Monday, November 9, 2009

Moonbase U.L.T.R.A.


16 knobs that control 3 oscillators that feed into 4 NAND gates. 2 x 1/4" mono outputs, operates on a 9V power supply. Oh, and did I mention that there's a switch on the left hand side there that controls a motor that turns the big knob in the middle, the knob that's a master pitch/rate control for the entire thing? Did I mention that you can turn that big ol' master knob independently from the motor control, or in conjunction with the motor? I didn't? Oh, well, it's got a motor in it! Shit!
Here's a video.

Thursday, October 29, 2009

Pow-Pow-Power!

Hey there! This is how you power almost every single one the instruments that I make. DC, 9V, ground on the inside/positive on the outside adapters. Boss adapters usually run at 200mA, but my instruments run from 200mA-600mA. None of my instruments come with an adapter, but you can usually find these things pretty cheap at second hand stores.

Eyebeast



I made this out of random things I had laying around. It's basically a two oscillator Fun Tuner, with an RCA patchbay and that weird long stemmed control dial replacing all the switches I might put in it otherwise. I actually don't have enough RCA cables to fully use it! HA!
Anyway, turn it on and it starts to squeal. Plug in a bunch of RCA cables and it starts to glitch and mutate. Flip a couple of switches, switch the one oscillator's control state from knob to eye, and it will pump out some great, grindy, all-seeing noise. Switch the tall dial around and switch over a couple of RCA cables and who knows....
Operates on a 9V power supply.
Here's another hi8 video!

Two Oscillators w/Ring Modulators


Simple. Two oscillators feeding into a ring modulator. One oscillator acts as the main signal, the other as the carrier. The knob on the bottom left hand side is a voltage control knob that effects each oscillator. The bottom, right hand knob is a rate control for the ring mod. Runs on any 9 v, ground tipped power adapter.
Here's a video, shot on a super shitty hi8 handycam!

Thursday, October 8, 2009

Viddddddeoss

Hey folks!
If you haven't seen it, check out my youtube channel. Though, if you're here, you probably found the youtube first....

Thursday, October 1, 2009

Distortion Modulating Distortion Flanger


Alright. Either A-->B-->C-->Out or A-->C-->B-->Out where as A=Circuit bent DOD Grunge pedal that acts as either a through and through effect or a signal generator, B=Circuit bent DOD Flanger that has also been modded with the internal trim pots mounted for access, and C=Circuit bent Boss Overdrive/Distortion pedal. The DOD Grunge has been nicely mangled with 7 toggle switch, 2 push button and 1 knob w/toggle bends. The Flanger and Overdrive each have 4 toggle switch bends. Both the Flanger and Overdrive have on/off push buttons. A-->B-->C= nasty, heavily distorted drones, while A-->C-->B=spacier, swoopier drones and bleeeps. Nastynastynastynasty. Operates off a 9v pedal adapter and there's an on/off power toggle.
Here's some videos. ABC and ACB.

The Muscle Contaminater


I found this guy in the alley near my house, thinking that I could pull it apart and reuse the case, or maybe the pots, however, when I got home I was pleasantly surprised to find out that actually still powered up! Moments later I found that each one of the 12 outputs gave me controllable oscillations.
Each output gives the same pitch and rate controllable oscillation, however, each one can also be filtered with the knob just above the output. And, there's a master filter/volume knob, too. Runs on a 9v positive tipped adapter.
Of course, not being one to let a perfectly good electronic instrument just sit there innocently being what it should be, I added more knobs and switches that make it squeak and grind. I don't suggest using this for it's original, medical intentions anymore. I think it was meant to control muscle contractions. If you used it now, your muscles might balloon up until you look like a freakish hulk. Like one of those guys that looks like a pile of grapes.