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The CrackleSynth this unit contains three crackleboxes, three preamps, a giant speaker, three control knobs, an on / off switch, and 22 brass contacts for human interaction - unit is played with nothing but pressure and human touch - here is an mp3 example - this unit is what i think this: http://www.crackle.org/Crackle%20Synth.htm is - but i cant be so sure - it makes me make that face
Crackle-Pirate Treasure Box based on the steim kraklebox but features a fet buffer output deep wood case resonates bass very well - giant jewel lighted by led - this is a body contact only instrument with eight brass contacts
Horrible Insect Synth - click here for schematic by dave wright it is a circuit bent 'cricket' circuit with an additional modulator with a total of 6 photocells for control. three bright LEDs follow the rate of the oscillators and in the dark are good for cupping your hand for playment. it has a small piezo speaker that really makes insect sounds - but also is mixed with a transistor noise source based on thomas henry design (3906) then passes through a passive bandpass filter to 1/4" output - click here for an mp3 - click here for a second mp3
The 'Schmitiziser' horrible sound generator based on ray wilson's waky zany sound maker schematic. but it is two of those - also a white noise source based on a programmed PIC chip a LED VU meter and a giant speaker amplifier - there are feedback controls as well as two human contacts here's an mp3 yes this synth is allot of schmit triggers!
Chock Full o' Jesus Christ i had these PCB/Circuit Board drink coasters in my living room. I kept looking at this one cuz there were so many contacts going nowhere. So i soldered it up as a contact only synth. It features a Main Oscillator, a LFO and a Noise Source. By touching different areas you can raise and lower the pitch of the main vco, modulate it with the LFO, modulate it with the Noise, modulate the LFO with the noise or vco, etc... there is a knob to set the 'main frequency' of both the LFO and VCO - a three way switch turns it off - high mode - low mode - yellow led click here for an mp3 - this unit is owned by my friend Carl Hanni
Optical Theremin Cast in Plastic Resin this is a simple Optical theremin using a Photocell for pitch control - the photocell is deep in the plastic resin. when the resin was drying i added the 9v battery holder, led and RCA output if i threw this at you from a few blocks away you'd prob still bleed
This is a Kraklebox built into a nice handheld case w/ power switch, 1/4" out, indicator LED and big ass speaker. I built this unit for my friend Chris Cones. You can see him performing with it with any of his bands (Skullcaster, Earwicker, Content Provider, Not Breathing, Subarachnoid Space, Flange Du Mal, Neighborhood Bass Coalition, jesus he gets around... )
CMOS NOISE SYNTH i built this for this guy Kyle Noneman - he had it for awhile and broke it and sent it back i pretty much rebuilt it from scratch again - Cmos based Oscillators (each has a knob) which then go through their own cmos suboctive dividers.these dividers have three control pots each (three subdivisions) these then both go through a cmos based ring modulator - and then out. there is a CV in that is tied to both oscillators. in the past i made MANY similar items I called Photon Boxes. these were the same but with far fewer knobs. they are all in the VAULT section heres an mp3!
The Creeker this unit is based on TWO 566 Dual 555 Timers. One photocell kind of effects pitch. Another photocell does horrible phase/pulse width ripping. Mainly a nice paint job!
El Sol Theremin world's smallest theremin? i built this optic VCO into a matchbox that my friend pamela decorated i could prob rewire it to use a smaller battery pack :)
CICADA SYNTHESIZER This was a small insect circuit i found online years ago. I had built it and then modified it quite a bit. VCO and LFO Speed Knobs - a Cross Modulate Knob - two photocells inside the unit. Strange and crazy chirps and insect calls available. Inspired by Ghazala's Insect Synths
CMOS Based Metal Plate Theremin this is a simple theremin based on the 4069 chip - i forget where i got the schematic. i had it here for a few months and found i never used it. some guy wrote that he wanted it. i sold it to him for VERY VERY cheap. when he got it he opened it up to see what was inside and forgot to attach the ANTENNE wire to the ANTENNAE (the metal plate) and told me it was broken. after getting it, finding it wasn't broken but he had fucked it... i have not sold an instrument since. i hope your happy
white noise generator for kyle w/ tuneable filter
TIDE MANIPULATOR old martanz white noise/surf generator. someday this will prob be recased into my modular. on its own it had selection of white noise or noise through a VCA modulated by LFO. you have speed controll, shape control, filter and vcf depth. you can see the stupid names i gave them above. i added a vactrol to sweep the filter w/ another lfo - also an external audio input + new switches/buttons/leds
THE STINKER this is a basic Optical theremin with three body contacts for modulating. many dead kids toys eyeballs made for Ron Chmara of Not Breathing
Cracklebox Extreme here is a cracklebox for my good buddy chris rolls (kimosciotic, flange du mal, earwicker, content provider, not breathing) - it has 12 Contacts - 5 Photocells, 6 switches, master power, momentary on and a big speaker. ouch
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