Laquarto
a labor of love - my main modular 'Laquarto' - case built by my uncle bill white
modules listed from left to right - modifications are EXPECTED - panels by front panel express, stooge panels and MOTM - top to bottom (top row = row 1)
row1:DIY Multiples, DIY Dual Lag Dual Inverter, Oakley VCO, CGS Triple VCO, 566 VCO, CEM VCO, Blacet Dark Star Chaos, Cyndustries Dual Sawtooth Animator, Blacet Miniwave w/ Hylander 10 Eprom Expansion, CGS Suboscillator
row2:Blacet Time Machine, MOTM 490 VCF(moog), MOTM 485 VCF(GX-1), CGS Steiner VCF,
CGS Dual Bandpass Filters, CGS Wave Multiplier w/ Grinder, Oakley VC Phaser, CGS DC Mixer, Blacet Klang Werk Ring Mod, CGS Lockhard Wavefolder, CGS Balanced Modulator, Cyndustries Quad Lowpass Gates, Oakley Triple VCA
row3:PAIA Midi2CV8, Oakley Envelope Follower, MOTM 320 VCLFO, Oakley Triple LFO,
MOTM 800 ADSR w/ expansion board, EFM Dual ADSR, CGS Dual LFO, CGS Digital Noise,
DIY multiple Transistor Noise, Triple PIC Based Noise, CGS Super Psycho LFO, Oakley S&H
row4:CGS Pulse Divider/Boolean Logic, Blacet Frequency Divider, CGS Sequential Switch, CGS Gated Comparator, CGS Burst Generator, CGS Infinte Melody/Diatonic Converter, CGS Analogic CV Processor, Blacet 2040 Mixer/Processor, CGS CV Mega Mixer, PAIA Hot Springs Reverb
some sound samples:
analog rain storm - 2qualude - tribal - comparator techno - diarhea - drumbeat - twin tee express - diatonic destroyer - modularhouse - cgsvco - infinete melody groove - laquarto sings - modular creep - modular monsoon - rotorhead lives - talking to you - wind modulations - 485 plastic world
klondyke - unijunction transistor vco controlled by the keyboard - a second vco made from a dual transistor mulivibrator
modulates a passive ring modulator that the first vco acts as a input on. demo www.notbreathing.com/klondykedemo.mp3
click here to see subpage w/ more info and mp3s/description
added an efm 'midiport' to my suitcase modular - now has full midi
Thomas Henry's 3080 based VCO w/ Pulse, Tri and Sine out, MN Digital Noise Chip,
Ray Wilson 24/DB Lowpass VCF, 3080 Based VCA, ASM-1 LFO,
Rene's ADSR - lots of routeing - all built on protoboard - keys from broken juno106 and
using Ken Stone's Midi Pedal Board PCB
The SEDONA
my dream monosynth - contains a handmade 1v/oct keyboard/gate extractor
based on ray wilson's single bus keyboard, 2 ray wilson VCO pcbs, digital noise source, 4011 cmos ring modulator, two cgs DC mixers, paia dual VCF, paia ASR/LFO, cgs psycho lfo, rene schmitz's VCA (2C1583) and his ADSR design
heres a really bad rendition of Moon River using only the sedona - labeling done soon
100% All Vacuum Tube Synthesizer - Includes TWO VCOS, VCF, VCA and joystick control
based on designs by Eric Barbour of Metasonix - so many thanks to you!
here is a slew of mp3s:
moloch - KING OF THE ROAD - Barbie Girl - Tube Acid - Tube Jam - Tube Enema
nasty pants - super harsh jesus - lucky lucky man dude
just what it says it is - thanks again eric - heres some really bad mp3s
tr-606 showing off the 'stereo out' - bauhaus' shes in parties through the hellfire
once again inspired by design of eric barbour - doorbell as keys - VCO from Neon Lamp - LFO from Neon Lamp - modulate each other through pentode - followed by a clipper tube
here is a jam - here is the sound of just a single Neon Lamp in monostable vibrator mode
similiar to the door bell synth above this is a full on FIRE SYNTH - VCO from Neon Lamp, LFO from Neon Lamp, Suboctive Divider from Neon Lamps(2), VCO/LFO modulate through pentode, then output to a Beam Modulator
various routing switches - ghetto control strip from 100k resistor chain n wire - need to buy some nichrome soon
thanks eric - heres a not so good mp3 - more soon
The EYE
12AX7 Tube Preamp, Tube Clipper Circuit, Beam Modulator Circuit
One big MAGIC EYE Tube - TOTAL HELL SOUND! want proof?
here
Tube Ring Modulator
this is a Balanced modulator using some diodes and two transformers - both X and Y as well as output Z
all have dedicated Tube Preamps - there is also an extra pentode amp
Bullet SE-1 TI Complex Sound Generator board w/ several add ons in an old CRT Tester Box
knobs? vco pitch, lfo pitch, noise pitch, attack, decay, pulse shape, pulse width, comparator, one shot
runs on single 9v
switches? oh too many to list
how bout some mp3s instead? retarded mule go home - galaga fights back
built into a handy lunch box w/ bonus CGS Balanced Modulator (via rotary switches), CGS Psycho LFO
heres some mp3s one - two! - three!? - four!!! - five... - six? seven... ahhhh
Ray Wilson's WP20
built this lil noisey beast into a handheld case - has its own preamp/speaker and cv/gate mods
heres an mp3 w/ it, the sedona, mc202 and a 606 - its doing the bad nintendo sounding thing
heres just the wp20 on its own
features Kenton Socket mods - External CV, GATE inputs - VCF CV input and Portamento CV in
I also built a S&H and a noise source for this unit - its super tight in there - but i managed to fit it all in
heres some roland core 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 (also features sedona/606/soundlab/etc)
oh yeah - my other modulars!
in the MOTM format is a Paia 9700 series modular minus power supply top rack cgs cascade mixer, dual cgs chime, dual cgs analog drum, cgs voltage cluser, DIY complex sound generator chip snare and lfo (i call it the defender)
lower frakrack - cgs voltage divider, dc mixer, psycho lfo, diy comparator, blacet I/O, grant richter cv twister and a 386 based distortion
can you believe it? working on the synth 100
see schematics section - Hammond F100 ExtraVoice Vibrato Mod
passive balanced modulator for jack dangers
this is a sn76477 sound effects chip with a 8 step analog sequencer
knobs to control pitch, noise filter, lfo, volume, attack, decay, oneshot depth
and then two dip switch banks for mixer routing, variable LFO, VCO and NOISE
pitch capacitor switches, attack and decay variable caps, etc... here is a avi of it in
action - HERE
modified genie - clock output - input to filters
the creepy crawler - basic 4017 based ANALOG SEQUENCER w/ pitch and gate control
for one voice - has internal clock source can be externaly clocked - also has a simple glide
w/ 1/4" and banana outputs - here is a AVI movie of it in action HERE