Peter Blasser’s Sidrassi circuit was the first incarnation of an evolution of his design for a seven-oscillator organ.  Others have told the story well. Fans of the Sidrassi/Sidrazzi/Sidrax have never … Read More

In my previous post I mentioned a case idea for the Swoop Spokes PC board. I made it of two pieces of 1/8 inch clear acrylic, which were cut to … Read More

The paper circuit, shown above, is the only information that we have that pertains to the Swoop Spokes.  It was a kind of mystery circuit that no one else (that … Read More

Peter Blasser’s paper circuits are made by printing out a graphic, such as the above, at the right scale to match up with the physical sizes of the actual components, … Read More

My Synthrotek case has had three iterations of module sets. The first one was called Portable Wave Mangling System.  The second iteration had a focus on Step Sequencing.  For step … Read More

Peter Blasser, creator of the instruments pictured, describes the nabra: Analog Brain means any kind of analog synthesizer or computer set up with crazy feedback and self-stimulation that it pulses … Read More

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Tocante Bistab is my latest instrument acquisition from Ciat-Lonbarde.  Order at SynthMall.  Tocante is yet another masterful creation by Peter Blasser.  It is one of his more pure designs: a … Read More

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The Meng Qi Rollz-5 PC board project in mid-assembly stage. The image above shows the PC board mounted behind a clear plexiglass panel that holds pots, jacks, switches, etc., sitting … Read More

When patching to CV inputs on Ciat-Lonbarde instruments (Cocoquantus, Plumbutter, Sidrax) it can be useful to add some attenuating ability.  For example, if I want to control the frequency of … Read More