The Klirrfaktor: Modular System & VoiceSynth
Without us getting into any political debates and thunderstorms – Klirrfaktor provides some nice shots of their modular system in tribute to Pussy Riot, check it out:
Free Pussy Riot!
Feel free to share this video – the girls from Pussy Riot need all our support!
Anybody out there who wants to make a better vid? Contact me here or on twitter @p0litix or @TheKlirrfaktor
All Sound from my little Modular System.
Vocoder-Sounds with Blue Baby Bottle + Qneo Voice-Synth.
Drums with MFB Schlagzwerg triggered by Elektron Octatrack.Hires-Photo and download here: http://www.klirrfaktor.com/tracks/the-klirrfaktor-free-pussy-riot
The Power of Modular Synthesis – Moogfest 2010
More treats from the 2012 Moogfest coming your way:
At Moogfest (www.moogfest.com) 2012, Erik Norlander (synthesist), August Worley (former engineer, Moog Music, Inc.) and Amos Gaynes (New Product Specialist, Moog Music, Inc) explore the realm of modular synthesis using Erik’s 22 oscillator Wall of Doom modular Moog synthesizer to explain the very roots of Bob Moog’s legacy.
To learn more about the Bob Moog Foundation, go to www.bobmoogfoundation.org
To purchase Erik’s CDs and “feed the modular”, go to www.eriknorlander.com.
.:::. wELCOMe tO tHe eLECTRIc jUNGLe .:::.
LIVE MODULAR TRACK RECORDED IN ONE TAKE WITHOUT OVERDUBBING!
Musical Elements:
“B-Boy Flange Hats”
Mungo dDS noise channel activated via trigger in modification. Flanging effect via Yamaha AD-202 Analog Delay.
“Conga Heart Beat”
MFB Drum-06 Tom Tom module into Analogue Systems RS-100 Low Pass Filter. The tom interchanges as a fill with the kick drum via alternating switching by using VCAs with an Intellijel Flip Flop.
“Snappy Chorus Claps”
Sound of a Pittsburgh Modular Generator frequency modulated by itself and white noise. The internal VCA of the Generator is controlled by an Analogue Systems RS-60 Envelope. It then goes into a Doepfer A-136 Distortion/Waveshaper and on into a Flight of Harmony Sound of Shadows delay.
“Rubber Bass Kicks”
MFB Drum-04 Bass Drum module Sequenced by an Analogue Systems RS-200 Sequential Controller into an RS-100 Low Pass Filter. I reset the sequence with a foot switch via a Doepfer A-177-2 External Foot Controller II module.
“G-Funk Bird Calls”
Cwejman VM-1 sequenced via an RS-200 Sequential Controller into an RS-110 Multimode Filter using the high-pass output. It then goes into a Pittsburgh Modular Analogue Delay and on into a Zoom 9200 Reverb.
“Metal-Beaded Cabasa”
Elby Designs CGS747 Cynare Simulator triggered via a Doepfer A-166 Dual Logic Module.
“Com Trusian Chords”
Roland Juno-106 into a Boss RX-100 Spring Reverb.
“Aztec God Rays”
While the Juno-106 is played polyphonically is also activating a mono channel of a Kenton Pro-2 Midi-to-CV converter which is controlling another Cwejman VM-1. The envelope in set in such a way that the sound emerges once the gate is released. It goes into a Doepfer A-199 Spring Reverb which is feeding back into the VM-1 via the audio input jack.
“Ticklish Chimp Giggles”
The result of a complex feedback loop involving a Doepfer A-138m Matrix Mixer, an MFB DRUM-05 Snare Drum module, an Elby Designs CGS735 Synthacon Filter, a Pittsburgh Modular VC Bend and an Elby Designs ED108 ChaQuO.
“Didgeridoo Error Stabs”
The Kawai K5000W keyboard is acting as a Midi controller for another channel of CV via a Kenton Pro-2. It controls 2 Bubblesound uLFOs going into a Make Noise QMMG modulated by a Make Noise Maths.
Download the MP3 at: soundcloud.com/cv-slime-800/the-electric-jungle
Amos Gaynes and the Power of Modular Synthesis – Moogfest 2010
Amos Gaynes, New Product Specialist at Moog Music, Inc., explains that now is the best time in history to use modular synthesis. This talk was part of a larger panel on modular synthesis presented at Moogfest 2010 in Asheville, NC. The panel, conceptualized by the Bob Moog Foundation, also featured Erik Norlander and August Worley and highlighted Erik’s 22 oscillator modular Moog synthesizer, affectionately known as the Wall of Doom (seen in the background).
Learn more about the Bob Moog Foundation at www.bobmoogfoundation.org
Learn more about Moogfest at www.moogfest.com
Learn more about Moog Music at www.moogmusic.com
Many thanks to Flying Pig Studio (www.flyingpigstudio.com) for their time and talents to provide the footage for this video.
Checking out the Serge Universal Slope Generator
http://youtu.be/JYThM4wndyk
Background information from the author:
This may or may not be, the 1st and only video that I’m uploading, showing off the Serge Universal Slope Generator and some of the 14 functions that it can do. 
(I know I uploaded another almost a year ago.) There are a few functions that I barely touched in this one and others that I didn’t at all, but the first couple of functions I went into a little bit of detail … hence the 22 minute length of this bloody video! 😮 Lol.
If you’re a DIY modular builder – get yourself online and order yourself up some of the PCB that makes these guys! For the USG – 2 of them on a single PCB for $30! Parts on top of that? Another $20-30 maybe? http://www.cgs.synth.net/ be the place. Full authorization from Mr. Serge Tcherepnin for Ken Stone to provide these as well as a few other Serge PCBs. I don’t know of any other place where you can get these top notch quality boards legally, for any cheaper.
Hope you enjoy. Lemme know if you’d like to see more of it / etc. / yada yada / more of those fancy words.
Making a turntable control a modular synth
Pretty nice
BUCHLA BOYS Live at Norbergfestival 2012
Excerpt from the show at Norbergfestival 2012 held in Norberg, Sweden on July 27th with audio in quadraphonic surround.
Buchla Boys are David Sabel and Niklas Sjösvärd, and they’re performing on a 1980’s 5-panel Serge and a 18-size Buchla 200e, both belonging to the Lindblad Studios at the Academy of Music and Drama in Gothenburg. Filmed by Palle Dahlstedt.
Acidlab Autobot live improv demo
Live improv over a new Reverb And The Verse song.
This is meant as a demo video for “tap write mode” on the Autobot, which I can see using on lots of future tracks. This thing has totally changed my feeling towards my euro-rack, in that its now really inspirational tonally. Before, it was mostly an afterthought.
The Acidlab Autobot is a 303 sequencer for eurorack; it has no sound of its own. It is driving a Cwejman VM-1 on really basic settings using a lowpass and a Sawtooth wave. The cv/gate are driving the Cwejman, while the Accent out is sent to filter frequency.
I have intentionally turned down the song to showcase the Autobot better.
Signal path: eurorack to Speck Xtramix to RME Fireface 800.
Solvent’s digital/analog modular synth jam
Synth maestro Solvent has uploaded this nice Eurorack synth jam, here’s what he has to say about it:
Hello my name is Solvent and I make electronic music. It’s been a long while since I posted a new video, so…
Here is a little jam with my Eurorack modular. I’ve got digital sources being processed by analog (Modcan FMVDO digital oscillator into Pittsburgh Modular Filter vcf), and analog sources being processed by digital, then back through analog (Tip Top Audio BD808 + SD808 analog drum modules into Doepfer 189-1 Bit Modifier, then into a Harvestman Polivoks VCF filter). The FM bassline occasionally has some delay on it, from the Flight of Harmony Sound of Shadows digital delay module, which has the Intellijel Dr Octacture vcf patched into it’s feedback loop. The whole thing is sequenced by Make Noise modules – a MATHS + Brains/Pressure Points combo.
After The Rain – live performance with modular synths
After The Rain is the inaugural live performance by Ian Boddy in Berlin featuring Serge modular synthesizer.
After The Rain by Ian Boddy
DiNDDL13
Many consider Berlin to be the birthplace of the 1970’s electronic music movement that has proved so influential to the development of a myriad of electronica musicians, both past and present. So when Boddy got the opportunity to play an experimental set at the Electricity series of concerts held in the Lichtblick-Kino in this famous city, he jumped at the chance.
His musical heritage is shaped very much by the analogue modular synthesisers available to him in the late 70’s, when he first started to compose and release music. Over the last 12 months he has been expanding his arsenal of such instruments with a Serge modular system. This beautiful instrument, whilst not as famous as, for instance, the Moog modulars he uses with Mark Shreeve in his ARC project, have many unique features and an incredibly rich and varied sonic palette. Boddy was able to borrow a 3-panel system in Berlin and in combination with pre-prepared Serge soundscapes in Ableton Live, live minimal keyboard tones and random transmissions from a long wave radio, he was able to weave a mesmerising series of evolving sonic landscapes.
The music is split into two long, improvised sets with the first one “The Final Transmission” running to 25 minutes in length. Soft ethereal tones give way to a wash of distant wind and radio interference overlaid with shimmering textures in a wholetone scale. Subsiding to a gentle calm of snatched radio voices, a rising arpeggiated theme creeps in from the background. This builds into a cascade of bright, crystalline modulations before being subsumed by a monolithic bass drone slab that sees out this set with vast sliding tones.
The second set runs to 40 minutes and is the title track “After The Rain”. Delicate, soft notes slowly evolve into a great sheet of sound in an unsettling diminished scale that gradually builds in intensity. This segues into a gentle field of ambient plucked tones and arpeggios, giving some respite before a sea of electronics takes over the scene. An intense section of brooding, dark electronica finally breaks into a pounding rhythm for the final section of this epic set. Bouncing bass notes, crazy modulations and sheets of radio static bring the concert to an exhilarating climax.
This is certainly one of Boddy’s more abstract performances of recent years and showcases his talent for improvising engaging electronic soundscapes. Released on the DiNDDL download label the release comes with a selection of bonus material including concert posters & photos, video and demo tracks.
Buy the full album inc. bonus material from http://dinrecords.bandcamp.com/album/after-the-rain-dinddl13
More information at http://www.din.org.uk/din/node/447
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