Documentation of building a polyphonic MIDI synth & generative sequencer using the STM32F401 & STM32F746 discovery boards. If you want to build your own synth, sign up for a workshop @ http://workshop.thi.ng 

stm32f4/f7

Steady Coma

»sleepstep« is the first collaboration between raster-noton and dasha rush. the record‘s subtitle »sonar poems for my sleepless friends« describes its underlying concept – »sleepstep« is a trip through electronically alienated microcompositions and sound collages that, interwoven with text passages, aim at creating a dream-like atmosphere.

the stations of this journey are striving for oblivion of time, an immersion, a drifting in universal states – death, life, birth, grief, desire. the titles often appear to be raw sketches, fugitive, surreal short stories that rather want to break open than execute.

the musical arrangement, in this context, can be described as rather subtle and fragile. though electronically manipulated, no production technique is pushing itself to the fore. and though clichés are not dreaded, »sleepstep«, as a result, stays away from being cliché. the sonar poems for her sleepless friends are feminine, subtle and personal reports. a musical dream journey in the form of a classical concept record – an album that also stands in the tradition of ambient music.

dasha rush is already known as a techno dj and producer. here on »sleepstep«, she celebrates her alter ego. the cd version comes with a 32-pages booklet that also shows her photographic interest and includes the aforementioned poems written by her. furthermore there is 2 x 12" vinyl version.


07.Abandoned Beauties And Beasts

Cannibal Ink - Le Petit Prince

Created during 3-day ACT Festival workshop, demo of 2-track sequencer (no MIDI) w/ interactive scale-locked transpose control. Sine oscillators only for more minimalism

Sign up for more workshops: http://workshop.thi.ng

stm32f401 - 2-track sequencer (sines only, ACT workshop)

Experimental spiral oscillator (x 2, slightly detuned) + fixed LPF @ 11.8kHz. Oscillator takes y-value of 2d spiral equation to produce waveform (with PolyBLEP to smooth). No filter modulation. LFO is only used to modulate number of spiral turns/twists (0.5 - 3.5)

sin(lfo * phase) * phase / TWO_PI

stm32f7 - synth - spiral

Alessandro Cortini Boiler Room x MUTEK MX Live set

Some dirty easter beats made w/ Ableton + fat bassline and other synths brought in (sampled) from STM32F7, courtesy of http://thi.ng/synstack

20160325 sketch (STM32F746 + Ableton)

Track from NE1 Varg - Misantropen

Pre-order: http://northernelectronics.bandcamp.com

Varg - Náströnd

She had realized the mood organ deprived her of “sensing the absence of life.” The depression drug allows her to wallow in the hopelessness of earth’s predicament after World War Terminus.

Available now at Dystopian.de pressed on limited edition blue vinyl inside a full color jacket..



Terminus Effect

Hosted By George Apergis
The Modular Expansion Podcast presents the sound of Modular Expansion records, including exclusive sets from artists like  Alex Bau, Alexander Kowalski, Arnaud Le Texier, Bas Mooy, Damon Wild, Drumcell, Dying, Echoplex, Emex, Emmanuel, George Apergis, Gez Varley, Heron, Jeroen Search, Johannes Volk, Invite, NX1, Philippe Petit, Plural, Radial, Ray Kajioka, Truncate, Unam Zetineb and many more.

DRUMCELL / CLR - Dystopian - Droid
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Set is a live recording from Modulation event @ six dogs
Friday 19 February, alongside Emex, George Apergis

Track List:
Drumcell - Blavk
Tcrd5 - L.T.B.C.Y.B
Pfirter - The Fall Of the Empire (Developer Remix)
Operator - Beginnings
Ben Sims - I feel It Deep (Sandwell District Remix)
Electrolytes - Six Sense (Mark Morris Remix)
Flug - Drones
MO 17 - Unknown
Truncate - Untitled - Truncate 12
Arnaud Le Texier - Object - Empty Space
Jeff Mills - Dream Extraction (Drumcell Edit)
Developer - Dirty Drive (Shifted Remix)
Rituals - Unknown
DJ Emerson - Audiopot (Flug Remix )
MÃ¶d3rn - MÃ¶5
TWR72 - REFLECT - (Kwartz REMIX)
Dj Deep & Roman Poncet - Exsurgence
DJ Sodeyama - Miles Pt. 2
Z.I.P.P.O - Insomnia
Flug - XLR
Spiros Kaloumenos - Island Of Hidden Glory
Matador - Blond Slackers (Rebekah Remix)
James Ruskin & Mark Broom - Hostage
Gary Beck - Gaada Stack
Drumcell - Terminus Effect
Drumcell - Departing Comfort
Developer - OLY01
The Manic Brothers - Detuned
Tuttle - Pianokey

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Others Modular Expansion Podcast:
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001 | GEORGE APERGIS / Modular Expansion
002 | ALEXANDER LUKAT / Tresor – Rejected
003 | AVADON / Modular Expansion
004 | DAVE TARRIDA / Tresor – Autofake
005 | LEE HOLMAN / Kawl
006 | GEORGE APERGIS / Modular Expansion
007 | GEZ VARLEY / LFO
008 | ROBERT DREWEK / Rawax - Houseworx
009 | UNAM ZETINEB / Sleaze - Enemy
010 | ALEX BAU / CLR - Credo
011 | GEORGE APERGIS / Modular Expansion
012 | MATT STAR / Mainrecords - Mainakustik
013 | ANFS / Modal Analysis
014 | OLIVER KAPP / Indulge - Raygun
015 | ROBERTO FIGUS / Etichetta Nera
016 | JOHN DALAGELIS / Dieb Audio
017 | DAVE ELLESMERE / Kanzleramt – Intacto
018 | DYING / CLFT
019 | NX1 / Nexe
020 | TRUNCATE / Droid - 50Weapons
021 | GEORGE APERGIS / Modular Expansion
022 | INVITE / Invite Choice's
023 | ALEXANDER KOWALSKI / Damage Music
024 | SCAN MODE / Safari Numerique - Cadenza
025 | REGEN / Ilian Tape
026 | ECHOPLEX / Synewave - Soleil
027 | NADJA LIND / Lucidflow
028 | FRANK MUELLER aka BEROSHIMA / Muller
029 | DIEGO HOSTETTLER / Kanzleramt- Belief System
030 | RADIAL / Token - Audio Assault
031 | GEORGE APERGIS / Modular Expansion
032 | SENDER BERLIN / Tresor - unGleich
033 | LISS C. / LCR - LC Series
034 | MARK MORRIS / Ketra
035 | ABSENT / Modular Expansion - Belief System
036 | KATA MERCADO / Ketra
037 | EMMANUEL / Arts - Deeply Rooted House
038 | NESS / Dynamic Reflection
039 | MARIO BERGER / Damage Music
040 | ARNAUD LE TEXIER / Childern Of Tomorrow
041 | ISRAEL TOLEDO / As
042 | LUIGI TOZZI / Dynamic Reflection - Hypnus
043 | RAY KAJIOKA / Kanzleramt
044 | JOHANNES VOLK / Exploration - Modular Expansion
045 | ALBERTO PASCUAL / CLR - Drumcode - Plus 8
046 | GEORGE APERGIS / Modular Expansion
047 | PATRIK CARRERA / Paranoid Dancer
048 | CHARLTON / Mord
049 | PLURAL / Transmat
050 | HERON / KMS - Soma
051 | DAMON WILD / Synewave
052 | PHELIPPE PETIT / Knotweed - Figure
053 | JOACHIM SPIETH / Affin - Kompakt
054 | BAS MOOY / Mord
055 | GEORGE APERGIS / Modular Expansion
056 | AXEL KARAKASIS / Remain
057 | DJ 3000 / Motech
058 | VICTOR MARTINEZ / Psychoskunk
059 | MISS SUNSHINE / Deeply Rooted - Decoy
060 | LOCOMATICA / LCMTC
061 | JEROEN SEARCH / Figure - A&S, Search
062 | JEROME KROM / 100% Pure - Music Man
063 | EMEX LIVE / Modular Expansion
064 | ENDLEC / Mord - Children of Tomorrow
065 | DRUMCELL / CLR - Dystopian - Droid

MODULAR EXPANSION PODCAST #065 | DRUMCELL

Soundtrack for the 4th placed 4k intro at Breakpoint Demoparty in Bingen, 2010.
Made completely using 4klang synthesizer. 4klang.untergrund.net/

Stanley Cubic (Fan-Tastic)

Best enjoyed with headphones! Recorded live set in hotel after last minute tech issues during my lecture. Turned out the Korg nanoKontrol lost its configuration earlier - such a shame, was looking forward to hear it on big speakers! :)

Synth is running on a £35 STM32F746-DISCO board and also implements a 2-track 8-step sequencer w/ interactive controls for osc waveform, filter, env, delay, LFO and global transpose all via Korg nanoKontrol... Activated notes are randomly picked from a fixed scale (only once, not random at every invocation)

STM32F7 live recording (Resonate)

Barbar

http://thi.ng/synstack demo running on ARM Cortex-M7 / STM32F746-DISCO, full source code http://github.com/thi-ng/ws-ldn-12 (ex07)

stm32f7 - synstack - 3 osc + fb + sdramdelay (WS-LDN-12)

Another workshop example (ex06), more info here: http://thi.ng/ws-ldn-12

stm32f7 - synstack - ex06 (WS-LDN-12)

Taken from EP 4.

Release date: 2017-05-22
Mastered by Neel, Enisslab Studios.
Distributed by Diamonds and Pearls Music.

stm32f401 - 2-track sequencer (sines only, ACT workshop)

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