Collin's Lab: Kit-making

YouTube via makemagazine

"When recently faced with the dauntingly tedious task of assembling my first-ever batch of electronics kits, I was lucky enough to have the ever-helpful eye of seasoned kit-maker Becky Stern close by. While observing my one-man assembly 'process', Becky advised a more efficient, modular assembly line technique using intermediary storage vessels better known as "plastic cups". Streamlining the process left me with plenty of time to cook up some some unusually fancy title/motion graphics for the above-seen video.

For more info + related links, head over to -
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2010..."
MIDI VOX

DIY Controller Building - Turn Tutorial

YouTube via lividTV
"In this tutorial I cover using the Turn Builder Board and the Brain. This will show you how to wire rotary potentiometers to build your own controller. You do not need to use the Turn board with the Builder Brain, but it provides you with a modular circuit board to use surface mount components."

Akai XR20 ( Portable MPC ) Part B - Beat Making Basics

YouTube via VJFranzK
"Examples of making user beats, and some preset examples.

Comment, rate and subscribe!

XR20 is available at NoiseBug.net in Pomona ( LA Area )"

monomachine test

YouTube via unamachiSoundSystem
"bouken ni deteiru kanzi desu..."

modular gone acid

YouTube via DrOctave1
"bubblesound sem20 putting out some nice tones with an acid vibe at the end"

Bruce - SfB

YouTube via Bruce73X
"Music and video composed for "A new Chapter Of Acid House", a !free! downloadable compilation of acidish tracks. Get it and celebrate the World Acid Day 2010, 3.03.2010:

http://www.tribetoolz.de/2010/03/trib...

Moving images, source: archive.org
Moving images, cut & arrangement: me.
Music: live recording at Basement Research Center Under Earth by me, x0xb0x and some of the others."

A-100 patch: Day 0032

YouTube via beckhusen
"Included a 2nd VCO in my A-100 analog Modular System. I'm really enjoyed about the fat sound, it's much more than with only 1 VCO. This patch setup is only a test, also for the Clock Sequencer and Clock Divider. Read in the video which modules are included in this setup"

some random noise messing with make noise pressure points and the anti osc

YouTube via DrOctave1
"just a little noise jam i made with the make noise pressure points controling the filter cv and the wave env on the anti osc"

the rest of the noise jamm faster tempo more noise

"the second part of the make noise pressure jamm with more tempo and noise"

The Heels Of Love - Analog Jam

YouTube via madonthemoonrec
"The Heels Of Love jamming on a Korg KR-55 synched to a Korg Mono/Poly."

Oskar Sala - Zeilgalerie in Frankfurt, 1993

YouTube via djaiyo.

via rustyanalog Don't miss this bit of synth history.

"From christian moeller's website, www.christian-moeller.com

Sala, a pioneer of electronic music played his Trautonium, an early electronic musical instrument invented in Berlin in 1930.
For this live performance, his concert was displayed as a gigantic video projection above the urban flow. The metal façade of the Zeilgalerie was turned into a giant TV screen in the public space."
This one originally posted at 7:19 PM, 3/2. Moving on top for a bit. Don't miss this.
See the Trautonium label directly below for more.

Update via Rick Jelliffe:
"The thing is that Sala extended the Trautonium (a playing device) with his own synthesis system: subharmonic synthesis. It is a Mixturtrautonium!

This allows much more chord-like notes to be created, with four subharmonics. So while he can only play one note at a time on the lower manual, that note goes to four subharmonic generators. He can select different sets of subharmonics (/12, /13, /14 etc) with a knee controller, if necessary. Because these can be written down, it allowed him to set up patches and replay compositions much more quickly than later modular VC systems.

The subharmonic system favours some kinds of chords (dim 7s for example), which explains some aspects of his compositions.

I have made a free VST using subharmonic synthesis that is available on the WWW. Like Sala's it has a frequency shifter, reverb and some resonators, and can switch between sets of subharmonics. The Neumixturtrautonium VST is available from lots of places on the web, and it has a sound of its own.

I believe Doepfer have a subharmonic module too, as may some other people.

Cheers
Rick Jelliffe"