Volume & Panning | Schlappy Patching with Stazma

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"Episode 7 for Schlappy Patching!
Today we talk volume. Might seem boring but changing the volume of a sound over time result in dynamic, and it is actualy quite awesome! Also if you can change the level of something on one side of the stereo field, you get "panning" effect, without the need of a pan pot on a stereo mixer (you need two VCAs instead). Anyway we'll explore things volume related, using a drum mahcine and some sounds generated by the Three Body, mostly using Nibbler for stepped modulations.

Have fun watching!"

Nibbler Bassline | Schlappy Patching with Stazma

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"Episode 5 for Schlappy Patching!
In this one I'm going to show you how to use the "clock divider" patch from the Nibbler manual, but at audio rate, to generate some funky basslines that are always in tune with your main VCO!
I'm also going to patch a big fat kick drum and a sidechain circuit using Interstellar Radio, 100 Grit and a few Boundary to go with these basslines.


It's going to be fun!"

00:00 Intro
00:51 Nibbler science
02:20 Let's patch the bassline
08:00 Let's patch a kick drum
09:53 Let's patch a sidechain (and jam)
12:47 Let's make the bassline an arpeggio
13:35 End tlak and more jam

NibbleKnotOne / I watched a video on the Lorre-Mill Double Knot and I shouldn't have / NIBBLER

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"Have you heard of this device? It combines a double shift register with some west-coast (lpg?) features to create simple but mesmerizing sequences of blips and bloops. I watched an Instagram reel by Sam Prekop that sounded way too nice, so I had a go at creating something similar in eurorack using Schlappi Engineering's NIBBLERS and THREE BODY.

I don't think I got anywhere close to what a Double Knot can do but these kinds of patches either end up being interesting in their own right or are the stepping stone for incremental understanding of a (new) technique."

Schlappi Engineering NIBBLER / first patch / binary for the people

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"Nibbler is used for just about everything in this patch (sequencing melodies, triggering drums and providing stepped modulation). Everything else that needs to be said is right there in the video. I kindly suggest (if you have the time and the energy) you just watch/listen first and then do a rewatch while reading the captions to get to grips with what's happening. This is just a basic patch using only the most basic functionality of both NIBBLERS but nonetheless it can get a 'bit' confusing.

Thanks to the wonderful people at Schlappi Engineering for their trust and support.

PS: Spielberg please make it happen.
PS2: Federico if you're reading this: I'll start working on the SINGOLI video soon
PS3: if you're into LPGs, you should really have a look at what Herzlich Labs is doing."

Additional NIBBLER posts

Nibbler Rungler | Schlappy Patching with Stazma EP.1

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Schlappy Patching with Stazma

"For this first episode of an hopefully long serie of Shlappy Patching (with Stazma) we will have a go at 'rungling'. Support Stazma & get some samples from this session on his Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/stazma

The Nibbler is available at respectable synthesizer retailers everywhere [see shops on the right]

00:00 Intro
01:08 'Rungler Variant' patch from the manual
09:18 Stazma's weirdo rungling
12:51 Let's sync this to a clock"

Nibbler Rhythms

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"Getting a little more into detail about ways the Nibbler can be used for generating rhythms and what happens when you modulate it with a clock divider.

0:00 Intro
0:57 Modules used and patch description
1:39 Triggering the drum brain and Async/Sync explanation
2:44 Patching up the clock divider
3:50 Simplest Nibbler Rhythm (disco?)
4:55 Combining clocked Nibbler and clock divider
8:41 adding the second Nibbler
10:55 Let's speed it up again...

The Nibbler overview video should probably be watched first (though there is some overlap)"

Nibbler Overview

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"The Nibbler is a module about exploring the musicality of counting in binary."

SCHLAPPI ENGINEERING Introduces Nibbler Four Bit Digital Accumulator Module

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"The Nibbler is a module about exploring the musicality of counting in binary."

Meet the Nibbler by Schlappi Engineering

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An introduction to the Nibbler by Schlappi Engineering

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"**This is technically a preorder but modules should ship by the end of the year, we should also have pictures of the silver version by Dec 18th**

The Nibbler is a four bit digital accumulator based on CMOS logic. This means that it counts in binary from zero to fifteen, with inputs and outputs for individual bits as well as stepped voltage outputs (digital to analog converters). It does this with individual logic chips instead of a CPU.

The concept here is that counting in binary (and its expression in bits) is inherently musical, and with slow clock speeds we can use it to create both rhythms and modulation voltages (or melodies). At audio rate we can generate subharmonics and modem-like sounds (or noise).

Features

5 rhythmically related gate outputs (or audio rate square waves)
2 stepped voltage outputs
Second stepped voltage has selectable phase offset
Cherry MX Brown switch for reset
4 gate inputs for modulation
Chainable using carry in and out
Reset input can be used as hard sync at audio rate
Subtract input can add variation to sequences
Synchronous and asynchronous output modes
Shift register functionality
CMOS logic deisgn
12 HP
Skiff friendly 28mm depth (35mm including cables)
POWER DRAW: +12V 37mA, -12V 17mA"

Eric Schlappi and Bastien Lavaud - Orbital Mirrors

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"Part of an improvisational audiovisual jam session between Eric Schlappi and Bastien Lavaud on August 26th in Grenoble, France, lightly edited afterwards.

Audio is Eric Schlappi using a prototype of the Nibbler as a crude sequencer and another Nibbler at audio rate dividing down the lead synths frequency to create the bassline. The lead is a Three Body and the Kick is formed with the Angle Grinder and Boundary modules. There are also some overdubbed blasts of noise using a Nibbler at audio rate with the shift register functionality.

Video is Bastien Lavaud using a mix of @syntonie1487 (including the upcoming Solaire and Seuils modules) and @lzxindustries video modules as well as some video feedback through a camera.

Please watch in the highest available quality as compression is quite harsh on the video synthesis methods used.
Syntonie
https://syntonie.fr/

Eric Schlappi
https://ericschlappi.bandcamp.com/

Schlappi Engineering
https://schlappiengineering.com/"

DIY digital controlled analog monophonic synthesizer

Published on Jan 28, 2018 merlin07756

"This is a demonstration of my homebrewn monophonic analog synthesizer. It's based on a modded PAiA Fatman tied to an Arduino Mega. The keyboard is salvaged from an old M-Audio Keystation 49, the front panel was designed in Inkscape and printed online.

Features:

* monophonic
* 2 Sawtooth VCOs (more to come)
* 1 software based LFO (five waveforms) which controls filter envelope
* Creamy 12db low-pass filter (HP/BP yet to come)
* ADSR and filter envelope
* built in delay and distortion effects
* Arpeggiator and sequencer (latched and transposable of course)
* MIDI control and sync
* modwheel controls pitch based by LFO
* 4x20 LCD for control of the digital parameters


I've got the idea from https://sites.google.com/site/nibbler... - check him out :)

The synth is still not finished. I want to add minimum one VCO, a ring modulator, second LFO and some more modules. Also there are some nasty software bugs (especially with the arpeggiator and timing in general) which have to be resolved...

To be continued..."