Loud

 

No Input Mixing (Do it Yourself Mixer & Pedals) (Noise 01)

 

Mosaics for Solo Media Player

This is recorded using VLC Media Player set to shuffle the playlists ,there are 3 short playlists here made from a Sample Bank i made from earlier recordings . I called this project originally Eden but these are Mosaics formed with individual sounds ,i avoided composing using these sounds and instead used the Shuffle function of a media player ,the results vary ,but sometimes the sounds pile up fine .Many sounds left unused and one or two are repeated .All bets in is cut out from a larger recording of a shuffled playlist where i used all the sounds from the Sample Bank while Setup is a playlist that i created using a limited number of samples .You can find this on Bandcamp here : https://vladoshribski.bandcamp.com/album/mosaics-for-solo-media-player enjoy !

 

GENERAL RADIO 1952 UNIVERSAL FILTER

According to the manual this is a Fourth Order (Four Pole) Chebishev Filters ,that can be set to Low Pass ,Band Pass ,High Pass and Band Reject . Cut off frequencies are adjustable from 4Hz to 60 kHz in four ranges .Find the complete manual here : https://www.ietlabs.com/pdf/Manuals/GR/GR1952%20IM.pdf

 

Ringmodulator Using XR2206. BY OSAMU HOSHUYAMA

 

From the notes on the web site :An amplifier was added so that a guitar or the like can be input. A bias circuit was added so that it becomes just an oscillator when there is no input signal. It also serves as a knob to prevent only the oscillation sound from leaking out when there is no input signal.

I built this on stripboard somewhat modified ,and fitted in old Russian antenna enclosure . 

krohn-hite_3103a

 

krohn-hite_3103a-4_wide-range_10hz-3mhz_band-pass_filter_1981

bruel-kjaer_1613.1_octave_filter_

 

bruel-kjaer_1613.1_octave_filter_

 

Miniatures for well tuned equalizer

 

I recorded many sessions with my homemade mixer ,and got stuck with noise and many pedals i built .Then i returned to this very basic set up .Just 2 ring modulators and the mixer ,mostly ..

The feedback with SIAM (Siemens based equalizer) is pure sine wave, so in fact this is me just playing a Sinewave Oscillator .These few pieces reminded me of some ambient stuff i did back in 2007 ,so listening to the similarity i figured i'll keep them short and sweet .

few recordings

 Here's few recordings of my no input mixer .On the images among the pedals also a Universe Reverb pedal i bought from AliExpress . I said i never use it ,it's not getting along with rest of my diy gear ... but in the latest recordings i just add a little tail from it .After all this time in building gear i like to use mostly my homemade gear for recordings .

Something i built ..

 Little gallery of the pedals i built recently ..

Christine Fuzz by Tone God 

Culture Jam Triton Delay and Fred Briggs '64 Vox Tones OD

Mad Box Blend with 99DSP Effects from AliExpress and EH LPB 

XR2206 Ring Modulator based on design by Osamu Hoshuyama

Zvex Fuzz Factory 

Електронски Музикални Инструменти - Вокодер - Радио бр.9 1984 (А. Смирнов ,В.Калинин ,С. Мулаков)

 

Automatic Phase Box - Everyday Electronics by E.M. Lyndsell (E.E. 1977)

 

Mixer

 Finally i completed this diy mixer ,it's not as pretty as some other things i've done ,but i changed my mind too many times about too many things while building this ,so in the end i only waned to complete it and it's done . This is a Buchla 106 Mixer ,with 3 x  SIAM (Siemens based EQ) on 3 channels on one of the two groups of the 106 Mixer .There is mute on all channels and 4 groups of aux channels based on early Serge Mixer using 741 ,i expanded the 106 to 4 channels for group or 8 in total ,so that extra channel at group is actually two channel summer meant to be used as return for 2 aux groups , those 2 extra channels have Tape Saturator Colour MK1 which can be bypassed  with high pass switchable from 40hz to 60hz .The second group of the mixer has no equalizer . In addition there is 4 channel input joystick that works as a four channel panner ,or two x two channel panners ,it can be useful to browse thru the 4 aux groups ,the joystick has Colorupter Optical Disrupter Colour that can be bypassed .This build was not easy cause i reused lot of materials for the panels and the enclosure ,the enclosure is leftover from machines in an old textile factory ,the inputs and outputs are in the back of the enclosure and that part is fitted additionally but it turned out beautiful.

Bellow is a little preview ,pedals used : Zvex Fuzz Factory ,Tone God Christine ,Culture Jam Triton Delay ,Fred Briggs '64 Tones ,now too lazy to make more cables ..

Colorupter ,Joystick

 

Colorupter ,Joystick 

ZVEX FUZZ FACTORY

 

OD

'64 Vox Tone by Fred Briggs

 

noise

 

Siemens Equalizers

SIAM (Siemens Insprired Audio Module) 

fiction

 

Variations and Red Leaf

 

it's complicated

 

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Synthesizer Secrets

 https://synthesizerunderconstruction.blogspot.com

I made a new Blog Page ,is this end of life for this one . Over the years i made more then few PCB layouts ,and many of them were built ,tested ,modified ,so it kind of itches to place them in one directory ,like a schematics vault ,or a modular synthesizer ,so i found a layout that is working good for this purpose ,this documentation is free to download along with gerber files . Music and pretty pictures are not hosted here but i hope the list of modules will grow as i need to revisit some of the earlier layouts i made . Most people will just go and buy the kit and this is if you think you might save a few bucks . Here's the link :