Dreamweaver

Testing out one of several surprisingly effective Feedback model DCS297C Balanced-Modulators orginally designed for educational use to demonstrate data-modulation techniques.  The units were modified for creative studio use at Hideaway including an internal PSU.  The DCS297C is based around the same Motorola MC1496 balanced-modulator chip as the Maestro RM-1 but you get two of them in the one box :-)

In this case the A input was fed with a basic sustained pad from a Peavey SpectrumSynth whilst the B input was fed from a swept sine-wave generated by a WaveTek Model 193 modulated waveform generator.

The resulting output was fed through a gorgeous 1960s all-tube Krohn-Hite laboratory filter to take out some of the harsher upper harmonics.

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

Feedback DCS297C Balanced-Modulator: Metallic Monster..

user18081971 - d14-26 soahcie2

Having fun hooking up a 1983 PPG Waveterm A to a Wave 2.2 Digital-Analog hybrid synth from 1982 following upgrades and an overhaul. The Wave was one of the first commercially available wavetable synths offering wavetable sequencing and lead the way to the Waldorf Wave series and the Korg Wavestation. Unlike the later derivatives, the early models definitely had a sound of their own thanks to their 8-bit DACs and SSM2044 filters. The whole thing has a raw yet warm sound about it and can cover a surprising amount of sonic territory. I have long since loved the unique sound of 8-bit digital audio into analog filters!

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

1983 PPG Waveterm A: Monster Waves (Hosting a Wave 2.2)

Every time I return to this little 1U wonder from 1986 it does something that leaves me somewhat dumbfounded.. for years I overlooked the DEP-5 until a friend highly recommended it. This now 36 year old little beauty can produce some really lovely atmospheres, textures and moods thanks to its modulated effects and sweet reverb.... and the one thing that really adds to this is the multitude of knobs on the front panel allowing you to dial, tweek and explore to your heart's content - heck I wish more kit in the studio was as interactive as this - it is SO much more rewarding than fighting with endless menus and cursor buttons.

Here is some Infinite and Random Modulated Reverb in action at both normal and half playback speed...  I forget what the source instrument was - it was either the mighty Rhodes Chroma in the studio or the humble Alesis Micron in the workshop and I think that nicely demonstrates the sheer power of effects like these...

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

1986 Roland DEP-5 Reverb: Randomized Atmos Machine...

No volca modules were harmed to make this track.

Korg 1

cwjbt

The Shameless
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Director Konstantin Bojanov
Music by Peter Dundakov
Label Plaza Mayor Company Ltd

Cannes 2024 - Selection Un Certain Regard

After killing a cop in a Delhi brothel, Renuka takes refuge in a northern India community of sex workers.
There, she begins a forbidden romance with the 17-year-old Devika. Against all odds, they try to forge their path to freedom.

The Shameless (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

The killing

THE SHAMELESS (The Killing) by Petar Dundakov

https://retape.bandcamp.com/album/modular

Modular 5

Hrmd 4

Track 2 from the release "Edible Synthesis" releasing on cassette/digital/streaming March 20, 2020
Written and performed on an Elektron Digitakt
Mastered by David Little

Bandcamp

Misty

Pioneer TR-707
Pioneer Toriaz AS-1
Behringer Deepmind 12D
Sequentix Cirklon
Elektron RYTM mk2
Elektron Digitone
Alesis Quadraverb
SSL SiX
Hologram Infinte Jets
FMR RNLA

Tubes Transformers Transistors & Tape

The Yellow Sign

D.A.Wilson is an Electronic Engineer, Sound Designer & Vintage Synth Specialist with a particular interest in combining vintage tube, classic analog and modern digital technologies working as a synth engineer looking after a very considerable amount of vintage studio equipment for Will Gregory (Goldfrapp / Moog Ensemble) and a number of other internationally celebrated electronic musicians and producers.  Having undertaken several major restorations and produced custom electronic designs for a number of major artists including Jean-Michel Jarre, Dani is also known for fully restoring two out of the world's four remaining 1979 Crumar GDS and partially restoring 1938 Novachord 346 (the only known operational Novachord in the UK) to playable order along with developing and producing the popular MIDI Front Panel Animator (FPA), Filter Defeat Module (FDM) and XD-280 Drive Emulator upgrades for the AKAI S612 sampler.

Demos of the S612 Upgrades in Action: 

https://soundcloud.com/hideaway-studio/sets/hideaway-studios-s612-front


Hideaway Studio Kontakt Sound libraries may be purchased directly from: 
https://www.lootaudio.com/category/kontakt-instruments/hideaway-studios
 

..and a nice introduction by Cory Pelizzari to the Hideaway Studio Kontakt Libraries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-C7a3ChC9U&feature=emb_title


For more on releases from Hideaway Studio for Kontakt please visit the blog at:  www.hideawaystudio.net

Feedback DCS297C Balanced-Modulator: Metallic Monster..

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