@noyzelab SPACETIME GRAVITY MODULATOR - EURORACK MODULE part 3

Published on Aug 28, 2014 noyzelab

http://noyzelab.blogspot.com.au/2014/...

"unearthed another video form the archives of quick test of prototype gravity/black hole-ish module, running a simulated physics. separate control voltage outputs from asteroid-like ships xy position. 4 x gate toggles with LEDs activate when ship passes each screen boundary. control voltages for ship rotation, thrust, number of black holes & randomize hole location. each gravity blob has its own forcefield. push buttons for thrust, hyperspace, ultrabrake, clear/set gate outputs. composite video output."

noyzelab's afx dsp box commission for Richard James of Aphex Twin

via Noyzelab where you'll find additional details and pics.

Excerpt for the archives: "I have been asked many times over the years for pix of the special grey dsp box i built for richard james / aphex twin back in 2002. the internal details are top secret / classified, but a few little notes can be disclosed about its inception along with a few pix of it being built...

at some point i was telling richard about an experimental hardware dsp box i had made for my studio sometime around 1995. this box did real time processing of audio to make a weird old school computerised speech version of the original signal - any signal not just vocals. pretty nutty stuff, so i was immediately commissioned to build one.

we discussed it more after the tour and towards the end of 2002 i started putting a box together for him, just before zipping to australia to do my phd. many other people have asked me to build these but i had to have my arm twisted to make richard's. i generally dont make my little top secret boxes for outside of noyzelab activities, otherwise they wouldn't be secret. but once in a blue moon...

there's quite a few experimental recordings in my archives, and you can hear it processing female vocals on the track on computable numbers, with an application to the electric landlady problem by dave noyze."

Side note: I finally get to mention Aphex Twin's upcoming release on the site. For anyone curious why I haven't yet, it's synths only!

Noyzelab's Mudley Talker Junior - Generative Speech Synth Module

Published on Apr 18, 2012

"generative mudley talking speech synthesizer. algorithms let loose inside a speech synthesizer engine. buttons & gate ins for talk & NOT talk (i.e. shutup). gate outs for talking and NOT talking. audio and composite video outs. this is the "junior" version of the module with an ultra minimal interface.

http://noyzelab.blogspot.com.au/2012/..."

mudley talker junior part2 - generative speech synth module


mudley talker junior part3 - generative speech synth module


Created a new Noyzelab channel label. There's one previous post featuring a Hinton pin matrix.

Aphex Twin - Fenix Funk [early Mix] UNRELEASED

"Aphex Twin - Fenix Funk [early Mix] - unreleased version of the classic Analord track. From the forthcoming exclusive Aphex Twin interview with Dave Noyze at Noyzelab :

noyzelab.blogspot.com/2014/09/aphex-…y-mixdown.html

noyzelab.blogspot.com.au/2014/09/unre…arclays.html"

Fenix = Synton Fenix? We'll have to wait and see. :)

NYZ DRN4 DECLASSIFIED

Exclusive mix on SoundCloud:


And a track from the release on Bandcamp:


Tracklist:

1. NYZ_FMMGKSQ_43t
2. ISR_16x16_WCM
3. CSN [excerpt 2 mono]
4. SWI_r170_16x32x32_B
5. SWI_FM1#16
6. NYZ-1_1#08_A [finite downsized]
7.CSN1 [excerpt 1 mono]

Be sure to see the MATRIXSYNTH exclusive further below!

FM EXPLORATIONS AND MICROTONAL DRONES FROM NYZ (AKA DAVE NOYZE, DAVID BURRASTON, NOYZELAB, BRYEN TELKO)

This is the first release by NYZ and is a superb musical collection of research areas classified to internal Noyzelab operations. Not even .MEDS label were informed of the secret processes underlying its creation, excepting that we know it involved Frequency Modulation (FM) synthesis! We have not been given any information regarding when this work was recorded, but we suspect the material spans at least a decade of David's FM algorithm research on numerous synthesizers, as well his own custom built ear deceiving gear...

According to one reviewer of David's previous musical output he "gleefully disrupts just about every standard convention of musical form you could think of, including those of so-called experimental musics."

Other reviewers have written that :
"His music is a bizarre, yet compelling journey investigating the outer realms of music generated on ancient & contemporary machines." "It's strikingly original audio that doesn't really sound like anything else I can think of." "Utterly sublime. So there you go, a life-affirming slab of mind-altering sound to reawaken you to the terrifying possibilities of creation."

"absolutely wreaks havoc" wrote Keith Fullerton Whitman on reviewing David's last release T. H. Cycle cassette on Important Records/Cassauna .

Cassette releases April 1, 2016

All Audio by David Burraston
Design Tom Knapp

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MATRIXSYNTH recently asked NYZ why he put together this new album of FM synthesis based explorations, and whether he would discuss some of the process behind it. The declassified information below has been put together by NYZ especially for a MATRIXSYNTH exclusive.

***BEGIN NYZ DRN4 DECLASSIFICATION REPORT***

DC REPORT STATUS: PARTIAL DECLASSIFICATION ONLY
PARTIAL DC STATUS: INCOMPLETE CELLULAR BINARY SPACETIME
PARTIAL DC LEVEL: SEMI-PICTORIAL_TEXTUAL_HIGHLIGHTS
FUTURE DC STATUS: _PENDING

The main reasons for making this album were an interest in FM synthesis in both analogue modular and MIDI/digital mediums. I had worked with digital FM synthesis since getting a Yamaha TX81Z when they came out back in 1987 (which I still have, along with another backup machine with a very hummy mains transformer which bleeds onto the outs). How me and another synth friend used to cry with drunken laughter at preset D11 Hole in 1... :) But after initially wondering whether I had just wasted about 350 UK pounds on an utter piece of shit... I quickly warmed to its better presets, and its very different approach to synthesis yielded enough interesting results early on for it not to get outed.

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Juneteenth charity release - Post​-​P​/​C / HSynf​:​:​DRNY#2 by LSZ & NYZ

noyzelab:

"LSZ and NYZ are returning with a split of new drone material for the occasion of Juneteenth, where Bandcamp donate 100% of their share to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. All income generated on our side with this split will also, now and forever, be donated to the same organization. It is the sincere hope of the two sound recordists that this music exists as a balm of comfort for escaping from a world that is far too miserable for far too many people.
Post​-​P​/​C / HSynf​:​:​DRNY#2
by LSZ & NYZ

https://pspsph.bandcamp.com/album/post-p-c-hsynf-drny-2

Prior Juneteenth releases will also raise money for the NAACP:

pspsph.bandcamp.com/album/fm40p-m46torg-blym-zero-autofugue-via-four-operators-multitrack-tape

pspsph.bandcamp.com/album/fm80-carriers-ssm-1750-multiplicatives

pspsph.bandcamp.com/album/multisignal-amplification-studies-for-the-ssm-1750

Anyone who spends $25 or more on the Juneteenth releases, in any combination, will be emailed a bonus download code for music of our choosing as thanks.

Learn more about Juneteenth: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneteenth

Learn more about the NAACP LDF: www.naacpldf.org

N.B. No physical editions of Psoma 51 will be offered.
credits
released June 19, 2023

#1 W/P by Brian Grainger. Recorded at White Pillar, June 10th, 2022 using the R-EW Audioholistics runoff system. Mastered by the Analog Botanist. #2 W/P and mastered by David Burraston. Recorded at Noyzelab on January 19th, 2022. Text and design by ABM&D. This is Psøma Psi Phi number ØΨΦLI. (c) + (p) David Burraston + Brian Grainger 2023. All lights observed."

June 1981 E&MM Fairlight CMI Review at @noyzelab

via noyzelab where you'll find the full review.

"In depth technical review of the ultra legendary Fairlight CMI sampler + see The Holmes Page for more info. Although mind-numbingly expensive when it came out it ended being used by a wide variety of artists / studios including the BBC Radiophonic Workshop (see more articles on this site relating them here), Kate Bush, Stevie Wonder, The Art of Noise, SPK and Skinny Puppy. Review written by Dr David Ellis, based on an interview with Peter Vogel by Mike Beecher. Scanned from my copy of Electronics & Music Maker, June 1981."

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Rainwire [Processed] install test University of Hull

Published on Apr 12, 2018 noyzelab

"A quick iphone recording during the final testing stages of my commissioned Rainwire [Processed] installation at University of Hull, UK for Sound + Environment 2017 Conference.

The installation featured live unattended processing by the EMS VCS3 MKII, and multi-channel speaker setup using a range of combo stage amplifier/speakers. Each speaker was driven by different recordings made during my residency at EMS on Buchla and Serge modular synths + Roberta Settels diode transformer ring modulator, and using Richard D James Fairlight CMI Series 1.

I had a great time putting this installation together, and it was even visited by EMS founder Peter Zinovieff!!

Recorded June 2017 at Middleton Hall during my Regional Arts Fellowship. This Regional Arts Fellowship is supported by the NSW Government through Create NSW.

More details on the Rainwire project can be found here:

http://rainwire-project.blogspot.com.au/

Thanks to:

Rob Mackay, and all the techs at University of Hull for assisting and making this happen!
Absolutely everybody at EMS!!
Richard D James for use of the Fairlight CMI Series 1 during my mentorship.
Sarah Last at The Wired Lab : http://wiredlab.org/"

Update via Noyzelab:

"Pic of Peter Zinovieff when he visited the installation. Also in the pic on the right is Ben Poulton of Zoviet France"

Dave Burraston aka noyzelab on How to Get Into Modular Synths w/o Going Broke

For those interested noyzelab has a post up on how to get into modular synths w/o going broke. It features references and notes from his recent talk at unsound adelaide 2017.

"some notes / refs for my talk at unsound adelaide 2017 on how to get into modular synthesis without going broke in the process. there's obviously a strong emphasis on cheap / diy / open source as an entry point to modular.."

"Dave Burraston is an Australian experimental musician, who has worked with a diverse range of artists from Chris Watson to Aphex Twin via Oren Ambarchi. A self-confessed gearhead, among his many accomplishments is the publication of SYROBONKERS!, the most technical interview ever given by Aphex Twin. Today he discusses how to get into modular synthesis - with a particular emphasis on not going broke!"

Robert Schroeder's Vintage DIY Synth Designs

An article via 1982's E&MM in via noyzelab. You can find additional scans of Electronics & Music Maker at noyzelab's site here.

Robert Schroeder composed his own electronic music, was friends with and worked with Klaus Schulze. The following are a couple of excerpt on the article regarding his designs which you can see pictured:

“The synthesizers and sequencers used on “Harmonic Ascendant” were all designed and built by Robert. All the synthesizers were monophonic. I asked him if he had ever designed or built a polyphonic synthesizer or had any plans for doing so in the future; his answer was a very definite ‘No!’”

“After the release of his first album, Robert wrote a book entitled “Sequencer - Ein Musikcomputer(?)”. Available only in German, it gives full details on how to build a complete 30-note sequencer, including component lists, PCB patterns and circuit diagrams, all designed by the author himself. He claims it can be built for a tenth of the price of commercially available sequencers in Germany.”

Note this is the first post to feature Robert Schroeder as a maker.

Side note: I was curious what happened to Electronics & Music Maker and did a lookup on Wikipedia. There isn't an article on the magazine however it was mentioned in a number of other articles including one on Mark Jenkins who has been featured here on MATRIXSYNTH a few times. Mark was the Music Editor for the magazine.

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noyzelab Regional Arts Fellowship - Moog Sound Lab UK Residency

via noyzelab, where you'll find the full post.

"On Jan 23 - 29 I held an Artist Residency at Moog Sound Lab UK which is currently located at the Institute of Sound Recording, University of Surrey. This was a great week, I got to check out and record with a whole bunch of Moog gear, and a few other choice pieces as well!"

Massive Aphex Twin Interview Part Two on noyzelab & 21 Free Modular Tracks

Follow-up to this post. The second part of the massive interview with Aphex Twin is up on noyzelab here. Tons of gear talk, pics and demos, and MATRIXSYNTH gets a mention! :)

On a related note, Aphex Twin just released 21 modular tracks on SouncCloud (embed below). Buchla & the ARP 2500 are featured.

Pictured: The JH Matrix FX, from the late Jürgen Haible.

From the interview: "he died the day he posted it to me which was very sad, a huge loss to the community ,he was the analogue fx don of dons, a genius."



Begins with a bit of Buchla. Track 21 features the ARP 2500.

Noyzelab PreenFM2 Farey Programmer Open Source Project

Another one in via Noyzelab:

"The PreenFM2 is an exciting little Open Source project for making a small, portable FM synthesizer with full microtuning. I decided to write a little Open Source programming tool for it in the Processing programming language. Full details of the program can be found in the PreenFM2 forum here and its available on github here ---- but briefly it is a tool to help with choosing the fundamental parameters of FM synthesis.

Farey Sequences for FM programming were introduced in the classic text by Barry Truax: Organizational Techniques for C:M Ratios in Frequency Modulation. http://www.sfu.ca/~truax/

In order to get the best from this program please read up on Farey Sequences for FM programming, I did an article here : and there are lots of places to read further."

@noyzelab's CELLDYNA Featuring Comdyna Analog Hybrid Computer & Cellular Automata Sequencer

via noyzelab where you'll find additional info & pics.

Update: All the sounds you hear except for the drum sounds in the end come from the comdyna - all analogue computer sound synthesis.

"For CELLDYNA I used minimal analogue computing elements (2 to 4 integrators, 2 potentiometers and an inverter) hybridized with a digital Cellular Automata sequencer driving various different synths. The spoken word samples are from a 1969 lecture from EAI titled 'Understanding the Analogue / Hybrid Computer'. In order to use such a small amount of computing elements I setup a fairly messy chaotic style feedback patch. I did this intuitively pluging around to see what happens on the scope while listening to the output in realtime. This approach worked well for this track, and enabled me to get quick results without resorting to theory. I made a bunch of recordings during Dec 2008 & Jan 2009, which I then edited into the final track."

Note this piece is featured in Dave Noyze Automata 49 which also featured afx dsp box commissioned by Richard James of Aphex Twin.

See the Comdyna channel label below for a few more posts featuring the system.

Noyzelab E GRAVITY MODULATOR - EURORACK MODULE

Published on Apr 17, 2012 noyzelab

"gravity/black hole-ish module, running a simulated physics. separate control voltage outputs from asteroid-like ships xy position. 4 x gate toggles when ship passes corresponding screen boundary. control voltage for ship rotation and thrust. each gravity blob has its own forcefield."

FEF by NYZ

"The delightfully titled FEF consists of pieces made on the Yamaha TX802 synth, driven by his self-designed MANIAC cellular automata sequencer. Glassy FM tones and microtonal tunings make for eerily melodic, playfully exploratory pieces.

NYZ is UK Midlands born, New South Wales based Dave Burraston, who also operates variously as Noyzelab, Dave Noyze and Bryen Telko. He's studied and worked with audio synthesis and computer science since the 1970s, culminating in a 2006 PhD thesis on Generative Music & Cellular Automata. Musical collaborators have included Oren Ambarchi, Russell Haswell and Aphex Twin (with whom he conducted the technically revealing 2014 'SYROBONKERS!' interview), and has had releases on labels such as Entr'acte, Fractal Meat Cuts and Important Records.

released May 1, 2020

Recorded Sept 2018 & Feb 2019 / Mixed January 2020 at Noyzelab.

Thunderstorm field recording on FM40P::cicFLUFFYCLOUDZ is an excerpt from Syracuse Storm, recorded July 2017 Syracuse, New York, USA in my guest bedroom at the house of Doug Quin & Peggy Droz.

Art by Graeme Swinton

Thanks : Paul Condon, Graeme Swinton, Sarah Last, Doug Quin, Peggy Droz

FEFNYZ / FEF88"

noyzelab Regional Arts Fellowship - Field Report 5 Featuring Rare Colorful Vintage E-Mu Modular & More

via noyzelab, where you'll find the full report:

"Included in this post is a look at some creative outcomes for my 2017/18 fellowship activities in USA and Regional NSW => Mentorship with Doug Quin and residency at Syracuse University, residency at Important Records HQ including a visit to local studio to see an ultra-rare Emu Modular, and giving workshops and working in the field/studio in regional NSW. I've included a number of soundcloud links giving excerpts of some the material I was able to record."

The synth pics are at the bottom, but be sure to check out everything leading up to them. It includes an inspiring piece on the use of field recordings for sound design, a visit to the legendary Belfer Audio Archive and Preservation Laboratory with a signed copy of John Cage's Variations I score and the book Silence, as well as a copy of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band signed by George Martin, and a visit to John Brien's Important Records in Groveland, Mass with a Serge/STS system, EML Electrocomp 101, EMS Synthi A and SCI Prophet 5.

There are quite a few pics of the E-Mu system including close-ups of the inside. Do not miss them.

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More Pics of Noyzelab's Hinton Instruments Music Lab Modular

via noyzelab where you'll find additional pics.

The system "was built by Graham Hinton back in the mid 70's ! Its the precursor to his current series of modules. The strange looking co-ax like connectors are nuclear physics spec Lemo connectors which connect to the virtual earth inputs on the Music Lab modules and the Pin Matrix module..."

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ULAMIZER - II - HINTON - 2007 - EXCERPT

"ULAMIZER II is a prototype of a CA (cellular automata) music module, designed to be part of the Noyzelab studio environment for both modular and MIDI synthesizers."

via noyzelab where you'll find more pics & details.

The Microskill AS32 Synthesizer - Britain's Answer to the PPG Circa 1985

An article from Electronics & Music Maker on the Microskill AS32 via noyzelab. You can find additional scans of Electronics & Music Maker at noyzelab's site here.

"From the wilds of West Yorkshire comes a new computer-based instrument that could be Britain's answer to the PPG."

Note this is the first Microskill post on the site.

Side note: I was curious what happened to Electronics & Music Maker and did a lookup on Wikipedia. There isn't an article on the magazine however it was mentioned in a number of other articles including one on Mark Jenkins who has been featured here on MATRIXSYNTH a few times. Mark was the Music Editor for the magazine.

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