I think the Peter B. machines are far stranger than most modulars on the
market. I saw Mr. B. perform in DC and was blown away with the bizarre
sounds he was getting. These are not well-heeled machines, but
somewhere between cicuit bent creations and synths (Peter B., by the
way, does not like being compared to a circuit-bender.) His machines
typically have several pins or nodes that can be connected in any number
of ways with alligator clips. He played it by casting silveware across
the nodes.

In any case, these things look very cool, but keep in mind that my
experience is limited because I have never actually played one of his
instruments.

Bryan

>>> vogelscheiss@... 12/12/2004 7:38:58 PM >>>

I'm kinda liking the look of the new Modcan a little better.

http://www.modcan.com/bphoto/front.jpg

Just a taste thing.

--Chuck

> -----Original Message-----
> From: thomasborax [mailto: thomasborax@... ]
> Sent: Sunday, December 12, 2004 11:09 AM
> To: Doepfer_a100@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: 1 choatic synth kits for freaky types
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> hi folks-
> i'm posting as a favor for my friend peter b. he is a young but very

> talented synth designer here in baltimore, md usa. he has just put
> two synth kits up on his webpage. i bought one myself and soldered
> it together.
>
> what they are are very strange experimental synths that are small,
> can run off battery (or wallwart 9VDC) and have even a built in
> speaker for very remote wilderness freakage.
>
> the two varieties of kits operate on the same idea. the
> user "interface" on each is over a hundred brass pegs, which are
> androgynous....meaning they can be inputs or outputs....there are
> no "signal" connections or "control" connection so to speak. one
> gets sounds by patching all the pegs together with alligator clips,
> or any conductor you wish. also using the ground share inputs you
> can interface many different external devices with them, provided
> they are between 0 and 9 volts. i understand that it may be possible

> to export control voltages to the outside world as well, but these
> must be buffered by a preamp, which is an easy circuit which peter
> can show you howto do.
>
> again, these kits are for the experimenter, but i think for folks who

> use their modulars to get crazy sounds for sampling, you can have
> here something quite small that can make the wildest voices patterns

> and analog farts imaginable which will make your sampler hate you,
> but make you happy. the overall sound and approach resembles crazy
> circuit bending, but way more flexible and intuitive than most
> homemade "bent" contraptions.
>
> the kit i did was the "fourses in the zihai". it combines four
> oscillators, which are constantly crashing into each other and going

> nuts. i took me about 25 hours of labor, cause i'm a careful
> solderer.
> they are reasonably priced and cool as shit. please check them ut
> and pete's website at
> www.ciat-lonbarde.net
>
> tell him mr borax sent you.
> ---tom
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