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

Drone with PB BB and Serge

By Richard on February 2, 2013

Plumbutter, BugBrand, and CGS Serge all use banana jacks.  I did some serious cross-patching among the three for this little drone that uses two BugBrand VCOs, each processed with a … Read More

Bananas

By Richard on January 19, 2013

My banana cabinet is finished! It combines 5U modules, a rack of BugBrand, and my custom CGS Serge panel into one cabinet. Note the vertical alignment between the CGS Serge … Read More

BugBrand PRC2B Noise Crusher

By Richard on January 19, 2013

The Noise Crusher is a versatile modular clocked sample and hold. Like many sample and holds (S&H) it offers a white noise source and a clock together with the S&H … Read More