Synton 3000 frame with CGS Serge, Blacet and Jurgen Hailble modules

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"The Synton modules were expertly rebuilt and all the pots are a year old. The CGS Serge, Jurgen Haible Frequency shifter modules and Blacet were built and re-paneled by the same engineer who worked on the Synton 3000 only 6 months ago. It really does sounds great. If I were to keep it I would replace the PS with a nice linear supply but works fine as-is.

3017 VCF (2 pole state variable filter)
3224 Hi/Low Pass VCF
3005 EGR (ADSR)
3010 VC-EGR (VC-ADSR)
3218 INV / SLR (Dual inverter/offset and slew limiter)
3233 S&H / LFO
3235 ENV / CPR (Envelope follower, comparator, and trigger delay)
Blacet 2100 VCO
Blacet / Wiard Miniwave with Socket Rocket
CGS Serge WAD (Wilson Analog Delay)
Jurgen Haible FS-1A Frequency Shifter
CGS Serge Dual Pre-amp
Blacet Power-supply and distro unit

All housed in a 6u 13" deep steel Hammond rack."

Blacet Research Mini Wave Discontinued

Crazy to think this is the end of an era. Before eurorack ever took off, we had Wiard and Blacet (Frac Rack format) format modules. The Mini Wave was one of the top modules. It's hard to see them go.

via the Blacet email list:

"Over the years, we have sold 100's of Grant Richter's [of Wiard] innovative MiniWave wave table module but now it's time to say goodbye to this fantastic device.

Unfortunately, some of the parts are getting hard to source.

It features 256 wave lookups with a sawtooth input or get a huge variety of distortion effects with other inputs. Plus, it's a quantizer.

Order now and get an extra 256 wave "Socket Rocket" free.

Check out the MW2090 Manual and the waveform manuals below.
http://www.blacet.com/manuals.html

****Only five Kits left, order today!****

Have a safe and enjoyable Thanksgiving!"

DIY : Wiard Waveform City X, Classic VCO + Blacet Miniwave

Published on Oct 12, 2015 DavidH

"How to convert a Classic VCO into a Waveform City
Check out the build : http://www.infinitesimal.eu/synth/art..."

WIARD MINI SYNTH WITH WALNUT SKIFF

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"Mini Frac synth. Thedra LPG, Wiard Noisering, Wiard/Blacet Miniwave with Epinasty panel, Wiard style joystick.

All in blue, with power distro module and power supply.

Shallow walnut skiff/ sidecar. Holds 1200 series modules nicely."

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Blacet / Plan B Miniwave digital VCO + both ROMs

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"Blacet Miniwave, rare Plan B eurorack conversion

• digital wavetable VCO
• both ROMs present: Eprom A + Socket Rocket
• 10 hp, 15 cm in depth
• slight rack rash but overall excellent condition"

Seriously Wonderful Custom Modular

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"This is honestly one of the most beautiful and mind-bending modulars I have ever seen or heard. Built by an ex-telecoms engineer with the highest quality control, in a wonderful solid oak cabinet, and with all the anodized blue front panels engraved in uniform style to the same high standard. Not only does it look beautiful - it also sounds amazing. It is capable of some of the scariest and weirdest sounds I have ever heard from a synthesizer. The modules are chosen brilliantly from a variety of high-quality manufacturers. This has been very little used, and at the start price is probably the best value modular we have ever had here. The module quota is like a best-of list:- Oakley MIDI-to-CV, Multi Noise Source & LFO (Designer un-known), Oakley VCO x3, Wiard / Blacet MiniWave x2, Oakley ADSR/VCA x2, MOTM-440 Discrete LPF, Oakley Superladder Filter, Oakley Octal Resonator, Oakley VC-LFO, Oakley Sample/Slew, Oakley Wavefolder, Encore Frequency Shifter, Oakley Little EG, Oakley Triple VCA, Oakley Multimix x2, MOTM 405 VCF, MOTM 410 Triple Resonant Filter, Oakley OMS-410, MOTM 420 VCF, MOTM 480 CS-mode Resonant Filter, Tellun Corporation TLM-150 Neural Agonizer (the most amazing double spring reverb with attitude). Comes with 30 mixed colour patch leads. If you only buy one modular synth ever, buy this one. Packing 20GBP to include a UK or Euro mains lead."

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The Harvestman Piston Honda Mk 1

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"Wavetable oscillator with variable interpolation resolution. Two ROMs are onboard, each containing 256 waveforms in 16 banks. Waves may be smoothly morphed or violently jumped in two dimensions. It's up to you. The degree of discontinuity these waveform changes is voltage controllable.

Instead of using the internal Piston for waveform lookup, why not plug in an external oscillator or anything else? You can also use a gate input to instantly toggle between ROM chips.

An optional expansion board provides six more ROM sockets for use with Blacet/Wiard-format waveform data. Use wave256 software to write your own data.

2 ROM slots standard, 256 waves each (16 waves per bank)
Interpolation discontinuity modulation
Voltage-controlled waveform selection
External oscillator input
ROM select facility
Dedicated square wave output
Hard digital synchronization input
Optional daughterboard:

Slots for 6x serial EEPROM. Miniwave/Waveform City format data."

Fox on the run

Published on Feb 22, 2014 Martin Peters·120 videos

"Here a little tune I came up with this week. Imagine yourself watching a hungry fox in a landscape full of snow. Start this music and let your imagination run wild.

The music starts with string sounds from the Roland XP-80 and the Clavia Nord Lead 1. Then I start the Sequentix Cirklon sequencer which has 3 sequences. One sequence drives the self-built Modular and the Ian Fritz Through-Zero Oscillator which in its turn drives the Blacet MiniWave. The Buchla Resonant LoPass Gate clone is inserted between the self-built Modulars VCF and VCA and I manually control the frequency and resonance knobs. The second sequence drives some percussive sounds from the Oberheim OB-Mx. The third sequence drives the Moog Prodigy which volume I control on the mixer because the Prodigy is behind me and out of reach.

Anne made the video with my iPhone. You can download the video and music from my website soon."

Unintended melody

Unintended melody from Christopher Jon on Vimeo.
Originally uploaded to Flickr on May 11, 2011

"Blacet Binary Zone into Miniwave (as scale quantizer) into Modcan VCDO into Super Delay. Metalbox Dual AD provides envelopes for FM index and VCA level. Happened on this nice melody bit by chance."

Dr. Octature filter types

Dr. Octature filter types from Pete Shambler on Vimeo.

"A quick run through of some of the filter types available by mixing the [intellijel] Dr. Octature's variously sloped and phased low pass filter outputs.

In the first section, the filter is fully open with no resonance. Only the 6dB output is being monitored.

In the second section, the filter is being modulated by a looping envelope. All QMMG channels are set to VCA-- we're listening to the Mix Out:

6db out --> QMMG channel 1
12db out --> QMMG channel 2
18db --> QMMG channel 3
24db --> QMMG channel 4).

Input: a sine and saw mix from a Z3000, with its triangle fed back into the linear FM input (index at noon), driving a Blacet Miniwave (wavetable value modulated by a looping envelope)."

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Contained

YouTube Uploaded by attorks on Apr 5, 2012

"This video kind of starts where my last video 'Vernal Season' left off. It begins with a 4-step sequence on the Synthesizers.com Q960 with only step 1, 3 and 4 active on the Q963 trigger bus. During the song I alternate between the 3 rows of the Q960 using the Q962 sequential switch. The Q960 drives the Rob Hordijk OSC HRM, one Synthesizers.com Q106 VCO and the Ian Fritz Teezer Through-Zero VCO connected to the Blacet Miniwave. The Mellotron strings, played on the Roland XP-80, joins and after that a 4-step sequence on row one of the Doepfer MAQ16/3 driving the Creamware MiniMax ASB. An 8-step sequence from the MAQ16/3 driving the self-built Modular joins after that. The Klaus Schulze like S&H percussion comes from the Waldorf Q Keyboard. The solo's are performed on the Clavia Nord Lead 1.

The video is filmed by my girlfriend Anne using my iPhone 4.

You can download/see/hear the video and music from my website soon."

Vernal Season

YouTube Uploaded by attorks on Mar 25, 2012

"The last few weeks I have been trying to make a video. Did many takes resulting in 3 takes which were acceptable but I was not convinced that one of the three was good enough. So this evening I decided to do something completely different which resulted in this improvisation. And I did this in 1 take.
The video begins with two 8-step sequences: one sequence on row 2 of the Doepfer MAQ16/3 which is driving the self-built Modular and one sequence on the Synthesizers.com Q960 which is driving the Rob Hordijk OSC HRM and the Ian Fritz Teezer Through-Zero VCO connected to the Blacet Miniwave. The bass is performed on the Clavia Nord Lead 1, the Mellotron strings sound is played on the Roland XP-80 and the Wurlitzer piano sound on the Waldorf Q Keyboard. Later on a 4 step sequence from row 1 of the MAQ16/3 driving the Creamware MiniMax ASB joins.

The video is filmed by my girlfriend Anne using my iPhone 4.

You can download/see/hear the video and music from my website."

Tenderness

YouTube Uploaded by attorks on Jan 14, 2012

"I recently bought the Camera Connection Kit for my iPad and an ESI MIDIMATE II MIDI interface which has two cable which both can function as out- or input. And here a video using Little MIDI Machine sequencer App on the iPad. One ESI MIDI cable is connected to the Creamware MiniMax ASB which MIDI Thru is connected to the Waldorf Q Keyboard. The green 16-step sequence screen is driving the MiniMax and the orange 8-step one the Q. The second ESI MIDI cable is connected to the Doepfer MAQ16/3 sequencer to synchronize it. The 8-step sequence on row 1 of the MAQ16/3 is driving the Ian Fritz Teezer Through-Zero VCO which is driving the Blacet Miniwave. The 4-step sequence on row 2 is driving the self-built Modular. The gate of row 3 is shifting the Synthesizers.com Q960 sequencer which has an 8-step sequence for the bass with only step 1 active on the Q963 trigger bus and later on also step 7. The Mellotron flute sound is played on the Roland XP-80 and the solo on the Clavia Nord Lead 1.

The video is filmed by my girlfriend Anne using my iPhone 4."

One Hundred

YouTube Uploaded by attorks on Sep 24, 2011

"Uploaded my first video to YouTube in May 2008. And now 3 years later I upload the hundredth video. I was a little worried after doing video 99 because I wanted video 100 to be something special. And I think it is. Hope you will like it to.

At first you hear a 5-step sequence on row 1 of the Doepfer MAQ16/3 driving the Ian Fritz Teezer Through-Zero VCO and the Blacet Miniwave. The percussive noise sound comes from the self-built Modular and is driven by a 16-step sequence on row 2 of the MAQ16/3.

After that the CS Saw Pad from the Roland XP-80 comes in whereafter the 4 step sequence from the Synthesizers.com Q960 is introduced but only steps 1 and 3 are active on the Q963 at first. The Q960 sequences drives the Synthesizers.com Modular. The Q962 sequential switch is triggered by row 2 of the MAQ16/3 to alter the sequence between the 3 rows of the Q960. Row 1 contains an Em, row 2 an Am and row 3 a Bm sequence. But the chords played on the Roland XP-80 don't follow those chords exactly which gives interesting variations. After that the arppegiated sound on the Waldorf Q Keyboard is added, varying the sound with the modulation wheel. Somewhere along the line steps 2 and 4 on the Q963 are activated so you hear the full 4 step sequence from the Q960. The Sunrizer App on the iPad is used to add some chorded sounds using the Lifeforms [JD] patch. The solo is performed on the Nord Lead 1. The audio is recorded with Pro Tools 9 using the Alesis MultiMix16 FireWire. Again my friend Anne used my iPhone 4G to video this session; thanks for that.

I dedicate this video to you, my dear YouTube friends, subscribers and channel watchers. Your comments and support encouraged me to go on. Thank you.

You can download/see/hear the video and music from my website soon."

When in Rome

YouTube Uploaded by attorks on Sep 8, 2011

"It has been a few months since my last video. I have been very busy with everything but music. Last evening I had a chance to make some music and this is the result. The sequence origins from a short piece of music I made last week on my iPhone with NanoStudio. I thought it was very nice. But trying to recreate it on my hardware setup was somewhat impossible. So I used the sequence and improvised something else on it. At first you hear the Synthesizers.com Modular driven by the Synthesizers.com Q960 sequencer. The second sequence, performed by the Doepfer MAQ16/3 sequencer, comes from the Ian Fritz Teezer Through-Zero VCO which is driving the Blacet Miniwave. The sequence from the Creamware MiniMax ASB is driven by the MIDI output of the Q172 quantizer aid which I got recently and does the same sequence as the Synthesizers.com Modular. A bass line is played on the Clavia Nord Lead 1, the Roland XP-80 is emulating an Elka Rhapsody string machine (I used to own one). The brass like sound comes from the Waldorf Q Keyboard.

My friend Anne used my iPhone 4G to video this session; thanks for that. The title refers to a short holiday Anne and I had in Rome a few weeks ago. Rome is a wonderful city full of ancient history, beautiful buildings, fountains and churches. The Italian people are also very friendly and helpful. So definitively worth a visit.

You can download/see/hear the video and music from my website soon."

BLACET MINIWAVE EURORACK MODDED

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"Famous Blacet Miniwave Module adapted by Plan B for use with eurorack systems. 10hp width but very deep. Will fit AS cases for sure and bottom row of a Lexington. To use in a Doepfer G6 you have to shift the bus boards to one side or the other to make it fit. Comes with PPG Wave/Prophet VS and original ROMs."

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Choices

YouTube Uploaded by attorks on May 13, 2011

"I was determined to do something different but then this sequence came up and I could not resist. The music begins with a 6-step sequence on row 1 of the Doepfer MAQ16/3 driving the Ian Fritz Teezer Through-Zero VCO which sawtooth output is modulated by the GCS Steiner filter and drives the Blacet Miniwave. This produces a modulated sound on the MiniWave. Then a 6-step sequence on row 2 of the MAQ16/3 driving the self-built Modular joins in. The Synthesizers.com Q960 sequencer is shifted by a 16-step pattern on row 3 of the Doepfer MAQ16/3 where not all steps are active. Then a Mellotron strings bass is played on the Roland XP-80 were after the Waldorf Q Keyboard comes in with a string sound. The solos are performed on the Clavia Nord Lead 1 which output is lead through a Zoom G1 effect device. I noticed a few minor glitches in the audio after I rendered the video which are also in the original audio. I will try to correct that later on for the mp3 file on my website using the multi-track recording.

You can download/see/hear the video and music from my website."

Twoness

YouTube Uploaded by attorks on Apr 12, 2011

"This one I made a few days ago and took some time to mix the multitrack audio from the live recording. And just after I made the recording I noticed that the melody used in this video was somewhat familiar to me. After searching my previous recordings I found out that the video 'Oneness' has a somewhat similar melody. So I named this video 'Twoness'. The music begins with an 8-step sequence on row 1 of the Doepfer MAQ16/3 driving the Ian Fritz Teezer Through-Zero VCO which sawtooth output is modulated by the GCS Steiner filter and drives the Blacet Miniwave. This produces a modulated sound on the MiniWave. Then I use the SoundPrism App on the iPad to generate chords. After that an 8-step sequence from the Synthesizers.com Q960 is added which is driving the Synthesizers.com Modular which output is lead through the Doepfer A-189-1 Voltage Controlled Bit Modifier to give it a crunchy sound. Then some Mellotron strings are played on the Roland XP-80 were after the Waldorf Q Keyboard comes in. The MIDI output of the Q Keyboard is connected to the XP-80's MIDI input so I can play both instruments on the keyboard of the Q. At some point an 8-step random sequence on row 2 of the MAQ16/3 driving the self-built Modular joins in. The solo's are performed on the Clavia Nord Lead 1.

The music in this video tries to express the love and affection I feel for my dear friend Anne. She means the world to me.

You can download/see/hear the video and music from my website soon."

Behold

YouTube Uploaded by attorks on Mar 16, 2011

"This short video I made last Monday evening (or actually night). I wanted to capture the moment but afterward I noticed the video is somewhat dark.
It begins with an intro played on the Waldorf Q Keyboard with a harp-like sound. After that the three sequences are started. The distinct distorted sound comes from the Synthesizers.com Modular through the Doepfer A-189-1 Voltage Controlled Bit Modifier. This Modular performs two 8-step sequences I alternate manually. The self-built Modular does a 6-step sequence with randomized steps. The Ian Fritz Teezer Through-Zero VCO together with the Blacet Miniwave does an 8-step sequence. The Mellotron strings and choir sound is played on the Roland XP-80 and the bass on the Clavia Nord Lead 1. From 2:23 on a strings sound is played on the Waldorf Q Keyboard and I must admit I overdubbed that strings section with another strings sound of the Q Keyboard afterwards because it sounded very thin.

You can download/see/hear the video and music from my website soon."

Agony

YouTube via Uploaded by attorks on Mar 10, 2011

"About 2 weeks ago I bought a second hand Doepfer A-189-1 Voltage Controlled Bit Modifier. I build a +/-15V to +/-12V converter to power the module (though not necessary I understood) and now it's working. And yes, I now can reproduce that beautiful Mark Shreeve bass sound with that metal edge to it. Anyway, this is a new improvisation but I heard some elements of the Warriors Theme I did before.

The Synthesizers.com Modular , which is connected to the Doepfer A-189-1 module, initially does a 4-step sequence and after a while I switch that to an 8-step sequence. The sawtooth output Ian Fritz Teezer Through-Zero VCO is modulated by the GCS Steiner filter and drives the Blacet Miniwave. This produces a modulated sound. This procedure is described on the Muff's forum by Volt and is called 'MiniWave Table Tilting'. The self-built Modular does a 4-step sequence. The theme is played on the Roland XP-80 doing the Mellotron strings. The Waldorf Q Keyboard produces some agonizing sounds and the odd solo is performed on the Clavia Nord Lead 1.

You can download/see/hear the video and music from my website soon."