Been quiet lately... too much DIY ?

[Paul Wilkinson]

Audium is the only purpose-built electronic music performance venue I've
come across.  169 speakers, I do believe.  The music is pre-recorded and the
spatialization is performed live.

I keep hearing rumours that the guy there is going to open it up to other
composers/performers - has anybody heard of anybody else performing there?

- Paul

------Original Message------
From: "Curtin, Steven D (Steven)" <sdcurtin at lucent.com>
To: "'Paul Wilkinson'" <synthdiy at mail.com>
Sent: May 30, 2000 8:56:47 PM GMT
Subject: RE: Been quiet lately... too much DIY ?


Have you ever gone to Audium?  It's a performance space in San Francisco
with hundreds of speakers, the builder/performer takes a four track tape and
moves it around in real time.

Steve C

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> ----------
> From: 	Paul Wilkinson[SMTP:synthdiy at mail.com]
> Sent: 	Tuesday, May 30, 2000 3:56 PM
> To: 	Tim Ressel; Synth-DIY
> Subject: 	Re: Been quiet lately... too much DIY ?
>
> When I talk about 3D sound I really mean 2D.  And 2D is enough for me.
> Does
> "true 3D" mean you can fade vertically as well?
>
> I've used the Buchla 200-series quad stuff, but I much prefer the Serge
> design, which I haven't tried.  My Serge was stereo (bought it used) but I
> spent many nights dreaming about quad panning + quadrature oscillators + a
> pair of CV cross-faders (i.e., the Serge Active Processor) so that I could
> cross-fade quad panning patterns.
>
> Come to think of it, being able to fade vertically as well (and make that
> 3
> active processors) would be pretty cool.
>
> Damn it I don't think I'm going to sleep tonight.  Yes I'm interested.
>
> - Paul
>
>
> ------Original Message------
> From: Tim Ressel <Tim_R1 at verifone.com>
> To: Synth-DIY <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
> Sent: May 30, 2000 4:37:37 PM GMT
> Subject: Re: Been quiet lately... too much DIY ?
>
>
> Report:
> What I did on my Memorial Day vacation:
>
> Hammered out a design for a (gulp) uP controlled ADSR generator. I know,
> its
> easy to do with a 555. In fact, I have one. But I want linear ramps for
> some
> reason, so I am wanging up a dual ADSR using an HC11. My ADSR question
> last
> week
> came after I did the initial state diagram.
>
> Sent off to Mr. Patchell for some MAT-04's. I want to see if I can replace
> the
> CA3046 in my VCO design. I am doing thermostat heating, and I plan to use
> two of
> the MAT-04 trannies for temp-sense and heating. Of course, then I
> discovered
> 2
> MAT-04 samples as I was cleaning...
>
> Studied the timber modulators in Barry Klein's book... Might just have to
> proto
> a few of those...
>
> Studied 3-D sound effects. Is anyone interested in a module or an
> expreimenter's
> kit that will do some kind of true 3-D??
>
> But mostly, I cleaned the Dungeon (basement) where my lab is. I'm not what
> you'd
> call a tidy person. In fact, I'm a bit of a slob. But I've been pecking
> away
> at
> it every day, and now I can actually what color the tables are!  This is
> good,
> because I have these anti-static mats to put down.
>
> oh, yeah: I got the pool clean, just in time for 100 degree California
> days!
>
> That's all...
>
> Tim Ressel--Compliance Engineer
> Hewlett-Packard
> Verifone Division
> 916-630-2541
> tim_r1 at verifone.com
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Harry Bissell [mailto:harrybissell at prodigy.net]
> Sent: Monday, May 29, 2000 7:48 PM
> To: synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl; efm at xavax.com
> Subject: Been quiet lately... too much DIY ?
>
>
> Class...
> I expect a report from all US members tomorrow following the holiday
> weekend.
> World class members... no excuse! Unless you had a national holiday,
> emergency,
> etc. Then a note from your mother (or wife) will suffice. Your
> assignments are still
> due on time...
>
> your Teacher !!!
>
> I've been
> 1) Building my MiniModular (about half done... want to wash it tomorrow
> in ozone-safe
> <don't worry, still toxic to humans...>  defluxer before putting in the
> pots and polystyrene
> caps. Spent a hour painting in the lines in the tiny little pots. Used
> fluorescent red and a
> 5-0 paintbrush (left over from negative retouch... eh oldtimers ???)
>
> 2) Resurrection of my stereo hex fuzz (from the early 80's). Storage has
> not been too
> unlind... the bypass relays no longer work (contact corrosion) and there
> is a big difference in the gain of my G-Vox pickup (low) and my old 360
> Systems pickup (high) so I can
> only get slightly into the fuzzes "face" right now. But early
> "crunchies" indicate I have been
> missing this too long.  What a sweet sound. Double stop bends... no IM
> distortion. With
> the "slight crunch" it has real nice sustain without the typical harsh
> distortion.
>
> 3) So I need a new Hex Fuzz module.  I'm planning a Voltage controlled
> Fuzz unit, with
> sustain, volume, and tone all voltage controlled. It will probably
> include an envelope follower (with compression on/off) and VCF, and
> final VCA, driven by a separate compressed (on/off) envelope follower.
> The idea is that the final VCA can act as a noise gate without killing
> sustain too much.
>
> So far I've got a 3080 driving a current to voltage output stage
> (inverting) with clipping.
> Nice fuzz... not too noisy. The 3080 is the direct preamp for the hex
> pickup, but I'm thinking of trying an NE553X  (2, 4???) as a low noise
> preamp stage fronting the 3080
> (to drive the envelope followers...)
>
> The idea is for a (single... double???) rack unit, with knobs to set the
> fuzz parameters.
> And a preamp output to go to P/V conversion at a later date. I have a
> nice circuit that I'm using to get the pitch output reliably.
>
> The "stereo" function was originally every other string left/right. This
> svcked! So I used
> low 3 - high 3 so you can use two amps (like a bass amp and a guitar
> amp)... IMHO
> Stereo outputs are not worth the extra circuitry. What do you think ?
>
> Anyone have any favorite fuzz box ideas ???  Anyone want to play ???
>
> BTW this is a "Guitar Synthesizer" module without VCO's. So don't tell
> me to go to
> alt.guitar.effects... eh ???
>
> H^)  harry
>
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