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2002-12-01 by konkuro
Grant wrote: >Notice the use of decorative fonts, and other human friendly elements. Also note that the Wiard "Riverdance" logo font is American Uncial, exactly as used by both Sequential Circuits for the Prophet series and Polyfusion for their logo. A fine bloodline in my estima
2002-11-29 by its_peake
Hi Olivier, thanks regardless! I look forward to your CD. Thanks for the observations on the Wiard. Grant, them's better not be signs and portents. Gotta give me time to grow money again and acquire a Wiard. (Chant: "Acquire a Wiard." Repeat as neccessary.) Easier, -Mike BTW, art
2002-11-28 by Norman Fay
In message , grantrichter2001 writes > >It's been six years since 1996, and frankly the Wiard is rather "old >hat" to me now. It's a historical reality, in the history books, and >has been amazingly successful as an art project. I offer no >apologies. > >But it is much too ambiti
2002-11-28 by gcmci
In a dark room, most of this stuff looks pretty much the same. In operation, Grant's modules have a very high quality tactile feel to them - the positive click of the jacks and the touch of the pots when you adjust them. It seems to me, that if we have to go back into the past to
2002-11-28 by chriswhittenmusic
> Notice the use of decorative fonts, and other human friendly > elements. > Yeah, that's the one thing I don't like about the module. Barber Shoppe - quite tacky IMHO. Sorry to be brutal but it has to be said. Would you want to buy something called 'Win One For The Gipper'? That
2002-11-28 by grantrichter2001
--- In wiardgroup@y..., "grantrichter2001" wrote: > > Lights have a purpose, just as knobs and switches have a > purpose. If > > the idea of LEDs is to entertain moreso than inform, then what > you > > have is a toy or mere stage dressing. Why not go all the way > and add > > spi
2002-11-28 by waveform100
Hey Mike, sorry, after hundrets of patches for my album I completely forgot How I did that Kikdrum, I just know the Omnifilter was a big part. It wasn't self-oscillating and it was a early version of the Omnifilter without linear Resonance (but the diffrence is small), I have bot
2002-11-27 by konkuro
Grant wrote: >So, YOUR the guy. Gosh, I built a lot of slinky reverbs over the years because of that article. It's been six years since 1996, and frankly the Wiard is rather "old hat" to me now. It's a historical reality, in the history books, and has been amazingly successful as
2002-11-27 by grantrichter2001
The "Spring Thing" link did not post correctly. My personal synth hacking site is: http://www.musicsynthesizer.com/DIY/Grant/grant_richters_synth diy.htm Look for the "Spring Thing" link. The Wiard is only a small part of my involvement with synthesizers. Mostly, I played them in
2002-11-27 by grantrichter2001
And, in the 1970s, I wrote a short > article in "Electronotes" on using a slinky as a reverb/sound > modifier [I must have been less anal as a kid. :-) ]. So, YOUR the guy. Gosh, I built a lot of slinky reverbs over the years because of that article. Here is what you hath wrought
2002-11-25 by konkuro
Ken Stone wrote: >Sheesh! Pony ears, pony tail, and NO inverted cross!
2002-11-25 by Auto-Bot
> "Pony girl"? > Easier, > -Mike > i don't know...someone might mistake her as a renegade character from a "The Outsiders" prequel... -revjon
2002-11-25 by Ken Stone
(at the risk of getting lynched by Dr M...) Mike wrote: > You should know that everyone calls it the cat girl module, > however. Didn't look like a cat tail to me either. Actually, they are referring to the synth in general, not just this one module. There are other module graphi
2002-11-25 by drmabuce
> > > > > > > Actually, she's more of a satan girl, with the horns, tail, > > > > and inverted cross. > > > > > > Sheesh! Pony ears, pony tail, and NO inverted cross! > > > > Sorry if I offended you. I give religious symbols no credence > and > > as such it was meaningless to me
2002-11-25 by its_peake
--- In wiardgroup@y..., "its_peake" wrote: > --- In wiardgroup@y..., "Ken Stone" wrote: > > --- In wiardgroup@y..., "its_peake" wrote: > > > > > Actually, she's more of a satan girl, with the horns, tail, > > > and inverted cross. > > > > Sheesh! Pony ears, pony tail, and NO inve
2002-11-25 by its_peake
--- In wiardgroup@y..., "Ken Stone" wrote: > --- In wiardgroup@y..., "its_peake" wrote: > > > Actually, she's more of a satan girl, with the horns, tail, > > and inverted cross. > > Sheesh! Pony ears, pony tail, and NO inverted cross! Sorry if I offended you. I give religious sym
2002-11-25 by Les Mizzell
:> > Actually, she's more of a satan girl, with the horns, tail, :> > and inverted cross. :> :> Sheesh! Pony ears, pony tail, and NO inverted cross! Well, *I* like her.......
2002-11-25 by Ken Stone
--- In wiardgroup@y..., "konkuro" wrote: > - Moe wrote: > > >Whatever you do, don't look at this one then... > > http://www.idg.se/personal/bergfors/bergfotron/case.htm > Oh, mercy. MERCY! > > Now I know what an E-mu modular would look like if a crayon-eating > seagull shat on it
2002-11-25 by Ken Stone
--- In wiardgroup@y..., "its_peake" wrote: > Actually, she's more of a satan girl, with the horns, tail, > and inverted cross. Sheesh! Pony ears, pony tail, and NO inverted cross!
2002-11-24 by liquidcolor@earthlink.net
>piezo-pickup/microphone into the system Hi. This is exactly what the design is. It will have 8 transducers in all, with 2 on the input and an arrangement of 6 on the output and the phase of each output will be seperately selectable. Different tips on the strikers. >Is a karplus/
2002-11-24 by mark verbos
was he a member of Einstürzende Neubauten? just kidding. mark drmabuce wrote: >I know a fellow who used to perform a live soundtrack to the film "Metropolis" on a 3-panel serge controlled by the old EMU computerized keyboard/sequencer and a spring-reverb. >The spring reverb was p
2002-11-24 by drmabuce
I know a fellow who used to perform a live soundtrack to the film "Metropolis" on a 3-panel serge controlled by the old EMU computerized keyboard/sequencer and a spring-reverb. The spring reverb was physically suspended at 4 points He struck it with various types of percussion ma
2002-11-24 by phlizmo@onebox.com
-- derrick espino phlizmo@onebox.com - email (925) 695-2020 x7367 - voicemail/fax NOW THATS WHAT IM TALKING ABOUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MAN I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A WIARD THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT! MMMMM....JUST LIKE CANDY! Derrick Espino -----Original Message----- From: "konkuro" Sent: Sat,
2002-11-24 by jrbulldogge
> The closest to being ready to prototype is what I term the "rattler". > It will be a stereo miniature plate reverb. Room simulation is not > it's goal. Metallic pops, fizzes and sproings are. Nice. Another idea that might be incorporated into this is attach a small piezo-pickup
2002-11-23 by konkuro
Liquidcolor wrote: >The closest to being ready to prototype is what I term the "rattler". It will be a stereo miniature plate reverb. Room simulation is not it's goal. Metallic pops, fizzes and sproings are. [snip] I'm not sure many people would find them intriguing, but surely W
2002-11-23 by konkuro
>a beautiful table is a tool. its function is to hold your food closer to your mouth or to hold your notebook closer to your head
2002-11-23 by konkuro
- Moe wrote: >Whatever you do, don't look at this one then... http://www.idg.se/personal/bergfors/bergfotron/case.htm
2002-11-23 by Les Mizzell
I emailed the idea to Duncan at Modcan - but he never said anything! Hmmmm.....
2002-11-23 by liquidcolor@earthlink.net
Using this as one of the rhythmic elements in a tune would surely be the next "Cher AutoTune" fx. >I've decided to put an extra "trigger" jack on the front panel that >when pulsed, would fire a small solenoid with a "striker" on it that >would then whack the hell out of the rever
2002-11-23 by drmabuce
--- In wiardgroup@y..., "konkuro" wrote: > You did not grasp my analogy. "Hark, Pagan, while I expound!" [Line > from The Royal Hunt of the Sun] > > A beautiful table is an end. A carpenter uses a hammer as a means to > create that end. A beautiful composition is an end. A musici
2002-11-23 by liquidcolor@earthlink.net
I've recently been sketching ideas out for electro-mechanical modules that could be stuffed into aluminum boxes. I mentioned it to Grant in an email and he thought that I should bring them up here. The closest to being ready to prototype is what I term the "rattler". It will be a
2002-11-23 by Les Mizzell
:> The closest to being ready to prototype is what I term the "rattler". :> It will be a stereo miniature plate reverb. Room simulation is not :> it's goal. Metallic pops, fizzes and sproings are. Heh... I'm getting ready to order a Modcan VC Reverb. I've decided to put an extra
2002-11-23 by drmabuce
Wow! I check the message window on this group habitually- nearly every day. I'm= a bit obsessive about numbers so I watch the message count too . I was pret= ty disappointed in November when, at mid-month, there was only a paltry 18 m= essages . So I sighed and gave up. "Another
2002-11-23 by mate_stubb
Whatever you do, don't look at this one then... http://www.idg.se/personal/bergfors/bergfotron/case.htm Moe --- In wiardgroup@y..., "konkuro" wrote: > Gott im Himmelreich!! What a travesty! "Josie's on a rocket > riiide..." > > And that multicolored synth--what was that created f
2002-11-23 by konkuro
Mike Peake wrote: >Whoops, I didn't notice that the site doesn't provide direct links. Select MODULES and click on PSYCHO LFO.
2002-11-23 by its_peake
--- In wiardgroup@y..., "its_peake" wrote: > > By the same token, whether or not a > > synth has cat girls painted on it (please tell me there really isn't > > a synth like that) > > I might as well be the one who ruins your weekend: > > http://www.cgs.synth.net/ Whoops, I didn't
2002-11-23 by its_peake
--- In wiardgroup@y..., "konkuro" wrote: > >The hammer example, unfortunately, does not > illustrate the point being discussed - if you talk about a hammer, > then > we should be talking about screwdrivers, clearly not the center of our > discussion. > What about Jan Hammer? :-)
2002-11-23 by konkuro
So as not to drag this out forever and hit this forum with multiple konkurograms in a row, I've addressed several posts here. As the Hon. Peake pointed out, I have found this exchange quite informative. I still have issues with some aspects of the Wiard design philosophy, but now
2002-11-22 by Chris Whitten
Doesn't anyone think that the design has become bigger than the synth? It's a shame that the two occasions this list has buzzed with activity in the last year have been the two times the faceplate has been discussed. Seems easily to be the biggest talking point of the Wiard syste
2002-11-22 by its_peake
--- In wiardgroup@y..., Chris Whitten wrote: > Doesn't anyone think that the design has become bigger than the synth? > It's a shame that the two occasions this list has buzzed with activity in > the last year have been the two times the faceplate has been discussed. > Seems easi
2002-11-22 by Norman Fay
In message , konkuro writes >So there I was rooting through the photo section when I chanced upon >the original Wiard design, deemed by its makers to be too small and >dull. > >THAT's the look!! > >I could snout-slap you guys for not continuing in that vein. Then >again, such uti
2002-11-22 by revtor2000
I for one like the fact that Grant has decided to give his creation a personality. As with any synth, you'll eventually become familiar with its functions and layout, so 100% immediate recognition of controls and function over form really isn't too important. Konkuro's right, its
2002-11-22 by Bill Sequeira
> From: "konkuro" > > [...8 > But I am not sure that I would consider this particular instrument > as an example of meshing art with electronics. > It isn't. It's about meshing electronics with electronics. I did > not create that vocoder as furniture, but as a signal processing
2002-11-22 by Les Mizzell
:> Dude, anyone will make the panels you wish. Speed is just :> a question of money. How fast do you want to go? :-) Get Ken Stone to make him some Cat Girl panels. That oughta make him happy..... >;-}
2002-11-22 by its_peake
Hi Olivier! Good to hear from you. I can't wait for your CD (congrats!) Did you send a DC transient into the audio input with the resonance just under self-oscillation? Or was it already self-oscillating and you modulated the Fc a bit? Sweet. Easier, -Mike --- In wiardgroup@y...,
2002-11-22 by its_peake
--- In wiardgroup@y..., "konkuro" wrote: > So there I was rooting through the photo section when I chanced upon > the original Wiard design, deemed by its makers to be too small and > dull. > > THAT's the look!! > > I could snout-slap you guys for not continuing in that vein. The
2002-11-22 by R
My guess is that what you found was a picture of the prototypes. The proto's look that way because Grant wanted to interface them with Aries modules. Every Wiard module has at least one aspect to it that had never been done before. He needed to be able to try these new ideas out
2002-11-22 by waveform100
Hi! I did that Kickdrum with the Wiard-Omni-Filter. All the tracks on that excerpt are from a 6-Module System (I just had the six-module- system then). There is just one pad which isn't Wiard, but it was heavily processed with the Omnifilter (Allpass-Mode) with high resonance. I
2002-11-22 by andrew dalio
RE: graphics, a paraphrase from Frank Zappa: If it looks bitchin' to you - it is. If it doesn't look bitchin' to you - it isn't. Or, as recently restated by Kawabata from Acid Mothers Temple: Do whatever you want to do; don't do whatever you don't want to do. love and kisses, -an
2002-11-22 by konkuro
So there I was rooting through the photo section when I chanced upon the original Wiard design, deemed by its makers to be too small and dull. THAT's the look!! I could snout-slap you guys for not continuing in that vein. Then again, such utility might only appeal to imperious kn