perfect fit, and I was so happy with the pack that I incorporated it in my live and travel setup. In the video I describe the process, talk a bit about Quanta and go into the context of how I use these sounds personally.

Get the pack: https://www.audiodamage.com/collectio...
Chip in on Patreon: https://patreon.com/hainbach"

Also check out Wind Machine featuring an Applied Research Lock-In Amplifier by BernhardtSynthesis here. See the test equipment label for more.

chris randall - wait

Published on May 20, 2019 Chris Randall

"The live recording of wait 01 from my new single, 'wait.' The finished mixed and mastered track is available on my bandcamp page:"

ambient_02 delay_repeat: rhodes, meeblip, nanoloop, count to five, H9

Published on Sep 23, 2018 Chris Randall

"Some Sunday afternoon vibes. The Rhodes is running through the Montreal Assembly Count To Five pedal, where I grab that initial chord that provides the bed of the song. From there, to an Eventide H9 Max for some reverse delay action, and then in to the iPad.

The Gameboy (running the nanoloop mono cartridge) goes in to the Field Kit, and the Field Kit's aux output is running to a Radio Shack Reverb, and back in to the Field Kit. From there, in to the iPad.

The synth sound is coming from an original MeeBlip, which is driven via MIDI from Bram Bos' Particle MIDI plugin (part of his Rosetta suite of MIDI plugs) running on AUM, which provides the mixing duties and also hosts Audio Damage Eos 2, Rough Rider 2, Dubstation 2, and Discord 4 plugins."

Chris Randall of Audio Damage.

ambient_01 magnetosphere : dictaphone + field kit + guitar

Published on Sep 16, 2018 Chris Randall

"Two dictaphones with three tapes (field recording, Rhodes, and synth), played through the Koma Elektronic Field Kit provide the bed; the iPad provides the mixing surface and effects. Unfortunately, I can't include the iPad screen in this video, as it is running unreleased software that I'm not allowed to show. Multi-speed on the Rhodes tape and acoustic guitar provide the top layer."

New Audio Damage Quanta Granular Synthesizer

Uploaded on Jun 21, 2018 Audio Damage, Inc.

"Quanta is a ten-voice true-stereo hybrid subtractive/granular synthesizer with dual filters, four FEG (flexible EG, essentially a 99-stage totally arbitrary breakpoint generator), two FLFO (arbitrary waveshape LFO), two multi-mode filters, a virtual analog oscillator, full modulation matrix, and over 120 factory presets from yours truly [Chris Randall], Richard Devine, Joseph Fraioli, Chris Carter, and Marcus Fisher."

The iOS version will be along in approximately 2 weeks.

via Audio Damage:

HIGHLIGHTS

Granulate!
Quanta is a full-featured ten-voice true stereo granular synthesizer, with up to a hundred 1000ms grains per voice, and full control over the grain state, with direct randomization and modulation of most parameters. Drag-and-drop a sample (WAV, AIFF, Ogg, or FLAC) on to the window and go to work.

Synthesize!
With two multi-mode filters (with LP, HP, BP and notch in 2-pole and 4-pole topologies), and a "sidecar" virtual-analog oscillator and noise generator that can be used in addition to, or injected into, the grain engine, Quanta is a fully capable subtractive synth in its own right, and will work as a granular or subtractive (or both) synth without any sample at all.

Modulate!
Quanta has mod coming out its ears. First up are four of our new FEGs (Flexible Envelope Generator), a 99-point looping function generator with optional host tempo sync. Then add two arbitrary-waveshape LFOs, a multi-source sample-and-hold module, and fully user-controllable MIDI assignments, with nearly every control on the panel as a destination.

Control!
Quanta is customizable to your taste and playing style. With full MPE support, it can take advantage of the extended control set of your Linnstrument, Seaboard, Soundplane, Continuum, or other MPE controller, and support for TUN files lets you use tuning tables. The resizable Hi-DPI GUI lets you adjust the size to match your visual needs, and the cross-platform preset mechanism lets you share your creations with you.

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Meet The Makers - Chris Randall of Audio Damage

Published on Jun 8, 2018 sonicstate

Plus one on the cactus.

"Chris Randall is a regular character on the scene, hes also an interesting bloke, with previous lives including signed bandmember, touring lighting designer, record label owner and now plug-in developer, with a dash of Eurorack hardware thrown in, he's done a lot.
We met him at Superbooth and had a chat."

chris randall - exploration.05

Published on Dec 24, 2017 Chris Randall

"I was just horsing about trying to figure out routing, and recorded some simple noodles on the Linnstrument, with Madrona Labs Kaivo providing the synth sounds. Enticing rhythms via Nanoloop Mono via Eventide H9, drones and noises on the four-track (from a tape I had made for another track, natch.)

The Linnstrument and Kaivo/Aalto is a powerful combination, but it's a pain to set up in Live. Probably easier in Mainstage or Logic, but ewww."

chris randall - exploration.04

Published on Sep 18, 2017 Chris Randall

"Testing a workflow idea; iPad 12.9 2nd Gen running AUM (with Audio Damage plugins), Yamaha CS5, Nagra for the loopiness, and disembodied hands."

Audio Damage Re-Releases AD041 914 MK 2 FIXED FILTER BANK

via Chris Randall, of Audio Damage:

"Due to popular request (okay, really due to the fact that Junkie XL keeps flogging it in his YouTube channel) we are returning our venerable 914 Fixed Filterbank plugin, first released in late 2005, to our catalog.

If you're not familiar with it, 914 is a clone of the Moog 914 Fixed Filter Bank module, with some moderate context-specific extensions. This update to Mk 2 adds AAX and VST3 formats, as well as a resizable vector-based GUI, a cross-platform preset manager, and an extra control called 'OFFSET,' that will move the center frequencies of all the bands up or down 10% of their base frequency. We've also extensively reworked the summing network, and added some soft clipping here and there, as a problem with the original was the ludicrous amount of gain it could add. This was a challenge to less-experienced producers, so we've basically added some idiot-proofing."

You can find the AD041 914 MK 2 FIXED FILTER BANK here.

chris randall - visualization 001

Published on Aug 18, 2017 Chris Randall

"Eurorack modular + Max/MSP + openFrameworks = multimedia. Enjoy!"

Chris Randall of Audio Damage.

Audio Damage Grind Coming to iPad?

via @chris.randall

"Sunday afternoon coding experiment."

Listen to the album "AD035 Grind Audio Demos" by Audio Damage.

Grind is currently available as a 32/64-bit VST and VST3, 64-bit AAX for Windows 8 or greater, and as a 32/64-bit AU/VST/VST3/AAX for OSX (10.8 or greater).


"A true powerhouse of audio warfare, Grind puts the 'damage' in Audio Damage. From subtle tube-style saturation to full-on mangled wavetable distortion, Grind is a Swiss Army Knife of sound design.

Grind consists of three main blocks: wavetable lookup, in to algorithmic saturation/distortion/, and finally to a multi-mode filter. The wavetable module uses the amplitude of the incoming signal to replace the sample with one from 15 different linearly-interpolated wavetables, chosen for their mangling potential. Window size and phase controls provide further tone-shaping possibilities.

The next stop is the algorithm module, with eleven different distortion and saturation algorithms, from simple soft-knee saturation on up to full on sine warping.

After this, the signal passes through a multi-mode filter stage, with eleven different filter models to choose from, including "vintage digital" versions from the early days of plugin development, on up to our modern analog-modeled MS20-style lowpass and highpass synth filters. A tempo-synced LFO provides motion for the filter frequency, and a final stage of soft clipping and DC filtering tames the output.

Make no mistake: this is not a subtle, polite tool. With careful tuning of the provided presets, it can be tamed to normal filtering and saturation duties, but on the whole, it is a noisy, snorting beast of a plug-in, and is happiest with Full Metal audio destruction."

Superbooth 2017 - WMD New Module + Trigger Sequencer Arpitecht Overseer MSCL & More

Published on Apr 30, 2017 DivKidVideo

"Great demo of the WMD system and new module(s) at Superbooth 2017 from Tyler. There's the new metallic percussion module (not the "Crandall" despite Chris Randall's best efforts demoing it to people), Trigger Sequencer, Overseer, MSCL compressor, Arpitecht and expander and all the other action from WMD. Really great patch and demo case set up."

Superbooth 2017 - Audio Damage Eos & Enso

Published on Apr 30, 2017 DivKidVideo

"Chris Randall of Audio Damage demoing the new mega reverb Eos and the new buffer delay, looper, sampler and more that is Enso."

Audio Damage Event at Perfect Circuit Audio - Videos

Audio Damage Product Demo + Q&A

Published on Apr 10, 2017 Perfect Circuit Audio

Presentation by Chris Randall of Audio Damage
Founder/Designer
April 05, 2017
at Perfect Circuit Audio in Burbank, CA.

MATRIXSYNTH members get a %10 discount at Perfect Circuit Audio!

Baseck Live Performance at the Audio Damage Event

Published on Apr 10, 2017 Perfect Circuit Audio

Baseck Live
April 05, 2017
at Perfect Circuit Audio in Burbank, CA.

Product Demo + Q&A with Audio Damage at Perfect Circuit Audio Wed, April 5

via Perfect Circuit Audio

"Join us with @AudioDamage⠀
Product Demo + Q&A⠀
with Chris Randall
Live Performance by Baseck⠀
FREE Shapes & Spectre giveaway"

chris randall - clicks and pops

Published on Jan 10, 2017 Chris Randall

"Just a couple of minutes from the bed I'm working on this week. I'm experimenting with using gates and envelopes not attached to anything, just run straight in to the mixer. So the clicky sound sources in this video are Sequencer 1 and White Whale directly, run through effects and stuff."

chris randall - groove_experiment

Published on Dec 27, 2016 Chris Randall

"A little morning play-about."