SoundBoxes Workshop Berlin with DEREK HOLZER

via macumbista.net

"May 26 & 27, 2012, Time 11-19
Presentation Sunday May 27 2012, Time 20.00 (venue TBA)

Discover the hidden sonic qualities of objects from our everyday world in this workshop, combining the arts of electronics, noise, sculpture and collage. The basic elements we will employ are a wooden box, a speaker, a small audio amplifier, and a contact microphone. To this, brave box-builders will add their own found objects, graphics, images, memories and ideas to create a unique electroacoustic cabinet of curiosities.

No previous electronics experience is necessary for this workshop."

Full details at the link above.

Derek Holzer-Studio Improv 30 Apr 2012

Derek Holzer-Studio Improv 30 Apr 2012 from macumbista on Vimeo.

Getting the computer out of my live sound was the best thing that ever happened to me. When I work with the modular synthesizer, I feel like I have a piece of clay in my hands which I can squeeze in any direction I choose. This short improvisation was made during filming of a documentary on sound artists in several European cities by London College of Communication students Dann Linn and Marianna Sangita.

Cwejman/Analog Systems/Doepfer A-100, MKH40 Mic

for sale at Macumbista

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Module list:
Analogue Systems RS-100 VCA EUR 149 / 80% = EUR 119
Analogue Systems RS-110 Multimode Filter EUR 155 / 80% = EUR 124
Analogue Systems RS-80 VC-LFO EUR 145 / 80% = EUR 116
Analogue Systems RS-95 VCO EUR 165 / 80% = EUR 132
Cwejman VCO-2RM Dual Oscillator EUR 575 / 80% = EUR 460
Doepfer A-100 Suitcase 220V EUR 370 / 80% = EUR 296
Doepfer A-105 VCF SSM 24dB Low Pass EUR 100 / 80% = EUR 80
Doepfer A-128 Fixed Filter Bank EUR 160 / 80% = 128
Doepfer A-135 VCMIX Voltage Controlled Mixer EUR 120 / 80% = EUR 96
Doepfer A-138 Mixer (exp) EUR 45 / 80% = 36
Doepfer A-140 ADSR EUR 65 / 80% = EUR 52
Doepfer A-147 VCLFO EUR 80 / 80% = EUR 64
Doepfer A-175 Voltage Inverter EUR 45 / 80% = EUR 36
Doepfer A-180 Multiples EUR 30 / 80% = EUR 24
Doepfer A-180 Multiples EUR 30 / 80% = EUR 24

MAAJAAM workshop "Music from outer space"

MAAJAAM workshop "Music from outer space" from Timo Toots on Vimeo.

"July 2013, Worshop in MAAJAAM in Estonia.
MENTOR: Derek Holzer

Weird sound generator:
http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/

Derek Holzer:
http://www.macumbista.net

Timo Toots
http://www.timo.ee"

Make Noise Strega with Macumbista Benjolin

video upload by NOISEBUG

"Doing some semi “normal” drone scapes to demonstrate some more cinematic textures. Less touch points used here buy more cross patching in use as the video progresses."

https://www.noisebug.net/

8-Bit SoundBox

8-Bit SoundBox from macumbista on Vimeo.

"8-Bit SoundBox is an generative audio instrument which creates sound patterns from bits shifted around by a single, simple line of code. It is based on the 8-Bit MixTape project created in Indonesia by Lifepatch.org, as well as the analog SoundBoxes I have been creating since 2010. The analog SoundBoxes use touchpoints and feedback to produce circuit-bent drone sounds. The "one-liner" sonic bit-shifting code was discovered by game developers in the demo scene. More complex, layered sounds can be created by combining more players with more instruments. Eventually, the instruments will be able to communicate with each other wirelessly to aid collaboration.

Thanks to Andreas Siagian and Marc Dusseiller for support and inspiration!"

Derek Holzer--Circuit Bending & Beyond: Build Your Own Instrument by Maren Sextro

Derek Holzer--Circuit Bending & Beyond: Build Your Own Instrument by Maren Sextro from macumbista on Vimeo.

Filmmmaker Maren Sextro created this portrait of me for Groove.de in May 2012. Together, we visited the flea market and my studio, and spoke about my approach to sound, performance, "circuit bending" (a term I rarely use to describe my own constructions), DIY electronics and self-education.

Roland System-100M feedback oscillation

Roland System-100M feedback oscillation from macumbista on Vimeo.

"Synth-pr0n from my trip to London during March 2009.

Somehow, no matter what machine I sit down in front of, I always try out the same patch--a big VCO feedback system, with a little sample-and-hold noise thrown in for good measure.

Thanks to Mick Grierson and Ian Stonehouse at Goldsmiths University for access to this fantastic piece of gear!

[Sound is from built in camera mic and is pretty low, anybody know some simple tool to normalize volume of a Quicktime clip?]"

Voltage Controlled Slope

via macumbista.net where you'll find the full details, images and audio.

"Desperately trying to finish some new electronics before other tasks consume my attention… the latest module for my DIY synthesizer is something like a clone of the recently released Makenoise Maths, which is itself a riff on the Serge Dual Universal Slope Generator. I actually imagine it much more as a kind of analog computer to tell the truth...

The module was created using PCBs from Ken Stone/CGS synths. I love Ken’s boards to death. I used:

2 x CGS75 Voltage Controlled Slope
1xCGS26 Analog Logic
3xCGS04 DC Mixer"

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A Static Environment for Complementary Instabilities

A Static Environment for Complementary Instabilities from macumbista on Vimeo.

++dual butterfly benjolin++chaotic feedback++
++symmetrical patching++high resonance++
++total harmonic distortion++
++no changes++no cuts++
++get hypnotized++

18 march 2014

Field Kit and Tape Works by Hainbach

Published on Apr 3, 2017 Hainbach

"First full piece of music I made using the Koma Electronics Fieldkit. The kit mixes everything, controls the speed of the walkmen tape loop, plays radio, and uses the envelope from the radio as a rhythmic element. Pre-order my new 12": http://www.rubadub.co.uk/records/kilc..."

Playlist:
Nevada in my Dreams | Tapeloop, Fieldkit, OP1
Shivers | Tape, Field Kit, OP1, Marbles, Feedback
David Dreams | Tape, Field Kit, OP1, Phashi
Memory Marks | Tape, SQ1, Field Kit, OP1
The Glowing Wavebands | Mbira, Tape Loop, FX Deformer
Shelter, at Sea | Tape Loops, Field Kit, OP1
Above the Water Level | Omnichord, Field Kit, Tape Loops
More Sky Than Ground | Modular, Tapes, TR606
The Meaning and the Burden | OP1, TR606, Tape Loop
C45 #2 | Lo-fi Ambient Tape Mix
Consistent, Hollow and Sure | OP1, Macumbista Soundboxes, Tocante Phashi

Vector Video Synthesis with a Vectrex and Cocoquantus

Hainbach
Published on Aug 2, 2017

"I had my MB (not Mattel as I say in the video) Vectrex modded to accept external CV. This is my first run with it as a an analog visualizer.
03:20 Music
10:02 Conclusion
Derek Holzer's website: http://macumbista.net/
Listen and buy my music: https://www.hainbachmusik.com/music-1/"

Vectrex on eBay | Vectrex on Amazon

TONEWHEELS workshop, DA Festival, Sofia Bulgaria

TONEWHEELS workshop, DA Festival, Sofia Bulgaria from macumbista on Vimeo.

"TONEWHEELS is an experiment in converting graphical imagery to sound, inspired by some of the pioneering 20th Century electronic music inventions.

In this three day workshop from 24-27 October 2009, participants built a simple light-to-sound converter and DC motor controller, and then began to experiment with drawing sounds onto transparent "tonewheels". The workshop ended in a group performance and an invitation to the audience to try out the instruments for themselves.

As you can see, both the participants and the audience had a great time with this. I did too! My thanks go to Galina Dimitrova, Rene Beekman, Prof. Svetoslav Kokalov, Venelin Shurelov, DA Festival, National Academy of the Arts Sofia, Elena Kaludova and all the participants for a fantastic workshop in Bulgaria!"

DIY Buchla via Macumbista

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Experimental Sound Instruments Workshop, TAIK MediaLab Helsinki

Experimental Sound Instruments Workshop, TAIK MediaLab Helsinki from macumbista on Vimeo.

"Students from my Experimental Sound Instruments workshop demonstrate their hand-made projects on the final day. Their instruments involved a variety of technologies, including Arduinos, solenoids, motors, transducers, pickups and amplifiers which I presented over the week. This workshop, which I give at the school annually, ran from 04-08 February 2013 at the TAIK MediaLab in Helsinki, Finland. The students presenting were Johanna Storm, Ari-Pekka Leinonen, Scott McGregor, Saku Kamarainen, Ana Gutierrez, Thomas Svedstrom and Rajeev Siewnath."

Catjar in the Rye

"'Catjar in the Rye' (or 'Betty', as she is know to her friends) is an experimental sound instrument built for Swedish composer Andreas Catjar. It combines a chaotic Benjolin synthesizer, extreme fuzz distortion unit, a speaker/ contact-mic feedback system and 'circuit-bending' -style body contacts into one rugged flightcase. The Benjolin features several modifications, including patchable routing banana jacks, LED lights for the three stages of its analog shift register and an external audio input. I hope to post some sounds and video later on, when Andreas has time to make them.

My thanks go out to Rob Hordijk, who designed the Benjolin circuit, and to Pete Edwards/Casper Electronics for his help in working out the modifications..."

You'll find the full post including more pics at macumbista.net here.

Duelling Benjolins

Duelling Benjolins from macumbista on Vimeo.

"Although I have been building Benjolins for more than one year, this was the first night I actually had two Benjolins finished at the same time. So of course I had to get them communicating with each other. As usual, please forgive the less-than-high-fidelity in-camera mic sound."

Make Noise - Strega vs Macumbista

video upload by NOISEBUG

https://www.noisebug.net/