Showing posts with label MakeNoise. Show all posts
Showing posts with label MakeNoise. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 23, 2016
Meet the Maker - Modular Synths panel with 6 Eurorack Manufacturers
At this year's Winter NAMM show, Vintage King Audio presented the TEC Tracks panel: "Meet the Maker -- Modular Synths".
This short (35 minutes) panel discussion, distributed by Sound On Sound, brought together 5 well-known modular synth makers to talk about the booming Eurorack format.
Panelists included: Dieter Doepfer (Doepfer), Dan Green (4MS), William Matthewson (WMD), Ryan McGuire (Vintage King moderator), Tony Rolando (Make Noise), Brandon Ryan (Roland) and Gene Stopp (Moog Music)
They talked a bit about the history of the Eurorack standard (with it's US-based Inch-metrics... lol), and the influence of live-Eurorack performers on new modules.
William Matthewson from WMD offered an interesting insight of what to expect in the future with new controls, like tactile things, body movement, gloves, the integration of virtual reality and other new futuristic techniques that can convert all kinds of signals into control voltages.
Interesting to hear was also the process behind the whole module-design and where Dieter shared his point of view about the pros and cons of the community-input, mentioning the importance of the Yahoo A-100 Usergroup (and his annoyance about it sometimes) and the creative input from live musicians like the icelandic band GusGus when it comes to developing new modules.
It reminded me of his work with the guys from Kraftwerk in the past, with the development of the Schaltwerk, the vocoder and other projects...
Thursday, November 27, 2014
MakeNoise Richter Wogglebug Update
MakeNoise gave their Richter Wogglebug a nice update.
"The "WoggleBug" is a random voltage generator, originally designed by Grant Richter of Wiard Synthesizers.
It is a continuation of the "smooth" and "stepped" fluctuating random voltage sources pioneered by Don Buchla within the Model 265 "Source of Uncertainty," expanding it to include the other-worldly Woggle CVs (stepped voltages with decaying sinusoids edges).
"The "WoggleBug" is a random voltage generator, originally designed by Grant Richter of Wiard Synthesizers.
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| Richter Wogglebug Re-design |
The Wogglebug is a very musical random voltage generator where it is possible to synchronize all random signal to a Master Clock.
Guaranteed to unleash your synthesizer's ID MONSTER!
The Wogglebug features ( check out the new features below the video):
- Complete Complex Random Voltage system, no external modules necessary
- Two VCOs, Phase Lock Loop, Lag Processor, Clock, Burst Generator and Sample & Hold
- Generates 7 Random Signals simultaneously: Smooth VCO, Woggle VCO, Ring Mod, Stepped, Smooth, Woggle, Burst
- Generates ultra stable, voltage controlled Master Clock
- External inputs for S&H (Heart IN) and Ring-Mod (Influence)
- Disturb button adds performance element
- Wonderful for modulating the Phonogene and DPO
- Complete Complex Random Voltage system, no external modules necessary
- Two VCOs, Phase Lock Loop, Lag Processor, Clock, Burst Generator and Sample & Hold
- Generates 7 Random Signals simultaneously: Smooth VCO, Woggle VCO, Ring Mod, Stepped, Smooth, Woggle, Burst
- Generates ultra stable, voltage controlled Master Clock
- External inputs for S&H (Heart IN) and Ring-Mod (Influence)
- Disturb button adds performance element
- Wonderful for modulating the Phonogene and DPO
Video: Make Noise Richter Wogglebug
" The Wogglebug is a random voltage generator, originally designed by Grant Richter of Wiard Synthesizers. It is a continuation of the "smooth" and "stepped" fluctuating random voltage sources pioneered by Don Buchla within the Model 266 "Source of Uncertainty."
New features in the Richter Wogglebug:
- A much more stable clock output with the widest frequency range yet seen on a Wogglebug. The clock now goes up to about 200Hz, allowing the Control Voltage and Gate OUTputs to be heard directly as different flavors of analog and digital noise.
- In previous Wogglebugs, the clock had been locked to the internal Sample and Hold Circuit. Now, with the Richter Wogglebug, the clock can be freed by the independent External Clock INput or the Disturb Button. Regardless of what is happening at these control points, the Internal Clock OUTput will continue to run at the specified rate, keeping it open for use as a Master Clock at all times.
- The Disturb Button allows the Sample and Hold Circuit to be clocked manually: press to sample, release to hold. When the Wogglebug is running fast, this can slow it down. When running slow or not at all, this kicks it in the ass and delivers the next set of random values.
- The Smooth VCO is a brand new waveform, Sharktooth.
- The Influence input has a greater effect on all parts of the Wogglebug's psyche than the previous Ring Mod input.
- The Burst output is more active and ALL portions of the Wogglebug are more responsive to control and touch."
" The Wogglebug is a random voltage generator, originally designed by Grant Richter of Wiard Synthesizers. It is a continuation of the "smooth" and "stepped" fluctuating random voltage sources pioneered by Don Buchla within the Model 266 "Source of Uncertainty."
New features in the Richter Wogglebug:
- A much more stable clock output with the widest frequency range yet seen on a Wogglebug. The clock now goes up to about 200Hz, allowing the Control Voltage and Gate OUTputs to be heard directly as different flavors of analog and digital noise.
- In previous Wogglebugs, the clock had been locked to the internal Sample and Hold Circuit. Now, with the Richter Wogglebug, the clock can be freed by the independent External Clock INput or the Disturb Button. Regardless of what is happening at these control points, the Internal Clock OUTput will continue to run at the specified rate, keeping it open for use as a Master Clock at all times.
- The Disturb Button allows the Sample and Hold Circuit to be clocked manually: press to sample, release to hold. When the Wogglebug is running fast, this can slow it down. When running slow or not at all, this kicks it in the ass and delivers the next set of random values.
- The Smooth VCO is a brand new waveform, Sharktooth.
- The Influence input has a greater effect on all parts of the Wogglebug's psyche than the previous Ring Mod input.
- The Burst output is more active and ALL portions of the Wogglebug are more responsive to control and touch."
More info at http://www.makenoisemusic.com/wogglebug.shtml
Video uploaded by MAKEN0ISE
Monday, October 20, 2014
Random Video: Chaotic Harmony with the Intellijel µScale by Steve Castellano
Steve Castellano uploaded a nice video showing a fun way to incorporate an Intellijel µScale into a modular patch with MakeNoise Maths and René...
Video: Chaotic harmony with the Intellijel µScale
"Here's a quick and easy way to to add quasi-chaotic harmonic accompaniment to a sequence with the Intellijel µScale and whatever spare oscillators you have lying around.
I've kept the patch pretty simple for the purposes of the demo:
Make Noise Rene → Intellijel Dixie II
Intellijel µScale → Intellijel Dixie II & Make Noise STO
Make Noise Maths → µScale CV in & shift (via Doepfer A-148 Dual S/H)
Dixies & STO → Intellijel Korgasmatron
Korgasmatron → Pittsburgh Dual Index
Intellijel Dual ADSR → Korgasmatron & Dual Index
A very basic subtractive setup, in other words."
Video: Chaotic harmony with the Intellijel µScale
"Here's a quick and easy way to to add quasi-chaotic harmonic accompaniment to a sequence with the Intellijel µScale and whatever spare oscillators you have lying around.
I've kept the patch pretty simple for the purposes of the demo:
Make Noise Rene → Intellijel Dixie II
Intellijel µScale → Intellijel Dixie II & Make Noise STO
Make Noise Maths → µScale CV in & shift (via Doepfer A-148 Dual S/H)
Dixies & STO → Intellijel Korgasmatron
Korgasmatron → Pittsburgh Dual Index
Intellijel Dual ADSR → Korgasmatron & Dual Index
A very basic subtractive setup, in other words."
Uploaded by Steve Castellano
On Twitter: https://twitter.com/steveoftheweb
Tuesday, October 07, 2014
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/
soundcloud.com/botstein
twitter.com/botstein
facebook.com/botstein
blend.io/botstein
youtube.com/botstein
keithmcmillen.com/company/reps/
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