severence // benjolin drone

Published on Oct 19, 2014 severence

"// experimenting with epoch modular eurorack version of rob hordijk's benjolin

// patch notes

epoch modular benjolin pulse b : mod b cv

steady state fate quantum rainbow 2 purple noise : benjolin mod f cv

modcan quad lfo4 : quantimator cv in

quantimator 1 : benjolin mod a cv

maths channel 1 unity out : quantimator trig

benjolin low pass to mixer effects (moog ring modulator + eventide space)"

Harold Bode's Birthday & the Bode Ring Modulator Schematics

via The Bob Moog Foundation

"It’s the birthday of Harald Bode (1909-1987), German-born pioneer in synthesizer design and inventor of the Warbo Formant Organ (one of the earliest polyphonic synths), the Melochord, and the Bode Frequency Shifter, among many other instruments and devices.

Bode and Bob Moog began to work together in 1966, and this ring modulator is an indication of their partnership. Bode’s Ring Modulator and Frequency Shifter designs were implemented in R.A. Moog Co. products, and his vocoder was the basis for the Moog Vocoder released in the 1970s.

The schematic below was hand-drawn by Bob Moog himself. (Note the the “B.S.” in the “drawn by” square. In order to keep from having his initials in all the boxes when he drew up a certain schematic, Bob would use joke initials B.S.) Image: Bob Moog Foundation schematic for the Bode Ring Modulator. Many more Bob Moog Foundation archival schematics here: http://moogfoundation.org/schematics/"

"Warbo Formant Organ (1937), an archetype of today's polyphonic synthesizer, was a four voice key-assignment keyboard with two formant filters and dynamic envelope controller. Eventually it went into commercial production by a factory in Dachau, and it became one of the earliest polyphonic synthesizer products, along with Novachord (1939) by Hammond.

Melochord (1947–1949) developed by Bode was extensively used by Werner Meyer-Eppler in early days of the electronic studio at Bonn University. Then in 1953 a Melochord, along with Monochord by Freidrich Trautwein, was specially commissioned by the Studio for Electronic Music of the Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR Studio in Cologne, West German Broadcasting Corporation), and used by the Elektronische Musik group throughout the 1950s. (See #Melochord at the WDR Studio in Cologne for details)

From 1950, Bode designed electronic organs for the Apparatewerk Bayern (AWB) in Germany and the Estey Organ Company in the United States. In 1954, Bode immigrated to the United States as a chief engineer (later vice-president) of Estey Organ, and resumed his research at several companies and as a contractor of German companies.

In 1959-1960, Bode developed modular synthesizer and sound processor, and in 1961, he wrote a paper exploring the advantages of newly emerging transistor technology over older vacuum tube devices; also he served as AES session chairman on music and electronic for the fall conventions in 1962 and 1964; after then, his ideas were adopted by Robert Moog, Donald Buchla and others.

After retiring from the chief engineer of Bell Aerospace in 1974, he composed TV-advertising spots and gave live concerts. Also in 1977, Harald was invited as a chief engineer of the Norlin/Moog Music after Robert Moog left.

He died in New York, New York, United States in 1987."

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Flag-ship model, One of the Greats when it comes to drum machines and samplers"

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Korg R3 - Psalm37 Sounds/ Patches Demo Track

Published on Oct 19, 2014 LF0

"My introduction to the R3, all sounds except the drums are my patches on the R3, available soon..."

Chicago Ideas Week 2014 Modular Synthesis Lab scenes.

Chicago Ideas Week 2014 Modular Synthesis Lab scenes. from DUDADIUS on Vimeo.

"Here are some outtakes from our discussion on modular and analog synthesis.

Track is 'The Moon Delicately Hangs'."

Also see Chicago Patch.

Harmonically Printed Cell

Harmonically Printed Cell from A Box in The Sea on Vimeo.

"Just back from an amazing shoot in San Francisco and to my wonderful surprise my Monome had arrived. I sampled 2 different melodies using 'The Party Van' by Rodrigo Constanzo http://www.rodrigoconstanzo.com/the-party-van/ (Such an amazing Max/MSP patch. When I can code like Rodrigo I will be very happy). The harmony on the OP1 is being delayed with the El Capistan and reverberated with the Big Sky. It is then processed in real time through the Cocolase inside TPV.

GEAR:
Monome, OP1, El Capistan and Bigsky

LINKS:
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Soundcloud Sonic Sketch Pad: https://soundcloud.com/a-box-in-the-sea

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Street Photography: http://paulnormandlebel.com"

Frank Bretschneider experimenting with the Buchla Modular Synthesizer at EMS, Stockholm

Published on Oct 19, 2014 soundsofatiredcity

"Elektronmusikstudion (EMS) is the Swedish centre for electroacoustic music and sound art. The research organization started in 1964 and is based in Stockholm with six studios and a library consisting of a large collection of books about electronic music and sound art. EMS also organizes courses, various events and artist in residence activities. Between 14-27 July, EMS hosted Frank Bretschneider who – after working more than 20 years with digital sounds – was eager to submerge into the analog technology of the legendary Buchla and Serge modular synthesizers. On this occasion, we've talked to the co-founder of Raster-Noton to find out more about what is so special about these machines, and his current plans to shift from digital towards analog directions. Frank explains why computer sounds made such a big impression on him when he was younger, and strolling down memory lane he also shares his experiences with mono turning to stereo, raising the question what else is out there which could make such an enormous difference within the limits of perceptible sound.

Read our interview here: soundsofatiredcity.com/frank-bretschneid­er-ems-interview/"

nw2s::b SD patch loader

Published on Oct 19, 2014 Scott Wilson

"With firmware 1.1, the nw2s::b is able to prompt for a patch to load from the SD card when it boots up. Selection is made from 16 choices with the analog input and triggered with a digital input.

The current loader modes are still supported. This includes loading the default patch directly from the SD card and programming the patch directly into the firmware."

otogriddemo3nw2s::b and monome 64 otogrid generative 4-voice sequencer

Published on Oct 19, 2014 Scott Wilson

"For more information, see http://nw2s.net

This is a demo of the nw2s::b integrating with a monome grayscale 64 running a sketch that operates as a generative 4-voice sequencer similar to the earslap otomata.

The nw2s::b is acting as a USB host to the monome and it is generating an analog sequence controlling a couple of dixies, a Z3000, and a piston honda through a hexvca."