Buchla Dual 281 FG

By Richard on November 27, 2011

This is a DIY Buchla 281 Function Generator, built on the printed circuit board by Toppobrillo.  The discussion on Muff’s message board has the details.  It’s actually one half of … Read More

Ciat-Lonbarde Cocoquantus

By Richard on November 26, 2011

The Cocoquantus from Ciat-Lonbarde is a most unusual instrument for electronic music.  Not many electronic instrument can claim, “materials include: Walnut, Sassafras, Juniper, Cherry, circuit board, transistors, capacitors, and resistors… … Read More

Cocopuffs for Dinner

By Richard on November 25, 2011

The mail lady just delivered my Cocoquantus!  I’ve only just started playing with it.  Here’s my first recording.  I created a simple drone patch using one Buchla 258J VCO, modulated … Read More

Lazy Sunday Afternoon

By Richard on October 30, 2011

Yesterday I happened to listen to some of Ancient Eyeball Recipe (Nelson Baboon) on Soundcloud.  It inspired me to get back to my roots, whatever they may be.  So today … Read More

Four Low Pass Filters

By Richard on October 29, 2011

There are lots of excellent sounding filters available in modular land.  I have a pretty good collection, myself.  Well, today I tried doing a comparison of four different 4-pole (24 … Read More

Mattson VCF

By Richard on October 29, 2011

Quantity 1 Here is a DIY Mattson Mini Modular VCF in a MOTM panel.  George Mattson’s description: 4-Pole, 24dB/Octave State Variable Filter jointly designed by Synth DIY guru Jim Patchell … Read More

Bluesy Wet

By Richard on August 28, 2011

Here’s another recording of the sequence patch described in the previous post.  This version uses post-processing with the Uhbik-D dynamics plugin.  I started with the Left-To-Right preset and tweaked the … Read More

Bluesy Dry

By Richard on August 28, 2011

Diana said, ‘It’s musical!’  And named it, Bluesy.  It’s an elaboration of the sequence patch I’ve had up.  It’s a two-voice patch that controls the pitches of two VCOs (Synthesis … Read More

Digital Studio

By Richard on August 28, 2011

A picture of my studio in August, 2011.  Left to right across the table are the M-Audio Axiom 25 MIDI controller, the Macbook Pro running Audio Mulch software with an … Read More