Whilst I was ordering the attenuator for the Buchla case, I applied my reward points from Perfect Circuit and grabbed a u-he Wiretap CV detector/trigger module. https://photos.app.goo.gl/pJmGpV4bCTPmcGAp7 This will go into the Berlin Chiptune case for use with my drum modules. I was torn between ...

Ben, how are you getting on with the 257t? It's one of those things that I'm REALLY glad I have it when I need it, but a) it's very use-case specific and b) it's quite a large module. I tend to use attenuverters a lot in my patching so it really depends on your particular use-case as to whether it ...

After Friday's try-hard fail, I readdressed the wind skiff and came up with something more robust. I fully intend to use the tongue drum on this one, but perhaps not with the solenoids ... will have to see, that will require a ton of experimentation and I'm not quite there yet. This skiff sounds ...

Fired up the wind skiff last night after Friday's mixed results and a subsequent re-org. The skiff is now all Buchla or Buchla-inspired, with the exception of adding a disting for the dual quantizer; I'm not ready to raw dawg with Buchla's pitch approximations yet! :D No wind at 10pm indoors, so I ...

I got SOOOO CLOSE tonight! https://photos.app.goo.gl/FuspVH4tkTsuynfq8 I'm not convinced that this is a particularly good use for the anemometer; but it was worth a shot. VERY time consuming, VERY tedious, and sometimes VERY frustrating as I slowly overcame each new obstacle to getting sound from ...

A little bit of progress on this one: After a bit of a struggle, thanks to a diagram of a light switch, I sorted out the wiring for a Normally Closed relay, and it worked! https://photos.app.goo.gl/9RbWWavqtUpyxLRj6 I had read that the solenoids throw off a lot of heat, but I didn't know they get ...

That's what I did, got the least expensive quad attentuator I could find from a manufacturer I don't hate.

Did a little RTFM for the NerdSeq last night and was able to get pulse waves playing from tracks 7 and 8. They normally drone unless stopped, but you can route an envelope to an audio track and use it like a VCA; neat! Going back to the NerdSeq after using LSDJ exclusively for the past couple of ...

A month late, but a quick update: I'm still working my way through learning LSDJ when I have time; the next big step is looking at the wave channel, which I've not touched. (In truth, I've been sidetracked trying to finish Pokemon Red!! :D ) Now that my latest project is almost ready to be released ...

I ordered a Rides The Storm quad attenuator for use with the 245t. When it arrives, I'll be doing a case re-org for the next project. Things are gonna get weird!

Martin Walker wrote: ↑Tue Jun 24, 2025 1:17 pm Expecting fascinating audio from you in due course

Oh no, the pressure!!

This may be the most amorphous project I've ever worked on -- it'll be interesting to see where it finally ends up.

Taking the experimentation a bit further, a few more bits arrived today: two contact mics, a 4-channel trigger-relay, and four solenoid actuators ... oh, and an inexpensive tongue drum!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/CKg7KoTPbvkpDaET8

That has real possibilities. A suggestion: Use something like an Arduino to turn the pulses into a MIDI stream. That way you can easily experiment with various synths etc. That sounds like a really cool idea, except I don't have any desire (at least as of yet) to get into the Arduino world, and don ...

I've been doing a whole bunch of experimenting with the 245t and I'm slowly coming to grips with all of the logic functions you can perform with it -- it's really quite staggering! What I'm working on now is a Wiretap-style bit of logic where I compare two lanes from the 245t; lane A is a pitch ...

Despite the heat yesterday, I was able to get the park for a bit with the 12yo and we tested out the wind sensor -- and it worked a treat! https://photos.app.goo.gl/4isigJxa5tjd5DLZ7 I only brought one skiff outside, so the options were limited, but this was more a proof-of-concept test. One thing I ...

Pirate was a ton of fun but I didn't like the results so I am working on a new promo/tutorial. One thing I've noticed about Pirate is I usually don't walk out with anything that I keep, but I do get a clear idea of what I WANT to do. Nothing like a change of environment to put things into focus!

Drew Stephenson wrote: ↑Fri Jun 20, 2025 1:28 pm Your work-rate and commitment to learning continues to impress Ben, well done!

Thanks, Drew!

My first immersive audio project is almost ready for release! I have 3 hours booked at Pirate Studios tonight to film the promo/tutorial for the project with my GoPro, and then it's a matter of art work and final mastering.

Working on the mix today -- 45 minutes long in total. Playing it back very simply across 4 browser tabs, it's quite mesmerizing.

Of course, this is just the beginning of my experiments in immersive audio; I want to try my hand at actual 5.1 for the next one!

I am the WORST at DYI, but I mocked up a couple of project boxes to hold all of the cables and adapters necessary for the wind sensor. It still worked afterwards, so I guess the wires will hold for now. :D https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AP1GczMIlGxcur8tsd-K5dA_Gwu3-PJDVG8B2hK ...

It's an anemometer! 8-) 100%! I got home from work super late tonight, but I couldn't NOT try out the sensor. It works! Especially with the comparator, the pulses are kept under control bc the sensor puts out 20 pulses per revolution. A small blow was all that it took to get pulses going, and they ...

Wind sensor arrived!

https://photos.app.goo.gl/ZcjwdAhqbdjiATTW9

I'm out of town for work today, which sucks, because the weather would have been perfect for testing ... looking forward to checking this out, tho!

First real test with the 245t. Total module count:

245t
DPW AV2
Topobrillo Quantimator
Doepfer amplifier
SE Oscillation
Dreadbox Eudemonia
Mutable Instruments Branches
Din Sync Amnesia
Intellijel BuffMult (2)
Momo Modular Clouds
4M Listen Four

https://audio.com/don-music/audio/245t-test

Just had a GREAT jam with the 245t ... multed one of the lane outputs and ran one copy into the AV2 offset and another copy into the attenuator; multed THOSE outputs into a sequential switch, then out to the quantizer. The pulser output was multed between the EG, 245t, and Branches, which randomly ...