Some settings of a very useful Eurorack module. ... the Kenton Solo
I think this is ideal for use with a Modular -
eurorack
Preset 70 has too fast a clock.
Use P.71 instead
available values c24, c48 & d2 to d24, - sets the ratio of MIDI clocks to output pulses from the Clock1 output.
D12 seems about perfect.
If set to d2, there will 12 pulses from the clock1 output
for every 24 MIDI clocks = 12 cpqn If set to d24, there will be 1 pulse from the clock pulse output for every 24 MIDI clocks = 1 cpqn (Note there are 24 MIDI clocks per quarter note)
So d12 = 2 pulses from the clock output for every 24 MIDI clocks
Bara or al-Bara is one of the former "Dead Cities" in northwestern Syria.
It is located in the Zawiya Mountain approximately 65 kilometres north from Hama and approx. 80 km southwest from Aleppo. Al-Bara is also town in Ariha district.
officially it was founded in the 4th century AD as a small settlement near a wadi however my guide said many parts date to the 2nd and 3rd centuries AD
It is approximately 95 km southwest of Aleppo.
The settlement prospered in the 5th and 6th centuries and wasn't affected by the Muslim conquest.
It kept it's ties with antioch and was a archbishopric till 1081... a crossroads to Jerusalem ??
Crusaders invaded in the 11th century.
It was struck by an earthquake in 1158AD
There are two pyramidal-roofed tombs
This is the interior of one of the tombs.
The ruins of Al-Bara spread over an area of tree-covered hillsides and valleys
Andrew's module is supposed to be a (phaser) phase shifter, but in his own words "is so badly designed that it spits, sh!ts and burps all over the place. It can even do it without even using any CV signal."
So it sounds like it would be good for randomly
phase-shifting an input.
This module combines circuits from two of Andrew's fav shifters.
the Steiner Phaser and the Lovetone Doppelganger.
The Steiner phaser uses diode strings as variable resistors.
The Lovetone Doppelganger is a 4 stage LDR based phaser.
Andrew has replaced the Steiner diodes with LEDs which
modulate LDRs as in the Lovetone.
You will need to build a light tight box using headers.
"Three Body is the latest development from Schlappi Engineering and is a triple digital FM & phase modulation FPGA-based oscillator
for Eurorack. As the name suggests, it features three digital
oscillators that can be cross-modulated using frequency & phase
modulation (FM/PM)"
I wonder if the name was inspired by the famous book
"The Three Body Problem" by the Chinese Author
Liu Cixin
This book is part one of the “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” triology and is one of my favorite
Hard Sci Fi novels. I think its being made into a mini series on Netflix?
Three Body was first printed in Mandarin in 2008 and only translated into English in 2014
Without getting into too many spoilers, its basically about an alien invasion, but
its so different to all the alien invasion stories out there.
It asks some serious questions like:
Is humanity worth saving?
Should we be trying to make contact with alien civilizations?
Should philosophy guide experiments, or should experiments guide philosophy?
Is science objective?
This is relevant today (COVID & Climate Change) when science and scientists are
often questioned and shunned by the public.
The book is pretty heavy. There are a lot of technicial details on AI and quantum mechanics
which you will need to wade through. And its set in China during the cultural revolution,
(a period of history I'm not familiar with).
This is the first Sci Fi book I've read that was translated from Chinese to English
and I wonder what it would be like to read it in Mandarin.
It won the Hugo (2015) prize.
In fact Liu Cixin was the first Chinese writer to win this prestigious award.
This cultural point wasn't lost on me as I read the book.
The world's nations (esp China) are in a battle for control of technology which will influence our future.
Used old copies are really expensive and hard to find.
This new print I understand, is the expanded second edition from 1983.
Get it if you're into modular synths and electronic music.
Cost: $35 CAD
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