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Sunday, July 24, 2016

RIP Stanley Lunetta


Stanley Lunetta passed away on March 3 this year.  The first I heard of it was via Chuck Stephens in the comments on Ray Wilson passing away, posted yesterday. Lunetta was known for his Lunetta CMOS synth used in a number of synth DIY projects. You can find a collection of his work featured here on MATRIXSYNTH.

On his passing via The Sacramento Bee:

"Percussionist, composer, sculptor and much-loved icon of the local music community Stanley Lunetta relentlessly explored avant garde music while maintaining a legendary career. He died March 3 from brain cancer in Sacramento.

Lunetta played drums for Music Circus, missing only two weeks of performances until his retirement in 2008 after 54 years. He also served as the music contractor who assembled orchestras for Music Circus from 1973 until his retirement. He also was the principal timpanist for the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra, Sacramento Philharmonic Orchestra, Sacramento Opera and Sacramento Choral Society and was an instructor of timpani and percussion at UC Davis and Chico State."

On Lunettas via MsModular:

"The Lunetta is an electronic instrument that uses primarily CMOS chips for gates, Boolean logic, and mathematical functions for sequenced sounds. A Lunetta is basically a simple rhythmic modular musical computer that makes abstract sounds in sometimes unpredictable ways. It is a beautiful experimental synthesizer.

Lunettas are most typically DIY instruments, although there are a few small boutique manufacturers that sell them. ElectroLobotomy for example sells a few simple Lunetta synthesizers on Etsy.

The most beautiful part of a Lunetta is that one can make one for themselves and experiment with its functionality and layout. The guide for making a Lunetta can be found here: Intro to Lunetta CMOS Synths. The introduction goes into Stanley Lunetta’s concept, and provides an introductory guide for making them. Every Lunetta though is made a bit differently, as they often reflect the makers preferences."

The image above is via electro-music.com. Stanley Lunetta's work was frequently discussed on the electro-music.com forums. I highly recommend doing a search on Lunetta there.

Updates via Chuck Stephens in the comments:

"Thanks for posting this. Stanley and Ray were huge! Their work showed me the direction to take when I started learning to build circuits. My lunetta synth has influences from both men, as well as Eric Archer, Forrest Mimms, Reed Ghazala, etc.- we stand on the shoulders of giants!

BTW- My lunetta cost less than $100 and has 36 modules (so far!). It's built into an old rifle case I found in a dumpster and the panels are cut from 4" square PVC fence posts from Home Depot. Steel nuts and bolts and alligator clip test leads handle patching duties. Save more- work less!"

Here's a noise piece from my lunetta synth:


Buster-Jangle by nepchune from chuck stephens on Vimeo.

"This is my Lunetta noise synth run through a Ross Time Machine digital delay. I love the sounds this thing makes. The video features Honey Boy the Cat doing what he does."

And here's a song from the same rig:


Confidence is High by nepchune from chuck stephens on Vimeo.

"This is 90-95% Lunetta with a tiny dab of Kaossilator and Korg R3 (the explosion sounds and the 'pip' on the fast part) and an Arduino based 'auduino' granular synth for the lead (say what you want about Arduino- this little granular synth sounds great and provides a nice 'live' element). The Lunetta part forms the basis of the song and it is completely unedited- this is how it came out of my machine. I used two of Eric Archer's Mini Space Rockers for the percussion sounds and they are completely Lunetta controlled. The drum sounds are routed through a Ross Time Machine digital delay and the spacey bass sound is created by routing my lunetta-integrated Atari Punk Console through a Korg Pandora guitar processor. The other 7 Lunetta voices are unprocessed. This track is the closest I've come to integrating my interest in generative music and my skills for arrangement and song writing. I set out to create a traditional song structure and sound and I'm really pleased with it. It shoes that a Lunetta isn't just a noise machine- although I love noise, too. I love what my Lunetta makes possible. Lightning in a bottle!"

Self-Generative Modular #3


Self-Generative Modular #3 from Kial on Vimeo.

"A self-generative modular patch that is driven by the uScale, Animodule's Tiktok, and the clock and S&H waveform from the TTLFOv2. In this patch the TTLFOv2 provides the main clock source, and voltages used for pitch via the S&H LFO wave. Clock pulses from TTLFO are sent to TikTok to generate gates at the division outs. The main output of the TTLFO, in 0-5V mode, sends voltages to the uScale for quantization. 'Output A' of the uScale is sent to the TTA z3000 VCO, with a free running, unipolar square wave LFO changing the 'shift' value in scale. Sawtooth out of the z3000--->input of the Polaris MMF. LP out of the Polaris--->input of Rings in reverb FX mode--->stereo mixer. MULTI output of Polaris sent to uVCAII, which is controlled by the z4000 EG being triggered at every 4th division. Output of uVCAII---> Malekko MIX--->WMD/SSF DPLR stereo delay--->stereo mixer (subMix6) Waveshaped output of TTA z3000---> Meng Qi LPG, which is controlled by QuBit EON in envelope mode, triggered every 3rd division. Meng Qi DLPG output--->Malekko MIX--->WMD/SSF DPLR. Dixie II, Disting, and RS-80 supply modulation of various parameters on the aforementioned modules with some help from uFold, and ModDemix.....none of these LFOs are clock synced to create a constant evolution of sound."

Adam Jay - Maxia Zeta


Re-Published on Aug 5, 2016

Electro.
Elektron Machinedrum + Analog Four.
Re-uploaded with stereo audio.

Mamanunga - Prophet 6 - Sub 37 - TR-8 - Bass Station 2


Published on Jul 24, 2016 MAMANUNGA Official

"Short clip - Preparing the new album - Searching sounds and textures...

Drums : TR-8
Bass : Bass Station 2
FX Bass : Sub 37
Pad/Lead: Prophet 6

Recording :
Video : Zoom Q4n
Audio : Ableton 44Khz/24bit
No EQ - Just a little Reverb/Delay.

Thanks For Watching !
Peace And Love."

Nexus 6 Rampage


Published on Jul 24, 2016 davidryle

"Second tracking of the Metropolis patch.

This one added a second "fiddle" sounding voice to make a duet of strings at the beginning. The West Coast Random Source's Fluctuating Random Voltages were run through a pair of S&H to detune the exponential pitch input on the vco's. Their triangle wave outputs were run through 5 Pulsers with LFO sweeps then on to a Yusynth Arp 4072 Filter, a Modcan Dual Delay and finally an SSL 1310 Digital Delay.

The other change was a very slow LFO narrow pulse width wave to the AUX A input of the Metropolis. It was used to shift the root note of the sequence (minor scale) up one half step for a periodic blues passing note.

The 4MS RCD was revived from the last session where I thought it was toast. Trouble was the power input cable. Yay!

Somehow this piece vaguely reminded me of a Blade Runner theme (or ripoff).

Vintage summertime movie fun vibe!"

SH-101 Classics #1: Mathew Jonson - Marionette


Published on Jul 24, 2016 Simon Stokes

"Got a beautiful new addition to the studio, and this is something I've wanted to do for a long time. One of the greatest sequences ever..

Kick courtesy of the TR-8."

Update:

SH-101 Classics #2 - Aphex Twin - Polynomial C

Published on Jul 26, 2016 Simon Stokes

"This is another absolute favourite of mine that I was looking forward to trying to work out. Patch made entirely on the 101 going into a TC Electronic M350 for reverb duties.

Kick and hats from TR-8, break from a sample."

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"Assembled and then disassembled, this kit is a great entry into building your own electronic instruments and effects! This is the entire bundle, so contains both the delay and oscillator packages. A great project with real results!"

ARP Omni-2 through Electro-Harmonix Bad Stone


Published on Jul 24, 2016 SynthMania

"A typical 1970s combo: analog stringer through analog phaser.
The bit of plate reverb: Eventide H3000-D/SE"
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