"If you like making techno or dark synth stuff this is the module for you. It makes beautiful clangy analog sounds and never gets old. Its a very music box and can even sound like a normal analog synth on its clean square wave setting. It comes with one drum pad but I usually just trigger it from the trigger outs of a drum machine, it can trigger with audio outs as well. This thing sounds absolutely insane, Ive always dreamed of having 4 of these chained up but Im not aphex twin so I must sell this little guy. I have another one that Ive modded for separate cv control over both channels but its not as clean as this one is on the inside. None of the sliders are scratchy and all is working 100% as it should..."
"The Waveslicer can be described as some kind of special waveshaper.
It can cut a wave into slices and move those slices up and down.
It simply does that by adding an offset at a defined point of the wave. This point is the threshold, set by the Pulsewave pot. The amplitude of the offset is set by the Amount pot.
So for example if you have a sinewave of 10Vpp (-5V to +5V) and set a threshold of 2.5V and an amount of 1V, it will add an offset of -1V as long as the wave is above 2.5V.
To make it all symmetric, all that is also happening on the negative half of the wave, which means that in this example you will also have an offset of 1V as long as the wave is below -2.5V.
To make it all a bit more interesting, this is all done twice at the same time, so there are actually two waveslicers working in parralel.
Also, every described parameter is fully voltage controllable with an attentuverter at every CV input.
All that is pretty hard to describe in theory, so I made up a little diagram to explain the functions of the module.
I will also add some videos in the next days which will make it even more clear.
I primarily designed this module as an audio waveshaper but it's DC coupled, so you can also use it for CVs. This can be a lot of fun, for example when mangling LFOs.
I have a working prototype which still needs some finetuning but I think I'm almost there.
Shane of X1L3 was so kind to make a panel for me. The final panel will probably look pretty much the same as in the first picture (thus aluminium colored with black text), but I think this looks nice, too!
If there is enough interest, maybe I can also offer a black panel.
This thread is under construction and I will work on it over the next days and weeks, especially add audio/video demos and stuff like that, but I thought it might be nice to involve you a bit by posting the information I have. So please feel free to tell me what you think about this/ ask questions if there are any confusions (I'm pretty sure there will be confusion, as I don't feel too confident about explaining this module)."
"Exploring a feedback patch with the Frequency Shifter section of the Buchla 285e. Better audio of a similar exploration here: https://soundcloud.com/user7621213/co..."
"Kyle Mohr walks us through his process for building a Teensy Arduino-based MIDI controller. Think a DIY MIDI controller is for you? Read the full directions and parts list here: http://djtechtools.com/2015/08/25/how..."
"Serious? well... it is based on the Arp4023 and will make the room shake or scream like nails on chalkboard and everything in between. Makes a nice quadrature oscillator too.
"Realistic Choir simulator ranging from simple Chorus emulation to full ensemble Choir with 128 members. Emo Chorus is a modulation effect used used to create a richer, thicker sound and add subtle movement. The effect roughly simulates the slight variations in pitch and timing that occur when multiple performers sing or play the same part.
In contrast to most traditional chorus effect units Emo Chorus allows for astonishingly realistic big choirs with up to 128 voices !
"Realistic Choir simulator ranging from simple Chorus emulation to full ensemble Choir with 128 members.
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Emo Chorus is a modulation effect used used to create a richer, thicker sound and add subtle movement. The effect roughly simulates the slight variations in pitch and timing that occur when multiple performers sing or play the same part. In contrast to most traditional chorus effect units Emo Chorus allows for astonishingly realistic big choirs with up to 128 voices !
Use live input from any source - Microphone, Guitar, Audiobus and Inter App Audio - or take a song from your iTunes library for processing.
Features:
• 128 voices chorus engine
• 20 factory chorus and flanger presets
• Unlimited user presets.
• Delay time up to 180ms.
• MIDI controllable parameter.
• Audiobus 2 compatible with state saving
• IAA compatible ( Auria, Cubasis, Garageband ).
• Integrated iTunes player."
"iTONTO the App, documents the Engineering and Design of “TONTO”, The Original New Timbral Orchestra.
DISCLAIMER: iTONTO is not a functional iOS recreation of TONTO.
TONTO is one of the most important innovations in musical history. TONTO is the first synthesizer of popular music and is displayed and described in great detail within the App. This historic instrument, the invention of Grammy winning Malcolm Cecil, helped influence American cultural and musical history and is one of the most recorded instruments of all time.
The App includes detailed photos of the front and back of each panel with drill down and zoom capabilities, circuitry and schematics, personal comments, hand drawn notes in design, and stories about TONTOS history. Collaborations include Steve Wonder, Billy Preston, Gil Scott Heron, Little Feet, Doobie Brothers, George Harrison and The Isley Brothers. TONTO is on over 160 albums including 2 of Rolling Stone’s top 100 best selling albums of all time.
TONTO – The Original New Timbral Orchestra uses the principle of analog subtractive synthesis to create multi-timbral polyphonic sounds.The heart of a subtractive synthesizer is its filter. TONTO has a compliment of fourteen filters: two full MOOG 904 band-pass filters,
two Arp Low Pass filters,
four Oberhiem SEM filters;
two Cecil/Serge dual filters;
one ARP 1040 multi function filter
and one Cecil Custom low pass filter.
It also has 39 oscillators; 22 envelope generators;
18 VCA’s and many more modules,
including processors, sequencers and controllers which can be patched to create at least fourteen discrete “voices” – each with it’s own unique timbral quality and all of which are able to be controlled simultaneously. As its name implies, it is truly an integrated orchestra of new timbres.
Optimized for iPhone 6, IOS 8.0 or better."
A 3-part demo of the Pro One being sequenced by an Oberkorn MK3 analog sequencer (only the gate and VCF). I also ran each part through various stock Ableton Live plugins (chorus, phaser, frequency shifter, etc) and finally through some ValhallaDSP reverb.
Hardware:
Sequential Circuits Pro One
Analogue Solutions Oberkorn MK3
Software:
Ableton Live Stock plugins
ValhallaDSP VintageVerb"
"If you like making techno or dark synth stuff this is the module for you. It makes beautiful clangy analog sounds and never gets old. Its a very music box and can even sound like a normal analog synth on its clean square wave setting. It comes with one drum pad but I usually just trigger it from the trigger outs of a drum machine, it can trigger with audio outs as well. This thing sounds absolutely insane, Ive always dreamed of having 4 of these chained up but Im not aphex twin so I must sell this little guy. I have another one that Ive modded for separate cv control over both channels but its not as clean as this one is on the inside. None of the sliders are scratchy and all is working 100% as it should..."
