Quantisise Project

By Richard on July 7, 2013

This project has been my focus for design and building since January, 2013.  The Quantisise (a composite name of quantize and six) will be a self-contained modular synthesizer designed for … Read More

SSM2164 Dual VCA Board

By Richard on July 7, 2013

I needed six DC-coupled linear VCAs for the Quantisise project.  I discussed my requirements on this Muffwiggler forum topic and decided to use three PC boards, purchased from Dr. Sketch-n-Etch.  … Read More

Old Fashioned Drone

By Richard on June 15, 2013

Just an old fashioned drone, made with modular Tetrazzi, Zeroscillator, an LFO, a sample and hold, and some envelope generators.

Two of twelve sample and holds

By Richard on May 19, 2013

Here is a CGS SSG board, assembled as a dual S&H with a one-shot circuit.  It’s the first of six identical boards for use in the Quantasise. The SSG (Smooth … Read More

Stand Alone Power Supply

By Richard on May 5, 2013

I built a stand-alone power supply that delivers +/-15 volts @ 800 ma to use as a bench supply for testing modules under development, and also to use as the … Read More

Asheville Butoh Festival 2013

By Richard on April 29, 2013

I was in Asheville, North Carolina, last week, visiting my friends David Linton and Claire Barratt, and was invited to join in an improvisational piece to be shown at intermission … Read More

The Other Studio

By Richard on April 18, 2013

The dining room table has been taken over by Ciat-Lonbarde stuff.  I also set up the RCF powered monitors in the room.  Combined with the Macbook Pro and the firewire … Read More

Shbobo Shnth

By Richard on April 18, 2013

I was lucky to snag a first-run Shbobo Shnth, Peter Blasser’s just released computer music device.  It is tiny at 4.25 x 4.25 x 1.25 inches.  It features: 4 touch-sensitive … Read More

Cross Mutterings

By Richard on April 17, 2013

This was made by Plumbutter with the AVDog FM inputs modulated by two of the castle outs on the Cocoquantus.  Plumbutter also goes through Cocoquantus and receives AM on the … Read More

Planet 0130

By Richard on March 10, 2013

I patched up a conventional drone, which I recorded while improvising.  The featured oscillators:  Synthesis Technology Cloud Generator (E340) and Modcan VCDO.  Each passes through a Mattson VCA with an … Read More