Battle

By Richard on March 1, 2009

Last week I had a head cold that featured insomnia.  One night, after midnight, I patched this up.  I don’t remember the patch well, except that it was rooted by … Read More

Like A Marimba

By Richard on February 15, 2009

Well, maybe not so much, but that’s what Diana came up with for a title. This is my first patch with the MOTM-730 VC Pulse Divider.  I used the Mankato … Read More

CGS-63 Power Supply Delay

By Richard on February 15, 2009

I added this board to my portable cabinet that contains a three-voltage power supply.   The CGS 63 Power Supply Delay: The Power Supply Delay is a support module of sorts. … Read More

Mankato VCF/LFO

By Richard on February 15, 2009

Quantity: 1 Description:  Magic Smoke “Mankato” Voltage Controlled Filter / Low Frequency Oscillator / Slew Limiter From the Magic Smoke website: Designed by well known synth DIY guru Thomas Henry, … Read More

Seals

By Richard on January 3, 2009

Werner Herzog’s recent film, Encounters At the End of the World, includes an astounding recording of antarctic seals under the ice.  A scientist remarks that it doesn’t sound like animal … Read More

Detune Another Day

By Richard on December 14, 2008

Or Delay>Detune MPX-1 Preset!  I like to try out different MPX-1 effects with each new patch.  Sometimes I stumble on one that seems to go quite well.  In this case … Read More

Kindness and Toughness

By Richard on November 29, 2008

I got an idea to create four sequences of control voltages and apply them to timbres.  The sequence generators used were the Blacet Binary Zone and the Encore UEG (both … Read More