יזהר אשדות - קמבודיה ◉ Izhar Ashdot - Cambodia

Published on Apr 23, 2018 יזהר אשדות Izhar Ashdot

via Supporting MATRIXSNTH member Izhar Ashdot

"'Cambodia' is a track from my forthcoming album, It is based on a modular patch and includes only Eurorack modules and Rona Kenan’s beautiful voice.

The lead melody was created using the Music Thing Turing Machine and Radio Music.

I edited the video from Super-8 footage that my late dad shot in Cambodia where we lived in the late 1960’s. I was 9 years old."

video description:

"קליפ חדש של יזהר אשדות מתוך האלבום החדש שלו שעומד לצאת בקרוב
זמרת אורחת: רונה קינן | Guest Vocalist: Rona Kenan

יזהר אשדות: לחן, עיבוד, נגינה וחיווט של מערכת סינטיסייזר מודולרי.
רונה קינן: שירה
הפקה מוזיקלית: יזהר אשדות ומשה לוי

◎ ספוטיפי: https://goo.gl/sTBRxo
◎ אפל מיוזיק: https://goo.gl/vueuwo

יזהר בפייסבוק: https://www.facebook.com/iashdot
יזהר באינסטגרם: https://www.instagram.com/izhar_ashdot"

Izhar's Fellow Travellers: with Tony Rolando of Make Noise

Published on Jan 4, 2019 יזהר אשדות Izhar Ashdot

"**Turn on CC for English Subtitles**

Israeli music producer and modular synths evangelist Izhar Ashdot meets Tony Rolando, founder of modular synths company Make Noise, in Berlin.

'During the 2017 Superbooth synths trade show, we sat down in the green park outside the exhibition building until the rain drove us to a tiny children's playground.
We talked about synths, musicians, Moog vs. Buchla and the past, present and future of modular'"

A Digital Guy in an Analog World בחור דיגיטלי בעולם אנלוגי

Published on Feb 1, 2017 Izhar Ashdot

Click on CC on the bottom right of the player for subtitles.

"Israeli musician and record producer Izhar Ashdot talks about 35 years of working with synthesisers, moving away from them and their recent return to his creative process via the Eurorack Modular system.

Izhar talks about creativity, working alone and collaborating with other musicians, about fear and how to get around it.
יזהר אשדות מספר על 35 שנות עבודה עם סינטיסייזרים, ההתרחקות מהם והחזרה שלהם ליצירה שלו בשנה האחרונה. יזהר מדבר על יצירתיות, על עבודה לבד ובשותפות עם מוזיקאים אחרים, על החששות ועל ההתגברות עליהם.'

Agitato - A Modular Etude 11.12.1

Published on Dec 12, 2017 Izhar Ashdot

"Agitato - A Modular Etude by Izhar Ashdot

Making music on a Modular Synthesizer teaches me how to lose some of my self criticism.
When I write songs in the "conventional" way, with a guitar or piano, I tend to be self judgmental and critical over the result, but when I work with the Modular system, I easily get into a state of "flow", where I disconnect from the surroundings and move into a meditative state of creativity.
I created dozens of pieces of music this way, most of them remain on the proverbial cutting room floor, but some of them are good enough to be developed into a complete piece of music.
Here's a piece I created in a two hour session yesterday and edited the video last night.
Will I continue developing it or will it gather dust in my digital storage area? Only time will tell.
Headphones or speakers recommended, preferably loud.

Featuring:
The Turing Machine II
Korg EX800 (Modded)
TipTop Z8000 Sequencer
DIY Bass Drum
DIY LPG & Doepfer A-118 Noise (The Snare)
Omsonic Pixel Dust HiHat
Obstacle Avoidance IR Sensor
Radio Music Sampler Module
Bastl Little Nerd
Blue Lantern CMOS Party
Eowave Envelope
Sputnik Mixer
Arturia BeatStepPro


© 2017 Izhar Ashdot"

Future Drums - Selonoid Grooves

Published on Jan 24, 2017 Izhar Ashdot

Side note: The bass is a Roland SH09, running from a Turing Machine clocked by the Beatstep Pro.

"A sequence of drum grooves, played by three DIY selonoids, driven by the Bastl Selonoid Eurorack module, programmed on the Arturia Beatstep Pro and Bastl Little Nerd.

Design and Programming: Izhar Ashdot, Assembly: Dudu Levi, Recording: Gal Cohen.

In Memory of Jaki Liebezeit"

Can the Can Rough6 by Izhar Ashdot aka Izash

A live modular Jam by Izhar Ashdot, mixed on the fly.

DIY State of things: A Brief Tour of Izhar Ashdot's Modular Rig

Published on Jun 24, 2019 Izhar Ashdot Sound & Vision

"A new module I finished building is a good opportunity to show how my DIY modular modules work together with the commercial Eurorack modules and to demonstrate to those who don't use modular how a typical 'Patch' looks and sounds. I recommend using headphones or good stereo speakers.

808 Kick veroboard
PT2399 DIY Delay video: [2nd video here]

אתמול סיימתי לבנות מכשיר חדש וחשבתי שזו הזדמנות טובה להדגים איך המכשירים תוצרת עצמית
משתלבים עם המכשירים הקנויים ובכלל, איך נראה ונשמע ׳פץ׳׳ מודולרי טיפוסי.
אני ממליץ להקשיב לסרטון באוזניות או ברמקולים טובים, ב-HD כמובן.
אתם מוזמנים להגיב, להציק בשאלות או סתם מילה טובה"

Color Sensor Sequencer - 1st Test

video by Izhar Ashdot Sound & Vision

"Sensors are such sensitive creatures. They smell, see, hear, feel movement, recognize direction and even differentiate between colors! I chose the TCS-230 color sensor (1.50$ on eBay) to try and create sounds with it and control the synthesizer using color. Preliminary results are promising, here is a bass sequence created in response to a video of alternating colors, receiving external clock from the modular system."

Also see The All-Dancing Accelero-Gyro DIY Triple CV Controller, and more from Izhar Ashdot Sound & Vision here.

Izhar Ashdot: The Amazing Journey of my Doepfer A-100

Published on Jul 19, 2017 Izhar Ashdot

"The last installment of my series on meeting the makers of Eurorack at Superbooth 2017 in Berlin.
I brought my out of tune Doepfer A-110 with me, in the hope of handing it to Dieter Doepfer personally to be tuned at the Doepfer factory.
Here's the story of my A-110."

Shake it like a servo motor!

Published on Nov 21, 2018 יזהר אשדות Izhar Ashdot

"Shake it like a servo motor!
I’ve been playing with the idea of controlling Percussion instruments with servo motors as part of my modular setup.
I failed to build my own voltage to PWM circuit but finally found on EBay a cheap three channel voltage-to-PWM board, designed for RC models.
I built a small module around it.
I bought a few kinds of servo motors to test which would work best. Even the cheaper ones had enough torque to shake a tambourine and a LP shaker.
A strong vise was necessary to keep the instruments from spinning and flying across the room.
This video is a proof of concept. I hope soon to integrate this module into my music making setup."

via this auction

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Eurorack? MediterraneaRack!

Published on Apr 11, 2017 Izhar Ashdot

"As a modular patch I was working on started getting a Greek/Balkan flair, in walked Dudu Levi, my guitar tech, modular partner in crime and a fine musician. Few people know that Dudu is fluent in the Greek/mediterranean guitar style.

I asked him to put down the soldering iron and pick up his guitar, and this is the resulting jam, mixed live as we were playing and edited down from 29 minutes.

The main melody is played with the Radio Music module with new Chords firmware, going through a CVfied Boss Overdrive pedal."

Eurorack Case DIY Bus Strip Board

video upload by Izhar Ashdot Sound & Vision

"Make your Eurorack Flying Bus Cables more robust with a 3D printed board.

3D printer STL File: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:591..."

3 Solenoids, 2 Servos, 1 floor Tom.

video by יזהר אשדות Izhar Ashdot

"My new Prusa Mini 3D printer allowed me to refine my solenoid and servo drum robots.
Gear used: Beatstep Pro sequencer, Bastl Eurorack solenoid module, DIY servo motor driver, DIY Solenoid and Servo beaters, one old Floor Tom."

The Cheapest Drum Module

Published on Oct 7, 2017 Izhar Ashdot

"This is probably the cheapest drum module available.
It's based on an ATtiny85 chip, the code was written by Jan Ostman [of DSP Synthesizers] and it's open source.
All you have to do is build it!"

DIY Modular - Eurorack w/ Izhar Ashdot Sound & Vision

Published on Jun 22, 2019

Turn on CC for English subtitles.

Playlist:

1. White Noise! Drums & Percussion from a cheap Ebay module.

"White Noise is a basic ingredient in the creation of electronic musical instruments, especially drums and percussion.

In my Ebay hikes, I found this small and dirt cheap (1.30$) kit that makes healthy white noise and I headed on to make some sounds with it.

Connect the Vactrol in place of resistors R4 or R5, for different effects.
For Modular output level, replace resistor R3 with a value of 8-10K ohms.

רעש לבן הוא מרכיב בסיסי בהרבה מהסאונד של כלי נגינה אלקטרונים, בעיקר בתופים והקשה.
במסגרת שיטוטיי באיביי, מצאתי קיט קטנטן וזול בטירוף שמייצר רעש לבן.

הקיט באיביי: https://ebay.to/2MVUQa4
להגביר את עוצמת הרעש לשימוש במערכת מודולרית: החליפו את נגד R3 בנגד עם ערך של 8-10K.
את הואקטרול חברו במקום אחד הנגדים R4 או R5. הסאונד שונה בכל אחד מהם.
המוזיקה בסרטון: https://soundcloud.com/izh-ash/can-th..."

2. 2399: Building a DIY Delay Module

This video shows the process of making a Eurorack Delay module using a PT2399 chip.
Using a self built musical instrument is so much fun!

Strip board Layout for my module

3. A DIY Clock Divider Groove

You can program drums without a sequencer!
A clock divider is a module which creates various divisions of an input clock, the rhythmic base of the system.
I built a module using two cute chips:
The CD4040 divides the clock in multiple of 2: 2, 4 ,8 ,16 ,32 ,64 , 128 etc.
The CD4022 is a simple counter. By deciding how far it counts, we can create more interesting divisions, like 3, 5, 6, 7 etc.
Each division triggers a different drum module, which creates a lovely automatic rhythm.

אפשר לתכנת תופים ללא סיקוונסר!
מחלק שעון (עברית שפה קשה), או Clock Divider הוא סוג של מודוּל שיוצר חלוקות שונות של קלוק, שהוא הבסיס הריתמי של המערכת.
בניתי קלוק דיוויידר (עדיין ללא פאנל) שמורכב משני שבבים חמודים. ה-CD4040 מחלק ל-2,4,8,16,64,256, וכן הלאה ואילו ה-CD4022 פשוט סופר קדימה. ניתן להחליט עד כמה הוא סופר ואז לגרום לו לחזור לתחילת הספירה. כך אנחנו מחלקים את הקלוק למספרים מעניינים יותר...
כל אחת מהחלוקות נשלחת למודול אחר של תוף אלקטרוני וכך נוצר לו מקצב אוטומטי אך מגניב!

4. Chasing Diodes - The perfect Distortion Diode Circuit showdown

A comparison of 10 different clipping circuits on a cheap solid state amp with a Marshall 1912 1x12 Cabinet.
1N4001 & 2x 1N4001 (Asymmetric)
1N4004 & 2x 1N4004 (Asymmetric)
2x Orange LEDs
Bypass
2x 1N4148
2x Blue LEDs
MPF102 JFET & 2N5457 JFET (Asymmetric)
2x КП303И Russian JFETs
2x BAT-85 Schottkey diodes
КП303И Russian JFET & Orange LED (Asymmetric)
1N4148 diode & J201 JFET (Asymmetric)

5. Adding a Bluetooth input to the Studio Console

This happens all the time!
I meet a musician in my studio and he wants to play me a demo from his phone.
I start looking for a cable to connect to the patchbay, only to realize that it's a new iPhone with no analog audio connector.
A friend who builds studio monitor panels told me he started incorporating a Bluetooth input so I decided to add one to my Control 24 console.
I strolled down to Ebay and found a BT 4.0 module, built a steady power supply and connected it to the patchbay instead of the defunct CD player.
It's compressed audio, but hey, it gets the idea across!
זה קורה כל הזמן.
מוזיקאי שאני פוגש באולפן שלי רוצה להשמיע לי סקיצה מהטלפון שלו ואני מתחיל לחפש כבל כדי לחבר את הנייד שלו למערכת שלי. אם מדובר באייפון 7 ומעלה, אז בכלל אין על מה לדבר כי אין לו בכלל חיבור לכבל אודיו!
איציק אליהו הגאון סיפר שבקופסאות המוניטור החדשות שלו הוא משלב חיבור בלוטוס, איזה רעיון מבריק!
החלטתי שאני מוסיף בלוטוס לקונסולה שלי.
כהרגלי, פסעתי לאיביי ומצאתי שם מודול בלוטוס 4.0 ב-7.5 ש״ח. בניתי מעגל קטן סביבו עם אספקה יציבה של 5V וחיברתי אותו לקונסולה במקום הקומפקט דיסק שכבר מזמן שבק חיים.
זו אמנם דאטה מקומפרסת אבל זה עובד!

6. The Pseudo Random Sequencer
7. The Midi to Gate from Down Under

The Pseudo-Random CD4028-4040 Sequencer

Published on Jan 24, 2019 יזהר אשדות Izhar Ashdot

"This is a DIY Eurorack module (work in progress) using two CMOS chips, creating lovely Pseudo-Random sequences
A CD4040 clock divider's outputs feed the four binary inputs of a CD4028 BCD to Decimal converting chip, creating pseudo-random sequences, depending on different CD4040 outputs feeding different CD4028 BCD inputs.
input-output patching is done with a mini patchbay on the module.

Participating Eurorack modules: Ladik QUantizer, Tiptop Z3000 VCO, Z2040 Filter, DIY Envelope, DIY 606 Kick, Omsonic Pixeldust HH."

Converting a Cheap Ebay Preamp to a Voltage Controlled Eurorack Filter and VCA

Published on Sep 3, 2017 Izhar Ashdot

"This is a cheap LM1036 preamp kit from Ebay [you can find them here]. It has Volume, Bass, Treble and Loudness controls.
I made it to work with Eurorack by adding input trim and CV control for Bass, Treble and Volume, making it a VCA and automated filter.
It's a fun little project, adding dynamics and punch to drum loops."

2399: Building a DIY Delay Module

Published on Dec 24, 2017 Izhar Ashdot

"Turn on CC for English subtitles.
This video shows the process of making a Eurorack Delay module using a PT2399 chip.
Using a self built musical instrument is so much fun!"

Converting a Wah Wah Pedal to Eurorack

A Pedal split in two: Converting a Wah Wah pedal to an Expression pedal and a Eurorack module

Published on Mar 24, 2018 יזהר אשדות Izhar Ashdot

"I gutted a Vox V847 Wah Wah pedal to use the chassis as an Expression pedal and modded the electronics to form a separate Eurorack Wah module."

How to Control modular synths with ChatGPT

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"Will ChatGPT make us lazier musicians, or can it allow us to master new instruments and even new professions without investing in years of study?
I continue my affair with ChatGPT and check if I can use it to program audio devices and create musical instruments despite my minimal knowledge of programming.
Watch the video, but hold on tight to your jaws, because they might drop!

Created by Izhar Ashdot"