Serge Creature controlled by cardboard box

YouTube via JargMarbin.

video response to EVI Serge by vgermuse. Also see these.

"This is a cardboard box with a contact-mic ($1 piezo buzzer) controlling a Serge Creature. It's essentially the same patch I used on the previous video using the HSS2, except I have an oscillator controlling the VC GAIN at the begining to get a tighter sound. If you look closely you should see the brightness of the green light increase after a trigger pulse is received; since the decay of this oscillator is set long, it only can receive a trigger pulse once in a given interval (the first knob adjustment shortens it). Later in the vid voltage is removed from VC GAIN and the sound gets crazier."

Serge Creature controlled by audio from Hardware Software Synth 2 from Gijs Gieskes


"I realize it sounds really crazy, that's the point of this demonstration. I'm sure my neighbors hate me. The left channel is the sound of the Serge Creature (Sound Transform Systems). The right channel is the output from the Hardware Software Synth 2 (HSS2) (http://gieskes.nl). The audio input from the HSS2 is removed from the Creature several times begining at 2:39 to demonstrate the constant pitch of the oscillators without input from the HSS2. The audio output of the HSS2 is being piped into the Creature at the filter's TRIG input and AGC IN, and at the the oscillator's TRIG input. The Creature's black OUT jack is feeding back into the HSS2, which is making it's own sounds and applying effects to the incoming signal, before routing to an amplified mixer and coming back to the aforementioned connections on the Creature. The Creature's 1/4" output jack carries the signal you hear in the video."

Gijs Gieskes HSS2, 2009 Hand Made by Tony Light of Leploop

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"Gijs Gieskes, sound artist from Holland develop the Hard Soft Synth, noise synth diy project.
I've build it some time ago, I've add our analog 12 db low pass filter and made a custom painted wood box, single piece.
Specification:

Sound
- synth engine lookup tables.
- 7 selectable instrument.
- 3 audio processi efx, chopper, ring mod, legato bit.
- monophonic.
Sequencer
- runs from internal clock. trigger or plays random.
- 8 steps.
- 5 track, 32 step seq.
- 8 pattern banks.
- save\load patterns.
- record single step.
ext. connections
- mono audio in\out
- trigger in\out"

Demo in the listing previously posted here.

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Gieskes HSS3G synthesizer

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"Synth arduino build by Gieskes."

These are pretty rare as far as I am aware. Gieskes' work has been featured numerous times here on MATRIXSYNTH over the years, but the HSS3G has only been featured only once before now, and the HSS2G only three times. There was also an HSS2 and HSS2e. Click through the links for videos of each.

HSS2e Bonus4&5 instructions

YouTube via ggijs | July 26, 2010

"1. program bonus4
2. program bonus5
3. hss2 bonus4 and bonus5 with boss dd-5

http://gieskes.nl/shop/#HSS2e"