Patterns + Pleasure Festival: Author & Punisher

"Day 1: Concert 4
STEIM @ Frascati
Amsterdam NL
26 Sep 2011
patternsandpleasure.steim.org/2011/08/17/author-punisher-us/"

Patterns+Pleasure Festival: toktek vs. Simon Berz

"Day 1: Concert 3
STEIM @ Frascati
Amsterdam NL
26 Sep 2011
patternsandpleasure.steim.org/2011/08/17/toktek-nl-vs-simon-berz-ch/"

STEIM "Zwarte Dozen Systeem" Modular

via Electronic Battle

"I visited Steim recently (www.steim.org, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and Nico there very kindly allowed me to photograph their Black Box System, a modular synthesiser one-off built by Rob van de Poel in 1972."

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STEIM Cracklebox

via brian c

"Here's a picture of my "new" Steim cracklebox... This is unit 70 of 500 produced in a third run from STEIM dated 2005.

The build quality is much better than I expected, it has a finger jointed wooden box and a hinged top - cool

I'm gonna mic it so I can sample it and run it through some effects."

Jon + I experimenting on a EMS VCS3 synth at STEIM

YouTube via yakthekyle | February 06, 2011 |

"http://www.steim.org/steim/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMS_VCS_3"

In Concert part 1

YouTube Uploaded by herowouters on Jul 18, 2010

Second video below has an NSFW YT image. Videos spotted on THE SYNTHI

"In 1974 Belgian composer Peter Beyls was not only a technician at the STEIM-studio in Amsterdam but also a teacher at the Vrije Akademie Psychopolis at Den Haag. Hero Wouters was a movie-making "paticipant" (a sixties-word for student) at the Academy, picking up some easy money as a technical assistant in the electronic-and-film-music-studio. They decided to join forces and gave in 1974 and 1975 two series of concerts, "Transformation" and "In Concert", mixed-media performances consisting of live electronic music, tapes, films and slides..."

"In 1974 Belgian composer Peter Beyls was not only a technician at the STEIM-studio in Amsterdam but also a teacher at the Vrije Akademie Psychopolis at Den Haag. Hero Wouters was a movie-making "paticipant" (a sixties-word for student) at the Academy, picking up some easy money as a technical assistant in the electronic-and-film-music-studio. They decided to join forces and gave in 1974 and 1975 two series of concerts, "Transformation" and "In Concert", mixed-media performances consisting of live electronic music, tapes, films and slides.

One of these events (Studio Skoop, Gent, rehearsal at the IPEM, november 29 and 30 1974) was filmed by Psychopolis-student Jacques Tooten, and the material was edited by Hero Wouters in the same year. Projected during this concert were his movies "A Boy's Ballad (Hero Wouters Movie nr 32), "On the Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection" (HWM 64), "De Zogenaamde Zeetrein" (HWM 65) and "Prints" (HWM 25), fragments of which can be seen in this reportage.

Interesting are the use of two EMS VCS3's, communicating through a very long tape-delay-loop, and a platform built by Beyls to control (with hands and feet) his "kraakdoos" (a famous STEIM-synth design).

Music: "Dialoog voor twee Synthesizers & Tape-transport" opus 103 (Beyls / Wouters) and two Peter Beyls-pieces for VCS3, tapes and kraakdoos. HWM nr 66."

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Historic Synth With More Questions Than Answers - Steim Black Box Synthesizer

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"Today we Chat with @Elektortek about the STEIM synthesizer
You can support these videos and get lots of extra videos and songs here :- / lookmumnocomputer
Patreon is a massive enable to making videos, the larger DIY projects would be a lot more strung out without it! so i cant thank my supporters enough.
It Also keeps the lights on at @THISMUSEUMISNOTOBSOLETE where you can come and play this synth! -------- ACID SOLDER CLUB Veerle Pennock :- https://veerlepennock.com/ --------- SIMON CLAESSEN :- https://drukknop.nl/ ---------- HACK 42 :- https://hack42.nl/blog/"

See the STEIM label directly below for additional posts.

Jon + I experimenting on a EMS VCS3 synth at STEIM

YouTube via yakthekyle | February 01, 2011 |

"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMS_VCS_3

http://www.steim.org/steim/"

Dirty Carter event at STEIM

flcirk by Chris_Carter_

"Mine & John Richards combined (& cross interactive) set-up for live performance on 3rd June.
www.steim.org/steim/events.php?event=339"


See the Dirty-Carter project flickr set for more.

Standuino Synth Building Workshop Tour

Just a heads up, Standuino will be hitting the road with an number of DIY synth building workshops. The next one is coming up on 17th March 2013 in Berlin. That's this Sunday. You'll find the full details here.

Upcoming dates and locations (RSVP here):
17th March, Neue Heimat, Berlin, Germany
23rd March, Školská 28, Praha, Czech republic
24th March, Školská 28, Praha, Czech republic
30th March, VillaLab, Hague, Netherlands, call
3rd April, microGranny workshop, Steim, Amsterdam, Netherlands
6-7th April, building and hacking open-source synthesizer, Steim, Amsterdam, Netherlands
April, Meetfactory,Prague – still negotiating
5th May, 4AM, Brno - still negotiating
16th May, Linz, Austria
?May, Vienna, Austria - still negotiating
June, Neu/Now festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands, call
June, Utrecht, Netherlands, call
26 workshops with 247 people in 7 countries

Pretty awesome!

DIY PARTS KIT for STEIM CRACKLE BOX / KRAAKDOOS

via this auction
"COMPLETE SET OF PARTS for the STEIM KRAAKDOOS / CRACKLE BOX

Check my other auctions for more DIY kits.

No need to search for any rare parts. No ordering from
different places and paying multiple shipping costs!
1 x uA709HC Op Amp (metal can)
2 x BC547B Transistors
2 x BC557B Transistors
1 x 1M ohm Resistor
2 x 10n Ceramic
1 x 2.7n Ceramic
1 x 100n ceramic
1 x 100μf electrolytic
1 x On/Off Switch
1 x Battery Clip
1 x 8ohm Speaker"

Patterns+Pleasure Festival: Jessica Rylan

"Day 2: Concert 3
STEIM @ Frascati
Amsterdam NL
27 Sep 2011
patternsandpleasure.steim.org/2011/08/17/jessica-rylan-us/"

Jessica Rylan of Flower Electronics

Steim synth

Published on Oct 5, 2012 by casperelectronics synthesizers

"Heres the first video of the research I'm doing at STEIM in Amsterdam. this is a simple analog synthesizer which can be patched and modified using a breadboard interface. The visuals are made by setting my oscilloscope to XY plot mode. The X axis is a triangle wave. The Y axis is a ring modulated signal between the same triangle wave and another triangle wave. There are 5 oscillators total which are all inter-modulated. There's also a sample&hold in the mix which gives the visuals a stepped appearance which you can see once in a while."

BugNews - September -> WOM events and Auctions

via Tom bugs on the BugBrand mailing list:

"Hi All,
Last time I wrote I was just beginning the move to new premises. It has been a big shift, but things really are coming together now and I'm finally getting back to some regular work. I'm quite aware that there is still not much 'available' (whether standalone devices or modular) at the moment, but I'm trying to get things properly geared up for some new bits before the end of the year. I've also got a few WOM events coming up and given the number of requests I've had for kits, I'll certainly be making some more available - more below..

So here are a few bits of news:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::

*** 1 - WOM events & kits ***

In October I have two days at STEIM in Amsterdam holding classes to build the Workshop Oscillator Machine kits.
The dates are Monday 11th October and Tuesday 12th October, each day between 10am & 4pm and costing 85euro per kit,
Spaces are already filling up (15 per day), so if you're interested do book soon via their website.
There will also be a small show/talk on the Tuesday evening after the workshop.

There will finally be a local Bristol WOM event in November at the Arnolfini.
This one is on Saturday 6th November between 11am and 5pm and costs £50 to attend.
Again this is limited to 15 places, so please book well in advance via the Arnolfini Booking Office.

Since I last did any WOM events I've had a constant trickle of requests to make more WOM kits available. Finally I'm pulling my finger out and will soon be offering some WOM-PRO kits - the same as the regular events kits but with improved potentiometers (dials) like on the Board/Postcard Weevils. The first lot of these should be ready in a month or so, probably around the time of the STEIM events. Of course, I'll do a mailout when these kits are going to be available.

WOM infos

*** 2 - Auctions ***

Two items of note coming up in the next couple of days:::

i) After the Ebay auctions of last month, I've got one more item - a really nice 1Frame BugBrand Modular setup with Joystick Controller!
Lots of info about it is included in the listing - [link - and captured in this post]
The auction finishes on Thursday 23rd at about 4.40pm (UK time)

ii) Then on Saturday 25th there is the wonderful & worthy 'Great Art Jumble' just down the road at Bristol's Cube Cinema. This is a fund-raiser for the Haiti Kid's Kino Project.
You can read more about it on their blog: http://nanoplex.cubecinema.com/blog/ and there's a whole load of people donating items for the auction. I've dug out an old Weevil Frame (from 2005) so do pop along if you're interested - the event takes place from Midday to 5pm and entry is free!


*** 3 - the New Place***

If you're interested, you can see some development pics on this MuffWiggler thread: http://muffwiggler.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=21012

*********************************************

So, in essence --> more news next month!
Best wishes & cheers,
Tom"

WiGi/Buchla Lightning Demo

Vimeo by richard scott

"sooo, here is the first stable prototype of the WIGI (Wireless Gestural Instrument) instrument I have been working on at STEIM for what seems like forever. Its a Buchla Lighting with heavily modified hardware and software. Software is STEIMs JunXion and LiSa."

Richard Scott - More Wigi Fun

"WiGI = Wireless Gestural Instrument = Buchla Lighting modified at STEIM"

Richard Scott and Rebekka Uhlig Live in Berlin

"our first meeting, recorded at the Interaktion Festival of Improvised Music December 2009"

STEIM: Patterns + Pleasure Festival: Call to Makers

"For 42 years, STEIM has helped artists realize dream instruments that would allow them to make music like no other. Patterns + Pleasure will feature some of the newest and most adventurous approaches in today’s live electronic music. With live performances, a symposium and workshops."

"Attention, makers of things that make music! Be part of an open laboratory, a science fair-style show and tell of work hosted by Peter KIRN of createdigitalmusic.com. We want to see your creations!...

Be part of an open laboratory, a science fair-style show and tell of work. We want to see your creations, including but not limited to:

Custom circuitry
New custom synthesizers
Creative controllers
Open source hardware and software
Audiovisual software
Original acoustic and electroacoustic instruments
Sound art/sculpture
Circuit-bent designs
Instruments and composition and performance tools made with game technology, mobile technology, Kinect cameras, and the like

The essential element is that you've built something yourself, in hardware, software, or both. Please be prepared to show a self-contained presentation of your work. Some display/projection and amplification will be available, but we encourage you to bring your own displays and speakers if you can."

Full details here.

Franck Smith, 17 Dec 2009, Amsterdam

YouTube via jacquestourneur.
"Franck Smith performing at STEIM, Amsterdam."
This video is from "STEIM@40! Last event: Patterns & Pleasure" previously posted here. You can find more videos of the event here.

via Frank Smith. Note Frank Smith is also part of * Zn'shñ • http://znshn.blogspot.com • http://www.youtube.com/znshn • http://www.myspace.com/znshn
prior posts here

HMM Amsterdam 0911

Handmade Music at STEIM Patterns + Pleasure

YouTube Published on Jun 4, 2012 by cdmtv

Update: YouTube description in:

"'What are they building in there?'

Create Digital Music presents Handmade Music at Amsterdam's famed STEIM center, during the Patterns + Pleasure Festival 2011.

Presented with support from Livid Instruments, makers of the Builder series of hardware for DIYers. http://lividinstruments.com/

Camera: Rigel Kilston

Edited by Peter Kirn"

STEIM Crackle Box 242 of 500

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via this auction

"Michel Waisvisz designed and built the very first Crackle circuit in the late 60ties together with Geert Hamelberg. This was simply a wooden frame with some print boards mounted rear-side up to be touched by the fingers. The circuits were ‘malformed’ oscillators that were very unstable and highly sensitive for finger connections. The Crackle circuit, as well as the powered speaker box, were battery powered to avoid hum and repeated exposure to dangerous electrical shocks. In 1973 Michel Waisvisz joined STEIM and started working on more touchable electronic instruments together with Peter Beyls, Nico Bes and Johan den Biggelaar, and by the mid-seventies they had created both the ‘Crackle Synth’ and the ‘Crackle Box’.

The Magnetic Fields recently used one in their album Love at the Bottom of the Sea. Swedish percussionist Sven-Åke Johansson carries one often and uses it frequently in recordings and improvisation. Mazen Kerbaj tours with one of the original Crackle synthesizers.

I used this once and it's been in the box since 2012. I have the pin that keeps the box closed in a baggie in the box. Get it, it's a cool little device."

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2007 Steim Cracklebox Synth SN 69 of 500

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via this auction

"Here is a Steim Cracklebox (Kraadoos) synth. Developed in the 70's it was one of the first examples of a bent circuit synth. You become part of the circuit by touching the metal pads. Crackling, fizzing, squealing, sputtering noises emerge in unpredictable way that is a blast. Battery operated and complete with it's own internal speaker. Loads of fun. Very rare, these never come up for auction. This one was made in 2007."

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speakingObject

YouTube via ffoitl. via Music Thing.
"during my 11 days at STEIM i did a working prototype of the second incarnation of the "speakingObject" (no better title still). it's basically a vocal synthesizer controlled by two buttons and a three axis accelerometer. it works without a computer. the two wires are just power and sound out. the finished object will work on batteries and include an amp plus speaker so there will be no wires at all.

links:
http://joerg.piringer.net
http://www.steim.nl"