Handmade Music Austin #3

YouTube via EA78751
"Video from Handmade Music Austin #3, Dec. 20th 2009. At this workshop 13 people built the free project, Mini Space Rockers. After that we witnessed live electroacoustic sound by Lustigovi. And then 19 people built the upper division project, Andromeda Mk-4 Analog Bass Drum. And last there was an open jam with DIY bassline and drum machines from this workshop series, plus acid lines from a MIDIbox SID."
"Tags:
handmade music austin DIY analog drum machine 8-bit AVR synth synthesizer MIDIbox SID"

Handmade Music Austin #1

YouTube via EA78751 "Some video from Handmade Music Austin #1, Oct 18 2009. Twenty people learned about soldering and built Mini Space Rockers and Andromeda MK-1 analog drum machines. Everybody got a different Mini Space Rockers sound effect (like Skrew Bass, El Grito, Mouse, and Space Hawk!) Thats what you're hearing here... I didnt get a good recording of the Andromeda MK-1 jam though. Next month, November, we'll build the Autonomous Bassline Generator from 4ms Pedals. After that, the Nebulophone from Bleep Labs." also see Mini Space Rockers Update:

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Bitvision Videosynth at Handmade Music Austin #13

"Lars Larsen of LZX Industries will be presenting his new BitVision video synthesizer at the next handmade Music Austin."

Full details and video on Handmade Music.

Handmade Music Austin

via Bleep Labs:

"4ms Pedals, Eric archer, and Dr. Bleep are proud to announce Handmade Music Austin! Starting October 13th at Salvage Vanguard Theater in collaboration with CotFG, we will be offering monthly workshops in they style of Handmade Music.

We’ll have free soldering, bending and diy synth classes, as well as workshops to build our forthcoming Andromeda Space Rocker kits. Early sign-ups for classes will start soon so stay tuned!"

The following are a couple of videos of kits in development.
The mixer has the four tiny drum machines previously posted running through it.

Mini 4ch mixer amp

Mini 4ch mixer amp from EA78751 on Vimeo.

"Prototype 4ch powered "pocket mixer" blowin out analog beats thru a bare 12" speaker.

This jam is crying for Gakken SX-150.

Pocket mixer: 2.8W service into 4 ohms w/ soft clip. 4 C-cell batteries. Connects to any external speaker with binding post terminals."

Autonomous Bassline Generator

YouTube via 4mspedals

"The Autonomous Bassline Generator creates deterministic bassline patterns in a sci-fi retro sound by generating melodies on the fly, based on a knob. It's just an AVR (attiny44) chip doing all the work, plus an opamp to act as the filter (photocell). The blue button is Tap Tempo, or if you hold it down for 1 second, it syncs up to the pulses on the IR receiver (this lets you beat-sync multiple Andromeda Space Rocker modules). The red button lets you edit a single note in the melody. Pulse-width modulation is currently pre-set to a certain envelope, but that will become user-controllable soon!

Part of the "Andromeda Space Rockers" series of modules, see www.ericarcher.net for drum modules.

The 6-pin header board dangling to the right is an ISP header. Totally hackable!"

Handmade Music Austin #10 - Back to Bending

"For our tenth workshop we're going back to bending!

August 8th at 2pm
$10
Salvage Vanguard Theater

The next Handmade Music Austin workshop will be on bending the popular "Saw voice recorder". It's only $10 and all tools and parts including the voice recorder itself are provided! Beginners welcome. It will be first come, first serve so be there at 2pm on Sunday to get a seat.

We'll also be holding a Swap 'n Show 'n Tell so bring your own creations to show off or just some junk to trade or sell.

Get more info about Handmade Music and see a video of the bent looper at handmademusic.noisepages.com"

Handmade Music Austin #5 and #6

YouTube via drbleep
http://handmademusic.noisepages.com/austin-venue/

Note #6 is coming per the link above.
"Handmade Music Austin #6 Super Show

(That happens to be during SXSW).

Saturday, March 20th
11AM to 5PM, doors open at 10:30AM
Workshops begin at 11AM in the gallery area.

Admission to the event in general is free, all are welcome to come dig the scene and take in the entertainment anytime between 10:30 and 5."

Handmade Music Austin - DIY music workshops

YouTube via EA78751
"Handmade Music Austin - a new series of DIY music workshops for 2009-2010 presented by Church of the Friendly Ghost.

In a workshop setting, we'll present a newly-designed series of miniature electronic instruments, called Andromeda Space Rockers. No bigger than a credit card, these projects are designed for DIY'ers like you. They can be built in a couple of hours to make a working drum machine, bass generator, or micro-synthesizer. These fun little instruments love to jam together, and they do it by forming a wireless network to keep the rhythm!

Of course, there will be an open jam / performance once the instruments are built.

Workshop dates 2009-2010 October 18 November 15 December 20 January 17 February 28 March 14 April 18

Registration is $45 and includes materials

REGISTER VIA EMAIL AT: churchofthefriendlyghost@gmail.com

more info:
http://ericarcher.net/2009/10/01/hand..."

Handmade Music Austin #2

YouTube via EA78751. part 1 here
"Video from the second Handmade Music Austin workshop, Nov 15 2009.

projects -
Basic kit: Mini Space Rockers (ericarcher.net)
Advanced kit: Autonomous Bassline Generator (4ms pedals)


The workshop was full. About 30 people built the basic kit, and about 20 built the advanced kit. Treasure City Thrift had a table of choice retro electronics for sale. After all the kits were built, we plugged in to the PA and partied until the amp overheated."

Handmade Music Austin

via Dr. Bleep:

"Howdy!
4ms Pedals, Bleep Labs, Eric Archer, and Church of the Friendly Ghost have brought Handmande Music to Austin.

Starting October 18th, we will offer monthly workshops at Salvage Vanguard Theatre where you can learn how to solder, build a synth kit, show off your own musical DIY project of any type, and jam with the Andromeda Space Rockers.

More info at the Handmade Music site.

See you there,
Dr. Bleep"

Click here and scroll for posts from prior events featuring video.

Handmade Music Austin #4

"This Sunday we’ll be building the Nebulophone, an Arduino based synth with a Stylophone like keyboard. It has adjustable waveforms, a light controlled analog filter, LFO, and arpeggiator that can be clocked over IR."

Full details including some audio and video at Handmade Music.

via Dr. Bleep

Handmade Music Austin Swap Party + Show and Tell Sunday the 13th

"Two events coming up soon for Austin noisemakers:
Summer Swap Party + Show-N-Tell

Bring your homemade music machines to show off to other noise nerds or just come pick through piles of toys, parts, and various electronic what-have-yous.

Sunday June 13th 2pm-7pm
Salvage Vanguard Theater
Free

Party on the Vanguard

Tuesday June 15th 6:30pm- Midnight!
Salvage Vanguard Theater
$10

Bodytronix, among other, will be making you dance while we hold a small beginner class and about a ton of other attractions vie for your attention. Also: booze.
Check out the full listing here."

EAST + Handmade Music Austin #2

"On Saturday, Bleep Labs will be set up along with Eric Archer and several other noise makers at the Salvage Vanguard theater from noon to about 6. Come by to play with the Thingamagoop 2 before it’s fully released! Dr. Bleep will also be performing at the Austin Artistic Reconstruction warehouse at around 3:30. Checkout the full line up here."

See Bleep Labs for full details.

MIDI IR-Clock

flickr by wooster_synth

"IR LED's are mounted on the bottom to line up with the other amazing designs coming from Eric Archer, Bleep Labs, and 4ms Pedals. It should be available soon at Handmade Music Austin events and a to-be-completed website."

Autonomous Bassline Generator - out of the box

YouTube via 4mspedals

"Built your ABG kit? This is what it should do when you turn it on...

For more info on the ABG, go to http://www.4mspedals.com"

Autonomous Bassline Generator - basic demo


"Basic demo of the features of the Autonomous Bassline Generator, a low-cost, hackable, deterministic sequencer + digital VCO + photo-sensitive analogue filter + PWM controlled LED. It also features IR connectivity, as seen in the last part of the video where two ABG's are beat sync'ed!

Available as a kit from http://www.4mspedals.com
and will be built at Handmade Music Austin's Nov 2009 workshop"

Autonomous Bassline Generator - IR sync demo


"HAIRNET stands for Hairnet Audio InfraRed NETwork, and is the platform of choice for Andromeda Space Rocker devices. With this simple protocol, a branching chain of drum/bass/lead modules can be sync'ed up (or run at their own tempos, of course).

Shown here are two ABG's in sync. The business card is used to break the IR beam

More info at http://www.4mspedals.com"

Gieskes HSS3 jb Video Synthesizer

Note: Auction links are affiliate links for which the site may be compensated.

via this auction

"The Hard Soft Synth 3jb is the new audio / video synthesizer by noisemaker extraordinaire, Gieskes.

It features 15 modes of audio/video excellence, each with 4-5 variables of control. There are also 8 video-only modes designed for use with the trigger and audio inputs. An adjustable analog filter keeps everything smooth (or as gnarly as you’d like).

The HSS3jb can produce all the same audio and video as the HSS3i, but it adds many more color options and controls as well as a more stable and and colorful video output.

- 15 audio+video modes and 8 video-only modes.
- Audio, IR, and trigger input as well as trigger out. IR with Handmade Music Austin or Gieskes devices,
hook it up to a modular via trigger or use the audio input to control the sounds and video of the HSS3i.
- Analog low-pass filter controlled via photocell.
- MIDI input controls device parameters.
- Circuit bending, color switching, fade, and individual color controls for video.
- New enclosure and more compact design (5.5″ x 3.5″ x 2.5″).
- Outputs NTSC and PAL

The device outputs analog RCA, S-video and VGA but only the RCA is guaranteed to work with any device it is plugged into. Some devices don’t like the peculiar VGA it produces."

Handmade Music Austin #12

YouTube via drbleep | October 11, 2010

"Mickey Delp's Passive Ring Modulator.
http://mickeydelp.com/ring-modulator...."

HSS3jb at Bleep Labs

YouTube Published on Aug 22, 2012 by drbleep

"The new Hard Soft Synth is here. See all the new features at http://bleeplabs.com/hss3j/"

Update: Added the pic and following details for the archives.

"The Hard Soft Synth 3jb is the new audio / video synthesizer by noisemaker extraordinaire, Gieskes.

It features 15 modes of audio/video excellence, each with 4-5 variables of control. There are also 8 video-only modes designed for use with the trigger and audio inputs. An adjustable analog filter keeps everything smooth (or as gnarly as you’d like).

The HSS3jb can produce all the same audio and video as the HSS3i, but it adds many more color options and controls as well as a more stable and and colorful video output.

- 15 audio+video modes and 8 video-only modes.
- RCA, S-video, and VGA video out.
- Audio, IR, and trigger input as well as trigger out. IR with Handmade Music Austin or Gieskes devices,
hook it up to a modular via trigger or use the audio input to control the sounds and video of the HSS3i.
- Analog low-pass filter controlled via photocell.
- MIDI input controls device parameters.
- Circuit bending, color switching, fade, and individual color controls for video.
- New enclosure and more compact design (5.5″ x 3.5″ x 2.5″)."

Space Baby Modulated Digital Delay demo

YouTube via WoosterAudio — "February 14, 2010 — Space Baby is a digital delay which will debut at Handmade Music Austin #5 on February 28, 2010 (along with the Bleep Labs PicoPaso). It has dedicated controls for wet/dry mix, delay, and feedback. A rotary encoder is used to adjust delay modulation speed/amplitude, clock source, and ring modulation.

The same simple 8 beat synth line plays throughout the demo. The demo begins with the dry synth sound, and then I start tweaking the delay and feedback controls. Later in the video I enable the ring mod / distortion. The ring mod multiplies the original signal by the delayed signal for unusual clangorous sounds.

The delay modulation and infrared beat sync features are not used in the demo.

http://woosteraudio.com
http://handmademusic.noisepages.com/a..."

MIDI-IR and Space Baby Demo

"WoosterAudio — June 10, 2010 — This is an extended demo of MIDI-IR and the Space Baby digital delay. MIDI-IR is syncing to an instance of the Audio Damage Tattoo drum synth running on a laptop. It is generating an infrared clock to wirelessly drive the Space Baby and Autonomous Base Generator (ABG). The audio output from the ABG synthesizer is fed into the Space Baby.

MIDI-IR and Space Baby are available in both kit and preassembled form at http://woosteraudio.com

Compatible Andromeda Space Rocker devices are available at:
http://4mspedals.com (ABG)
http://ericarcher.net
http://bleeplabs.com
http://mickeydelp.com"

MIDI-IR and Space Baby Demo Outtake

"WoosterAudio — June 17, 2010 — The missing psychedelic second half of the midi-ir / space baby demo, saved from destruction.

More info at http://woosteraudio.com"

SimSam sample-rate-cruncher toy

YouTube via 4mspedals
"Unveiled at the beginner's class at Handmade Music Austin #4 (Jan 2010), the SimSam is a "sample-rate cruncher" that's glitchy as all get-out, but only costs about $8 in parts (including pcb and battery snap). It's an effect with an input and output jack; and it's a noise-maker since a jumper shorts the output back into the input when nothing is plugged into the input jack. We built 28 SimSam's in a couple hours at the workshop... heh heh.. thats a lot of messed up sounds...

The SimSam was designed by Dann Green of 4ms Pedals, and its part of the whole Andromeda thing, even though it doesnt have infrared."

Serge + Loud Objects Noise Toy + Thomas Henry Mega Percussive Synthesizer.mpg

YouTube via JargMarbin

"Serge Synthesizer triggering Thomas Henry Mega Percussive Synthesizer (http://1tjb.sl.pt, built by Chris Fluur) and taking audio input from Loud Objects Noise Toy (http://www.loudobjects.com, aquired at HandMade Music Austin, built and programmed by Dr. Bleep). The Loud Objects Noise Toy is outputting mostly digital white noise to create snare type sounds, and the Thomas Henry Mega Percussive Synthesizer is outputting all kinds of different sounds."