Geoff Countryman and the Electro-Harmonix H.O.G.2, Harmonic Octave Generator

Published on Jun 4, 2013 EHX·163 videos

"Saxophonist, Geoff Countryman, explores the EHX H.O.G.2 which delivers complete control of 10 totally polyphonic and glitch free voices, ranging from two octaves below to four above the instrument's pitch---all without the need for a special pickup or instrument mods of any kind."

Electro-Harmonix H.O.G.2s on eBay

Rick Parker and the Electro-Harmonix Superego Synth Engine

Published on Jun 4, 2013 EHX·163 videos

"Trombonist, Rick Parker, explores the Electro-Harmonix Superego Synth Engine. The polyphonic Superego reinvents sample and hold, performs fluid glissandos and unleashes oscillator-like synth effects. Layer sounds, create infinite sustain, use the effects loop to invent your own sounds. It features Auto, Manual and Latch modes!"

Electro-Harmonix Superegos on eBay

Oscillations

Oscillations from Coony on Vimeo.

"Just some Lissajous figures produced by two sine wave generators that are frequency modulated by a random sequence. Crappy camera Lo-Fi image and sound, but you get the picture..."

The Little Putney V2

Eurorack EMS VCS3 clone via Zeitdehner's Modular Pages where you'll find more pics and info.

"With the original 2011 build of my Little Putney, I missed a crucial feature of the genuine VCS3/Synthi. That is output level control of individual waveform outputs from the oscillators. The Analogue Systems RS95e oscillators do not have any output level control.

I have now finally implemented this with a passive attenuator bank. I designed a new frontpanel and had it cut, drilled and engraved by Schaeffer AG..."

October 1980 German Sequential Circuits Prophet-10 Ad

via synthmuseum.de

Prototype Demo: Breadboard Based Modular Synth System

Prototype Demo: Breadboard Based Modular Synth System from Phillip Stearns on Vimeo.

"This video demonstrates some prototype modules being developed by Phillip Stearns and Pete Edwards for a larger breadboard based modular synth system. The current collection of modules demonstrated here were developed and designed by Phillip Stearns using a stackable, header-based form factor designed by Pete Edwards. Each module features a curated collection of CMOS chips configured into powerful core multipurpose functions. At the heart of the design approach and ethos is the desire for endless musical and electronic invention, exploration, and discovery from the bottom up or the top down.

The current lineup of modules includes:
The Shifter: A complex signal generator that utilizes an 8-bit linear feedback shift register.
Divide by 2 by 2 by 2 by 2...: a frequency divider that produces 12 sub octaves with three programmable 1 of 8 outputs.
Divide by 3 - 10: A frequency divider that produces subharmonics
The Digitizer: A real-time 3-bit ADC
The Rhythm Brain: Three synchronized, independently programmable binary rate multipliers."

via STEIM

[Music] Swiveling Marble Eyes (Sunvox + Pixilang)

Published on Jun 1, 2013 Brian Muramatsu·24 videos

"This time I experimented with using a different scale than usual and incorporating some spoken word into the track. I know I broke my rule about using no samples, but only the vocals were sampled. I still use only Sunvox modules for the rest of the sounds. :-)

I used Pixilang for the visualization again. However, I rendered at 640x360 and zoomed in to get to 1280x720. This boosted the frame rate, so I hope it is a bit smoother than the last video. There is nothing too special about the video. The circles are just images that I made in GIMP and tinted by Pixilang.

Soundcloud: http://soundcloud.com/btmura/swivelin...

Ogg: https://sites.google.com/site/btmura/...

Sunvox: https://sites.google.com/site/btmura/...

Tools: Sunvox, Pixilang, GIMP, ffmpeg, OpenShot, Audacity"

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Schnuffi and Modular

via CatSynth

"Submitted by Christian via our contact page.

'Schnuffi won’t let me patch my modular. And she relaxes on the 808…'"

Plogue chipcrusher: Advanced Bitcrusher, Speaker Simulator and more! | Effect Plugin

Published on Jun 4, 2013 wwwPLOGUEcom·12 videos

"chipcrusher is an advanced bitcrusher, a speaker simulator and noise machine. It's an audio effect which plays back input audio through a simulation of early lofi digital audio codecs (DAC Encoding), adds grit (Background Noise), and outputs through a selection of speaker and filter impulse responses (Post-Processing).

It can work as a VST/AU/RTAS plug-in for most major sequencing audio programs and supported tracker programs on Windows and OS X."

Serge Modular vid #66

Published on Jun 4, 2013 Phisynth·77 videos

"Another feedback patch using a Res EQ as only sound source, feedbacked through a TWS, itself modulated by a DTG. Even if you don't watch the whole thing (I won't blame you), be sure to watch around 2:35 ;)"