LA ROCK ELECTRO

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"East LA ROCKS ELECTRO, MONTEREY PARK, ROCKS ELECTRO, THE EASTSIDE ROCKS THE BEST.
IT RAINED TODAY AND THIS IS WHAT I DID."

steiner vcf

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"STEINER VCF CLONE DEMONSTRATION. IN THIS PARTICULAR PROTOTYPE I HAD TO CHANGE THE REZ POT TO A 1K, THAT IS WHAT THE ODD LONELY KNOB IS FOR ON THE RIGHT. FUTURE RUNS OF THIS WONDERFUL VCF WILL HAVE THIS CORRECTION IMPLIMENTED TO MATCH THE REST OF THE KNOBS."

quorgy-analog modular patch.wmv

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"Demo of the New NS-30 VCF called a Quorgy. Good alternative for MS20 VCF. I am doing a Modular Synth Patch and using external LFO's. The is alot of variation in tone possible with Big Analog signals. From overdirve to Squelchy."

quorgy-analog modular patch 2.wmv

"More Demo's to come. I have an Envelope Follower to demo with this also. BUSY BUSY BUSY..."

quorgy-line level DRUM MACHINE.wmv

"Demo with a line level Boss Drum Machine. This Drum machine alone is known to sound cheesy. But witness the Enhancement."

matrix6.wmv

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"Not so perfect Oberhiem Matrix 6 keyboard. It needs to be warmed up when turned on and one of the keys is cracked."

WITH MIDI

YouTube via bluelantern320. via this auction
"THIS IS DEMONSTRATING A SALAMANDER PROTOTYPE SYNTH WITH A NEWT 10 STEPPER, AND POLIVOKS VCF."

ALONE SELF REZ

"Demonstration of Polivoks VCF with a 10-step Sequencer (NEWT) based on CD4017 counter chip."

Gate Switch Demo

previously posted

MG-CLONE via Blue Lantern

MG-CLONE000.wmv

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"I have a Drum machine pass through the filter. The pre Amp can take a wide variety of signals."

MG-CLONE001.wmv

"I have a Plain MS2000R Factory Preset go through the filter to show you that it will enhance the sound and make it sound more fatter and analog. In the beginning it is just the Korg alone then i patch it through the filter."

MG-CLONE002.wmv

"Full Fledge Modular Environment testing. I routed A quick Patch With with Digital LFO, 2 Triangle Waves and te filter."

MG-CLONE003.wmv

"Another test with Music going through the FIlter."

MG-CLONE004.wmv

"Model D VCF clone. I am passing music through the filter. There is an external LFO conttected to make it modulate. There is an onboard Pre Amp to make it go from Normal to OVerDrive."

12x12 Plexi Mod1.wmv

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"Demo of a Noodle Noise Patch. I am using the Digital LFO S&H."

12x12 Plexi Mod2.wmv

"Demonstrating Sync and VCO smash modulation."

Toad synth Theme Song

YouTube via bluelantern320.
"This is why the synth is called toad, it can make amphibian sounds and croke."
The following are some images and details via these auctions. You can find more at the auction.

"Introducing the next chapter in Underground Electronics: The Toad Monophonic Synthesizer.
Made with the highest quality CNC PCB manufacturing, hand selected parts, and lexan front panel. Almost 90% of the controls have no wires, all onboard tight fit electronics-lightning fast very accurate response off the BOURNS high quality Pots.This project was created for my musical purposes and my higher requirements. It had to perform ILL! and be very unique. It came out so good, I am attempting to populate the world with toads! at a very resonable price level." via the forum.

POLIVOKS VCF MODULAR VCO DEMO

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"This is a demo with a an Analog VCO and Polivoks AIO VCF kit."

POLIVOKS VCF Bass Guitar Pass Through
"I had my Neighbor Play Bass while I fiddle with the VCF. It was also FM Modulated by an Analog VCO"

oberkonn NEW vcf001

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"This is the new combo which includes the lfo, vca, and vcf. It is 15v internal. The power supply is linear Regulated audiophile quality."

oberkonn NEW vcf002


oberkonn NEW vcf003


modular1

quorgy-line level DRUM MACHINE001.wmv

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quorgy-line level DRUM MACHINE002.wmv

POLIVOKS SELF REZ

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POLIVOKS VCF Line Level Pass

"I had a Korg ER-1 Beat play through the filter."

DUAL ADSR.wmv

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"Tom Whiltshire Digital ADSR demo. I made some for myself and made an extra one for some lucky person to experience this great project. It can be built DIY at electricdruid. There is currently no pCB kit available. I believe magicsmoke will offer this as a kit in the near future. This is my version and I not offering any kit. This is just a small run."

black vco001

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salamander003 1

YouTube via bluelantern320 | August 10, 2010

bluelantern on Ebay

salamander003 2


salamander003 3



via this auction

"THE THIRD VERSION IS FINALLY HERE! THE SALAMANDER SYNTH VERSION 3.

THIS IS A DESKTOP SEMI MODULAR SYNTHESIZER WITH BUILT IN POWER SUPPLY. THE WALL ADAPTER IS INCLUDED.

THESE ARE THE CIRCUITS:

(2) SAW/SQUARE WAVE VCO'S: ONE CAN SYNC THE OTHER BY A SWITCH, BOTH VCO'S HAVE A MODULATION KNOB AND YOU SELECT EITHER LFO OR ENV BY SWITCH.

(1) 3 CHANNEL MIXER: THE 3RD CHANNEL HAS A SWITCH JACK SO THAT YOU CAN AUX INPUT SOUND. BY DEFAULT A RING MOD IS ON CHANNEL 3.

(1) ARP BASED RING MOD CIRCUIT

(1) VCA

(1) NOISE GENERATOR: THE OUTPUT MUST BE PATCHED TO EITHER THE MIXER 'IN' OR A CV FOR MODULATION.

(1) LM4250 FILTHY VCF WITH BRIGHTNESS SWITCH

(2) ADSR ENVELOPE GENERATORS WITH PATCHABLE OUTPUTS.

(1) MULTIWAVE LFO WITH PATCHABLE OUTPUT

(1)INTERNAL ADJUSTABLE REGULATED POWER SUPPLY

(1) 16AC WALL ADAPTER

THE MIXER HAS A PATCHABLE OUTPUT SO YOU CAN USE AN EXTERNAL DIFFERENT FILTER, THEN THERE IS A PATCHABLE VCA INPUT TO RETURN THE SIGNAL.
THE ENVELOPES EACH HAS THERE OWN PATCHABLE OUTS SO THAT YOU CAN CONTROL YOUR EXTERNAL GEAR.

SORRY NO INTERNAL MIDI CONVERTER ON THIS VERSION OF THE SALAMANDER, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN TOO EXPENSIVE."

Steiner Parker Synthacon VCF

via this auction



YouTube via bluelantern320 previously posted
"A KORG MS2000 LINE LEVEL SIGNAL IS PASSING THROUGH A STEINER SYNTHACON CLONE VCF . IT MAKES THE SOUND COME ALIVE WITH MID LEVEL REZ HARMONICS.
THIS DEMO SHOWS HOW IT CAN MAKE YOUR VIRTUAL ANALOG SOUND REAL ANALOG FOR STUDIO RECORDING."

SSM2044 VER2.0 BOARD example

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"I used a Korg MS2000R for the midi ARP. I used my NExus 6 SYNTH VCO's to go to my SSM2044 VERSION 2 VCF, then to a MFOS DUAL VCA. I used A NADYTMP-3 channel strip to allen&heath mixer and mixed Behringer delay pedal, and V-verb FX. This is to demonstrate Pro Recording Examples using the Module."

modular frac001

YouTube via bluelantern320. via this auction

modular002

"a series of demos of the frac modular"

Red VCO PCB Demo from BLCLONES on Vimeo.

"A midi to CV converter is used to play a Full Scale Sequence to show you the Excellent Tracking. First run is a SAW wave, then a Square Wave, next a Triangle wave, then (2) VCO's to show tracking, and finally a Linear FM patch between (2) red VCO's."

via this auction
"HIS HAS SOME OF THE STUFF I HAVE BEEN SELLING LATELY:

HAS (2) RED VCO'S 1V/OCT BASED
-WAVES: RAMP, SAW, TRIANGLE, SQUARE
-(1)DIRECT LINEAR FM INPUT
-(1)DIRECT PITCH CV INPUT
-(1)ATTENUATED CV INPUT

HAS A SIMPLE MIDI-2-CV CONVERTER
-3 GATE OUTPUTS,
-3 PITCH CV OUTPUTS

HAS THE RECENT OBERKONN VCF COMBO UNIT
-12db FILTER WITH LP/BP/HP WITH BI-POLAR FM INPUT
-HAS A RED VCA WITH VOLUME OUT.
-HAS A NEW LFO WITH WAVES: RAMP, SIN, SQUARE, TRIANGLE.
-THE LFO HAS (2) SPEED'S SELECTED BY SWITCH

-HAS A TRIPLE ATTACK/RELEASE FRAC UNIT
-TRIG/GATE SWITCH
-QUICK ACTIVATE BUTTON (GREEN)"

DIODE VCF 004

YouTube via bluelantern320 on Mar 2, 2011

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BLUE ZTVCO DRY DEMO & Surrounding Controversy

YouTube Uploaded by bluelantern320 on Jan 3, 2012

Update 10/4/2013: I heard from Ian Fritz and the controversy is over. Blue Lantern no longer offers the ZTVCO. That said, BL posts will resume.

This one, which seems to be a reoccurring theme with Blue Lantern, comes with a good dose of controversy. You might recall from a few years ago BL got into a bit of heat selling MIDIBox SIDs on eBay. MIDIBox explicitly forbids the commercial resale of MIDIBox SIDs. Blue Lantern stopped and went into producing affordable eurorack based modules and systems.

This latest controversy surrounds the source of design for the new BLUE ZTVCO. You might recall from the comments in this previous post, the design of that prototype module appeared to be a copy of Ian Fritz's Teezer (TZFM Saw VCO debuted Sep'08) design. Ian Fritz's modules are available via The Bride Chamber and Elby Designs.

In short:

1. Is the BLUE ZTVCO based on Ian Fritz's design?
2. If so, to what extent?
3. If so, is it legal?
4. If so, is it fair and does it matter?

The answer to 1 and 2 will not be known until someone gets a hand on the ZTVCO and reverse engineers it. I asked BL if he would be willing to provide the schematics to put the issue to rest and he replied no. He said people can reverse engineer it when it it's available and he is sure someone will. The answer to 3 is quite possibly so. There is currently a good thread on the subject on the electro-music.com forum here. The answer to 4 depends on you. My personal opinion is that it is not fair and it definitely does matter. Whether legal or not, I view it as stealing. These designs do not come out of thin air. They take time and talent and sometimes years to produce. You will see some insight on this in regards to Ian's Teezer design from him directly below. When someone makes their designs available, credit should be given.

The following is a response from Blue Lantern in regards to the claims made against him. The most important thing to read out of his points below is "3. This is not a clone, this vco is a beast in it's own cage."

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