Making the Most of the Micro (7): Sounds Interesting

Published on Sep 10, 2012 Jesús Zafra·89 videos

BBC Micro Computer. Spotted an Alpha Syntauri in the intro as well.

"Episode 7 (Of 10). Broadcasted in BBC-2, 21 February 1983

Making the Most of the Micro was a TV series broadcast in 1983 as part of the BBC's Computer Literacy Project. It followed the earlier series The Computer Programme. Unlike its predecessor, Making the Most of the Micro delved somewhat deeper into the technicalities and uses that microcomputers could be put to, once again mainly using the BBC Micro in the studio for demonstration purposes. The series was followed by Micro Live.

List of Episodes:
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1. The Versatile Machine (10 January 1983)
2. Getting Down to BASIC (17 January 1983)
3. Strings and Things (24 January 1983)
4. Introducing Graphics (31 January 1983)
5. Keeping a Record (7 February 1983)
6. Getting Down to Business (14 February 1983)
7. Sounds Interesting (21 February 1983)
8. Everything Under Control (28 February 1983)
9. Moving Pictures (7 March 1983)
10. At the End of the Line (14 March 1983)"

This one in via Ununseptium warehouse

aleph bees introduction

aleph bees introduction from tehn on Vimeo.

http://monome.org/aleph

bees is a modular control routing and transformation system. this is an introduction.

Sonic Potions LXR custom firmware feature demo

Published on Feb 22, 2014 rudeog·32 videos

"I have been customizing the firmware for this drum machine, and have added this new feature which lets you rotate the patterns on individual voices in realtime. While in performance mode, hold shift and press one of the step buttons to rotate the active voice's pattern. I allowed the Korg Volca Bass to participate and contribute a bassline, even though he was not material to the actual demonstration of the feature. See the sonic potions forum for some other custom features I've added."

Korg Z1 Synth demonstration performed by S4K

Published on Feb 22, 2014 Space4Keys·671 videos

"Korg Z1 Synth demonstration performed by S4K( Space4Keys Keyboard Solo )"

http://www.space4keys.com

"Stretch" with Judd Miller at Le Cafe 1986

Published on Feb 22, 2014 PatchmanMusic·17 videos

"Here is a wonderful performance from master studio synthesist and pioneering EVI wind controller player Judd Miller with the group "Stretch" recorded live in 1986 at Le Cafe in California. Wind controller players will appreciate the fact that Judd's Crumar EVI is pre-Midi!! It uses analog control voltage (CV) to control the attached Crumar EVI synth as well as the external Oberheim Xpander. A special guest in the audience is none other than EVI / EWI inventor Nyle Steiner! He is seen at 01:03:20 in the video.

Personnel:
Judd Miller - Crumar EVI / Oberheim Xpander
Art Rodriguez - Drums
Tom Kellock - Keyboards
Cliff Hugo - Bass

We hope you enjoy this rare glimpse into the early days of wind synthesis. If you want to read more about Judd Miller's amazing career in the studios and working on big budget movie soundtracks, visit:

http://www.patchmanmusic.com/JuddMill...

Special thanks to our good friend Judd Miller for providing this video.

Enjoy!

Matt Traum
PATCHMAN MUSIC"

Patchman Music Boss PS-6 Harmonist Wind Controller Demo

Published on Nov 15, 2013 PatchmanMusic·17 videos

"Here is a quick demo courtesy of Matt Traum and Patchman Music of the wonderful Boss PS-6 Harmonist pedal. Matt plays live through several of the Boss PS-6 settings with his EVI wind controller. All harmonies were generated in real time by the PS6 Harmonist. Three different patches were used as the input signal including a simple analog sawtooth lead from a Crumar EVI, the Piccolo Trumpet & Stevie! patches from Patchman Music's TURBO VL upgrade chip installed in a Yamaha VL70-m. A single note was input and the harmonies were all generated in real time and recorded. The Boss PS-6 is an INTELLIGENT harmoniser, that is, you can tell it what key you are in and it will create an appropriate harmony that fits the key of the music. It also does standard pitch shifting as well. You can hear both of these methods in this demo. Get your own Boss PS-6 Harmonist pedal and any other wind controller gear from The Wind Controller Specialists- Patchman Music! Email matt@patchmanmusic.com or call Matt at 440-740-1288."

New Section Fourteen Big Fat D Modular Sequencer

This is the first Section Fourteen post. We have a new maker in town.

via Section Fourteen

"The Big Fat D is a sequencer built with the very popular Arduino (Mega 2560). For those unaware, Arduino is an open source development platform that you can build all types of electronics with. It comes with it’s own IDE which uses Wiring (basically C++) as the programming language.

The inspiration for the project was to create a sequencer to interface with my eurorack modular synthesizer. At the start of the project, I was a complete novice when it came to electronics and had never used a soldering iron. The Big Fat D had somewhere around 400 solder points, so I got pretty good with my Weller soldering iron.

The sequencer has three different operation modes. 32 step, dual 16 step, or quad 8 step. When either dual 16 or quad 8 step mode is enabled, each sequencer acts on it’s own. The sequencer features reset, pendulum mode, an octave range switch and a master reset button for all sequences.

The Big Fat D uses DAC’s (digital to analog converters), Shift Registers and Multiplexers to perform various functions in the circuit. The DAC is used to create a smooth voltage for pitch, while the shift registers and multiplexers are used to minimize the number of pins used on the arduino for lighting led’s and reading potentiometer positions.
I had the front panel, which I designed, custom milled out of aluminum and used an off the shelf enclosure to house the circuit and wiring.

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this project. It was my first electronics project and much was learned about building circuits and interfacing with ic's. I foresee many more Arduino based experiments and creations in my future.
The code and a list of ic’s is hosted on github for anyone interested in building their own or simply learning from my code. There isn’t a schematic for the project currently. Drop me a line if you have any questions. about the project.

Big Fat D on GitHub"

Zim Zim

Published on Feb 22, 2014 John L Rice·249 videos

"This is a rough sketch of an idea based on a demo of the new Moon Modular 501D, 501M and 506 modules. I had spent some time getting the modular bass line 'right' and then had elaborate plans to record many additional parts in my main studio but due to time constraints I finally just recorded everything to my Marantz PMD-661 flash recorder in my bed room and just did one 'take' per instrument/voice.

Thanks for watching!"

Novation Ultranova in there as well.

Easel 218 Voltage Fader

Published on Feb 22, 2014 Todd Barton·151 videos

"Using the entire Easel keyboard as a voltage fader to control pitch, modulation, volume, et al. Printable patch sheet available here:
https://www.hightail.com/download/elN..."

More Cwejman BLD

Published on Feb 22, 2014 bigcitymusic·301 videos

"This video demonstrates the Cwejman BLD's chunky square wave and noise generator. The Vermona qMi provides pitch tracking for the BLD and a reset sync for the D-LFO, which is pulse width modulating the BLD's square. The BLD is filtered through a Cwejman DMF-2 with cutoff modulation provided by another Cwejman D-LFO. The beat is provided by a Dave Smith Instruments Tempest."