Second time visiting the Industrial Music Electronics Piston Honda MK3, this time with an emphasis on the softer sounding things. This is a raw video with no prior knowledge of the wave banks, just an attempt to look at some of the various wave-sets with an emphasis on the unison voice features. VERY BORING.
2. Industrial Music Electronics Piston Honda MK3
Playing around with the presets, FM amount, and xyz axis of the Industrial Music Electronics Piston Honda MK3 for the first time. Sorry for the crappy cell phone video.
3. Harvestman Piston Honda MK2 Feedback
The Piston Honda MK2 being fed into it's FM input via VCA 1 of the Double Andore MK 2 a mix of it's own output, and the outputs of the Hertz Donut MK2 and both oscillators of the Kermit. Topped with some heavy verb.
Snappy, classically analog envelopes with visually intuitive controls. Add a powerful, cv controllable cyclical gate generator, integrated VCA, and trigger buttons —then double it—now you've got Tangrams.
Tangrams, like our Dual ADSR before it, is a dual analog core-envelope inspired by the Roland SH-101 / System 100m design with several enhancements. Taking further inspiration from trapezoidal function generators like the one on the EMS Synthi, we have added a voltage-controlled pulser circuit to link the triggering of two envelopes – allowing for delayed one-shots, cycling organic envelopes, and more. In addition, we’ve added two VCAs for level control of each envelope, or alternatively, direct injection of the signal you’d like to envelope – freeing up your other VCAs.
The Pulser
The Pulser can be thought of as a way to set both a gate ON time (T1) and an OFF time (T2). In this way, you could configure a cycling ADSR that has a gate time that is different from the interval between gates. Alternatively, you can create a sequence where ADSR2 is triggered by a delayed amount of time after ADSR1 is triggered (either cyclically or in a single shot sequence). The panel switches for routing or disabling the pulse sources allow for even more complex combinations of control beyond these examples. This special combination of functions can yield a plethora of interesting and organic envelope and gate patterns to be created; cyclical and single shot.
ADSR + VCA Features
Dual Analog ADSR envelopes with digital gate Pulser for trapezoid shapes Pulser stages P1 and P2 can be selectively routed to trigger each ADSR via panel switches Three timing ranges: (FAST: ~5 seconds, MED: ~35sec, SLOW: ~1min A/D times) Retrig input (allows re-triggering of the envelope if source gate held high) VCA input can be used to dynamically control the respective ADSR output level (bipolar) or to process signals to be modulated in amplitude by the ADSR. Manual GATE buttons for each envelope
Pulser Features A pulse is made of individually controllable T1 and T2 stage lengths CV control over T1 and T2 time Pulser can be one-shot (SINGLE) or repeating (CYCLE) PULSE output has a switch to select P1 or P2 as the source. Pulser stages P1 and P2 can be selectively routed to trigger each ADSR via panel switches START trigger input for starting/restarting the Pulser sequence Manual GATE button to trigger the Pulser sequence
"The RK8 contains six bandpass filters, which use vacuum tubes. They are simple 'twin T' designs. Each filter is about one octave lower in range than the one to the left—treble on the left, bass on the right.
Each filter may be manually swept with its own separate tuning knob, over approximately one and one-half octaves. Or ALL the filters may be swept together, using either the 'MANUAL TUNE' knob, or the CV input, which overrides the knob when a patch cable is inserted. Although it is capable of some conventional swept-filter effects, the RK8 is more useful as a complex equalization system or for unique special effects.
Resonance is separately adjustable for each filter. Usually the treble filters will resonate strongly and oscillate under some settings. The bass filters might not. It’s a strange monster.
Inputs and outputs are compatible with all Eurorack and other modular synthesizer equipment. The output peak voltage is limited to the supply rails and can’t damage other modules.
Don’t assume you know what you are getting here—the RK8 is unlike anything else ever marketed. Also don’t expect it to track VCOs. Its voltage-to-frequency curve is 'more or less' hertz-per-volt but can’t really be guaranteed. The six vactrols in each RK8 were hand-matched, but can’t be expected to remain matched, or to track together perfectly.
Again, everything about the RK8 is abnormal. It is not perfectly 'clean' and perfectly 'distortionless', and it cannot be made so. Because it uses vacuum tubes.
It is something you have NEVER seen before. It can NOT be compared to any other product, ever made, PERIOD. Do not walk into this with 'preconceptions'.
Specs: 32HP width Eurorack module, with circuits protruding about 1.5″ or 38mm behind panel. The RK8 uses six 5702 subminiature pentodes, all Raytheon US military surplus from the 1980s. Power supply required is about 600 mA after warmup and 1.4 amps when started cold from +12v, and 10 mA from -12v. Low-cost power supplies are NOT recommended. A spare tube is included, although soldering equipment is needed to replace any of the tubes. They are run very conservatively and will last many, many years."
"Metasonix RK8 Filterwall prototype demo - video 1.
Modules used: Hexinverter Mutant BD9, Mutant Snare, WMD Crater and Kraken, Moog DFAM, and some live percussion samples from the 1010 music Bitbox.
This is an un-edited 13 minute session of experimentation with direct audio recording to showcase the tonality of the prototype as it processes these sounds. When audio stops and comes back in that is me bringing up a separate mixer channel of the raw audio unfiltered as a comparison, which is then muted out and the RK8 direct channel is brought back in."
"Some examples of the Metasonix RK8 Filterwall. First clip is of the Industrial Music Electronics Hertz Donut MK3 running through the Filterwall. Second clip is the Filterwall acting as a sine bank. Third clip is some bad drumbeat being processed through the Filterwall."
"Yamaha CS-30 in Stereo passing thru Stereo Dolby 361 with Vocal Stressor Mod
My buddy @JMLRecording mods the Dolby boxes and sells them!! Once you hear a synth thru a Dolby box with the 'Dolby Trick' you will be hooked!"
Adam Berzowski explores the sounds of the Sequential Trigon-6 at the Kraft Music studio
Contact Adam directly at 414-858-4008 or aberzowski@kraftmusic.com if you have any questions or would like to place an order on your very own Trigon-6
00:00 - Intro 01:41 - Effects 03:35 - Oscillators 05:40 - Unison mode 07:16 - More effects 09:12 - Making a ripping lead 11:01 - Presets 11:57 - Arpeggiator 14:39 - Overview of the control panel 18:42 - More exploring 22:22 - Outro
The Sequential Trigon-6 is a polyphonic take on the classic, thick and creamy, 3-oscillator-plus-ladder-filter analog sound that defined the dawn of the synth era. This bold and familiar, genre- and style-bridging sound has now been refined and redefined with Sequential's own modern imprint. More than the sum of its parts, Trigon-6 packs 6-voice polyphony, unrivaled playability, easy programmability, and a studio-quality dual effects section into a four-octave, semi-weighted keyboard with velocity and channel aftertouch. To give even more classic organic warmth to an already classic synth, the Vintage Knob is adjustable from subtle to extreme to emulate the stability of a perfect modern instrument or a time-worn relic.
Get more for your money with an exclusive Sequential Trigon-6 polyphonic analog synthesizer bundle from Kraft Music. These package deals include the accessories you'll need to get the most out of your new poly synth, all for one low price. If you have any questions, please contact us. Our knowledgeable sales advisors will be happy to assist in choosing the bundle that's right for you!"
A very rhythmic and noizy night. The ASTROGENIC HALLUCINAUTING set was leaning into what I like to call Tek-Noiz. Not my usual sonic landscape of black ambient drone and noiz.
The noiz circuit consisted of: - Two Dirtywave M8 beasts - Polyend Play - BeniDub DS71 - Deaftone Audio MIKSHER - ERM Multiclock - Ciat-Lonbarde Peterlin - FaderFox PC12 - 1010 Music BlueBox - Korg KP3+"
"The coveted JUPITER-Xm is like having the entire Roland Boutique line inside of a Jupiter with battery and built in speakers... Add a beautiful, matching Gator gig bag that feels like it was DESIGNED specifically for this 5 part synth and you have everything you need. A match made in heaven!
You'll have all the drums, bass, chords, leads and sound effects you need because the JUPITER-Xm can do 5 separate patches at once using 256 note polyphony! Plus: an AI Arpeggiator? Really!? Insane!
Plus: it SOUNDS AMAZING. There's a reason people go wild for this thing. Go watch some videos and see for yourself."
