Nikon D-5000 with real Cinema Lenses

YouTube via nathanielscott. Some DIY synth spotting. The video description is on the Nikon.

ARP AXXE + minimoog

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"Recently, Mike Johnston asked me if I could work on his ARP AXXE and cure some of its weird behavior. I was not sure I could fix it but I told him I would take a look because I have never got to fool with an ARP synth. The AXXE is a very cool little synth and I would say that it complements the minimoog well. It has things the minimoog does not like 'sample and hold' and ADSR control over the OSC, not to mention keyboard repeat which is tied tot he main LFO clock. This video shows the first time I got to noodle around with the two synths. I ran the main oudio out from the minimoog into the AXXE audio in which really just goes into the filter just like the minimoog. You can still hear some weirdness with the AXXE but I am close to getting it all tightened up.

The sounds in thi video are all just a minimoog and the ARP AXXE shown. A little delay was added to the recording later to sweeten up the sound.

Again I would like to thank Andrew Cortens for use of the minimoog, and Mike Johnston for letting me make a vidie with his ARP."

Sequencer Development (Last Stage)

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"So, I have about got the kicks worked out of my first sequencer. Everything works from the start, stop, step push buttons, to the Portamento control, though the portamento is a bit glichey (I need to research way to build that bit with more control).

The video shows some toy keyboards that I hacked to gain gate control over the onboard sequencers. The Casio SK-1 may not really be a total toy but the little grey Lonestar keyboard totally is. I paid three bucks for it at a thrift shop a couple of weeks ago.

I still need to build a better VCO. I have done very little research in this area and I feel that a good VCO would go a long way to a better performance feel, thereby giving better user experience in playing music. (just a thought)

The last bit of the video has music recorded with the sequencer but the VCO is run through a large amp and miked, and also DIed, so are the other keyboards wich include my Poly-61 and Crumar Performer."

korg poly 61 arpeggiator

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"the poly 61 is not limited only to 80s sounds"

New Clock, and 8-step Squencer Voltage Contrrol

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"In this vidie you see me repurposing a small plastic box that was originally made to hold .22 caliber bullets. I think is looks great a module for making electronic music. You will notice that I do not use a drill press or anything fancy to cut holes in the plastic for the various componants.

The last bit of the video show a new method I am using for voltage control over an ocsillator. I am emplying an LED and a photo resistor. I works pretty good when te LED is relatively bright, but when the voltage drops below a certain threshold the led lags in attinuation so there is a sort of glide in pitch to the low notes. I will work it out latter."

DIY Synthesizer in cardboard

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"My friend Chaz Gentry came over and video taped my explanation of my new DIY synth. I have been working on this funny little project for the last week or so. It is housed in cardboard to make the user interface prototyping development rapid. It obviously still has a long ways to go..."

Yamaha CS01 S8VG sequencer

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"Just a little vidie I made with my CS01 and my home made sequencer. The sequencer is not outputting any voltage but is acting in a passive resistance mode. The resistance for each step is determined by a 10k pot on the main panel of the sequencer. The sequencer is plugged directly into the breathe control of the CS01. The connection is made by an 1/8th inch TRS plug where the sleeve just goes to ground, the ring supplies the 5 volts from the CS01 and the tip returns the attenuated voltage back to the CS01."

QUADRAPHONIC SYNTH - Yamaha CS01 on a Teac 3340s

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"I demonstrate a quadraphonic recording I made with a little yamaha synthesizer."

Printed Circuit Board (home made)

YouTube via nathanielscott — April 03, 2010 — "This video shows the multi-step process I use to print my own circuit boards that I use in my synthesizers and other audio circuits."

Atari Punk Console Sequenced

YouTube via nathanielscott. follow-up to this post with a Minimoog.
"This is my variation of the APC. The video starts showing what looks like a normal APC with a built in speaker. Then the voltage output from a sequencer is plugged into the APC. The general schematic can be found on my website: http://owyheesound.com/sequencer.php"

synth R&D for performance

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"I am playing two instruments both are made out of Radio Shack electronic learning kits. The first instrument is an a sort of cheap-o optical theremin that I am playing with my left hand. The second is a ten step sequncer with a very basic square wave VCO. I did build three steps of addition master voltage control which you can see me triggering with the blue buttons with my right hand.

Before I started to take componants off the breadboard and put them into a dedicated enclosure I thought I would see if I could make noise that somewhat resmbled music with homemade electronic instruments.

I got close but in the end I dont think a ten step sequencer is a very musical design."

Cardboard synth gets a wood face

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"This is the second and possibly the only other video I will post of my my cardboard synthesizer. As you can see I have upgraded the cardboard facade to wood and have set in place much more functionality. The video also features a Micro-Lorg and a Yamaha RX15 drum machine,

The reason that there will be no more video with this synth is that it is going to be scraped for parts for anther project."

CS01 and Poly 61 DIY music

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"A simple motiff played on a Yamaha CS01 and a Korg Poly 61. I am using no fancy editing or any sync devices, just a stereo delay on the CS01. The CS01 is a bit beat up. I received as a present from my 9th birthday 26 years ago and in those 26 years I have mangled the poor little synth. Just last week though I started restoring it to a more playable condition, starting with tuning up the resonance filter."

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YouTube via nathanielscott — April 29, 2010 —

Reuseum Dual Filter (stompbox) WORKSHOP project

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"This is a quick video showing the features and assemblage of the next kit project at the REUSEUM.

The video shows the kit placed into a modular panel for a synthesizer but the kit can be placed in any kind of enclosure like a pedal or even a cookie box.

The guitar is run only through the kit filter in this video. Besides being a filter there is a overdrive feature in the kit which creates the distortion sound on the guitar. No other effects or signal processing were used.

Participants in the workshop will receive a kit that includes a pre-printed and pre-drilled circuit board, all the electrical components and instructions required to assemble the kit.

The video was shot with a handheld video camera and the sound was recorded with its on board mic. This was done to give a real idea of what this filter sounds like. The sound recording was not treated in any way."

sequencer module S4 owyheesound

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"This is my first original design. The circuit design is very simple and I give the numbers to the four ships I used to build it towards the end of the video. This system was designed to be compatible with moog systems though I still have to cut down the panel to be the correct dimensions to fit into a moog style cabinet.

Since this video I have added a couple of enhancements like portamento (aka glissando or glide) and others. This has been a fun project and I am looking forward to desiging and builing other useful modules."

Atari Punk Console and Mini Moog and owyheesound sequencer

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"Recently someone asked me if my DIY sequencer would work with an Atari punk Console.

I was so motivated that I worked out the design and then created my own Atari Punk Console with a Voltage control input. This video shows my APC being used with my own 8 step sequencer and a minimoog. There is a quick shot of one of the Printed Circuit Boards that I am developing for my latest sequencer design. The Reuseum in Garden City Idaho is sponsering much of my work which is why the Reuseums name appears on the PCB. The Reuseum will also make the PCBs and full kits available for sale for those who want them."

The Haunted Spaceship - or - How an Arp Axxe sounds with my modular synth for Halloween sounds

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"Any analogue synth with a noise generator and a semi-decent filter is great for making spaceship noises. The AXXE is no exception.

My friend Stephen has had an idea about doing a short sci-fi film about ghosts in space (no not Space Ghost). If he an I ever get the film made I hope it has campy sounds like this."

CS01 MIDI modification

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"This shows a Yamaha CS01 having a Highly Liquid Midi mod added. The kit was shipped quickly and was easy to put together. For those of you that have a CS01 and are handy with a solder iron I highly recommend the conversion."

DIY Sequencers and a Minimoog Music

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"I am trying to figure out a good ways to use my two DIY eight step sequencers and a multi-frequency clock in conjunction with a good synth (like the minimoog used in this video) to make musical real-time music. This session was OK but I would like to develop a system of switching between sequencers to vary the patterns even more than I do in this vid. BTW, if you don't like the music at least fast forward to 7:39 and listen to the fat patch I dial in at the end.

I would like to once again thank the Reuseum in Boise for providing the parts for the sequencers!"