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Vintage Electro-Harmonix EH 0400 Mini-Synthesizer

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"For sale is one of EH's coolest & rarest products - the EH Mini-synth, made around 1980. This thing's a tiny analog synth that's powered by (2) 9v batteries, or AC adapter. It's got a built in speaker and sounds AMAZING! Electro-Harmonix makes rock’n’roll effects & this unit is true-to-form. It’s a vintage rock’n’roll synth.

The EH-0400 has a 25 note membrane keyboard (instead of actual keys) & a built-in speaker. It also has 1/4″ jack to plug into an amp. It features one analog VCO with a pulse waveform, octave divider, and LFO for Pulse-Width-Modulation. The filters and the phasor make for loads of tweaking fun, & all of the controls/features work. The Mini-Synth can get ornery with lack of use, since dust in the sliders & touch-sensitive membrane can make it a bit scratchy. But a bit of contact cleaner attention will keep it going for years. All of the notes play; I had fun messing with it, & I’m not even a keyboard player (strictly guitar here!).

Cosmetically, this EH-0400 is in nice condition for being 35+ years-old, with nearly all of paint still on the keyboard & all of the colored tips on the sliders. Included is a new power source, already set on the proper polarity (+ on the tip of the plug) & voltages."

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Live Hardware Ambient on the Korg Electribe 2

Published on Feb 21, 2017 Matt Greer

shaduzLABS pink-0 - Raspberry Pi Zero Based Ableton Link to Clock/Reset Converter

Published on Feb 21, 2017 Canale di shaduzlabs

"A short demo showing a working prototype of pink-0, a Raspberry Pi Zero based Ableton Link to clock/reset converter."

pink-0 Ableton Link to clock/reset hardware converter demo #2

Published on Feb 21, 2017

"pink-0 is sending clock and reset to DinSync Modseq.
The clock signal is also sent to an SSSR Labs Divider and used as trigger for a Mutable Instruments Peaks. The oscillator I used for this demo is a Frequency Central System X Osccillator, which goes into a Manhattan Audio VCA and finally into a Music Thing Modular Spring Reverb."

via ShaduzLABS

"When Ableton published the Link source code, I started experimenting with it and decided to explore the feasibility of a hardware Link-to-clock converter.

I made the first attempt with a Teensy 3.2 board and a a WIZ820io ethernet module, but due to some of the dependencies of Ableton Link, this approach proved too complex, as it would have required a complete rewrite of the low-level networking functionality.

Having abandoned the "bare metal" approach, the next natural candidate became a Raspberry Pi board: I had a Zero lying around and decided to use it to build the first prototype, mainly because of the power requirements and the form factor.

A couple of weekends later I had a working prototype and decided to design and order a PCB, which I only received almost two months later (thanks, Custom Office...). When the PCB finally arrived, I put everything together and spent some more time fine-tuning and optimizing here and there.

The final result is a hardware shield for the Raspberry Pi Zero board and the necessary software and scripts running on the Zero itself and providing real-time conversion from Ableton Link to eurorack-friendly clock and reset signals."

You find full details including the GitHub link at shaduzLABS.

Roland Jupiter-6 Synthesizer Filter VCF Build - Demo 02

Published on Feb 21, 2017 gstormelectro

"Audio and Video by G-Storm Electro c.2017

Just kick back and enjoy these wicked analog multi-mode filter sounds. Lots of little sweet spots on this filter, if you skip around you might miss something really good. It definitely has that Roland sound.

Today I am demonstrating the Jupiter-6 filter clone I just finished building. See demo #1 for all the details. Basically the circuits and chips are the same as demo 1 breadboard test, just now they are stuffed into a 10HP eurorack module w/ some illuminated sliders."

Part 1 here.

HIKARI / MACHINA SAE MEXICO LIVE

Published on Feb 21, 2017 Le Fantom Onde

"A little section on Hikari / Machina performed live at SAE Mexico
Una pequeña sección de Hikari / Machina ejecutado en vivo en SAE Institute MX
Hikari / Machina is a modular driven light ballet .

Gracias a Ca Chi, Luis 'Bishop' Murillo , Fernando Montes Adrian, Mine Daniel Eugenia por hacer esto posible.
Make Noise #SharedSystem #BlackandGold #0Coast #analogRytm Elektron
Mexico 2017."

E9 Easel Wrongdoings

Published on Feb 21, 2017 7thDanSound

"Using the Buchla Music Easel in the obviously very wrongest of ways. Simple sequences via MIDI and stuff"

Dr Bob's SoundSchool: Innovative, cool, multi-sensory, STEAM education

Published on Feb 21, 2017 moogfoundation

"Drawing from the well of inspiration of Bob Moog's pioneering legacy, the Bob Moog Foundation's hallmark educational project, Dr. Bob's SoundSchool, teaches elementary school students about the science of sound through music and technology. We use theremins, oscilloscopes, a wide variety of musical instruments and more to engage kids in science, creativity, and critical thinking. Our goal is to expand our 10-week curriculum nationwide. Read more about it here: http://bit.ly/DrBobsSoundSchool"

Modular Jams by e-pleasure

Published on Feb 19, 2017 e-pleasure

This one in via Florian Anwander.

Playlist with descriptions:

1. Modularjam 1

"My first Video of a simple sunday evening patch I played and recorded for myself. I use this for the documentation of my modular patch experiments.

The Drone: Is a Braids with the VOWL model, going thru the RT451 stereo multimode filter, one with HP the other with LP. They go to two channels of the 4ms VCA Matrix. The VCA Matrix is triggered from the Vermona Fourmulator, each LFO 90° shifted, so I get a quadrophonic effect in my studio with 4 speakers around my head.

Kickdrum: I used the Synthrotek ds-m, a wasp from doepfer, a channel from the HexVCA and a envelope from Intellijel. Triggered directly from the ALM Pamela's Workout.

The rhythmic plingplong: Is coming from the OSC-03 form MFB, triggered by the doepfer sequencer, the trigger is multiplied according to the voltage delivered to the A160-5 ratcheting controller.

The snare: Is a noise, going only thru the doepfer VCA in exponentional mode, controlled by an envelope, and then thru a Roland Demora stereo delay.

Bass by MFB Dominion1
Lead by Moog Sub37"

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Moog Sub37 & MFB Dominion1 Comparisons

Published on Nov 1, 2015 e-pleasure

"A simple comparison between the Oscillators of two awesome monosynths.

A little addition, with the CV Input you can open the sub37 filter completely."

Playlist:
Sub37 Dominion1 sawtooth oscillator comparison
Dom1 Sub37 pulse oscillator comparison

Jomox T-Rackonizer Filter Matrix Module

Published on Feb 21, 2017 Perfect Circuit Audio

"The SSF Entity Bass/Drum is heavily modified by the Jomox Trackonizer. The Malekko Varigate 8+ provides timing gate sequencing for the SSF Entity and Verbos Random sampling, which supplies control information to the T Rackonizer. The Verbos Scan & Pan offers VCAs and mixing functions under control of the Varigate 8+.

The JoMoX T-Rackonizer is an experimental filter network Eurorack module descended from the infamous T-Resonator. Comprised of two resonant T-ladder filters, a digital delay, envelope follower, and LFO, the T-Rackonizer uses complex internal feedback between these "nodes" to create both familiar and completely new sounds.

Available here: https://www.perfectcircuitaudio.com/j..."

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