Soundmit 2019: JoMoX Resonator Neuronium

Published on Nov 4, 2019 Ask.Audio

"The JoMoX Resonator Neuronium is back for a limited time and in limited quantities. Jurgen Michaelis shows us around this gorgeous machine at Soundmit 2019, Turin, Itlay."

New Jomox T-Rackonizer Eurorack Module

via Jomox

"Eurorack complex time-woven filter matrix.

The T-Rackonizer transforms timely events into an analog feedbacked filter network.

The T-Rackonizer is the eurorack successor of our very sucessful T-Resonator which did very well over the past 7 years. It has been the least possible implementation of the former experimental filter network synthesizer called „Resonator Neuronium". The number of 6 nodes had been reduced to only two filter nodes - but still this structure offers a tremendous variety of sounds.
The module contains 2 analog T-ladder moog-like filters and a digital delay.

Not only can these two filters being controlled by cutoff and resonance - they can be feedbacked negatively or positively to itself or even across the partner filter by the mix knobs. Also they can be feedbacked across a digital delay/reverb chip which is literally woven into the signal path.

On the T-Rackonizer, the feedback and cutoff controls can be CV-controlled. Once you insert a CV cable into the CV jacks, the corresponding internal control knob (e. g. Cutoff) acts as an amount to the external CV. Without CV input, the control knobs work across the internal range.

The filters are made from discreete parts and form a 24 dB pole lowpass filter transistor cascade.

You can select 8 different algorithms, each with different delays, wave guides or structures and different feedbacks and modulate them even with an LFO.

Delays reach from less than a millisecond to 1 second, range and structure is depending on the algorithm.

These capabilities let you create evolving analog tape echoes, "klingon parties" by extremely feedbacked wave guide algorithm and much more.
By the analog feedback everything sounds organic.
The screaming analog feedbacks can delay themselves and thereby form new sound patterns.

The sine LFO gets retriggered by the audio signal and can be shaped with the audio envelope or just run alone.
In center position the amount is 0, to the left it's envelope-shaped LFO, to the right it's only LFO.

Incredible bass gains or screaming scratch sounds are no problem. Positive feedbacks create distorting bass enhancements or low feedback tones without applying a signal.
The mix pots are zeroed in center position; any other angle will couple or feedback negatively or positively.
The external CV inputs work from 0 to 5 volts. At maximum amount (corresponding control knob open fully clockwise), a voltage of 2.5 volts represents the center position of the control. This is very useful for usage with most of the external CV sequencers available.

The input has an adjustable gain and a Hi-Z input to plug in a guitar directly. Any line level signal can be processed, be it either mono or stereo.

The T-Rackonizer will be availabe in May 2015."

Jomox Resonator Neuronium Mutation with Mike

YouTube via bigcitymusic

"Here is a good example of the mutation function of the Neuronium. You can hear the sound "mutate", adding bits and changing sequences on it's own."

NAMM: NAMM 2009 - Evolution of a Neuronium patch

YouTube via bigcitymusic
"Here is Jürgen Michaelis at the Big City Music booth on Friday at NAMM. Jürgen is the man behind Jomox, the analogue synth & drum machine manufacturer.

Jürgen originally created the Resonator Neuronium as an "art" project, but ended up building several dozen more for others. It became apparent that other open-minded musicians appreciate his very unique form of art. We surely do!

www.bigcitymusic.com"

jomox / jayemsonic neuronium 2001 noise performance frankfurt

YouTube Uploaded by Moogulator on Jul 25, 2011

"a very early concert by J.Michaelis with the first Resonator Neuronium, not enough light for digital cameras that time, so just for "the record".."

Neurotica

via David Kronemyer where you will find a link to the track.

"Here is a song I recorded at a colleague’s studio entitled “Neurotica.” It showcases the fabulous Resonator Neuronium designed by Jürgen Michaelis. It was all sequenced in real time except the bass part which I overdubbed later. The Neuronium comes in at bar 13 after the synth intro. Length is 1:50 so it won’t take that long to become intrigued by the possibilities presented by this unique device."

Filtered Neuronium

YouTube via arrowbang
"Sherman Filterbank 2 + Schippmann ebbe und flut + Jomox Resonator Neuronium"

Jomox Sampleshop

via the Jomox Sampleshop
"We had this idea since quite some time - now it turns into reality.

Since 15 years we at Jomox build electronic sound producers. Meanwhile, some products have become history or can't be produced any more. Or they are too expensive for many musicians and keep an unreachable dream. For instance, instruments like SunSyn and Resonator Neuronium have only been produced in small quantities. Almost daily we get inquiries of people that we have to discourage because these instruments are not available any more.

In order to bring these instruments to a broader base of users and sound fetishists, we have decided to offer a sample download store. Here you can purchase high quality samples of these instruments for fair prices directly from the manufacturer.

The instruments that are used for sampling are of course in A1 condition and hand calibrated and selected, in technical and soundwise best condition - because they are build here.

The libraries will evolve and being expanded in future. Now the collection is tiny, but it will grow. There will also be loops and unusual sound bites, since individuality is our potential.

You can purchase smaller packs or even participate from sound producers or experimental synths that maybe never reach a serial production. And you don't need to purchase an expensive sampling CD with preproduced kinds of styles containing hundreds of samples only for the one special used sound.

The Jomox Sampleshop sound files are only offered for download - physical media packs with DVDs or BlueRay for shipping are not being produced.

Payment is very user-friendly with our payment provider ClickandBuy. Almost all Credit/EC-Cards or IBAN bank transfers are accepted and are perfomed via SSL secure data transactions.

After confirmed payment you are rerouted into the shop system and checked for download in your user account. The files can be downloaded for 3 days after purchase, then the download is cancelled.

We wish you lots of joy,
Jürgen Michaelis,
Jomox GmbH"

Jomox Resonator Neuronium Michaelis Resonant Neuron Analog Synthesizer Reissue

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"This is a rare reissue and is in excellent near mint shape and fully functional. Very hard to find, nothing else quite like it. Don't miss out!

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Jomox Resonator Neuronium Pt 3 with Mike

YouTube via bigcitymusic. Parts 1 and 2 here.
"Ok. Here is part 3 of the "Freqtones" trilogy. Read more about this machine and it's origin at jayemsonic.com"

Jomox Resonator Neuronium Pt 2 with Mike

YouTube via bigcitymusic. $3,749.00 Part 1 here.

JoMox Resonator NEURONIUM Michaelis Synthesizer w/ Original Box

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Demo video in the listing previously posted here.

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Resonator Neuronium

YouTube via katavist. via Nusonica.
"after omegaattraktors very nice clips, here's my contribution. the text and the illustration at the end is taken from the jayemsonic website. in case you wonder why the hell no one's tweaking knobs for longer periods of time, that is because of the mutations happening inside the synth, i.e. the machine is playing itself... thanks and full respect to juergen michaelis who built this wonderful instrument!"

Synthesizer Meeting - Bluesynths 2009, Kufstein by Moogulator

YouTube via Moogulator of sequencer.de
video titles (remember you can forward through each):
Synthesizer Meeting - Bluesynths 2009, Kufstein
Synthesizer Meeting - Bluesynths 2009, Kufstein
Synthesizer Meeting - Bluesynths 2009, Kufstein
GRP A8 Synthesizer Demo
Bluesynths Meeting 2009 Überblick/Overview
ARP2600 Synthesizer
Bluesynths Meeting 2009 Part B
Bluesynths Part B
EEF Modular Synthesizer
Resonator Neuronium

Jomox - Jürgen Michaelis @ SUPERBOOTH 19

Published on May 10, 2019 Superbooth Official

"It's all about sound.

Creating sound scapes with Jomox gear."

Resonator Neuronium

Jayemsonic Filtonium

From the maker of the Resonator Neuronium, Jürgen Michaelis.
"The Filtonium came up by the idea to make again a "real" musical instrument without Midi and without keys or buttons. The soundproduction actually consists from a filter (which gave it the name), which can be excited by various kinds and thus serves as an oscillator, filter and VCA in one thing.

Three of these filters make the Filtonium a trichord, each of which can be played in tonal with the fingers on those metal sticks (sliders) similar to a string of a violin. There is no frets or quantisation! It's up to be played...

The excitation can be played by pressure and velocity sensitive pads on the corpus with three fingers of the right hand.

You can also use the bow function with the middle short slider to bow the filters like a violin string. Herewith, innumerable many shades of musical attacks are possible.

The three knobs adjust the resonance begin, the cross modulation of all three filters and the main volume. Because they don't have to be tweaked that much, they are placed at a less prominent location on the corpus.

The three "string" slider can be tuned individually by the fine trimmers at the end of the neck. Thus, open tunings, unisono, but also classic guitar(4th) or violin (5th) tunings ar possible.

Each slider has an interval of an octave.

The tonal scaling across the way of the slider is "linear" or hyperbolic (1/x) as for a real string instrument, because it is determined by quotients. The whole way is an octave, two thirds a 5th, a quart is a 4th, one third a -3rd etc.

So, to get tonal intervals, one has to play "logarithmic" scales like on the fret grid of a guitar (always the shorter to the corpus). All musicians playing string instruments are very familiar to playing like this, and an intervalwise linear grid (piano) would cause more difficulties and confusion.

With this, the typical exponentializing of the control voltage (like Volt/Octave) is not neccessary and would not cause further inaccuracys and temperature drifts like with normal synth VCOs.

The idea came in 1997, during talks with industrial designer Frank Dellen about the finish designs of AirBase99 and SunSyn. He took my conception and made a design and ergonomic study at the university GH Essen during his his study.

Now he gave me the model with his kind permission, to let this nice concept just be published and not forgotten in our minds."

via the bigcitymusic blog.

resonator neuronium cake

via Mike Dobler on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Jomox Resonator Neuronium

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JOMOX RESONATOR NEURONIUM SN 003 Electric Blue for $12,990

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Update via edorc in the comments: "Juergen sells them for 5.000.- new again!!!"

Pics vid the following listings:

via this auction, also on eBay. Or you can grab SN 025 for $10,000.

"Cylinder ribbon strips and glass dome not included, but you can add it yourself from the six audio outputs.

Strangest, most curious, eclectic synthesizer of amazing sounds."

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Resonator Neuronium 5 - One long session (Mutations 2)

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