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Wednesday, 9 July 2014
Jam # 3 - Cobramatic
Some links to unlisted patches:
(These are only accessible via this blog).
Buchla Music Easel & 208r - Patch 2
Buchla (BEMI) Easel & 208r - Patch 3
Metasonix R-56 Tube Reverb.
A few test videos of the Metasonix Vacuum Tube Reverb. - R56.
The videos are a bit low fi- recorded on a mobile phone.
So my apologies for the audio quality.
Here we (Cobramatic & I) are testing the R56 with a Buchla music Easel)
The feedback dial is EVIL.if you love distortion like I do.
In this video we are running a Endorphin.es Furthrrrr Generator
through the R-56. The Furthrrrr is a Buchla 259 inspired eurorack module.
Here is the blurb from Metasonix
The videos are a bit low fi- recorded on a mobile phone.
So my apologies for the audio quality.
Here we (Cobramatic & I) are testing the R56 with a Buchla music Easel)
The feedback dial is EVIL.if you love distortion like I do.
In this video we are running a Endorphin.es Furthrrrr Generator
through the R-56. The Furthrrrr is a Buchla 259 inspired eurorack module.
Here is the blurb from Metasonix
Monday, 7 July 2014
Buchla Music Easel & Vermona Drum
Playing with the BEMI Easel.
The Easel is clocking the Eurorack TriggerMan (Delphtronics) which is in turn
triggering the Vermona DRM 1 (Mark III).
Some pics:
The Easel is clocking the Eurorack TriggerMan (Delphtronics) which is in turn
triggering the Vermona DRM 1 (Mark III).
Some pics:
Who's the girl (playing that 1960ish Moog Modular)?
Does anyone know who this girl is?
I'd love to know her name? Is she a musician?
I understand that The R.A. Moog modular that she is playing is this one (bar some different modules in the upper right of the top case and the absence of the second keyboard):
The system includes:- three 901 VCOs, 901A VCO driver, four 901B VCOs, 903 White Sound Source, two 904-A LPFs, 904B HPF, 904C filter coupler, three 902 VCAs, three 911 envelopes, 911A dual trigger delay, 907 10-band fixed filter bank with a unique original switching system, and a five-octave keyboard
with portamento.
The basis of the system dates from August 3 1967. I understand that the picture with the girl was taken in the summer of 1969. There is a record of a second service being carried out at R.A. Moog when the extra cabinet & modules were added).
This modular is the 10th proper system sold by Moog since they started keeping records (based on serial numbers) at the beginning of 1967. Professor Emerson Meyers of the Catholic University electronic music studio used it to create the late 60s LP "Provocative Electronics".
I understand that The R.A. Moog modular that she is playing is this one (bar some different modules in the upper right of the top case and the absence of the second keyboard):
The system includes:- three 901 VCOs, 901A VCO driver, four 901B VCOs, 903 White Sound Source, two 904-A LPFs, 904B HPF, 904C filter coupler, three 902 VCAs, three 911 envelopes, 911A dual trigger delay, 907 10-band fixed filter bank with a unique original switching system, and a five-octave keyboard
with portamento.
The basis of the system dates from August 3 1967. I understand that the picture with the girl was taken in the summer of 1969. There is a record of a second service being carried out at R.A. Moog when the extra cabinet & modules were added).
This modular is the 10th proper system sold by Moog since they started keeping records (based on serial numbers) at the beginning of 1967. Professor Emerson Meyers of the Catholic University electronic music studio used it to create the late 60s LP "Provocative Electronics".
Friday, 4 July 2014
Monte Albán - Mexico
Monte Albán is a large pre-Columbian archaeological site in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca.
It was one of the first major cities in Mesoamerica and the center of the Zapotec state.
Zapotec culture goes back at least 2,500 years.
Zapotec civilization originated in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca in the late 6th Century BC. The three valleys were divided into three different societies which were separated by 80 km2 “no-man’s-land” in the middle. The 3 societies originally competed with one another, but in the end one ruled them all, and they made their capital in Monte Alban.
The site is situated atop an artificially-leveled ridge, which with an elevation of about 1,940 m (6,400 ft) above sea level. (To flatten an entire hiltop was some feat in those times).
...
This central monument (building J) is made from stone slabs that bear inscriptions from foreign nations.
A symbol of Zapotec domination. It's an odd shape.. has a roughly pentagonal outline.
It's orientation is thought to point to the location of the star Capella. Capella is indicated by the orientation point of the building on May 2, when the sun reaches its zenith and passes directly overhead.
Possibily, building J follows the shape of the five brightest stars of a constellation known to us as Auriga, in which Capella is the brightest star.
The main plaza and surrounding temples however are aligned from north to south.....with the rising and setting sun as well as constellations. Was this to track time and make offerings to the Gods?
The city was founded around 500BC making it one of the earliest cities on MesoAmerica. The ruins are very impressive. Why was the city built so high ... above the farmland, and water? The people who founded this must have had defence in mind. Zapotec civilization.
Ancient Mexican Football.
Notice the shape of the stadium ... its like a capital "H"..... a symbol of Zapotec culture??
This group of stones are the so-called "Danzantes" (literally, dancers), found mostly in the vicinity of Building L.
They represent naked men in unusual poses. The original explanation that they are dancers has been discredited and they are today believed to represent captured & sacrificed prisoners. They were most likely tortured which explains their twisted bodies. Some of them
are genitally mutilated.
"By 200 AD, the Zapotecs had extended their influence, from Quiotepec in
the North to Ocelotepec and Chiltepec in the South. Monte Albán had
become the largest city in what are today the southern Mexican
highlands, and retained this status until approximately 700 AD".
(Wikipedia)
You can view more of my Mexican travels here
It was one of the first major cities in Mesoamerica and the center of the Zapotec state.
Zapotec culture goes back at least 2,500 years.
Zapotec civilization originated in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca in the late 6th Century BC. The three valleys were divided into three different societies which were separated by 80 km2 “no-man’s-land” in the middle. The 3 societies originally competed with one another, but in the end one ruled them all, and they made their capital in Monte Alban.
The site is situated atop an artificially-leveled ridge, which with an elevation of about 1,940 m (6,400 ft) above sea level. (To flatten an entire hiltop was some feat in those times).
...
This central monument (building J) is made from stone slabs that bear inscriptions from foreign nations.
A symbol of Zapotec domination. It's an odd shape.. has a roughly pentagonal outline.
It's orientation is thought to point to the location of the star Capella. Capella is indicated by the orientation point of the building on May 2, when the sun reaches its zenith and passes directly overhead.
The main plaza and surrounding temples however are aligned from north to south.....with the rising and setting sun as well as constellations. Was this to track time and make offerings to the Gods?
The city was founded around 500BC making it one of the earliest cities on MesoAmerica. The ruins are very impressive. Why was the city built so high ... above the farmland, and water? The people who founded this must have had defence in mind. Zapotec civilization.
(Wikipedia)
For more travel postcards click here:
Thursday, 3 July 2014
Vermona DRM - How to install CV triggers
I've owned a Vermona drum for many years. It's a DRM 1 - Mark III.
I love it to bits but purchased it in the days when I was only interested in midi triggering.
Since getting into modulars I started to regret not buying the version with the CV triggers.
I've read that adding the triggers is easy but could never find info on the web relating to this.
Hopefully these pics will help others wanting to do this mod on their own.
Once you see how easy it is you will prob want to get to it right away.
The triggers are placed into the spot on the left with the 10 caps.
Once you have opened the drum, remove these caps.
These are the trigger modules. You will need two (there are 5 trigger inputs in each).
The underside of a trigger module.
This is the inside of the DRM. Beautiful to behold!!
The CV trigger modules have a ribbon cable that simply plugs into the PCB as shown.
That's all that is really needed. No soldering :-)
Many thanks to Matt of "RhythmActive" for supplying the trigger modules.
I love it to bits but purchased it in the days when I was only interested in midi triggering.
Since getting into modulars I started to regret not buying the version with the CV triggers.
I've read that adding the triggers is easy but could never find info on the web relating to this.
Hopefully these pics will help others wanting to do this mod on their own.
Once you see how easy it is you will prob want to get to it right away.
The triggers are placed into the spot on the left with the 10 caps.That's all that is really needed. No soldering :-)
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