Audio Shield - Add music to your Arduino

Audio Shield
"Adding quality audio to an electronic project is surprisingly difficult. People tend to end up either using low-quality ISD chips (you might get 8Khz sampling rate for 30seconds out of these, if you're lucky!) or mucking around with trying to control a CD or MP3 player. Although it's possible to generate audio direct from a microcontroller using a PWM output, the quality is often low and its hard to fit a lot of music in an EEPROM chip. You can buy an embedded MP3 player board, but they're either expensive or difficult to use!" via ladyada's ranting.

Silicon Breakdown Synths Page

link via Oliver Chesler in the comments of this post. The site includes ARP, MOOG, Emu, Oberheim, and EML.

Synths: Cwejman VCO-6 Oscillator

Reviewed by Hexfix93 here. You'll find a sample there as well.

"I have to say that the pwm on this is the best. Better than any of the other units I have used. There is a pwm saw as well that I really like. Kind of like the old alpha juno. This does those wicked animated leads when you use pwm. It can sound really buzzy and alive and thick. The sync sounds it can make are huge and my favorite so far of any of the oscillators I have used. The square waves on this are godly. I have never used the cwejman vco-2rm, so I have no idea how it stacks up against that oscillator."

Korg Poly 800 makes love to the camera

YouTube via deitersmonkey. via metrosonus.
"JAN6: A song I played to showcase my Korg Poly 800 with my groovebox supplying the rhythm."

DiViNCi of SoS breaks down his MPC soloing...

YouTube via TheGlitterWhale. via hahafresh where you can find some SiViNCi inspired samples.
"This is footage from the making of one of the songs off of the new Solillaquists of Sound album, 'As if We Existed'. DiViNCi explains how he turns a snare sample into a "Guitar" sound and plays the take that actually gets used on the final version of the song, 'Berlin'."

synthwood.com pitch/mod wheel colorizer

# Available for the synthwood Pro-One wood case conversion kit
# Comptabile with the DSI Prophet '08 (shown), DSI Poly Evolver, Moog Voyager
# User selectable colors: Red, Green, Blue, White, Violet, Yellow, Turquoise and off
# Colors can be independently set
# synthwood figured maple wood sides shown

on synthwood

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On The Lower Frequencies

A couple shots via On The Lower Frequencies

Be sure to click on the images for the full size and check out On The Lower Frequencies for more.

MOOG Voyager with Purple Backlight

Commodore 64 midi interface

via this auction
"Midi interface for use with the C64 PROPHET64 cartridge. This cartridge gives you midi-in, midi-out/thru for your prophet64 software. It converts midi timing to sync24 and the prophet sync24 to midi timing. You can also use program-change messages over midi to change the presets in your prophet software. Let your prophet64 run in sync with your midi setup! this item is rare and no longer in production! download the manual here

*I am also selling a Prophet64 cartridge for the Commodore 64 which gives you roland tb303 / roland tr909 / moog like emulation on your 64! please check my other listings soon for this item!*"

See this previous post for some videos. via FABULOUS 23S.

BugBrand Modular

Just saw these poking around the BugBrand site. You can find more images and info on the BugBrand modular here. Be sure to click on the BugBrand link at the bottom of this post for more posts here on MATRIXSYNTH.

Follow-up BugCrushers and Workshop-noises

via Tom Bugs of BugBrand

"Hiya,

A couple of bits to announce including more-in-the-shop (BugCrushers), a new Crusher-Eye add-on for the BC08 and some chances to build-your-own-noise-machine...
Oh and some shows too!

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BugCrushers are back in the shop as of now..
There are 5 more of the big BugCrusher08s and a further 12 BugCrusherMicros http://bugbrand.co.uk/pages/shop.htm

(there will be one more follow-up batch before too long too)

Hey, there's also a new CV-modulation add-on -- the Crusher-Eye This is a little light-dependent wand that plugs in to the Foot Control socket and allows you to control the CrushRate or Filter Cutoff by varying the light falling on the Eye.
I'm doing these as an add-on because not everyone will want them (great for desktop noise use, but probably less useful for guitarists) These are £6 on top of the BugCrusher08 purchase I've only got a few of these made up at the moment but should be able to make more later in the week if there is more demand..
http://www.bugbrand.co.uk/pages/sounddevices.htm#bugcrusher08

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Workshop-noisers::
I've just taken delivery of the circuit boards that'll be used for the
forthcoming workshops in Berlin and Lisbon. These are really fun
board-synths - quite like the PostcardWeevil but with much more going
on- 10 dials, 13 contact points, 7 switches and 1/4" jack output or miniamp.
Over the next few days I'll be putting up more details for them
including schematics / informational building document / sound demos.
But there's already an image and blurb on the BugBlog:
http://bugbrand.blogspot.com/

If you want to build one yourself then be at one of these places:
Pickled Feet / Berlin / Saturday 24th May -
http://pickledfeet.com/workshops.php
UM Festival / Lisbon / sometime around 20th June - more details coming soon!

Or, if you'd like to organise an event locally then get in contact with
me direct - we can plan for summer and onwards.

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Shows Shows Shows

This coming Saturday (17th May) I'm doing a collaboration with Bristol
percussionist Roger Skerman.
We're supporting the Necks at the Cube Cinema and its a QU Junktions
show costing £10 in advance (from 7.30pm)
www.qujunktions.com // www.cubecinema.com

And then there are two shows in Berlin with bug-modular-machines:
Fri 23rd May at Salon Bruit - http://salonbruit.blogspot.com/
Weds 28th May at ZMF - http://www.myspace.com/happyauarecordings

Oh---- last minute news ---> there will be an additional late-night show
at the Goldmund DVD release-party somewhere in Berlin on Sat 24th May!

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That brings us up to June....
Weevil08s will be back in production sometime around then.
I'll shout when they're out!

All best for now,
Tom