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Sunday, July 08, 2012

VACO LOCO ZIRA

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"The 7-Bit Sound NAND Drone Synth is ballistic Lo-Fi synth box that packs a heavy punch, with 4 internal gated oscillators

NAND Drone synth is easy to use and is controlled in the following ways:

· The First knob controls oscillation frequency of the number 1 oscillator that is gated to the number 2 oscillator

· The Second knob controls oscillation frequency, by turning the First switch we open or close the gate.

· The Third knob controls oscillation frequency of number 3 oscillator that is gated to number 4 output oscillator which is also gated to the number 2 oscillator

· The second switch controls the gate between number 3 and number 4 oscillator.

The Vaco Loco Zira came out of an idea to see how small a fully equipped and versatile synth could be built.

The Zira features Two oscillators, each with 48 waveforms that were favourites from the Monowave. A sub oscillator, linked to oscillator one. The Sub oscillator has a level control, oscillators one and two can be switched on or off. Note offset for Patch +/- two octaves, second oscillator has note detune of +/- two octaves and fine tune. Hard Sync of oscillator two to oscillator one's pitch.

The Zira is based on the Korg NJM2069AD Filter/VCA chip. This 4-pole low pass filter is the same filter chip used in the Poly800, DW8000, DW6000 and DSS-1

Zira comes fully assembled in a clear acrylic housing, and is a very limited edition release, never to be seen again once stocks are sold out.

Features:
· Two oscillators, each with 48 waveforms
· One Sub oscillator
· Hard Sync of oscillators
· Two ADSRs, one VCF, one VCA
· One LFO
· Multiple routing options
· 64 patch memories
· MIDI updatable firmware

Specifications:
· 2 Oscs: Each with 48 waveforms, I picked 48 of my favourites from the Monowave. A sub oscillator, linked to oscillator one. The Sub oscillator has a level control, oscillators one and two can be switched on or off.

Note offset for Patch +/- two octaves, second oscillator has note detune of +/- two octaves and fine tune.

Hard Sync of oscillator two to oscillator one's pitch.

· VCF: The Korg NJM2069AD is used in the prototypes for the filter. This 4-pole low pass filter is the same filter chip used in the Poly800, DW8000, DW6000 and DSS-1

· VCA: Very high signal to noise ratio and incredibly clean sounding, again, the prototype uses the NJM2069AD.

· EG's: One for Filter and one for VCA, both are ADSR type. They have Linear attack and exponential decay and release curves.

These go from very quick (~3mS) to a many seconds for each stage (~48 Seconds).

· LFO: The LFO has 4 wave forms, Sinewave, sawtooth, square and random. the LFO is routable to oscillator pitch, filter cut off and filter resonance.

A delay parameter allows the LFO to come "fade in" with an adjustable delay.

It also has a key sync mode, when on the LFO is forced to reset when a new key is pressed and when the LFO cycle has finished it rests at that value.

· Display: The display uses four 7 segment displays, the same as GorF and Tron.

· MIDI: MIDI CC for each parameter, receipt of Patch change (64 patches).

· I/O: The Connections could not be simpler, power in (6 to 12V DC), MIDI in and Audio out.

Video Demos:"


YouTube Published on Apr 16, 2012 by VacolocoSynth

"A quick run through of Zira and it's features."

Zira Demonstration

Published on Apr 16, 2012 by VacolocoSynth

"A quick run through of Zira and it's features."

New Boot Loader

Uploaded by VacolocoSynth on Feb 23, 2012

"Quick demonstration of the new, faster and more reliable, boot loader. This demo shows an update for Zira, but the same boot loader will be used for all new projects from this point forward."

Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Tron Video Part II


YouTube via VacolocoSynth | September 29, 2010

"Demo video for Tron, a drum pattern programmer, similar to TR909 style programming."

Monday, April 16, 2012

VacoLoco Zira Demonstration


YouTube Published on Apr 16, 2012 by VacolocoSynth

"A quick run through of Zira and it's features."

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

Tron Video Part I


YouTube via VacolocoSynth | September 28, 2010

"Demo video for Tron, a drum pattern programmer, similar to TR909 style programming."

Saturday, April 16, 2011

Mini rig Jam (20110407)


YouTube Uploaded by VacolocoSynth on Apr 15, 2011

"I'm using 2 x GorF sequencers, 1 of which is driving the Meeblip and the other my Shruti-1. There's also 1 x Tron Drum pattern Programmer driving, via MIDI, the MFB-522 drum brain. Third GorF is ready to be hooked up to Zira when it's completed.

Tron - http://www.vacoloco.net/synths/tron/
GorF - http://www.vacoloco.net/synths/gorf/

Recorded on my mobile phone (sorry for the poor quality, but I don't own a cam-corder)."

Thursday, September 30, 2010

Tron Video Part III


YouTube via VacolocoSynth | September 30, 2010

"Demo video for Tron, a drum pattern programmer, similar to TR909 style programming."

Tuesday, June 07, 2011

Gorf V2 Part 1


YouTube Uploaded by VacolocoSynth on Jun 7, 2011

"Gorf V2 demonstration video Part 1"

Update:

Gorf V2 Part 2

Saturday, February 21, 2009

GorF Build


YouTube via VacolocoSynth
"A short video showing the suggested build sequence.
There's also a list of the kits at the end of the video, these will be available soon (just waiting on some of the parts)."

Friday, July 26, 2013

Vaco Loco Gorf-xl, juju and tron

Published on Jul 26, 2013 VacolocoSynth·18 videos

"Gorf-xl playing my modular synth but clocked from tron which is playing juju (drum sample playback module)
#sdiyuk"

Synth DIY UK is tomorrow! Vaco Loco will be there.

https://www.facebook.com/events/160198740805131/
http://diy.synth.net/uk/

Monday, December 08, 2008

GorF (Ver 0.15)


YouTube via VacolocoSynth

"As promised, the latest version of GorF.
this time the sounds are coming from the Sound Art Chameleon running the Fahrenheit soundskin.

New features for this version, include :

- Stable timing (I found and fixed the bug in the previous version)
- MIDI clock out (with start/stop commands)
- Step Length mode
- Step "Legato" mode"

Friday, December 28, 2012

VacoLoco Gorf V3 Taster

Published on Dec 28, 2012 VacolocoSynth·17 videos

"A very quick taste of some of the new features in GorF.
Including note skip, gate length and the improved user interface.
Here GorF is in my modular and is providing CV and Gate outputs, with the velocity routed to filter cutoff."

via Paul Maddox on The MATRIXSYNTH Lounge

Sunday, December 21, 2008

GorF Version 0.19


YouTube via VacolocoSynth
"All the features are in now, this video demonstrates MIDI Sync and Sequence save/load.
The only thing to add now is updating via MIDI sysex, but all the functions for the sequencer are now in there and I don't plan to add anything more.

Full features list is as follows ;-
* Ability to store and load 4 sequences, along with their parameters
* 8 Steps
* Each step has
* Note number,
* velocity,
* gate on/off,
* Step Length,
* Legato on/off,
* CC1 and CC2 controls
* Variable Tempo (no MIDI sync yet)
* Variable base note for the notes being played
* Selectable CCs for CC1 and CC2 channels
* Variable sequence length
* MIDI Clock out (with start/stop)
* Rock solid timing
* Variable Step Length
* Legato mode
* MIDI Clock in and Out
* MIDI Root Note in"

Friday, April 20, 2012

Zira Demonstration


YouTube Published on Apr 16, 2012 by VacolocoSynth

"A quick run through of Zira and it's features."

Tuesday, December 02, 2008

GorF and Defender


via Vaco Loco where you will find more info.

"Gorf is a simple 8 step sequencer. It isn't as clever or complex as the Sequentix P3 nor as expensive as certain other sequencers.

I was bored one sunday, and wanted to build a simple sequencer I could use to test Defender and other synths I was building."

snip on Defender: "Defender is my current project, and as such, is a work in progress, so please, don't ask for schematics, code or if you can buy it.

The synth is broken down into three parts,

1. The Voice Card, which holds the filter, oscillators, EGs and LFOs
2. Controller Card, which handles midi, voice assignment and patch storage
3. Front Panel card, which handles the rotary encoders, pitch wheels, etc, etc"


Update via Lord Avon in the comments:

Video demo of GorF (playing Monowave II skin on the SoundArt Chameleon)

YouTube via VacolocoSynth

sounds for Defender ;- http://www.vacoloco.net/synths/defender/sounds.shtml

I'll add more soon, using GorF to control it.

Paul"

Video details:
"GorF is a minimal step sequencer.
I built it to help testing my synth designs.

It sends MIDI notes and velocity on a user selectable Midi channel along with two MIDI CC's (user selectable) and of course has variable sequence length.

You can turn steps on and off using the buttons, but I forgot to show this feature. When I do the next video I'll be sure to show this feature.

It's still in the early stages of development, and has one or two little bugs in it.

The sound is coming from the MonowaveII sound skin.

www.VacoLoco.net"

GorF (Ver 0.15)

Friday, February 06, 2009

Gorf Sysex Update + Load/Store


YouTube via VacolocoSynth
"Short Video showing how the MIDI Sysex update feature works.
It also shows the new load/store button function and two new features, 8 sequencers and the next sequence is loaded at the end of the current sequence loop."

Wednesday, January 13, 2010

GorF Version 1.00 Part 1 of 2


YouTube via VacolocoSynth
"This video is split into two parts and gives a demonstration and guide of the features of GorF.
It runs through the various modes and explains what they do and how to use them.
GorF is an 8 step analogue style step sequencer I built as a test tool for my projects and it quickly turned into quite a big project with a lot of people buying the kits.
Please forgive the coughing and sniffing, I had a terrible cold whilst recording this."

GorF Version 1.00 Part 2 of 2

Sunday, January 18, 2009

GorF Prototype


YouTube via VacolocoSynth
"This is the first prototype board, assembled and tested.
I had a few problems (3 in fact), 2 got fixed in code, one required a mod to the board.

This is longer than my other videos as I'm running through it explaining the functions as I go."
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