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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

Holiday Filter

 This maybe should be called the Holiday Filter and the Forever Frequency Shifter . Sometimes DIY projects get prolonged and stretched so much .

 First i built the Yamaha GX VCF clone from MOTM some 10 years ago or more with a pcb i designed and using just BCMXXX matched transistors instead of the CA3046 , and it worked ..but there was this noise that i could not get rid off . I liked the filter very much and the gritty resonance but i could not fix it. Years later i discovered the Old Crow's BPF version ,and i made a layout for that one and built it and it sounded wonderful ,so much ..that i wanted to make the MOTM version again . 

So i made a new layout and fixed the new layout a few times and after a long wait for it's turn i ordered the PCB's from China right before their New Years Eve ,so i waited 10 days for them to send the package .... and here it's been two months now and the PCB's arrived exactly on night before Easter ,so it's right to call this filter a Holiday Filter . 

I am not sure where these VCF's will go as i did not intend to build another synth , i am more interested in recording more feedback music or drum machine loops so i made a panel that serves just as a processor ,it should contain a VC Delay with 2 x Bazier Curve Generators , Envelope Follower and VCA , a Frequency Shifter and 2 x Yamaha GX VCF's . 

Now the F.S. is something that has been dragging around the workshop for years , i got the PCB's for Dome Filter and Ring Mods but still missing the VCO PCB , so i redraw the YuSynth/Ian Fritz Quadrature LFO/VCO and i intend to order the PCB's soon . This is not one of those projects i get obsessed with and it's a shame cause i know there is lot of new sounds to discover with adding these just few modules to my set up. 

The Yamaha GX is a vintage organ/synth ,massive and very expensive instrument that was used (very little) by Led Zeppelin. The Envelope follower that is featured on this panel is the music easel follower ,while the VCA is from Electronotes ,those two modules i have already built along with the VC Delay from Scott Bernardi . 

Maybe it's one of those things i never complete sadly ,新年快乐 & Христос Воскресе!

Few Reason Loops .

in 120 BPM .

One more panel design ...

 

This elaborate single panel synthesizer contains the following modules :

Buchla 258 (Single VCO)

Ian Fritz 6 Phase VCO 

Ian Fritz /R.C. Bass Waveshaper (Electronotes)

Serge Triple Waveshaper 

Paparail VC Aux / Panner /VCA

Yu Synth Dual RIng MOD

Wiard Wogglebug 

Serge DUSG + USG

Serge Smooth / Hagiwo Bazier Curve x 2

Serge Extended Resonance VCF

Serge '73 VCF (Both with summed outputs)

Osamu Hoshuyama Dome Filter

Buchla 106 (Half) + Electronotes VCA

Serge Noise

                                                                  

feedback music

 

This is recorded with diy mixer and pedal.

Mixer

 I rehoused the Mixer i built for myself as the first build had no printed panels ,the cheap switches i used for muting the channels started failing ,and there were too many wires using converters for each banana - jack i use , so i made it all standard 4mm banana sockets except a few ,i had to minimize so in that sense here i am missing two limiter/saturators and one optical compressor and a joystick panner and they will need to be in a separate box , instead i included here a small 4 channel filter bank based on schematic i found at electr-music . This is just basic mixer and actually a Buchla 106 ,with additional 4 mixers from Serge Schematics used as aux channels , there is also 3 SIAM Equalizers .

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 Zahar Pavlovič se zamislio i hteo da ode u bosjake, ali je ostao. Tuga

i nemaština su ga tako dirnule — zbog neke nepoznate griže savesti što

se otkrila u njegovom srcu poželeo je da neumorno hoda zemljom, da

susreće tugu u svim selima i da plače na tuđim grobovima. Ali sprečili

su ga predstojeći poslovi: starosta mu je dao da opravi zidni časovnik, a

sveštenik da naštimuje klavir. Zahar Pavlovič nikad u životu nije slušao

muziku — jednom je u sreskom mestu video gramofon, ali su ga seljaci

dokusurili i nije svirao: gramofon je stajao u krčmi, zidovi kutije bili su

odvaljeni kako bi se mogla videti prevara i onaj ko peva, a u membranu

je bila udenuta igla za krpljenje. Proveo je mesec dana u štimovanju

klavira, isprobavajući setne zvuke i razgledajući mehanizam koji je

stvarao takvu nežnost. Zahar Pavlovič je udarao u dirku — tužna pesma

se rađala i nestajala; Zahar Pavlovič je gledao gore i čekao da se zvuk

vrati — bio je odveć lep da bi se nepovratno izgubio. Svešteniku je

dosadilo da čeka sa štimovanjem, pa je rekao: »Ti, čiko, nemoj badava

da puštaš tonove, nego se trudi da stvar završiš do roka, i nemoj

dokučivati smisao onoga što ti nije potrebno.« Zahar Pavlovič se uvredio

iz dubine svoga majstorstva i napravio u mehanizmu tajni deo koji se

mogao za sekund ukloniti ali se bez specijalnog poznavanja stvari nije

mogao otkriti. Posle je pop svake nedelje pozivao Zahara Pavloviča:

»Dođi, prijatelju, dođi, opet se izgubila tajna snaga muzike.« Zahar

Pavlovič nije napravio tajni deo zbog popa, niti zbog toga da sam često

odlazi do njega i uživa u muzici: ganulo ga je nešto sasvim suprotno —

kako je napravljena sprava koja uzbuđuje sva srca, koja čoveka čini

dobrim; radi toga je i ubacio svoj tajni deo, koji je bio u stanju da se

meša u milozvučnost i da je maskira grubim tonovima. Kada je, posle

deset opravki, Zahar Pavlovič shvatio tajnu mešanja zvukova i

mehanizam treperave glavne ploče, izvadio je iz klavira tajni deo i

zauvek prestao da se zanima za zvuke...

АНДРЕИ ПЛАТОНОВ

ЧЕВЕНГУР

20 Years Electronic Music

 

These miniatures were composed 20 years ago , and released for Shkart Netlabel in 2006.

Canvas

 

These are made 14 years ago using nothing but Sound Forge and simple one shot samples , i wanted to make some music with tempo but without the use of a classic DAW and a Sequencer. There are 4 miniatures in this release.

Uncorrelated Rhythms

 

This is recorded over the last two months , there are more then 100 recordings i did with my DIY Groove Box ,and sometimes using a VCF and a Ring Mod from my DIY Modular . The only commercial piece of gear is a Mini Universe Reverb Pedal . This is more of a Automatic Hip Hop . Automation is made using Wiard's Neural Pulser's Clone and Buchla 208 URV . In this Bandcamp release there are 18 short loops/pieces ,free to download . 

a little mess..

 

SInthai Solo

 

This little monophonic FM synth is based on Hagiwo's FM Oscillator ,it's just Arduino with the help of AI and therefore not Duophonic at least , but i decided to keep it , it's got 7 waveforms ,envelope ,pitch bend with 2 semitones ,range and depth controls , there are dedicated cv inputs for all these functions , now there was room on the panel to add a simple envelope generator as there is pulse out on keypress at D1 , but guess i'll just do that part separate ,the Joystick is just voltage source to modulate inputs . It's all done on stripboard .The keyboard is cut out from larger Casio CT660.

Перекрёсток - 1989 - Я культурист

 

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Arduino Drum Machine

 as i found it here : https://github.com/gavD/arduino-drum-machine/tree/main  ,modified with help from Grok

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Korg Nano Pops

 Just completed the Korg Nano Pops ,or Arduino Mini Pops ,it's fun .Found this project here https://www.synthforbreakfast.nl/arduino-based-korg-minipops-diy/

Homemade Groovebox

 This is a Home made Groove Box i built . It features Experimental Hardware Neurons from Wiard as the trigger sequencer ,voices include 2 x Hagiwo Samplers ,1 x Hip Bass Drum from Craig Anderton and two NLC Bong0's stripped to only two inputs and an output . There is also 194 Buchla Bandpass Filter and 106 Buchla Mixer ,99dsp Effects from Aliexpress ,a Colorupter Optical  Compressor ,and 208 Uncorelated Random from Buchla paired with CD4052 Pattern generator to sequence thru the sample select or sample banks .