Sputnik Selector Wave Multiplexer

Published on Sep 29, 2015 Voltage Control Lab

"This video examines one way to use the Sputnik Modular Selector or any sequential switch to toggle between different audio rate wave shapes to create more complex shapes.

We're giving away one free Sputnik Modular Selector module! Check this link for more details!

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Bob Moog Foundation Minimoog Model D Raffle Ends Tomorrow

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"Our 2015 raffle for a beautiful, iconic Minimoog Model D valued at over $4,000 is quickly drawing to a close! It ends tomorrow, September 30th, at 11:59pm (EST).
Get full details and enter to win the Minimoog here.

Entering the raffle not only affords you the opportunity to win one of the greatest synthesizers of all time, but it helps the Bob Moog Foundation provide innovative science education to kids through Dr. Bob's SoundSchool. Don't know about Dr. Bob's SoundSchool? Read all about it here.

Every $20 ticket purchased helps us provide this 10-week curriculum to more kids. Purchase your ticket here.

When you purchase a bundle of six tickets for $100, you help provide Dr. Bob's SoundSchool to two children -- that's 20 experiential science lessons teaching the physics of sound through music and technology.

You can purchase a bundle of six tickets here.

Below, a classroom of Dr. Bob's SoundSchool students learn about pitch and amplitude, and record their findings in their science notebooks.

Thank you in advance for your support! Together we are helping inspire the innovators, creative thinkers, and problem solvers of tomorrow!"

Arpeggio Kickstarter Campaign Launches

You'll find it on Kickstarter here. $20,195 of $85,000 goal reached at the time of this post.

Turing Machine, Voltages, Pulses Eurorack modules

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"Complete Turing Machine, Voltages, and Pulses Eurorack modules from Music Thing Modular. All 3 modules were built from kits and are in perfectly working and cosmetic order. The only blemishes are slight rack rash. The images are of the actual items."

The seller also has a Tiptop Audio Z8000 listed here for those interested.

ROLAND M-64C cartridge for TR-909, TR-707, TR-727, JX-10, MKS-70, JX-8P, GR-700

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Roland VP-330 Vocoder Plus

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"This mk1 is the more sought after original version. There were a few revisions of this instrument, one with buttons rather than rocker switches (as mine has) and I think a couple of revisions on the rocker switch version too.

I got her from the original owner. I used it for the strings and vocoder which both have a unique vintage feel. The vocoder is great using external instruments too and I used it with an external pre-amped mic, though you can stick a mic directly into its XLR port. The human voice section is best used as a carrier signal for the vocoder, but I guess that's subjective as everything else is.

It's been used on everything from Transformers theme song ('robots in disguise'), through to Phil Collins (In the Air Tonight - oh my), Bladerunner soundtrack and Mantronix.

2 fader caps missing as pictured, everything on the synth works perfectly"

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Modular Jam #28 - Nightlight

Published on Sep 29, 2015 DivKidMusic

"Full patch notes below so you can see how everything was done. Another fairly simple "oh that's pretty cool I'll film it" jam video. Wish I had more time to get into bigger more playable and varied patches but I don't at the minute. So these jams stay as fairly quick little snippets of patches I tend to make when I unwind with the modular after work. Full patch notes below.

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PATCH NOTES -

Kick
Happy Nerding HM VCO's sine wave output with the WMD Multimode Envelope going into the FM input to trigger a sharp rise and fast exponential decay to create the kick sound.

Snare Noise
This is the white noise output of the Frequency Central System X SH module going through the Frequency Central Meth Amp for tone/feedback shaping. A gate opens up the volume (VCA) on the Meth Amp to create the note length.

Main Percussion
The ALM Busy Circuits Dinky's Taiko module provides percussion and through the video the oscillators releases and on board envelope speed is manually adjusted.

Laser Hi Hats
This is the SARA filter from Din Sync self oscillating with the cut off modulated by the Frequency Central UltraWave LFO with a distorted falling saw wave shape to create the laser resonance style sound. Cut off is adjusting manually through the video.

Drum Mixing & Processing
All four drum parts go into Mutable Instruments Frames working as a basic four channel mixer. The sound then goes into a Synthrotek DLY which has it's mix and feedback amount manually adjusted through the video. This then goes into the main mixer for the patch which is Shades from Mutable Instruments.

Bass
The bass sound is Mutable Instruments Braids in Fold mode. The fold amount is modulated by Mutable Instruments Peaks in LFO mode with smooth/curved sample and hold as the output. Braids then goes into Mutable Instruments Clouds for some granular processing with feedback and reverb. The blend - dry/wet mix of Cloud sis modulated with hand gestures on a HackMe Vectr. This goes into Shades as the master mixer.

Melody
Mutable Instruments Elements provides the melody sound for the main sequence in the patch. It's Blow Timbre is modulated with the System X SH module, the Dampening modulated by one row of a Make Noise Pressure Points sequence, the brightness modulated by another Pressure Points sequence and the resonantor position modulated by a triangle LFO from Peaks.

Sequencing / Clocks
ALM Busy Circuits Pamela's Workout provides all the clocks/triggers in the Euclidean Toy Firmware mode. This triggers the Kick and Laster Hi Hat sound as well as the Dinky's Taiko percussion line. It also sending a clock to the Make Noise Brains module controlling a pair of linked Pressure Points modules. Step 5's gate output on the linked Pressure Points opens up the VCA in the Meth Amp to let the noise through create the snare/noise hit in the drum section. The 3 rows of the pressure points are taken out into an Erica Synths Sequential Switch with the Pressure Points' first step gate output triggering the sequential sequencing. The output of the switch then goes into an RYO Airtenuator for simple attenuation of the voltages before going into an ADDAC 207 Quantizer to send pitch to Elements for the main sequence."