ASTEROID BEAT NEW & SPACE MOTH

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Euro 6hp Asteroid BD Debut

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"I am using the new Lexan Modular which has all the current Products. CV ARPEGGIATOR, DIODE VCF, BLUE ZTVCO, ASTEROID BD, NOISE &LHWF, RED VCO, SLEW LFO, LM4250 VCF, AND FUZZY WILLOW.

The AKAI MINIAK HAS A PHRASE RECORDER, IT Records even loose playing. I love it. No hands action near the end of the video. I recorded that phrase before the jam."

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"INTRODUCING THE NEW BLUE LANTERN MODULES ANALOG DRUM KICK. THIS DESIGN WAS SITTING IN MY PC FOR OVER 2 YEARS, AND I AM BARELY GETTING AROUND TO RELEASING IT. SHAME ON ME. THIS DRUM KICK MODULE CAN COVER A GOOD RANGE OF ANALOG DRUM KICK SOUNDS. I INCLUDED THE ESSENTIALS IN BASS DRUM CONTROL AND SCULPTING. YOU CAN GO FROM CHI-TOWN MUDDY DRUMS TO DETROIT TECHNO DRUMS REALLY EASY.
THE KEY FEATURE I INCLUDED IS THAT THE DECAY WILL GO LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOONG (ALMOST INFINITE) WHEN FULLY CLOCKWISE. THERE IS A TRIMMER TO ADJUST AND FINE TUNE THE DECAY KNOB. I ALREADY CALIBRATED FOR THE BEST SETTING. BLUE LANTERN HAS YOU COVERED. I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU WANTED.

THIS AUCTION IS FOR (1) MODULE, (1) IDC 10 PIN TO 16 PIN RIBBON CABLE, AND PANEL SCREWS.

SPECS: EURO-6HP ASTEROID BD

-SINE WAVE BASED INTERNAL OSCILLATOR
-TRANSISTOR BASED ENVELOPE GENERATOR, AND VCA
-DRUM SOUND IS AT SYNTH LEVEL
-INTERNAL OVERDRIVE DISTORTION FOR TUBELIKE SOUND.
-JACKS: AUDIO OUT, TRIGGER INPUT
-THESE ARE THE CONTROLS: TUNE KNOB, ENVELOPE KNOB, DECAY KNOB, TONE KNOB, BUZZ KNOB.
-THERE IS A SURFACE MOUNT LED ON THE PANEL THAT LITES UP WHEN YOU PRESS THE BUTTON OR RECIEVE A TRIGGER SIGNAL.

THE INDUSTRIAL C&K PUSH BUTTON IS TO TRIGGER THE DRUM. OF COURSE YOU CAN USE EXTERNAL TRIGGERS ALSO, THERE IS AN INPUT FOR THAT. BOTH CAN WORK SIMULTANEOUS"

BLUE ZTVCO DRY DEMO & Surrounding Controversy

YouTube Uploaded by bluelantern320 on Jan 3, 2012

Update 10/4/2013: I heard from Ian Fritz and the controversy is over. Blue Lantern no longer offers the ZTVCO. That said, BL posts will resume.

This one, which seems to be a reoccurring theme with Blue Lantern, comes with a good dose of controversy. You might recall from a few years ago BL got into a bit of heat selling MIDIBox SIDs on eBay. MIDIBox explicitly forbids the commercial resale of MIDIBox SIDs. Blue Lantern stopped and went into producing affordable eurorack based modules and systems.

This latest controversy surrounds the source of design for the new BLUE ZTVCO. You might recall from the comments in this previous post, the design of that prototype module appeared to be a copy of Ian Fritz's Teezer (TZFM Saw VCO debuted Sep'08) design. Ian Fritz's modules are available via The Bride Chamber and Elby Designs.

In short:

1. Is the BLUE ZTVCO based on Ian Fritz's design?
2. If so, to what extent?
3. If so, is it legal?
4. If so, is it fair and does it matter?

The answer to 1 and 2 will not be known until someone gets a hand on the ZTVCO and reverse engineers it. I asked BL if he would be willing to provide the schematics to put the issue to rest and he replied no. He said people can reverse engineer it when it it's available and he is sure someone will. The answer to 3 is quite possibly so. There is currently a good thread on the subject on the electro-music.com forum here. The answer to 4 depends on you. My personal opinion is that it is not fair and it definitely does matter. Whether legal or not, I view it as stealing. These designs do not come out of thin air. They take time and talent and sometimes years to produce. You will see some insight on this in regards to Ian's Teezer design from him directly below. When someone makes their designs available, credit should be given.

The following is a response from Blue Lantern in regards to the claims made against him. The most important thing to read out of his points below is "3. This is not a clone, this vco is a beast in it's own cage."

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BLUE ZTVCO

YouTube Uploaded by bluelantern320 on Dec 20, 2011

"Here is a sneak peak of the new Blue ZTVCO. I am demonstrating some nice metal gong sound and then I play a simple sequence."

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Update: see the comments of this post for some controversy over this one. I report, people comment and you make the call for yourself.

TIPTOP-BLM MINIMODULAR & ZT-GREEN VCO

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Playlist:
TIPTOP-BLM MINIMODULAR.wmv
TIPTOP-BLM MINIMODULAR002.wmv



Playlist:
ZT-GREEN VCO001.wmv
ZT-GREEN VCO002.wmv
ZT-GREEN VCO003.wmv

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Blue Lantern 6HP POLIVOKS VCF

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"LM4250 VCF POLIVOKS FILTER MODULE

SPECS:
INPUT: (1) AUDIO IN, (2) CV INPUT, (1) FM INPUT

OUTPUT: (1) BP OUT, (1) LP OUT

THERE IS A BRITE SWITCH THAT WILL MAKE THE FILTER SOUND BRIGHTER IN SOUND. IT WILL ALSO MAKE THE FILTER SELF OSCILLATE WHEN THE BRITE SWITCH IS ON AND THE REZ IS TURNED UP.

PWR FORMAT: EURO 10 PIN IDC CONNECTOR

There is a trimmer to adjust the Cutoff range.

You need to have a Euro Format Modular case to install this unit. I supply a 10 pin to 16 pin IDC Ribbon cable."





Blue Lantern Synth ON THE RUN STYLE Sequence

YouTube Uploaded by MrRitchieDrums on Jul 23, 2010
"Blue Lantern Modular Synthesizer with MFOS Rotary Sequencer. 8 notes in the style of PINK FLOYD's ON THE RUN from DARK SIDE OF THE MOON. Polivoks type filter gets some great percussion effects with some Noise added"


polivoks2010-005.wmv

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DIODE VCF 004

YouTube via bluelantern320 on Mar 2, 2011

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evila001.wmv

YouTube via bluelantern320 | February 12, 2011 |

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"This is my modular Evila synthesizer I built in 2011. I finally had the time to record an audio demo of the evil girl. She is capable of some very wicked sounds."

bluelantern MOTM VCF AND ADSR demos

YouTube via bluelantern320 | November 09, 2010

1: "Custom Made MOTM Format 12db Variable State VCF with HP LP BP outputs. I demonstrate the Self-Rez Sine wave and play it with a Midi converter. It is tuned on a 15v power supply."
2: This shows you the Lowpass section
3: This shows you the Bandpass section
4: THis shows you the Highpass section
5: Using a separate AC mixer to mix two VCO's into the filter.
6: THis shows you the ADSR envelope with its trigger button. I patched it to the FM input on the filter.
7: The grand finally for this VCF demo. I bust out my double 10 step sequencer and have it do the madness.

bluelantern green modular demos

YouTube via bluelantern320 | November 09, 2010
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1: No description available..
2: Demo showing you the BLACK JACK DUAL VCO MODULE. SAW WAVE, RAMP, SQUARE, TRIANGLE, SINE. i modulate both into each other. Lets see software do that!
3: Showing you 2 in tune vco's and how they behave with pitch changes. They are very musical and can handle 1v/oct signals.
4: THis shows the OB-12db VCF.
5 - 8: No description available.

salamander003 1

YouTube via bluelantern320 | August 10, 2010

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salamander003 2


salamander003 3



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"THE THIRD VERSION IS FINALLY HERE! THE SALAMANDER SYNTH VERSION 3.

THIS IS A DESKTOP SEMI MODULAR SYNTHESIZER WITH BUILT IN POWER SUPPLY. THE WALL ADAPTER IS INCLUDED.

THESE ARE THE CIRCUITS:

(2) SAW/SQUARE WAVE VCO'S: ONE CAN SYNC THE OTHER BY A SWITCH, BOTH VCO'S HAVE A MODULATION KNOB AND YOU SELECT EITHER LFO OR ENV BY SWITCH.

(1) 3 CHANNEL MIXER: THE 3RD CHANNEL HAS A SWITCH JACK SO THAT YOU CAN AUX INPUT SOUND. BY DEFAULT A RING MOD IS ON CHANNEL 3.

(1) ARP BASED RING MOD CIRCUIT

(1) VCA

(1) NOISE GENERATOR: THE OUTPUT MUST BE PATCHED TO EITHER THE MIXER 'IN' OR A CV FOR MODULATION.

(1) LM4250 FILTHY VCF WITH BRIGHTNESS SWITCH

(2) ADSR ENVELOPE GENERATORS WITH PATCHABLE OUTPUTS.

(1) MULTIWAVE LFO WITH PATCHABLE OUTPUT

(1)INTERNAL ADJUSTABLE REGULATED POWER SUPPLY

(1) 16AC WALL ADAPTER

THE MIXER HAS A PATCHABLE OUTPUT SO YOU CAN USE AN EXTERNAL DIFFERENT FILTER, THEN THERE IS A PATCHABLE VCA INPUT TO RETURN THE SIGNAL.
THE ENVELOPES EACH HAS THERE OWN PATCHABLE OUTS SO THAT YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR EXTERNAL GEAR.

SORRY NO INTERNAL MIDI CONVERTER ON THIS VERSION OF THE SALAMANDER, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO EXPENSIVE."

bluelantern polivoks

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bluelantern noiselab

YouTube via bluelantern320 — June 09, 2010 — 5 videos total
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NL001.wmv

YouTube via bluelantern320 — April 18, 2010 — Custom made Noise Lab for live use
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NL002.wmv


NL003.wmv

12x12 Plexi Mod1.wmv

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"Demo of a Noodle Noise Patch. I am using the Digital LFO S&H."

12x12 Plexi Mod2.wmv

"Demonstrating Sync and VCO smash modulation."

quorgy-line level DRUM MACHINE001.wmv

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quorgy-line level DRUM MACHINE002.wmv

DUAL ADSR.wmv

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"Tom Whiltshire Digital ADSR demo. I made some for myself and made an extra one for some lucky person to experience this great project. It can be built DIY at electricdruid. There is currently no pCB kit available. I believe magicsmoke will offer this as a kit in the near future. This is my version and I not offering any kit. This is just a small run."

quorgy-analog modular patch.wmv

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"Demo of the New NS-30 VCF called a Quorgy. Good alternative for MS20 VCF. I am doing a Modular Synth Patch and using external LFO's. The is alot of variation in tone possible with Big Analog signals. From overdirve to Squelchy."

quorgy-analog modular patch 2.wmv

"More Demo's to come. I have an Envelope Follower to demo with this also. BUSY BUSY BUSY..."

quorgy-line level DRUM MACHINE.wmv

"Demo with a line level Boss Drum Machine. This Drum machine alone is known to sound cheesy. But witness the Enhancement."

matrix6.wmv

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"Not so perfect Oberhiem Matrix 6 keyboard. It needs to be warmed up when turned on and one of the keys is cracked."

MG-CLONE via Blue Lantern

MG-CLONE000.wmv

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"I have a Drum machine pass through the filter. The pre Amp can take a wide variety of signals."

MG-CLONE001.wmv

"I have a Plain MS2000R Factory Preset go through the filter to show you that it will enhance the sound and make it sound more fatter and analog. In the beginning it is just the Korg alone then i patch it through the filter."

MG-CLONE002.wmv

"Full Fledge Modular Environment testing. I routed A quick Patch With with Digital LFO, 2 Triangle Waves and te filter."

MG-CLONE003.wmv

"Another test with Music going through the FIlter."

MG-CLONE004.wmv

"Model D VCF clone. I am passing music through the filter. There is an external LFO conttected to make it modulate. There is an onboard Pre Amp to make it go from Normal to OVerDrive."