SiteTip: The Distillery Podcast by Sam Botstein

Samuel Botstein is a composer, performer, sound and instrument designer based in Los Angeles, California.

Botstein is known for his experimental and electronic music and performances on trumpets,

turntables, and synthesizers.

Botstein is also the host of The Distillery, a very interesting interview podcast series focused on figures in the world of  music technology. 

Look at the impressive episode-list with the people he already interviewed, and have a listen...

Episode #0: Road Trip with "MUFFWIGGLER" MIKE MCGRATH (Part I)
Episode #1: Road Trip with "MUFFWIGGLER" MIKE MCGRATH (Part II)
Episode #2: Klayton (Celldweller)
Episode #3: Tom Erbe (Soundhack, Make Noise)
Episode #4: Rich (Thud Rumble)
Episode #5: Ivo Ivanov (Glitchmachines)
Episode #6: Andrew Ikenberry and Jason Lim (Qu-Bit Electronix)
Episode #7: Tony Rolando (Make Noise)

New episodes seem to appear very frequent lately (weekly?), so keep an eye on The Distillery's website and don't miss another episode...

Check it out at http://sambotstein.com/distillery/
Or via Stitcher: http://app.stitcher.com/browse/feed/51779/episodes or iTunes...

RSS-feed: http://sambotstein.com/distillery?format=RSS

Find out more about Sam Botstein via
soundcloud.com/botstein
twitter.com/botstein
facebook.com/botstein
blend.io/botstein
youtube.com/botstein
keithmcmillen.com/company/reps/

Random Video: Quaslynt by @Monotrome

Monotrome uploaded an interesting experimental video to YouTube... (and to Vimeo, too: https://vimeo.com/97056588)
Spoiler Alert: there's a bonus cat hidden in the video! 

Video: Monotrome - Quaslynt

" Live recording of a patch I've been playing with for the last couple of days. It's not exactly for easy listening, I guess. Includes a hidden bonus cat!
Gear used:

Eurorack modular
- Mutable Instruments Braids (in META mode, switching between PLUK and DRUM)
- TipTop Audio Z3000, wave-shaped by a ...
- Doepfer A-110
- MakeNoise STO (FM'd by Doepfer A-110)
- ALM Busy Circuits Pamela's Workout in bank switching mode
- MakeNoise René
- MakeNoise Function
- MakeNoise Optomix
- MakeNoise Teleplexer
- Doepfer A-183-2 (for attenuating and off-setting the bank-switching CV that goes to Pamela's Workout)
- ... and lots of little helpers

MFB Urzwerk (used for CV modulation source and as gate sequencer)
MFB Nanozwerg
EHX Deluxe Memory Boy delay pedal

Filmed with iPhone 5 and iPad 3, edited with iMovie.
Enjoy!
http://www.monotrome.org/"

Video uploaded by Monotrome

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/monotrome

Random Video: Driving the Spaceship - Drones and LFOs by kv3x

More weird sounds from Jim Czech's studio...

Video: Driving the Spaceship - Drones and LFOs by kv3x

" So I snuck the spaceship out of the garage the other night.
Once I got it started, wow, what a ride! Cruising around, carrying on, warp speed, zipping past planets, shooting space rocks, running through the gears, making noise. Well, it's all fun and games until something goes wrong.
There you are, stalled out, broken down, in some dark corner of a far away galaxy. Come on, start, come ooonn...! Oh, yeah, you can be sure I will hear about this one. I'll probably be grounded for-ev-eer!

Synthrotek Chaos Nand (DIY), CV modulated by a Doepfer A-143-4 (and the triangle Sum out into the Sag of the Nand, too), mixed with output from a Pittsburgh Modular VILFO.
The square wave Sum out was run to the 1V/Oct input of Oscillator 1 of the Make Noise DPO.

The Osc 1 triangle output was sent to the same Analogue Solutions MX-61.
The positive out of the MX-61 was fed into the Erica Polivoks filter (another DIY) modulated by the A-145 sine wave into CV2.
The 145 also pinged the A-101-2 LPG. Further, the LFO sine out of the Intellijel Rubicon was input into CV1 of the Common input on the 143.
The final Polivoks low pass output was through the O'Tool, and into the Synthrotek EKO (another easy DIY).

The Rate of the EKO was controlled by the LFO sine output of the Intellijel Dixie II.
And some knob wiggling.
Recorded in one take with a Roland R-26.
In other, more simple words, it's just a bunch of nonsense and noise."

Uploaded by kv3x
On Twitter: http://twitter.com/kv3x

Modular Wild Presents Maths Minute - Maths as Logic/Voltage Inverter

Raul Pena just released a new video today. this one is an unreleased MATHS Minute, featuring the MakeNoise Maths module...

Video: Modular Wild Presents Maths Minute-Maths as Logic/Voltage Inverter

"A timed exploration of the Maths as a Logic/Voltage Inverter patch found in the Make Noise MATHS manual.Sound and Video by Raul Pena.

Special thanks to Tony Rolando at Make Noise.© 2013 Raul Pena "

Other places to find Raul's World of Synths on the Web:

raulsworldofsynths on YouTube

raulsworldofsynths on Vimeo

raulsworldofsynths on SoundCloud

raulsworldofsynths at iTunes

raulsworldofsynths at CDBABY

Find earlier episodes of Math Minute on Raul's YouTube page HERE (Playlist)

Random Video: Tuning in the Aliens by kv3x

Weird sounds from Jim Czech's studio...

Video: Tuning in the Aliens by kv3x

" Just some noise from the Eurorack... Playing with the Makenoise Maths (classic), Wogglebug, Hertz Donut, and Piston Honda... Lots of Malekko filter stuff, too. Output through the MicroDEC."

Uploaded by kv3x

Random Video: Make Noise Maths + Malekko Envelator by Domi Nic

This short video was uploaded by Domi Nic today.
Weird sounds, and very interesting...

Video: Make Noise Maths + Malekko Envelator by Domi Nic

"cv"

Uploaded by Domi Nic

Make Noise Sub Timbral Oscillator (STO)

Make Noise released their Make Noise Sub Timbral Oscillator (STO) and it looks quite interesting.

Make Noise
Sub Timbal Oscillator
(STO)

The STO is a "compact Voltage Controlled Oscillator designed for generating SINE waves, Variable wave-SHAPEs, SUB-Octaves, Oscillator SYNC and Linear FM in the analog domain. 

The Sub-Timbral Oscillator is the more subtle and melodic friend to the DPO's complex harmonic lattice.

It features:
- Triangle Core with outputs for SINE, SUB and Variable SHAPE
- Unique Variable SHAPE circuit ripples Even and Odd harmonics for subtle timbral shifts
- Linear FM input with Depth control
- EXPOnential input for deep FM, SYNC sweeps or Transposition of sequences
- SUB-Oscillator yields max bass
- S-Gate input for gating or sync of SUB-Osc. independent of other outputs
- Hard SYNC circuit which combined with Linear FM and Variable SHAPE yields harmonically rich sounds
- Pairs well with the MMG or Optomix"

Video: Make Noise Sub Timbral Oscillator (STO)

Uploaded by http://www.youtube.com/user/MAKEN0ISE

On Twitter: https://twitter.com/makenoisemusic