A Brief History of the Bouncing Ball patch

video upload by MAKEN0ISE

"A cult-favorite patch from the original Maths manual, the "Bouncing Ball" has been a source of inspiration and exploration for years!

This video— hosted by Pete from the Make Noise Instagram channel— takes a look at the history of the Bouncing Ball patch through interviews with Tony Rolando and walkthroughs of its various incarnations.

Timestamps for the video's sections are below— enjoy!

0:00 Introduction to the Bouncing Ball patch
0:56 Interview with Tony Rolando about his inspirations for the initial Maths patch ideas
2:01 A walkthrough of the original (2009) Bouncing Ball patch
8:08 Interview with Tony Rolando about his inspirations for the Bouncing Ball patch
10:56 A walkthrough of the updated (2013) Bouncing Ball patch
13:33 Suggestions for ways to expand the 2013 Bouncing Ball patch
15:11 A walkthrough of the Bouncing Ball patch on an 0-Coast
18:12 Interview with Tony Rolando about recent musical examples featuring a Bouncing Ball effect
19:02 Interview with Tony Rolando about the legacy of the Bouncing Ball patch
23:02 Conclusions"

http://www.makenoisemusic.com

Synth Design Podcast // E.10 // Tony Rolando, Make Noise

video upload by Synthux Academy

"Co-edited with Teunis Marseille, who's also responsible for the motion graphics and music you're hearing on every episode. Check out his work here: www.instagram.com/teueunis

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Make Noise interfaces are like a riddle. They remind me of minimalistic art pieces from the early 20th century - inviting you to question geometric compositions of mysterious lines and shapes. These instruments purposefully do not give a straight answer but hint towards a direction one could take.

This is a deliberate design decision that aims to shape the way musicians use a Make Noise instrument.

The design invites a particular kind of composer - one that will dare to explore an untrodden path, in the search for exceptional sounds and performance along the way. The interface is like a guide, a map of sorts, that can be read in various ways.

The Strega, in particular, is interesting because of its unconventional signal path. This is not your traditional "voice", to say the least. Placing the delay/reverb in the center of the circuit directly affects the interaction with the instrument and the kind of sounds that will come out of it.

In this conversation, we dive into the challenges of designing an instrument like the Strega - a synthesizer that was made in close collaboration with artist Alessandro Cortini."

Mimeophon Feedback

video by Todd Barton

"Two patch cables and some slow knob turning. Monitors and a subwoofer would be ideal. If you choose headphones be aware that this is feedback and at a couple of places it will bite you :-) Enjoy! Oh . . . and bravo Tom Erbe and Tony Rolando!
https://www.makenoisemusic.com/module...
My Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/synthtodd"

Make Noise Strega | Episode 05 | Patches from the Manual

video by Cinematic Laboratory

"For this episode, I wanted to let you hear the numerous patches which are documented in Strega's manual. There are patches from Alessandro C, Tony Rolando, Peter Speer, Walker Farrell, Sarah Belle Reid, LightBath, Jake (Pugh?) and Tim Held. I realized I didn't leave much space for 'Bare Strega' in my previous videos, so this was a very cool way to let you hear it 'as intended'."

Podcast 352: Anthony Rolando (Make Noise Music)

video by 20Objects

"For my audience, Anthony Rolando probably needs no introduction. As the product designer at Make Noise Music, his work is found in almost every modular system you’ll run across. From his earliest designs (such as the Maths) to his latest (like the Morphagene), he’s helping to define the future of modular systems.

Recently, Make Noise has come out with a new standalone device – the Strega. This is a remarkable system-in-a-box that includes integrated effects and tone generation, and is particularly focused on live play. As a collaboration with Alessandro Cortini, the Strega is a deep, opinionated view on noise/sound manipulation, and launches a new perspective on what an ‘instrument’ is all about.

In our discussion, we dive into depth on the development of the Strega, Tony’s personal musical adventures, and a bunch of follow-up from our previous podcast (https://artmusictech.libsyn.com/podca...​). As with any discussion with Tony, it was revealing, challenging and inspiring.

Enjoy!

Transcription available at http://www.darwingrosse.com/AMT/trans...​"

Knob Twiddlers Hangout #41 - Alessandro Cortini, Drumcell, Tony Rolando, Speedy J

video by STOOR

TFoM2020 ONLINE / 5 Exclusive Interviews

Playlist:
Tony Rolando / Make Noise TFoM2020 exclusive interview（full length）
Dan Green / 4ms Company TFoM2020 Online exclusive interview（full length）
Joshua Holley / Malekko Heavy Industry TFoM2020 Online exclusive interview（full length）
Richard Devine interview for TFoM2020 ONLINE
Anthony Baldino Interview for TFoM 2020 ONLINE

Tokyo Festival of Modular 2020 ONLINE

Playlist:

1. TFoM2020 ONLINE

Tokyo Festival of Modular 2020 ONLINE
TFoM 2020 online
11月14日（土）　20:00 ~
※ チャンネル登録すると便利です。
Patch the World for Peace !
Featuring Exclusive Interview :
Richard Devine
Anthony Baldino
Tony Rolando | Make Noise
Joshua Holley | Malekko Heavy Industry
Dan Green | 4ms Company
Émilie Gillet | Mutable Instruments
and more !!
live:
Julia Bondar | ENDORPHIN.ES
※イベントの内容は変更になる可能性があります
※番組は事前収録し、編集した番組として放映いたします。

Tokyo Festival of Modular
Dave Skipper
HATAKEN
Hiroto Takeuchi / SARAAM
Roberto / Ipnoteca

Clockface Modular Rintaro
FiveG Hirai
Meeting of Modular Z_Hyper

撮影 Ayako Mino
翻訳 Wakaba Kimura 他

2. DOEPFER demonstration by Dieter Doepfer
3. Endorphin es QUEEN OF PENTACLES Master new
4. Kilpatrick / Neon Captain Radiator demo
5. Looptrotter Radek demonstration TFOM 2020

MAKEN0ISE Office Hours with guest host TONY ROLANDO, Thursday September 17th

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Make Noise Launches a Make Noize Zine

via Make Noise

"The first issue of the Make Noise zine is here! Free to download, it features interviews with Tony Rolando and Make Noise Records artist Evan Caminiti, as well as a patch breakdown of the "Landline Blues" entry from our VC Environments series on Instagram. Enjoy!"

Screenshots of the first issue saved for posterity here.

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Make Noise QPAS // Quad Peak Animation System & Stereo Eurorack Filter

Published on Feb 19, 2019 DivKidVideo

"**TIMING INDEX / SECTIONS BELOW** So here's "the ultimate guide to QPAS" ... a mega tutorial, uber overview or any other silly name you'd like to title this with. Silliness aside, the QPAS has been great offering a lot of stereo filter tones with the quad filter cores and simple controls for a wide range of animation. The tone of the filter is hard to pin down as Tony of Make Noise designed the core (rather than cloning an old one) for the filter and the option to saturate the input VCA stage provides further tonal options. I hope this video is useful for currently QPAS owners, potential QPAS owners but more importantly I hope the video serves to demonstrate tchniques and provide ideas for any modules you own. I always try to make these useful for those with or without the module.

INDEX / SECTIONS

00:00 hello and patch previews (what’s to come)

02:22 What is QPAS? Feature and control run down

04:53 Raw sounds and sweeps

07:22 Audio rate talking filter vibes

08:02 QPAS & Morphagene Patch #1

09:51 Creating stereo images from mono sources and how to make an “opto auto pan” effect

10:43 QPAS in a delay feedback path and how to turn stale digital delays in awesome-sauce

12:54 Distorted bass sound design - looking at driving resonant peaks into distortion for hard electro, industrial and film/game like sound design

15:24 4 THINGS PATCH
15:37 Sweeping HP over full mixes
17:00 Bass boosts with the HP and high Q
17:55 Imparting chordal overtones
18:30 Envelope follower modulation for ‘auto filter’ sounds
19:05 Smile Pass phaser sounds over a mix

19:36 Phaser FX

20:18 QPAS & Morphagene Patch #2

21:14 best sound EVER

21:26 AM Synthesis tutorial with the QPAS + bonus LPG like patching

24:26 Emulating LPG / low pass gates with the QPAS

26:06 How to make a 4 pole 24dB octave response out of the QPAS’ 12dB 2 pole response

27:35 Making a “unique” band pass with self patching

27:55 4 mono peaks, 2 peaks filtering the other 2 peaks with self patching

28:52 Noise as a modulation source. Percussion, noise, new sounds and groove box action!

29:49 Shaping basic electronic percussion sounds

30:31 Imparting chord tones over your audio

31:06 Dynamics and expression with the input VCA

31:53 QPAS & Morphagene Patch #3

33:07 Random techno pings

33:32 LP BP HP SP multi output drone

34:36 Weird acid & layering modulation

36:12 Synthesising percussion sounds - KICKS

37:50 Synthesis more percussion - SNARES CLAPS + MORE

38:55 Tony Rolando’s “fake echo” patch with the wildcard input

40:53 Complex synth voices with Scanned & QPAS and lots of modulation."

Make Noise New Module Demo And Q&A

Started streaming 11 minutes ago Perfect Circuit

"Tony Rolando of Make Noise will be demonstrating a new module at this live event in our Burbank, CA showroom on 1/23/2019 at 7PM. Tune in then to see it live."

Also see: Make Noise Introduces the QPAS - Quad Peak Animation System

Make Noise Introduces the QPAS - Quad Peak Animation System

Published on Jan 23, 2019 MAKEN0ISE

"Introducing the Quad Peak Animation System, or QPAS. The QPAS is a quad core, stereo, analog multimode filter. We highly recommend using headphones while watching this video. All sounds are the direct output(s) of the QPAS."

"The Quad Peak Animation System combines the auditory enveloping of stereo spaced peaks with the animation of two or more peaks in a single channel dancing around each other or engaging in primitive vocalizations. QPAS is Quad Core, containing four identical state variable filter cores with a control system powerful enough to guide them in stereo multi-peak operation, but simple enough to encourage system integration rather than domination.

The Story of the QPAS by Tony Rolando
When I worked at Moog calibrating Voyagers, I monitored with headphones, and one of my favorite sound sensations was that of the stereo low pass filter. You might not even recall that the Voyager had a stereo Dual LPF. It is under utilized since most folks are trying to achieve classic Model D goodness, and the OG MiniMoog was a very mono instrument.

The binaural effect of a stereo Dual LPF is simple: one channel of the sound is brighter then the other. However, the effect is heightened when the filter has an exponential response and the cutoff is modulated. At lower cutoff frequencies the two channels appear to move at similar velocities, but as the cutoff frequency increases, one channel will smoothly increase in velocity, becoming brighter faster. The other channel lags behind, but eventually reaches the same velocity, and finally at high cutoff frequencies the two channels coalesce into full brightness. Where the mono LPF smashes you in the forehead with simple heavy sound, the stereo LPF envelops you, putting you inside the heavy sound.

When I developed the QMMG I learned about multi-peak filtering. Another under-utilized technique, this is processing a single channel of sound, with multiple filter channels, which are modulated, and then summed together to create a new version of the original sound. On the QMMG all four channels of filters were summed to the MIX OUT. There were a few normalizations, but they did not really ease or encourage multi-peak use. The QMMG UI was awkward for use as a multi-peak filter.

A common use for multi-peak filtering is the creation of formants, where multiple band pass filters are carefully programmed to generate human vowel sounds. This can be fun but it requires meticulous programming. If you forget about formants and just modulate until it sounds good, a multi-peak filter can be gorgeous fun. When the multiple peaks are offset from each other and modulated, the effect can be dizzying, as the sound appears to be dancing with itself, moving in many directions and yet it is still a mono sound. It is an auditory illusion.

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Tony Rolando of Make Noise to Show New Eurorack Module at Perfect Circuit, January 23

"Join Make Noise engineer & designer Tony Rolando at @Perfect_Circuit on January 23rd for a sneak peek of a new all-analog stereo signal processing module! Tony will be giving a talk & a demo of the module in action. There will be food, drinks, and more! Hope to see you there!"

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Remember, Supporters of MATRIXSYNTH get %10 off at Perfect Circuit!

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'"

Make Noise 10 Year Panel: Performing and Composing with Modular Synthesizers

Published on Jul 12, 2018 MAKEN0ISE

"On Saturday, June 16th, 2018, Make Noise hosted four panel discussions as part of its 10th Anniversary Celebration Weekend.

This panel on performing and composing with modular synthesizers featured Tyondai Braxton, Richard Devine, Bana Haffar, and Moe Espinosa (Hypox1a/DrumCell), and was moderated by Make Noise founder Tony Rolando."

Update:

Make Noise 10 Year Panel: Make Noise Module Developers

Published on Jul 18, 2018 MAKEN0ISE

"On Saturday, June 16th, 2018, Make Noise hosted four panel discussions as part of its 10th Anniversary Celebration Weekend.

This panel featured several of Make Noise's module developers:

Tony Rolando, founder and head engineer for Make Noise
yerpa58, coder of René and Mysteron
Tom Erbe (soundhack), coder of Echophon, Erbe-Verb, tELHARMONIC, and Morphagene
Matthew Sherwood, coder of 0-Coast and TEMPI

The panel was moderated by Make Noise Instrument Specialist Walker Farrell."

Make Noise 10 Year Panel: Microsound, Tape Music & the Morphagene

Published on Jul 25, 2018 MAKEN0ISE

"On Saturday, June 16th, 2018, Make Noise hosted four panel discussions as part of its 10th Anniversary Celebration Weekend.

This panel on Microsound, Tape Music, & the Morphagene featured Tony Rolando, Tom Erbe, Richard Devine, and Walker Farrell."

Patch Programming a Shimmer Reverb

Published on Jun 13, 2018 MAKEN0ISE

"During the development of the Erbe-Verb, we spent some time deciding whether to include a Shimmer effect. In the end, it was added as a "bonus" when Depth is turned all the way up. But before Tom Erbe coded it into the algorithm, we came up with some patches to emulate it so we'd have an idea of what it would sound like. This patch uses an Echophon to insert octave-shifting into the reverb's feedback path. This patch can be used to add shimmer to ANY reverb.

Patch idea courtesy Tony Rolando."

Tony Rolando Museum of Art and Design Interview

Published on Dec 22, 2017 MAKEN0ISE

"An interview with Tony Rolando about Make Noise's commissioned piece "Synthesizer for Two Coasts" for the exhibit "Sonic Arcade: Shaping Space with Sound." The exhibit was co-curated by Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe and is showing at the Museum of Art and Design in New York through February 25, 2018.

More information about 'Sonic Arcade' can be found here:
http://madmuseum.org/sonic-arcade-shaping-space-with-sound"

Make Noise Black & Gold Shared System Plus

Published on Dec 13, 2017 MAKEN0ISE

"The Shared System re-made in Black & Gold w/ the Erbe-Verb, Morphagene, TEMPI, and CV Bus added in a steel case with the Make Noise logo. The personal favorite system of Make Noise founder Tony Rolando, this collection of modules is utilized by all artists for the Make Noise Records Shared System Series. It was also utilized by both Alessandro Cortini and Richard Devine for their performances at the 2012 Make Noise Opening party. The Shared System is the deepest and most complex of our systems bringing together all of our synthesis techniques into one system. From analog FM to voltage controlled granularization, the Shared System will go to more sound destinations than most folks have time to travel to in a single lifetime.

The CV Bus was originally designed for Alessandro Cortini's personal Make Noise system. It provides visual indication of level, rate and polarity for up to 4 control signals that will be shared throughout a patch. These 4 control signals are color coded and distributed across the center of the system allowing for quick, clean and intuitive patching. The distribution method is unlike the typical multiple since the control signals will appear beneath their possible destinations allowing for the use of shorter patch cables. The color coding and visual indication makes navigating complex patches easier and more intuitive. Typically, the CV Bus would be used to share the most important control signals in a patch such as your Master Clock.

The CV Bus also has the tools needed for integrating the Make Noise system with the outside world. A 1/4" Mono input with plenty of gain allows for bringing external signals into the system. The optimal 10Vpp signal level is visually indicated. A high quality Stereo Line Driver converts powerful modular synthesizer signal levels to the commonly used Line Level. There is mini-jack inputs for Left and Right, a single Master Volume control, and a TRS Stereo 1/4" output jack. This output is capable of driving long cable out to a PA System or a set of Headphones. It has AC coupling and a built-in limiting circuit (with visual indication) that prevents damage to ears and PA system when the patching gets experimental.

The powder coated steel Case is 2 lbs. lighter than our wood Shared System case without compromising mechanical durability. The sleek matte black finish was selected to match our line of Black & Gold modules. This finish will show the story of your modular synth's travels over the years. If you do not want that story to be told you will want to request your system to be built using our wood 7U case with scratch resistant black urethane coating.

Polyphonic Time Shifting: TEMPI
New School Sequencing: René
Human/ Expression Control: Pressure Points
Dual Analog Oscillator: DPO
Voltage Controlled Pitch Shifting and Echo: ECHOPHON
Dual Analog Control Voltage generator: MATHS
Complex Random Voltage Generator: Wogglebug
Dual Low Pass Gate: Optomix
Balanced Modulation: modDemix
Voltage Controlled Tape and Microsound: Morphagene
Modeless, continuously variable voltage controlled reverb: Erbe-Verb
Horizontal Control Signal Distribution and Indication: CV Bus
7U case w/ power supply and AC Adapter, Ready to Play
Ships with 30 Ad Infinitum patch cables
Free blanking panels as appropriate
Comes with Lid, Highly portable, Meets requirements for carry-on luggage

Size: 7U
Total HP: 208
Utilized HP: 196
Expansion HP: 12
Dimensions:
22.25 x 14 x 7.25 (inches w/ lid)
Weight: 17 lbs."

Make Noise Announces Black and Gold Shared System Plus

via Make Noise:

"The Shared System re-made in Black and Gold w/ the Erbe-Verb, Morphagene, TEMPI, and CV Bus added in a steel case with the Make Noise logo. The personal favorite system of Make Noise founder Tony Rolando, this collection of modules is utilized by all artists for the Make Noise Records Shared System Series. It was also utilized by both Alessandro Cortini and Richard Devine for their performances at the 2012 Make Noise Opening party. The Shared System is the deepest and most complex of our systems bringing together all of our synthesis techniques into one system. From analog FM to voltage controlled granularization, the Shared System will go to more sound destinations than most folks have time to travel to in a single lifetime.

The CV Bus was originally designed for Alessandro Cortini's personal Make Noise system. It provides visual indication of level, rate and polarity for up to 4 control signals that will be shared throughout a patch. These 4 control signals are color coded and distributed across the center of the system allowing for quick, clean and intuitive patching. The distribution method is unlike the typical multiple since the control signals will appear beneath their possible destinations allowing for the use of shorter patch cables. The color coding and visual indication makes navigating complex patches easier and more intuitive. Typically, the CV Bus would be used to share the most important control signals in a patch such as your Master Clock.

The CV Bus also has the tools needed for integrating the Make Noise system with the outside world. A 1/4" Mono input with plenty of gain allows for bringing external signals into the system. The optimal 10Vpp signal level is visually indicated. A high quality Stereo Line Driver converts powerful modular synthesizer signal levels to the commonly used Line Level. There is mini-jack inputs for Left and Right, a single Master Volume control, and a TRS Stereo 1/4" output jack. This output is capable of driving long cable out to a PA System or a set of Headphones. It has AC coupling and a built-in limiting circuit (with visual indication) that prevents damage to ears and PA system when the patching gets experimental.

The powder coated steel Case is 2 lbs. lighter than our wood Shared System case without compromising mechanical durability. The sleek matte black finish was selected to match our line of Black and Gold modules. This finish will show the story of your modular synth's travels over the years. If you do not want that story to be told you will want to request your system to be built using our wood 7U case with scratch resistant black urethane coating."