Serge controlled by Bleep Labs Thingamakit and Delfy Creations SS-1

Serge controlled by Bleep Labs Thingamakit

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"Demonstration of Serge analog modular synthesizer controlled by 4-ledicle Bleep Labs Thingamakit. The video looks terrible because the light was so low. At least all the blinking lights show up."
"The audio from the Thingamakit's audio out jack ( mine is 1/8" ) was piped into into the Serge's Preamp Detector section, which supplies two outputs - one jack provides amplified audio and the other a DC voltage correlated to the power of the sound wave. The audio part was split to a comparator and an EQ followed by 3 filters that fedback into each other in a complicated way. I tappled one audio signal from the EQ and 4 from the filter network. The DC voltage from the envelope detector of the Preamp Detector section went through the same comparator as the audio signal, and this comparison provided triggers powering pulse division and activating sample-and-holds and envelopes which modulated the filters and VCA's. This patch was origionally made to control the Serge using my Delfy Creations Super SS-1 but the battery died, so I made the vid using my regular SS-1 instead. I was going to build a seperate patch for the Thingamakit but I liked what I heard when I tried the same one so I posted the video! I'll still probably made a new patch for the Thingamakit because it is visually impressive and the pulsating rhythmics it creates are very useful for controlling the Serge. I'll let you know when I do. I hope that explanation was what you were looking for, let me know if you have any questions. Also please add me to your mailing list so I can be notified of any new creations you have for sale, and check out my website http://jargmarbin.com."

Serge controlled by Delfy Creations SS-1

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"Another addition to my experimental Serge series. Serge analog modular synthesizer controlled by Delfy Creations SS-1."

Serge Synthesizer + MPS + Fender Frontman 15G

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"Serge Analog Modular Synthesizer and a homemade Thomas Henry Mega Percussive Synthesizer through a Fender Frontman 15G guitar amp, with a view of downtown Austin Texas. I can fit that amp in my backpack and it's loud enough to hear over other musicians, but easily overdriven. I recorded the audio from the amp through the mic on the camera and added reverb to it. The evil laughter is from me laughing at the ridiculous sound of the tempo change. Download the audio here: http://soundcloud.com/jargmarbin/it-m..."

Serge Controlled by Eric Archer's Lite2Sound + Strobe Light

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WARNING: If you are sensitive to seizure inducing flashing lights, don't watch this.

"Serge controlled by Eric Archer's Lite2Sound + strobe light. I realize Lite2Sound was created to perceive modulated light at much higher frequencies then a strobe light. However it is also true it triggers the Serge. This video demonstrates this unintended application."

Serge Creature controlled by Korg Kaossilator

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"This is a Serge Creature controlled by audio from a Korg Kaossilator. There is also some weird vocoded vocals via Electro Harmonix Voice Box. The carrier wave for the vocoding came from the Creature's left oscillator, and was recorded at the same time as the beat and the video; I did some cutting and pasting, but I tried to keep the 3 tracks (vid, vox, Creature) together throughout the video. I don't really like the song but I posted it anyway; I'm using terrible software, and I'm tired of working on it."

Serge + Volta + Kaossilator

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"Serge analog modular synthesizer controlled by Volta and Korg Kaossilator. This video's audio is very rough sounding. I don't think it sounds very good, but the concept remains interesting nonetheless. Volta is an AU plugin software for Mac that allows precise control of an Analog Modular using 10 different control objects. I've gotten many Serge M-odule sections to calibrate to volta; Variable Q, DSG, VC Timegen OSC, and VC Timegen Clock (both sides of both) calibrate and stay calibrated at constant temperature for long periods of time to the 1v/oct signal of Volta. Volta makes MIDI to CV converters obsolete."

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

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"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."

Serge Creature controlled by cardboard box

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video response to EVI Serge by vgermuse. Also see these.

"This is a cardboard box with a contact-mic ($1 piezo buzzer) controlling a Serge Creature. It's essentially the same patch I used on the previous video using the HSS2, except I have an oscillator controlling the VC GAIN at the begining to get a tighter sound. If you look closely you should see the brightness of the green light increase after a trigger pulse is received; since the decay of this oscillator is set long, it only can receive a trigger pulse once in a given interval (the first knob adjustment shortens it). Later in the vid voltage is removed from VC GAIN and the sound gets crazier."

Serge Creature controlled by audio from Hardware Software Synth 2 from Gijs Gieskes


"I realize it sounds really crazy, that's the point of this demonstration. I'm sure my neighbors hate me. The left channel is the sound of the Serge Creature (Sound Transform Systems). The right channel is the output from the Hardware Software Synth 2 (HSS2) (http://gieskes.nl). The audio input from the HSS2 is removed from the Creature several times begining at 2:39 to demonstrate the constant pitch of the oscillators without input from the HSS2. The audio output of the HSS2 is being piped into the Creature at the filter's TRIG input and AGC IN, and at the the oscillator's TRIG input. The Creature's black OUT jack is feeding back into the HSS2, which is making it's own sounds and applying effects to the incoming signal, before routing to an amplified mixer and coming back to the aforementioned connections on the Creature. The Creature's 1/4" output jack carries the signal you hear in the video."

Polyphonic Serge + Monome + Polygome Max/MSP + Volta in Ableton Live 8 + 100W all tube guitar amp

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"This is an interesting setup; hours and hours of fun. I had just received the Monome a few hours before creating this vid; the potential of this controller is absolutely huge. I'm excited to figure out how to control more then one thing with it so I can add percussion to something like this. There is polyphony from the Serge and bizarre effects. The polyphony is from 4 oscillators; they are 3 Variable 'Q' filters and the right side of VC Timegen OSC; additional timbre added by routing a couple VarQ's feedback signals for the oscilation through other sections of VC Timegen's set to oscilate. Volta calibrates about 5 octaves for two of the VarQ's and 6 octaves for the other VarQ and Timegen section, even though they are also piped through other oscillators! You can hear bizzare effects also; the mixed oscillator audio was sent thru a 100W all tube amp, it's the tube amp's preamp stage creating the harmonic distortion (first dialed-in effect) into the Resonant EQ to pluck certain harmonic bands. The second crazy effect dialed in seconds later is from piping the stepped output from the N Comparator (the input is the distorted tube amp audio) into all the oscillators' VC frequencies. The Monome is sending OSC (the protocol) to Polygome by Stretta, and Max/MSP is sending MIDI to Volta in Ableton Live 8."