Beauty in Chaos (modular experiments)

Published on Aug 21, 2014 alternatingbitmusic

"Just a patch that was crazy and I kind of liked it."

Live @ Sneak Pique / Red Bull Canada

Published on Aug 21, 2014 Navaneethan Sivabalaviknarajah

"Performed by:
Navaneethan Sivabalaviknarajah: Live sequencing percussion/synthesis
Jason Li: Improvised electric guitar
Dustin Good aka StillMonk: Live modular synthesis
Daniel Hooper: Recording/mixing

Special thanks to Imad Elsheikh for organizing the event and for Red Bull Canada for hosting, and of course all the wonderful artists, friends, and fam that took part!

www.piquetoronto.com
www.nirun.ca"

via Nirun on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge: "Here's the video: Octatrack/A4, Electric Guitar, Microbrute, Atantis recorded live & mostly improvised. Lots of live looping for transitions"

Brains Trains

Published on Aug 21, 2014 Ebotronix

4 ms Peg, QCD² / Exp², QPLFO, RCD²,VCA Matrix
Analogue Systems RS 100²,RS110²²,RS 360²,RS 500e²
Arp Odyssey 2821 white noise
Bananalogue Serge VCS
Doepfer A 114²,A118, A134²²,A141, A143-1/2,A148,A149-1
A151²²,A152, A160/161/162, A175²²,A185-2'³, A 138a²²b²²c²²²
Flame Chord Machine²,FX16,Talking Synth Module²
flight of harmony choices
Grendel Formant Filter²
Make Noise Brains,Pressure Points², Maths²,Moddemix²²
Optomix,QMMG,René, Wogglebug²
Malekko Anti ²² ,Uncle³,Jag
Moog Taurus 2,Freqbox ²²,MP201
Oberheim Sem
Roland SVC 350 Vocoder, System 104 Sequencer
Simmons Clap Trap
SSL Modulation Orgy
Tip Top Audio Z8000 manual voltage source
Toppobrillo,Quantimator², Sportmodulator,TWF²
Logic masterclock to Kenton Pro 2000²
FX :Alesis 3630, Aphex Model 104,Boss VF1,BSS DPR 402,
Lexicon MX 400,Line6 Echopro, MXR Phase 100,TC M3000
mackie the mixer³
morse key :TSM² Vocoder / switch and trigger
vid # 1100

Grove Audio GMS-634EU Programmable Processor Eurorack Module Kit

via Grove Audio

"The GMS-634EU Programmable Processor has a Teensy 3.1 processor board with a 32 bit ARM Cortex-M4 processor, USB interface, 96MHz clock, 512K of program memory and 65K of data memory. The supporting module includes two analog inputs with attenuators, two extra potentiometer-controlled voltage sources, 2 analog outputs supported by a two channel 12 bit DAC, two gate level inputs, two gate level outputs, a two channel in and out audio interface with a 24 bit 96 KHz sample rate CODEC, a standard 5 pin DIN MIDI input and output, and a 3.5mm stereo headphone output with level control.

By using the Arduino IDE with the Teensyduino add-in users of this module can download their own sketches to the module to utilize the processing power and substantially larger program space contained in this processor. A number of modular synthesizer specific sketches are available and can be downloaded and run in this module using the Teensy support libraries and some minor code modifications. In addition, libraries are provided to allow users to access the provided stereo CODEC as a high quality stereo audio input and output. The input and output jacks support -10dB line level signals.

The module can be purchased assembled or in kit form. The kit includes a Teensy 3.1 processor with pre-installed headers. The surface mount header that is used to access more of the processor I/O is also pre-installed. The CODEC board is supplied with pre-installed headers, too. The CODEC board has a socket for a mini-SD card, accessible from the rear of the module, and has been configured with SD card libraries in the Arduino environment."

BugBrand - First Sounds From Number2

"Far away in many ways.
A characteristic sound (source)."

Reminder! RF Nomad Launch Party at Assemble in Pittsburgh this Saturday, August 23 at 6:30PM.

"Pizza by Spak Brothers Pizza will be served. Evaton Technologies' Synth Designer, Russ Hoffman, will give a brief talk and Q&A about the RF Nomad and about modular synthesis. Performances by Greg VanEck, Margaret Cox, and 8CYLINDER round out the evening. A note to folks traveling to Assemble; please note that Penn Avenue in front of Assemble is under heavy construction, and there is no street access from Penn Avenue to Assemble. Parking is available one block on either side of Penn Avenue, and the sidewalk in front of Assemble is open. Assemble is located at 5125 Penn Avenue, between Evaline and Winebiddle streets."

Music From Forbidden Planet Featured in 2015 Acura TLX Ad

Louis & Bebe Barron - Forbidden Planet : Main Titles Overture

Uploaded on Jan 13, 2011 A Place For The Soundtracks

"Forbidden Planet : Original Motion Picture Soundtrack By Louis & Bebe Barron (1956)."

Here's a fun one in via Todd Barton. Listen to the first twenty seconds in the video above, then the following:


Acura – 2015 TLX – Aliens Want To Be Abducted By Us Commercial Published on Aug 21, 2014 Acura
Update: video was set to private. Found it re-published on Aug 25, 2014 Rocky Mountain Acura Dealers

"Tech so intuitive, it's almost alien."

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Forbidden Planet came out in 1956 and featured a soundtrack by the late Bebe Barron & Louis Barron featuring sonic exploration via tape manipulation.

via Todd: "Just saw this Acura TV commercial and the soundtrack is a snippet from Louis and Bebe Barron's original 'sonic tonalities' for Forbidden Planet!"

Doepfer 137-1 VC Wave Multiplier with Low Frequency signals Part Two

Published on Aug 21, 2014 Raul's World of Synths

"A walkthrough of processing Low Frequency signals using the A137-1 Wave Multiplier. Experimenting with different settings. Sound and Video by Raul Pena."

All parts here.

Madrona Labs Aalto in a modular setup: Thursday 21

Published on Aug 21, 2014 inbetweenmovements

"This is 2nd video with my new setup ;).
Sequencer: Make Noise Rene & Cyclic Step Sequencer by Defective Records Software & Mutable Instruments."

Follow-up to Madrona Labs Aalto in a modular setup: Belfast 09

Circuit bent Casio CTK-500 (SCI-FI2)

Published on Aug 21, 2014 ScrewedCircuitz

"This was recorded in a semi-abandoned cottage.

Exploring my circuit bent instrument and its many sound textures... A bit of a lengthy video but for those of you who enjoy ambient sound, this shouldn't be a problem.

Also, I would like to thank Alienjunkyard Circuit Bent Devices for giving me a hand on this build. This project was completed within a week's time. I desperately wanted this synth ready for the Montreal Mini Maker Faire and without his collaboration, this couldn't of been possible.

Much appreciated and... I know it wasn't easy working with me ;-)

So... Thanks wherever you are!

The build:

- 42 glitch points
- Pitch control
- Passive Ring Mod with selector for oscillator/input
- EXTREME delay
- 4 audio outputs

There will be more clips to come with Sebastian Trafalgar exploring the drum loops/glitch possibilities from this machine.

You can have a listen to some of his own work here:

http://sebastiantrafalgar.bandcamp.com/

...and some of his instruments here:

http://trafalgarinstruments.com/"