Now more than ever

Made with 100 or so random sampled slices of waveform madness from a Wavetek 193 modulated laboratory signal generator...

I've had a lot of signal generators over the years - old and new - I mean a lot - and this one new to the fold has to be the single most versatile all-analog box of tricks for the lab I've some across to date!

The signal generator is a Wavetek model 193 – it consists of an auxiliary modulating oscillator that can generate 0-100 KHz of pulse (with variable width), sawtooth (with variable symmetry), sine, tri and square.

The main oscillator can produce sine, triangle and square with variable symmetry.

The aux osc can either AM or FM modulate the main oscillator and can be programmed to perform sweeps with the shape of the waveform selected – so you can even have a sinewave as a sweep LFO - or a ramp with variable symmetry - or a pulse with variable widths...

Having variable symmetry on both the carrier and the modulator is just brilliant for creative studio use.

You can also key the audio or remotely sync the oscillator.

And to add to all of that, to my amazement, there is a button that enables and disables carrier suppression along with a null control so its capable of xmod, genuine ring mod and quadrant-multiplying.

Both oscillators can also be voltage controlled (although I’m probably going to have to design a custom CV box for it as the transform curve is not Moog or Korg).

To cover so much sonic ground in one piece of old analog lab gear is really awesome!

Here's a little flavour of the kind of things this thing can do.

Recording Copyright D.A.Wilson, Hideaway Studio, 2022.

1983 Wavetek Model 193: Mad Lab 193... (SFX With Lab Gear)

No drum machines...
No sequencers...
No gods...
No masters...

More coming soon.

The Signal Decay - KFMDMDMA

Here's an after the fact execution of a live set on 20th of October 2022 in support of Eye of Nix & Threst Harven. Actual sequence performed in front of the crowd was this with a few sections padded out/repeated to fill 28 minute alloted slot. This ~22 minute more concise version hangs better in my opinion. Sequences are really butchered down stuff composed with a few polysynths to support a single monosynth live. Set up: Arturia Minibrute, MPC 2000xl, RMA Tetanus Booster x2, RMA Monobius, RMA Stone Splitter, RMA Mudlark, RMA version of Jensen 918 preamp, and Hill Multimix, recorded to 2 tracks of Akai DR4d and later recorded into a computer where level normalization and front & back trims took place. Thanks for reading the story of my life.

[view] - Leanliveset20OCT2022

Regosphere & D/A A/D - Smog Transmissions - Collab Tape (Excerpts)

pre-order: IMPREC.com
release date: 11.25.22
format: 2LP

Tod Dockstader's Aerial series, an electronic/drone masterpiece, is cherished among fans of the artist's work and this first volume is available in a double LP edition of 500 copies with 100 copies on clear vinyl exclusively for Imprec mailorder customers. 

     15 years in the making, Tod Dockstader's Aerial series is sourced from his life long passion for shortwave radio. Dockstader collected over 90 hours of recordings, made at night, and comprised of cross signals and fragments plucked from the atmosphere.

       Opening with airwave drones, Dockstader gradually allows elements to slowly come and go, summoning an ominous atmosphere of ethereal cloud clouds. Malignant placidity continues, giving the feeling of eavesdropping upon late-night audio activity not unlike discovering number stations while sweeping the dials. These sounds pull you in as their density and rhythms come and go. 
 
      Backward voices, deep echoing choruses of conversations flowing under the surface, ocean sounds, pulsing electro-rhythms, all seem to be created via the collaging of many hours of source recordings. A masterwork of collage and juxtaposition by an overlooked pioneer of American electronic music. 

Artwork by John Brien (Imprec) is inspired by the propagation of shortwave radio signals throughout the earth's atmosphere. 

Press: 

"This return of Dockstader is something to cherish, not just because his output has been so limited and scarce but because what we do have is so intriguing, persuasive and cliche-free; the music of an inspired explorer who trails in nobody's slipstream."  The Wire

Unequivocably awesome...Grand in scope, colossal in sound. Mimaroglu Music 

One of the great figures of musique concrete composition. Dusted 

Somewhere in the invisible night, the signal remains strong, broadcasting anew. City Page

Tod Dockstader - Aerial 2 - 2LP - available 11.25.22

Double CD available from Imprec.com 

On December 11, 1980 Eliane Radigue performed live on KPFA. Her full performance is included here, remastered, on two compact discs. Upon hearing these performances for the first time in many years Radigue declared them to be the best versions she'd ever heard. 

Included are full in-studio performances of Chry-ptus and the world premiere of parts one and three of Tryptych.

Eliane Radigue Triptych (World Premier) 11 Dec 1980 - Double CD Available Now

My deconstruction & remix to the Squarepusher´s  Midi Sans Frontière. All samples taken from the original material.

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MIDI Sans Frontières (Squarepusher vs Don Haugen)

When you look into the void, and the void looks right back.

D/A A/D - BLEAK ISOLATION

squarepusher + sevenism - midi sans frontieres (unity fade)

done an album of mixes here https://sevenism.bandcamp.com/album/midi-sans-fronti-res

this is a modified version of one them. i've listened to loads of the remixes - some great stuff out there - but somehow i havent listened to the original yet! (i like to start playing with samples before i listen to them)

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MIDI Sans Frontières

For hope...

A remix of squarepusher track.

From squarepusher's open offering for collaboration:
"The referendum on the UK's membership of the EU has had appalling consequences. It has amplified many divisions in society and in particular has helped to re-establish xenophobia as legitimate and acceptable. Witnessing this against the global backdrop of a resurgence of the far-right, it's essential that those who find these developments unacceptable make their thoughts known and take action.

This piece of music was written in the aftermath of the referendum and I present it as the basis of an internationalist collaboration with sound makers irrespective of what kind of music they make, where they live, their background, their age - all are invited to participate. It is not offered as a substitute for progressive political action but as a complement to it. I put it forward in defiance of the bigotry threatening the fragile connections that exist between us all. I hope it will be an opportunity to reaffirm some of those connections amidst a very disturbing situation.

I have provided a finished mixdown of the piece and audio stems of the constituent instrumental parts. Also available are scores and a MIDI file representing the note to note information. Take the parts and use them however you like. It could be subtly remixed or reworked beyond recognition. Change the instrumentation, the key, the order of notes, the notes themselves - it is absolutely open. The only stipulation is this: if you want your piece to be listed on this site then it must have the title "Midi Sans Frontières". You are welcome not to use that title for whatever you do but that means we can't host your piece
squarepusher"
http://www.squarepusher.net/#midi

MIDI Sans Frontieres

Heart

Composed and recorded by Lisa Stenberg on the EMS Synthi 100 in studio KSYME Contemporary Music Research Center, Athens, Greece in 2017.
Produced at EMS Elektronmusikstudion in Stockholm 2017.

Monument

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Heart

From the cassette, Obiculate. Live at Red Square, Evergreen State College, WA.

Obiculate

Machine

From the cassette, Orbiculate. Robert Wretch- Vocal, Arlan Schwarzbauer- drums, Karine Calhoun- Harp, Vincent R. Ramirez- Bass, Allon Beausoleil- Guitar.

Bleeding Walls

Don Haugen
Spokane, Washington 1971

Don Haugen is a visual designer, sonic experimenter, and curator based in Eugene, Oregon.

His work is guided by his interests in contrast, resonance, and the felt presence of sound, both physical and emotional. Through the use of contrasts of heavy/light, soft/hard, and quiet/loud. Haugen explores how these intangible feelings can act as catalysts to focus our inner-feelings on space and time. His current work merges home-built electro-acoustic instruments and reclaimed test equipment to create sonic texture-scapes.

Haugen’s work has been experienced through performance and exhibitions; at Drone Cinema (Videoscreening, Leiden, Netherlands & Seattle, WA. curated by Kim Cascone), Opus VII (art installation, Eugene, OR), Ende Tymes (Film screenings & performance, Brooklyn, NY) Splinter Squid Festival (Seattle, WA), NorCal Noise Festival (Sacramento, CA), Eugene Noise Festival, Denver Noise Festival, Noisepollenation (Los Angeles,CA), Portland Noise Festival, Godwaffle Noise (San Francisco, CA), several live radio performances and West Coast tours. His recorded sound works have been published by Eerie Materials, Human Monster, Control Valve, Roil Noise Offensive, Ratskin, Brise-Cul, Dolor Del Estamago, Obscurica, Enterruption, Obfuscated Records, Silent Records among others.

As a curator, Haugen focuses on creating opportunities for artists and audiences to build communities that otherwise might not exist. Everything from live scores to films, man many small and medium sized shows,
the Eugene Noise Festival, among others.

windspace began exploring electronic music in 1982 using analog synthesizers and in recent years has gravitated to ambient music. windspace today mostly uses computers to produce his music, but occasionally some ancient hardware sees the light of day. He also releases more experimental and extreme music under the name of ho66it.  He records his music now in Colorado where he resides with his greatest supporter...his wonderful wife.

MIDI Sans Frontières (Squarepusher vs Don Haugen)

Don Haugen

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