SQRL-01 - Synth guitar for the rodents

video upload by Love Hultén

"Synth axe 🎸 for @catbeatsofficial + forest critter friends 🐿️ From an outdoor session a few days ago 🌲

Incl
C&G Pocket Piano
Walrus Fundamental Reverb
Built-in speaker
Overengineered-drawbridge-nut-dispenser"

This Machine Is Designed To Simulate 1 Thing.

video upload by LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER

"TODAY WE LOOK AT Mary Lou's BIRD SYNTHESIZER OF DOOM."

ambient talkie: ep 42 - messiaen A BIRD DELAY norns script

video upload by tworoundrobins

"well it's finally here - a bird delay/looper/esoteric script made with @sonocircuit

this was quite a journey and I'm so happy we are finally releasing the birds from their nest to do weird chirpy stuff on your nornses.

in this episode I present a bit about the making of the script and what inspired it, but there is a basic guide that runs for the chunk of the video.

messiaen is a joint venture by tworoundrobins and @sonocircuit

#birds #norns #ambient #tutorial

try out messiaen 1.0
https://github.com/2roundrobins/messiaen

contents
00:00 - intro
00:40 - scripting for norns?
01:22 - team work
03:20 - me, mispronouncing Olivier Messian
03:40 - an ode to the master
04:22 - main screen / backing track
05:25 - basic use
06:26 - choosing a different bird
07:20 - chirp & mood
09:07 - threshold recording
10:31 - distane & position
11:20 - bird info!
12:20 - garden mode
13:50 - auto mode & bird activity
15:30 - bird feeder
19:00 - conclusion"

Akai Timbre Wolf Find Tomorrow

video upload by The Free Radikal

"A mother duck with 7 ducklings turned up on my doorstep and stayed until the ducklings grew up, they would tap on my door every morning with their beaks"

Play with roland s-1 on black sea Ukraine

video uploads by ShivaOm.DreamStream

"Play with roland s-1 on black sea / Ukraine, seagulls dance-floor 🤟😄 "

Peacock on a Synthesizer with the Pittsburgh Modular VRL

video upload by Erik Jourgensen

"Slight riff on 'Bird Calls' from the Voltage Lab Patch Guide."

BOOMBOX SYNTH 2 sound demo

video upload by the VAPE

TRAUTONIUM - Handmade Miniature 1/6 scale.

video upload by Ronaldo Lopes Teixeira ROLT

Letting Charlie the Conure Pick Out What Synthesizers to Jam With

video upload by Ghostfeeder

"I consult with my resident 'noise expert' to get his opinion on what synthesizers I should make a quick jam with."

More synth birds!

Penguins and the Moog Synthesizers

video upload by Joshua Ellingson

Buchla Easel Command 208C - Orange

video upload by TheTrackdriver

"A piece of music recorded live. The two melodic stems come from the Buchla Easel Command 208C which is receiving MIDI from Steinberg Nuendo plus the internal sequencer. Some parameters are controlled by the Buchla 281 clone and the glide at the end by the 266. Chords are from the Waldorf Blofeld, bass from the Moog Sub37 and drums from the Akai Rhythm Wolf.

The blackbirds were filmed with a Panasonic Lumix DC-G9 with a Panasonic Leica DG 100-400 lens. The bird song was captured with a Røde VideoMic GO II."

Printed Circuit Birds by Kelly Heaton

Printed Circuit Bird (Bluejay), 2022 from Kelly Heaton on Vimeo.

My "printed circuit birds" are self-contained sound generators. The electronics are � analog: no audio recordings or software are involved. By “analog” I mean that the sound is dynamically produced by the bird’s body (aka the circuit), like a vintage synthesizer. In this video, I adjust knobs to change resistance in the circuit, thereby altering the song quality. You can think of this like adjusting neurons in a bird’s brain to alter the impulse by which it vocalizes. I am passionate about building circuits because they demonstrate the life-like qualities of electronic hardware, which is often over-looked in favor of software. I’m not sure why we abandoned analog hardware along the road to technological advancement— digital is great for what it does, but it’s not the full spectrum of creative electronics. It would require a vast amount of hardware to build a digital computer capable to execute code for birdsong like this.

Survey of my electronic songbirds from Kelly Heaton on Vimeo.

A three minute overview of some electronic songbirds I made in the past two years.

Survey of my electronic songbirds from Kelly Heaton on Vimeo.

Circuit Bird (AP 1/1) from Kelly Heaton on Vimeo.

"Circuit Bird" is a mixed media piece made with traditional printmaking techniques, laser cutting, and electrical engineering. The electronics, which are entirely analog (meaning, there is no computer, software, or audio recording involved) generate bird-like sounds that can be adjusted using knobs on the front panel of the work. Each knob controls the frequency of a single oscillator, which is a circuit element that vibrates when exposed to electricity. There are six oscillators in the entire piece, each with two knobs. The reason for the two knobs is that I have built a type of circuit called an "astable multivibrator," in which oscillation is produced by two transistors that are connected together with a combination of capacitors and resistors. The easiest way to visualize this dynamic is to think of a tennis match wherein electrons are bounced back and forth between two players in a rhythmic volley. Each transistor, aka "tennis player," hits the electronic "tennis ball" with a force that returns it to the opposite transistor (like Pong). This back and forth bouncing of electrons creates a sinusoidal waveform of rising and falling electricity: hence, creating an oscillation.

A single oscillation is not particularly interesting to see or hear; it creates a continuous pulse, such as a blinking light or beeping sound. However, things get interesting when you combine oscillators to create patterns. In my practice of creative electrical engineering, I have discovered that five or six interconnected oscillators are sufficient to produce an electronic pattern or "grammar" reminiscent of birdsong. "Circuit Bird" demonstrates the expressive potential of analog oscillators to mimic life-like behaviors. I discuss this insight in greater detail in this presentation from Fall of 2020:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x94M0nFduNc



Documentation of "Circuit Bird," 2021 (artist's proof 1/1). The art is made with electronic hardware, printed circuit boards, foiled chipboard, and screen-printed silk that has been laminated on a wooden frame. Dimensions are 35" tall, 23.5" wide, and 1.5" deep

Tour of the analog electronic soundscape in my studio (January, 2021) from Kelly Heaton on Vimeo.

Works shown include: Big Pretty Bird (2019), Bluebird (2020), Pretty Bird ver.CC (2019), Parrots (2020), Birds at my Feeder (2020), Electrolier / September Night (2018), Moth Electrolier (2019), and The Great Conjunction (2021). All of the lights and sounds are dynamically generated by analog electronic hardware of my own design.

Red and Black birbs listening to the synthesizer [Live archive]

video upload by Hideaki Utsumi

"This is what it looks like at my house. Be happy to everyone

👕 T-shirts and goods
https://www.zazzle.com/store/saori_ut..."

Elektron Digitakt - Ambient "Mecanic Birds" - Live @home

Published on May 28, 2020 Luc Debeck

"This is an ambient track I made , only with the Digitakt. No external effects are used, straight from the box. I made my own samples, no existing presets"

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It appears we had a mini nature roll. It's interesting how this sometimes happens.

Quasimidi Sirius - Why So Sirius?

Published on Jan 23, 2019 The Free Radikal

"Quasimidi Sirius Trance"

[レビュー]超便利！Roland GR-55 Guitar & Bass Synthesizer ローランド ギター&ベース・シンセサイザー ディバイデッド・ピックアップ GK-3B 使い方とコツ

Published on Nov 6, 2019 役に立つベースのこと by タカオ

"[Review] Super convenient! Roland GR-55 Guitar & Bass Synthesizer Roland Guitar & Bass Synthesizer Divided Pickup GK-3B Usage and Tips"

Synth Birds

Listen to the Shrill Sounds of the World's Loudest Bird

Published on Oct 21, 2019 Discover Magazine

Wait for it... Synthetic sounds of nature.

"Learn more: Scientists in the Amazon Have Recorded the World's Loudest Bird. It Hits a Painful 125 Decibels

http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-b...

(Credit: Anselmo d'Affonseca)"

"𝙱𝚒𝚛𝚍𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚡 & 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚕" – 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗿 𝟺𝟸𝚑𝚙 𝚂𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖

Published on Mar 23, 2019 birdkids

𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘂𝗿 𝟺𝟸𝚑𝚙 𝚂𝚢𝚜𝚝𝚎𝚖

𝗔𝗿𝗽 𝟭: 𝚂𝚞𝚋 – 𝙿𝚞𝚕𝚜𝚎/𝚃𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎 (𝚃𝚑𝚛𝚘𝚞𝚐𝚑-𝚉𝚎𝚛𝚘 𝙼𝚘𝚍𝚞𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗)
𝗔𝗿𝗽 𝟮: 𝙵𝚒𝚕𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚒𝚗 𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝙾𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 – 𝙿𝚞𝚕𝚜𝚎/𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚎 (𝙻𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝙵𝙼)
𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱: 𝚅𝚎𝚕𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚝𝚢 – 𝙿𝚆𝙼
𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗹𝘀: 𝚅𝙲𝙵 𝚒𝚗 𝚂𝚎𝚕𝚏-𝙾𝚜𝚌𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚊𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 – 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚎/𝚃𝚛𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚐𝚕𝚎/𝙿𝚞𝚕𝚜𝚎 (𝚃𝚉𝙵𝙼)

Koma Field Kit & Field Kit FX Vs. Custom Modular Synth Rig

Published on Aug 24, 2018 Ask.Audio

"Here's a sound demo comparison between the Koma Field Kit and Field Kit FX VS. a customising modular synthesiser
rig."

SYNTH GULL. SEAGULL MUSICAL INSTRUMENT BUILD

Published on Jul 9, 2018 LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER

"SYNTH GULL? not quite... THERES A LONG LONG WAY TO GO IT SEEMS"