Quick Tour of CS-80 Circuits

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Wilgamat III Modifications - version 3

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"Modified Elka Wilgamat 3. DIY keyboard controller using Yamaha PSR-12 keys. Tubbutec uniPulse for MIDI clocking and drum triggering. Individual accompaniment sounds switched on and off from keyboard controller, accessible via DB25 to 1/4" breakout. Four octaves of square waves called "Synth" follow the bass lines. "Roll" button on keyboard activates a built in drum roll. Fill, Minor, and 7th are controlled from keyboard. More info at: www.mysterycircuits.com/wilgamatIIIv3.html"

Additional Wilgamat III posts

Moog Minitmoog Touch Control

Published on Mar 31, 2020 mysterycircuits

"Demonstrating the capacitive touch control I rebuilt on this Minitmoog. The materials I used:
Conductive Nylon tape: BCP Conductive Cloth Fabric Adhesive Tape 20mmx25M ($9, not $4 like I said in video)
Weather strip: M-D Building Products 6593 M-D 0 Premium Weather-Strip, 3/4 in W X 10 Ft L X 1/4 in T
Mylar Tape: ProTapes Pro 950 Polyimide Film Tape

www.mysterycircuits.com"

Two Modified Elka Wilgamat IIIs

Published on Dec 23, 2019 mysterycircuits

"The first Wilgamat 3 I modified in 2005. The second one is from 2019. Both were originally built in Italy around 1982. More information is at www.mysterycircuits.com"

Mystery Circuits' Grateful Dead Emulator II Restoration

Published on May 6, 2019 mysterycircuits

Above are a couple of demos of an Emu Emulator II restored by Mystery Circuits. Is it the same one you see pictured left with Brent Mydland of The Grateful Dead? You can find a post covering some of the history and restoration of this Emulator II on Mystery Circuit's website here.

Update: I asked Mystery Circuits what the serial number was and he said it's hand written and faded, but appears to be SN 983.

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Testing a Rhythm Ace with Gated AM/FM Radio by Mystery Circuits

Rhythm Ace testing 2015 Published on Jan 19, 2017 mysterycircuits

"Rhythm Ace testing out before putting it all together. Snare is AM/FM radio, melody is Yamaha CS01 gated through Rhythm Ace. Video from 2015."

Radio Ace - Mystery Circuits AMFM Drum Machine

Published on Aug 24, 2015 mysterycircuits

"Radio Ace is a programmable drum machine built by Mike Walters that uses an AM/FM radio for the source of the snare drum noise. There's an analog bass drum, and it gates an input in time with the beat. Snare (radio), and Input have individual adjustable sustain. Tempo control can go up to audio frequencies. Press the SNOOZE bar to turn off/on the rhythms! Built for Mark Lewis, 2015 www.mysterycircuits.com"

Zenotron - Mystery Circuits modified Bleep Labs Nebulophone

Published on Mar 25, 2014 mysterycircuits·27 videos

"Zenotron - Built for my friend Zeno in 2014. Case was built from an old modem, the "monitor" is a filmstrip viewer cut in half. Keys come from some toy piano with each key activating a tactile switch. Micro joystick (Parallax brand) controls arpeggio rate and waveform. Sound from Nebulophone clocks a 4017 based sequencer to blink the 88 LEDs mounted in a pipette box. 1/4" output, 9VDC external power supply. www.mysterycircuits.com"

Mark Mothersbaugh Discusses Mystery Circuits Penatron

Published on Feb 13, 2014 mysterycircuits·24 videos

"Some footage from an interview by Derek Sajbel in 2004, Mark Mothersbaugh demonstrates The Penatron (aka Peanut) built by Mike Walters.

I cut this from raw footage from Derek Sajbel's long running Circuit Bending documentary project (http://absurdity.biz)

Copyrighted footage courtesy of Absurdity.Biz used with permission"

And a live set at BENT04 with Mystery Circuits:

BENT04 Live circuit bent set - Mike Walters Bart Moyers Zeke Graves Chuck Johnson

Published on Feb 13, 2014 mysterycircuits·24 videos

"Most of our set from the first international circuit bending festival BENT04 at The Tank in NYC, 2004. Mystery Circuits set featuring NC musicians Mike Walters, Bart Moyers, Zeke Graves, and Chuck Johnson.

I cut this from raw footage from Derek Sajbel's Bent Festival 2004 documentary
http://absurdity.biz/?page_id=12
Absurdity.Biz » Bent Festival DVDs
absurdity.biz

Copyrighted footage courtesy of Absurdity.Biz used with permission"

The New Melloman from Mike Walders' Mystery Circuits

Published on Sep 8, 2013 mysterycircuits·17 videos

"DIY Mellotron using 14 Walkmans. Custom built for Justin Vernon in 2012-13. This is an updated version of the Melloman I built in 2005."


Melloman Drum from Trommemaskine Tape
Published on Sep 8, 2013

"Demonstration of drum tape on the new Melloman. Sounds are from another thing I built called the Trommemaskine."

SCI Sequential Circuits Six Trak

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Trommemaskine - Mystery Circuits Drum Machine

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"Trommemaskine built by Mike Walters, 2012. 8 x 4 matrix drum machine uses modified Paia Drum-Tone circuit for sounds. More info at mysterycircuits.com"

via Mystery Circuits where you'll find additional pics and details.

"This is the Trommemaskine, commissioned for Olivia Hjermitslev. "Trommemaskine" means "Drum Machine" in Danish. Rhythms are mapped out on the 8x4 matrix panel, which includes a Hi-hat, Kick, Snare, and a Disco drum.

Those four sounds, as well as four additional percussion sounds, can also be triggered by the blue momentary switches. A toggle switch sets whether the drum triggers once, or at the rate of the sequencer.

The large orange button starts and stops the rhythm."

New Tapes for Drumssette

YouTube via mysterycircuits | July 18, 2010
follow-up to this post.
"Thanks for all the positive response for The Drumssette! I've had some requests to show more tape examples, other than just the 808 sounds I had before. Here you go! The first segment shows sounds I recorded with my Minimoog. The second shows CR78 sounds, the third are acoustic sounds. I'm hoping to get sounds of my drummer, Kuki, real soon."

The Drumssette by Mystery Circuits

"The Drumssette is a programmable drum machine built using a Tascam four track cassette recorder. The sounds of the drums come right off the prerecorded cassette tape, and those sounds also clock the sixteen step sequencer inside. As the cassette plays, rhythms can be mapped out on the switch interface."

You'll find the full details including additional video on Mystery Circuits.



YouTube via mysterycircuits | July 06, 2010
"Intro to The Drumssette by Mike Walters. The Drumssette was built by Mike Walters in 2010."

Mike Walters' Teenage Minimoog!

YouTube via tarabusch
"http://www.analogsuicide.com
http://www.mysterycircuits.com
http://www.tarabusch.com
Filmed by Maf Lewis during the making of Tara Busch's debut album, "Pilfershire Lane" here's Mike Walters giving us some "parenting tips" with his Minimoog. Kids are great, arent they?"

Odd side note: Literally right before I saw this post on Analog Suicide and decided to post this video, I was cleaning out my wallet. I decided to gather all my synth related business cards to display them in the studio. Well... I remembered I might have some in a dresser drawer. I went through the drawer and sure enough found this business card from Mike Walter's Mystery Circuits from years ago! I sat down in front of my laptop, stacked my cards with this one on top, and decided to check my blog feed. Sitting right there is Tara's post with the Mike Walters video!!! Small world...

The Mystery Circuits Mike-o-Wave

YouTube via mysterycircuits
"By Mike Walters, 2008. Modified Yamaha PSS 140, circuit bent and recased. Custom flat panel controls everything. Visit www.mysterycircuits.com for more technical details and photos."

Mark Lewis playing the Melloman Pt. 1

YouTube via mysterycircuits
"Mike Walters' Melloman. Played by Mark Lewis. Sounds come from 14 continuously running Sony Walkmans. Mark performs Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds. www.mysterycircuits.com"

Recording Pilfershire Lane - Polymoog & Mars...

YouTube via tarabusch. There's some video of the inside of the Polymoog.
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http://moogmusic.com
Filmed and created by Maf Lewis, Spring of 2006....Tara recording Mike Walters on the Polymoog for the closing song on Tara's debut album, Pilfershire Lane."

Melloman and "Motorcrash"...Recording Pilfershire Lane, 2006

flickr by tarabusch
"http://www.analogsuicide.com
http://www.tarabusch.com
http://www.mysterycircuits.com
Filmed in spring, 2006...Tara Busch tracking "Motorcrash" on the beloved Melloman!"

AnalogSuicide.com & Mike Walters' Breadbox Synth

YouTube via tarabusch.
"Filmed in spring, 2006, Mike introduces us to some sweet tweeks from the Mystery Circuits Breadbox Synth."

Update via amos_joseph in the comments:
"He doesn't mention it in the video, but this is one of Ray Wilson's Sound Lab synths. Check out http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/ or Mike's Walter's description on his own site: http://www.mysterycircuits.com/projects/minisynth/minisynth.html"