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    VCO – Voltage Controlled Oscillator, a continuous voltage source, which will output a signal whose frequency is a function of the settings. In its basic form these may be simple waveforms (most usually a square wave or a sawtooth wave, but also includes pulse, triangle and sine waves), however these can be dynamically changed through such controls as sync, frequency modulation, and self-modulation.
    Noise source - A source that outputs a random voltage. Common types of noise offered by modular synthesizers include white, pink, and low frequency noise.
    LFO - A Low Frequency Oscillator may or may not be voltage-controlled. It may be operated with a period anywhere from a fortieth of a second to several minutes. It is generally used as a control voltage for another module. For example, modulating a VCO will produce frequency modulation, and may create vibrato, while modulating a VCA will produce amplitude modulation, and may create tremolo, depending on the control frequency. The rectangular wave can be used as a logic / timing / trigger function.
    EG - An envelope generator is a transient voltage source. A trigger in the presence of a gate, applied to an Envelope Generator produces a single, shaped voltage. Often configured as ADSR (Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release) it provides a transient voltage that rises and falls. It can be triggered by a keyboard or by another module in the system that produces a rapidly rising trigger in the presence of a gate. Usually it controls the amplitude of a VCA or the center frequency of a VCF, but the patchable structure of the synthesizer makes it possible to use the envelope generator to modulate other parameters such as the frequency or pulse width of the VCO. Simpler EGs (AD or AR) or more complex (DADSR—Delay, Attack, Decay, Sustain, Release) are sometimes available.

Processors - characterized by a signal input and an output; it may have control inputs.

    VCF - Voltage Controlled Filter, which attenuates frequencies below (high-pass), above (low-pass) or both below and above (band-pass) a certain frequency. VCFs can also be configured to provide band-reject (notch), whereby the high and low frequencies remain while the middle frequencies are removed. Most VCFs have variable resonance, sometimes voltage-controlled.
    VCA - Voltage Controlled Amplifier, is usually a unity-gain amplifier which varies the amplitude of a signal in response to an applied control voltage. The response curve may be linear or exponential. Also called a two-quadrant multiplier.
    RM - Ring modulator - Two audio inputs are utilized to create sum and difference frequencies while suppressing the original signals. Also called a four-quadrant multiplier or balanced modulator.
    Mixer - a module that adds voltages.
    Slew limiter - is a very-low frequency lowpass filter which slows down changes in voltage. This can be used to create glide or portamento between notes.
    S&H - Sample and hold, is usually used as a control-voltage processor. Depending upon the design, usually an ascending edge (trigger), captures the value of the voltage at the input, and outputs this voltage until the trigger input reads another voltage and repeats the process.
    Sequencer, is a compound module which produces a sequence of voltages, usually set by adjusting values on front panel knobs. Basic sequencers will be stepped by a trigger being applied to the trigger input. More complex designs may have the sequencer step forwards or backwards, or only run for a limited number of stages.
    Custom Control Inputs - It is possible to connect any kind of voltage to a modular synthesizer as long as it remains in the usable voltage range of the instrument, usually -15V to +15V.

Modular Synthesizer

A playlist to get you acquainted with the programming of the lineup for Binary Society's stage at the SubZERO Festival on June 3rd and 4th in downtown San Jose.  For more info, check out: distortion.co/binary

Binary Society @ SubZERO Playlist

Avant Garde Electro-acoustic music

Produced by Patrick Brown
Recorded at Different Fur Studios, San Francisco
Mastered by John Greenham
©2013 Monobomb Records

closer

AR_PG

MI Frames Quad LFO mode in control of the madness.... Clouds, Braids, Rubicon, VCO-2rm, Z-dsp......

Modular Heaven

My modular started playing tekno this morning.... could not resist to make a recording.

Tekno Modul1

ArKitT3XTUR3 ft. Orko Eloheim 
production by Jaswho? for TheGenieMusic

ArKit3XTUR3 ft. Orko Eloheim

Bog Bog, The Electronic Ladyland Mixtape

Tracklisting & interview - http://www.infine-music.com/news/374/podcast-024-arandel

Check Arandel´s interview @ The Drone : http://www.the-drone.com/magazine/arandel-bog-bog-the-electronic-ladyland-mixtape/ 

Follow Arandel on Soundcloud : https://soundcloud.com/arandel

BOG BOG, the Electronic Ladyland

Infos

PODCAST 024 - ARANDEL : Bog Bog - the Electronic Ladyland mixtape

Live Analog Synth Jamsession 
Elektron Drummaschine SPS1 & FutureRetro

http://whrikk.com/
https://soundcloud.com/whrikk 


Analog Jamsession with Whrikk & Yons

Turbo Nerds Test02

A Ten minute excerpt from my live performance at San Jose's SubZERO Festival, 6/4/16, San Jose CA.

SubZERO Festival (Excerpt)

The Deviants are stoked to announce their 7th release- which is nothing less than the debut album of YaraKaviam: Experiment !

This full length 9 track masterpiece is brought to you by the fusion of the two creative minds, Yara and Malkaviam, who spent excessive working hours in the laboratory, analyzing and researching the effect of modulated soundwaves on the human mind.
The groundbreaking audio-outcome of their studies is showcasing perfectly the unique signature sound the duo developed over the years.
The whole album is defined through heavy basses &kicks, underlined by deep atmospheres blending together with mesmerizing layers of sound, all trickily arranged and produced on a high quality level.

User Advice: To maximize the intended effects, we recommend listening on high volume during late night-hours!

10. Yarakaviam - Constructive Resonance

Performed on Serge and Cynthia modular synthesizers by Doug Lynner and Cynthia Webster around 2004 at Doug's home studio.

Exchanges

My high school  band, The Boat. This is the A side of our 1969 single.

Goin Home-The Boat

First light on the frozen pine
Energy stirred where it shines
The ice of the night begins its trip
dancing on the wind, drip, drip, drip

First Light on The Frozen Pine

Live solo performance by Doug Lynner on The Mystery Serge, a vintage 1975 Serge Modular Synthesizer and a Cyndustries six-pack. No keyboard or reverb or delay has been used in this performance. The performance was live streamed on www.electro-music.com at 8:30pm Pacific time 12/31/12 as part of a 17 hour live event of 34 1/2 hour concerts.

Pulse Meditation (live stream recording 12-31-12)

A few minutes of a nice patch playing itself on a vintage Serge Modular Synthesizer.

Modular Synthesizer Patch Example (Serge)

I am working on a patch for an upcoming performance and thought I would share a slice of it. Anybody got a sitar? Btw, no drum machine here, just synth.

Modular Synthesizer Patch Example (Serge) 2

Doug Lynner, a.k.a. synthesizerman,  was editor/publisher of the seminal synthesizer magazine, Synapse. He attended the California Institute of the Arts where his primary mentors were Harold Budd, Morton Subotnick and Leonid Hambro.

He is a founding member of the synthpop bands Invisible Zoo, Moebius and LEM and is a radio host on FlashbackAlternatives.com with his monthly show, Doug Lynner's World of Noise.

First Light on The Frozen Pine

Synthesizerman