Harry Plotter @ Sines & Squares 2014

Published on Oct 27, 2014 mCKENIC

Modular plotter at Sines & Squares festival.

Update: "The device was a plotter of the kind used in manufacturing in The Netherlands, used I believe to monitor tolerances in industry etc. He had attached a pen as you see in the video and IIRC said the voltages had to be low (I think a couple of volts, certainly lower than 5v). He was using a Doepfer VCS to control the x and y axes. The speed also has to be low so no audio rate stuff. But he was more than happy to 'compose' a picture and he & Jim Frize spent a little time setting up an LFO to 'draw' etc. A very interesting and unassuming chap, he invited us all up to look and have a go. A wonderful addition to a great event!"

Update2: you can find Harry Plotter on Facebook here.

FV-1 Full 8 Slots FX

Published on Jul 17, 2014 mCKENIC

"Finally uploaded the 8 fx I want on the FV-1 board. Some nice FSU fx in a stand alone box :-)

It seems the standard on the Spin Semi Forum is Left in/Left out for mono effects, so I'll stick to that."

2nd test of the SpinSemi FV-1 DevBoard - Internet radio.

Published on Jul 4, 2014 mCKENIC

"Late night, blurry test of the FV-1 board with a random online radio show as input. I soldered some jacks and pots directly to the included fixtures - probably not a great idea as the pots I used caused strange behaviour :-)"

FV-1 DevBoard Test

Published on Jul 1, 2014 mCKENIC·23 videos

"Initial test of the SpinSemi FV-1 DevBoard as a stand alone Glitch FX box. It only bloomin works! More tests to follow :-)"

Created a new Spin Semi label. The first posts actually went up here and here.

Low Cost Roland Aira TR-8!!! w00t!!!

Published on Mar 31, 2014 mCKENIC·20 videos

"Get your very own TR-8... cheap!!!

(Just a bit of fun!)
The original TR-8 video is from Kuba Sojka. Watch his excellent jam here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9_qoD8..."

via Dave O Mahony on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

iTunes: BOOM 808! - Pulse Code, Inc.

SammichFM Random Patch Generation

Published on Mar 29, 2014 mCKENIC·19 videos

Watch your volume levels on this one.

"Short demo of the random patch generation functions of the SammichFM synth. Sorry its blurry & noisy, I believe the cable I used between my interface & the camera is unshielded. In the room its whisper quiet - apologies.

The procedure - From boot-up, press the right most of the four menu buttons. Scroll all the way right with the Menu jog-wheel until 'RND' is available. Again press the right most menu button, the one just under 'RND'. You are now in the Randomizer Menu. From here you can randomize the entire patch, the operators, LFO, or just env gens etc. I find 'All' the best for out there sounds and when sometimes you get something unusable, just randomize the 'OP' button :-)

Hope this is useful to someone - this is how I generate most of my whacky/out there/metal percussion sounds!"

I ~~heart~~ SammichFM

Published on Mar 29, 2014

"The first 40something random patches in my SammichFM. Hope you enjoy! Pix from a Google search!"

TT303 DCM8 Tweak

Published on Feb 26, 2014 mCKENIC·17 videos

"Short evening tweak of the TT303 Bass & DCM-8 Drum Machine.
(as always apologies for the mono camera audio - its the best I have!)"

via Dave O Mahony on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Turnado Lemur Template

Published on Dec 3, 2013 mCKENIC·15 videos

"Quick video of a Lemur template I did for Turnado desktop. It performs almost like the Turnado iPad app now! Nothing special I know but its a LOT of fun to use.

4 - X/Y pads (with reset to zero on finger lift), a Wet/Dry mix and a Randomizer button.
You have to push the button twice because of whatever way I have it mapped in Ableton Live!"

via Dave O Mahony on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

iTunes: Lemur - Liine

The reset to zero on finger lift is interesting. Lemur costs a bit more than other editors for the iPad, but it's generally more powerful. It also had a history as the proprietary Jazz Mutant Lemur hardware controller prior to the iPad launching. There's a huge user community and custom templates for all sorts of things available for download.

Update:

Turnado iPad - Desktop preset
Published on Dec 4, 2013

"The same preset used on Turnado iPad and desktop with my Lemur template. Its not 100% as the scaling on the Lemur template is different but it is a joy to finally use my iPad templates on the desktop version!"

Gorf XL loop

Published on Aug 6, 2013 mCKENIC·12 videos

"Quick n dirty mess about with the GorF-XL eurorack sequencer module and the Doepfer A-111-5 'Dark Energy' module.

GorF-XL is playing back a simple 16 bar loop. It has Buss access so no patching needed to trigger the A-111-5! Messing around with the ADSR & Filter. Kick is being triggered by the ADSR, hence the strangeness.

The Doepfer was so loud it overloaded my cam input and compressed the drums too much - sorry :)"

via Dave O Mahony on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

DM1 TT303 Arp Test

Published on Jul 5, 2013 mCKENIC·11 videos

"Test of the Arp function of the Bass Bot TT303.

You can see at the beginning Im using Slot 1, Bank (BB), Pattern 8 as the arp source. The arp plays pattern length, slide and accent based on the pattern selected and within the range of notes the user chooses.

Drums are a single loop from the iPad app DM1. iPad output is going in to the TT303 Mix-In socket so everything is in mono.

Lots of fun and you can see the wobbly TT303 pots a little towards the end. Still, love this little monster!"

via Dave O Mahony on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

iTunes:
DM1 - The Drum Machine - Fingerlab
Bass Bot TT-303's on eBay

Latency Test

Published on Jun 20, 2013 mCKENIC·10 videos

"Quick n dirty latency test. I was having trouble syncing my drums with the Bass Bot TT303 over midi. I decided to put the TT303 thru the modular and everything synced great - the TT is a great Euro sequencer but when I put it in to my Ultralite and Ableton was record enabled... WHAT THE HECK!?!?! Horrible latency... never noticed it being this bad before...

Time to try Silent Way and the Expert Sleepers midi sync cable - fingers crossed!"

via Dave O Mahony The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

SFX-JII & Blofeld

Published on Jun 6, 2013 mCKENIC·9 videos

"The wonderful SFX-JII from Gugabox.com!
Getting to know her a little more - she plays VERY well with the Waldorf Blofeld. Next partner is my fave synth purchase from the last year - the brutal M-Audio Venom :-)

I nudged the SFX psu right before recording - so display was garbled but it kept on trucking. Of course I forgot to save my mapping as an SFX preset - doh!

http://www.gugabox.com/projects/sfx-jii/"

via Dave O Mahony on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Kenny and Friends

Published on Apr 15, 2013 mCKENIC·8 videos

"Kenny meets TR 505 & Monotribe :)"

Playing With Kennys Knob

Published on Apr 10, 2013 mCKENIC·7 videos

"I.LOVE.DISTORTED.DRUMS :)"

Z-DSP Greenwood

Published on Nov 12, 2012 by mCKENIC

"Greenwood random delay effect algo for the Spin Semi FV-1 - loaded on the Tiptop Audio Z-DSP.

1st Pot = LFO speed.
2nd Pot =Max delay time.
3rd Pot = Randomness.

I did nothing to edit the code - this is not my code please see the link below! Imna try optimize it for modular use eventually but it is fairly cool out of the gate!

From the Spin Semi website - user slacker posted the code. Thank You!!!

http://www.spinsemi.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=290"

via Dave O Mahony on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

the Sound of Shadows

Published on Mar 8, 2012 by mCKENIC

"A quick n' dirty demo of the Flight of Harmony the Sound of Shadows Eurorack delay module for my fellow Irish Wiggler - papercutnoise! Hope this is in some way helpful mate!

Sorry that the camera audio input only picked up the left channel :( 1st demo video so please forgive me trying to keep my fat arms out of the shot - makes it look like Im pointing all the time :)"

Black_Box Oscillator

YouTube via mCKENIC | September 22, 2010 "74HC14 chip used as an oscillator box. Sorry for the camera sound quality but really its kinda a rough sounding box in person!"